The Flash Season 8 will eventually bring back recurring nemesis Eobard Thawne, the Reverse-Flash, according executive producer Eric Wallace, who says the villain has a new motivation for going up against The Fastest Man Alive.
Wallace, who spoke with CBR in an exclusive interview, says the Reverse-Flash’s return will follow “Armageddon,” the five-episode season-opening “graphic novel.” Thawne last appeared in the Season 7 finale, joining in Team Flash’s battle against Godspeed but also taking the opportunity to try to kill The Flash — and failing.
Wallace says the show will pick up on that, but not right away, addressing the imminent return of Rick Cosnett as Eobard’s ancestor, Eddie Thawne. “Well, first of all, to temper expectations, Eddie is not in ‘Armageddon.’ Eddie is part of a separate graphic novel,” Wallace says. “We have three graphic novels this year in Season 8. Knock on wood if we can pull off this gargantuan feat, but they all spin out of ‘Armageddon.'”
The last moment with Thawne in the Season 7 finale showed him slinking away dumbfounded that his attack on Barry Allen didn’t work. “So at the end of last season, Reverse-Flash — he’s a pretty pissed-off dude. Why? Because The Flash is faster now,” Wallace said — and that has hardened Thawne’s resolve to win.
“If there’s one question that ‘Armageddon’ answers, it’s, ‘Well, if you can’t outrun your foe, what do you do to beat him?’ That’s where Eobard Thawne will start in ‘Armageddon.’ That’s really the question for him, and that question gets answered throughout all of Season 8, in weird and unexpected ways.”
The Flash airs Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET on The CW.
Source: CBR
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