The Flash ( season 5 ) - Wikipedia The Flash ( season 5 ) The Flash ( season 5 ) Promotional poster Starring Grant Gustin Candice Patton Danielle Panabaker Carlos Valdes Hartley Sawyer Danielle Nicolet Jessica Parker Kennedy Chris Klein Tom Cavanagh Jesse L. Martin Country of origin United States No. of episodes Release Original network The CW Original release October 9, 2018 ( 2018 - 10 - 09 ) -- present ( present ) Season chronology ← Previous Season 4 List of The Flash episodes The fifth season of the American television series The Flash, which is based on the DC Comics character Barry Allen / Flash, premiered on The CW on October 9, 2018 and is set to consist of 22 episodes. The season 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. The season was ordered in April 2018, and production began that July. 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 Hartley Sawyer, Danielle Nicolet, and Jessica Parker Kennedy were promoted to series regulars from their status as recurring characters in season four. They are joined by Chris Klein, who portrays the season 's main antagonist. Contents 1 Episodes 2 Cast and characters 2.1 Main 2.2 Recurring 2.3 Guest 3 Production 3.1 Development 3.2 Writing 3.3 Casting 3.4 Design 3.5 Filming 3.6 Arrowverse tie - ins 4 Release 4.1 Broadcast 4.2 Marketing 5 Reception 5.1 Ratings 5.2 Critical response 6 References 7 External links Episodes See also : List of The Flash episodes No. overall No. in season Title Directed by Written by Original air date Prod. code U.S. viewers ( millions ) 93 `` Nora '' David McWhirter Todd Helbing & Sam Chalsen October 9, 2018 ( 2018 - 10 - 09 ) T27. 13751 2.08 Team Flash meet Nora, Barry and Iris ' daughter from the future. After a series of tests confirmed Nora 's identity, while Iris seems happy to see her, Barry is concerned that Nora could alter time by interacting with her parents ' younger selves based on his past mistakes with time travels. The Team encounter a new metahuman named Gridlock, able to harness kinetic energy, with Barry suiting up in a variety of his previous costumes. When Barry tries to send Nora home, Wally reveals to them that Nora 's blood is saturated with negative tachyons, which react with the Speed Force meaning she can not time travel. Barry asks Nora what happens to him in the future, with Nora revealing he never returned and she has lived her entire life with her mother. Gridlock causes a plane to fall, so Barry, Nora, Wally and Cisco go to stop it, with Nora providing Barry with a Flash ring suit. They phase the plane through buildings before it lands safely in the river. When Gridlock is being transported to prison, the transport vehicle is attacked and a masked individual enters the truck telling Gridlock that he plans to wipe out all metahumans before approaching him with a Flash insignia shaped blade. 94 `` Blocked '' Kim Miles Eric Wallace & Judalina Neira October 16, 2018 ( 2018 - 10 - 16 ) T27. 13752 1.69 Barry struggles to train the overeager Nora, who gets herself hired as a CSI intern to spend time with her father, much to Iris ' discomfort. Caitlin and Ralph try to help Cisco in the aftermath of his breakup with Gypsy, but their efforts prove fruitless until Cisco accepts that Gypsy is not who he is meant to be with. Caitlin refuses to pursue the idea that her father might still be alive, despite Ralph 's insistence. Cecile loses her telepathy and struggles to connect with her child without being able to know her thoughts. Meanwhile, a new meta called Block, who can create blocks of dense air, steals weapons from her old gang, and, while trying to stop her, the team has their first encounter with Cicada, the masked man who killed Gridlock. He stabs Block, but Nora manages to speed her away from the scene. Cicada then uses his dagger to neutralize the team 's powers, beats them severely, and nearly kills Barry before Nora drives him off. Cisco vibes with Caitlin, learning that her mother is involved with her father 's disappearance. Iris reveals that she has been investigating Cicada, and the team discovers that Nora has already encountered him. 95 `` The Death of Vibe '' Andi Armaganian Jonathan Butler & Gabriel Garza October 23, 2018 ( 2018 - 10 - 23 ) T27. 13753 1.87 The team recruits Harrison Sherloque Wells to help them catch Cicada, who Nora reveals is unstoppable in the future. Caitlin and Ralph confront Caitlin 's mother, who denies forging her husband 's death certificate. Sherloque pinpoints Cicada as David Hersch, but is proven to be wrong when Cicada attacks Joe, looking for Vibe. He reveals that on 37 other Earths, Cicada has the identity of Hersch. As a result of Nora 's tampering with the timeline, however, his identity on Earth - 1 is different. Additionally, his reign of terror has begun earlier than expected. Caitlin and Ralph break into her mother 's files, where they find a suicide note from her father. After Cisco shows up, Cicada stabs him, breaking his arm. Barry arrives, but is easily defeated. After Nora enacts her plan to drive Cicada off, it seems as if Cisco has been killed. It is revealed that Cisco used a breach machine instead of his hands to escape. With the public and Cicada believing that Vibe is dead, Sherloque agrees to stay and help the team fight off the dangerous meta. Caitlin traces a message and realizes that her father, Thomas Snow, is asking her to come looking for him. A mysterious individual watches her through the STAR Labs security cameras. Cicada is revealed to be a father of a daughter who is in a coma and not healing. Nora agrees to stay with her parents, despite her seemingly strained relationship with Iris. Sherloque begins to suspect that Nora is not in 2018 for the reasons she says she is. 96 `` News Flash '' Brent Crowell Kelly Wheeler & Lauren Certo October 30, 2018 ( 2018 - 10 - 30 ) TBA TBD 97 5 `` All Doll 'd Up '' Phil Chipera Thomas Pound & Sterling Gates November 13, 2018 ( 2018 - 11 - 13 ) TBA TBD The sixth episode is titled `` The Icicle Cometh ''. Cast members Tom Cavanagh and Danielle Panabaker will direct the eighth and eighteenth episodes of the season, respectively. The ninth episode will be part of the `` Elseworlds '' crossover event, and air on December 9, 2018. Kevin Smith will also direct an episode this season. Cast and characters Main article : List of The Flash characters Main Grant Gustin as Barry Allen / Flash Candice Patton as Iris West Danielle Panabaker as Caitlin Snow Carlos Valdes as Cisco Ramon / Vibe Hartley Sawyer as Ralph Dibny / Elongated Man Danielle Nicolet as Cecile Horton Jessica Parker Kennedy as Nora West - Allen / XS Chris Klein as Orlin / Cicada Tom Cavanagh as Harrison Sherloque Wells Jesse L. Martin as Joe West Recurring Kiana Madeira as Spencer Young / Spin Kyle Secor as Thomas Snow Guest Keiynan Lonsdale as Wally West / Kid Flash Patrick Sabongui as David Singh Daniel Cudmore as William Lang / Gridlock Erin Cummings as Vanessa Jansen / Block Marty Finochio as Bruno Moretti Susan Walters as Carla Tannhauser Troy James as Peter Merkel / Rag Doll Tyler Hoechlin as Kal - El / Clark Kent / Superman Elizabeth Tulloch as Lois Lane Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen / Green Arrow Melissa Benoist as Kara Danvers / Kara Zor - El / Supergirl Production 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. On April 2, The CW gave the series an early renewal for its fifth season. Todd Helbing serves as the season 's showrunner. Writing In October 2017, Kevin Smith revealed that then - executive producer Andrew Kreisberg 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. '' 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 also sees 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 do n'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, instead possesses powers that `` present a challenge for Team Flash that they 've never had to deal with before. '' He is not a cult leader as he is in the comics, but is 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 Joe West, respectively. Tom Cavanagh also returned as a series regular, playing a new version of his character Harrison Wells, known as Sherloque Wells. Cavanagh also implied that he would portray more versions of Wells in the season. The fifth season is the first not to feature Keiynan Lonsdale, who plays Wally West / Kid Flash, as a series regular since his introduction in the second season, following the character 's move to Legends of Tomorrow during the previous season and Lonsdale 's subsequent departure from that show as well. He will appear only in three episodes, including the season premiere. In June 2018, Danielle Nicolet, Hartley Sawyer, and Jessica Parker Kennedy who recurred during the previous season as Cecile Horton, Ralph Dibny / Elongated Man, and Nora West - Allen, respectively, were promoted to series regulars for the fifth season. The season establishes that Nora 's alias is XS. Chris Klein also joined the main cast as Cicada, the season 's main antagonist. Design The season introduces a new Flash suit, which Todd Helbing described as the series ' most `` accurate incarnation '' of the Flash suit from the comics. The season also introduces Barry 's `` Flash ring '' from the comics. The new suit adopts brighter colors than previous suits -- which had maroon overtones -- and, unlike prior incarnations, does not have a chin strap. 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 serve as the 100th episode of the series and lead into the annual crossover. 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, `` Elseworlds '', is slated to air in December 2018, ahead of a potential 2019 solo series for the character. Release Broadcast The season premiered on The CW in the United States on October 9, 2018. The annual crossover episode will swap time - slots with Supergirl for that week and will air on Sunday, December 9. Marketing The main cast of the season as well as Todd Helbing attended San Diego Comic - Con on July 21, 2018, to promote the season and debut exclusive footage. Starting on September 14, 2018, several billboards advertising Ralph Dibny as a private investigator were seen around Vancouver, the city where the show is filmed. Reception Ratings No. Title Air date Rating / share ( 18 -- 49 ) Viewers ( millions ) DVR ( 18 -- 49 ) DVR viewers ( millions ) Total ( 18 -- 49 ) Total viewers ( millions ) `` Nora '' October 9, 2018 0.8 / 3 2.08 0.6 1.73 1.4 3.80 `` Blocked '' October 16, 2018 0.7 / 3 1.69 TBD TBD TBD TBD `` The Death of Vibe '' October 23, 2018 0.7 / 3 1.87 TBD TBD TBD TBD Critical response The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 95 % approval rating with an average rating of 8.15 / 10 based on 41 reviews. References Jump up ^ Ausiello, Michael ( July 18, 2018 ). `` How Many Episodes of Your Fave Shows Were Ordered for Next Season ? ''. TVLine. Archived from the original on July 18, 2018. 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Question: when is the premiere of the flash season 5
Answer: October 9, 2018