The Flash: Every Main Villain - Ranked

9. Cicada

Season five marked the show's official descent into mediocrity. This was most notable in its handling of its primary antagonist, the murderous Cicada. This entry will focus on the Orlin Dwyer (Chris Klein) incarnation as other versions did not receive the same amount of attention during the season's run.

Dwyer and his niece Grace were injured during Team Flash's intervention in the Enlightenment, the Thinker's scheme to return Earth to the Dark Ages. Distraught, Dwyer had his grief turned into rage and metahuman bigotry once he learned of the true cause of the disaster that wounded Grace.

A piece of debris from the Enlightenment empowered Dwyer, giving him superhuman physical attributes, flight and the ability to detect and negate the abilities of metahumans. Newly empowered, he began a metahuman killing spree that ended after Team Flash cured him and his subsequent death at the hands of a future version of Grace.

Klein was unfortunately miscast for the role as he was unable to bring the requisite weight to the role, and some of his acting choices were very questionable (his "Cicada" voice was unintentionally hilarious). Furthermore, Cicada did not feel like the kind of villain that would warrant season long focus