“The Flash” came back strong in its Season 2 premiere on Tuesday night, which featured a number of big twists.
(Spoiler Alert: This story contains major plot details from the premiere episode, “The Man Who Saved Central City.” Watch the episode before reading this story!)
Team Flash hasn’t just lost Eddie Thawne. As The Flash (Grant Gustin) ran as fast as possible to contain the singularity that opened up in the skies above Central City (an event that began in the Season 1 finale), Ronnie Raymond (Robbie Amell) and Professor Stein (Victor Garber) combined into Firestorm during the Season 2 premiere. As Firestorm, they flew straight into the eye of the storm, where they separated and closed the fissure. But only the professor returned home.
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“The Flash” Executive Producer Andrew Kreisberg spoke with Access Hollywood about Robbie Amell and the season premiere twist involving the actor’s character, Ronnie.
“The fact that we got Robbie as long as we did, considering that he’s on the verge of being a major movie star, you know, we’re so grateful and thankful for his talents and his friendship and his commitment to the show over the course of last year,” Kreisberg told Access. “But we obviously didn’t want to stand in the way of any of that, and as always, we always try to take a negative and turn it into a positive. So Ronnie dying in the premiere and all of the ways in which that affects so many different characters — with Barry, and with Caitlin, and with Professor Stein, and with the launch of ‘Legends [of Tomorrow]’ — it just became a lot of great story fodder for us moving forward. You can’t keep a good Firestorm down and I think that, you know, it’s certainly our intention, and I know Robbie’s too, to continue on on the show in some capacity down the road.”
Danielle Panabaker as Caitlin Snow and Robbie Amell as Ronnie Raymond (The CW)
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Although the EP used the word “dying” when talking about Ronnie’s “The Flash” Season 2 premiere scene, he also seemed to hint that this may not be the last we’ll see of Robbie and his character on The CW’s DC Entertainment shows.
“Here’s the thing, we’re talking about a show with parallel universes and time travel, so, you know, I don’t think anyone on these shows, across the two shows — if you throw in the Lazarus Pit and some John Constantine black magic — no one’s ever really gone,” the producer said, making a reference to “Arrow.” “If we want them to come back, there’s a way for them to come back.”
But, there are no immediate plans to see Ronnie.
“Not in the short term, but certainly in the long term,” Kreisberg added.
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“The Flash” continues next Tuesday at 8/7c on The CW.
UPDATE: Late Tuesday night, Robbie too weighed in on his “The Flash” future in an Instagram post. “You haven’t seen the last of me. #theFlash #Firestorm,” he wrote to accompany two pics of him in character.
— Jolie Lash
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