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The Flash – Season 1, Episode 5 Plastique

Play trailer The Flash – Season 1, Episode 5 Plastique Aired Nov 11, 2014 Drama Action Adventure Fantasy Play Trailer Watchlist
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90% Tomatometer 21 Reviews
Gen. Eiling (Clancy Brown) and the Army take over the case after a bomb goes off downtown, drawing Joe's suspicion; after refusing to stop writing about "the streak," Iris receives a visit from the Flash.
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The Flash — Season 1, Episode 5

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The Flash's formula begins to show in an entry that nevertheless provides a compelling and tragic villain-of-the-week.

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Grant Gustin

Barry Allen

Candice Patton

Iris West

Rick Cosnett

Eddie Thawne

Danielle Panabaker

Caitlin Snow

Carlos Valdes

Cisco Ramon

Tom Cavanagh

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Alan Sepinwall HitFix 07/25/2018
For the most part, "Plastique" continued to demonstrate all the things The Flash has learned to do well in such a short span of time. Go to Full Review Chancellor Agard Entertainment Weekly 07/20/2018
Although I didn't expect The Flash to start working Grodd in the show so early, I'm very excited because it's great to see the series fleshing out more of The Flash's enemies. You can never have too many villains. Go to Full Review Scott Von Doviak AV Club 07/19/2018
B+
These are already familiar ingredients for this show, but the episode does something more interesting with Bette Sans Souci (inevitably dubbed Plastique by Cisco) than with past one-off threats like Multiplex and the Mist. Go to Full Review Constance Gibbs The Nerds of Color 04/07/2020
It's very interesting to see the ways certain relationships are forming, as I've said with the lab team and Barry, while others are deteriorating, Iris with both her father and Barry. These dynamics should prove interesting in the episodes to come. Go to Full Review Noel Kirkpatrick TV.com 07/26/2018
Sans Souci's dilemma created a number of threads that, while never felt fully tied together by the end, were still interesting enough. Go to Full Review Dave Golder SFX Magazine 07/25/2018
3/5
If "Plastique" is the blueprint for what makes an "average" episode of The Flash, then things could be a whole lot worse. It's entertaining fluff and only really disappointing because the show's been so good so far. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Episode Info

Synopsis Gen. Eiling (Clancy Brown) and the Army take over the case after a bomb goes off downtown, drawing Joe's suspicion; after refusing to stop writing about "the streak," Iris receives a visit from the Flash.
Director
Dermott Downs
Executive Producer
Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg, David Nutter, Sarah Schechter
Screenwriter
Aaron Helbing, Todd Helbing, Brooke Eikmeier
Network
The CW
Rating
TV-PG (V)
Genre
Drama, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Original Language
English
Release Date
Nov 11, 2014
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