Trivia / The Flash 2014 S 5 E 16 Failure Is An Orphan

• Development Gag: In the past, both Candice Patton and Jesse L. Martin have snarked to each other about how the various references to Grandma Esther's meals over the years of the show have been to foods that typically white American Anglo-Saxon households eat at home, like noodles, or meatloaf, rather than something like soul food, which would be more realistic for a Black household (Patton giving sweet potato pie as an example)—thus underscoring the importance of having diversity not just on camera, but the writers' room as well. In this episode, Iris indeed makes a reference to Grandma Esther's sweet potato pie.