Martin's Joe West and Tom Cavanuagh's Harry Wells not being around were barely even mentioned.
These sort of things are usually saved for mid-season crossovers, but this particular time, The Flash is kicking things off with one. It's not clear why this season is kicking off with what is apparently a kind of mini-series inside the series. There's a lot to pick up from after Season 7's finale and interestingly enough, in that regard, the show might not have done enough. That might be because it was simply trying to do too much in a short window of time. While The Flash felt like it stuck to its formula to kick off the season, it's possible that this time, it didn't really equal success. RELATED: 'The Flash' Season 7 Is a Massive Rescue Mission The Formula For The Flash Not Adding Up As Well It appears The Flash felt as though it needed another super-powered goofball to fill that hole so enter Palmer and his alter ego, The Atom. Sawyer found himself in some real-life hot water and was booted off the show. It didn't take long for it to be rather obvious that Ray is going to be this season's fill-in for Hartley Sawyer's Ralph Dibney. There was also the addition of an Arrowverse crossover in the form of Brandon Routh's Ray Palmer, formally of Legends of Tomorrow. That formula also includes a kind of "villain of the week" addition that tends to be someone who is actually fairly easy to stop, because apparently, the showrunners feel as though The Flash and his gang need a win, even if the bigger victory or defeat is still a ways off. Sticking to a well-established formula has both its pros and its cons and both showed their heads in the first episode of the season. Just in case that wasn't obvious from the opening scenes of the episode, the showrunners wanted people to understand what was about to happen quite clearly, considering it's actually titled "Armageddon Part 1." In fact, the season premiere was quite similar to past premieres, teasing a massive world-ending type of cataclysm that the gang will likely spend most of the rest of the season trying to stop. Easily the longest-running show left standing in the larger Arrowverse, Episode 1 of the new season seemed to have stuck to a formula that its fans will certainly recognize and understand. With the premiere of Season 8 of The Flash, it appears the CW show is very comfortable in its own skin.
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