Masquerade (The Flash)

"Masks don't heal wounds. They only hide them. Facing those wounds can be scary as hell, but it's the only way to start healing."

- Barry to Cecile

Synopsis
Cecile is forced to confront her past in order to break free from a psychic prison. Meanwhile, Chester takes over for Cisco but makes a mistake that puts Barry in serious danger. Joe investigates Kristen Kramer's old military ties and discovers an unsettling truth.

Main Characters

 * Team Flash
 * Joe West
 * Cecile Horton
 * Caitlin Snow
 * Chester P. Runk
 * Barry Allen
 * Iris West-Allen
 * Sue Dearbon

Villains

 * Kristen Kramer
 * Psycho-Cecile
 * Psycho Pirate (Roger Hayden)
 * Magenta (Frankie Kane)
 * Arielle McAlpin
 * Payton Gilbert
 * The Trickster
 * Abra Kadabra
 * Null
 * Ultraviolet
 * Kimiyo Hoshi

Other Characters

 * Cecile Horton's Aunt
 * Jenna West
 * Tupac Shakur
 * Frost
 * Cisco Ramon
 * Erik Frye
 * Ira Cooper
 * Granville Taylor Woods
 * Gilgamesh
 * Golden Mask Pirate
 * King Satvir Panchhi
 * Bashir Malik
 * Grodd
 * Dom Toretto
 * Ilsa Faust
 * Ralph Dibny
 * Cecile Horton's Mother
 * Nora Allen

Teams and Organizations

 * CCPD
 * DOD
 * US Army
 * S.T.A.R. Labs
 * Team Flash
 * Masonville Tool Supply Hardware Store
 * Cecile Horton, Metahuman Attorney
 * Arkham Asylum
 * Kahndaqi Embassy
 * Central City Museum
 * Yoruba Tribe
 * DeMatteis Academy of Dance
 * St. Carmine's Psychiatric Hospital
 * A.R.G.U.S.
 * Lily Hotel

Events

 * Escape from St. Carmine's Psychiatric Hospital

Species

 * Humans
 * Metahumans
 * Robots
 * Demons

Objects

 * Stealth Audio Speakers
 * The Flash Suits
 * Samuroid
 * Sonic Scepter
 * Atom-Smasher Helmet
 * EEG Device
 * Medusa Mask
 * Cisco's Who's Who? Binder
 * Cerebral Inhibitor
 * Montgomery 5000 Vault
 * Fast One/Fast Five
 * S.T.A.R. Labs Mobile Research Unit
 * Sue Dearbon's Catsuit
 * Breaches
 * Memory Machine
 * Hoverchair
 * Forcefields
 * Mental Dampeners

Locations

 * Earth-Prime
 * Earth
 * United States of America
 * Missouri
 * Central City
 * West House
 * S.T.A.R. Labs Central City Facility
 * Chester P. Runk's Garage
 * E. Matz Street
 * The Bentley Building
 * Kahndaqi Embassy
 * Central City Museum
 * DeMatteis Academy of Dance
 * Lily Hotel
 * Masonville
 * Masonville Tool Supply Hardware Store
 * Fort Dakota
 * Arkham Asylum
 * Texas
 * Houston
 * St. Carmine's Psychiatric Hospital
 * Kahndaq
 * Africa
 * Tunisia
 * Mindscape
 * Forces of Nature
 * Sage Force
 * Hell

Trivia

 * This episode's intro sequence no longer includes Carlos Valdes as Cisco Ramon due to his departure in the previous episode. Additionally, the majority of the sequence was edited to black and white before reverting to the regular color in the logo sequence.
 * Cecile mentions Erik Frye, who previously appeared in.
 * This episode takes place two weeks after.