The CW recently announced that the ninth and final season of The Flash will premiere on on Wednesday, February 8, 2023, and TV Insider has now shared word on a surprising addition to the cast.
Supergirl alum Nicole Maines is reportedly set to reprise her role as Nia Nal, aka Dreamer, for the upcoming season.
“As Supergirl fans ourselves, all of us here on The Flash are SUPER-excited to have Nicole join Team Flash for a one-off adventure as we put together our final season,” says showrunner Eric Wallace. “Nicole is a fantastically talented actress and I’m so happy she’s agreed to be part of a very special Season 9 episode where I get to cross off one of my 'Arrowverse Bucket List' team-ups: Having two fantastic reporters — Iris West-Allen (Candice Patton) and Nia Nal — investigate their own very bizarre and frightening mystery.”
Maines joined the cast of Supergirl back in 2018, making TV history as the first-ever trans superhero. Nia Nal was introduced as a young reporter working for Kara Danvers (Melissa Benoist), before it came to light that she was actually an alien with pre-cog abilities.
At one point, The Flash was viewed as the crown jewel of the Arrowverse shows, but the perception among a lot of fans is that the series has been running on fumes for its past few seasons, so the news that this upcoming season would be the last didn't come as a huge surprise.
You can check out the most recent season 9 synopsis below.
"Season 9 picks up one week following Barry (Grant Gustin) and Team Flash's epic battle against the Reverse Flash (Tom Cavanagh) in the season 8 finale where they defeated him once and for all. Now, Barry and Iris (Candice Patton) are reconnecting and growing closer than ever before, but when a deadly group of Rogues descend on Central City led by a powerful new threat, The Flash and his team — Caitlin Snow (Danielle Panabaker), Cecile Horton (Danielle Nicolet), Allegra Garcia (Kayla Compton), Chester P. Runk (Brandon McKnight), and Mark Blaine (Jon Cor) — work together to defeat the new threat only to discover a deadly new adversary rising to challenge Barry's heroic legacy. In their greatest battle yet, Barry and Team Flash will be pushed to their limits in order to save Central City one last time."
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