All season on The Flash, the heroes have been endeavouring to bring down a menacing villain whose entire focus is the killing of metahumans. Initially, they were fighting Cicada, a man named Orlin Dwyer. Now, with the finale in sight, Team Flash has discovered that things don’t stack up with Cicada II and it’s been disclosed that there’s an even eviler: none other than Reverse Flash. Now, in a new promo, it appears that Team Flash will be dealing with both its oldest enemy and its newest in a tense season finale.
The CW has released a promo for Legacy, the season five finale of The Flash. It was revealed that Thawne has been manipulating the situation the whole time, making sure things are back to where Team Flash would attempt to destroy Cicada’s dagger. It seems that by doing so, Thawne will end up with the dagger in the future, allowing for the villain who has been imprisoned in the future.
Barry (Grant Gustin) faces off with his oldest, and most formidable nemesis, Reverse Flash (Tom Cavanagh). Gregory Smith directed the episode with story by Lauren Certo and teleplay by Todd Helbing & Eric Wallace.
This, along with some of the other alterations to the timeline that have been made as a result of Nora’s arrival in the present, will make Crisis on Infinite Earths happen in 2019 instead of 2024. If that’s the case, it could mean major changes to the Arrowverse overall, including the popular fan theory that Arrow‘s Oliver Queen will ultimately sacrifice himself to save Barry once Crisis arrives this fall, something that was somewhat teased in this season’s Elseworlds crossover when Oliver spoke with the Monitor in an attempt to prevent both The Flash and Supergirl dying to save the world in that struggle as well. Whatever the case, Legacy could be a huge hint towards what’s coming in Crisis.
Legacy will debut on 14 May