Season 6 (The Flash)

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The sixth season of The Flash premiered on The CW on October 8, 2019, and concluded on May 12, 2020. It was announced on January 31, 2019.^[1]

The season aired on Tuesday nights at 8:00 PM prior to Arrow in the fall, and DC's Legends of Tomorrow in the winter and spring.

It arrived on DVD and Blu-ray on August 25, 2020.

Synopsis[]

Reeling from the loss of Nora, Barry throws himself into work, defeating a record number of metas over the summer, while the rest of Team Flash deals with changes of their own – Cisco, having taken the meta-human cure, is no longer Vibe, Joe is now Captain of CCPD, D.A. Cecile Horton is now considering leaving the district attorney’s office, and Ralph Dibny is now searching for a missing heiress named Sue Dearbon. But all of that is put on hold when Dr. Ramsey Rosso, intent on curing death, is overtaken by his own desperation and ambition giving birth to a new villain… Bloodwork.^[2]

Cast[]

Starring[]

Grant Gustin as Barry Allen/The Flash/Dark Flash (19/19)
Candice Patton as Iris West-Allen and Iris West-Allen's Mirrorverse doppelgänger (19/19)
Danielle Panabaker as Dr. Caitlin Snow and Frost (17/19)
Carlos Valdes as Cisco Ramon and Cisco Ramon/Echo (14/19)
Danielle Nicolet as Cecile Horton (14/19)
Hartley Sawyer as Ralph Dibny/Ralph Dibny/Elongated Man (13/19)
LaMonica Garrett as Mar Novu/The Monitor† (4/19)
Efrat Dor as Eva McCulloch (8/19)
Tom Cavanagh as Dr. Harrison Nash Wells/Pariah and Eobard Thawne (17/19)
Jesse L. Martin as Captain Joe West (17/19)

Special guest starring[]

David Ramsey as John Diggle (2/19)
Jon Cryer as Lex Luthor (1/19)
Matt Ryan as John Constantine (1/19)
Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen/Green Arrow† (1/19)
Caity Lotz as Sara Lance/White Canary (1/19)
Brandon Routh as Ray Palmer and Clark Kent/Superman (1/19)
Katherine McNamara as Mia Smoak (1/19)
Elizabeth Tulloch as Lois Lane (1/19)
David Harewood as J'onn J'onzz (1/19)
Tyler Hoechlin as Clark Kent/Superman (1/19)
Cress Williams as Jefferson Pierce/Black Lightning (1/19)
Ruby Rose as Kate Kane/Batwoman (1/19)
Melissa Benoist as Kara Danvers/Supergirl (1/19)
Katee Sackhoff as Amunet Black (1/19)
Keiynan Lonsdale as Wally West/Kid Flash (1/19)

Guest starring[]

Victoria Park as Kamilla Hwang and Kamilla Hwang's Mirrorverse doppelgänger (13/19)
Kayla Compton as Allegra Garcia and Maya (12/19)
Sendhil Ramamurthy as Dr. Ramsey Rosso/Bloodwork (9/19)
Patrick Sabongui as Chief David Singh and David Singh's Mirrorverse doppelgänger (4/19)
Brandon McKnight as Chester P. Runk (3/19)
Michelle Harrison as Dr. Joan Williams and Nora Allen† (3/19)
Eric Nenninger as Joseph Carver† (3/19)
Natalie Dreyfuss as Susan "Sue" Dearbon (3/19)
Natalie Sharp as Millie Rawlins/Sunshine (3/19)
Meera Simhan as Dr. Rachel Rosso† (2/19)
John Wesley Shipp as Jay Garrick and Barry Allen/The Flash† (2/19)
Emmie Nagata as Dr. Kimiyo Hoshi/Doctor Light (2/19)
Amy Pietz as Debbie Dibny (1/19)
Matt Ellis as Zak Zeal (1/19)
Danny Trejo as Josh/Breacher (1/19)
Carlo Rota as Remington Meister (1/19)
Ashley Scott as Helena Kyle/Huntress (1/19)
Audrey Marie Anderson as Mobius/Anti-Monitor (1/19)
Osric Chau as Dr. Ryan Choi (1/19)
Stephen Lobo as Jim Corrigan (1/19)
William MacDonald as Gene Huskk (1/19)
Damion Poitier as Keith/Goldface (1/19)
Andy Mientus as Hartley Rathaway/Pied Piper (1/19)
David Sobolov as the voice of Grodd (1/19)
Keith David as the voice of Solovar (1/19)
Briana Tedesco as young Maya (1/19)
Troy James as Peter Merkel/Rag Doll (1/19)
Andy Mientus as Hartley Rathaway/Pied Piper (1/19)
B.D. Wong as the voice of Godspeed (1/19)
Susan Walters as Carla Tannhauser (1/19)

Episodes[]

No. in series	No. in season	Episode title	Written by	Directed by	Original airdate
115	1	"Into the Void"	Eric Wallace & Kelly Wheeler	Gregory Smith	October 8, 2019
116	2	"A Flash of the Lightning"	Sam Chalsen & Jeff Hersh	Chris Peppe	October 15, 2019
117	3	"Dead Man Running"	Lauren Barnett & Thomas Pound	Sarah Boyd	October 22, 2019
118	4	"There Will Be Blood"	Lauren Certo & Sterling Gates	Marcus Stokes	October 29, 2019
119	5	"Kiss Kiss Breach Breach"	Kelly Wheeler & JoshuaV. Gilbert	Menhaj Huda	November 5, 2019
120	6	"License to Elongate"	Thomas Pound & Jeff Hersh	Danielle Panabaker	November 19, 2019
121	7	"The Last Temptation of Barry Allen, Part 1"	Jonathan Butler & Gabriel Garza	Chad Lowe	November 26, 2019
122	8	"The Last Temptation of Barry Allen, Part 2"	Kristen Kim & Joshua V. Gilbert	Michael Nankin	December 3, 2019
123	9	"Crisis on Infinite Earths, Part 3"	Story by: Eric Wallace Teleplay by: Lauren Certo & Sterling Gates	David McWhirter	December 10, 2019
124	10	"Marathon"	Sam Chalsen & Lauren Barnett	Stefan Pleszczynski	February 4, 2020
125	11	"Love Is a Battlefield"	Kelly Wheeler & Jeff Hersh	Sudz Sutherland	February 11, 2020
126	12	"A Girl Named Sue"	Thomas Pound & Lauren Certo	Chris Peppe	February 18, 2020
127	13	"Grodd Friended Me"	Kristen Kim & Joshua V. Gilbert	Stefan Pleszczynski	February 25, 2020
128	14	"Death of the Speed Force"	Sam Chalsen & Emily Palizzi Gilbert	Brent Crowell	March 10, 2020
129	15	"The Exorcism of Nash Wells"	Lauren Barnett & Sterling Gates	Eric Dean Seaton	March 17, 2020
130	16	"So Long and Goodnight"	Kristen Kim & Thomas Pound	Alexandra LaRoche	April 21, 2020
131	17	"Liberation"	Jonathan Butler & Gabriel Garza	Jeff Byrd	April 28, 2020
132	18	"Pay the Piper"	Jess Carsen	Amanda Tapping	May 5, 2020
133	19	"Success Is Assured"	Kelly Wheeler & Lauren Barnett	Phil Chipera	May 12, 2020

Production[]

Pre-production[]

On March 12, 2019, it was reported that Todd Helbing, who had been serving as showrunner for the past two seasons, would be stepping down his position with the intention of focusing on the development under his overall deal with Warner Brothers Television. Eric Wallace, who has been a co-executive and executive producer since the fourth season will take over the position as sole showrunner beginning this season.^[3]

Filming[]

Filming for the sixth season began on July 2, 2019, and was scheduled to conclude for April 6, 2020.^[4]

On March 13, 2020, The CW suspended production for The 100 and The Flash due to the coronavirus.^[5]

Reception[]

Critical response[]

Ratings[]

Trivia[]

The season was originally set to consist of 22 episodes, with the season finale airing May 19; however, it was later shortened to 19 episodes, as the remaining three planned episodes were unable to be produced due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[6]^[7]^[5]
This was the only season to not receive a single 0.2 rating or sub-million viewership for any episode in the 18-49 demographic during The CW's 2019-20 broadcasting season.