History Recap / TheFlash2014S5E4NewsFlash

* RejectedApology: Iris tries to apologize to Nora about the power dampening chip, but Nora is too offended by it, mainly because she thought she had a good reason without nowing what it was, plus it's worsened by the fact that she learned through another person.

* AbsenteeActor: Cisco is absent, hiding out with his parents in the aftermath of his encounter with Cicada.

* RealityEnsues: While Barry is unable to fathom why Iris's future self would put a power-suppressing chip in Nora, he is certain that she must have had a good reason for doing so. Barry has known Iris for most of his life, and knows that she's a good person who cares about family more than anything. This opinion of her isn't changed by hearing about something she would have done far in the future, and he still supports her decision (to Nora's dismay).

* ButterflyOfDoom: Nora destroying the second satellite changed the trajectory of its dark matter-induced debris. So rather than hit David Hersch and turn him into Cicada, it hit somebody else instead.

* EtTuBrute: Nora is heartbroken when Barry stands by Iris' future decision to suppress her powers. She promptly moves out of the loft and in with Joe and Cecile.

* RejectedApology: Iris tries to apologize to Nora about the power dampening chip, but Nora is too offended by it, which is worsened by the fact that she learned through another person.

%%* BiTheWay: Hinted when Nora first calls Spencer cute when talking about her app and later confirmed when the two start flirting. It's not clear if Nora is strictly into girls, both, or it's simply not an issue in the future.

* MisplacedRetribution: Downplayed: while Nora has every right to be upset with the future Iris' decision to suppress her powers, A) her taking it out on present Iris (effectively blaming her for a decision she ''has not made yet'') comes off as harsh, and B) Iris [[Recap/LegendsOfTomorrowS3E3Zari probably had a pretty good reason to do so considering how the future treats metas regardless if they're heroes or villains]].

* TookALevelInJerkass: In previous episodes, Nora was simply cold and distant toward Iris. Here, she does such things as deliberately not telling her about getting a phone (or giving her her number) and mocking her about how Spencer has more followers than Iris does, and thus must be a better reporter.

* WillfullyWeak: For obvious reasons, Barry doesn't use his powers during the baseball match and botches a few moves.

* GambitRoulette: Spin's entire plan for the softball game relies on the assumption that XS will read the article that Spin posted. Since she didn't know XS's real identity, she couldn't know whether XS followed her app and therefore couldn't be sure she would see the article. The plan works of course, but it could very easily fall apart.

* DeusExitMachina: To make XS an effort on saving the Central City Picture News office, Spencer makes The Flash go to Las Vegas. Thankfully, Iris is able to guide her.

* AchievementsInIgnorance: The show ends with Cicada looking utterly bewildered as he crushes a metal pole with nothing but his off-hand.
* AttentionWhore: All Spencer cares about buzz for her blog and nothing else. She goes so far to brainwashing people into creating disasters to write about.
%%* BiTheWay: Hinted when Nora first calls Spencer cute when talking about her app and later confirmed when the two start flirting. Its not clear if Nora is strictly into girls, both, or it's simply not an issue in the future.

* DeusExitMachina: To make XS effort on saving the Central City Picture News office, Spencer makes The Flash go to Las Vegas. Thankfully, Iris was able to guide her.

* GambitRoulette: Spin's entire plan for the softball game relied on the assumption that XS will read the article that Spin posted. Since she didn't know XS's real identity, she couldn't know whether XS followed her app and therefore couldn't be sure she would see the article. The plan works of course, but it could very easily fall apart.

* OhCrap: Team Flash when they realized that the remains of [=DeVoe=]'s satellite has the power to turn mere ''objects'' into metas.

* SayingTooMuch: When meeting Spencer to dissuade her from writing about metahumans, Iris tells her that the Flash or XS are in danger. Spencer discovers that is the alias of the new girl.

* PlotHole: Spin's entire plan for the softball game would fall apart if XS didn't read the article she posted. Since she didn't know XS's real identity, she couldn't know whether XS followed her app and therefore couldn't be sure she would see the article.

* SuperStrength: Cicada apparently receives this at the end of the episode, crushing a metal pole.

* BlatantLies: Barry trying to assure Iris that her half-burned pancakes taste good.

* MagiTech: "Meta tech," objects with powers. The team theorizes Cicada's dagger is one, and Spencer's phone was another.

* BiTheWay: Hinted when Nora first calls Spencer cute when talking about her app and later confirmed when the two start flirting. Its not clear if Nora is strictly into girls, both, or it's simply not an issue in the future.

* {{Flashback}}: The first scene shows the enlightenment from Spencer's perspective.

* MisplacedRetribution: Downplayed: while Nora has every right to be upset with the future Iris' decision to suppress her powers, A) her taking it out on Present!Iris (effectively blaming her for a decision she ''has not made yet'') comes off as harsh, and B) Iris [[Recap/LegendsOfTomorrowS3E3Zari probably had a pretty good reason to do so considering how the future treats metas regardless if they're heroes or villains]].

* NoodleIncident: The exact circumstances of how Nora finds out about the meta-dampening chip in her chest remains to be seen.

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Happens to Nora in the climax thanks to Spencer's powers. She comes ''this'' close to killing Barry before Iris saves her.

* EtTuBrute: Nora is heartbroken when Barry stands by Iris' future decision to suppress her powers. She promptly moves out of the loft and in with Joe and Cecile.

* VillainHasAPoint: When Iris points out that Spencer's articles could pose a danger to XS, Spencer reminds her that she didn't have any issue with that possibility when she was writing articles about The Flash. Of course, there wasn't a serial killer hunting metahumans at the time.