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The great superheroes of The CW will reunite in the final season of The Flash. Appropriate, because Arrow’s Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) was there when it all began for Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) in their shared DC Universe.
Executive producer Eric Wallace told Deadline that the departure was planned to come full circle. “As soon as our final season was announced, we knew we wanted Stephen to come back and reprise his iconic role as Oliver Queen,” he said. “After all, it was Oliver who originally set Barry Allen on his heroic path. Because of this, everyone on Team Flash felt so strongly that it was important to create a full-circle moment with Oliver’s return in the final season of The Flash. The result is an epic yet emotional episode that we hope Arrowverse fans will enjoy. It’s all to say “thank you” to everyone who has watched and supported our show over the past nine wonderful years. We can’t wait for everyone to see Grant and Stephen save the world together again. And yes, there will be thrills, chills and tears.”
It sounds like Arrowverse fans are in for quite a treat before the curtain closes on the long-running DC-TV Universe. The Flash will be ending after its upcoming ninth and final season, which premieres February 8 on the CW.
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