History Recap / TheFlash2014S5E21TheGirlWithTheRedLightning

* MeddlingParents: Barry and Iris still try to keep Nora out of everything to keep her safe, until Nora convinces them that she is not as reckless as before and genuinely believes she can help.

* RealityEnsues:
** Trying to calm down and protect a large group of scared, directionless people is very difficult, even for the cops; not helped by most metahumans' reputation for being criminals.
** Despite going through the effort to test the cure to assure its safety, getting it legally approved to be distributed at medical facilities would still take weeks of navigating through red tape.

** Cisco uses Creator/StanLee 's signature line, "Fear not, True Believers!".

* ShoutOut: Ralph finds the [[Series/DoctorWho 'timey-wimeyness']] of Thawne and Nora's situation very confusing.

* ShoutOut: Ralph finds the [[Series/DoctorWho 'timey-wimeyness']] of the Thawne and Nora's situation very confusing.

* TakingTheBullet: Ralph attempts this in the last scene to stop Barry from destroying the dagger. [[spoiler:he succeeds]]

** Fallout gets mentioned.

* {{Cliffhanger}}: The episode ends with Barry about to blast the dagger, just as Ralph realizes the dagger's destruction was Thawne's plan.

* WhamShot: Just as Thawne is about to be executed, we see him take off his chestplate, revealing Cicada's dagger glowing from his restraints.

As Cicada II plans her final massacre, Team Flash tries to protect the metahumans by giving them the cure. Meanwhile Nora discovers that her brief time in the Negative Speed Force has unforeseen complications... or blessings.

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Thawne's ticking clock has been going on for ''fifteen'' years before the date of his execution. Turns out this is a poorly-thought out fate to inflict on a bonafide ChessMaster, as it gave him plenty of time to scheme out of it.

** Sherloque tells Renee that Grace wants to kill every metahuman on Earth - so he opts to send her to a different one.

* NotSoSimilar: Nora notes that she and Grace have a lot in common... but she decides to let go of her anger, something which Grace refuses to do.

** Trying to calm down and protect a large group of scared, directionless people is very difficult, even for the cops; not helped by metahumans' reputation for being criminals.

* TheReveal: The chestpiece that Thawne wears in his cell uses Cicada's dagger to keep his powers suppressed.

* SmugSmiler: Thawne allows himself a particularly vicious, self-satisfied smirk when it's revealed that he had Cicada's dagger in his chest plate the whole time.

* WhamShot: Just as Thawne is about to be executed, we see Cicada's dagger glowing from his restraints.

* YouAreTooLate: Cicada II gloats about this as Cisco seemingly fails to disable her weapon... [[ThisCannotBe only to be stunned]] as it shuts down at the last second.

* YoungFutureFamousPeople: Cisco is indignant to learn that in 2049 his mediocre college roommate Sebastian Ollins, who only got by with his help, is a Nobel Prize winning tech mogul.

* YouAreTooLate: Cicada II gloats about this as Cisco seemingly fails to disable her weapon... only to be stunned as it shuts down at the last second.

* OutrunTheFireball: Barry does this. SuperSpeed helps.

* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Singh's reaction to being told to let a huge number of metahumans inside the CCPD.

* FinalSolution: Grace doesn't just want to purge all the Meta's from Central City - she targets the whole ''country''.

* InternalReveal: Renee learns of the existence of different Earths. She isn't too surprised by it, considering she witnessed a giant Gorilla fighting a man-shark a few weeks back.

* WhamLine: Cicada II drops one that gives Ralph that final clue to Thawne's plan: