Season 5 (The Flash)

The Flash was renewed for a fifth season by The CW on April 2, 2018. It will premiere on October 9, 2018.

Synopsis
Matching wits with The Thinker, who by season’s end had harnessed the powers of all twelve bus metas he created, stretched Team Flash to their limits, but with the help of some new allies, Barry Allen (aka The Flash) and company were able to put a stop to the Enlightenment and save Central City once again.

However, with the arrival of Barry and Iris’ speedster daughter, Nora, who arrived from the future admitting to having made a “big mistake,” things are anything but status quo. Will parenthood be the challenge that finally slows The Flash down?

Main cast

 * Grant Gustin as Barry Allen/The Flash
 * Candice Patton as Iris West-Allen
 * Danielle Panabaker as Dr. Caitlin Snow
 * Carlos Valdes as Cisco Ramon/Vibe
 * Danielle Nicolet as District Attorney Cecille Horton
 * Hartley Sawyer as Ralph Dibny/Elongated Man
 * Jessica Parker Kennedy as Nora Allen
 * Tom Cavanagh as Harrison Wells
 * Jesse L. Martin as Detective Joe West

Confirmed plot points

 * There will be a new threat this season.
 * The villain for this season is not a speedster.
 * There will be a three-show crossover with Supergirl and Arrow. The crossover will introduce Batwoman and Gotham City.
 * One of the themes for this season is family.
 * Nora, Barry's daughter from the future, will return.
 * Barry and Iris will be dealing with being parents to an adult version of their future daughter.
 * Iris will be on the field investigating and writing more.
 * We will see more of Ralph's detective side.
 * Tom Cavanagh will play a funny and unique version of Wells.
 * Wally West will appear in the season premiere.
 * Danielle Panabaker will direct an episode.

Confirmed New Characters

 * Desmond Paull: Desmond is a meta-human who, after a mysterious interaction with dark matter, was given not only immortality but also the gift to disable other meta-human powers. He blames metas for everything that has gone wrong in his life and because of that, his mission is to wipe Central City free of them in order to silence his own anguish.