The Flash Season 3 Connected the Arrowverse to Fringe - Screen Rant

The canon of the Arrowverse was monumentally expanded by Crisis on Infinite Earths — but before all of that, The Flash season 3 connected itself to the events of Fringe. Played by Grant Gustin, the character of Barry Allen debuted on Arrow before being spun-off to his own solo show back in 2014. Blessed with superspeed, Barry took on the superhero identity of The Flash, as per DC Comics, and made it his mission to protect Central City. Currently airing its sixth season, The Flash has already been renewed for season 7 by The CW.

Fringe, meanwhile, was created by J.J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman, and Roberto Orci, and premiered on Fox in 2008. The science-fiction series ultimately ran for a total of one-hundred episodes across five seasons, and it starred Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, and John Noble as Olivia Dunham, Peter Bishop, and Walter Bishop, respectively. Each served as members of the Fringe Division — a branch of the F.B.I and Homeland Security supervised by Lance Reddick's Phillip Broyles. Alongside Astrid Farnsworth (Jasika Nicole) and, in later seasons, Lincoln Lee (Seth Gabel), the team was tasked with investigating more unusual, initially inexplicable crimes and otherworldly conspiracies. Despite steadily declining ratings, Fringe has maintained a cult following to this day.

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As it happens, a connection between The Flash and Fringe actually emerged in the former's third season. One of the most notable elements of The Flash season 3 was the introduction of a new Harrison Wells doppelgänger known as H.R. Unlike previous iterations, H.R. was less of a scientist and more of a showman. Regardless, he proved himself one of the most memorable and selfless of the variants — ultimately sacrificing his life to save Iris West-Allen's and prevent a dark future. Prior to his tragic death at the hands of Savitar, H.R. was defined by his laidback yet upbeat personality and a firm love of coffee. It's actually in this latter trait that entwines the show with Fringe. Upon discovering that coffee is widely accessible on Earth-1, H.R remarked that on his world, Earth-19, coffee was a rare commodity due to an event called The Blight.

H.R. would later elaborate that the cause of The Blight was invaders from another unnamed Earth. Another consequence of this invasion was also the prohibition of interdimensional travel. Though it wasn't mentioned again beyond those details, the similarities with Fringe's central storyline is undeniable. Though often telling case-of-the-week stories, Fringe would later expand its mythology and explore a feud between two parallel Earths. That feud came into being as a result of Walter Bishop crossing between dimensions and abducting a doppelgänger of his own son. Though he did so to save the young boy's life, the consequences of his actions were the parallel dimension starting to collapse. A symptom of that collapse was something called The Blight that, yes, wiped out coffee crops. Equally, Walter's own doppelgänger retaliated by waging war on what he deemed to be alternate Earth invaders.

It's easy to see why these two shows would overlap in such ways. After all, both have explored similar science-fiction themes like multiverses, alternate timelines, doppelgängers, and more. Equally, there is just as much overlap behind the scenes, with several writers and producers from Fringe also having worked on The Flash. It's all made even more amusing by the fact that Cisco also referenced Fringe as a TV show in The Flash season 2, and that Noble played himself as an actor on Legends of Tomorrow. While it may not be as overt as the Crisis on Infinite Earths and Smallville crossover, it nonetheless paved the way for such crossing of the streams. Plus, it remains a fun little nod from The Flash that technically makes Fringe loosely canonical to the Arrowverse, as both a television show and as real events from within its multiverse.

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