The Flash's ninth and final season has been incredibly star-studded, but there's one fan-favourite classic cast member we haven't seen.
Despite being a mainstay of The CW series during its first seven years on the network, Carlos Valdes has not reprised his role as Cisco Ramon/Vibe and won't appear in next week's series finale. Now, the actor has opened up on what stopped him from being able to bid farewell to The Flash.
"I did consider it," he recently told Entertainment Weekly of a possible return. "Honestly, there was no way to make it happen with regards to my schedule and just all the different creative ventures and life circumstances that I was trying to juggle at that time."
This was a result of Valdes shooting Hulu's Up Here at the same time The Flash was being shot. As you might imagine, the actor was more than a little disappointed.
"I couldn't really make it work, which was really heartbreaking to me because I thought, if I decided to step away from the show, at the very least I have to be there for the finale to round this thing out and to really honor the full circle-ness of it," he added. "It was really heartbreaking to not be able to make it work."
After first debuting in an episode of Arrow, Cisco would go on to be a huge part of the series before bidding farewell to the role halfway through season 7. The last time we saw him was when he officiated the West-Allen vow renewal in the finale, with it since explained that he's now living in Star City with his girlfriend.
We also have an extended promo for Wednesday's finale and, as you'll see below, Eddie Thawne has undergone a villainous transformation into Blue Cobalt! He won't be alone in gunning for the Fastest Man Alive either, as Reverse-Flash, Zoom, and Savitar have also returned to destroy Barry Allen.
Watch the trailer below.
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