
Concurrently, Cecile coerces Rosalind Dillon into helping her find Barry.

She begins to see temporal particles and meets with Deon Owens, who discovers that someone tapped into the Negative Still Force to change the timeline and kill Joe. She investigates with Allegra, discovering a unique set of coincidences that suggest foul play. Meanwhile, Iris suspects that Barry was framed and that Joe's death was set-up. Barry lashes out at Jefferson, but is eventually convinced to stand down. He begins to, but stops when Barry mentions Despero. In compliance with the Injustice Protocols, Barry asks Jefferson to remove his powers. Despero arrives to kill Barry, but the team allows him to escape to the Hall of Justice, where he meets with Jefferson Pierce. News footage shows Barry attacking residents of Central City after Xotar had been depowered, but he does not remember this or Joe's death. Barry suggests they celebrate with Joe West, but is informed that he died six months prior. She causes him to go insane and attack his team, but later depowers her during a jewelry heist. With a hint from the guard, Barry goes after psychic meta-criminal Xotar. Frost asks Chester to build a weapon to harm Despero, despite his pacifism. Alex Danvers assists Team Flash in researching Despero and learn about his home planet of Kalanor that was destroyed by an evil despot, and his power source, the Flame of Py'tar. Labs is raided and shut down after a radiation spike, so Barry has Gideon erase everything. The following day, Barry investigates an insane security guard, but Kramer forces him to turn in his badge over a federal investigation suggesting that he was a mole for Joseph Carver. Barry gives his identity to Despero, who gives him one week to prove his innocence.ĭespero informs Barry that he will lose himself to madness. Later, Ray decides to create an organization in Chester's father's name that will help new start-ups and leaves. Cecile Horton confirms that Despero was telling the truth.

Ray suits up as The Atom and sends him away. He attempts to kill Barry, stating that he is responsible for the end of the world. Suddenly, Despero arrives and attacks the tech convention. Runk surprises him with a group of tech start-ups, but Ray turns them down. Meanwhile, Ray Palmer arrives in Central City for a tech convention, and Chester P. She promotes Allegra Garcia, who struggles to control her new staff, but is able to shift their focuses to the voice of the people. Iris West-Allen heads the larger and stronger Central City Citizen Media and interviews Kristen Kramer, who has disbanded the meta-task force. After stopping a train collision in record time, he apprehends the Royal Flush Gang during a cryptocurrency heist.

Six months after the Godspeed war, Barry Allen's skills have gradually improved. In 2031 Central City, psychic alien Despero witnesses the end of the world. Season eight is broken into three "Graphic Novel" storyline arcs, known as the fifth, sixth and seventh graphic novels respectively this numbering continues from the first four "Graphic Novels" established in season six and season seven.
