Season 5 (The Flash)

The Flash was renewed for a fifth season by The CW on April 2, 2018.

Cast

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

Confirmed plot points

 * There will be a new threat this season.
 * The villain for this season is not a speedster.
 * There will be a four-show crossover with Supergirl, DC's Legends of Tomorrow and Arrow. The crossover will introduce Batwoman and Gotham City.
 * One of the themes for this season is family.
 * Nora, Barry and Iris'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 Nicolet will return as a series regular.

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.