‘The Flash’ Season Finale: Showrunner Eric Wallace Talks Death Of [SPOILER], The Mysterious Figure Emerging From Blaine’s Box, “Fan Favorite” Characters Returning In Season 9 & More

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SPOILER ALERT: The following story contains details from the Season 8 finale of The Flash.In tonight’s Season 8 finale of The Flash, titled “Negative, Part Two,” the superhero otherwise known as Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) once again finds himself at war with his longtime foe Reverse-Flash (Tom Cavanagh), also confronting the prospect that he may have been tricked into killing Iris (Candice Patton).While Reverse-Flash has been resurrected by the negative forces, who are looking to turn the tables, as far as the balance of the universe, Iris is nowhere to be found, after Deon (Christian Magby) put her in the way of Flash’s lightning.After Reverse-Flash unravels certain mysteries around the Negative Speed Force, which has chosen him as its avatar, he is placed out on the streets of Central City with the combined powers of the negative forces to sew chaos.

At the same time, we learn that Iris is very much alive, with her consciousness ensconced in a time stone. There, she encounters Damien Darhk (Neal McDonough), who explains that the negative forces have been using her time sickness as an incubator to birth their latest avatar.The Flash ultimately confronts Reverse-Flash alongside Meena (Kausar Mohammed) and others and dispatches him after absorbing the combined powers of the positive forces.

The universe resets itself and Iris is cured of her time sickness, with Thawne nowhere to be found in the timeline. It seems that, at last, the Flash’s battle with his alter ego is really, truly over.In the aftermath of this battle, both Meena and Cecile (Danielle Nicolet) lose their powers, though the latter gains a new one—that of telekinesis.