But as first reported by TV Line there were only 22 episodes ordered for Season 5. The CW How long is The Flash Season 5?Įach of The Flash’s previous four seasons reached 23 episodes. Grant Gustin as Barry Allen on 'The Flash'. This was to accommodate the character’s move to Legends of Tomorrow, and Lonsdale’s eventual departure from the Arrowverse altogether.
Previous series regular Keiynan Lonsdale only appeared as Wally West in the Season 5 premiere. Early rumors indicate Season 5 will further explore Caitlin’s backstory and the true origins of her Killer Frost powers. Carol Tannhauser, mother to Caitlin Snow. Susan Walters also reprised her role as Dr. Of course, Jessica Parker Kennedy not only returned as Nora West-Allen, but also become a series regular, appearing in every episode. Danielle Nicolet’s Cecille Horton was also upped to series regular.
The character had grown up for the new season and spent his time flexing his top-tier detective skills rather than spend his days goofing around. Cinema Blend reported that this one’s called “Sherloque Wells,” a French detective from an alternate reality that’s tracking Cicada.Īctor Hartley Sawyer’s also was upgraded to series regular for Season 5, returning as Ralph Dibney, aka the Elongated Man. Tom Cavanagh also returned, but as a new Harrison Wells doppelgänger. Series regulars included the following members of the core cast: The CW Who in The Flash Season 5 cast returned? Pretty much everyone from the core cast is returning to 'The Flash' - at least in the beginning of the season, anyway. The biggest issue for Season 5, however, will definitely be the new big bad: Will parenthood be the challenge that finally slows The Flash down? … with the arrival of Barry and Iris’ speedster daughter, Nora, who arrived from the future admitting to having made a “big mistake,” things are anything but status quo. Here’s a relevant portion of the official synopsis of The Flash Season 5 as released by The CW ahead of Comic-Con in July. She interfered with the timeline, just like her father once did, and it’s going to cause tons of problems. Nora said she had made a “big, big mistake,” and Season 5 presents the fallout of how her actions will wreak havoc on the current timeline. Even when he tried to reverse it, the event still caused negative repercussions throughout time and space, erasing some characters from existence, inciting an alien invasion, and even spawning his greatest enemy in Savitar in the new timeline. When Barry went back in time to save his mother from dying in the past at the end of Season 2, he created a hazardous alternate reality, dubbed Flashpoint. True to the set-up presented by Nora West-Allen’s arrival in Season 4, The Flash Season 5 functioned a bit like Flashpoint 2.0. Eastern, the same day of the week and time as last season. The Flash Season premiered on The CW on Tuesday, Octoat 8 p.m. Season 5 will explore the fallout of all that and then some. She traveled back in time from 30 years into the future, made a “big, big mistake” and then wound up trapped in the present day. The Flash Season 4 ended on the shocking revelation that the enigmatic Mystery Girl, who debuted during the “Crisis on Earth-X” crossover event and had cameos sprinkled throughout the back-half of the season, was actually Iris and Barry’s daughter from the future, Nora West-Allen. Here’s everything we know about Season 5 of The Flash. That led to a slew of exciting things for this addicting show that’s gained a cult following since its debut in October 2014. Read on for the original article, with some new changes to reflect the latest updates on this topic.Īs The Flash dashed toward Season 5 on The CW, the show looked to explore all the typical problems that traveling through time causes when you’re a superhero. This article about Season 5 of the superhero series The Flash was originally published on Octoand updated on Apfollowing the release of the season on The CW.