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The fifth season of the American television series The Flash, which is based on the DC Comics character Barry Allen / Flash, follows Barry, a crime scene investigator with superhuman speed who fights criminals, including others who have also gained superhuman abilities, as he deals with the consequences of his future daughter's time traveling. It is set in the Arrowverse, sharing continuity with the other television series of the universe, and is a spin-off of Arrow. The season is produced by Berlanti Productions, Warner Bros. Television, and DC Entertainment, with Todd Helbing serving as showrunner.

Grant Gustin stars as Barry, with principal cast members Candice Patton, Danielle Panabaker, Carlos Valdes, Tom Cavanagh, and Jesse L. Martin also returning from previous seasons, while Danielle Nicolet, Hartley Sawyer, and Jessica Parker Kennedy were promoted to the principal cast after appearing in recurring roles in season four. They are joined by Chris Klein as Cicada. The season was ordered in April 2018, and production began in Vancouver that July.

The fifth season is set to begin airing on October 9, 2018, and is set to run for 22 episodes on The CW.

Episodes
Cast members Tom Cavanagh and Danielle Panabaker will direct the eighth and eighteenth episodes of the season, respectively. Kevin Smith will also direct an episode this season.

Main

 * Grant Gustin as Barry Allen / Flash
 * Candice Patton as Iris West
 * Danielle Panabaker as Caitlin Snow / Killer Frost
 * Carlos Valdes as Cisco Ramon / Vibe
 * Tom Cavanagh as Harrison "Sherloque" Wells
 * Jesse L. Martin as Joe West
 * Danielle Nicolet as Cecile Horton
 * Hartley Sawyer as Ralph Dibny / Elongated Man
 * Jessica Parker Kennedy as Nora West-Allen / XS
 * Chris Klein as Cicada

Recurring

 * Kiana Madeira as Spencer Young / Spin
 * Kyle Secor as Thomas Snow

Guest
• Keiynan Lonsdale as Wally West / Kid Flash

• Susan Walters as Carla Tannhauser

• Troy James as Peter Merkel / Rag Doll

• Tyler Hoechlin as Kal-El / Clark Kent / Superman

Development
At the Television Critics Association winter press tour in January 2018, The CW president Mark Pedowitz said he was "optimistic" and "confident" about The Flash and the other Arrowverse shows returning next season, but added that it was too soon to announce anything just yet. The series was renewed for a fifth season on April 2. Todd Helbing will serve as the season's showrunner.

Writing
In October 2017, Kevin Smith revealed that then-executive producer Andrew Kreisberg already already had plans for the next season of the show and had told him the story for The Flash's fifth season, which got Smith very excited and jokingly commenting, "I now have to stay alive one more year."

In May 2018, talking about the arrival of Barry Allen and Iris West's future daughter, Nora West-Allen, Helbing said that "she comes from 30 years in the future, so 30 years from now, a lot has happened. She’s privy to information that nobody else is, so her experience in the future is certainly different than where everybody is now." He explained that Nora's big mistake would be a focus of the fifth season and that there is a reason why she choose those four specific times throughout the fourth season to come back, and they will play into the mistake. Helbing also talked about family being one of the themes for the season, saying Barry, Nora, and Iris are a family; Joe West, Cecile Horton and their new baby are a family; and Ralph Dibny has a new family with Team Flash. Then, he teased that Caitlin Snow will have a new dynamic with her family in the season, after it was revealed in a flashback that her father might have already known about her Killer Frost side.

He elaborated

At San Diego Comic-Con 2018, Todd Helbing revealed that "legacy" would be a theme during the season, adding "I think everybody's thinking about what it means after they leave." On the arrival of Barry Allen and Iris West's future daughter, Nora West-Allen, Grant Gustin teased the different headspaces the characters would be in. "[Nora]’s kind of attached to [Barry] when she arrives and a little more distant with Iris," Gustin said. "It's a weird thing for Iris to see them bond so easily... obviously something happened in the future, which worries Iris," added Candice Patton.

The season will also see Barry, Ralph Dibny, and Iris returning to their professional careers as a CSI, detective, and journalist, respectively. Patton noted that, "We live in such precarious times where we don't know what the truth is... I feel like [journalists] are superheroes... I hope that's a concept we bring to the show and give journalists the praise they deserve."

Helbing also revealed that there will be "a lot of deaths this season," and that the main antagonist would not be a speedster for the second season in a row. The new antagonist, Cicada, will instead possess powers that "present a challenge for Team Flash that they’ve never had to deal with before." He will not be a cult leader as he is in the comics, but will be portrayed as a "grizzled, blue-collar everyman whose family has been torn apart by metahumans" and who views the rise of metas as an epidemic, and seeks to exterminate them one by one.

Casting
Main cast members Grant Gustin, Candice Patton, Danielle Panabaker, Carlos Valdes, and Jesse L. Martin return from previous seasons as Barry Allen / The Flash, Iris West, Caitlin Snow / Killer Frost, Cisco Ramon / Vibe and West, respectively.

Tom Cavanagh will also return as a series regular, playing a new version of his character Harrison Wells, nicknamed Sherloque Wells. Cavanagh also implied that he would portray more versions of Wells in the season.

In June 2018, former series regular Keiynan Lonsdale was announced as returning to reprise his role of Wally West / Kid Flash in the season premiere. Lonsdale left the series during the fourth season, to join Legends of Tomorrow, which he subsequently departed as well at the end of its third season. Helbing later confirmed that Lonsdale would appear in three episodes of the season and that despite not having as much time with the character as everyone would have hoped, they have a "really cool" story for him.

In June 2018, Danielle Nicolet, Hartley Sawyer, and Jessica Parker Kennedy, who recurred as Cecile Horton, Ralph Dibny / Elongated Man, and Nora West-Allen, respectively, throughout the fourth season, were subsequently promoted to the principal cast for the fifth.

The season establishes that Nora's alias is XS. Chris Klein also joined the main cast as Cicada, the season's main antagonist.

Filming
Production for the season began on July 6, 2018, in Vancouver, British Columbia, and is set to conclude on April 10, 2019. Kevin Smith will direct an episode of the season. Danielle Panabaker will make her directorial debut this season. Tom Cavanagh will direct the eighth episode of the season, which will lead into the annual crossover and serve as the 100th episode of the series.

Arrowverse tie-ins
In May 2018, Arrow star Stephen Amell announced at The CW upfronts that the next Arrowverse crossover would feature Batwoman and Gotham City. The crossover is slated to air in December 2018, ahead of a potential 2019 solo series for the character.

Broadcast
The season is set to begin airing in the United States on The CW on October 9, 2018, and is set to run for 22 episodes.

Marketing
The main cast of the season as well as executive producer Todd Helbing attended San Diego Comic-Con on July 21, 2018, to promote the season and debut exclusive footage.


 * https://www.tvguide.com/news/the-flash-season-5-ralph-dibny-billboards/