The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: Pay the Piper

"Pay the Piper"
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The Flash  Season 6: Episode 18
May 5, 2020
Directors	Amanda Tapping
Writers	Jess Carson
Previous Episode	"Liberation" (April 28, 2020)
Next Episode	"Success is Assured" (May 12, 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

Pay the Piper is an episode of season 6 of The Flash. It premiered on May 5, 2020.

Appearing in "Pay the Piper"

Featured Characters:

• The Flash (Barry Allen) (Flashback and main story)

Supporting Characters:

• Iris West-Allen
• Kamilla Hwang
• Pied Piper (Hartley Rathaway) (Flashback and main story)
• Team Flash
  • Allegra Garcia (Joins team)
  • Cecile Horton
  • Cisco Ramon
  • Frost
    • Caitlin Snow (Behind the scenes)
  • Nash Wells (Unknown Earth)
  • Joe West
  • Ralph Dibny

Antagonists:

• Eva McCulloch (Mirrorverse) (Flashback and main story) (Cameo)
• Godspeed (August Heart) (Behind the scenes)
  • Godspeed V (First appearance)

Other Characters:

• Godspeed clones (On a TV or computer screen) (Cameo)
  • Godspeed IV (Dies)
• Pied Piper's Band of Merry Men (First appearance) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
  • Roderick Smith (First appearance) (Flashback and main story)
• A.R.G.U.S. (Mentioned only)
• Barney Sands (Mentioned only)
• Bloodwork (Mentioned only)
  • Blood Brothers (Mentioned only)
• Carla Tannhauser (Mentioned only)
• Central City Citizen (Mentioned only)
• Cisco Ramon's father (Mentioned only)
• Cisco Ramon's mother (Mentioned only)
• David Singh (Mentioned only)
• David Singh (Mirrorverse) (Mentioned only)
• Debbie Dibny (Mentioned only)
• Eobard Thawne/"Harrison Wells" (Mentioned only)
• Harrison Wells (Mentioned only)
• Iris West-Allen (Mirrorverse) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Joseph Carver (Mentioned only)
• Kamilla Hwang (Mentioned only)
• Kamilla Hwang (Mirroverse) (Mentioned only)
• Maya (Earth-719) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Ralph Dibny's father (Mentioned only)
• Rob Singh (Mentioned only)
• Sunshine (Mentioned only)
• Wally West (Mentioned only)
• Chewbacca (Mentioned only)
• Oprah Winfrey (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Multiverse (Mentioned only)
  • Earth-Prime (Flashback and main story)
    • United States of America
      • Central City (Flashback and main story)
        • S.T.A.R. Labs
        • Mercury Labs (Mentioned only)
      • Keystone City
        • Iron Heights
    • Atlantis (Mentioned only)
  • Mirrorverse
    • McCulloch Technologies
    • S.T.A.R. Labs
  • Artificial Speed Force (Mentioned only)
  • Earth-1 (Mentioned only)
  • Speed Force (Mentioned only)

Items:

• Cicada's Dagger
• Nash Wells' Utility Belt
• Pied Piper's Sonic Gloves
• Speed Gauge
• Uncaged Desire (Cameo)

Concepts:

• The Crisis (Mentioned only)

Notes

• Pied Piper's reason for hating the Flash is finally revealed: in the Post-Crisis universe, Barry hurt Hartle's right-hand and lover, Roderick Smith, with his lightning bolts instead of him. In this episode, Team Flash cures Smith of his condition so Pied Pier assists him in defeating Godspeed.
  • This implies that Barry discovered his lightning generation ability earlier than on Earth-1, probably due to a different clash with this reality's Zoom.
  • It can be presumed that Reverse Flash teached Barry this technique when he was training the young superhero to help him return to the future.

Trivia

• The new Godspeed's enforcer revealed to the Flash that the real Godspeed is still out there, searching a way to steal his speed. This is the same reason that led Zoom to face Barry on Earth-1.

See Also

• 3 Images from The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: Pay the Piper
• Episodes of The Flash (2014 TV Series)
• Images from The Flash (2014 TV Series)
• Gallery for the The Flash (2014 TV Series) series

Recommended Media

• None.

Links and References

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