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      The Flash (2018 - 2019)

      Season 5

      The Flash

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      The Flash's fifth season maintains the show's high standard for compelling visuals, chilling villains, and well-scripted moments of humor, but also turns a more focused gaze on the role of family dynamics amongst the increasingly complex characters. Read critic reviews

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      Episodes

      • 1. Nora

        Air date: Oct 9, 2018

        After an unexpected guest from the future appears at their home, Barry and Iris must figure out how to get her back to the future without disrupting the timeline.

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      • 2. Blocked

        Air date: Oct 16, 2018

        Barry and Team Flash track down a meta that is stealing high-tech weapons, only to cross paths with a new foe named Cicada, who is hunting the very same meta, with nefarious intent.

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      • 3. The Death of Vibe

        Air date: Oct 23, 2018

        After Cicada's attack, the team realizes it needs to think outside the box to stop this dangerous new foe; Nora comes up with a plan that ultimately puts a team member in danger; Caitlin delves into her past.

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      • 4. News Flash

        Air date: Oct 30, 2018

        Barry and Iris face the ultimate parenting test when Team Flash battles Spin, a savvy millennial armed with meta tech and a dangerous agenda for Nora; Ralph feels defeated until an unlikely source issues a challenge to help boost his confidence.

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      • 5. All Doll'd Up

        Air date: Nov 13, 2018

        Nora lets something slip about the future that devastates Iris; in an attempt to distract his wife, Barry asks Iris to team up to stop a new meta, Rag Doll; Caitlin learns something about her father.

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      • 6. The Icicle Cometh

        Air date: Nov 20, 2018

        Caitlin, Barry and Cisco learn something new about Caitlin's father; Iris and Sherloque follow a clue about Cicada.

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      • 7. O Come, All Ye Thankful

        Air date: Nov 27, 2018

        Nora grapples with unresolved anger over her father's disappearance in the future; Barry and the team must stop a powerful new meta, Weather Witch, from killing her own father.

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      • 8. What's Past Is Prologue

        Air date: Dec 4, 2018

        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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      • 9. Elseworlds

        Air date: Dec 9, 2018

        When Barry and Oliver Queen wake up one morning and realize they have swapped bodies, the two set off to find out what disturbed the timeline to cause such a shift.

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      • 10. The Flash & The Furious

        Air date: Jan 15, 2019

        While Nora grapples with the revelation that Thawne killed her grandmother, Team Flash must stop Weather Witch and Silver Ghost, a new villain who can control engines and motorized technology; Caitlin and Cisco discuss creating a metahuman cure.

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      Cast & Crew

      Grant Gustin
      Candice Patton
      Danielle Panabaker
      Carlos Valdes
      Tom Cavanagh
      Jesse L. Martin
      Jessica Parker Kennedy
      Hartley Sawyer
      Chris Klein
      Troy James
      Kiana Madeira
      Reina Hardesty
      Kyle Secor
      Victoria Park
      Stephen Amell
      David Hayter
      Gabrielle Walsh
      Melissa Benoist
      Zibby Allen
      Dan Payne
      Greg Berlanti
      Andrew Kreisberg
      David Nutter
      Sarah Schechter

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      Audience Reviews for The Flash: Season 5

      • Oct 15, 2023

        A moderate improvement over season 4. Like the return to format, story, Cicada as the villain is good and Tom Cavanaugh's newest Wells is a nice addition. It's right there with season 3, the only reason it's not above season 3 is Nora. She is nothing but an annoying brat over half the time, makes stupid mistakes and is just an unlikable character overall. In the end, not a bad season as long as you can tolerate Nora.

      • Oct 14, 2023

        Another season that I just loved, the CGI, like the other seasons is just AMAZING and the underrated super villains aka both Cicada's are just amazing, how they develop and the reason behind them doing it is reasonable to and Nora and Thawne duo and there incorporation in the story is amazing and makes sense, how Nora just got her speed and needs help so goes to Thawne and Thawne helps/uses her and teach her the ways of the flash, yes she acts not her age but cut her some slack, she just got her speed and went to go see her dead dad and nicer version of her mom and the side characters like Sherloque is just amazing and how Ralph going from baby giraffe to adult giraffe is funny and amazing, and the ending is so sad but so good, love it all, highly recommend this season.

      • Aug 14, 2023

        This season wasn't as good as I wanted it to be. But, Cicada was a very good villain but I feel like his daughter was unnecessary. The suit the flash used was just disappointing and the plot for reverse flash was just too overused for me.

      • Jul 07, 2023

        A downgrade in comparison to season 4 and in don’t liked the finale and the female cicada was horrible

      • Jun 20, 2023

        Good plot, excellent stories and twists. Enjoyable series

      • Jun 04, 2023

        The Flash: Season 5 is a bad season. The CGI sucks, the characters are the only thing keeping this review from 2 stars, the villain is the worst villain yet, and the ending is bad.

      • Jun 04, 2023

        It's not bad, but the show it's starting to have ridiculous and childish dialogues.

      • May 25, 2023

        The Flash Season 5 is riddled with multiple writing issues. It also has a terrible villain and a lot of it's episodes are filler. The background villain is very interesting and well executed however. Nora can be really annoying and does not act like a real 26 year old would. This season focuses WAY to much on it's side characters and sidelines The Flash yet again. It still has enough enjoyment to not be absolutely terrible.

      • Apr 15, 2023

        a slight improvement over the previous season, although this is when the Flash suit starts to look like Pajamas.

      • Mar 12, 2023

        This season is a combination of bad and good. The show should have ended here in season 5. Action is great but it could have been better. Acting is good. CGI is great. Villain (Cicada) is worse than bad, but Thawn as usual always finds a way to impress us. I don't understand why Barry couldn't have just called Oliver Queen/Green Arrow and let him deal with Cicada. Writing is good-great. Story/plot is good-great. Casting is ok. Characters, I love Nora such an underrated character, she should get her own show with Bart. Character development has decreased & increased. I only like Ralph, Joe, Cisco, Sherloque, Nora, Barry, & Thawn. Adventure is bad-ok. Nice crossover "Elseworlds" (Flash S5:E9 & Arrow S7:E9 & Supergirl S4:E9(I think it's the best crossover in the Arrowverse). And a good ending. But the suit sucked (more accurately the cowl in this case a helmet).

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