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"Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Five" is a special episode of the fifth season of DC's Legends of Tomorrow, and the sixty-eighth episode overall. It aired on January 14, 2020. The episode was produced as an episode of the fifth season but was aired prior to the premiere episode of the fifth season, "Meet the Legends". "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Five" is a special episode episode of the fifth season of DC's Legends of Tomorrow, and the sixty-eighth episode overall. It aired on January 14, 2020. The episode is the fifth and final part of the five-part crossover, Crisis on Infinite Earths.

Synopsis

Worlds lived, worlds died. Nothing will ever be the same.[1]

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  • Production for Crisis on Infinite Earths began on September 24, 2019.[2]
    • Filming for the crossover had completed by November 8, 2019, with some reshoots and minor filming still needing to be completed.[3]
    • Production for this particular part began on October 4, 2019.[4]

Trivia

  • This episode was originally produced as the eighth episode of the fifth season of DC's Legends of Tomorrow but aired prior to the official Season 5 premiere as a special episode.
  • This is the first episode of DC's Legends of Tomorrow to not feature Tala Ashe (Zari Tomaz) or Ramona Young (Mona Wu) after signing on as series regulars. Additionally, neither are credited at the start of the episode.
  • The synopsis has similarity with Roger Hayden's catchphrase in "Elseworlds, Part 3".
  • This part in addition to "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Four" both aired on Grant Gustin's thirtieth birthday.
  • The Super Friends cartoon theme plays at the end. Additionally, an open cage has the name Gleek on it. Gleek is known for being the pet monkey of the Wonder Twins.
  • Eileen Pedde previously appeared played a doctor in the Arrow episode "Vertigo".
  • Only the Paragons initially remembering the Crisis is a callback to the original comic, where only the key players in stopping the Crisis remembered.
  • Earth-Prime is a reborn Earth-1 fused with Earth-38 and Black Lightning's Earth.
    • This is also another nod to the comic Crisis, where the last three Earths in existence were merged into New Earth.

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  • The creation of Earth-Prime allows more diverse stories for Flash, Supergirl and Black Lightning, as now metahumans are available for Supergirl stories (which primarily focused on aliens) and aliens for Flash and Black Lightning (which primarily had metas).

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