"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.
Synopsis
| 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.[src] |
Cast
Starring
- Grant Gustin as Barry Allen/The Flash
- Candice Patton as Iris West-Allen
- Danielle Panabaker as Frost
- Carlos Valdes as Cisco Ramon
- Hartley Sawyer as Ralph Dibny
- Danielle Nicolet as Defense Attorney Cecile Horton
- Efrat Dor as Dr. Eva McCulloch
- Tom Cavanagh as Dr. Harrison Nash Wells
- Jesse L. Martin as Captain Joe West
Guest starring
- Andy Mientus as Hartley Rathaway/Pied Piper
- Victoria Park as Kamilla Hwang
- Kayla Compton as Allegra Garcia
- B.D. Wong as Godspeed (voice)
Co-starring
- Joel Semande as Roderick Smith
Trivia
- The title references the phrase from the tale Pied Piper of Hamelin.
- Cicada's dagger makes an appearance in this episode.
- Iris mentions to Kamilla that only she is allowed to wear Cisco's Chewbacca t-shirt, referencing the character from the Star Wars franchise.
- Barry states that the events of "Love Is A Battlefield" through this episode have occurred over a period of 5 weeks.
- The way Godspeed runs around the side of a building to incapacitate The Flash is in the exactly the same way as in the season premiere albeit the roles are reversed.
- The city of Atlantis was mentioned by the end of the episode. It is home of the DC superhero Aquaman.
- Barry is shown throwing lightning during his flashback battle with Hartley. This means Barry learned the power earlier in the new, post-Crisis timeline, presumably from Eobard Thawne since Hunter Zolomon’s storyline without being from Earth-2 would’ve been entirely different.
Goofs
- It was previously established that Post-Crisis, Hartley has metahuman powers that just so happen to have more-or-less the same effect as the tech he utilizes anyway. However, this plot point is never brought up once in this episode, and in battle he still only uses his gauntlets.
Gallery
Videos
The Flash Season 6 Episode 18 Pay The Piper Promo The CW
The Flash 6x18 Sneak Peek "Pay the Piper" (HD) Season 6 Episode 18 Sneak Peek