Season 8 (The Flash)

"When I first got my speed, I needed a lot of help, not just from Caitlin and Cisco, but from you and everybody at CCPD. But now... Now you've leveled up."

- Barry Allen and Joe West

The eighth season of  premiered on November 16, 2021 and concluded on June 29, 2022. It consists of 20 episodes.

Synopsis
Barry Allen lived a normal life as a perpetually tardy C.S.I. in the Central City Police Department. But his life changed forever when the S.T.A.R. Labs Particle Accelerator exploded, creating a dark-matter lightning storm that struck Barry... bestowing him with superspeed and making him the fastest man alive — The Flash. After stopping the Godspeed War last season, it's six months later and Barry and Iris West-Allen are now at the top of their game—both in their careers as superhero and reporter and as a devoted couple. But when the powerful alien Despero unleashes near annihilation on Central City, The Flash and his team—Caitlin Snow / Frost, Meta-Empath Cecile Horton, the light-powered meta Allegra Garcia, brilliant tech-nerd Chester P. Runk and retired detective Joe West—must once again defy impossible odds to save the day. But their victory is short-lived as two new threats rise from the ashes of "Armageddon," one of which will unleash unforeseen horrors into the lives of Barry and his teammates... and change Team Flash forever.

Main Cast

 * Grant Gustin as The Flash/Reverse-Flash (Barry Allen) / The Flash/Barry Allen (Eobard Thawne)
 * Candice Patton as Iris West-Allen
 * Danielle Panabaker as Caitlin Show / Frost
 * Danielle Nicolet as Cecile Horton
 * Kayla Compton as Allegra Garcia
 * Brandon McKnight as Chester P. Runk
 * Jesse L. Martin as Joe West

Recurring Cast

 * Tom Cavanagh as Reverse-Flash/Harrison Wells/The Flash (Eobard Thawne)
 * Jessica Parker Kennedy as XS (Nora West-Allen)
 * Robbie Amell as Ronnie Raymond / Deathstorm
 * Carmen Moore as Kristen Kramer
 * Tony Curran as Despero
 * Jon Cor as Chillblaine (Mark Blaine)
 * Natalie Dreyfuss as Sue Dearbon
 * Mika Abdalla as Tinya Wazzo
 * Andres Soto as Marcus
 * Rachel Drance as Taylor Downs
 * Kausar Mohammed as Fast Track (Meena Dhawan)
 * Christian Magby as Deon Owens / Deon Owens (Negative Still Force)
 * Ashley Rickards as Top (Rosa Dillon)
 * Adam Darshi as Queen (Mona Taylor)
 * Stephanie Izsak as Daisy Korber
 * Morena Baccarin as Gideon

In-Universe Guest Stars

 * Brandon Routh as The Atom (Ray Palmer)
 * Chyler Leigh as Sentinel (Alex Danvers)
 * Cress Williams as Black Lightning (Jefferson Pierce)
 * Javicia Leslie as Batwoman (Ryan Wilder)
 * Osric Chau as The Atom (Ryan Choi)
 * Neal McDonough as Damien Darhk
 * Courtney Ford as Nora Palmer
 * Katherine McNamara as Green Arrow (Mia Queen)
 * Matt Letscher as Eobard Thawne
 * David Ramsey as John Diggle
 * John Wesley Shipp as The Flash (Jay Garrick)

Guest Stars

 * Rick Cosnett as Eddie Thawne / Eddie Thawne

Trivia

 * This is the last season to feature Jesse L. Martin as a series regular.

Production

 * Filming ran from August 16, 2021, to April 25, 2022.
 * Filming was paused on December 18, 2021, and resumed on January 5, 2022.