The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: Failure is an Orphan

"Failure is an Orphan"
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The Flash  Season 5: Episode 16
March 12, 2019
Directors	Viet Nguyen
Writers	Zack Stentz
Previous Episode	"King Shark vs. Gorilla Grodd" (March 5, 2019)
Next Episode	"Time Bomb" (March 19, 2019)

With the meta-human cure ready to use, Barry and Team Flash must figure out a way to subdue Cicada long enough to take it. Killer Frost steps in to help with the plan. Meanwhile, Joe eases back into work, and Nora isn't happy about the way her dad plans to stop Cicada.

Then you'd let her grow up in a world of fear. Where there's someone out there hurting people like her. The cure, it will heal Grace and you.

—Barry Allen

Failure is an Orphan is an episode of season 5 of The Flash. It premiered on March 12, 2019.

Synopsis for "Failure is an Orphan"

With the meta-human cure ready to use, Barry and Team Flash must figure out a way to subdue Cicada long enough to take it. Killer Frost steps in to help with the plan. Meanwhile, Joe eases back into work, and Nora isn't happy about the way her dad plans to stop Cicada.

Appearing in "Failure is an Orphan"

Featured Characters:

• The Flash (Barry Allen)

Supporting Characters:

• Cecile Horton
• Central City Police Department
  • Joe West
• Team Flash
  • Iris West-Allen
  • Killer Frost (Caitlin Snow)
  • Sherloque Wells (Earth-221)
  • Vibe (Cisco Ramon)
  • XS/Nora West-Allen (Nora's Future)
• Dr. Vanessa Ambres (Dies)

Antagonists:

• Acid Master (Philip Master) (Single appearance)
• Cicada/Grace Gibbons (Nora's Future) (First full appearance)
• Cicada (Orlin Dwyer)
• Eobard Thawne

Other Characters:

• Block (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
• Grace Gibbons
• Gridlock (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
• Amunet Black (Mentioned only)
• Anthro the First Boy (Mentioned only)
• Cicada/Orlin Dywer (Nora's Future) (Mentioned only)
• God (Mentioned only)
• Grandma Esther (Mentioned only)
• Jenna West (Mentioned only)
• Kamandi the Last Boy (Mentioned only)
• King Shark (Earth-2) (Mentioned only)
• Leonard Snart (Mentioned only)
• Marlize DeVoe (Mentioned only)
• Norvock (Mentioned only)
• Plastique (Mentioned only)
• Savitar (Mentioned only)
• Wally West (Mentioned only)
• Zoom (Earth-2) (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Earth-1
  • United States of America
    • Central City
      • Central City Hospital
      • CC Jitters
      • CCPD Headquarters
      • Central City University
      • S.T.A.R. Labs
        • Speed Lab
  • Tibet (Mentioned only)
• Nora's Future
  • Keystone City
    • Iron Heights
  • Central City
    • Flash Museum (Mentioned only)
• Speed Force (Mentioned only)
• Timestream (Mentioned only)

Items:

• Cicada's Daggers
• Element X (Mentioned only)
• Memory Machine
• Meta-human Cure
• Speed Force Bazooka (Mentioned only)

Concepts:

• Enlightenment (Mentioned only)
• Time Language
• Time Travel
• World War II (Mentioned only)

Notes

• It is revealed that Nora's time changes also affected her own timeline as the original Cicada David Hersch, like on Earth-1, was replaced by Orlin Dwyer and, later, his successor, an adult Grace Gibbons.

Trivia

• No trivia.

See Also

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• Episodes of The Flash (2014 TV Series)
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• Gallery for the The Flash (2014 TV Series) series

Recommended Media

• None.

Links and References

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