News Flash is an episode of season 5 of The Flash. It premiered on October 30, 2018.
Synopsis for "News Flash"
Appearing in "News Flash"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Central City Police Department
- Det. Joe West (Cameo)
- Officer Jones/"Jonesy" (Brainwashed)
- Detective Rowell (Single appearance)
- Team Flash
- Caitlin Snow
- Cecile Horton
- Elongated Man (Ralph Dibny)
- Iris West-Allen
- Sherloque Wells (Unknown Earth) (Joins team)
- XS/Nora West-Allen (Nora's Future) (Flashback and main story) (Brainwashed)
Antagonists:
- Cicada (Orlin)
- Spencer Young (First appearance) (Flashback and main story)
Other Characters:
- Block (Vanessa Jensen) (Deceased) (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
- Central City Fire Department
- Channel 52
- Gridlock (William Lang) (Deceased) (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
- Szrek Chemicals employees
- Brent Osmack (First appearance; unnamed)
- Jenna West (Behind the scenes)
- Bobby Moretti (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Cicadas of the Multiverse (Mentioned only)
- Cisco Ramon (Mentioned only)
- Clifford DeVoe (Mentioned only)
- David Hersch (Mentioned only)
- Cpt. David Singh (Mentioned only)
- The Flash/Barry Allen (Nora's Future) (Mentioned only)
- Iris West-Allen (Nora's Future) (Mentioned only)
- Lia Nelson (Nora's Future) (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
- Mr. Ramon (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
- Mrs. Ramon (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
- Mayor Van Buren (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Earth-1
- Earth
- United States of America
- Missouri
- Central City (Flashback and main story)
- CC Jitters
- CCPD Headquarters
- Central City Docks
- Central City Picture News
- Central City Stadium
- Central City Theater (Cameo)
- S.T.A.R. Labs
- The Cortex
- The Lounge
- Dwyer House (First appearance)
- Szrek Chemicals (Real name revealed) (First full appearance)
- West-Allen's Apartment
- West House (Cameo)
- Central City (Flashback and main story)
- Nevada
- Las Vegas (Cameo)
- Kansas
- Keystone City (Mentioned only)
- Iron Heights (Mentioned only)
- Keystone City (Mentioned only)
- Missouri
- United States of America
- S.T.A.R. Labs Satellite (First appearance)
- Earth
- Speed Force (Behind the scenes)
- Nora's Future (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
Items:
- Cicada's Dagger (Mentioned only)
- Dark Matter (Flashback and main story)
- Interdimensional Extrapolator
- Meta-cuffs
- Meta-Tech (First appearance)
- Spencer Young's Phone (First appearance)
- Next Gen Watch
- Power-dampening chip (Mentioned only)
- Pulse Rifle
- S.T.A.R. Labs Satellite/"Sally" (Flashback only) (Destroyed)
Vehicles:
- S.T.A.R. Labs Mobile Research Unit
Concepts:
- The Enlightenment (Flashback only)
- Flashtime
- Metahumans
- S.T.A.R. Labs Particle Accelerator Explosion (Mentioned only)
Notes
- It is revealed that Orlin Dwyer became Cicada during the Enlightenment after having been hit by one of the dark matter-powered S.T.A.R. Labs Satellite pieces.
Trivia
- This is the first episode of The Flash in which Cisco Ramon does not appear.
See Also
- 2 Images from The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: News Flash
- Episodes of The Flash (2014 TV Series)
- Images from The Flash (2014 TV Series)
- Gallery for the The Flash (2014 TV Series) series
Recommended Media
- None.
Links and References
- None.
Footnotes