Here's What You Need to Know About 'The Flash's New Character, Chester

Here's what you need to know about Chester P. Runk from CW's 'The Flash,' inspired via the DC comics. Details on the character inside of.

Season 6 of The Flash has arrived to The CW and it's better than ever. Team Flash continues to be coping with the lack of Nora West-Allen and is making ready for a perilous struggle.

But the season premiere also introduced a new character: Chester P. Runk.

So, who's The Flash's Chester? Keep reading for the whole lot you need to know about the supervillain.

The Flash's Season 6 premiere introduced us to Chester P. Runk, who fans of the comic books may recognize as "Chunk," an obese scientist who wishes to devour just about 50 occasions his frame weight to keep "fueled."

While the display ditched the fat jokes and puns the comics employed, it kept Chester's superpowers: the uncontrollable skill to create black holes. That's how we come across him in The Flash — when black holes get started randomly appearing all over Central City.

Suddenly, Team Flash comes throughout a catatonic Chester, who used to be rendered this fashion after an encounter with a black hollow that break up his consciousness, which is partially in his body and partly in a sentient black hollow. 

In his comatose state, Chester's talent to create black holes grows extra tough and subsequently dangerous, so Team Flash will have to give you the chance to save him through bringing together the 2 parts of his awareness. Enter M.A.C., aka the Mental Augmentation Chamber, which comes to the rescue.

While the chamber used to be created in order that Barry could spice up his cognitive skills, Team Flash finally ends up employing MAC to include synaptic power, which allows Chester to merge his consciousnesses back in combination again.

"Chester is doing so much better," Cecile reveals. "I mean, don't get me wrong. He's still glowing in the eyes with orange dark energy, but he's in really good spirits." Cisco chimes in to upload, "Caitlin said his molecules need to re-stabilize at the subatomic level. My guess is he'll need to cook in the M.A.C. for another four to six weeks, maybe more, to get back to normal."

Since this can be a new use for M.A.C, we will't wait to see if Season 6 will bring even more novel techniques to profit from the Mental Augmentation Chamber. And as a result of he's nonetheless "more than happy to chill at STAR Labs," as Cecile puts it, we are certain we'll see more of Chester this season.

Who performs Chester in The Flash?

Showrunner Eric Wallace could be very excited to show audiences extra of Chester, performed by way of actor Brandon McKnight. "Chester P. Runk was one of my favorite characters from the late-'80s run of the Flash comics," Eric said in an interview with TVLine.

"I was a young, African-American comic book reader, always looking for my own face in the comic books," he endured, "and here was a character who, even though he was presented as villainous at first, eventually becomes not only an ally but a friend of The Flash."

And once he noticed Brandon's "absolutely wonderful performance," he could not wait to "get this guy back." "We want to get to know him a little better and let him interact with Team Flash a second time, very soon." "He's got to ask Natalie out," he adds, "and I want to see that story."

Watch new episodes of The Flash on Tuesdays at Eight p.m. ET on The CW.

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