Deadline is
reporting that current recurring guest stars Brandon McKnight (Chester P. Runk) and Kayla Compton (Allegra Garcia) have been upped to series regulars for the upcoming seventh season of The CW's hit superhero drama
The Flash, which stars Grant Gustin in the title role.
McKnight and Compton made their debuts at the beginning of this season and have appeared in three and eight episodes, respectively. Both of their characters were also recently made official members of Team Flash - which essentially foreshadowed this latest development - and will likely have bigger roles to play moving forward as this ongoing sixth season sets up its final run of episodes.
Now, with the addition of two new faces to the main roster, it's definitely fair to wonder whether any of the original cast will be departing the series after this current season, and there are, of course, some possibilities. But if we're lucky and there happens to be no turnover at all, then everyone, including the aforementioned Gustin (Barry Allen/Flash), Candice Patton (Iris West-Allen), Danielle Panabaker (Caitlin Snow/Frost), Carlos Valdes (Cisco Ramon/Vibe), Hartley Sawyer (Ralph Dibny/Elongated Man), Danielle Nicolet (Cecile Horton), Tom Cavanagh (Nash Wells) and Jesse L. Martin (Joe West), should all be back for more.
"Death of the Speed Force" - (8:00-9:00 p.m. ET) (TV-PG, LV) (HDTV)
WALLY WEST SPEEDS BACK INTO CENTRAL CITY - Kid Flash (guest star Keiynan Lonsdale) returns to Central City with a Zen attitude and new tricks up his sleeve. While thrilled to see his family again, Wally confides to Barry (Grant Gustin) that he returned because he thinks there is something wrong with the speed force. Meanwhile, Cisco (Carlos Valdes) returns from his fact-finding mission across Earth-Prime. Brent Crowell directed the episode written by Sam Chalsen & Emily Palizzi Gilbert (#614). Original airdate 3/10/2020.
Matching wits with The Thinker, who by season’s end had harnessed the powers of all twelve bus metas he created, stretched Team Flash to their limits, but with the help of some new allies, Barry Allen (aka The Flash) and company were able to put a stop to the Enlightenment and save Central City once again. However, with the arrival of Barry and Iris’ speedster daughter, Nora, who arrived from the future admitting to having made a “big mistake,” things are anything but status quo. Will parenthood be the challenge that finally slows The Flash down?
The Flash features:
Grant Gustin as Barry Allen/The Flash
Candice Patton as Iris West-Allen
Danielle Panabaker as Caitlin Snow/Killer Frost
Carlos Valdes as Cisco Ramon/Vibe
Tom Cavanagh as Dr. Harrison Wells
Jesse L. Martin as Detective Joe West
John Wesley Shipp as Henry Allen/Jay Garrick
Michelle Harrison as Nora Allen
Keiynan Lonsdale as Wally West/Kid Flash
Violett Beane as Jesse Quick
Danielle Nicolet as Cecille Horton
Hartley Sawyer as Ralph Dibny/Elongated Man
Sendhil Ramamurthy as Dr. Ramsey Rosso/Bloodwork
The Flash returns with an all-new episode on March 10