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Two weeks later, Barry and Nora go to stop two criminals on motorcycles, with Iris getting frustrated when Nora cuts her coms. Nora reveals that in the future, Iris is always nagging her and never allows her to ask questions about her past. Nora goes to spend some time with Cecile, finding out more about Iris from her. A new meta later called Rag Doll attacks an architect downtown and destroys his office but the Flash is able to save him. Iris and Barry try to investigate the new meta, but the Barry gets captured by Rag Doll and is held hostage on a rooftop with power dampening cuffs. Ralph and Iris go to save Barry, with Iris jumping off the building herself to remove Barry's cuffs, allowing him to save them. Ralph swallows Rag Doll whole and jumps off the building before becoming an airbag to land safely. Iris tells Nora nothing is off limits with her, and the two start to grow closer. Meanwhile, Cisco and Caitlin investigate Caitlin’s father and track him to a University office. Finally, Cisco figures out how to commandeers Devoe's satellites to try and find Caitlin's father's hideout.

Barry and Iris face the ultimate parenting test when Team Flash battles Spin, a savvy millennial armed with meta tech, and a dangerous agenda for their daughter, Nora . Meanwhile, Ralph is feeling defeated until an unlikely source issues a challenge to help boost his confidence.

The team recruits Harrison Sherloque Wells to help them catch Cicada, who Nora reveals is unstoppable in the future. Caitlin and Ralph confront Caitlin's mother, who denies forging her husband's death certificate. Sherloque pinpoints Cicada as David Hersch, but is proven to be wrong when Cicada attacks Joe, looking for Vibe. He reveals that on 37 other Earths, Cicada has the identity of Hersch. As a result of Nora's tampering with the timeline, however, his identity on Earth-1 is different. Additionally, his reign of terror has begun earlier than expected. Caitlin and Ralph break into her mother's files, where they find a suicide note from her father. After Cisco shows up, Cicada stabs him, breaking his arm. Barry arrives, but is easily defeated. After Nora enacts her plan to drive Cicada off, it seems as if Cisco has been killed. It is revealed that Cisco used a breach machine instead of his hands to escape. With the public and Cicada believing that Vibe is dead, Sherloque agrees to stay and help the team fight off the dangerous meta. Caitlin traces a message and realizes that her father, Thomas Snow, is asking her to come looking for him. A mysterious individual watches her through the STAR Labs security cameras. Cicada is revealed to be a father of a daughter who is in a coma and not healing. Nora agrees to stay with her parents, despite her seemingly strained relationship with Iris. Sherloque begins to suspect that Nora is not in 2018 for the reasons she says she is.

Barry struggles to train the overeager Nora, who enlists herself as a CSI intern in order to spend time with her father, much to Iris's discomfort. Meanwhile, Caitlin and Ralph try to help Cisco in the aftermath of his breakup with Gypsy, and Cecile loses her telepathy and struggles to connect with her child. Furthermore, a new meta called Block, who can create blocks of dense air, starts robbing from arms dealers and, while trying to stop her, the team has their first encounter with Cicada, the masked man who killed Gridlock.

Team Flash meet Nora, Barry and Iris' daughter from the future. While Iris seems happy to see her, Barry is concerned that Nora could alter history by interacting with her parents younger selves. The Team encounter a new metahuman named Gridlock, who has the ability to harness kinetic energy. During the encounter, Barry suits up in a variety of his previous costumes. When Barry tries to send Nora home, Wally reveals to them that Nora's blood is saturated with negative tachyons, which react with the Speed Force preventing her from time travelling. Barry asks Nora what happens to him in the future, with Nora revealing he never returned after the crisis and she has lived her entire life with her mom. Gridlock causes the plane he is on to fall out of the sky, so Barry, Nora, Wally and Cisco go to stop it. Before they leave, Nora gives Barry his signature ring that contains a brand new suit. They phase the plane through buildings allowing it to land safely in the river. When Gridlock is being transported to prison, the transport vehicle is attacked and a masked individual enters the truck telling Gridlock that he plans to wipe out all metahumans before approaching him with a blade shaped like the Flash’s insignia.