The Flash Brings Back Teddy Sears as Zoom, John Wesley Shipp as Jay Garrick
Two more speedsters are making tracks for The Flash‘s final season — one superfriend, and one fiendish foe.
Series vets John Wesley Shipp and Teddy Sears are both set to appear during Season 9, TVLine has learned exclusive, reprising their respective roles as Jay Garrick and Hunter Zolomon (aka Zoom).
The duo in turn join a final-season guest star slate that already boasts Stephen Amell (as Arrow‘s Oliver Queen/Green Arrow), David Ramsey (as John Diggle/Spartan), Keiyan Lonsdale (as Wally West/Kid Flash) and Sendhil Ramamurthy (as Dr. Ramsey Rosso/Bloodwork), all in Episode 9 directed by Danielle Panabaker; Batwoman‘s Javicia Leslie (as Red Death), Nicole Maines (reprising her Supergirl role of Nia Nal aka Dreamer), Rick Cosnett (as Eddie Thawne), Matt Letscher (as Eobard Thawne) and Jessica Parker Kennedy (as Nora/XS). As for Cisco, time will tell?
Previewing Sears’ encore, The Flash showrunner Eric Wallace says, “As one of our most memorable villains ever, he scared and delighted audiences in Season 2. And now, I’m happy to announce that the brilliant Teddy Sears is coming back as the evil Zoom aka Hunter Zolomon… for one more battle against Team Flash.
“It’s a reunion I’ve been hoping could happen for several seasons,” the EP adds, “and now I’m so excited that we were finally able to bring Teddy and incredible talents back into our Flash Family for our epic and emotional ninth season. So, get ready to be frightened again, Flash fans!”
And as for Shipp’s latest swing by Central City, “Flash fans have loved John Wesley Shipp’s heroic and heartwarming portrayals on our show since its inception,” Wallace notes. “So, it’s a huge honor to have John back as part of our epic final season. This time, John’s lent his incredible talents to an incredibly emotional story — one that sheds new light on Barry Allen’s tragic past.”
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Any word on if Bart will be anywhere in the final season?
All known guest stars keystroked abovewards!
So basically everyone but Cisco is coming back, even Wally is!, Why not Cisco?
We shall see!
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All of these returning characters, but they “didn’t have enough time” to properly handle Caitlin dying. What a farce.
Will Beebo be back?
Nice for them but no Tom Cavanagh? No Neil Sandilands? No Tom Felton?
Also, they should include Matt Ryan’s Constantine and Cress Williams Black Lightning to properly send-off the last Earth-Prime Arrowverse show.
I would like to see a proper ending for Legends. Or are they just going to be left to rot in time jail?
Lonsdale’s appearance for me counts as the representative Cast Member from Legends since he was a Series Regular on Legends too.
Seems to be the case
Eric wallaces flash since he took over in season 6 has been a cluster of bad story telling and boring episodes, It is a shame he was put in charge for the flash final season considering he ruined the flash show instead of the people who made it great
The Flash peaked season 3. Hasn’t been decent since
Ah, Zoom. The last great villain the show has seen.
I find it ironic all these returning stars are announced yet we still dont know who is playing cobalt blue, like I dont get the logic, if its eddie just announce it, like many fans already predicted its him and I dont see a casting worthy of the utter secrecy, as if brad pitt or someone like that is playing him or her.
Yes I will give wallace the benefit of the doubt, maybe that crystal tease didnt mean cobalt was showing up cause wallace has played very coy with any cobalt teases, like he seems to not confirm it, so it wouldnt shock me if cobalt aint showing up.
At any rate I think I am done speculating who will play him or her or if they are even showing up at this point, they will be another speedster probably, they will obviously lose against barry even if he sacrifices himself to stop cobalt, so not much to get excited for. That isnt being pessimistic its being realistic