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The Flash – Season 5, Episode 8 What's Past Is Prologue

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The Flash – Season 5, Episode 8

What's Past Is Prologue

Aired Dec 4, 2018

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Barry and the team come up with a plan to stop Cicada, but it calls for Barry and Nora to travel back in time to gather some key necessities; Barry hesitates, concerned about his daughter seeing certain parts of his life.

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"What's Past is Prologue" takes viewers on a Flash-tastic journey back in time with a series of flashbacks that make for an eventful, charming, and commemorative 100th episode.

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Chancellor Agard

Entertainment Weekly

12/05/2018

B+

"What's Past is Prologue" was fun, poignant, and surprising in equal measure, which is what you want from an episode of The Flash.

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Scott Von Doviak

AV Club

12/05/2018

B+

I'll be the first to say that not all 100 episodes are great or even good...but "What's Past Is Prologue" does a great job of summing up the epic mythology of these four and a half seasons.

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Jessie Robertson

Flickering Myth

04/24/2019

8/10

This was a Nora episode; she got a huge spotlight to shine and she did not disappoint.

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Matt Morrison

Screen Rant

12/07/2018

While the craft employed by the special-effects team to do this was skillfully handled and well-directed by Tom Cavanagh, the whole episode still feels like something of a missed opportunity.

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Ben Rolph

TheDCTVshow

12/06/2018

5/5

Absolutely nostalgic, incredible and just so well put together.

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Vlada Gelman

TV Line

12/06/2018

Flash fans, we'll give you a moment to digest that timey-wimey craziness. OK, time's up.

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Synopsis

Barry and the team come up with a plan to stop Cicada, but it calls for Barry and Nora to travel back in time to gather some key necessities; Barry hesitates, concerned about his daughter seeing certain parts of his life.

Director: Tom Cavanagh
Executive Producer: Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg, David Nutter, Sarah Schechter
Screenwriter: Todd Helbing, Lauren Certo
Network: The CW
Rating: TV-PG (V)
Genre: Drama, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date: Dec 4, 2018

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