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The Flash – Season 5, Episode 21 The Girl With the Red Lightning

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The Flash – Season 5, Episode 21

The Girl With the Red Lightning

Aired May 7, 2019

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Team Flash is on high alert after Cicada II threatens to unleash a dangerous virus that would put all meta-humans at risk.

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Chancellor Agard

Entertainment Weekly

05/08/2019

While the table-setting was rather obvious, the hour contained some entertaining and compelling moments, especially when it came to Joe and Ralph.

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Scott Von Doviak

AV Club

05/08/2019

B

The episode is better at delivering emotional beats than airtight storytelling, although a certain amount of confusion may have been a desired effect.

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Trent Moore

Syfy Wire

05/08/2019

After going rogue last week, Nora looks to be fully back in Team Flash and more trusted than ever. It'll be interesting what they do with Nora at season's end.

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Amelia Emberwing

Birth.Movies.Death.

05/08/2019

You can tell that "The Girl with the Red Lightning" is building up to something big, and it both opens and closes with intrigue. But the rest is a snooze fest.

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Michael Patterson

What Culture

05/08/2019

The results of that investigation, and the episode's ambiguous ending scene, has left The Flash in a state of uncertainty -- one that could end up rocking it to its very core.

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Jessie Robertson

Flickering Myth

05/08/2019

6.5/10

More issues with Cicada and everything surrounding her bog down this episode and pull us faster into a finale that feels like just another episode.

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Synopsis

Team Flash is on high alert after Cicada II threatens to unleash a dangerous virus that would put all meta-humans at risk.

Director: Stefan Pleszczynski
Executive Producer: Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg, David Nutter, Sarah Schechter
Screenwriter: Judalina Neira, Thomas Pound
Network: The CW
Rating: TV-PG (L|V)
Genre: Drama, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2019

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