She’s always had another home, and she’s got some other people in that world. While she’s come to fit in this universe in a lot of ways, we don’t know how you can consider this anything other than a temporary stay. There is stopping Cicada, making sure everyone stays alive, and then also figuring out what to do with Nora. It’s clear that The CW isn’t giving you too much, but we think that it’s pretty clear at this point that there is a lot at stake. Stefan Pleszczynski directed the episode written by Judalina Neira & Thomas Pound (#521). 8.CICADA II MAKES HER MOVE – Team Flash is on high alert after Cicada II (guest star Sarah Carter) threatens to unleash a dangerous virus that would put all meta-humans at risk.
Thawne's plans almost failed when Cicada II traveled back to the past as well - explaining why the Reverse-Flash was so upset at there being a new variable in play - but by now he's adapted. Thus he sent Nora back to the past, convincing her to rewrite history so Cicada emerged decades earlier, and then orchestrated a plan to destroy the dagger. The only way Thawne can escape is if history is rewritten and the dagger is destroyed. They've used it to hold Thawne prisoner, by strapping it to his chest and therefore nullifying Thawne's powers.
It seems that, in the future, Cicada's dagger will be found and confiscated by the police. That means his masterplan is essentially a way of rewriting the world in which he's imprisoned. He actually told Nora the key to his plan in a previous episode, " Godspeed," where Thawne revealed that his experiments with the Speed Force have transformed him into a sort of "temporal constant." The timeline can be rewritten, but Thawne himself will remain unchanged. Thawne's plan has been revealed it's all an elaborate attempt to escape the Death Penalty. This season is an exception, with the past and the future interwoven in a grand mystery. Now the answers are finally revealed, ready for the endgame in the season finale, here are the top questions that the show needs to deal with. Time travel has always been central to The Flash, but it's not always been done well. Related: The Flash Keeps Failing To Get The Rogues' Gallery Right These two plots are at last beginning to link together, explaining just why Thawne had supported Nora in her obsessive desire to defeat Cicada, and why he's carefully orchestrated the destruction of Cicada's dagger. Meanwhile, in the present, Team Flash desperately attempt to prevent Cicada killing every metahuman in North America. In The Flash season 5, episode 21, Thawne's clock finally runs to zero, and he comes to the moment of his execution. Thawne was sentenced to Death Row in the future, with a clock counting down the remaining days of his life. Eobard Thawne has been a constant background presence, secretly working with Nora to help Team Flash defeat the threat of Cicada. The Arrowverse's most popular show, The Flash season 5 has largely felt like setup for the " Crisis on Infinite Earths" event. The penultimate episode of The Flash season 5, "The Girl With the Red Lightning," sets up the impending finale, and we have questions.