The Flash
" Godspeed , " sequence 18 ofThe Flashseason 5 , has finally given Nora West - Allen ( aka XS ) a proper origin taradiddle . While the show has slowly expose point on the life of Barry Allen ’s super - speedster daughter over the course of season 5 , Nora had never been give a full instalment devoted entirely to her until now .
Nora first revealed herself to Team Flash in the season 4 finale , " We Are The flash bulb . " However , TV audience got to see Nora several clock time throughout the course of time of year 4 , as she spied on Team Flash and arranged a serial publication of accidental meetings , including disguising herself as a server so that she could seeher parents ' weddingand talk to the beginner she never sleep with for a few minutes . The season 5 premiere " Nora " revealed how Nora had come back in time to see her founding father and wound up intervening in his final struggle with The Thinker , altering the timeline as she have it away it . However , it was not until season 5 , installment 18 , " Godspeed " that the audience got to see Nora ’s life in the not - too - distant future of Central City 2049 .
The episode gives setting to what few details we know about Nora ’s aliveness in her own sentence . We see Nora in her daytime caper as a CSI with the Central City Police Department - a job she took in an seek to emulate her Father of the Church . We also watch how Nora discovered the chip implant that negated her magnate -an action Iris West - Allen tookto prevent her girl from further following in her epic husband ’s footsteps . Beyond establish this continuity , " Godspeed " also gives a greater insight into Nora ’s character , discover how she was spurred to become a sub even before she found out she was the girl of The Flash , thanks to her near friend being murdered bythe installment ’s titular villain , Godspeed .
It is worth noting that " Godspeed " is full of Easter orchis and nod to earlier episodes ofThe newsflash , further sop up parallels between Nora and her forefather , particularly referencing back to the show ’s pilot episode . Both sequence open with Barry and Nora being late for work , and fighting their way against a gang to get to a offense scene . Both lose control of their speed the first time they utilise their powers and make a crash landing into the back of a laundry hand truck . ( Barry ’s was for Gambi Cleaners . Nora ’s was for Gambi & Sons . ) These tributes extend beyond the pilot episode ofThe Flash , with Eobard Thawne instructing Nora on how to use her powers to phase through a concrete wall using virtually the same news he did when he taught Barry the same deception in " Tricksters , " episode 17 ofThe Flashseason 1 .
Ironically , as this episode shows how Nora - West Allen is every inch Barry Allen ’s daughter , the episode ends on a heart - breaking greenback where she ’s ostensibly rejected by the father she long to print . get out unable to trust Nora in the typeface of the revelation that she was trained by his archenemy , the Reverse Flash , Barry empty Nora in the future tense and tells her never to travel in time again . This moment is all the more painful , follow after we see , in flashback , what prompted Nora to try and return to the past tense in the first place - a telecasting content her father leave for her , just before his disappearing , say that he would always love her no matter what .
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