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"Grodd Friended Me" is the thirteenth episode of the sixth season of The Flash, and the one-hundred-twenty-seventh episode overall. It aired on February 25, 2020.
Feeling overwhelmed with all the changes since Crisis, Barry conducts an experiment that goes awry and puts him directly in Gorilla Grodd's path. Expecting the worst, Barry is surprised when Grodd asks for his help. Unfortunately for both The Flash and Grodd, things get worse when another villain appears – Solovar. Meanwhile, Iris works with Eva to escape the Mirrorverse.[src]
This episode marks the return of Eobard Thawne since Season 5 finale "Legacy".
It is revealed that Eva is the one who created Mirror Iris and is essentially controlling her in the real world.
Gorilla Grodd's illusory Caitlin Snow said to Barry Allen "Use your signs". This may be a reference to the other Barry's line "My special skills include Viola, Web Design, fluent in Sign Language, Gorilla Sign Language" in the film Justice League.
Kamilla refers to a merged Flash/Grodd as "Brundle-Grodd". This is a reference to David Cronenberg's The Fly, where the main character Seth Brundle is merged with a fly and refers to himself as "Brundle-Fly".
Goofs
Frost says that they modified Grodd's telepathic crown to keep him in his coma, and Grodd is seen wearing it while unconscious in his cell. Barry states that Grodd had stolen the crown from King Shark. However, after defeating Grodd, King Shark got the crown back.[1]
This could easily just be another change in the Earth-Prime timeline.
It's also possible that Tanya Lamden may have built another telepathic crown for Grodd specially designed to keep him in his comatose state, allowing the original crown to be returned to King Shark, as the latter needed it stop the neural regression of his mind.[1]