Grant Gustin

The Season 2 finale for The Flash saw a page come to life straight out of the comic books, and now Grant Gustin teases Flashpoint.

Gustin took to Twitter to reveal the title of the first episode of Season 3, which is “Flashpoint.”

“Just finished reading episode 3-01 titled JK NOT GONNA TELL YOU YET! I’m SO excited to get back to work in 2 weeks,” Gustin tweeted.

Showrunner Greg Berlanti then responded with: “I’m cool with you telling them the title.”

Gustin followed that up by tweeting: “FLASHPOINT. This is not a drill.”

Update: Gustin also tweeted out Flashpoint for their series will be its own thing:

“We’re definitely doing this FP thing our own way.. I’ve read Flashpoint, I’ve seen the amazing animated film. This will be its own thing.”

The Season 2 finale of The Flash saw Barry go back in time to save his mother. In the DC Comics Flashpoint storyline, Barry saves his mother which altered the DC universe, including introducing the New 52.

The Flash Season 3 premiers Tuesday, October 4th at 8pm ET on The CW.

Ughh!

Were we watching Man of Steel or Batman Vs. Superman tonight?

The Flash happens to be my favorite show (or was?) on television right now. It’s funny, it’s bright, it’s colorful — it’s a superhero show.

However, all that went down the drain as the end of “Invincible” saw the “D” in “DC” become depression.

Spoilers follow.

Just when Barry gets his dad back, DC takes him away, and I think it’s safe to say that John Wesley Shipp has fast become a fan-favorite character on The Flash, playing Henry Allen. This episode even saw Shipp reunited with his ’90s Flash co-star Amanda Pays, which suggested a possible budding romance, but alas, that was not to be.

Zoom ended up killing Henry Allen at the end of the episode (watch below). As the events unfolded, I found myself telling showrunner Greg Berlanti not to do it! Bummer. 

I found the death rather meaningless. It didn’t need to be done (unless of course Henry Allen is going to appear in the movies? ahem Black Canary, Amanda Waller, Suicide Squad, Harley Quinn, etc, etc, etc). Sure there was a lot of build up with Barry being “invincible,” but then he didn’t even try to save his dad (you’re “invincible!” – at least try, dude!). And we already know Zoom is an uber bad dude; did he need to kill Barry’s father (did I mention played by fan-favorite John Wesley Shipp?) to prove he’s even a badder dude? I didn’t think so. Case in point: It’s probably a safe guess Barry takes down Zoom in the season 2 finale next week, so why even bother killing off Henry Allen? It comes off as unneeded and pointless. It comes off just for show. It comes off as eyerolling and bland.  Grant Gustin and John Wesley Shipp provided some the most heartfelt moments on the series, and now that’s gone.

Honestly, what this episode did kill is my excitement for next week’s season finale and the series. Come on, guys.

Meh.

Twitter reactions:

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The Flash is crossing over with Supergirl on Monday, March 28th.

Grant Gustin took to his Instagram account to shared a first look set photo as the episode is filming.

“Those two emblems look pretty good together…” Gustin offered.

Gustin also posted a pic of the director’s chairs used for the episode, adding: “Hey Flash producers… I’ve already got a fancier chair on Supergirl than I’ve got on Flash. Just saying…”

You can also check out the Supergirl Easter Egg featured in last night’s episode of The Flash.

“Supergirl” airs Mondays on CBS at 8pm ET; “The Flash” airs Tuesdays on The CW at 8pm ET.

Check out a cool new poster for The Flash featuring Grant Gustin’s Barry Allen catching lightning.

“Alternate Reality Check” the poster reads, with the CW linking to their website where the latest episode, “The Reverse-Flash Returns” can be watched for free.

“The Flash” airs on the CW Tuesdays at 8pm ET starring Grant Gustin, Candice Patton, Danielle Panabaker, Carlos Valdes, Tom Cavanagh and Jesse L. Martin. 

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Similar to the first season, the second season of The Flash features an enigmatic villain whose true identity is yet to be revealed with Zoom.

There are a lot of theories out there, with some fans thinking Zoom might be the Earth-2 version of Barry Allen.

IGN caught up with Grant Gustin and directly asked if he is Zoom. Gustin doesn’t specifically state no – and of couse he isn’t going to reveal the answer – but here is Gustin’s response:

I don’t think it’s going to be Evil Barry. But I was pitching that idea really early on, like, “How fun would that be, it’d be so cool!” I just selfishly wanted to play the villain. I didn’t even know who it was until last night, actually. I hadn’t asked. I asked way more questions last year. Jesse [L. Martin] likes to know as little as possible and I’m kind of taking that route this yea, so I’m surprised when I see the scripts and surprised when I do it. I hadn’t asked who Zoom was. I didn’t want to know, but [Greg] Berlanti called me last night to catch up and talk about the episodes and that came up and he broke down that whole story for me and how it’s going to evolve and what’s going to happen. So I do know now. Obviously, I’m not going to tell you! [Laughs] There are so many twists and turns involved with it and so many characters’ arcs that are connected to it. I said it about Thawne last year. Even if you think you know, there’s going to be some part of it that no one is going to guess exactly what the reveal is.

Regarding my thoughts on the identity of Zoom, I’ll just say I think it’s a former speedster and leave it at that…

“The Flash” returns Tuesday, January 19th at 8pm ET on the CW  starring Grant Gustin, Candice Patton, Danielle Panabaker, Carlos Valdes, Tom Cavanagh and Jesse L. Martin. 

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While we wait for The Flash to return Tuesday, January 19th, check out a behind-the-scenes video and set pic Grant Gustin shared on Instagram.

“The Flash” airs on the CW Tuesdays at 8pm ET starring Grant Gustin, Candice Patton, Danielle Panabaker, Carlos Valdes, Tom Cavanagh and Jesse L. Martin.