The Flash, Season 1

Oliver Queen:
So why come to me? Something tells me you didn't just run 600 miles to say hi to a friend.

Barry Allen:
All my life I've been wanting to do more. Be more. And now I am. And the first chance I get to help someone, I screw up. I was chasing the bad guy and... and someone died.

Oliver:
If you really do this, you're gonna make mistakes. I've made mistakes. But the good you do will far outweigh the bad.

Barry:
What if Wells is right? What if I'm not a hero. What if I'm some guy who was struck by lightning?

Oliver:
I don't think that bolt of lighting struck you, Barry. I think it chose you...

Barry:
I'm just not sure I'm like you, Oliver. I don't know if I can be some vigilante.

Oliver:
You can be better. Because you can inspire people in a way that I never could. Watching over your city like a guardian angel, making a difference, saving people in a flash. Take your own advice. Wear a mask.

Barry:
I wasn't the only one affected by the particle accelerator, was I?

Dr. Harrison Wells:
We don't know for sure.

Barry:
You said the city was safe. That there was no residual danger. But that's not true. So what really happened that night?

Wells:
Well, the accelerator went active. We all felt like heroes and then... it all went wrong. A dimensional barrier ruptured unleashing unknown energies into our world. Anti-matter dark energy. X-elements.

Barry:
Those are all theoretical.

Wells:
And how theoretical are you?

[Barry uses Detective Chyre's pen to pick up cow shit]

Det. Fred Chyre:
My Dad gave me that pen before he died.

Barry:
Sorry.

Wells:
You can do this, Barry. You were right. I am responsible for all of this. So many people have been hurt because of me, and when I looked at you, all I saw was a potential victim of my hubris. And yes, I created this madness, but you, Barry, you can stop it. You can do this. Now, run, Barry, run!

Clyde Mardon:
It's time to think big.

Barry:
I'm dealing with a lot right now.

Det. Joe West:
Look, I know you are. Believe me, I'm dealing with it, too. I've always had a very simple set of beliefs. Gravity makes things fall. Water makes things wet. And up until a few weeks ago, I believed the fastest man could run a mile in four minutes. Not four seconds.

Barry:
I could do it in three. [Pause] Not relevant.

Barry:
Yeah, I might be in the suit doing all the running... but when I'm out there helping people, making a difference... you're all out there with me. Finally realized something, we were all struck by that lightning.

Barry:
Joe, what I said to you about not being my father...

Joe:
Barry, I know. I know I'm not your father.

Barry:
You're right, you're not. You're just the man who kept me fed and in clothes, who sat by my bed every night until I fell asleep because I was afraid of the dark, helped me with my homework. You taught me how to drive, and shave... and you dropped me off to college. Sounds a lot like a dad to me.

Barry:
[voice over] Every kid dreams about being a superhero. Having powers, saving people. But no kid thinks about what it's like to be a hero and not saving people. Truth is, not much else changes. You still hurt, you still love, you still wish and hope and fear things, and you still need people to help you with all of it. In some ways, that's the best part.

Simon Stagg:
Wells. Who the hell let you in here?

Wells:
You been having a party out there?

Simon:
Well, I'm sure you saw on TV. Former employee of mine tried to kill me.

Wells:
Former employee with the ability to replicate... faced off against a man who could move at super speed.

Simon:
You've seen him too, haven't you?

Wells:
Indeed I have.

Simon:
Extraordinary. The power he possesses, it's like... it's like the gods of olds! Like Mercury on Earth! Could you imagine if you could control his power, if you could... if you could harness it, you could change what it means to be human. The man in the red mask is the key, and I'm gonna get him.

Wells:
[takes off his glasses] The man in the red mask. He's called the Flash... or at least he will be one day. [stands up from his wheelchair]

Simon:
What the hell...?

[Wells stabs Stagg in the stomach with a knife]

Wells:
Forgive me, Simon. I worry that you will think this is personal, and it's not. It's just that the man in the red mask, the fastest man alive... he must be kept...

[draws his knife out of Simon's stomach, who falls over dead]

Wells:
... safe.

Barry:
It doesn't matter if you're the slowest kid in gym class or the fastest man alive, every one of us is running. Being alive means running; running from something; running to something or someone. And no matter how fast you are, there are some things you can't outrun; some things always manage to catch up to you.

Barry:
[answers cell phone] Hello.

Cisco Ramon:
Code 237 on Way Boulevard.

Barry:
Public indecency?

Cisco:
Wait, I think I meant a 239.

Barry:
Dog leash violation?

Dr. Caitlin Snow:
Bad man, with a gun, in a getaway car. Go!

Barry:
My dad has spent 14 years in a six-by-eight foot cell for a crime he didn't commit. I couldn't save my mom, but I can save him.

Joe:
Didn't I promise you that we would get your father out of prison, together?

Barry:
I don't need your help Joe. I can be in and out of there with him before anyone even sees me.

Joe:
Okay, you break him out of there, then what? He's on the run for the rest of his life. Something tells me he's not as fast as you are.

Barry:
You don't know what it's like there.

Joe:
You think I don't understand what you're feeling? I have been a cop for almost as long as you've been alive. So you should know, putting on that suit does not make everybody safe. For every person you save there's going to be someone you can't. And the hardest thing you're going to have to face is not some monster out there with powers. It's gonna be that feeling of uselessness when you can't do anything. Or the guilt that weighs on you when you make a mistake. Some things Barry, you can't fight. Some things, you just have to live with.

Barry:
I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you, leaving like that.

Caitlin:
It's okay, I get it, you had to go. It's just... that's the last thing Ronnie said to me that night.

Barry:
My mother died 14 years ago. I used to think that the further away I got from it the less it would hurt, but some days the pain is worse than the day that it happened. Some things you can't fight.

Caitlin:
For so long I've been terrified of going into that hole.

Barry:
What if I went with you?

[They go down to the particle accelerator and Caitlin flashes back to that night.]

Caitlin:
He saved so many lives that day, and no one will ever know what he did.

Barry:
I do. He was a hero.

Caitlin:
I didn't want him to be a hero, I wanted him to be my husband.

Barry:
Turns out no one can outrun pain. Life is tragedy, but it's also precious and sweet and extraordinary. And the only way I know to honor my mom's life is to keep running.

Leonard Snart:
Once the armored car called 911 we had 182 seconds before any cop could be on the scene. No one could get there fast enough to stop us. But something did. And you lost your cool. You know the rules, we don't shoot guards or cops unless it's the only option. We don't need the heat.

Iris West:
I am dating Eddie whether you like it or not.

Joe:
Eddie's my partner.

Iris:
I know.

Joe:
But you don't. You're not a cop. You don't know what having a partner means. Wherever I go, he goes, and where I go isn't always safe, Iris. I need to be 100% focused. Now, there's a part of me who isn't focused, who doesn't see Eddie as my partner but as your boyfriend. So if he gets hurt, or worse, and I'm there? How am I gonna look at you? How are you gonna look at me? Now I'm not mad at you, but that's why this is so hard for me. Do you understand?

Barry:
I mean, if you had just told me, I could have been prepared. But instead, someone died tonight.

Cisco:
And I have to live with that.

Barry:
No, Cisco, we all do

Felicity Smoak:
Believe me. It took much more than seeing Oliver do the salmon ladder for me to trust him. I've seen first hand what this life can do to people. It's a lonely path. Don't make it any lonelier than it has to be.

Felicity:
Remember when you told me you had a little experience, liking someone who didn't like you the same way? That was Iris, right?

Barry:
How did you know?

Felicity:
It's the little things. The way you linger on her when she isn't looking, the smile you fake to play the part. The quiet dreams you keep to yourself.

Barry:
Like you and Oliver. Takes one to know one. I'm afraid it will change everything.

Felicity:
It will, but maybe that's not such a bad thing? What is wrong with us? We are perfectly perfect for each other.

Barry:
Yet we're sitting here pining for people we can't have. I guess what they say is true. Opposites do attract.

Barry:
How often do you think about why your friends came into your life? Was it random? By design? Or maybe a little of both? Regardless of the reasons, some friends you just know are gonna be by your side for a while. Others, you're not so sure. And then there's that one friend who... well, you hope one day becomes something more, but friend will have to do for now. And that's okay, I guess.

Barry:
Guys? I have a problem.

Cisco:
We all do when guys like him exist.

Caitlin:
[looking at Eddie] Yeah, he's so hot. Uh, I mean, genetically speaking. Because I'm a geneticist, of course. Oh, my God, do I sound like Felicity?

Barry:
Don't ask.

Cisco:
I'm gonna ask. Where's my suit?

Barry:
It's... gone.

Cisco:
What do you mean, it's gone? What did you do with my suit?

Barry:
It blew up, dude. I managed to get out of it before it went "kaboom."

Cisco:
My suit went "kaboom"?

Barry:
Fun fact about Bette Sans Souci. She's not carrying bombs. She touched the emblem on the suit and turned it into a bomb. She's a meta-human.

Wells:
With the ability to cause spontaneous combustion upon tactile contact.

Cisco:
She blew up my suit.

Caitlin:
You have, like, three more.

Cisco:
Okay, I have two. And I loved that one.

Joe:
So, human bomb. Must be Tuesday in Central City.

Caitlin:
[to Barry] You can walk on water. Puts you in a pretty interesting company.

Iris:
To understand what I'm about to tell you, you need to do something first, you need to believe in the impossible. Can you do that? Good. Because all of us, we've forgotten what miracles look like. Maybe because they haven't made much of an appearance lately. Our lives have become ordinary. But there is someone out there who is truly extraordinary. I don't know where you came from. I don't know your name. But I have seen you do the impossible to protect the city I love. So for those of us who believe in you and what you're doing, I just want to say thank you.

Wells:
What exactly are we debating?

Cisco:
The average number of bugs Barry swallows in a day of running.

Wells:
I look forward to seeing you accept your Nobel.

Cisco:
Dude, that had to feel great.

Barry:
You have no idea.

Caitlin:
Almost as proving me wrong about the supersonic punch?

Barry:
Actually, that part hurt. Like, a lot.

Iris:
I've been trying to get answers from him. Where does he come from? How does he do what he does? But he dodges everything. Literally, with this super-speed power. When he moves, Barry, you don't even see him. He comes and goes in the blink of an eye, in a...

Barry:
Flash?

Iris:
In a flash. Yeah.

Iris:
Today, I was saved by the impossible. A mystery man. The fastest man alive. Then a friend gave me an idea for a new name, and something tells me it's gonna catch on.

Caitlin:
You can't just lose your powers. Your DNA was transformed by the particle accelerator blast, OK? There's no way to un-transform DNA.

Barry:
Tell that to the Uber driver that charged me sixty five bucks to take me here. I had to tell her I was coming from a cosplay party.

Barry:
I haven't had my speed for very long, but now that it's gone it feels like part of me is gone too.

Caitlin:
With or without your speed, you're still you Barry.

Barry:
No I'm not. I'm not the best version of me. I love being The Flash. I love everything about it. The feeling of running hundreds of miles per hour. Wind and power just rushing past my face. Being able to help people. I'm not sure I can live without it Caitlin.

Barry:
So why do you do what you do? Why get up in the morning?

Wells:
Because I believe in a better future. One that I very much want to see. One that you are a part of. I might not very much care for people, Barry, but I care for you.

The Flash:
I promise I'll never be late again.

Iris:
My best friend is always saying that and he is always late.

The Flash:
You're worth being on time for.

Wells:
Subject has made a great leap forward, causing me to revise my initial thesis. I thought...I thought his attachment to people was a distraction, now I realize the opposite is true. Barry's attachment to people, the people he cares about, is actually key to getting him up to speed.

Oliver:
Last month you took on a man named Leonard Snart.

Barry:
We call him Captain Cold.

Oliver:
We can talk about you giving your enemies silly code names later.

Barry:
You mean like over coffee with Deathstroke and the Huntress?

Oliver:
There's a difference, Barry, between having powers and having precision.

Barry:
When I came here thinking about going out helping people, you said I could be an inspiration.

Oliver:
Living this life... well, it takes more than a mask. It takes discipline. And since you are probably as stubborn as I am... [Oliver brings out his bow and arrow]

Barry:
What is that for?

Oliver:
You're going to run over there, you're gonna come back at me, and you're going to get hit with an arrow.

Barry:
[laughs] No, I'm not.

Oliver:
Yes, you are.

Barry:
Okay. Fine. I will humor you. [runs up the field]

Barry:
Ready?

Oliver:
Ready.

[Oliver fires an arrow at Barry, he runs towards Oliver and catches it]

Barry:
Nice try. [hidden arrows behind Barry strike him in his back] Gah! Ah! What, you shot me?

Oliver:
I heard you heal fast. [Oliver pulls the arrows out of Barry's back]

Felicity:
How did it go with Oliver?

Barry:
You know, to be honest, not exactly the partnership I thought it would be.

Felicity:
Did he really do the thing with the arrows?

Barry:
[exasperated] You knew he was gonna shoot me?

Felicity:
Well, it is practically impossible to tell when Oliver's making a joke.

Caitlin:
Barry has super powers. Oliver has a bow and arrow.

John Diggle:
Do you have any idea how many people Oliver has killed with that bow and arrow?

Cisco:
Recurve bow arrows can travel up to 300 feet per second, so, like, 200 miles an hour. Barry can run three times that fast.

Diggle:
Whatever. Oliver's been doing this a lot longer. My money's on experience.

Cisco:
My money's on speed.

Felicity:
Please tell me you're not actually having this conversation right now.

Oliver:
There's one more thing and you're not going to like it.

Barry:
Does it involve you shooting me in the back?

Oliver:
No. No, the heart. [nods over at Iris] That's not going to work out for you. And you need to let her go, for both of your sakes. [Oliver and Barry look over at Felicity and Iris. Oliver turns back.] Guys like us don't get the girl.

Barry:
Who are you?

Reverse-Flash:
You know who I am, Barry.

Barry:
I don't know who you are.

Reverse-Flash:
But you do, Barry. We've been at this a long time, you and I, but I'm always one step ahead. It is your destiny to lose to me, Flash, just as it was your mother's destiny to die that night.

Joe:
The witness described seeing a yellow blur. Just like the one that killed Barry's mother.

Cisco:
Then we need to get cracking and stop this speed psycho. That - I wasn't trying to give him a name.

Reverse-Flash:
Not fast enough, Flash.

Joe:
There's only two boxes left.

Barry:
You know, at this rate, we'll be finished by Easter.

Joe:
Don't even... [Barry decorates the Christmas tree in super-speed] Okay, the only red-suited dude I want in this house right now is Kris Kringle, you got it?

Eddie Thawne:
And the Flash. Do you know who he is?

Joe:
Yeah, I do. He's the guy that saved both of our lives tonight.

Barry:
My name is Barry Allen. I am not the fastest man alive. That title belongs to the man who killed my mother. But not for long.

Wells:
Very impressive, Mr. Allen. Your reaction to stimuli at super speed continues to improve.

Barry:
It's still not enough.

Wells:
It will be. You keep working like you are, you stay focused like you are, and you will be ready the next time the man in the yellow suit comes around.

Cisco:
I think you mean the Reverse-Flash. What? He said it, not me. And he's right. Yellow suit, red lighting, and evil - the reverse of Barry.

Caitlin:
Meh.

Wells:
Actually, I kind of like it.

Snart:
This is what we came for.

Mick Rory:
That's worth money.

Snart:
It's called Fire and Ice. An abstract modern day masterpiece said to represent the dichotomy of being.

Mick:
It represents to me that people with lots of money buy dumb stuff.

Mick:
You're a friend of his, huh? He's fast... like fire. Fire, it's undefinable. Heat, light, energy. It's an evolution when things burn.

Caitlin:
You're sick.

Mick:
Maybe you're the sick ones. You ever think about that?

Caitlin:
Not really.

Mick:
Mm.

Caitlin:
You have third-degree burns. Why didn't you get skin grafts?

Mick:
The fire revealed my true self, showed me who I really am. I wonder what the Flash will reveal when I burn his suit and skin off.

Caitlin:
Do whatever you want to me, but leave him alone.

Mick:
Oh, okay. You and this Flash must be really close if you're willing to die for him, hmm? [grabs his flamethrower and points it at Caitlin] You want me to show him who you really are? That'd be really fun. Show you who you... really are.

Wells:
So potentially, these two guns could cancel each other out.

Cisco:
Yeah, but to do that, you'd have to make them cross streams.

Barry:
You mean like Ghostbusters?

Cisco:
That film is surprisingly scientifically accurate.

Wells:
And really quite funny.

The Flash:
It's over, Rathaway.

Hartley Rathaway:
You know my name. I know some names too. Caitlin Snow. Cisco Ramon. Harrison Wells. I can hear the radio waves emanating from your suit. About 1900 megahertz. Is that them on the other end, listening? Are they going to hear you die?

The Flash:
No. They're gonna hear you get your ass kicked.

Barry:
Who is Hartley Rathaway?

Wells:
Hartley Rathaway is the prodigal son. And he has returned.

Barry:
You guys never mentioned his name.

Caitlin:
That's because Hartley had a challenging personality.

Cisco:
Which she means is, he was mostly a jerk. But, every once in a while, he could be a dick.

Wells:
Hartley, allow me to introduce to you to Cisco Ramon. Mr. Ramon is one of the finest mechanical engineers I have ever seen.

Cisco:
Wow. I can't believe Harrison Wells said that about me.

Wells:
I'm sure he'll prove to be an invaluable member of your team. Trust me.

Hartley:
You I trust. I don't foresee myself trusting someone who showed up his first day of work at a billion dollar research facility wearing a t-shirt that says "Keep Calm and Han Shot First".

Hartley:
Well, well, well, the gang's all here. You've lasted a lot longer than I would've thought, Cisco.

Cisco:
And you didn't last ten seconds against The Flash.

Hartley:
I was thinking of calling myself "Pied Piper".

Cisco:
Hey! I decide the nicknames around here. [pause] Although that one's not bad.

Cisco:
That was insane. I mean, I'm even having a hard time getting mad at you for dirtying up my suit.

Barry:
Okay, when are we gonna start considering it my suit?

Cisco:
I'd be more comfortable calling it our suit.

Barry:
[under his breath] Our suit.

Cisco:
[to Hartley] How can you speak six languages and sound like a dick in every one of them?

Caitlin:
Cisco says I don't have a life.

Barry:
You don't, do you?

Caitlin:
I do! I cook and I eat and I read and I help you.

Barry:
So what you saying is, you do everything that has nothing to do with having a life.

Caitlin:
[smiling] You don't have to be rude about it.

Barry:
Hey, I'm not doing any better than you. My social life consists of running at superhuman speed and Netflix.

Caitlin:
We are quite the pair, Mr. Allen.

Barry:
Yes, we are, Dr. Snow.

Barry:
Every time I got close, she'd disappear. It was like we were playing a game of...

Caitlin:
Peek-a-Boo. Come on, can't I name one?

Barry:
Dad. If I was the Flash, don't you think that you'd be the first to know about it?

Henry Allen:
Yeah. Well, if the Flash were my son, I'd tell him a few things. First off, I'd tell him it's a dangerous world, so be careful. Then I'd tell him he's a hero. And he's saving a lot of lives. But the most important thing for him to know, I feel, is that his father's proud of him.

Cisco:
I'm not picking up anything, not even with the superlight.

Joe:
Superlight?

Cisco:
Technically, it's a multi-spectrum ultraviolet laser-enhanced scanner that detects molecular schisms in the 600 megavolt range, but I figured "superlight" was easier to say.

Cisco:
Dr. Wells is a great man. I was nothing when he gave me a job, a chance to change my life. He has helped so many people. He's not a murderer!

Joe:
Cisco, I'm a cop. I'm good at reading people, so I know I can trust you with my suspicion. When I go talk to the family and friends of a murder suspect, somebody I know is guilty, and I tell them the person they love is a killer, guess what they all say? "That's not the person I know."

Cisco:
I think I'm done being a cop for today.

Dr. Martin Stein:
I thought people your age didn't read actual books anymore.

Barry:
Oh, I'm the only one.

Stein:
[speaking through Ronnie's body] This body's taste buds would obviously be different from my own. Perhaps I'm now a light beer man.

Barry:
There are worse things to be.

Stein:
You mean like a living nuclear bomb?

Barry:
You know.

Stein:
Unstable nuclear fission was always a danger in the transmutation process. Plus, you all argue very loudly.

Stein:
[speaking through Ronnie's body] You know, Einstein was not only brilliant, he had a great sense of humor. How did it go? "Any man who drives safely while kissing a pretty girl is not giving the pretty girl the attention she deserves." If I learned anything this past year, life's too short not to live.

Caitlin:
Beta, Alpha, Theta, Delta - all your brain waves are perfectly in sync. The chances of that happening are next to impossible.

Barry:
Impossible is just another Tuesday for us, remember?

Cisco:
Yeah, but this is like some Twilight Zone level stuff. And I say that knowing full well that we have a guy locked up in our basement who can turn himself into poison gas.

Ronnie Raymond:
Wait, really?

Cisco:
Dude, that was like week three.

Cisco:
Hey? You gonna miss being able to fly?

Ronnie:
Yeah, maybe if I was the one holding the controller.

Stein:
Meaning?

Ronnie:
Meaning you weren't the most conscientiousness body-mate.

Stein:
So you do not consider keeping you alive to be conscientiousness?

Ronnie:
Alive? We were living under a bridge eating garbage.

Stein:
I did not determine that it would be my mind that would dominate our existence, but thank God it was. I could feel your fear and panic, emotions that could have gotten us killed in that state.

Ronnie:
You kept me buried down. You kept me from her.

Stein:
Which is likely why she's still alive. Now I believe that you and I have spent quite enough time together.

Wells:
You need to hurry, Barry's wounds are starting to heal with the fragments still under his skin.

Cisco:
This is just like the time I stepped on a sea urchin. Only much worse.

Barry:
Just don't pee on me.

Cisco:
Uh, you know that's a myth, right?

Caitlin:
I had Ronnie, and then I lost him. Then I found him again, but he wasn't actually Ronnie. Then I got him back but just for a day until I lost him again.

Cisco:
You guys are like 10 seasons of Ross and Rachel, but just, like, smushed into one year.

[Reverse-Flash unmasks in front of Eiling, revealing himself to be Harrison Wells.]

General Wade Eiling:
Harrison... You're one of them. A meta-human.

Wells:
Yes, I am. And I protect my own.

[a growl is heard in the sewer]

Eiling:
What was that?

Wells:
Now, that... is an old friend of ours.

Gorilla Grodd:
General...

Eiling:
That... voice... It's in my head. Dear God.

Grodd:
Not God. Grodd. [attacks Eiling]

Wells:
While I am more than happy to spend an evening watching old movies with you, Cisco, do you not have your brother's dinner to attend?

Cisco:
Yeah. I was gonna ask Caitlin to come with me, but then I got a much better idea.

Wells:
Which was?

Cisco:
To not go at all.

Caitlin:
So Clyde Mardon has a brother?

Wells:
And both brothers survived the plane crash, and then the dark matter released from the particle accelerator explosion affects them both in virtually the same way.

Barry:
Yeah, only Mark's power seem to be a lot more precise. To be able to control the weather like that, indoors?

Cisco:
You'd have to be a Weather Wizard. Ooh, I've been waiting since week one to use that one.

Barry:
Actually, you know, I could use some advice.

Joe:
About what?

Barry:
Uh, you know, just relationship stuff.

Joe:
Oh, you mean, like, that girl, Linda?

Barry:
No, actually. With Iris. Things between us have gotten a little complicated... again.

Joe:
[laughs] You're asking your adopted father for advice about being in love with his daughter, who just happened to be dating his partner?

Barry:
I know, I know.

Joe:
Things have gone way past complicated.

Wells:
You're incredibly clever, Cisco. I've always said so.

Cisco:
You're him. The Reverse-Flash.

Wells:
You and I haven't been truly, properly introduced. I am Eobard Thawne.

Cisco:
Thawne? Like Eddie.

Wells:
Let's call him a distant relative.

Cisco:
The night that we trapped the Reverse-Flash, you almost died. There were two of you.

[Wells uses his speed powers to create two images of himself.]

Wells:
It's an after-image. A speed mirage, if you will.

Cisco:
Joe was right. You were there that night, 15 years ago, in Barry's house. You killed Nora Allen.

Wells:
It was never my intention to kill Nora. I was there to kill Barry.

Cisco:
Why? You're his friend. You've been teaching him how to...

Wells:
Go faster. I know. A means to an end. And I'll tell you why. Because I have been stuck here, marooned here, in this place for fif-teen long years. And the Flash, and the Flash's speed, is the key to my returning to my world. To my time. And no one is going to prevent that from happening.

Cisco:
I can help you.

Wells:
You're smart, Cisco. [starts vibrating his hand] But you're not that smart. Do you know how hard it has been to keep all of this from you, especially from you? Because the truth is, I've grown quite fond of you. And in many ways, you have shown me what it's like to have a son. [thrusts his vibrating hand into Cisco's chest] Forgive me. But to me, you've been dead for centuries. [removes his hand, and Cisco falls to the floor dead.]

Barry:
[to Iris] I am sorry. I didn't want you to find out this way. [changes into The Flash]

Caitlin:
What if I came with you?

Cisco:
What? Seriously?

Caitlin:
Absolutely. You've done so much for me. Let me be there for you for a change. And I can look at old family photo albums and see what little Cisco looks like without long hair.

Cisco:
I'm rescinding your invite.

Wells:
You ruptured the time continuum, didn't you? You're experiencing temporal reversion.

Barry:
Yeah!

Wells:
How long?

Barry:
Uh, a day and some change. It's like I'm living it all over again.

Wells:
Yeah, well, that's good. That means there's not too much you could've messed up yet. How did this happen?

Barry:
I-I don't know. I mean, I was running faster than I've ever ran, and the first time that I lived this day some really horrible things happened. There was a tidal wave and...

Wells:
No. Do not tell me. I don't want to know anything about the future you experienced. Nothing!

Barry:
Okay, but Dr. Wells, I...

Wells:
Barry. Time is an extremely fragile construct. Any deviation, no matter how small, could result in a cataclysm. Now here's what you're going to do. Everything you did before. Every word you uttered, every step you took, you're going to do again. And you're not going to tell anyone this happened.

Joe:
So when were you planning on telling me you took down Mardon?

Barry:
I-I just haven't a chance yet.

Joe:
You got sidetracked, you mean?

Barry:
No, Joe, you can't be mad.

Joe:
I'm not mad. But I'm curious. I mean, you were acting so weird at the crime scene.

Barry:
I always act weird.

Joe:
Okay. Weird-er

Wells:
Do you have any idea what you've just done?

Barry:
Yeah, I do. I just saved a lot of lives.

Wells:
I warned you not to mess with the timeline.

Barry:
Dr. Wells, if you would just tell you what was gonna happen, you'd understand why I did this.

Wells:
What tragedy you think you've just averted, time will find a way to replace it and trust me, Barry, the next one could be much worse.

Snart:
It's time for you and your family to pack up. Leave town. Retire to warmer climates. Finito.

Frank Santini:
And if we don't?

Snart:
You will all freeze.

Mick:
Or burn.

Wells:
Hey, Joe. Is Barry doing all right? He seems cranky.

Joe:
Even The Flash wakes up on the wrong side of the bed some mornings. He's fine.

James Jesse:
How many died?

Joe:
No one, luckily.

James:
You know, when I was free and at my height, a day without casualties was like - well, like the Cubs winning the pennant - it just never happened.

Axel Walker:
There's just one thing I've been dying to ask. Why did you choose me?

James:
Because I knew you had the strength to fulfill my legacy. Besides, it was in your blood.

Axel:
Wait. What do you mean in - in my blood?

James:
The real reason I tracked you down and groomed you to be the best you could possibly be, Axel - I am your father.

James:
Well, hello. You know, I've been in prison for 20 years.

Iris:
Then you'll know the routine when you get sent back.

Wells:
Listen to me, Barry. Breathe. Breathe. Feel the air. Feel that wind on your face. Feel the ground, your feet lifting you up, pushing you forward, and the lightning - Barry, feel the lightning. Feel its power. It's electricity pumping through your veins, crackling through you, traveling to every nerve in your body, like a shock. You're no longer you now. You're part of something greater. You're a part of a speed-force. It's yours. Now do it.

Wells:
What exactly are we waiting for, Ms. Smoak?

Felicity:
Up there.

Caitlin:
Is that a bird?

Cisco:
It’s a plane.

Felicity:
It’s my boyfriend.

Felicity:
What is wrong with you? Is everyone in Central City in a bad mood? I thought Central City was supposed to be the fun one.

Barry:
Another bee attack. Folston Tech.

Eddie:
I'll see where Joe is.

Felicity:
Bee careful.

Barry:
For real?

Felicity:
Bad pun, Sorry. Just don't die.

Felicity:
It is so fun to watch grown men play with their toys.

Caitlin:
You're so lucky. Ray's so nice and smart and hot.

Felicity:
Yeah, it's kind of like I'm dating Barry but in Oliver's body. A sentence you will never repeat to anyone.

Caitlin:
Your secret's safe with me.

Caitlin:
I don't understand. What do Dr. Wells and The Reverse-Flash have to do with each other?

Barry:
Um... They're the same person.

Caitlin:
That's impossible.

Barry:
Look, Caitlin, it took me a long time too, but it's him.

Caitlin:
Dr. Wells is a speedster? He's paralyzed.

Joe:
Is he, though?

Caitlin:
And why would he kill Barry's mother? It doesn't make any sense. Cisco. Say something.

Cisco:
I've been having these dreams. Mostly at night, but sometimes during the day. But they don't feel like dreams. They... they feel real.

Barry:
What happens in the dream?

Cisco:
Dr. Wells is The Reverse-Flash. And... he kills me.

Barry:
I'm getting faster, faster than I've ever been, and I wonder if it's because lately something's chasing me. I know what it is that's stalking me. It's my past. It's getting closer, and as fast as I am, I can't help but feel like my past has almost caught up with me.

Eddie:
Where's Barry?

Joe:
He should be here any second. I sent him out for...

Barry:
[superspeeds into the house] Pizza!

Cisco:
What?

Eddie:
From Coast City?

Barry:
Supposedly the best in the west.

Cisco:
Why didn't I think of this before? Come to papa.

Cisco:
How do you know Barry? Are you guys, like, friends or something?

Laurel Lance:
Not really. We met last time he was in Starling City visiting my friends. John Diggle, Felicity Smoak, and Oliver Queen.

Cisco:
Three people who absolutely have nothing in common. As far as I know.

Laurel:
Cisco, I know Barry's the Flash, and Oliver's the Arrow.

Cisco:
[chuckles] How do you know that?

Laurel:
[whispers] Because I'm the Black Canary.

Cisco:
Stop playing.

Laurel:
It's true.

Cisco:
You stop it right now. No. [laughs]

Laurel:
Okay, okay. Calm down.

Cisco:
I love you. I mean, I love the way that you beat up criminals.

Barry:
Look, you said it yourself, if we don't find Hannibal Bates, you go to prison. For a crime you didn't commit. I'm not going to let that happen. Not again.

Eddie:
This isn't like your dad, Barry.

Barry:
Eddie, look.

Eddie:
When your dad was put away, you were a kid. There wasn't anything you could do. But you're not a kid anymore. You're a scientist. Hell, you're The Flash. You are going to find Bates and you are going to clear me. So go do it.

Eddie:
[to Iris] You were right. I was hiding something from you, and you deserve to know the truth. The reason I've been so distant lately... I've been working with The Flash.

[reading a newspaper front page in the Time Vault]

Cisco:
"Flash missing. Vanished in crisis."

Barry:
"After an epic street-battle with The Reverse-Flash, our city's very own Scarlet Speedster disappeared in an explosion of light."

Caitlin:
Barry, look at the date.

Barry:
April 25, 2024. Guys, when I fought The Reverse-Flash at Christmas, he said we'd be fighting for centuries.

Caitlin:
Wait, you can't really think that this is from... the future.

Cisco:
That would mean Dr. Wells, or whoever he is, is also...

Barry:
From the future.

Cisco:
I have to say, I'm really digging the brighter red suit. And the white on the symbol? That's dope. Wait a second. Suppose we now change the color on your suit. Will it be because we got the idea from this picture? That would mean we're living in a causal nexus. This - wow. This is so trippy. Like, Marty and the Polaroid trippy.

Caitlin:
Not as trippy as the name on the byline.

Barry:
Iris West-Allen?

Cisco:
Mazel tov?

Gideon:
Hebrew. Ancient language of the Jewish people.

Barry:
You know Dr. Wells?

Gideon:
Yes.

Barry:
Do you know who he really is?

Gideon:
I don't understand the question.

Barry:
I... I mean, what is he doing here? W-why did he come here?

Gideon:
To kill you.

Eddie:
I know the timing might seem off with everything that has gone on, but I want to propose to Iris and I want your blessing.

Joe:
No.

Eddie:
[chuckles] Come again?

Joe:
No. You do not have my blessing.

Eddie:
Iris Thawne. Sounds pretty good, huh? [walks off]

Barry:
[to himself] I have a feeling she's gonna want to hyphenate.

Eddie:
You might as well take that mask off. I know it's you, Wells. Or whoever you really are.

Wells:
Well, allow me to introduce myself. [removes mask] My name is Eobard. Eobard Thawne.

Eddie:
I don't understand. Why do you have my name?

Wells:
Well, 'cause we're family, Eddie.

Eddie:
Funny, I haven't seen you at any reunions or weddings.

Iris:
Think about your best friend. It could be your wife, your father, maybe someone you grew up with. It's the person you can't wait to talk to at the end of the day. The person that knows everything about you, who roots for you. Now imagine your best friend had a secret. No, not a secret. A universe of secrets. Would you confront him? Would you stay silent? Either way, you know nothing will ever be the same again.

Grodd:
[speaking through Eiling] I... am... Grodd. Fear... me.

Barry:
What happened to Grodd?

Caitlin:
We don't know. After the Particle Accelerator exploded, I went down to check on him, and his cage was empty.

Joe:
So he could have been affected by the same energy that hit Barry?

Cisco:
When the dark matter hit Grodd, all the drugs and serums that Eiling injected him with could've activated. Maybe the Accelerator explosion created a meta-gorilla. I think we know what happens when a super-intelligent ape who's pissed off at humans escapes captivity.

Caitlin:
Cisco's right about the first part.

Grodd:
Grodd hate banana.

Barry:
You will get what's coming to you eventually.

Eiling:
I'm not ashamed of my actions, Mr. Allen. You've seen what these meta-humans are capable of. Soon, your prison won't be enough.

Barry:
Not all meta-humans are dangerous.

Eiling:
Oh, you're afraid that I know you're The Flash? Don't get your tights in a twist, I've known for months. I wanted to come after you, I would've done it by now.

Barry:
But you think you're gonna need me.

Eiling:
Harrison Wells turned me over to that beast. He used me as a damn puppet. So like it or not, we have a common enemy, you and I. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a gorilla to hunt.

Wells:
I want you to take a moment and think about all the things that define your life. All the people you love. Your job. Your co-workers. Your home. And now imagine if one day in a flash all of that vanished. Do you simply accept your new life, continue on or would you do whatever it takes to get back what was taken from you?

Joe:
At what point do we come no different than the people we're fighting?

Barry:
We are way different.

Joe:
How?

Barry:
We only break the rules to help people.

Lisa Snart:
How come you haven't given me a code name? I heard you came up with Captain Cold. What do you think I should be called?

Cisco:
Female Inmate.

Lisa:
Aw, come on. You made my gun, the least you can do is give me a badass alias. Please?

Cisco:
Fine. Golden Glider.

Lisa:
Smart is sexy, Cisco.

Barry:
You gave me your word!

Snart:
[laughs] It's true I did, but here's the thing: I'm a criminal and a liar and I hurt people and I rob them. What did you expect me to do? Not be what I am? I saw an opportunity to turn things to my advantage and I did. Who you're really mad at is yourself. This is on you, Barry.

Joe:
You know the difference between right and wrong and you weren't willing to blur the lines between the two. That's the kind of man you are and that's what makes you different than the Arrow. So, please, no more walks on the dark side.

Barry:
I can save mom.

Henry:
At what cost? You said time won't change. What if it changes you?

Barry:
I don't care.

Henry:
I do. I am in awe of the remarkable person that you are becoming. All the things you achieved and not just as the Flash, but you, Barry. Your honesty, your heart. You're always a hero, and your mom would be just as proud. And if she had a say in this, if she thought for one second that you going back to save her would mean losing what makes you so special, she would never want that! [Barry sobs] Barry, what I hope for you, maybe the greatest thing that a father can hope for his son is that one day you will have a son yourself and then you will know how much I truly love you.

Stein:
We're dealing with a lot of big scientific ideas today. But you, Mr. Thawne, might be the most interesting thing here at S.T.A.R. Labs.

Eddie:
Me?

Stein:
What are the odds that Dr. Wells would travel back in time and get stuck in the exact same city as his great-great-great-great grandfather? Working in the same profession, the same building? And that part of his plan to get home would mean that he'd have to preserve and protect your life. That makes you this rare thing that no scientist can plan for.

Eddie:
Which is?

Stein:
Coincidence. There is no science to coincidence. You, sir, are an anomaly. A wild card, as it were. You are the only person in this whole story who gets to choose his own future. At least, that's my opinion.

Joe:
Barry, you get the chance to grow up with both parents. You don't have to grow up without a mother.

Barry:
What about growing up with a father?

Joe:
You will have a father - your real father. Wells has messed with our lives long enough. This is why you became The Flash, Barry. To put things right. You saved a lot of people's lives this past year. Now it's time to save yours.

Stein:
The calculations. There is a danger.

Barry:
I know. I'm ready to take the risk.

Stein:
No, not just you, but to everyone. Wells didn't tell us everyone. Barry, even if you do reach the right speed, colliding with the hydrogen particle, there is a chance that explosion could create a singularity.

Caitlin:
What's a singularity?

Cisco:
A black hole.

Barry:
We could destroy Central City.

Stein:
For starters. If we create a singularity here and then cannot control it, we could be looking at a global catastrophe.

Cisco:
So long and thanks for all the fish.

Barry:
I was born with one father, but that tragedy gave me two and I don't think I can lose you.

Joe:
You'll never lose me. You hear me? Never.