- "Fake news taken to a whole new level."
- —Iris West-Allen
"News Flash" is the fourth episode of the fifth season of The Flash, and the ninety-sixth episode overall. It aired on October 30, 2018.
Synopsis
Barry and Iris face the ultimate parenting test when Team Flash battles Spin, a savvy millennial armed with meta-tech, and a dangerous agenda for their daughter, Nora. Ralph is feeling defeated until an unlikely source issues a challenge to help boost his confidence.[1]
Trivia
- This is the first episode of the series to not feature Carlos Valdes (Cisco Ramon).
- This leaves only three cast members to appear in every episode: Grant Gustin (Barry Allen), Danielle Panabaker (Caitlin Snow), and Candice Patton (Iris West).
- The stadium where a hypnotized Nora attacks Barry is the same stadium where Barry first battled the Reverse-Flash in "The Man in the Yellow Suit".
- Team Flash discovers meta-tech in this episode.
- This is the first time that both Sherloque and Ralph use a misquoted saying by the literary counterpart, Sherlock Holmes; Elementary.
- After this episode, Joe West would not appear in present-day again until "King Shark vs. Gorilla Grodd", due to Jesse L. Martin taking a medical leave of absence from The Flash after sustaining a back injury during the off season.
References
| The Flash season 5 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Nora" • "Blocked" • "The Death of Vibe" • "News Flash" • "All Doll'd Up" • "The Icicle Cometh" • "O Come, All Ye Thankful" • "What's Past is Prologue" • "Elseworlds, Part 1" • "The Flash & The Furious" • "Seeing Red" • "Memorabilia" • "Goldfaced" • "Cause and XS" • "King Shark vs. Gorilla Grodd" • "Failure is an Orphan" • "Time Bomb" • "Godspeed" • "Snow Pack" • "Gone Rogue" • "The Girl With The Red Lightning" • "Legacy" | ||||