The Flash, Season 3

Eobard Thawne:
So, what should we call this brave new world you've whipped up for us? I was thinking... "Flashpoint".

Wally:
I was in a coma for nine months, and when I woke up, I was the fastest man alive. The Flash.

Barry:
More like... Kid Flash.

Wally:
... Don't call me that.

Iris:
I call you that.

Wally:
Okay, how about no one calls me that.

Thawne:
You know what you have to do. You have to take me back to that night and let me finish what I started.

Barry:
You go to hell!!

Thawne:
You're taking both of us there! NOW who's the villain, Flash?! NOW who's the villain?!

Cisco:
So you're saying that there's a timeline out there where I'm not rich? Boy, that's a glitch in the universe.

Iris:
Listen to me, Barry. You said we love each other in that other life. If I were your Iris from over there, I'm sure I would know exactly what to say, but I don't. All I can say is... I believe in you. And you can stop this guy. Be the Flash, Barry, because that's who you are. You're the Flash.

[Some of Barry's memories return to him.]

Barry:
I'm the Flash.

Felicity:
There's a whole new guy at work that you didn't even know about?

Barry:
Yeah, and he's worked there for almost a year. And he doesn't like me very much, apparently.

Felicity:
Well, that's impossible. Everybody likes Barry Allen. You're like pudding. Everybody likes pudding.

Barry:
Not everyone.

Barry:
Look, I've learned... all this stuff that I didn't know before, okay? I'm not gonna make the same mistakes --

Jay:
-- mistakes. Yeah, what you just said right there? That is the paradox of time travel, and also the paradox of life. I mean, "If I only knew then what I know now" --

Barry:
But why have these powers, if I can't go back and fix what I broke?

Jay:
We're not gods, we're men... who, for whatever reason, have been given extraordinary abilities. The question you need to ask yourself is... what kinda hero are you gonna be? Are you just gonna take a do-over every time you make a mistake, or will you live with them ... and move forward?

Cisco:
I've been trying this whole time to get you to do this one thing for me. But you kept saying "No, Cisco." "I can't, Cisco." "I would never do that, Cisco." And now you're telling me you went and did it for yourself.

Barry:
Were you listening? It went bad, it went really bad.

Cisco:
I don't care! At least I'd have my brother back.

Barry:
Yeah, you would have him back. But, because of it, somebody might have something happen to them that's just as awful as what happened to Dante, and trust me, you don't want that on your conscience. It's a heavy burden to bear. And I don't know how many times I've said this, but... I'm really sorry about Dante, man.

Cisco:
"Sorry" doesn't change anything.

Barry:
No, it doesn't. But I can't go back. I can't change it. All I can do is move forward. I really hope you can, too.

Edward Clariss:
You found me again, Flash. I wondered how long it'd take you to figure it out.

Barry:
Wasn't too hard.

Clariss:
See you didn't bring your little sidekick with you, though.

Barry:
Nope. Just me.

Clariss:
That's too bad. I brought one. [ Alchemy shoots Barry with a bolt of energy.] Oh, and Flash? A little quaking in your boots wouldn't be inappropriate.

Iris:
Look, guys, we're like a family here, okay? And sometimes families get mad at each other for screwing up. I know that all too well. But they also forgive. Because, after a while, it just seems silly when you stop and think about it.

Joe:
What'd you find out?

Barry:
Okay, get this. So the outer layer of the lamppost is a half an inch thick. But to bend even a quarter of an inch of steel requires 177 tons of tensile strength. So...

Joe:
So we're looking for a meta with super-strength.

Barry:
Well, I'm not sure yet, but that's as much as I could find.

Joe:
What? Why?

Julian Albert:
Because I showed up. Yes, any problems with Barry's little theory is that there were no fingerprints on the post.

Barry:
Again, Julian, not my theory. And the meta could have been wearing gloves.

Julian:
Yes, perhaps. But the curvature on the post suggests that equal amounts of pressure were applied to the whole thing at the same time. So, unless our strongman has a wingspan of over twenty feet...

Joe:
Something else caused it.

Julian:
Yes.

Barry:
Hey, Joe. Did you talk to Wally? He still seems a little bummed.

Joe:
Eh, it's not gonna fix itself overnight, but it's all good. He gets it.

Barry:
Okay.

Joe:
And I gotta be honest, it was one of my better Dad Cop speeches.

Barry:
What's "Dad Cop"?

Joe:
Uh, there's Good Cop, Bad Cop,... and Dad Cop. Firm but reassuring. Cuts to the point.

Barry:
I don't think I know that one.

Joe:
Yeah, I didn't use it on you. Wally's different than you, Barry. You're like a... second daughter. You overshare your feelings. Him, I gotta be a little more... nuanced.

Barry:
[taking that in] Huh. Cool.

Joe:
I'm messing with you. [He and Barry share a little laugh] I'll talk at'cha if I get any leads on Frankie, all right? [walks off]

Barry:
All right. [mutters to himself] "Second daughter"? What is he... talking about?

Caitlin:
Listen, Harry! Maybe the reason [Jesse]'s shutting you out is because you're not trying to understand what she's going through. Maybe if you helped her navigate her powers rather than just assuming they'll destroy her, she'd turn to you rather than push you away.

Barry:
You said it. Everything's different here. There's a guy creating metahumans, innocent people, because I changed the timeline. It's on me.

Wells:
Yeah, well, I think I know a thing or two about what that feels like. I keep making mistakes. I make mistakes, then I want to make up for my mistakes, then I just make more mistakes. Next thing I know, I have a daughter that won't even speak to me.

Barry:
How do we keep from messing things up when all we want to do is help?

Wells:
I dunno. But you did once tell me that you have to trust that in the long run, the decisions you make are the right ones.

Barry:
Yep.

Wells:
I was always too good at forgiving myself, Allen. And you were never good enough.

Wells:
Go help him.

Jesse:
Dad....

Wells:
You need to get out there. Now.

Jesse:
Are you sure?

Wells:
Yes, I'm sure. I know you can do it. You're more than fast enough. Now run, Jesse. Run.

Jesse:
Okay. Well, that wasn't very heroic.

Barry:
Nope. But there is a lesson in there somewhere.

Jesse:
What's that?

Barry:
The difference between having powers and having precision.

Jesse:
Well, what do you mean?

Barry:
I mean it's gonna take more than speed to take down some of these metas. You gotta think. Anticipate. When you enter a new environment, you gotta case every inch of it. Never run in blind. [realizing] Oh, my God. I've become Oliver. Heh.

Caitlin:
Hey, Harry. Are you really sure you have to leave?

Wells:
Just a lot I still have to fix on my Earth.

Cisco:
Yeah, but you know it's more fun when you're here helping us fix stuff on our Earth.

Barry:
He's right. Hasn't been the same without you.

Caitlin:
The team doesn't feel complete without Harrison Wells,

Wells:
Then change that. There's a whole multiverse of Harrison Wells out there at your fingertips. Want one? Let's go get one.

[Sam Scudder's picture and information are on the monitor screen.]

Caitlin:
Good-looking guy. [off everyone's looks] For a criminal.

Barry:
Well, he's more than just a criminal, now. Apparently, he's a meta who can travel through mirrors.

Cisco:
Oh! Oh, I got this one! He's, um...

Wells:
Mirror Master.

Cisco:
What the...

Wells:
Booom.

Barry:
That's good.

Wells:
Thank you. We had a Mirror Master on our Earth. Evan McCulloch. Wasn't a meta, though. He had some kind of mirror gun that he used.

Barry:
How'd it work?

Wells:
Must have had dimensional warping tech that changed everything into two dimensions.

Barry:
Well, Scudder is hell-bent on finding Snart. He's going after anybody that worked with him in the past. Joe's interviewing one of them right now.

Cisco:
Well, all of Snart's known associates are either presumed dead or gone AWOL. Except for one.

[Rosalind Dillon's picture and information appears on the monitor screen.]

Barry:
That's her.

Wells:
Rosalind Dillon.

Caitlin:
Says she has the ability to induce crippling vertigo.

Cisco:
[quickly] Oh! Um, uh, a top. Like a top. She's a top. That's her name. Top. Amazing. [to Wells] What, you wanna GO ?!?

Caitlin:
O-kay.

[Cisco, Caitlin and Wells are reviewing the hologram of Harrison Wells of Earth-19.]

Wells of Earth-19:
Hello, hello, hello. Hello out there in the multiverse, whoever you may be. Um... I really enjoyed cracking the cryptogram you broadcast. I like the cute trick, embedding the secondary message in the primary data... it's clever. Most people wouldn't've caught it, I caught it, but that's the point. You need a genius, I guess, to help you in your fight against these awful meta-hominids. Well, I gotta tell ya, I gotta tell ya, to me... that sounds like fun. So, I'll enclose my curriculum vitae. You already know we speak the same language. Take a look. Tell me what you think. 'Til our next communion. Oh. Where are my manners? Thank you. [hologram freezes]

Cisco:
Not bad.

Caitlin:
Not bad at all. Harry?

Wells:
Pass.

Cisco:
What?

Wells:
Pass.

Caitlin:
Wh... Wait a minute. That guy cracked the code and he wants to do it.

Cisco:
And he's nice and he's not evil, and that's a combination of Wells we haven't had thus far.

Wells:
All my life, anyone I've ever hired to work for me, I have trusted my gut. My gut tells me that's not the guy. Keep looking.

[Barry is trapped inside a mirror.]

Iris:
What's it like in there?

Barry:
Ummm... Dark. Look, Iris, uh... I'm sorry that I'm... stuck right now.

Iris:
Oh, honey, I know that you're stuck. It's okay, we are gonna get you outta there.

Barry:
No. [laughs] No, that was misleading. Not the mirror. I mean with us. This thing with Joe and... You were right, it's not Joe, it's me. It's my problem. I've just been feeling nervous about this new dynamic between the three of us. I dunno. I have everything that I have ever wanted right now, and I've never had that in my life. And in a lot of ways, it's scarier than having nothing, because... it's easier to fail than to succeed. I really want to succeed.

H.R. Wells:
You have Hitchcock on this Earth? Brilliant. "Murder on the Titanic"! "Who did it?" "Who cares? We're drowning."

Julian:
Don't worry. I have four years training in the military.

Barry:
Even still, since when does a CSI carry a gun?

Julian:
Since there were monsters in our city.

Julian:
This is exactly what I was talking about. Some meta's been gifted with this incredible power, and this is the very best thing they can do with it. Terrorize a city, it's... it's pathetic.

Barry:
But why exactly do you hate metas so much?

Julian:
If you think I'm going to break down now, and tell you that one of them killed my parents, and that's why I have to do this job... I'm not. I'm going "I don't need a deep personal reason to hate metas", Allen. I just need to see person after person transformed, given these extraordinary abilities and watch them be squandered. Robbing banks, hurting people, spreading fear. Well, it's not just a crime... it's an absolute waste. Can you imagine what it would be like to have those powers? I mean, I would... I'd be helping people. I would be improving the world. I guess I wasn't one of the chosen few, was I?

Joe:
You been hanging out here a lot lately.

Iris:
Yeah, well, there's a lot of scared people with this monster running around the city.

Joe:
Oh, we'll get him. We always do.

Iris:
Oh, yeah? Is that a quote I can use for my article?

Joe:
[emphatically] No!

Iris:
All right, it was worth a try.

Cisco:
[after reviewing H.R.'s CV] Is any of what's on here true?

H.R.:
All of it.

Barry:
How? You can barely turn on a computer.

H.R.:
There are two parts to every idea. There is the inception and the execution... I provide the former.

Iris:
So you come up with the ideas.

H.R.:
Yeah. I don't know how to implement them. I'm the idea man.

H.R.:
"If a string is in a knot / Patience will untie it / Patience can do lots of things / Have you ever tried it?" My dead ma used to say that to me all the time, any time I had a problem. Now I have a problem. I guess I'm going to use that adage to figure it out. "S.T.A.R. Labs Museum". Think about it. [leaves the lab]

Cisco:
You think everyone on Earth-19 is missing crayons in the box, or just him?

Wally:
Why don't we say what this is really about? You're okay with Barry having powers. You're okay with Barry running into danger, fighting all these metas. He could screw up over and over again, and you're okay with all of it because he's Barry. But you won't give me the same amount of leeway because at the end of the day, you just don't... trust me.

Barry:
You know that's not true, Wally.

Wally:
I don't need you to fight my dad's battles for him. Say it, Joe. You don't... trust me, do you?

Joe:
Wally,....

Wally:
That's what I thought. [leaves]

Julian:
Particulae around the eye. The crushed larynx. This poor chap has got fingerprints all around his neck. He's clearly been strangled.

Barry:
I heard multiple witnesses said the man was attacked by a shadow.

Julian:
Huh. So a meta from Neverland's made the trip to Central City. Fabulous.

Joe:
Listen,... you were right. I do treat Barry differently than I treat you. But not because I think Barry's better than you.

Wally:
Then why?

Joe:
Wally, you're a lot like I was when I was a kid. You're fearless, and you take risks, and that makes you a handful just like I was. And now you're getting powers. That, alone, would make me nervous because I know what I would have done if I got powers. But you're not getting your speed the same way Barry got his. You're getting your speed the same way Magenta and the Rival got theirs. So it's not that I don't trust you, Wally, it's just that I don't trust what's going on with you right now, and that scares the living hell outta me.

Iris:
I hate that we have to do this. He so badly wanted powers, and now to keep him locked up so he doesn't get them, it's...

Barry:
It's hard, I know.

Iris:
I don't know if you actually do.

Barry:
What does that mean?

Iris:
All Wally wants to do is to help people. And to see you do that every day while all he can do is stand by and watch... it's hard being a bystander sometimes.

Barry:
You don't... feel that way, too, do you?

Iris:
Barry,... c'mon. My contributions here are limited. I don't know science. I don't have powers. I don't know how to help you.

Barry:
I couldn't do this without you.

Iris:
It's not true.

Barry:
That is true. Whether you realize it or not, there is no Flash without Iris West.

Barry:
Cait, I know what a risk you took using your powers. Thank you.

Caitlin:
I didn't do anything.

Barry:
Well, you saved my life.

Caitlin:
You've saved mine plenty of times.

Barry:
He said his name was Savitar.

H.R.:
Hindu god of motion.

Cisco:
What? How do you know that?

H.R.:
Crossword puzzle wizard. On two planets, I might add. 12 across, 7 letters. Savitar. Bam. Hindu god of motion.

Barry:
He said he was God.

Cisco:
That's -- that's nice. That's not scary. At all.

Barry:
I know that we love you, and we would do everything that we can to help you. You and I, we've been through too much together to let each other down now. Please, let me help you.

Caitlin:
Like you helped your mother?

Barry:
Caitlin.

Caitlin:
Or Wally? Or me? You keep messing with everyone's lives, wrecking everything, and we're left behind to pick up the pieces from your mistakes. Some things you break can't be put back together.

Caitlin:
Both of my parents are doctors. It's all I ever wanted to be. Growing up, I used to practice the Hippocratic Oath. I was obsessed with it. If anyone was even going to step on a bug, I would say, "Do no harm." It's built into my DNA. Unfortunately, my DNA isn't what it used to be. So, believe me when I say, answer every one of my questions, or I will harm you and your family.

Iris:
Barry, you are an incredible C.S.I. and no one in this building cares more about helping people find justice than you. And that was long before you were The Flash. This lab, it's your life.

Barry:
You're my life. Both of you. And Wally and Caitlin and Cisco. If these past few months have taught me anything, it's that I would give up everything I have to keep you all safe. No regrets.

Joe:
Every time I think you've run out of ways to be a hero, you show me another one.

Barry:
It was nice, having you out there with me.

Jay:
Yeah, I never had a sidekick.

Barry:
Oh, I'm your sidekick?

Jay:
Well, as a senior partner....

Barry:
"Senior citizen" is more like it.

Joe:
Hey. You put my son's life in danger. Again.

H.R.:
And he saved Barry's life. Joe, why... why do you think I help Wally? 'Cause I'm selfish, 'cause I get something? I don't get anything out of it. I help Wally 'cause the kid is special. He's extraordinary. His powers are extraordinary. Look, I get it. I'm not his dad. I don't have the same safety concerns as you, of course not. But Joe, one thing I do know: the longer you deny someone their potential, the more they're gonna look for it elsewhere.

Savitar:
[speaking through Julian] Hello, Barry. It's been a while.

Barry:
Savitar.

Savitar:
None of you are on your knees. It's a smart move to bow before a deity.

Barry:
You're not a god.

Savitar:
To be a god, you just have to make people believe you are.

Iris:
No one believes in you.

Savitar:
You should, Iris. I hold the power of life and death over all of you.

Caitlin:
How do you know so much about us?

Savitar:
I know you, Caitlin. Cisco. Joe. Wally. The fake Wells. I know your fears, I know your weaknesses, I know you better than you know yourselves. I know your destinies. One shall betray you. One shall fall. One will suffer a fate far worse than death. This is the knowledge I have for you. About your everlasting damnation.

Jay:
What you saw was one possibility of the future. What may be, or what may not.

Barry:
Okay, then I can stop this from happening. I can run back there --

Jay:
You can't go back there! Not again. Not ever.

Barry:
All right, then I'll figure out exactly how it happened, how we wind up on that street, and I'll just make sure that we don't go there. I mean, if we don't go there...

Jay:
Barry! This is why speedsters don't travel to the future. Nobody should know this much about their own. Just as there are infinite Earths in the multiverse, there are infinite possibilities to the future. It's always bending, always changing. Every decision you make creates another alternative.

Barry:
I won't let Iris die.

Jay:
The future isn't written yet. And it might not even turn out to be what you saw. You need to focus on the here and now. You have to live your life.

[Barry has brought Iris to a new, empty apartment.]

Iris:
I... I don't understand. Where are we?

Barry:
Home.

Iris:
What?

Barry:
I couldn't sleep on Cisco's couch anymore, and your place is... sorta small for two. So I signed a lease and I put both of our names on it.

Iris:
I got you a wallet.

Barry:
I'm sure I'll love it.

Iris:
Barry, this is a big step.

Barry:
Not for me. [gives her a key and embraces her] I don't know what's gonna happen in the future. All I know is, right here, right now, I want to spend every moment I can with you. You're the first thing I want to see when I wake up, and the last thing I --

[Iris kisses Barry.]

Iris:
I love you, Barry Allen.

Barry:
I love you, Iris West.

Joe:
Okay, well, remember, the best way to teach somebody something is to throw 'em in the deep end. That's how I taught you how to swim.

Barry:
That was... I'm sill mad about that.

Joe:
You can swim now, can't you?

Barry:
...Yeah.

Barry:
Did you ask Julian to join Team... Star Labs?

Caitlin:
I know, he's an acquired taste, but–

Cisco:
Yeah, well he is Doctor Alchemy, the big bad's little bad.

Iris:
Yeah, he gave Wally his powers.

Wally:
That I don't mind.

Caitlin:
Guys, I need his help. I'm sorry Cisco, but these cuffs, they aren't cutting it. Every night when I go to bed, I'm afraid that I'll wake up... be her. Maybe Julian can think of something that we haven't. [pause] Barry, when your mom was murdered, Joe and Iris, they took you in. Cisco, when Dante died, I slept on your couch to keep you company. The things we see, the things that we face, no one can do this alone. Trying is the biggest mistake that you can make.

Barry:
Wally. What was that? I mean, you're supposed to be shadowing me.

Wally:
Wh-wait, you're mad at me? I thought...

Barry:
Observe and learn. That's it.

Joe:
Whoa...

Barry:
That's it!

Joe:
Barr, ease up. Wally just saved your life.

Barry:
I'm sorry, Wally, but if you can't learn to follow orders, this deal between us, it's over.

Barry:
You all right?

Wally:
I'm good, dude. You can have this one.

Barry:
No, Wally, this one has to be you.

Wally:
Why?

Barry:
Because if you take down Plunder, the news report that says I captured him in the future, it's wrong. We can prove that we can alter the future here and now.

Wally:
So that's why you sent me out here.

Barry:
Hey, I sent you out here because you're a hero. Iris needs a hero now, Wally.

H.R.:
I asked myself to say a few words. On this occasion... a home, more than bricks and mortar, and a turtle. It's uh, it's a feeling. It's a feeling of belonging, isn't it? Of, of love, of course. Of hope, for the future. I don't know if I have ever met two people who are more suited to one another than you two. [raises his glass] To Barry and Iris.

[Cisco hits Gypsy's hand with a vibe wave after she shoots H.R. Caitlin rushes over to H.R.]

Caitlin:
Where does it hurt?

H.R.:
Every. Where.

Gypsy:
You can vibe? [pleased] Oh, I like it.

Cisco:
Slow down there. Let's just talk about this, like two adults. Over coffee. Or maybe dinner, if you prefer that. There's a great Thai place up the road if you like Thai. [offers to shake hands] I'm Cisco, by the way. You must be Gypsy. It's nice to meet you.

Caitlin:
Are you asking her out on a date?

H.R.:
Are you kidding me?

Cisco:
I am negotiating!

Cisco:
By the laws of Earth 19, I hereby challenge you for possession of H.R. Wells! If you want, we could solve this another way. There's a great spot for drinks-

Gypsy:
You realize trial by combat is to the death?

Cisco:
Yeah! For the loser. [Gypsy laughs] Listen, you want him? You have to come and claim him.

Gypsy:
Hmm.

Cisco:
[turning around to Barry and H.R.] That's Arwen!

Gypsy:
I take it you also want the customary 24 hours to prepare?

Cisco:
Do I want the customary-

H.R.:
Yes, you do.

Cisco:
I would love to take advantage of the customary 24 hours, if you don't mind.

Gypsy:
Very well. One day.

Cisco:
One day.

Gypsy:
See you then. [vibes open a portal and leaves]

Cisco:
She's gonna kill me, isn't she?

Iris:
Okay, look, I know everyone is working really hard to prevent Savitar from...

Wally:
... Yeah.

Iris:
But honestly, these could be my last few months on Earth.

Wally:
Could you not talk like that?

Iris:
I'm just being realistic, Wally. I get to do that. Look, I want my life to mean something. More than just as a daughter or as a sister, or as a girlfriend. But as a reporter. This story can do that. It can say that I, Iris West, mattered.

Wally:
You know, my life was a lot easier before I had a sister.

Iris:
It's a lot better now, isn't it?

Cisco:
Oh. Hey. I'd be careful if I were you. Last thing we want is for me to touch a button and blow your head off, right? [laughs mockingly] 'Cause I don't know what I'm doing, right?

Barry:
You know I don't think that.

Cisco:
Yeah, well, you have a very, very strange way of showing it.

Barry:
You're right, man. I'm sorry. I don't know, I just... guess this whole "not getting faster" thing, it just has me rattled. I was always able to do it before, you know? I mean, against Reverse-Flash, and then against Zoom, but... Savitar's on a whole other level. And knowing what he'll do to Iris if I fail...

Cisco:
I'm afraid just thinking what's gonna happen to H.R. if I don't beat Gypsy. But you, you're the hero. I mean,... how do you handle all this pressure all the time?

Barry:
By just leaning on all of you guys. You know, I mean you're always in my corner, helping me face my fears. And it is okay to be afraid, trust me. And when you are, I'll be there. In your corner.

[During their duel, Gypsy vibes her and Cisco to a planet of molten rock.]

Gypsy:
Well, this is hot.

Cisco:
I think you're flirting with me to distract me 'cause you're afraid.

Gypsy:
Ha. My collection record is flawless. In these trials, I am undefeated.

Cisco:
[laughs] Oh, please. Everybody's got a weakness. Even you.

[Gypsy throws Cisco back to Earth-1 and follows him.]

Gypsy:
Says the man afraid of showing everyone how powerful he can be. You and I resonate on a similar frequency. I can feel it. Yet you allow your fear and insecurity to hold you back. That's why you're gonna lose.

Wally:
So this is it. huh?

Barry:
Yeah. This is the starting line to our race. Cisco set up sensors all along the course and he'll be tracking our speed all the way to the finish line on the other side of town.

Wally:
No, I meant "This is it." You know, the day the greatest upset in speedster history goes down.

Barry:
Wally. Man, this isn't about winning or losing, okay? This is about training. So you can get faster and beat Savitar and save Iris.

Wally:
[serious] Yeah. Which I'm gonna do.

Barry:
Okay.

Wally:
[back to enthused] But first I'm gonna make you eat my dust, I'm sorry.

Barry:
Okay, you know there is a reason they call me "The Fastest Man Alive".

[Caitlin and Julian prepare to do an autopsy on a metahuman's murder victim.]

Caitlin:
What's his name?

Julian:
Doesn't really matter much now, does it?

Caitlin:
Of course. I should call him by his name. After everything he's been through, he deserves that much respect.

Julian:
He is a corpse. Thus impervious to such bedside manners.

Caitlin:
Well, thank goodness, 'cause I'd hate to have to subject him to yours.

[Training to phase through matter, Wally crashes into a wall at super-speed.]

Wally:
That hurt like...

H.R.:
Like you ran into a giant wooden wall, 'cause you did.

[While treating Iris with her cold powers, Caitlin begins to revert to Killer Frost.]

Caitlin:
Just a little bit longer and she's dead. How's that for changing the future?

Julian:
I know who you are, Caitlin. You do not want to do this.

Caitlin:
This is who I am. You said it, it's time for me to take responsibility for my actions. Time for me to own who I really am.

Julian:
Who you are is Caitlin Snow. I know first hand the battle going on inside of you. I know what it feels like. When it happened to me, I lost. All right? I was weak. And I let it win. And I did... I did horrible things to a lot of good people, and you don't have to do that. You're not gonna do that. You're stronger than that, Caitlin, you're far stronger than I am. You're one of the strongest people I've ever known. You can win this fight. [puts a gentle hand on her arm, speaks softly] Iris needs your help now.

[Caitlin's eyes turn normal again as she regains control, and she resumes helping Iris.]

Iris:
You know, sometimes it feels like the Flash is this guy my boyfriend becomes when he runs off to save other people. Like I'm the only one who doesn't get the Flash. He felt separate from you. But yesterday, when you saved me, I remembered that I have no reason to be scared. The man I love is a superhero. I love and trust you, Barry Allen, the Flash. I love all of you. And I always will.

[Jesse has mistaken H.R. for her father.]

Caitlin:
Jesse, that's not who you think it is. This is H.R. You met him briefly before you left last time.

H.R.:
[bows dramatically] At your service, madame.

Wally:
He's Harry's replacement.

H.R.:
Some would say "improvement".

Cisco:
Um... this is Harry's daughter.

H.R.:
Yeah.

Cisco:
He's been kidnapped.

H.R.:
Ee... I didn't know. I'm so... I thought...

Jesse:
Sorry about that.

H.R.:
I'm sorry, too. I'm sorry I took the smile from your face.

Julian:
Fascinating. Do you often travel to other Earths?

Barry:
No. Uh, well... when I have to. Look, Julian, will you just tell Singh that, I don't know, I'm under the weather or something? It's, you know, it is kinda what we do on Team Flash. We cover for each other.

Julian:
What does Caitlin think of all this multiverse-hopping? Does she approve?

Barry:
She's coming with me.

Julian:
[shocked] You're letting her go?

Barry:
It's her choice.

Julian:
Allen, it's not a wise move, surely. She can barely control her cold powers as is.

Barry:
We might need her for Grodd.

Julian:
Grodd? [realizing] Telepathic gorilla?

Barry:
Yeah.

Julian:
Where are you going? Are you going to Planet of the Apes?

Barry:
No, it's just a... city of them. Will you cover for me?

Julian:
Are you going to Planet of the Apes?

Barry:
I'm not going to Planet of the Apes, okay? Calm down. Will you cover for me?

Julian:
I've got you, yeah, of course.

[Barry has just defeated Solovar in the Gorilla City arena and speaks to the gorilla assemblage.]

Barry:
I won't kill him! I WON'T ! I know how you all fear humans! You think we want war with gorillakind. We don't. We're not all murderers and killers. We only want peace. Which is why I'm sparing your leader! We call it "mercy"!

H.R.:
What you doing up there?

Jesse:
Just, uh... hanging out.

H.R.:
What are... what are you thinking about?

Jesse:
Wally. He wants me to stay here with him.

H.R.:
Ah. Yeah, he does. Guy is no dummy. Congratulations. Oh, that's great. Love... nothing like young love.

Jesse:
Yeah, I just... I don't... I don't know if it's the right thing.

H.R.:
Why?

Jesse:
He's on his own journey. Besides, my dad just got captured by gorillas. And if... if he does come back, how could I ever tell him I'm leaving?

H.R.:
Well, 'cause you're human. That's... that's how. That's what we do. Look, my point is this. When it comes to love, you gotta go for it. You know? Everything else be damned. 'Cause if you don't, you're gonna end up being the kind of person that lives the rest of their life with regret. I mean, I know that telling your dad that, you know, you're... you're switching Earths, that's gonna be a difficult conversation to have, but one that you've got to go for if you want to be happy. But, that's just my opinion. What do I know? I'm just a handsomer guy than your dad with a song in his heart. Good luck, Jesse.

Caitlin:
I like you, Julian. I do. And I like that you like me. But I'm also afraid of my powers. And not what they could do to me, but what they could do to anyone who gets close to me.

Julian:
Caitlin, I'm not afraid

Caitlin:
You should be. Fear me, Julian. It's not a threat. Just good advice

Julian:
Okay. Fine. I'll fear you. You know what really helps me when I'm scared?

Caitlin:
What?

Julian:
Just a good filet steak. [Caitlin smiles.] Bit of Béarnaise on the side, mashed potatoes. Does the trick every time.

Caitlin:
Really?

Julian:
I promise. I think we should find a local steakhouse and be terrified together.

Caitlin:
Sure. Together it is.

[Julian and Caitlin walk off arm in arm.]

H.R.:
[about the way Harry brushes his teeth] O-ooh. You go front-to-back. Toothbrush. You go front-to-back? 'Cause I'm a small-circles kinda guy. Wonder how the other Wells brushes his teeth.

Harry:
The murderer?

H.R.:
I'm fascinated by the subtle differences between us, you know?

Harry:
And the not-so-subtle ones.

H.R.:
Like what?

Harry:
Like the fact that I'm a genius, and you're a moron. [spits his toothpaste into H.R.'s coffee mug, then leaves]

H.R.:
[still in good humor] Okay. See you at the party.

Cisco:
[trying to convince Gypsy to help Team Flash] Don't tell me you're gonna run away from this.

Gypsy:
I never run.

Cisco:
Then stand and fight with us. We need you.

Gypsy:
You need me. Are you trying to Luke Starkiller me?

Cisco:
[amused at the reference] What if I am? Is that what it's gonna take to get you to stay? Here's a bonus: you get to spend extra time with this face [points to his face]. Look at this face, c'mon. Who doesn't want to get to spend extra time with this guy?

Barry:
No matter what I do to stop Grodd, he just keeps finding new ways to attack, new ways to destroy, and I... Iris doesn't think I should, but the only way this ends is if I kill him.

Harry:
"Kill him". That might be the most idiotic thing I've ever heard you say.

Barry:
Wait, what?

Harry:
Iris is right. You don't want to listen, go ahead, keep being an idiot.

Barry:
I don't understand.

Harry:
Don't. Kill. Grodd.

Barry:
Harry, you of all people should understand. You would've killed to save Jesse. You were gonna kill Zoom.

Harry:
Barry, there's a thousand things I've done... that I'm not proud of. Some of them recently. Every time I do one of those things, it makes it easier to do it the next time. I look at you, out there battling the darkness with honor and hope, and I'm reminded that there's always another way. Always. Killing Grodd is not your answer. Saving one life doesn't justify taking another. Find the other way.

Cisco:
Gypsy, please. (Grodd)'s gonna destroy my city. And he's gonna hurt the people I love.

Gypsy:
I told you before, that's not my problem. Look, just go back to Earth-1 before someone sees you and I have to do something that I don't want to.

Cisco:
You know, you told me I could do things with my powers I'd never even imagined. And you're right. 'Cause I'm not just vibing people anymore, I'm vibing what they feel. You know what I'm getting right here, right now, from you? You're more than this. You're like me. You want to do something good. Look, we need something to stop Grodd, and I'm gonna need your help getting it. Please, be the hero I know you wanna be.

Iris:
What is all this?

Barry:
I've been really busy recently with trying to avoid the future, and I forgot that there's always another way.

Iris:
What is that?

Barry:
Making the future. [opens a box containing an antique engagement ring] Our future. [gets down on one knee] My great-grandfather gave this to my great-grandmother after World War Two. He wanted to propose before he was shipped out, but he didn't have the money. And he bought this three years later when he was stationed in London. Fought his way across France, all the way to Berlin, with this ring around his neck with his dog-tags. And when he got back, she was waiting for him in the dock of the Brooklyn Navy yards. He proposed on the spot. After my mom passed away, Joe held on to this for me. Until tonight.

Iris:
Barry...

Barry:
Iris West... will you marry me?

Caitlin:
Is the reason you don't want to do this (be mind-linked again with Savitar) because... you don't want me to see it?

Julian:
I just think... hearing his voice come out of me... it just makes it impossible for you to see me as normal-

Caitlin:
Hey. [puts her hand on top of Julian's] I've had somebody else's voice coming out of my mouth, and you were still able to see the real me. How about trusting that I can do the same thing?

[Julian looks at Caitlin, then leans forward and kisses her.]

Julian:
Sorry. I just wanted to do that, in case you changed your mind later.

Caitlin:
[smiling] Quite all right.

Savitar:
[speaking through Julian] Bow before my greatness. Be in awe as you are in the presence of the almighty.

Barry:
Enough with the religious nonsense. You're just a man. Like me.

Savitar:
I'm nothing like you, Barry. You're cruel. You're selfish. From my perspective, you're the Big Bad.

H.R.:
[scoffs] Stupid.

Savitar:
Still here, pretender? Still trying to find your "place"?

H.R.:
I've found my place. It's standing here with these people, against you.

Savitar:
You know, the sad thing is that you live. You survive my wrath. The coward. [to Barry] Irony.

Iris:
I just want you to listen, okay? I need you to let me say what I need to say.

Barry:
Okay.

Iris:
I'm not angry at you. I understand that you... you want to keep me safe, and us getting engaged could change the future. I get all of that. Barry, when you proposed to me, I said "Yes" because I love you more than anything. And I want to be your wife. But I thought that you were asking me purely out of love, not fear. And Barry, whether you realize it or not, now there's always gonna be a part of us that's tainted

Barry:
Iris, I'm trying to save your life.

Iris:
I know, and that's the problem. I want to be your wife, Barry. I don't want to be someone that you're trying to save for the rest of eternity.

[Savitar has just escaped from the Speed Force.]

Savitar:
Ground. Air. I can feel again. I can breathe again. I've beaten you, finally.

Barry:
Where's Wally? What just happened to him?

Savitar:
Like the Greek myth of Atlas, who could not put down the sky until someone took his place, Wally has taken my place in the Speed Force. You know me. I love a good myth.

Barry:
He took your place. What...?

Savitar:
When you created Flashpoint, you unwittingly provided me with the means of my return.

Barry:
Wally.

Savitar:
You gave me the idea to turn Wally into Kid Flash, to make him fast enough to replace me in your prison. His youth and ego were my allies. So taken with his fame and speed, he never saw he was running right into my trap.

Barry:
How do I get him out?

Savitar:
Wally's gone.

Barry:
[yelling] How do I get him out?

Savitar:
Suffering in an endless void for all eternity. Another victim Barry Allen failed to save.

[Barry and Savitar fight, with Barry running after Savitar]

Barry:
I'm gonna kill you.

Savitar:
If you had the strength to end my life, you would have done it in the future. But Barry Allen doesn't kill. He's the good guy. The boy Joe raised. The man Iris loves. You have everything; And deserves none of it! I'm gonna destroy this city like I did in the future, so you can see the truth, Barry. And then, you'll treat me like a god!

Barry:
You're not a god!

Caitlin:
I'm sorry. I should've never... I was afraid.

Barry:
I know. Believe me, I know. Fear makes us do a lot of things that we shouldn't. My fear's the reason for all of this.

Cisco:
You know that thing we used to talk to Savitar?

Julian:
Yes.

Cisco:
[points to the headset] Meet the Electrode-Halo. So basically, these two are linked electromagnetically via Goldtooth.

Julian:
"Gold-tooth"?

Cisco:
[pleased with himself] Yeah, it's... kinda the Cisco Ramon inter-dimensional equivalent of Bluetooth. Kinda proud of it. Anyway, it gives us all the relevant locus information no matter what corner of the Multiverse Barry's stuck in.

Caitlin:
And, if Barry needs our help, it stimulates Cisco's prefrontal cortex.

Cisco:
Then I'll open a breach and pfff... siphon them back in.

Julian:
Good lord. Multiverses, breaches, halos. Easy bloody peasy.

Cisco:
By George, I think he's got it.

Cisco:
Man, I don't know what this is. All I know, it just came off the armor of some Hindu speed god, so...

Caitlin:
It's like the box the Philosopher's Stone came in. It simultaneously exists, it doesn't exist.

H.R.:
Like Schroeder's Cat. Remember? Schroeder? Guy with the cat, in the box, both alive and dead at the same time, dun dun dun. Which, by the way, seems like cruelty for animals. Half the time.

Cisco:
Okay, I think you're thinking of Schrödinger, maybe?

H.R.:
Schro - no.

Cisco:
Yeah. 'Cause Schroeder's the guy from Peanuts.

H.R.:
I don't think so!

Caitlin:
Yeah. The one with the piano.

H.R.:
Charlie Brown has the piano. On my Earth, that's the whole gag, 'cause he can't play the piano. He's terrible.

Jesse:
Oh my god. Who cares about cats, or pianos, or the frickin' Peanuts?

H.R.:
It's not "the" Peanuts. It's just... Peanuts.

Speed Force Ronnie Raymond:
[regarding Caitlin's baby] This troubles you. Another life that could have been. But never was.

Barry:
Caitlin and Ronnie should have had that. Family. A future.

Speed Force Ronnie:
The future doesn't always turn out as we want it to.

Barry:
I see what you're doing. First Eddie, now Ronnie. Showing me all the people who sacrificed themselves for the greater good.

Speed Force Ronnie:
No, Barry, their sacrifices were for you. As was Wally's when he attempted to stop Savitar.

Barry:
Savitar tricked Wally. And now he's trapped. Wally doesn't belong in the Speed Force. You have to let me take his place. That's why I'm here.

Speed Force Ronnie:
Not the other reason, Barry?

Barry:
I want to sacrifice myself for Wally.

Jay:
Sorry, kid. This is where I stay for a while.

Barry:
What? What are you talking about?

Jay:
We both know that a speedster needs to take Wally's place. That's why I'm here.

Barry:
No. No, Jay. You already lived your hell when you were Zoom's prisoner.

Jay:
And you set me free, and I owe you for that

Barry:
Jay...

Jay:
I've run a hell of a race. But every marathon has a finish line. Time's finally come for me to cross it, but you...you, Barry... need to put an end to this once and for all and stop Savitar.

Barry:
How?

Jay:
Do what you do best. Be the Flash

Barry:
You told me that you only wanted to marry someone because they love you and not because they were trying to save you. And I get that. I just... You know, I've lived with a lot of death, tragedy in my life, and seeing you die... it's impossible not to be consumed by that.

Iris:
Yeah. No, I get that. I do. It just... it made me question if you were asking me for the right reasons, you know? If it was out of... love or... responsibility. But, look, while you were gone, I realized something. I don't have to doubt why you want to marry me. It's the same reason that I want to marry you. I want to be your wife, Barry.

Barry:
Um.... I love you. But... uh... You were right. I proposed because I thought it would save you. I thought Wally would save you. I... I was wrong. I alone have to save you in the future, and I'm going to. But not by changing it. By embracing it.

Iris:
Okay, um... what does that mean?

Barry:
It means that... I think we need some space for a while.

Cisco:
What is it with you and musicals?

Barry:
Everything's better in song.

Kara Danvers:
How do we get out of here?

Music Meister:
You're in a movie musical. So, all you have to do is just follow the–

Kara:
[excited] The yellow brick road?

Music Meister:
No, the script.

Mon-El:
We've gotta bring him in.

Wally:
No, not we, me. I'm the reason Barry got whammied.

Cisco:
We win and we lose as a team. I'm coming with you.

J'onn J'onzz:
I'm coming, too.

Cisco:
Look, J'onn. I respect this whole special agent situation you've got going on. But this problem right here needs someone with–

[J'onn transforms to his Martian form]

Cisco:
–green skin and a sick-ass cape.

J'onn:
Call me the Martian Manhunter.

Mon-El:
I think you'll find that J'onn's a lot more than just a pretty face.

Barry:
[singing] At times like these when life is getting me down, and the world seems like it's gonna end...ship?

There's at least one power that we both still have, and that's the power of–

Kara:
Friend-ship?

Barry:
Yeah, that's exactly what I was gonna say!

Kara:
Yeah, it's an easy rhyme.

Barry:
I'm your super friend. Your super friend. I'll be there in the nick of time, if you're ever in a spot.

Kara:
And if you're not there in time, you can just go back in time, and give it another shot.

Barry:
I'm actually not supposed to do that anymore.

Kara:
Oh, okay.

Barry:
Sing!

Kara:
I'm your super friend. Super friend.

Barry:
When you need a compliment, I can rattle off a dozen.

For instance, I have to say I'm not impressed by your more famous cousin.

Kara:
Thank you! No one ever says that!

Barry:
Oh, he's all like "Oh, I'm Superman! Woop tee woop tee doo."

Kara:
[chuckling] That's a really good impression.

Barry:
Thanks!

Barry and Kara:
I'm your super friend. Super friend.

Kara:
When it comes to buddies, pal, you're the best.

Barry:
I love you more than the lightning bolt I wear on my chest.

Kara:
If you're ever sad, [raises her voice an octave] I'll bring you flowers.

Barry:
And you can list "soprano" as one of your powers.

Kara:
If you're ever broke–

Barry:
I've got the cash!

Kara:
On my couch–

Barry:
You're welcome to crash.

Kara:
And if you ever need a hand–

Barry:
I'll be there in a flash.

Kara:
Barry!

Barry:
That was funny!

[Kara takes Barry's hand and pulls him up off the couch. The duo next appears on stage in full fancy dress, singing before the club audience.]

Barry and Kara:
I'm your super -- That has a double meaning! -- friend!

Music Meister:
[enters the room clapping] Bravo! Round of applause, Standing O, that was so GOOD! I loved it! That was a hell of a show, and you two [motioning Iris and Mon-El] I guess your love was strong enough after all. Beautiful.

Cisco:
Man, how did you get out of the cell?!?

Music Meister:
Cisco, do you really think that cell is gonna just hold me?

Barry:
Nah, I'm sorry, what's going on? Why did you do this to us?

Music Meister:
I did it because I believe in the good guys. I told you when we first met: It was to teach all of you a lesson. 'Cause I see everything. And I saw two people with two broken hearts.

Kara:
So the lesson was...?

Music Meister:
Love, Supergirl. Love is about letting yourself be saved. It's not just about saving other people, even if you are superheroes. Anyway, I'm sorry that I had to like, mess with you all, but I was just trying to get you to play the game, do the song-and-dance.

H.R.:
Are you from another earth, multiverse, universe, something?

Music Meister:
Yeah, you wouldn't even understand where I come from.

Barry:
Wait, I'm sorry, that's it? You're just gonna teach somebody else a lesson?

Music Meister:
Yeah, that's exactly what I'm gonna do. [singing] Think of your fellow man, lend him a helping hand. Put a little love in your heart. [vanishes]

[Caitlin is stitching up a wound on Julian's arm.]

Caitlin:
You're lucky. This could've been a lot worse.

Julian:
I'm fine, really. It's merely a flesh wound, as the Monty Python boys would say.

Gypsy:
What the hell were you thinking?

Joe:
Now is not the time, Gypsy.

Gypsy:
You know, you got a really messed up sense of justice for a cop.

Joe:
[walks right up to her] Watch yourself. I took two oaths in my life. One: to uphold the law. The other: to protect my family. Guess which one takes priority?

Gypsy:
That was my prisoner.

Joe:
He was my prisoner, too. And you're on my Earth. He has information that could save Iris's life, so I don't give a damn. It's because of you he's on the loose.

Gypsy:
Because of me? No, no. Because of you. You opened that door! You let him out! That is on you, detective!

[Cisco and Gypsy attempt to stop Abra Kadabra's ship by firing vibe waves at it.]

Cisco:
We're on it. You shall not PASS!!

Barry:
You're going with (Gypsy). I'm not gonna stop her.

Abra Kadabra:
Then you'll never find out what you want to know.

Barry:
I have nothing to offer you. No reprieve. No escape for what you're facing. You've done some terrible things. But you are still a man. You have a family. Friends, people that you care about. Somewhere inside of you, there must be a glimmer of light. Of hope. It's that part of you that I'm asking... I'm begging. Help me save her.

Abra Kadabra:
Flash... begging. See, here it is: in the future, you and I have been enemies for years. Oh, there have been others, of course. There's Thawne and Zoom. DeVoe. But none of them hurt you like Savitar. He truly broke you. I have to be honest, I was always a little bit jealous. But now, it's like I get to kill her, too. If you'll excuse me, I have my execution to attend.

Julian:
I cannot believe what you did, Caitlin. I mean, to stay awake during your own surgery, that's one thing, but talking my clumsy hands though it, that's quite the other. You were immensely brave. You fought through the pain like I've never seen anyone before.

Caitlin:
You did all the hard work.

Julian:
Hardly.

Caitlin:
You going soft on me, Julian?

Julian:
Yes. Absolutely.

[Julian leans down and kisses Caitlin, but then he accidentally brushes her stitches, making her wince in pain.]

Julian:
I'm so terribly sorry. That's most clumsy of me.

Caitlin:
Some bedside manner you got there.

Julian:
I'm now working on it.

2024 Barry:
Why are you here?

Barry:
I need your help.

[2024 Barry steps closer and looks at Barry.]

2024 Barry:
You're from before she dies, aren't you?... You can't save her. [starts walking away]

Barry:
Yes, I can. And I'm going to.

2024 Barry:
No, you can't. Go home.

Barry:
Just tell me who's in the suit. [Future Barry stops] Right, that's all I need. You tell me that, we'll be able to track him down. We'll learn his weakness... we'll stop him before he even tries. Just tell me who Savitar is.

2024 Barry:
I can't.

Barry:
Wh... Why?

2024 Barry:
[turns to Barry] Because I don't know the answer. Sorry you ran all this way for nothing. Want some advice? Go home. Spend as much time with Iris as you can, because pretty soon... you'll never see her again. [walks off]

Barry:
Caitlin? It's me.

Future Killer Frost:
Barry Allen.

Barry:
I'm--

Future Killer Frost:
-- from the past. I can tell. There's no hate from your eyes. Yet.

Barry:
You promised. You promised her that you would be there for Joe.

2024 Barry:
You don't understand.

Barry:
"I don't understand." What, that you abandoned them? That you abandoned him and everybody else?! You made a promise--

2024 Barry:
That I couldn't keep!! Not after everything I'd lost. I was just as broken as Joe was!

Barry:
I don't care.

2024 Barry:
[shoves Barry] You WILL!!... You will. You want answers, Barry? How's this? You will go back. You will do everything that you can think of to save her. You're even gonna create time remnants of yourself, but he's gonna kill them all mostly. And then on the night of May 23rd... Iris West will die in your arms.

Barry:
No.

2024 Barry:
And in that moment when she takes her last breath, it'll feel like an eternity. And it will break you. She's the love of your life, Barry. She was the love of my life. [sinks into a corner] There'll be nothing left but stopping Savitar. So no, you won't be there for Joe. You won't be there when Caitlin becomes Killer Frost. And Savitar destroys Wally. You won't be there for any of 'em. But then one day, you'll stop him. You'll lock him in the Speed Force forever. But at that point... he already won. Because everything that you've ever loved is gone. Including you. Go home, Barry. There's nothing for you here.

TV news anchor:
In a bizarre twist, in the first sighting in years, eyewitnesses claim not one, but two Scarlet Speedsters were responsible for apprehending Sam Scudder and Rosalind Dillon, aka Mirror Master and Top. I'm sure I speak for all residents of Central City when I say this: Flash, if you're watching, it's good to see you again.

Savitar:
I've been waiting for you. Fear not, my child. I've come only to offer you what you desire.

Killer Frost:
And what's that?

Savitar:
Salvation.

Killer Frost:
You want to cure me? Turn me back into Caitlin Snow?

Savitar:
No. I want to make sure Caitlin never returns.

Killer Frost:
Why should I trust you? [Savitar's suit powers down and someone climbs out. Killer Frost recognises him] What do you need me to do?

Joe:
Look, I am going to wait for you at the end of the marathon.

Cecile Horton:
No, you're not pulling out of this thing.

Joe:
I am not as easy with running as some of the members of my family. [kisses Cecile]

Cecile:
I'm gonna let it slide. I'm gonna let it.

Joe:
Yeah? [playfully] Oh, you gettin' mad?

Cecile:
Mm-mmm. I will never get mad. I love you too much to be mad.

[Both Joe and Cecile grow uncomfortable as they each realize what Cecile just said.]

[Tracy Brand is at the Jitters counter digging through her purse.]

Tracy Brand:
Okay, I might not have any cash, but I have one of those Jitters cards that has 10 stamps on it, which means you owe me a free drink?

H.R.:
[laying money on the counter] Allow moi to help out a damsel in distress. I will pay for myself and the lady. I will have a triple-shot, no whip mocha Flash, and anything this young lady desires.

Tracy:
Yeah, um... I need to calm down. So, a Zoom.

H.R.:
"Zoom"? Never. Heard of it.

Tracy:
Oh, it's on the secret menu.

H.R.:
Secret menu?

Tracy:
Triple espresso with a shot of cayenne.

H.R.:
[softly, to himself] Marry me.

Tracy:
And the White Witch? I'm guessing you know why she's after me?

Iris:
Well, she's teamed up with an evil speedster from the future, and apparently you develop the technology to trap him for an eternity. So...

Tracy:
You can't be serious.

H.R.:
Totally serious.

Tracy:
An evil speedster?

Flash:
He calls himself Savitar.

Tracy:
Savitar? And he's from the future?

Iris:
Yep.

Tracy:
And I build a trap for him? Me?

H.R.:
You.

Flash:
He wants to kill you before you build it. That's why he sending Killer Frost after you.

Tracy:
Killer Frost? Her name... is Killer Frost?

H.R.:
Yeah.

Joe:
We know it's a lot to take in.

Tracy:
Well, to be fair, you're basically telling me I'm Sarah Connor in Terminator.

Cisco:
Eh, more like Miles Dyson.

H.R.:
Yeah. Good effort, though.

Julian:
I thought you'd like to be informed that H.R.'s managed to talk Tracy around.

Cisco:
Ah. Perfect. That means we can get to work.

Julian:
Yeah. There's one thing I need to know first. Outside Jitters earlier, you could have stopped Caitlin with a vibe. But just like CCU... you didn't.

Cisco:
I'm not doing this again... [tries to leave, but Julian stops him]

Julian:
No no no no no. You are. I need to know, Cisco. Tell me why you couldn't do it.

Cisco:
[hard] Get out of my way. [goes around Julian]

Julian:
Caitlin could be home now. Had you stopped her, she would be here. But you didn't. You couldn't. Tell me why!

Cisco:
Because I'm afraid!

Julian:
Afraid of what?

Cisco:
Afraid of killing her! [indicating his hands] I'm walking around with two loaded guns here, ready to go off. And what if she's hurting Barry, or Joe, or you? And I have to save you and I can't control my powers and I end up killing her? She's my best friend. And I'd rather it be me than her.

Barry:
I'm here! I'M HERE!!

[Savitar appears before Barry.]

Barry:
I know who you are.

Savitar:
It's about time.

Barry:
Yes, it is. Everything is about time with you, isn't it? The past. The present, the future. You know all of it. Right? And you know everything about me. About Joe. About Wally. And Iris! You know our strengths, you know our fears. You know how much we love each other. And you know how to use that love against us. All this time, we thought that we couldn't stop you because you were one step ahead. But that's not it. You don't just "know" what's gonna happen to us. You were there. You lived it. You remember... when you were me.

[Savitar kneels and opens his armor. A pale, scarred version of Barry climbs out.]

Savitar:
Like I told you from the beginning... I am the future Flash.

Savitar:
It's like looking in a mirror. Well,... [points to his facial scar] Not quite.

Barry:
Not so scary without your armor.

Savitar:
What can I say? I outgrew red.

Joe:
I don't understand. How could Savitar be you?

Barry:
He's not me. Not really.

Cisco:
He's all the worst parts of you. It's like in Star Trek when the transporter splits Kirk into Good Kirk and Bad Kirk. [to H.R.] Please tell me you at least have Star Trek on your Earth.

H.R.:
Voyager.

Cisco:
I hate spin-offs.

Iris:
What was he (Savitar) like?

Barry:
Broken.

Iris:
You know, all this time, I thought that Savitar is this... monster. It's hard to picture what might happen and... it being you, it... I know it's not you, I'm... [trails off]

Barry:
Part of him is. He said it was like looking in a mirror, and he was right. But not just the way that he looked. It was... it was his eyes. The pain that was inside them. I've seen that in myself. When I think about how my parents died so violently. Sometimes I want to repay that violence with more violence. I wanna make someone else hurt as much as I do.

Iris:
But you don't ever do that. You're not him, you're a good person.

Barry:
I know, but it's in there, you know. That's in me. That power, that pain. That's where Savitar comes from. From loss. From losing you.

Iris:
You're not going to lose me. Do you hear me? And we are going to stop Savitar. You are not alone. He is. And he is not a god.

Barry:
Jay told me that we're not gods. He was wrong. We could be. Any speedster, and it wouldn't take much. When the love in our hearts is drowned in anger, when the bad memories outweigh the good ones. [softly] What am I going to have to become to stop him?

Barry:
Why can't I remember anything? Why can't I remember my name?

Iris:
Your name is Barry.

Barry:
[searching his pockets] My name's not "Barry". I don't know what my name is, but my name's -- [reading his name off his driver's license] "Bartholomew Henry Allen". That's not a good name.

Iris:
Look, Barry--

Barry:
Are you sure I don't go by "Bart"? "Bart" feels more natural to me. Can we go with "Bart"?

Wally:
"Bart's" kinda cool.

Barry:
You sure this is the me you want, with all the baggage?

Iris:
Seeing you without the weight of everything that's happened, seeing you happy, like you were before your mother was killed. Without all that darkness haunting you, you were finally free. It was nice.

Barry:
I did the same thing months ago.

Iris:
What do you mean?

Barry:
That freedom? I had that. When I was with my Mom and Dad again in Flashpoint. And I could've let it stay like that. I could have let the memories of this timeline fade, but if I'd done that, I would've lost Joe and Cisco and Wally and Caitlin and you. Pain and darkness, it's a part of me, and I need it to fuel me. To push me to be a better person, to be a better hero. Keep me from ever forgetting who I am.

Iris:
Now that is the Barry Allen I know and love. [gives Barry a long, loving kiss]

Lyla:
So I got your message. But you're gonna have to run me through exactly what you need again.

Cisco:
So we're building a cannon. Bazooka... thing. It's a sorta trap.

Barry:
In order to turn it on, we need something to power it. Something extremely powerful and regenerative.

Lyla:
Okay.

Cisco:
Yeah. So, I tasked S.T.A.R.'s satellite to look for anything that might have our specific power requirements. And wouldn't you know it... we found something that has exactly we need. [laughs nervously] And it's right there in that building. Crazy, huh?

Lyla:
I really don't think you should be spying on me, Cisco.

Cisco:
Is it spying if we're friends?

Barry:
Do you have any idea what else might be down there?

Snart:
Doesn't matter. There are only four rules you need to remember: Make the plan. Execute the plan. Expect the plan go off the rails.... Throw away the plan. Follow my lead, and you'll be fine.

Barry:
I'm trusting you.

Iris:
We all are.

Snart:
Just don't sit me at the singles' table at the wedding reception.

Snart:
[after knocking out King Shark] Reminds me of Jaws. They didn't show the shark because they couldn't afford to make it look good.

[As they make their way into the room, King Shark's dorsal fin rises out of the cold mist. After a tense moment, it sinks back down.]

Barry:
How long do you think he'll stay asleep?

Snart:
I like Shark Week. I'm not a marine biologist.

Barry:
Tell me, Snart. Did you think I had it in me? To leave you behind?

Snart:
I wasn't sure. Always known you had the potential to be as ruthless as they come. Your history made sure of that. Same as mine. Who knows? Maybe that's why we get along. You see the good in me, I see the bad in you.

Barry:
Maybe.

Snart:
Piece of advice. Stop trying to beat Savitar at his own game. Your goodness is your strength. Call me sentimental. Think the Flash should remain a hero.

Barry:
[offers a hand] Take care of yourself, Snart.

[Barry and Snart shake hands.]

Snart:
No strings on me.

Iris:
[final message to Barry] Hi, Barry. Um... there's something that I need to say to you. I love you. And if something happens, I need you to hear this. I, Iris Anne West, take you, Bartholomew Henry Allen, to be my lawfully wedded husband. To have and to hold, from this day forward. In sickness and in health. To love and to cherish. Until death do us part.

[H.R. has sacrificed himself to save Iris. Tracy rushes to him as he lays dying.]

Tracy:
[distraught] No, no.

H.R.:
It's... it's okay.

Tracy:
Why are you doing this?

H.R.:
I couldn't be the coward. I'm not a coward.

Tracy:
We just found each other.

H.R.:
I know. Our story will be brilliant. You... will be brilliant. You will be glorious, Tracy Brand. You will be. I've seen... seen it with my own eyes. I love you. [spasms] Oh, no. B.A.? B.A.

Barry:
I'm right here.

H.R.:
Will you tell Cisco... Please tell him... [whispers in Barry's ear] You tell him... for me?

Barry:
Yeah.

H.R.:
Good. Now... go stop Savitar. [winks]

[H.R. dies.]

Barry:
I want to help you.

Savitar:
Really?

Barry:
You don't have much time before the paradox reaches you. Come back to S.T.A.R Labs. Let Cisco and Caitlin go, and let us figure out a way to save you.

Savitar:
You really think I trust you?

Barry:
You showed up. So you remember me coming here. Did I have any tricks up my sleeve? Was I... was I planning on blindsiding you?

Savitar:
I dunno, Barry, maybe I just get off on watching you grovel.

Barry:
No, I don't think that's it. I think you're hearing me. I'm still in there. Deep down, buried beneath the scars and the pain, that part of you that... it must feel so lonely. But it also knows what it's like to have a family. To have friends. You can have all that back. We can stop hurting each other. I remember when I was six and uh... I begged Mom and Dad to let me go to this science expo in Midway. And we got a flat tire on that dirt road. No spare. So we were towed to that garage in that tiny little one-street town. Of course, we were stuck there all day. Then we got ice cream, and French fries with gravy at that little diner. And then that night, we watched the local fireworks show. Actually turned out to be a great day. That's my favorite memory of Mom and Dad.

[During the story, Savitar's face softens and saddens as he remembers along with Barry.]

Barry:
What was the name of that town?

Savitar:
[softly] Masonville.

Barry:
I'm still in there. Come home.

[Barry phases himself into Savitar's armor, forcing Savitar out.]

Barry:
[from inside the armor] How does it feel? To get so close to your ascension, and end up on the ground?

Savitar:
[understanding] Now I see. It's written.

Barry:
Nothing's written.

[Barry and Savitar trade blows until Barry knocks him to his knees. Barry then extends a blade and prepares to impale Savitar.]

Savitar:
DO IT!! You kill me, you become me. Either way... I live!

[Barry retracts the blade and destroys the armor.]

Barry:
I'll never let the pain, the darkness, determine who I am. I will never be you.

[Iris gives the eulogy at H.R.'s funeral]

Iris:
When I think of H.R., I'm reminded of a story that John Lennon once told. When Lennon was five years old, his teacher asked him to write down what he wanted to be when he grew up. Lennon wrote "Happy". His teacher said that he didn't understand the assignment, and Lennon said they didn't understand life. H.R. understood life. He wasn't a genius, and he didn't have super-speed. But when we needed him the most, he was a hero. He was my hero. [walks over to Joe]

Joe:
[hugging Iris] Mine, too.

[Cisco places H.R.'s drumsticks on the gravestone.]

Julian:
[to the casket] Good on ya, mate.

Wally:
[to the casket] Thanks for believing in me, H.R.

[Barry takes Cisco aside.]

Barry:
Hey, I've been looking for the right time to tell you.

Cisco:
Tell me what?

Barry:
Right before H.R. died, he asked me to give you a message.

[Flashback to H.R. whispering to Barry:
"Tell Cisco this took strength, and he gave it to me."]

Barry:
I know that you've had a connection with every Wells that we've met, but... I dunno, something about this Wells...

Cisco:
Yeah. Something.

[Barry prepares to enter the Speed Force prison to save Central City from being destroyed.]

Iris:
Barry, Wally and Jay said they were in Hell.

[A portal opens from the Speed Force, and Nora Allen appears.]

Joe:
Barry, it's your mother.

Barry:
That's the Speed Force.

Speed Force Nora Allen:
Barry isn't going to Hell. But like all runners must eventually, he's reached his finish line. His race is over.

Iris:
You can't take him with you.

Barry:
She's not taking me anywhere. I have to go.

Iris:
Why? Why are you being punished?

Barry:
This, all of this, it started with my mistake. With Flashpoint. This is my penance. This is my redemption.

Speed Force Nora Allen:
My beautiful boy. It's time to rest.