The Flash season 6 explained

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Season Number:6
Showrunner:Eric Wallace
Num Episodes:19
Network:The CW
Episode List:List of The Flash episodes

The sixth season of the American television series The Flash, which is based on the DC Comics character Barry Allen / Flash, premiered on The CW on October 8, 2019. The season follows Barry as he navigates through the Crisis and the emergence of Bloodwork and Eva McCulloch. It is set in the Arrowverse, sharing continuity with the other television series of the universe, and is a spin-off of Arrow. The season is produced by Berlanti Productions, Warner Bros. Television, and DC Entertainment, with Eric Wallace serving as showrunner.

The season was ordered in January 2019, and was originally planned to have 22 episodes. Filming began that July, and production was shut down in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving the season with only 19 episodes. Grant Gustin stars as Barry, with principal cast members Candice Patton, Danielle Panabaker, Carlos Valdes, Hartley Sawyer, Danielle Nicolet, Tom Cavanagh, and Jesse L. Martin also returning from previous seasons, while LaMonica Garrett was promoted to series regular from his guest status in season five. They are joined by new cast member Efrat Dor while former series regular Keiynan Lonsdale makes a guest appearance. This is the last season to feature Sawyer as a series regular. The series was renewed for a seventh season on January 7, 2020.

Episodes

See also: List of The Flash episodes.

Cast and characters

See main article: List of The Flash characters.

Main

Recurring

Guest

"Crisis on Infinite Earths"

Production

Development

The series was renewed for a sixth season by The CW on January 31, 2019, along with a 22-episode order. In March 2019, it was announced that Eric Wallace would replace Todd Helbing as showrunner for the season.

Writing

The season is split in two halves, each having their own self-contained Big Bad story.[6] Each half is referred to by the producers as a "Graphic Novel", the first one is titled "Blood and Truth", and the second one titled "Reflections and Lies". The split was done to avoid inducing fatigue by keeping one Big Bad for 22 episodes, as previous seasons had done.

Wallace felt episode 19, which became the season finale due to the COVID-19 pandemic halting all production, worked in the series' favor because it had "a big cliffhanger" that was "a good pause point". The remaining three episodes, which had been written, will become the first three episodes of season seven. Wallace conceded there may be a few small adjustments made based on how the pandemic would affect shooting, but said Eva McCulloch's story "is on a very specific trajectory that we want to honor and finish." Wallace continued that he thought having these three episodes start season seven was "making it stronger because it's forcing us to look at these two separate things — which is the end of Eva's story and the beginning of the next villain's story and how he relates to Barry and Iris —" and making a strong connection between them.[7]

Casting

Main cast members Grant Gustin, Candice Patton, Danielle Panabaker, Carlos Valdes, Hartley Sawyer, Danielle Nicolet and Jesse L. Martin return as Barry Allen / Flash, Iris West-Allen, Caitlin Snow / Frost, Cisco Ramon, Ralph Dibny / Elongated Man, Cecile Horton, and Joe West.[8] Tom Cavanagh also returns as a regular, portraying Nash Wells,[9] another doppelgänger of his character Harrison Wells. Cavanagh also returns as Eobard Thawne / Reverse Flash.[10] Valdes also portrayed Cisco's Earth-19 doppelganger "Echo" in the episode "Kiss Kiss Breach Breach".[11] Sendhil Ramamurthy was cast in a recurring role as Ramsey Rosso / Bloodwork, the Big Bad of the season's first half.[12] Efrat Dor appears as a series regular in the second half of the season as Eva McCulloch.[13]

Design

The season introduces a new Frost costume which has a more vibrant blue color scheme than the older costume, exposes the shoulders and features a chest emblem shaped like an ice crystal.[14]

Filming

Production for the season began on July 2, 2019, in Vancouver, British Columbia, and was expected to conclude on April 6, 2020. However, on March 13, 2020, production was shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 90% of the planned 20th episode was filmed by that time, with one more day of filming anticipated to complete it. Though it was initially planned for production on the rest of the season to resume later in the year,[15] the remaining episodes were ultimately not filmed as part of the sixth season.[16]

Arrowverse tie-ins

At the end of the 2018 Arrowverse crossover "Elseworlds", the follow-up crossover was revealed to be "Crisis on Infinite Earths" based on the comic book of the same name.[17] The crossover took place over five episodes–three (including the Flash episode) in December 2019 and two in January 2020.[18]

Release

Broadcast

The season premiered on October 8, 2019, in the United States on The CW. It was initially set to run for 22 episodes, but as production on the season could not continue due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the nineteenth episode was later announced as the season finale.[19]

Reception

Critical response

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 85% approval rating for the sixth season with an average rating of 6.89/10, based on 5 reviews.[20]

Accolades

See main article: List of awards and nominations received by The Flash. |-! scope="row" rowspan="3" | 2020| Kids' Choice Awards| Favorite Family TV Show| data-sort-value="Flash, The"| The Flash| | [21] |-| BMI Film, TV & Visual Media Awards| BMI Network Television Music Award| data-sort-value="Blume, Nathaniel"| Nathaniel Blume and Blake Neely| | [22] |-| People's Choice Awards| data-sort-value="Sci-Fi/Fantasy Show of 2020, The"| The Sci-Fi/Fantasy Show of 2020| data-sort-value="Flash, The"| The Flash| | [23] |-! scope="row" rowspan="8" | 2021| rowspan="2"| Critics' Choice Super Awards| Best Actor in a Superhero Series| data-sort-value="Gustin, Grant"| Grant Gustin| | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| [24] |-| Best Superhero Series| data-sort-value="Flash, The"| The Flash| |-| rowspan="4" | Saturn Awards| Best Superhero Television Series| data-sort-value="Flash, The"| The Flash| | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4"| [25]
[26] |-| Best Actor on a Television Series| data-sort-value="Gustin, Grant"| Grant Gustin| |-| Best Actress on a Television Series| data-sort-value="Patton, Candice"| Candice Patton| |-| Best Supporting Actress on a Television Series| data-sort-value="Panabaker, Danielle"| Danielle Panabaker| |-| rowspan="2" | Leo Awards| Best Visual Effects in a Dramatic Series| data-sort-value="Kevorkian, Armen V."| Armen V. Kevorkian Joshua Spivack, Shirak Agresta, Christopher Grocock, and Marc Lougee (for "Grodd Friended Me")| | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| [27] |-| Best Stunt Coordination in a Dramatic Series| data-sort-value="Kralt, Jonathan"| Jonathan Kralt (for "Death of the Speed Force")| |-|}

References

General references

Notes and References

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  2. 1146220539582787584 . heybvp . first day back on season six⚡️⚡️⚡️ what do you think the @cwtheflash writers have in store for kamilla and cisco this season? . Victoria Park . July 3, 2019 . July 28, 2019.
  3. Web site: Mitovich . Matt Webb . October 16, 2019 . The Flash Recap: Barry Sees the Crisis — and It Just About Kills Us, Too . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20191017055124/https://tvline.com/2019/10/15/the-flash-recap-season-6-episode-2-barry-sees-future-deaths/ . October 17, 2019 . October 17, 2019 . TVLine.
  4. Web site: Parker . Malasha . October 22, 2019 . The Flash – A Flash of the Lightning . live . https://archive.today/20191026042928/https://starrymag.com/the-flash-a-flash-of-the-lightning/ . October 26, 2019 . October 26, 2019 . Starry Constellation Magazine.
  5. Web site: (#616) "So Long and Goodnight" . live . https://archive.today/20200410174058/http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings/20200409cw06/ . April 10, 2020 . April 10, 2020 . The Futon Critic.
  6. Web site: Gelman . Vlada . July 20, 2019 . The Flash @ Comic-Con: Series Vet Cast as 'Crisis' Pariah — Plus, Get Scoop on Season 6's Double Villain Plan . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190721103513/https://tvline.com/2019/07/20/the-flash-season-6-spoilers-comic-con/ . July 21, 2019 . July 21, 2019 . TVLine.
  7. Agard . Chancellor . May 13, 2020 . The Flash boss says season 6's sudden ending makes season 7 'stronger' . live . https://archive.today/20200515153844/https://ew.com/tv/what-to-watch-tuesday-the-flash-season-6-finale/ . May 15, 2020 . May 15, 2020 . Entertainment Weekly.
  8. Web site: Gittins . Susan . June 21, 2019 . SEASON 6: THE FLASH Vanishes in a Crisis This Season. Starts Filming July 2nd in Vancouver. . dead . https://archive.today/20190701044206/https://yvrshoots.com/2019/06/season-6-the-flash-with-grant-gustin-starts-filming-new-season-in-vancouver-on-july-2nd.html . July 1, 2019 . July 1, 2019 . Hollywood North.
  9. Web site: Mitovich . Matt Webb . October 20, 2019 . The Flash Season 6: Meet Nash Wells, 'A Man of Adventure'... With a Secret . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20191020230526/https://tvline.com/2019/10/20/the-flash-season-6-nash-wells-adventurer-with-secret/ . October 20, 2019 . October 21, 2019 . TVLine.
  10. Web site: August 23, 2019 . 'The Flash' Season 6: All Your Burning Questions Answered . live . https://archive.today/20191021111223/https://www.tvinsider.com/806440/the-flash-season-6-burning-questions-answered/ . October 21, 2019 . October 21, 2019 . TV Insider.
  11. Web site: Abdulbaki . Mae . November 6, 2019 . The Flash Changed Its Latest Villain After He Became 'Too Intense' . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20191108065036/https://www.cinemablend.com/television/2483942/the-flash-changed-its-latest-villain-after-he-became-too-intense . November 8, 2019 . November 8, 2019 . CinemaBlend.
  12. Web site: Petski . Denise . July 20, 2019 . 'The Flash': Sendhil Ramamurthy To Play DC Villain Bloodwork on Season 6 – Comic-Con . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190721084353/https://deadline.com/2019/07/the-flash-sendhil-ramamurthy-recur-dc-villain-bloodwork-season-6-1202649758/ . July 21, 2019 . July 21, 2019 . Deadline Hollywood.
  13. Agard . Chancellr . November 21, 2019 . The Flash casts Mayans M.C. actress in role that 'pushes the boundaries of sanity' . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20191123051619/https://ew.com/tv/2019/11/21/the-flash-efrat-dor-eva-mcculloch-iris/ . November 23, 2019 . November 25, 2019 . Entertainment Weekly.
  14. Web site: Damore . Meagan . July 10, 2019 . The Flash's Killer Frost Shows Off New Costume in Clear-Cut Photo . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190711062912/https://www.cbr.com/flash-killer-frost-new-costume-photo/ . July 11, 2019 . July 11, 2019 . Comic Book Resources.
  15. Web site: Mitovitch . Matt Webb . March 26, 2020 . Stargirl Premiere Pushed Back a Week . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200327013154/https://tvline.com/2020/03/26/stargirl-premiere-date-change-may-19-cw/ . March 27, 2020 . March 27, 2020 . TVLine.
  16. Web site: Mitovitch . Matt Webb . May 13, 2020 . Flash Boss Cops to 'Tough' Unplanned Cliffhanger, Confirms Plan for Unfilmed Episodes and a 'Happy Ending' . live . https://archive.today/20200515154815/https://tvline.com/2020/05/13/the-flash-season-6-burning-questions-season-7-preview/ . May 15, 2020 . May 15, 2020 . TVLine.
  17. Web site: Cecchini . Mike . December 12, 2018 . Crisis on Infinite Earths Confirmed as 2019 Arrowverse Crossover . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190413151225/https://www.denofgeek.com/us/tv/dc-entertainment/278125/crisis-on-infinite-earths-confirmed-as-2019-arrowverse-crossover . April 13, 2019 . May 17, 2019 . Den of Geek.
  18. Web site: Boucher . Geoff . May 16, 2019 . 'Arrowverse' Endgame? CW Chief Details 'Crisis on Infinite Earths' Mega-Event . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190516215950/https://deadline.com/2019/05/arrowverse-endgame-cw-chief-details-crisis-on-infinite-earths-mega-event-1202616631/ . May 16, 2019 . May 17, 2019 . Deadline Hollywood.
  19. Web site: Mitovich . Matt Webb . April 20, 2020 . The Flash's Grant Gustin: A Major Sacrifice — And Barry's Epiphany — Will Alter Dynamics in Final Four Episodes . live . https://archive.today/20200421091745/https://tvline.com/2020/04/20/flash-grant-gustin-preview-season-6-barry-learns-mirror-iris/ . April 21, 2020 . April 21, 2020 . TVLine.
  20. Web site: The Flash: Season 6 (2019) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20191010205344/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/flash/s06/ . October 10, 2019 . August 30, 2020 . Rotten Tomatoes.
  21. Web site: Nordyke . Kimberly . February 13, 2020 . Kids' Choice Awards: Chance the Rapper Set as Host; 'Avengers: Endgame' Leads Nominees . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200213224526/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/kids-choice-awards-avengers-endgame-leads-nominees-11-1279205 . February 13, 2020 . February 13, 2020 . The Hollywood Reporter.
  22. Web site: June 15, 2020 . BMI Celebrates its Top Composers at 36th Annual BMI Film, TV & Visual Media Awards . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200821081213/https://www.bmi.com/news/entry/2020-bmi-film-tv-visual-media-awards . August 21, 2020 . September 25, 2020 . Broadcast Music, Inc..
  23. Web site: Del Rosario . Alexandra . October 1, 2020 . E! People's Choice Awards Nominees List: 'The Old Guard', 'Birds Of Prey' Among Honorees . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201001174129/https://deadline.com/2020/10/e-peoples-choice-awards-nominees-list-1234589147/ . October 1, 2020 . October 1, 2020 . . Penske Media Corporation.
  24. Web site: Hammond . Pete . November 19, 2020 . 'Palm Springs', 'Lovecraft Country' Top Movie And Series Nominations For Inaugural Critics Choice Super Awards; Netflix Lands 35 Nods . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201128110759/https://deadline.com/2020/11/palm-springs-lovecraft-country-lead-critcs-choice-super-awards-nominations-1234618498/ . November 28, 2020 . November 20, 2020 . Deadline Hollywood.
  25. Web site: Hipes . Patrick . March 4, 2021 . Saturn Awards Nominations: 'Star Wars: Rise Of Skywalker', 'Tenet', 'Walking Dead', 'Outlander' Lead List . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210304184500/https://deadline.com/2021/03/saturn-awards-nominations-2021-nominees-list-1234706492/ . March 4, 2021 . March 4, 2021 . Deadline Hollywood.
  26. Web site: Tartaglione . Nancy . October 27, 2021 . Saturn Awards Winners: 'Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker' Leads With Five Prizes – Full List . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211214162448/https://deadline.com/2021/10/saturn-awards-winners-2021-full-list-star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-knives-out-star-trek-1234863222/ . December 14, 2021 . December 14, 2021 . . Penske Media Corporation.
  27. Web site: 2021 Leo Awards, Nominees & Winners by Name . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210807195558/https://secure.leoawards.com/2021/nominees_and_winners/nominees_and_winners_by_name_2021.php . August 7, 2021 . August 7, 2021 . Leo Awards.