Season 6 (The Flash)

## Season 6

"*The reason you beat Zoom, Godspeed, Thawne, is because speed isn't what drives you, it's love. That's your true force and there is nothing artificial about that.* "
—Caitlin Snow to Barry Allen[src]
The **sixth season** of *The Flash*​​​​​​ premiered on October 8, 2019, on The CW and concluded on May 12, 2020. It was originally going to consist of 22 episodes. However, only 20 were produced due to production shutting down indefinitely on March 13, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On April 20, 2020, it was revealed that only 19 out of the produced 20 episodes would be aired.

Beginning with this season, seasons were broken up into story arcs which were called "Graphic Novels". The first half of the season was called **"Blood and Truth"** and the second half was not given a specific title.

## Synopsis

After years of battling villains and repeatedly saving Central City, Barry and his wife Iris thought they could finally find time to enjoy being newlyweds, but their wedded bliss was interrupted by the appearance of their future daughter Nora West-Allen, who is a speedster known as XS, who has made a big mistake and needs her parents’ help to get home. With Nora in the picture, Barry and Iris’ lives are flipped upside down and, while Nora idolizes Barry and his legacy as The Flash, she carries with her a mysterious grudge towards Iris. Team Flash rallies to find a way to help Nora return to her time, only to discover her presence has altered the timeline and brought the early arrival of the most ruthless, vicious, and relentless villain Team Flash has ever faced: Cicada. They enlist the help of Sherloque Wells to aid in the search for Cicada, while Barry teaches a stuck Nora everything he knows about being a speedster and what it means to be a hero. Nora assists Team Flash with the take-down of a surge of new "meta-humans," but her place on the team is threatened when it is revealed that she is in league with none other than one of The Flash's earliest arch-enemies, Eobard Thawne. Ultimately, Nora is innocent in the grand scheme of Thawne's plan and helps Team Flash realize a way to defeat both Cicada and Thawne – yet, vanquishing their foes yields an agonizing loss as Nora erases herself from the timeline, leaving all of Team Flash devastated.
Reeling from the loss of Nora, Barry throws himself into work, defeating a record number of metas over the summer, while the rest of Team Flash deals with changes of their own – Cisco, having taken the meta-human cure, is no longer Vibe, Joe is now Captain of C.C.P.D., D.A. Cecile Horton is now considering leaving the district attorney's office, and Ralph Dibny is now searching for a missing heiress named Sue Dearbon. But all of that is put on hold when Dr. Ramsey Rosso, intent on curing death, is overtaken by his own desperation and ambition giving birth to a new villain, Bloodwork.[src]

## Cast

### Main cast

* Grant Gustin as Barry Allen/The Flash/Dark Flash
* Candice Patton as Iris West-Allen and "Iris West-Allen"
* T.J.Wiliams as Tyler Jackson/Mighty-Man
* Danielle Panabaker as Dr. Caitlin Snow/Frost
* Carlos Valdes as Cisco Ramon/Vibe and Cisco Ramon/Echo
* Hartley Sawyer as Ralph Dibny/Elongated Man
* Danielle Nicolet as Defense Attorney Cecile Horton
* LaMonica Garrett as Mar Novu/The Monitor and Mobius/Anti-Monitor (voice)
* Efrat Dor as Dr. Eva McCulloch
* Tom Cavanagh as Dr. Harrison Nash Wells/Pariah, Professor Eobard Thawne/Reverse-Flash, Dr. Harrison "Harry" Wells, and Harrison Sherloque Wells
* Jesse L. Martin as Captain Joe West

### Recurring cast

* Sendhil Ramamurthy as Dr. Ramsey Rosso/Bloodwork
* Victoria Park as Kamilla Hwang and "Kamilla Hwang"
* Brandon McKnight as Chester P. Runk
* Ryan Handley as "Godspeed" and "Godspeed"
* Jessica Parker Kennedy as Nora West-Allen (archive footage)
* John Wesley Shipp as Dr. Jay Garrick and Barry Allen/The Flash
* Michelle Harrison as Dr. Joan Williams and Nora Allen
* Kayla Compton as Allegra Garcia and Maya
* Alexa Barajas as Esperanza Garcia/Ultraviolet
* Shawn Stewart as Mitch Romero
* Mark Sweatman as Matthew Norvock
* Meera Simhan as Rachel Rosso
* Tess Atkins as Natalie
* Rebecca Roberts as January Galore
* Eric Nenninger as Joseph Carver
* Emmie Nagata as Dr. Kimiyo Hoshi/Dr. Light
* Andrew J. Hampton as Maurice
* Stephanie Izsak as Officer Daisy Korber
* Natalie Dreyfuss as Sue Dearbon
* Andy Mientus as Hartley Rathaway/Pied Piper
* Patrick Sabongui as Chief David Singh and "David Singh"
* Natalie Sharp as Millie Rawlins/Sunshine

## Production

* Executive producer Eric Wallace took over as the sole showrunner this season due to Todd Helbing stepping down from the position at the end of last season to focus on the development of *Superman & Lois*.
* On March 13, 2020, it was reported that the production of the season had been shut down until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, only 20 out of the planned 22 episodes were produced.
	+ On March 26, 2020, it was reported that the season would go on hiatus after "All's Wells That Ends Wells" with the hope that the final 2 episodes would be produced and aired later in 2020.
	+ On April 20, 2020, Grant Gustin revealed that the season's new finale would be "Success Is Assured" and that it set up a different cliffhanger for next season than originally planned.
	+ On May 13, 2020, showrunner Eric Wallace revealed that the last three episodes of this season (episodes 20, 21, and 22), that weren't produced and aired due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will become the first three episodes of next season.

## Trivia

* LaMonica Garrett (Mar Novu/The Monitor and Mobius/Anti-Monitor) was only credited for his respective episode appearances.
* Efrat Dor (Eva McCulloch) joined the main cast in "Love Is A Battlefield" and was credited from that episode onwards.
* This was the first season of *The Flash*:
	+ To not feature Danielle Panabaker (Caitlin Snow/Frost) in every episode due to her pregnancy.
	+ To not feature Iris West-Allen in every episode.
	+ To not have the word "Rogue" in an episode title.
	+ To have less than 20 episodes.
	+ To not have an introduction at the beginning of any episode.
	+ To have a main cast member (Carlos Valdes (Cisco Ramon)) absent in the season finale.
	+ To not have a main antagonist presumed killed or otherwise defeated.
	+ Since Season 1 to not feature time remnants in any way.
* This was the shortest season of *The Flash* with a total of 19 episodes.
* The original season finale, episode 22, would've had a *"big Thawne cliffhanger"*.
* Just like last season, before this season started, Wally West was confirmed to appear in multiple episodes. However, he only appeared in "Death of the Speed Force".
* This was the last season of *The Flash* to feature Hartley Sawyer (Ralph Dibny/Elongated Man) as a series regular due to him being fired prior to the start of production on the next season.

## Gallery

### Title cards

The Flash seasons 4-5 title card.pngTitle card for *"Blood and Truth"*.The Last Temptation of Barry Allen, Pt. 1 - To be continued on.png"To be continued" end variant title card for "The Last Temptation of Barry Allen, Pt. 1" and "Success Is Assured".The Last Temptation of Barry Allen, Pt. 2 title card.pngEnd variant title card for "The Last Temptation of Barry Allen, Pt. 1" and variant title card for "The Last Temptation of Barry Allen, Pt. 2".To be continued on Crisis on Infinite Earths.png"To be continued on *Crisis on Infinite Earths*" end variant title card for "The Last Temptation of Barry Allen, Pt. 2".Crisis on Infinite Earths title card.pngVariant title card for "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Three".The Flash season 6 second half title card.pngTitle card for *"Graphic Novel #2"*.
### Promotional images

Flash season 6 poster.pngThe Flash season 6 poster - Speed. Force..png"Speed. Force."The Flash season 6 poster - Stream the First 5 Episodes.png"Stream the First 5 Episodes"Crisis on Infinite Earths poster - It's the end...of the worlds.png*Crisis on Infinite Earths* poster - "It's the end...of the worlds"Crisis on Infinite Earths poster - Stream the first 3 episodes.png*Crisis on Infinite Earths* poster - "Stream the first 3 episodes"Crisis on Infinite Earths poster - Their worlds will never be the same.png*Crisis on Infinite Earths* poster - "Their worlds will never be the same"The Flash season 6 - Entertainment Weekly cover.pngThe Flash season 6 - Entertainment Weekly Barry Allen promo 1.pngThe Flash season 6 - Entertainment Weekly Barry Allen promo 2.pngThe Flash season 6 - Entertainment Weekly Barry Allen promo 3.pngEntertainment Weekly cover shoot - Batwoman, Green Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl and White Canary.png
### Videos

The Flash Season 6 Official Trailer - Comic Con 2019This Spring Only On The CW The CW2020 Spring Sizzle - Behind The Scenes The CW
## References

1. ↑ "CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS Will Loom Through Entire Season of CW's THE FLASH" - Newsarama
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Coronavirus Interrupts TV: Which Seasons Will Be Shortened?" - TVLine
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "‘The Flash’ Shuts Down Production Over Coronavirus" - Deadline
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "The Flash's Grant Gustin: A Major Sacrifice — And Barry's Epiphany — Will Alter Dynamics in Final Four Episodes" - TVLine
5. ↑ "Eric Wallace Talks ‘The Flash’ Season 6B: Iris Entering The Mirror Dimension, Crisis Changes, Gorilla Grodd and The Return of Wally West" - Discussing Film
6. ↑ "Flash Names New Boss for Season 6" - TVLine
7. ↑ ‘Supernatural,’ ‘The Flash,’ and ‘Legacies’ Season Endings Pushed Due to Coronavirus
8. ↑ "The Flash boss says season 6's sudden ending makes season 7 'stronger'" - Entertainment Weekly
9. ↑ "'The Flash' Star Danielle Panabaker Reveals How Her Pregnancy Will be Addressed on the Show (Exclusive)" - Entertainment Tonight
10. ↑ "Flash Season 6 Brings Back Wally West; Tom Cavanagh Plays Crisis' Pariah" - Screen Rant
11. ↑ "Hartley Sawyer Fired From 'The Flash' After Racist, Misogynist Tweets Surface (Exclusive)" - The Hollywood Reporter