Criminal Minds · Season 1, Episode 15
“Unfinished Business” · Season 1, Episode 15
In this episode: Dean Winchester (940), Damon Salvatore (715), Sam Winchester (665), Olivia Benson (637), Stephen Fry (608), Narrator (554), Clark Kent (523), Nate (486)
Why can't I remember anything? Why can't I remember my name?
Your name is 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.
Look, Barry--
Are you sure I don't go by "Bart"? "Bart" feels more natural to me. Can we go with "Bart"?
"Bart's" kinda cool.
You sure this is the me you want, with all the baggage?
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.
I did the same thing months ago.
What do you mean?
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.
Now that is the Barry Allen I know and love. [gives Barry a long, loving kiss]
So I got your message. But you're gonna have to run me through exactly what you need again.
So we're building a cannon. Bazooka... thing. It's a sorta trap.
In order to turn it on, we need something to power it. Something extremely powerful and regenerative.
Okay.
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?
I really don't think you should be spying on me, Cisco.
Is it spying if we're friends?
Do you have any idea what else might be down there?
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.
I'm trusting you.
We all are.
Just don't sit me at the singles' table at the wedding reception.
[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.]
How long do you think he'll stay asleep?
I like Shark Week. I'm not a marine biologist.
Tell me, Snart. Did you think I had it in me? To leave you behind?
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.
Maybe.
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.
[offers a hand] Take care of yourself, Snart.
[Barry and Snart shake hands.]
No strings on me.
[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.]
[distraught] No, no.
It's... it's okay.
Why are you doing this?
I couldn't be the coward. I'm not a coward.
We just found each other.
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.
I'm right here.
Will you tell Cisco... Please tell him... [whispers in Barry's ear] You tell him... for me?
Yeah.
Good. Now... go stop Savitar. [winks]
[H.R. dies.]
I want to help you.
Really?
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.
You really think I trust you?
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?
I dunno, Barry, maybe I just get off on watching you grovel.
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.]
What was the name of that town?
[softly] Masonville.
I'm still in there. Come home.
[Barry phases himself into Savitar's armor, forcing Savitar out.]
[from inside the armor] How does it feel? To get so close to your ascension, and end up on the ground?
[understanding] Now I see. It's written.
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.]
DO IT!! You kill me, you become me. Either way... I live!
[Barry retracts the blade and destroys the armor.]
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]
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]
[hugging Iris] Mine, too.
[Cisco places H.R.'s drumsticks on the gravestone.]
[to the casket] Good on ya, mate.
[to the casket] Thanks for believing in me, H.R.
[Barry takes Cisco aside.]
Hey, I've been looking for the right time to tell you.
Tell me what?
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."]
I know that you've had a connection with every Wells that we've met, but... I dunno, something about this Wells...
Yeah. Something.
[Barry prepares to enter the Speed Force prison to save Central City from being destroyed.]
Barry, Wally and Jay said they were in Hell.
[A portal opens from the Speed Force, and Nora Allen appears.]
Barry, it's your mother.
That's the Speed Force.
Barry isn't going to Hell. But like all runners must eventually, he's reached his finish line. His race is over.
You can't take him with you.
She's not taking me anywhere. I have to go.
Why? Why are you being punished?
This, all of this, it started with my mistake. With Flashpoint. This is my penance. This is my redemption.
My beautiful boy. It's time to rest.
Babe, do you really need... all the smelly old records in there?
Oh, Cecile.
Records? You mean my vintage jazz LP collection, that I painstakingly and carefully collected over the last thirty years?
[to Iris] Really?
Those are my loves, babe. They're going in the coffin with me when I die.
Okay, maybe we could bury them now, and you can just join them at a later date.
Oh, you got jokes. You're lucky I only gave you the key, 'cause I'm starting to re-think this whole move-in thing.
No, you're not.
[smiling] No, I'm not. [They laugh and kiss.]
Barry? I don't know if you can hear me or if... you're trying to send us a message somehow. Hey, I did what you told me to. I kept running, I kept moving forward. Because I knew that if I stopped to look back, then I would remember that you weren't behind me anymore. [getting emotional] And it's been so hard... And when Cisco said that he could bring you back, you know, I didn't know what to think. What if it didn't work? What if you... were dead? I mean, I thought it would be like losing you all over again. [Barry keeps writing, paying no attention to her.] I never imagined this, though. I don't know what I would do if this is all that's left of you. If this is all that's left of the amazing man that I know. And love. Please come back to me. Tell me you're still my Barry.
Any luck?
No, not yet. The computer keeps telling me it's random gibberish.
Maybe it is.
No. It's not. Barry's trying to send us a message, I know it. I mean, he's spent all this time in the Speed Force. Maybe now he knows the answers to life, the universe and everything.
So you think all this crazy writing is Barry's way of telling us "42"?
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