Danny Trejo returned as Breacher in last night’s episode of The Flash season 6, “Kiss Kiss Breach Breach.” He previously appeared a couple of times in season 4 along with his on-screen daughter Cynthia AKA Gypsy (Jessica Camancho), so we were hoping for an update on what Gypsy’s up to these days after she and Cisco broke up. Unfortunately, though, the news came as a big blow as when Breacher returned, he told Cisco that Cynthia had died. And the fans are not pleased.
The Flash lovers poured onto social media last night to express their anguish over not just Gypsy’s death in the first place but the way it happened off-screen, with the dimension-hopping heroine killed by mysterious hacker Echo. To say that fans aren’t coping well with this revelation would be an understatement.
Breacher to Cisco: "It's Cynthia, she's dead" #TheFlash
Me: pic.twitter.com/MN2YaRfibp— Nefertari Burns (@Nefertari_4Ever) November 6, 2019
Whaaaaah? Gypsy, dead? Oh say it ain't so Papa Breacher! #TheFlash pic.twitter.com/mYpcEIyhSt
— Ophelia❤️sST!🥧💈🔪 (@EarthFae306) November 6, 2019
The way I'm in here sobbing over cynthia #TheFlash pic.twitter.com/rF0IVD1fJl
— m⁷ (@candicekp) November 6, 2019
Couldn’t we have even got a cameo at least?
Here I am thinking we were gonna see Gypsy again just to find out she's dead 😭🤦💔 #TheFlash pic.twitter.com/olK5FJOYlv
— Nefertari Burns (@Nefertari_4Ever) November 6, 2019
For some, this is part of a worrying trend of the show’s to either sideline or kill off non-Caucasian side characters.
Rest in Power Cynthia. Brown side characters don't do well on this show. #TheFlash#DatFlash pic.twitter.com/05Ly8D84Mb
— Trill Withers (@BrolicNBlerdy) November 6, 2019
Others have such a bad taste from the way her death was handled that they’re labelling it as disgusting.
https://twitter.com/multi01fandom/status/1191885780161093632
Ok, so Echo was eventually revealed to be an evil doppelganger of Cisco. Cool twist? Sure, but at least one fan thought that killing Cynthia was just an unnecessary example of “fridging” in order to propel Cisco’s storyline.
https://twitter.com/houseofhastings/status/1191886302028812288
Maybe we can just pretend that this never happened and that Gypsy’s still alive somewhere out there in the multiverse?
https://twitter.com/BlackNasrt/status/1191885779884265473
Well, actually, she kinda is. The real reason Camancho didn’t return is because she’s hopped over to another DC show, HBO’s Watchmen, in the role of Pirate Jenny. So any Flash fans wanting to see more of the actress should give that a go.
It’s okay, Breacher…#Gypsy isn’t dead, she’s just calling herself #PirateJenny on #WatchmenHBO these days. #TheFlash
— Charles Skaggs (@CharlesSkaggs) November 6, 2019
The Flash season 6 continues next Tuesday on The CW. Let’s hope there’s no controversial deaths in the following episode.
