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In July 2018, it was announced that [[Danielle Panabaker]], who plays Caitlin Snow / Killer Frost on ''[[The Flash (2014 TV series)|The Flash]]'', would be making her directorial debut with an episode of the fifth season.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.etonline.com/the-flash-star-danielle-panabaker-to-make-her-directorial-debut-in-season-5-exclusive-105876 |title='The Flash' Star Danielle Panabaker to Make Her Directorial Debut in Season 5! (Exclusive) |last=Aguilera |first=Leanne |date=July 16, 2018 |website=[[Entertainment Tonight]] |archive-url=http://archive.fo/6kQcD |archive-date=April 19, 2019 |dead-url=no |access-date=April 19, 2019}}</ref> |
In July 2018, it was announced that [[Danielle Panabaker]], who plays Caitlin Snow / Killer Frost on ''[[The Flash (2014 TV series)|The Flash]]'', would be making her directorial debut with an episode of the fifth season.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.etonline.com/the-flash-star-danielle-panabaker-to-make-her-directorial-debut-in-season-5-exclusive-105876 |title='The Flash' Star Danielle Panabaker to Make Her Directorial Debut in Season 5! (Exclusive) |last=Aguilera |first=Leanne |date=July 16, 2018 |website=[[Entertainment Tonight]] |archive-url=http://archive.fo/6kQcD |archive-date=April 19, 2019 |dead-url=no |access-date=April 19, 2019}}</ref> To learn the basics of directing, she attended a course at the Warner Bros Television Directors' Workshop.<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1083536426300391425 |user=dpanabaker |title=This is the program I did last summer and I learned SO much. Can’t wait to get started directing in just a few weeks! |author=Panabaker, Danielle |author-link=Danielle Panabaker |date=January 10, 2019}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 11:39, 19 April 2019
| "Godspeed" | |
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| The Flash episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 5 Episode 18 |
| Directed by | Danielle Panabaker |
| Written by | Judalina Neira & Kelly Wheeler |
| Production code | T27.13768 |
| Original air date | April 16, 2019 |
| Guest appearances | |
| Kathryn Gallagher as Lia BD Wong voices August Heart / Godspeed | |
"Godspeed" is the eighteenth episode of the fifth season of the American television series The Flash, based on the DC Comics character Barry Allen / Flash, a crime scene investigator who gains super-human speed, which he uses to fight criminals, including others who have also gained superhuman abilities. It is set in the Arrowverse, sharing continuity with the other television series of the universe, and is a spin-off of Arrow. The episode was written by Judalina Neira and Kelly Wheeler, and is the directorial debut of Danielle Panabaker.
Grant Gustin stars as Barry, and is joined by principal cast members Candice Patton, Panabaker, Carlos Valdes, Hartley Sawyer, Danielle Nicolet, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Tom Cavanagh, and Jesse L. Martin. In the episode, after discovering that their future daughter Nora West-Allen has been working with Eobard Thawne, Barry and Iris West disagree about how to handle her in the wake of this news. Team Flash, unable to trust Nora, go through her journal to learn how exactly she came to work alongside their nemesis.
"Godspeed" originally aired on The CW on April 16, 2019.
Plot
In 2049, Nora West-Allen is a forensics scientist working with her best friend and co-worker Lia. Together, they discover a mysterious speedster—whom Lia dubs Godspeed—is stealing chemicals from labs. Nora and Lia investigate a lab where Nora is hit by Godspeed's lightning, exposing her speedster abilities. Lia finds a power dampening chip revealing she was a speedster since birth and was implanted by her mother Iris which causes an argument. Later, Nora and Lia discover Godspeed's next target is Stagg Industries where Lia is killed by Godspeed. Nora learns Godspeed's real name is August Heart, a former intern from Mercury Labs who is stealing chemicals to create an everlasting Velocity 9, a drug that was previously used by speedsters Zoom and Trajectory to give them more speed. Nora realises the only person who can help her is the incarcerated Eobard Thawne who initially refuses, but Nora convinces Thawne so he guides her into eventually defeating Godspeed who is later arrested. Nora celebrates her first victory with Thawne who tells her to find the Time Vault to learn her father's true secret. At the vault, she discovers that her father Barry Allen was The Flash and Barry's final message to her before his assumed death. Back in the present, Iris lets Nora out of the cell allowing her to tell her side of the story and give a second chance but Barry, unknown to the team, decides to return her home and tells her to never return to the present. He confronts Thawne, who is awaiting execution for his crimes.
Production
Development
In July 2018, it was announced that Danielle Panabaker, who plays Caitlin Snow / Killer Frost on The Flash, would be making her directorial debut with an episode of the fifth season.[1] To learn the basics of directing, she attended a course at the Warner Bros Television Directors' Workshop.[2]
Casting
Main cast members Grant Gustin, Candice Patton, Danielle Panabaker, Carlos Valdes, Hartley Sawyer, Danielle Nicolet, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Tom Cavanagh, and Jesse L. Martin appear in the episode as Barry Allen / Flash, Iris West, Caitlin Snow, Cisco Ramon / Vibe, Ralph Dibny, Cecile Horton, Nora West-Allen, Sherloque Wells and Joe West, respectively. Cavanagh also portrays Eobard Thawne.
The guest cast includes Kathryn Gallagher as Nora's colleague Lia, and BD Wong as the voice of the titular villain August Heart / Godspeed. Kindall Charters portrays the character's civilian form.
Filming
Filming for the episode began on February 12, 2019,[3] and ended by February 26.[4]
Release
"Godspeed" first aired in the United States on the free-to-air television network The CW on April 16, 2019.[5]
Reception
Ratings
In the United States, during its original broadcast, the episode received a 0.5/2 percent share among adults between the ages of 18 and 49, meaning that it was seen by 0.5 percent of all households, and 3 percent of all of those watching television at the time of the broadcast. It was watched by a total of 1.31 million viewers.[6]
Critical response
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 90% approval rating for the episode, based on 10 reviews, with an average rating of 8.12/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "The West-Allen family faces a shocking development in "Godspeed," an episode that reaches new emotional heights under the thoughtful direction of cast member Danielle Panabaker."[7]
Jesse Schedeen of IGN gave the episode 7.6 out of 10. He reacted negatively to the shows treatment of Godspeed, saying that the episode underused its title villain and turned him into a "throwaway, one-off villain", whereas he is much more three-dimensional in the comics. Despite this criticism, Schedeen enjoyed the main storyline involving Nora, as well as her interactions with Thawne, and felt the episode captured the essence of the show's first season, being "fun and simpl[e]".[8]
References
- ^ Aguilera, Leanne (July 16, 2018). "'The Flash' Star Danielle Panabaker to Make Her Directorial Debut in Season 5! (Exclusive)". Entertainment Tonight. Archived from the original on April 19, 2019. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Panabaker, Danielle [@dpanabaker] (January 10, 2019). "This is the program I did last summer and I learned SO much. Can't wait to get started directing in just a few weeks!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Drum, Nicole (February 12, 2019). "'The Flash': Production Begins on Danielle Panabaker-Directed Episode". Comicbook.com. Retrieved 2019-04-19.
- ^ Panabaker, Danielle [@dpanabaker] (February 26, 2019). "I'm beyond lucky that on my first time directing, I was surrounded by this brilliant cast and crew. What an incredible journey filled with a lot of laughs and late nights. I'm ready to head back to LA to edit #Episode518! #TheFlash" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "(#518) "Godspeed"". The Futon Critic. Archived from the original on April 17, 2019. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Welch, Alex (April 17, 2019). "'The Flash,' 'Roswell, New Mexico,' 'The Kids Are Alright' adjust down: Tuesday final ratings". TV by the Numbers. Tribune Media. Archived from the original on April 18, 2019. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Godspeed". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
- ^ Schedeen, Jesse (April 16, 2019). "The Flash Season 5, Episode 18: "Godspeed" Review". IGN. J2 Global. Archived from the original on April 17, 2019. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
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