The Flash season five review

The Flash season five review 

 

Intro: The Flash gets his ring this season but he didn't create it. What!?! 

The Flash season five: This season takes place right after the last season ended. We are introduced to a girl name Nora West Allen who is the daughter of Barry and Iris from the future. She traveled back in time to help her father stop the Thinker's plan, because of that she's stuck in the past. Meanwhile, a meta-human called Cicada is killing other metahumans and he or she figured out a way to do it on a global scale. So, team flash have to stop Cicada and send Nora back to her time. 

This show continues to go down the toilet! Seriously I don't know why I'm still watching this out of obligation, I'll give season six a chance because of the big crossover event. This should have been the last season. I'm not just saying that because people are allegedly leaving the show. It's because A Barry/the Flash has gotten so powerful to the point where he doesn't need a team for the most apart and B this season has a cure for metahumans, I'll get into that later. This season tries to make legacy a theme, you have to do more than have people say that word to make that theme work. The way this season ends sets up the next crossover event, I better be impressed with it. We learn more about the speed force in this season and this series acknowledges the shipping of two characters. Also, episode 16 should have been the mid-season final, you'll understand why when you watch it.    

We finally learn about Caitlin's past and it makes no sense when you think about it. 

This season did nothing with Cisco beyond him getting over his ex. I don't buy what the creators have done with him in the last episode.  

Detective Well is almost as good as Sherlock Holmes. That's my gripe with him we already have two detectives on the show why do we need another one? Also, how can team Flash trust him after he tried to con them?  

Nora/XS is just like her father minus the childish behavior. My beef with her is she's the main character of this season. She got so much focus to the point where everyone else is underused. Everything we learn about her isn't true.  

Cicada is a disappointing villain compared to the comics and what we thought we knew about this person. Cicada should have been a baddie of the week because his or her motivation to kill metahumans is lame! What bugs me about this character is the twist and turns the creators took with this character.  

My problem with this season is the plot twist with one of the characters, it wasn't shocking because of this character's MO. Something tragic happen in this season but I find it funny because the characters broth this on themselves. The characters in this season are stupid for letting Nora stay in their timeline for as long as she did, did everyone forget about Flash Point!?! Also, team Flash had more than one chance to stop Cicada sooner but they didn't take it why!?! Barry, Cisco and Ralph need to learn how to fight because they look pathetic fighting Cicada. That's another thing they fight Cicada too often. The cure must only exist in this timeline because no one from the future mentions or reference it. If it does exist in the future, then why do we still have metahumans? The filler episodes are distracting us from the main story because there are too many of them.      

I still don't like how everyone treats Ralph especially when he figures out one of the villain's plan. (Really characters are upset with each other for no reason for the most part.) Nora and Iris being at odds with each other is pointless because we don't know what cause Iris to be the way she is in the future. Plus Iris did something that isn't humanly possible. What's with the time jumps? Why do TV shows need to run in real-time? I feel like I'm beating a dead horse complaining about the plot holes with time travel because no one cares about the consequences of it, if that's the case why should I?

Overall, this season is a waste of potential! Of course, there are some enjoyable episodes but that's not enough to make this season salvageable.