Cause and XS

"Cause and XS"
Information
Season 5 » Episode 14
Episode number	106 of 184
Airdate	February 12, 2019
Network	The CW
Written by	Todd Helbing Jeff Hersh
Directed by	Rachel Talalay
Chronology
Preceded by	Goldfaced
Followed by	King Shark vs. Gorilla Grodd

"Cause and XS" is the fourteenth episode of the fifth season of The Flash, and the one-hundred-sixth episode overall. It aired on February 12, 2019.

“	Imagine this coffee cup is the space/time continuum. Whenever you go back in time, it breaks. Now, you can try and reset the timeline, try and fix it, but no matter how hard you try, it's never gonna be exactly how it was. It seems like things worked out this time, but that's not always gonna be true, and it's impossible to know how these changes are gonna unfold, the ripples you'll cause, whose life you're gonna affect. No one can do that. No one? No one. We're not gods, Nora. We've just been given extraordinary abilities.	”
— Barry Allen and Nora West-Allen[src]

Synopsis

After Iris lands in serious danger, Nora races to save her mother. Barry puts the finishing touches on the metahuman cure, leaving Cisco with a rare night off, so he decides to take Kamilla Hwang on a date.

Appearances

Characters

Protagonists

• Team Flash
  • The Flash (Barry Allen)
  • Iris West-Allen
  • Killer Frost (Caitlin Snow)
  • Vibe (Cisco Ramon)
  • Elongated Man (Ralph Dibny)
  • Cecile Horton
  • XS (Nora West-Allen)
  • Harrison Sherloque Wells
• Kamilla Hwang

Antagonists

• Harrison West (Eobard Thawne)
• Cicada (Orlin Dwyer)
• Young Rogues (mentioned)
  • Weather Witch (mentioned)
  • Silver Ghost (mentioned)

Other Characters

• CC Jitters
  • Carolyn
  • Megan
• Gypsy (Cynthia) (mentioned)
• Ian
• Jenna West (pictured)
• Joe West (pictured)
• Ozone (Breakin') (mentioned)
• Romeo (mentioned)
• Stephan
• Sun Tzu (mentioned)
• Wally West (pictured)

Teams and Organizations

• A.R.G.U.S. (mentioned)
• CC Jitters
• Central City Citizen
• Central City Diamonds (cap)
• Iron Heights Penitentiary
• KH Photography
• Legends (mentioned)
• Liquid Kitty (mentioned)
• Ralph Dibny, Private Investigator
• Ramon Industries (indirectly mentioned)
• S.T.A.R. Labs
• Team Flash

Events

• Cicada's Purge
  • Attack on The Bentley Building

Species

• Humans (Earth-1)
• Humans (Earth-221)
• Metahumans

Objects and Concepts

• Breaches
  • CFL Quark Matter
• Electric Boogaloo (mentioned)
• Breakin' (mentioned)
• Cicada
• Cicada Suit
  • Cicada Mask
• Dark Matter
• Elongated Man Suit
• Killer Frost Suit
• Kid Flash (drink)
• Lightning Dagger
• Metahuman Cure
• Metahuman Cure Device (concept)
• Journal
• Panic Button
• Positive Tachyons
• Power Dampener
• Stealth Automobile (mentioned)
• Time Portal
• The Flash (drink)
• The Flash Suit
• Time Language
• Vibe Suit
  • Reverb Goggles
  • Vibe Gauntlets
• Vibes
• XS Suit
  • Gauntlet
• Zoom

Locations

• Earth-1
  • Earth
    • Arctic
      • North Pole
        • Tannhauser Offsite
    • North America
      • United States of America
        • Missouri
          • Central City
            • CC Jitters
            • Liquid Kitty (mentioned)
            • S.T.A.R. Labs Central City Facility
              • Pipeline
            • Unnamed Building
              • Central City Citizen
              • Ralph Dibny, Private Investigator
            • West House (pictured)
          • Keystone City
            • Iron Heights Penitentiary
• Speed Force (portal)

Notes

• The first time the clock (8:07) appeared on-screen in the first loop matches the real life air time of the episode. However, the latter two appearances of it (8:27 and 8:52) were off by minutes.

Gallery

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  XS reverses time