Kamilla Hwang, staff photographer of the Citizen, was almost an afterthought in the setup for her boyfriend Cisco Ramon's departure from Team Flash. While The Flash season 7 did little to serve its supporting cast, it was the women on Team Citizen who seemed to suffer the most in this regard. Related: The Flash Season 7 Fixes An Old Arrowverse Crossover Mistake This, coupled with a sudden need to rewrite the season 7 storyline to account for the absence of Elongated Man and set the stage for Carlos Valdes and Tom Cavanagh exiting the series, resulted in a scattershot storyline that did little to offer the show's sizeable ensemble substantial individual story arcs. The COVID-19 crisis delayed production for the better part of a year, after halting the filming of the season 6 finale. To make matters worse, Iris was missing from The Flash episode focusing on her possible pregnancy. This was systematic of the treatment of all of Team Citizen's membership, with all of the women working at the Central City Citizen being completely defined by their relationships to male characters.Įven the biggest fans of The Flash had to admit that season 7 was a rough one for the long-running superhero show.
For all the lip-service the series has paid toward treating Iris like an equal partner in her marriage to Barry Allen, the latest arc severely undercut Iris' work as a reporter, focusing instead upon her status as a mother and her efforts to start a family. The treatment of Iris West-Allen and the other members of Team Citizen during season 7 revealed a major problem that The Flash season 8 needs to address.
Warning: The following contains SPOILERS for The Flash season 7.
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