‘The Flash’ Season 4, Episode 20 ‘Therefore She Is’ Recap: Breaking Up [SPOILERS]

In this week’s episode of “The Flash,” titled “Therefore She Is,” there weren’t any new metas to be found or saved. But the other couples of the show get their time in the limelight. It’s not all sunshine and rainbows, though.

Last week, Barry (Grant Gustin) and Iris (Candice Patton) grew closer after going through counseling sessions with their therapist. Sadly, Cisco (Carlos Valdes) and Gypsy (Jessica Camacho) hit a very rough patch. It also looks like the end of the road for Clifford (Neil Sandilands) and Marlize (Kim Engelbrecht).

Two and a half minds

Harry (Tom Cavanagh) called the team to the speed room to help Caitlin (Danielle Panabaker) get Killer Frost back. Using Cisco’s powers, they were going to get her adrenaline levels to rise. Hopefully, this would get the cold back. Unfortunately, they failed. Plus, the team noticed Harry was a bit off. Eventually, everything was out in the open. Harry was benched for a bit. He was still trying to think of ways to help, but it wasn’t doing him any good.

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Joe (Jesse L. Martin) asked for Harry’s help with something in secret. He didn’t specify what he had to do because if Harry knew, Cecile (Danielle Nicolet) would be able to read his thoughts. Joe asked Harry to distract Cecile for a bit. Harry’s ego kind if took a blow because he felt like he was entrusted with a measly task because of his deteriorating mind. Still, Harry did it.

In a turn of events, Cecile ended up helping Harry. For one, she found out that the more he used his brain, the quicker it would turn to mush. Then, she could read his thoughts before they vanished. With each other’s help, they figure out DeVoe’s end goal, to bring humanity’s mind back into a primitive state.

Bringing back the past

The DeVoes have a lot of screen time this episode. We get a glimpse of what they were like before. He and his wife met in the university Clifford was teaching. He questioned Marlize’s professional opinion in front of hundreds of students and esteemed colleagues. She believed technology was the road to humanity’s development, but Clifford thinks that technology was humanity’s destruction. Naturally, there was some chemistry there.

We see them on their first date, a picnic in the park. They talked about work and their different opinions, which was why Marlize accepted his invitation to the date. They were happy, laughing, and hopeful.

But it all changed when Clifford and Marlize moved in together. They didn’t even start unpacking, and there was already trouble in their new home. When Clifford went out to get some food and wine, his wife found his journal and started reading it. What was inside drove her out of the house after confronting her husband about it.

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His hatred for technology was on a whole other level. He wanted to “reboot” humanity’s mind to a primitive state, the Enlightenment. Marlize left Clifford and did well in Kenya, where she was able to make a water purifier. Sadly, this almost got her killed. A militia group killed dozens to get her piece of technology. Clifford was begging Marlize to come home when they attacked and the line disconnected. He was on the first plane there.

Hating tech together

The near-death experience led Marlize to see the technology the Clifford did. Since then, the husband and wife have been working together to “save mankind.” But Marlize was the only person Clifford actually cared about. His lack of compassion towards humanity was too much for Marlize. Recently, Clifford has murdered innocents to get some bits and pieces of something he’s been working on. Clifford almost killed Gypsy when Team Flash intercepted another one of their heists for pieces of technology. If it wasn’t for Marlize, he would have snapped her neck. She got up from the ground after Gypsy put her there.

While Marlize was on the chair to heal her injured hand–the same one that got hurt in Kenya–she did what they both thought she’d never do. She left Clifford. Everything was too much for her. It was obvious that Clifford didn’t have feelings for her anymore. He was using her.

On different pages

The last time we saw Breacher (Danny Trejo) was when he left Cisco a life-changing job opening. Since he’s retired, he asked Cisco to take his place. But it’s been weeks, and he hasn’t answered. Gypsy, Breacher’s daughter, has been sending the occasional cube to follow up. Cisco has left every single one unanswered.

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Cisco had no choice but to face his girlfriend when the team needed her help to track down DeVoe. They think that if the couple worked together, they’d have enough juice to vibe The Thinker. But they weren’t in the same headspace. That’s why when they touched the piece of metal, their vision wasn’t accurate. Team Flash went to the shipping yard in their vibe but was focused on the wrong container. DeVoe sent Cisco and Gypsy flying against another vessel and breached The Flash to Alaska with aurora borealis lighting up the night sky.

DeVoe got what he wanted the couple argued until The Flash came and heard about the job. Concerned with what the couple’s fight is doing to their mission, Barry forced them to work things out. He put everything out in the open. They thought that they’d give vibing another shot, but they ended up flying out again.

While the two were recovering the lab’s clinic, Iris tried to talk to Barry to let them fix their relationship themselves. But Barry was too worked up to give in. On the bright side, their conversation sparked the light bulb in Barry’s head. The technology DeVoe has been stealing isn’t for one device, he’s building multiple satellites to achieve the people’s Enlightenment.

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Still, Cisco and Gypsy tried to talk to work things out. They both thought that Cisco shouldn’t get the job. Unfortunately, they had different reasons. Gypsy didn’t want anything to change, but Cisco longed for more. Cisco wanted to wake up next to the girl he loved, not having to breach to see her or waiting for one of them to leave. Gypsy thought what they had was enough. Being on different pages, they had a tearful goodbye when Cisco brought his ex-girlfriend back to her agency.

In the end, Joe’s secret came out and kind of put everyone, except Cisco, in a good and celebrating mood. He was planning a baby shower and needed Harry to keep Cecile from finding out. Then, while everyone was drinking and having fun, the weird mystery girl who’s been randomly showing up came to their door, deliver a diaper bag, and left when Iris came to check who it was. It looks like she’s a bigger part of the team than the show let on.

“The Flash” continues next Tuesday, May 8th, with “Harry and the Harrisons” at 8/9c on The CW.