SPOILER WARNING: This article contains major spoilers for "Crisis on Infinite Earths, Part 3," the third installment of this year's Arrowverse crossover.
The Arrowverse's fate is looking a little bleak. In "Crisis on Infinite Earths, Part 3," the Anti-Monitor succeeded in destroying Earth-1. Then, Lex Luthor managed to kill and replace the Superman of Earth-96 as the Paragon of Truth with help from the Book of Destiny -- and Lex actor Jon Cryer couldn't be happier that he did.
“It’s perfect for Lex. It’s exactly how he’s an asshole,” Cryer told Entertainment Weekly. “I thought it was like that moment in Alien when the captains dies. You know, when the guy you think is the sort of steady hand, the guy who’s got a real shot at helping this situation. ‘Oh he’s in the pipe,’ and boom, he’s dead. It’s totally an oh s--- moment, and I love that my character was the cause of it."
"But at that point [of reading the script], I was like ‘Oh, this is a cliffhanger where I don’t see any reason for hope,’" he continued. "That’s about as bad as it gets. At that point, I didn’t know there was going to be almost a month in between when it airs and the next episode airs. So, I wasn’t aware of how long people would be held in suspense.”
Cryer also briefly discussed the upcoming Arrow portion of "Crisis," though he was careful not to spoil anything. “What I will tell you is that the Arrow script is my favorite script of the five,” he teased.
"Crisis on Infinite Earths" will return after the winter hiatus. The crossover will conclude on Tuesday, Jan. 14 in Arrow at 8 p.m. ET/PT and in DC's Legends of Tomorrow at 9 p.m. ET/PT.