"Goldfaced"[1] is the thirteenth episode of the fifth season of The Flash, and the one-hundred-fifth episode overall. It aired on February 5, 2019.
| “ | You warned me to get my head on straight for this job, and I didn't. You had Goldface ready to give us what we needed, and I blew it trying to get those guns off the street, and here we are. Barry, this is not your fault. Yeah, it is.And you were right. If I wanna stop Cicada, I can't be so precious about getting The Flash's hands dirty. Sometimes the ends justify the means. I get that now. Let's just get this over with. |
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Synopsis[edit source]
Barry and Ralph must go undercover as criminals in an illegal black market to purchase a device that could help them stop Cicada. Once inside, Barry and Ralph find their morality tested as they slip deeper into the criminal world, eventually having to choose between committing a crime, or losing the means to defeat one of their greatest foes. Meanwhile, Iris investigates a lead on Cicada's whereabouts and ends up in a dangerous situation.
Appearances[edit source]
Characters[edit source]
Protagonists[edit source]
Antagonists[edit source]
- Clifford DeVoe (mentioned)
- Harrison Wells (Eobard Thawne)
- Goldface's Black Market
- Amunet Black (mentioned)
- Cicada (Orlin Dwyer)
- Spencer Young (mentioned)
Other Characters[edit source]
- Brent Osmack
- Central City Hospital (files)
- Dr. Corber (name seen)
- Organ Recipients
- Cisco Ramon (mentioned)
- Superman (mentioned)
- Grace Gibbons (mentioned)
- Breacher (mentioned)
- Sherloque Wells' Third Ex-wife (mentioned)
- Sherloque Wells' First Ex-wife (hologram)
- Sherloque Wells' Second Ex-wife (hologram)
- Sherloque Wells' Fourth Ex-wife (hologram)
- Sherloque Wells' Fifth Ex-wife (hologram)
- Robbie Byrne (mentioned)
Teams and Organizations[edit source]
- CC Jitters
- Central City Citizen
- Central City Hospital (files)
- Central City Police Department (mentioned)
- Central City University Library (mentioned)
- Goldface's Black Market
- Iron Heights Penitentiary
- Ivo Labs
- Julian Medical Supplies (pictured)
- Ralph Dibny, Private Investigator
- Robbie Byrne's Office (mentioned)
- S.T.A.R. Labs
- Spyn Zone (mentioned)
- Star City Museum (mentioned)
- Star City Police Department (indirectly mentioned)
- Szrek Chem (logo)
- Team Flash
- United States Federal Reserve (mentioned)
- Van Horn Industries (pictured)
- Zita's Cleaning Service (trucks)
Events[edit source]
Species[edit source]
- Bats (mentioned)
- Dogs (mentioned)
- Corgis (mentioned)
- Humans (Earth-1)
- Humans (Earth-221)
- Humans (UE-19) (hologram)
- Humans (UE-20) (hologram)
- Humans (UE-21) (hologram)
- Metahumans
Objects and Concepts[edit source]
- American Sniper (mentioned)
- Breaches
- Cicada Suit (pictured)
- Cicada Mask (pictured)
- Dark Matter
- Elongated Man Suit
- Energy Guns
- Killer Frost Suit
- Holograms
- Lightning Dagger
- Metahuman Cure (concept)
- Neuro-Stasis Field Generator (blueprints)
- Journal (pictured)
- Organ Printer
- Power Dampener
- Power-Dampening Cuffs
- Red Dead (mentioned)
- The Flash Suit
- Time Language
Locations[edit source]
- Earth-1
- Earth
- North America
- United States of America
- Missouri
- Washington (pictured)
- Star City (pictured)
- Star City Museum (mentioned)
- Van Horn Industries Office (pictured)
- Star City (pictured)
- United States of America
- North America
- Earth
Notes[edit source]
- The Police Killers shown in the episode first appeared in Legends of To-Meow-Meow. This means either the Legends bought the weapons off the black market, or simply the shows using the same props.
Gallery[edit source]
Goldface captures The Chemist
