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* DealWithTheDevil: Mirror Singh tries to barter with Barry for Iris' freedom in exchange for Carver. Nash intervenes before Barry could actually make a choice.

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* DealWithTheDevil: Mirror Singh tries to barter with Barry for Iris' Iris's freedom in exchange for Carver. Nash intervenes before Barry could actually make a choice.
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* BlatantLies: Sue shows up with her parents at Ralph's office to act like she's just been on vacation and she and Ralph never met before. He plays along so they don't know about their daughter's secret life as a thief.
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* AmbiguousSituation: Barry is seriously tempted to let Eva kill Carver, and Nash takes over before we find out what he actually would have done. Even then, Nash and harry are not happy that Barry would even discuss the possibility of the deal.

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* AmbiguousSituation: Barry is seriously tempted to let Eva kill Carver, and Nash takes over before we find out what he actually would have done. Even then, Nash and harry Harry are not happy that Barry would even discuss the possibility of the deal.
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* AllForNothing: Team Flash's attempts to save Carver from Eva fail when she goes to Carver's secret passage and kills him.
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* AmbiguousSituation: Barry is seriously tempted to let Eva kill Carver, and Nash takes over before we find out what he actually would have done. Harry insists he wouldn't, but Barry seemed to be doubting.

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* AmbiguousSituation: Barry is seriously tempted to let Eva kill Carver, and Nash takes over before we find out what he actually would have done. Harry insists he wouldn't, but Even then, Nash and harry are not happy that Barry seemed to be doubting.would even discuss the possibility of the deal.



* UnreliableNarrator: Eva claims that Carver abandoned her as soon as she was trapped in the Mirrorverse, while he claims that he tried for years to get her out before writing her off as a lost cause.

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* UnreliableNarrator: UnreliableExpositor: Eva claims that Carver abandoned her as soon as she was trapped in the Mirrorverse, while he claims that he tried for years to get her out before writing her off as a lost cause.
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* BookEnds: The episode starts and finishes with Team Flash making plans in Barry's forensic lab in the CCPD. At the beginning, they are trying to understand Eva's plan, while at teh end they are trying to plan how to stop her and find the people prisoner in the Mirrorverse.

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* BookEnds: The episode starts and finishes with Team Flash making plans in Barry's forensic lab in the CCPD. At the beginning, they are trying to understand Eva's plan, while at teh the end they are trying to plan how to stop her and find the people prisoner in the Mirrorverse.

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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Nash asks Barry whether Iris would ''want'' to be saved if it came at the cost of someone's life.

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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Before Team Flash goes to [=McCulloch=] Technologies, Nash asks Barry whether Iris would ''want'' to be saved if it came at the cost of someone's life.life. Barry can't answer and simply wears his jacket before going.



* BookEnds: The episode starts and finishes with Team Flash making plans in Barry's forensic lab in the CCPD. At the beginning, they are trying to understand Eva's plan, while at teh end they are trying to plan how to stop her and find the people prisoner in the Mirrorverse.



** nash gives Allegra an Eternium rock that she can use her light with as a weapon. It saves her life in a confrontation with Esperanza.

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** nash Nash gives Allegra an Eternium rock that she can use her light with as a weapon. It saves her life in a confrontation with Esperanza.Esperanza.
* {{Cliffhanger}}: Iris vanishes before the episode ends.


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* EurekaMoment: When Barry mentions that he would not want to lose his job, he remembers Eva stating that she had unfinished business.

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* ChekhovsGun: The diamond Sue gave Ralph is a map, that when overlayed with a map of Central City, leads to the warehouse where Carver stores his secrets.

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* ChekhovsGun: ChekhovsGun:
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The diamond Sue gave Ralph is a map, that when overlayed with a map of Central City, leads to the warehouse where Carver stores his secrets.secrets.
** nash gives Allegra an Eternium rock that she can use her light with as a weapon. It saves her life in a confrontation with Esperanza.



* FriendOrIdolDecision: Mirror Singh tempts Barry into surrendering Carver by sending Iris back. Nash vetoes that deal by sending the team to S.T.A.R. Labs since Iris would not accept Barry selfishly trading another life to get her back.



* HopeSpot:
** Carver thinks he is safe from Eva by going into a secret part of the [=McCulloch=] Technologies facility, but Eva is very much aware of that area and Carver's former minions sabotage the security.
** Sue thinks that Carver's leverage against her parents being burnt means the case is over, but Eva framed her of Carver's murder.



* MakingTheChoiceForYou: When Mirror Singh is dealing with Barry to make him give Carver in exchange for Iris, Nash pushes Mirror Singh and teleports Team Flash and Carver to S.T.A.R. Labs to prevent Barry from surrendering Carver.



* SilenceYouFool: When Carver tries to bribe Nash to get his teleporting machines, Allegra and specially Ralph tell him to make silence while they try to save his life.



** Nash, at Harry's behest, calls out Barry for considering trading Carver's life for Iris's.

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** Nash, at Harry's behest, calls out Barry for considering trading Carver's life for Iris's. He also calls Barry out for almost killing him while he was possessed by Thawne.
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* MindRape: A heroic version when Allegra used the special stone Nash gave to her against Ultraviolet, making her relive her worst memory. To be fair to Allegra, she doesn't know what the stone actually does until Nash told her afterward and Allegra used it to protect herself.

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* MindRape: A heroic version when Allegra used the special stone Nash gave to her against Ultraviolet, making her the latter relive her worst memory. To be fair to Allegra, she doesn't know what the stone actually does until Nash told her afterward and Allegra used it to protect herself.afterward.

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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Barry is right in that Eva is coming after Carver, while Carver is right in that the Mirrorverse damages someone's mental status.



* IronicEcho: Allegra's initial "I hate coffee" has a different meaning from Nash's version. The former is rejecting his assistance, while the latter is saying that to say that he doesn't mind Allegra taking the coffee. It indicates that Nash and Allegra are reconciling.



* MindRape: A heroic version when Allegra used the special stone Nash gave to her against Ultraviolet, making her relive her worst memory. To be fair to Allegra, she doesn't know what the stone actually does until Nash told her afterward.

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* MindRape: A heroic version when Allegra used the special stone Nash gave to her against Ultraviolet, making her relive her worst memory. To be fair to Allegra, she doesn't know what the stone actually does until Nash told her afterward.afterward and Allegra used it to protect herself.



* RayOfHopeEnding: While Eva's [[TitleDrop success was assured]] and she framed Sue for Carver's death, the team plans to clear her name and rescue the Mirrorverse prisoners. Joe's detective skills will be put to good use as he returns from witness protection.

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* RayOfHopeEnding: While Eva's [[TitleDrop success was assured]] and she framed Sue for Carver's death, the team plans to clear her name and rescue the Mirrorverse prisoners. Joe's detective skills will be put to good use as he returns from witness protection.protection, while there is a huge clue on Singh's whereabouts.
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* FatalFlaw: Carver can't quite seem to grasp that other people aren't as driven by money as he is, best shown when he assumes that Eva is paying his assassins into turning on him, rather than them working with her voluntarily for revenge on him.


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* UnreliableNarrator: Eva claims that Carver abandoned her as soon as she was trapped in the Mirrorverse, while he claims that he tried for years to get her out before writing her off as a lost cause.
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** In order to begin her treatment, it looks like Frost is going to be taken to the same Tannhauser blacksite where her late father had been hiding.

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** In order to begin her treatment, it looks like Frost is going to be taken to the same Tannhauser blacksite where her late father had been hiding.used to hide.

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* BackForTheDead: Mirror Singh lets himself to be sacrificed to store Eva, while Carver is successfully killed by Eva.

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* BackForTheDead: Mirror Singh lets himself to be sacrificed to store hide Eva, while Carver is successfully killed by Eva.



* BaitAndSwitch: Seeing Eva pull Esperanza Garcia, Kimiyo Hoshi, and Millie Rawlins into the Mirrorverse suggested they were going to be captive as well and that it was Mirror copies confronting Carver and Team Flash. Turns out Eva gave them the choice to turn on their boss [[TrappedInVillainy in exchange of being free of him]].

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* BaitAndSwitch: BaitAndSwitch:
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Seeing Eva pull Esperanza Garcia, Kimiyo Hoshi, and Millie Rawlins into the Mirrorverse suggested they were going to be captive as well and that it was Mirror copies confronting their Reflections would confront Carver and Team Flash. Turns out Eva gave them the choice to turn on their boss [[TrappedInVillainy in exchange of being free of him]].him]].
** When Barry runs into Mirror Singh in [=McCulloch=] Tech during the climax, it looked like the latter was about to transform like Mirror Iris did during her fight with Barry. Instead, Mirror Singh shatters himself to reveal Eva underneath.



** Carla Tannhauser comes back to help stabilize Frost.

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** Carla Tannhauser comes back to help stabilize treat Frost.



* ChekhovsGun: The diamond Sue gave Ralph is a treasure map leading to the warehouse where Carver stores his secrets.
* ContinuityNod: Carver used Nanites from Palmer Tech as countermeasures against Eva.

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* ChekhovsGun: The diamond Sue gave Ralph is a treasure map, that when overlayed with a map leading of Central City, leads to the warehouse where Carver stores his secrets.
* ContinuityNod: ContinuityNod:
** In order to begin her treatment, it looks like Frost is going to be taken to the same Tannhauser blacksite where her late father had been hiding.
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Carver used Nanites nanites from Palmer Tech as countermeasures against Eva.



* DownerEnding: This SeasonFinale is quite bleak. Barry's speed is still running out, TheBadGuyWins indefinitely, Sue now has to go on the lam because of a FrameUp, the prisoners in the Mirrorverse are are still trapped and are nowhere near figuring out how to escape, and to top it all off, ''something'' happens to Iris while inside the Mirrorverse. Thank goodness for that RayOfHopeEnding.
* EldritchLocation: Carver tells Barry that the Mirrorverse is incompatible with the human mind, it will warp everybody inside of it until that person is no longer recognizable.

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* DownerEnding: This SeasonFinale is quite bleak. Barry's speed is still running out, TheBadGuyWins indefinitely, Sue now has to go on the lam because of a FrameUp, the prisoners in the Mirrorverse are are still trapped and are nowhere near figuring out how to escape, and to top it all off, ''something'' happens to Iris while inside the Mirrorverse. Thank goodness for that RayOfHopeEnding.
* EldritchLocation: Carver tells Barry that the Mirrorverse is incompatible with the human mind, that it will warp everybody inside of it until that person is no longer recognizable.



* FrameUp: Sue thinks everything is over for her until Ralph reveals Eva set her up as Carver's murderer.
* FriendshipMoment: Allegra and Nash finally seem on their way to better terms at the end of the episode.

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* FrameUp: Sue thinks [[HopeSpot everything is over over]] for her until Ralph reveals Eva set her up as Carver's murderer.
* FriendshipMoment: Allegra and Nash finally seem on their way to better terms patching up at the end of the episode.end.



* HumanPincushion: Barry TakingTheBullet for Carver, taking the brunt of all the mirror shards aimed for the latter. Things get worse for Barry when Eva telekinetically pushes one shard ''through'' his body to kill Carver.

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* HumanPincushion: Barry TakingTheBullet for Carver, taking the brunt of all the mirror shards aimed for at the latter. Things get worse for Barry when Eva telekinetically pushes one shard ''through'' his body to kill Carver.



* SheCleansUpNicely: Eva sets herself up with a stylish suit which happens to stabilize her in the real world. Along with this comes a cleaner, tied hairdo.

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* SheCleansUpNicely: Eva sets herself up with a stylish suit which happens to stabilize her in the real world. Along with this comes a cleaner, tied hairdo.hairstyle.
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* ArbitraryScepticism: Sue doesn't seem very convinced when Ralph tells her about the Mirrorverse.

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* ArbitraryScepticism: ArbitrarySkepticism: Sue doesn't seem very convinced when Ralph tells her about the Mirrorverse.



* IDiDWhatIHadToDo: How Carver tries to justify his actions towards his wife. Eva is understandibly not impressed.

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* IDiDWhatIHadToDo: IDidWhatIHadToDo: How Carver tries to justify his actions towards his wife. Eva is understandibly not impressed.



* InternalReveal: Carver learns about the Mirror doppelgangers.

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* InternalReveal: Carver learns about the Mirror doppelgangers.Reflections.

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* ArbitraryScepticism: Sue doesn't seem very convinced when Ralph tells her about the Mirrorverse.



* AssholeVictim: Nobody's gonna miss Carver.

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* AssholeVictim: Nobody's gonna miss Carver. Barry however still tries to save him.



* TheBusCameBack: Some {{Recurring Character}}s throughout the season return: Esperanza Garcia, Sue Dearbon, Kimiyo Hoshi, Millie Rawlins, and Mirror Singh. Harry Wells has a minor appearance.

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* TheBusCameBack: TheBusCameBack:
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Some {{Recurring Character}}s throughout the season return: Esperanza Garcia, Sue Dearbon, Kimiyo Hoshi, Millie Rawlins, and Mirror Singh. Singh.
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Harry Wells has a minor appearance.appearance.
** Carla Tannhauser comes back to help stabilize Frost.
** Joe comes back from Witness Protection after Carver's death.
* ChekhovsGun: The diamond Sue gave Ralph is a treasure map leading to the warehouse where Carver stores his secrets.
* ContinuityNod: Carver used Nanites from Palmer Tech as countermeasures against Eva.



* DefiantToTheEnd: Carver spends his last moments disowning his wife.
* DirtyCoward: Carver, for all his SmugSnake attire, is quick to run to Team Flash for protection when his own bodyguards fail to protect him.



* EldritchLocation: Carver tells Barry that the Mirrorverse is incompatible with the human mind, it will warp everybody inside of it until that person is no longer recognizable.



* EvenEvilHasStandards: Eva is disgusted at Carver turning her technology into weapons and forcing innocent metahumans into his service.



* FriendshipMoment: Allegra and Nash finally seem on their way to better terms at the end of the episode.



* {{Irony}}: Carver has a secret panic room behind the mirror in Eva's old office. In the Mirrorverse, Eva had a secret room in the very same place.

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* {{Irony}}: IDiDWhatIHadToDo: How Carver tries to justify his actions towards his wife. Eva is understandibly not impressed.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Doubly so: Eva pushes a mirror shard already embedded in Barry through his body to kill Carver.
* InternalReveal: Carver learns about the Mirror doppelgangers.
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Carver has a secret panic room behind the mirror in Eva's old office. In the Mirrorverse, Eva had a secret room in the very same place.place.
** Sue gets framed for the murder of the man she really did want to kill.



* PetTheDog: Eva, once again, lets Team Flash go after achieving her goals.



* SanitySlippage: Iris seems to be adapting to the Mirrorverse a little too well.
* SaveTheVillain: Team Flash tries to protect Carver from Eva throughout the episode, but ultimately fail.



* SmugSnake: Carver throughout the episode acts extremely self-confident, especially during his dialogue with Barry, where he has fun rubbing his superiority in his face. Fittingly, the episode ends with his death.



* UndyingLoyalty: Despite Barry's numerous appeals to his heart, Mirror-Singh remains staunchly loyal to Eva, even being willing to sacrifice himself.



** Ralph stops Sue from going to murder Carver, insisting it will make her feel bad.

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** Ralph stops Sue from going to murder Carver, insisting it will make her feel bad.bad.
* TheWorfEffect: Eva easily dispatches of Carver's three assassins (and then convinces them to work for her instead).
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Carla encourages Frost, who feels inferior to the rest of her friends and family.
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* TheBusCameBack: Some {{Recurring Character}}s through the season returned: Esperanza Garcia, Sue Dearbon, Kimiyo Hoshi, Millie Rawlins, and Mirror Singh. Harry Wells has a minor appearance.

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* TheBusCameBack: Some {{Recurring Character}}s through throughout the season returned: return: Esperanza Garcia, Sue Dearbon, Kimiyo Hoshi, Millie Rawlins, and Mirror Singh. Harry Wells has a minor appearance.



* DownerEnding: The SeasonFinale is quite bleak. Barry's speed is still running out, TheBadGuyWins indefinitely, Sue now has to go on the lam because of a FrameUp, the prisoners in the Mirrorverse are are still trapped and are nowhere near figuring out how to escape, and to top it all off, ''something'' happens to Iris while inside the Mirrorverse. Thank goodness for that RayOfHopeEnding.

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* DownerEnding: The This SeasonFinale is quite bleak. Barry's speed is still running out, TheBadGuyWins indefinitely, Sue now has to go on the lam because of a FrameUp, the prisoners in the Mirrorverse are are still trapped and are nowhere near figuring out how to escape, and to top it all off, ''something'' happens to Iris while inside the Mirrorverse. Thank goodness for that RayOfHopeEnding.



* VillainTakesAnInterest: Carver towards Nash's smoke bomb-teleporter.

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* VillainTakesAnInterest: Carver towards Nash's smoke bomb-teleporter.bomb-teleporter, even offering Nash to name his price.
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Season 5 had the bad guy win but I guess you didn't watch it


* TakingTheBullet: Barry shields Carver from the mirror particles to protect him from Eva, much to her dismay. She still manages to stab Carver after that.

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* TakingTheBullet: Barry shields Carver from the mirror particles shards to protect him from Eva, much to her dismay. She still manages to stab Carver after that.

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