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The Flash – Season 5, Episode 17 Time Bomb

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The Flash – Season 5, Episode 17

Time Bomb

Aired Mar 19, 2019

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Team Flash finds out that suburban mom Vickie Bolen is in danger, and they race to save her; they discover she's a metahuman who is hiding her abilities from her family; Barry encourages Vickie to share her secret with her family.

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The persistent threat of Cicada continues to endure throughout The Flash's fifth season, but the plot finally thickens in "Time Bomb."

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Chancellor Agard

Entertainment Weekly

03/20/2019

In terms of the emotional impact of the reveal, the episode definitely hit it out of the park.

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Scott Von Doviak

AV Club

03/20/2019

A-

"Time Bomb" works surprisingly well in uniting all its plotlines with a theme that has been at the core of the show since the beginning -- and which has driven many longtime viewers crazy time and time again.

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Jessie Robertson

Flickering Myth

04/24/2019

8.5/10

All the buildup to that reveal was well worth it and both Grant Gustin (with ever so slight tears in his eyes) and Jessica Parker Kennedy (as the ever lovely and talented Nora) killed it, as well as Tom Cavanagh.

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Jeffrey Lyles

Lyles' Movie Files

04/17/2019

8.5/10

Time Bomb lived up to its hype of setting the stage for the final swing of episodes and finally make a major advancement on Nora's storyline.

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Michael Patterson

What Culture

03/20/2019

This season, the show has spent an awful long time stuck in the same place, but now that the truth is finally out, things are bound to start moving at a much quicker pace.

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Noetta Harjo

Geek Girl Authority

03/20/2019

I'm a little angry with Sherloque for showing off when he told Nora's truth, but at the same time, Nora wasn't going to do it herself.

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Synopsis

Team Flash finds out that suburban mom Vickie Bolen is in danger, and they race to save her; they discover she's a metahuman who is hiding her abilities from her family; Barry encourages Vickie to share her secret with her family.

Director: Rob J. Greenlea
Executive Producer: Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg, David Nutter, Sarah Schechter
Screenwriter: Kristen Kim, Sterling Gates
Network: The CW
Rating: TV-PG (L|V)
Genre: Drama, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date: Mar 19, 2019

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