The Flash Recap: True Colors

Season 4 / Episode 13 / The CW Last week, we knew things weren’t looking good for our hero — and this week’s episode shows us just how much danger Barry Allen is really in. Warden Gregory Wolfe is strolling through the metahuman section of Iron Heights showing off his collection to Amunet, the worst example of a white woman with dreadlocks we’ve seen since Anne Lamott Ani Difranco the last time she made an appearance. Hazard, Top, Killg%re, Dwarfstar — all the bus metas captured by the Flash — and Barry himself are all potential merchandise. So which one would Amunet like to purchase? “Eeny, meeny, miney, all of them!” Of course.

Ralph Dibney Ralph heads back to his private office to find Earl Cox passed out on his couch. Earl is an even slimier PI than Stretch was when we first made his acquaintance, and he’s got an unethical get-rich-quick scheme that involves providing cover for a cheating criminal. When Ralph is like, “Nah, I’ve turned over a new leaf. I have friends now,” dude basically gives him the, “You’ll be back” line, and we can see that his words — about Ralph’s new friends eventually ditching him has hit their mark.

When Iris shows up (in a bathrobe? What’s going on here?) with Cecile for her visit with Barry at the prison, the warden tells her that he’s in isolation after an incident. Luckily Cecile can still read minds and knows the warden is lying. Cut to S.T.A.R. Labs, where Iris and Cecile have tipped the rest of the team off that something’s rotten…