Iris West quotes from The Flash

Barry

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.

Barry

I'm trusting you.

Iris

We all are.

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

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.

Julian

[to the casket] Good on ya, mate.

Wally

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

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.

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.

Iris

Barry, Wally and Jay said they were in Hell.

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.

Cecile

Babe, do you really need... all the smelly old records in there?

Iris

Oh, Cecile.

Joe

Records? You mean my vintage jazz LP collection, that I painstakingly and carefully collected over the last thirty years?

Cecile

[to Iris] Really?

Joe

Those are my loves, babe. They're going in the coffin with me when I die.

Cecile

Okay, maybe we could bury them now, and you can just join them at a later date.

Joe

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.

Cecile

No, you're not.

Joe

[smiling] No, I'm not. [They laugh and kiss.]

Iris

It's been really hard, Barry.

Barry

Hey, I'm back. And I'm not going anywhere ever again.

Iris

I tried to keep going. To keep fighting, to keep running, like you said.

Barry

You did. You kept everyone together. I'm so proud of you, okay? Look, it sounds funny, but... maybe this was a blessing.

Iris

You being gone for six months was a blessing?

Barry

I just... I can't tell you... how I feel, Iris. It's like... everything that was wrong in my life. The pain, my past, my mistakes, it's all just washed away, and all I see is you, and us, and our future together. Iris, it's gonna be great. [They kiss.]

Barry

Look, I don't know, I guess our wires have gotten crossed a few times the last few days, but I think that hardly rises to the level of a crisis. After everything we've been through together, you and me, we're Barry and Iris. we're the Gold standard. I am so in --

Iris

Then how could you leave me?! You left me, Barry. You just left me. Standing there, alone. [getting emotional] How could you do that?

Barry

Iris, it's not like I wanted to leave you. I had to put on a brave face, for everyone. But it was killing me inside. And I think part of why I didn't talk it through with you is I was afraid. I was afraid that you would tell me to stay. And I wouldn't have been strong enough not to.

Iris

Barry, how do you know what I'm going to say if you don't ask me? I am here to help you, especially when everything seems lost. But you have to let me.

Barry

But sometimes it's not about us. Or the team. Sometimes the weight of the whole city falls on my shoulders, and it's up to me to carry it. I'm the Flash.

Iris

See, that's what you don't get. When I put this ring on my finger, it wasn't just about you or me anymore. It's about us. You are not the Flash, Barry. We are.

Barry

I see her.

Iris

She's getting away in a Prius.

Barry

Last time I checked, the Flash is faster than a Prius.

Joe

We did it? We brought dark matter into Central City.

Barry

When you pulled me out of the Speed Force, yeah.

Caitlin

All the people in that bus. We turned them into metas.

Cisco

Every time we try to do something right, it goes horribly wrong.

Wally

We're cursed.

Iris

Maybe we should burn some sage.

Joe

What's wrong, Wally?

Wally

You guys tell me. I mean, the city was about to blow up, no one realized I wasn't here...

Iris

Where did you go, Wally?

Wally

I went to Earth-2. I had to talk to Jesse, hear it from her. She told me she needs to focus on herself, and I get it, and I think I have to do the same, right? So... I'm leaving Central City.

Iris

Where you gonna go?

I know a guy who can breach me to another Earth. Start over. Escape Amunet. Be who I want to be.

Iris

And that's Killer Frost. Right?

Don't be cute, West. You can't stop me.

Iris

I wasn't planning on it. Look. I know you could kill me. Just like you could have killed Amunet tonight, or Cisco six months ago. But you didn't. There is a part of you that is good and decent. You just don't know how to accept it.

You think you know me now?

Iris

No. But I do know what Caitlin looks like when she's scared. And you have that same look in your eyes right now. [puts her hands on Killer Frost's shoulders] You're just as afraid of being Caitlin as Caitlin is of being Killer Frost.

If you still want to have a hand for Barry to put a ring on,... I suggest you move it. [Iris complies and Killer Frost leaves.]

Iris

Okay, so do you want to tell me what's really bothering you?

Barry

My Spidey sense is just tingling way off the charts.

Iris

Barry, is there any chance this is about the wedding? I mean, maybe you're feeling a little--

Barry

I'm not nervous.

Iris

But, you're not acting the way you normally do.

Barry

Look, Savitar and Kadabra warned us about someone named DeVoe. This DeVoe guy could be behind everything. The bus metas. Me coming out of the Speed Force at the wrong place. The Samuroid.

Iris

Barry, is there a possibility that you are so determined to find the bad guy and get ahead of everything that you're seeing things exactly the way you want to see them?

Barry

No. I.... Maybe, I dunno....

Barry

I've faced a lot of bad guys. People who would hurt the ones that I love, destroy everything good in the world and think nothing of it. But this guy, he feels more dangerous than all the others combined. And we still know barely anything about him. Scares the hell out of me, Iris.

Iris

Barry, how many times have we been up against the unknown?

Barry

This is different.

Iris

How?

Barry

Ever since I came back from the Speed Force, I have been... constantly and genuinely happy. My friends are safe. Joe's gonna be a dad, again. And next week, I get to marry the love of my life. I have more to lose now than ever before.

Iris

Yeah, but, what about after Cecile has the baby? Or after we get married? Or even when we have our first child? You know, as time goes by, there's gonna be even more for us to lose. And people are always gonna be coming after us. You can't let that consume you. You just have to live in the moment and face it as it comes.

Barry

How are you not scared?

Iris

Because we're the Flash. [Iris and Barry kiss]

Barry

I have been thinking recently that... you know, when I first got my powers, I would use any excuse to use them. It would just be me and the road, and everything around me would disappear. It was, like, the first time in my life, I really felt like I was... at peace. But I just... feel like that all the time now. I don't have to run when I'm with you.

Iris

Awww. That's so sweet. [kisses Barry]

Barry

I love you, Iris West-Allen.

Iris

I love you, too.

Harry

You're the team leader. Team leader's supposed to make the tough call.

Iris

I made a call. I said we would look for both of them (Barry and Caitlin).

Harry

No. Looking for both of them is not a choice. We're overtaxing our resources, our people, because you won't face the hard truth. And the hard truth is, we can't look for both. We can only look for one.

Iris

Harry, I just made a vow to love and protect Barry. To stand by him through thick and thin. And now you're asking me to choose between my husband's life and me friend's? [Harry nods] I can't. I, I can't do that–

Harry

You have to. Or you risk losing them both. You have to choose.