Season 5 (The Flash: 2014)

"My name is Barry Allen, and I am the fastest man alive. To the outside world, I am an ordinary forensic scientist. But secretly, with the help of my friends at STAR Labs, I fight crime and find other meta-humans like me. But when my daughter came back from the future to help, she changed the present, and now our world is more dangerous than ever, and I'm the only one fast enough to save it. I am the Flash."

- Introduction

The fifth season of premiered on October 9, 2018, on The CW and concluded on May 14, 2019. The season consisted of 23 total episodes during its run.

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 The Flash/Green Arrow/Oliver Queen (Barry Allen) / Savitar (Barry Allen)
 * Candice Patton as Iris West-Allen
 * Danielle Panabaker as Killer Frost (Caitlin Snow)
 * Carlos Valdes as Vibe (Cisco Ramon)
 * Hartley Sawyer as Elongated Man (Ralph Dibny)
 * Danielle Nicolet as Cecile Horton
 * Jessica Parker Kennedy as XS (Nora West-Allen)
 * Chris Klein as Cicada (Orlin Dwyer) *
 * Tom Cavanagh as Harrison Sherloque Wells / Harrison Wolfgang Wells / Reverse-Flash/Harrison Wells (Eobard Thawne) / Harry Wells
 * Jesse L. Martin as Joe West

In-Universe Guest Stars

 * John Wesley Shipp as The Flash (Barry Allen)
 * Stephen Amell as The Flash (Barry Allen)
 * David Ramsey as Freelancer (John Diggle)
 * Tyler Hoechlin as Superman/Clark Kent (Kal-El)
 * Melissa Benoist as Supergirl/Kara Danvers (Kara Zor-El)
 * LaMonica Garrett as The Monitor (Mar Novu)
 * Elizabeth Tulloch as Lois Lane
 * Ruby Rose as Batwoman (Kate Kane)

Notes:
 * 1) Chris Klein is credited as a series regular through 5x17  and returned to the main cast in.