"Pay the Piper"[1] is the eighteenth episode of the sixth season of The Flash, and the one-hundred-thirty-second episode overall. It aired on May 5, 2020.
| “ | You gave me my world back. You'll get your world back, too. But you have to do more than just forgive yourself. You have to believe that your world can change. That's the part I'd forgotten. Thanks for reminding me. | ” |
— Hartley Rathaway to Barry Allen[src]
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Synopsis[edit source]
When Godspeed returns, Barry turns to Hartley Rathaway for help. However, things get tense quickly after Barry realizes one of the changes from Crisis is that The Flash and Pied Piper are now enemies. Meanwhile, Iris tries to escape the Mirrorverse.[1]
Appearances[edit source]
Characters[edit source]
Protagonists[edit source]
Antagonists[edit source]
- Godspeed (August Heart) (mentioned)
- "Godspeed"
- Godspeed Clones
- Joseph Carver (mentioned)
- Sunshine (mentioned)
- Eva McCulloch's Army
- David Singh (mentioned)
- Eva McCulloch
- Iris West-Allen (mentioned)
- Kamilla Hwang (mentioned)
- Bloodwork (mentioned)
Other Characters[edit source]
- Carla Tannhauser (mentioned)
- David Singh (mentioned)
- Debbie Dibny (mentioned)
- Harrison Wells (mentioned)
- Maya
- Rebecca Silver (name seen)
- Cisco Ramon's Father (mentioned)
- Cisco Ramon's Mother (mentioned)
- Oprah (mentioned)
- Ralph's Father (mentioned)
- Rob (mentioned)
- Roderick Smith
- Wally West (mentioned)
Teams and Organizations[edit source]
- A.R.G.U.S. (mentioned)
- Blood Brothers (mentioned)
- Central City Citizen (mentioned)
- Central City Picture News (newspaper)
- Central City Police Department (witness protection house)
- Channel 52 (television)
- McCulloch Technologies
- Mercury Labs (mentioned)
- Pied Piper's Henchmen (flashback)
- S.T.A.R. Labs
- Tannhauser Industries (mentioned)
Events[edit source]
- Crisis (mentioned)
- Godspeed War
- Mirrorverse Invasion
- Battle Against Pied Piper (flashback)
Species[edit source]
- Clones
- Humans
- Metahumans
- Reflections (mentioned)
Objects and Concepts[edit source]
- Artificial Speed Force Machine
- Artificial Speed Force (mentioned)
- Breaches (mentioned)
- EX-7 (on screen)
- Godspeed Suits
- Lightning Dagger
- Nash Wells' Gauntlet
- Perpetual-Motion Machine (mentioned)
- Pied Piper Suit
- Portal Machine
- Prismatic Refractor (on screen)
- Pulse Cannon
- Sonic Cannon (flashback)
- Speed Gauge
- Techno Fanny Pack
- The Flash Suit
- The Flash Suit
- Uncaged Desire
- Velocity Serums (mentioned)
Locations[edit source]
- Earth-Prime
- Mirrorverse
- Original Multiverse (mentioned)
Notes[edit source]
- The title references the fact that Team Flash paid the piper (Hartley Rathaway) by saving his boyfriend's life.
- When Godspeed fights The Flash and knocked him off, the animation of their fight is the same used in the Into the Void episode but is also completely opposite.
- This time, the fight takes place during the night.
- The roles of who chased and who's hunted are also reversed since Godspeed was now the one that chased The Flash instead of the other way around.
- This episode used some archive footage from "The Sound and the Fury" to explain why Hartley Rathaway hated Team Flash.
Gallery[edit source]
The Flash and Pied Piper working together
