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"Love Is a Battlefield"

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Season 6 » Episode 11

Episode number

125 of 184

Airdate

February 11, 2020

Written by

Kelly Wheeler
Jeff Hersh

Directed by

Sudz Sutherland

Chronology

Preceded by	Followed by
Marathon	A Girl Named Sue

"Love Is a Battlefield"^[1] is the eleventh episode of the sixth season of The Flash, and the one-hundred-twenty-fifth episode overall. It aired on February 11, 2020.

“	I'd hold you forever, but it still wouldn't be enough time together. The sight of your eyes fills my heart with gold. The stars at night can only dream they'd ever shine as bright as you. I was always so proud of the work you did at Yale. Your natural mud mask works wonders. You complete me.	”
— Goldface and Amunet Black^[src]

Synopsis[edit | hide | hide all]

Barry and Iris plan a romantic dinner for Valentine's Day, but their evening is interrupted by an old foe - Amunet. Meanwhile, Frost gets into the holiday spirit and attempts to help Allegra reconnect with an old love.

Appearances[edit | hide]

Characters[edit | hide]

Teams and Organizations[edit | hide]

Species[edit | hide]

Cats (mentioned)
Dogs (mentioned)
Humans
Metahumans
Reflections

Event[edit | hide]

Liberation of Eva McCulloch
- Kidnapping of Iris West-Allen
Battle at the CC Arboretum
Crisis (mentioned)

Objects and Concepts[edit | hide]

Locations[edit | hide]

Earth-Prime
- Earth
  - Italy (mentioned)
  - Lian Yu (mentioned)
  - North America
    - United States of America
      - Connecticut (mentioned)
      - Missouri
        Central City
        Amunet Black's Hideout
        
        CC Arboretum
        
        CC Jitters
        
        Central City Police Precinct
        
        E. Matz Street
        The Bentley Building
        
        Giovanni's
        
        Iron Heights Penitentiary (mentioned)
        
        Ivo Labs
        
        S.T.A.R. Labs
        Time Vault (mentioned)
        
        West-Allen Loft
Nash's Mind (hallucination)
Mirrorverse
- McCulloch Labs

Notes[edit | hide]

The episode title is named after the eponymous song by Pat Benatar.
- Additionally, the song is heard when Amunet Black and Goldface reconcile.

Gallery[edit | hide]

Amunet Black and Goldface reconcile

References[edit | hide]

↑ Listings - Flash, The - The Futon Critic

The Flash
Season 1	Pilot (The Flash: 2014) • Fastest Man Alive • Things You Can't Outrun • Going Rogue • Plastique (The Flash) • The Flash Is Born • Power Outage • Flash vs. Arrow • The Man in the Yellow Suit • Revenge of the Rogues • The Sound and the Fury • Crazy for You • The Nuclear Man • Fallout (The Flash) • Out of Time (The Flash) • Rogue Time • Tricksters • All-Star Team Up • Who Is Harrison Wells? • The Trap • Grodd Lives • Rogue Air • Fast Enough
Season 2	The Man Who Saved Central City • Flash of Two Worlds • Family of Rogues • The Fury of Firestorm • The Darkness and the Light • Enter Zoom • Gorilla Warfare • Legends of Today • Running to Stand Still • Potential Energy • The Reverse-Flash Returns • Fast Lane • Welcome to Earth-2 • Escape from Earth-2 • King Shark • Trajectory • Flash Back • Versus Zoom • Back to Normal • Rupture • The Runaway Dinosaur • Invincible • The Race of His Life
Season 3	Flashpoint • Paradox • Magenta • The New Rogues • Monster (The Flash) • Shade • Killer Frost • Invasion! (The Flash) • The Present • Borrowing Problems from the Future • Dead or Alive • Untouchable • Attack on Gorilla City • Attack on Central City • The Wrath of Savitar • Into the Speed Force • Duet • Abra Kadabra • The Once and Future Flash • I Know Who You Are • Cause and Effect • Infantino Street • Finish Line
Season 4	The Flash Reborn • Mixed Signals • Luck Be a Lady • Elongated Journey Into Night • Girls Night Out • When Harry Met Harry... • Therefore I Am • Crisis on Earth-X, Part 3 • Don't Run • The Trial of The Flash • The Elongated Knight Rises • Honey, I Shrunk Team Flash • True Colors • Subject 9 • Enter Flashtime • Run, Iris, Run • Null and Annoyed • Lose Yourself • Fury Rogue • Therefore She Is • Harry and the Harrisons • Think Fast • We Are The Flash
Season 5	Nora • Blocked • The Death of Vibe • News Flash • All Doll'd Up • The Icicle Cometh • O Come, All Ye Thankful • What's Past Is Prologue • Elseworlds, Part 1 • The Flash & The Furious • Seeing Red (The Flash) • Memorabilia • Goldfaced • Cause and XS • King Shark vs. Gorilla Grodd • Failure Is an Orphan • Time Bomb (The Flash) • Godspeed • Snow Pack • Gone Rogue • The Girl with the Red Lightning • Legacy (The Flash)
Season 6	Into the Void • A Flash of the Lightning • Dead Man Running • There Will Be Blood • Kiss Kiss Breach Breach • License to Elongate • The Last Temptation of Barry Allen, Part 1 • The Last Temptation of Barry Allen, Part 2 • Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Three • Marathon • Love Is a Battlefield • A Girl Named Sue • Grodd Friended Me • Death of the Speed Force • The Exorcism of Nash Wells • So Long and Goodnight • Liberation • Pay the Piper • Success Is Assured
Season 7	All's Wells That Ends Wells • The Speed of Thought • Mother • Central City Strong • Fear Me • The One with the Nineties • Growing Pains • The People v. Killer Frost • Timeless • Family Matters, Part 1 • Family Matters, Part 2 • Good-Bye Vibrations • Masquerade (The Flash) • Rayo de Luz • Enemy at the Gates • P.O.W. • Heart of the Matter, Part 1 • Heart of the Matter, Part 2
Season 8	Armageddon, Part 1 • Armageddon, Part 2 • Armageddon, Part 3 • Armageddon, Part 4 • Armageddon, Part 5 • Impulsive Excessive Disorder • Lockdown (The Flash) • The Fire Next Time • Phantoms • Reckless • Resurrection (The Flash) • Death Rises • Death Falls • Funeral for a Friend • Into the Still Force • The Curious Case of Bartholomew Allen • Keep It Dark • The Man in the Yellow Tie • Negative, Part 1 • Negative, Part 2
Season 9	Wednesday Ever After • Hear No Evil • Rogues of War • The Mask of the Red Death, Part 1 • The Mask of the Red Death, Part 2 • The Good, the Bad and the Lucky • Wildest Dreams • Partners in Time • It's My Party and I'll Die If I Want To • A New World, Part 1: Reunions • A New World, Part 2: The Blues • A New World, Part 3: Changes • A New World, Part 4: Finale

[1] Listings - Flash, The - The Futon Critic

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+|image=Love Is a Battlefield 001.png
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 |number=125
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-|writer= [[Kelly Wheeler]]<br>[[Jeff Hersh]]
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 |director=[[Sudz Sutherland]]
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 |after={{Ep|A Girl Named Sue}}
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+{{Quote|I'd hold you forever, but it still wouldn't be enough time together.<br>The sight of your eyes fills my heart with gold.<br>The stars at night can only dream they'd ever shine as bright as you.<br>I was always so proud of the work you did at Yale.<br>Your natural mud mask works wonders.<br>You complete me.|[[Keith Kenyon (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Goldface]] and [[Leslie Jocoy (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Amunet Black]]|Love Is a Battlefield}}
 ==Synopsis==
-[[Barry Allen (Earth-Prime)|Barry]] and [[Iris West-Allen (Earth-Prime)|Iris]] plan a romantic dinner for Valentine's Day but their evening is interrupted by an old foe - [[Leslie Jocoy (Earth-Prime)|Amunet]]. Meanwhile, [[Killer Frost (Earth-Prime)|Frost]] gets into the holiday spirit and attempts to help [[Allegra Garcia (Earth-Prime)|Allegra]] reconnect with an old love.
+[[Barry Allen (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Barry]] and [[Iris West-Allen (Mirrorverse)|Iris]] plan a romantic dinner for Valentine's Day, but their evening is interrupted by an old foe - [[Leslie Jocoy (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Amunet]]. Meanwhile, [[Frost (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Frost]] gets into the holiday spirit and attempts to help [[Allegra Garcia (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Allegra]] reconnect with an old love.
-==Plot==
-{{Spoilers|
-Insert Plot Here
-}}
 ==Appearances==
 ===Characters===
-====Main/Featured Characters====
+====Protagonists====
-*[[Team Flash (Earth-Prime)|Team Flash]]
+*[[Team Flash (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Team Flash]]
-**[[Barry Allen (Earth-Prime)|Flash (Barry Allen)]]
+**[[Barry Allen (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|The Flash (Barry Allen)]]
-**[[Frost (Earth-Prime)|Frost (Caitlin Snow)]]
+**[[Frost (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Frost]]
-**[[Joseph West (Earth-Prime)|Joe West]]
+***[[Caitlin Snow (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Caitlin Snow]] {{c|body}}
-**[[Harrison Nash Wells (UE-10)|Nash Wells]]
+**[[Nash Wells (UE-33)|Nash Wells]]
-**{{F|page=Harrison Wells (Earth-2: Pre-Crisis)|Harry Wells|(hallucination)}}
+**[[Harry Wells (Earth-2: Pre-Crisis)|Harry Wells]] {{c|vision}}
-*[[Central City Citizen (Earth-Prime)|Central City Citizen]]
+**[[Joe West (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Joe West]]
-**[[Team Citizen (Earth-Prime)|Team Citizen]]
+*[[Iris West-Allen (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Iris West-Allen]]
-***[[Iris West-Allen (Earth-Prime)|Iris West-Allen]]
+*[[Allegra Garcia (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Allegra Garcia]]
-***[[Allegra Garcia (Earth-Prime)|Allegra Garcia]]
-====Villains====
+====Antagonists====
-*[[Leslie Jocoy (Earth-Prime)|Amunet Black (Leslie Jocoy)]]
+*[[Black Hole (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Black Hole]] {{c|mentioned}}
+**[[McCulloch Technologies (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|McCulloch Technologies]]
-*{{F|page=Keith (Earth-Prime)|Goldface (Keith)|(first appearance)}}
-*{{F|page=Black Hole (Earth-Prime)|Black Hole|(mentioned)}}
+***[[Joseph Carver (Earth-Prime)|Joseph Carver]] {{c|mentioned}}
-**[[McCulloch Technologies (Earth-Prime)|McCulloch Technologies]]
+***[[Kimiyo Hoshi (Earth-Prime)|Doctor Light (Kimiyo Hoshi)]] {{c|mentioned}}
+*[[Keith Kenyon (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Goldface (Keith)]]
-***[[Iris West-Allen (Mirrorverse)|Iris West-Allen]]
-***{{F|page=Joseph Carver (Earth-Prime)|Joseph Carver|(mentioned)}}
+*[[Lars Patel (Earth-Prime)|Lars Patel]]
+*[[Leslie Jocoy (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Amunet Black (Leslie Jocoy)]]
-***{{F|page=Kimiyo Hoshi (Earth-Prime)|Doctor Light (Kimiyo Hoshi)|(mentioned)}}
+*[[Mirror Monarch's Army (Mirrorverse)|Eva McCulloch's Army]]
-*{{F|page=Ramsey Rosso (Earth-Prime)|Ramsey Rosso|(first appearance) (mentioned)}}
+**[[Iris West-Allen (Mirrorverse)|Iris West-Allen]]
+*[[Ramsey Rosso (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Ramsey Rosso]] {{c|mentioned}}
 ====Other Characters====
-*{{F|page=Ralph Dibny (Earth-Prime)|Ralph Dibny|(mentioned)}}
+*[[Alexa (Earth-Prime)|Alexa]]
+*[[Daisy Korber (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Daisy Korber]]
 *[[Emerson Fairweather (Earth-Prime)|Emerson Fairweather]]
+*[[Maya (Earth-719)|Maya]] {{c|indirectly mentioned}}
+*[[Natalie (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Natalie]]
+*[[Ralph Dibny (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Ralph Dibny]] {{c|mentioned}}
+*[[Ryan Choi (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Ryan Choi]] {{c|mentioned}}
 *[[Saul Frankel (Earth-Prime)|Saul Frankel]]
-*{{F|page=Daisy Korber (Earth-Prime)|Daisy Korber|(first appearance)}}
+*[[Sherloque Wells (Earth-221)|Sherloque Wells]] {{c|mentioned}}
-*[[Natalie (Earth-Prime)|Natalie]]
-*[[Lars Patel (Earth-Prime)|Lars Patel]]
 *[[Skullstar (Earth-Prime)|Skullstar]]
-*{{F|Paragons|(mentioned)}}
-**{{F|page=Ryan Choi (Earth-Prime)|Ryan Choi|(mentioned)}}
-*{{F|page=Maya (Earth-719: Pre-Crisis)|Maya|(indirectly mentioned)}}
-===Organisations===
+===Teams and Organizations===
-*[[S.T.A.R. Labs (Earth-Prime)|S.T.A.R. Labs]]
+*[[Amunet Black's Gang (Earth-Prime)|Amunet Black's Gang]]
+*[[Central City Citizen (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Central City Citizen]]
-*{{F|page=Ivo Laboratories (Earth-Prime)|Ivo Labs|(first appearance)}}
-*[[The Central City Citizen (Earth-Prime)|The Central City Citizen]]
+*[[Central City Police Department (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Central City Police Department]]
-*{{F|page=Leslie Jocoy's Criminal Organisation (Earth-Prime)|Leslie Jocoy's Criminal Organisation|(first appearance)}}
+*[[Emerson Fairweather's Band (Earth-Prime)|Emerson Fairweather's Band]] {{c|mentioned}}
-*{{F|page=Kieth's Black Market (Earth-Prime)|Kieth's Black Market|(first appearance)}}
+*[[Goldface's Black Market (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Goldface's Black Market]]
+*[[Ivo Laboratories (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Ivo Labs]]
-*{{F|page=Yale (Earth-Prime)|Yale|(first appearance) (mentioned)}}
+*[[S.T.A.R. Labs (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|S.T.A.R. Labs]]
+*[[Team Flash (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Team Flash]]
+*[[Yale University (Earth-Prime)|Yale]] {{c|mentioned}}
 ===Species===
+*[[Cats (Earth-Prime)|Cats]] {{c|mentioned}}
-*[[Humans]]
+*[[Dogs (Earth-Prime)|Dogs]] {{c|mentioned}}
-*[[Meta-Humans]]
+*[[Humans (Earth-Prime)|Humans]]
-*{{F|Reflections|(first appearance)}}
+*[[Metahumans (Earth-Prime)|Metahumans]]
+*[[Reflections (Mirrorverse)|Reflections]]
+===Event===
+*[[Liberation of Eva McCulloch (Earth-Prime)|Liberation of Eva McCulloch]]
+**[[Kidnapping of Iris West-Allen (Earth-Prime)|Kidnapping of Iris West-Allen]]
+*[[Battle at the CC Arboretum (Earth-Prime)|Battle at the CC Arboretum]]
+*[[Crisis on Infinite Earths (Event)|Crisis]] {{c|mentioned}}
-===Objects===
+===Objects and Concepts===
-*[[The Flash Suits (Earth-Prime)|The Flash Suits]]
+*[[AlNiCo Alloy (Earth-Prime)|AlNiCo Alloy]]
-*[[Amunet Black Suit (Earth-Prime)|Amunet Black Suit]]
+*[[Amunet Black Suit (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Amunet Black Suit]]
+*[[Flash Ring (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Flash Ring]]
-*[[AlNiCo Alloy]]
-*{{F|page=Flash Ring (Earth-Prime)|Flash Ring|(first appearance)}}
+*[[Miniature Biome Stimulator (Earth-Prime)|Miniature Biome Stimulator]]
-*[[Harrison Nash Wells' Techno Fanny Pack (UE-10)|Techno Fanny Pack]]
+*[[Nash Wells' Gauntlet (UE-33)|Nash Wells' Gauntlet]]
+*[[Photon Rifle (Earth-Prime)|Photon Rifle]] {{c|mentioned}}
-*[[Harrison Nash Wells' Gauntlet (UE-10)|Harrison Nash Wells' Gauntlet]]
+*[[Police Killers (Earth-Prime)|Police Killers]]
+*[[Rappaccini's Daughter (Earth-Prime)|Rappaccini's Daughter]]
+*[[S.T.A.R. Labs Mobile Research Unit (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|S.T.A.R. Labs Mobile Research Unit]]
+*[[Techno Fanny Pack (UE-33)|Techno Fanny Pack]]
+*[[The Flash Suits (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|The Flash Suits]]
+*[[UV Projector (Earth-Prime)|UV Projector]]
 ===Locations===
 *[[Earth-Prime]]
-**[[Earth]]
+**[[Earth (Earth-Prime)|Earth]]
-***[[United States (Earth-Prime)|United States of America]]
+***[[Italy (Earth-Prime)|Italy]] {{c|mentioned}}
-****[[Missouri (Earth-Prime)|Missouri]]
+***[[Lian Yu (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Lian Yu]] {{c|mentioned}}
-*****[[Central City (Earth-Prime)|Central City]]
+***[[North America (Earth-Prime)|North America]]
-******[[Ivo Laboratories (Earth-Prime)|Ivo Labs]]
+****[[United States of America (Earth-Prime)|United States of America]]
-******[[CC Jitters (Earth-Prime)|CC Jitters]]
+*****[[Connecticut (Earth-Prime)|Connecticut]] {{c|mentioned}}
-******[[S.T.A.R. Labs (Earth-Prime)|S.T.A.R. Labs]]
+*****[[Missouri (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Missouri]]
-*******{{F|page=Time Vault (Earth-Prime)|Time Vault|(mentioned)}}
+******[[Central City (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Central City]]
-******[[Barry Allen (Earth-Prime)|Barry]] and [[Iris West-Allen (Earth-Prime)|Iris]]' apartment
+*******[[Amunet Black's Hideout (Earth-Prime)|Amunet Black's Hideout]]
+*******[[CC Arboretum (Earth-Prime)|CC Arboretum]]
-******Unnamed building
-*******[[The Central City Citizen (Earth-Prime)|The Central City Citizen]]
+*******[[CC Jitters (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|CC Jitters]]
+*******[[Central City Police Precinct (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Central City Police Precinct]]
-******{{F|page=Iron Heights Penitentiary (Earth-Prime)|Iron Heights Penitentiary|(mentioned)}}
+*******[[E. Matz Street (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|E. Matz Street]]
-****{{F|page=Connecticut (Earth-Prime)|Connecticut|(first appearance) (mentioned)}}
+********[[The Bentley Building (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|The Bentley Building]]
-***{{F|page=Lian Yu (Earth-Prime)|Lian Yu|(mentioned)}}
-***{{F|page=Italy (Earth-Prime)|Italy|(first appearance) (mentioned)}}
+*******[[Giovanni's (Earth-Prime)|Giovanni's]]
+*******[[Iron Heights Penitentiary (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Iron Heights Penitentiary]] {{c|mentioned}}
+*******[[Ivo Laboratories (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Ivo Labs]]
+*******[[Flash Museum (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|S.T.A.R. Labs]]
+********[[Time Vault (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Time Vault]] {{c|mentioned}}
+*******[[West-Allen Loft (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|West-Allen Loft]]
+*[[Mindscape|Nash's Mind]] {{c|hallucination}}
 *[[Mirrorverse]]
-**{{F|page=McCulloch Technologies (Mirrorverse)|McCulloch Technologies|(first appearance)}}
+**[[McCulloch Labs (Mirrorverse)|McCulloch Labs]]
-*{{F|Harrison Nash Wells's Mind|(first appearance) (vision)}}
-==Trivia==
+==Notes==
-*The episode title shares the same name as the one of Pat Benatar song.
+*The episode title is named after the eponymous song by [[Wikipedia:Pat Benatar|Pat Benatar]].
-**Additionally, the song is heard when Amunet and Goldface reconcile.
+**Additionally, the song is heard when Amunet Black and Goldface reconcile.
-*Goldface name is revealed to be "Keith" in this episode.
-*This episode theme is Valentine's Day.
+==[[:Category:Images from {{{images|Love Is a Battlefield}}}|Gallery]]==
-==Gallery==
 <gallery>
-Love Is A Battlefield 001.png|Leslie fights Keith
+Love Is a Battlefield 001.png|Amunet Black and Goldface reconcile
 </gallery>
 ==References==
 {{Reflist}}
-{{Season 6 (The Flash)}}
+{{The Flash (2014)}}