Iris West quotes from The Flash

Cecile

The one person in the world she thought she could trust died in her arms.

Caitlin

Nora must have felt completely alone.

Barry

But she wasn't.

Iris

Yes. she was. Because I wasn't honest with her.

Barry

Iris–

Iris

After all I did, she gave me a second chance. It's the least we can do for her.

Nora

[shows Iris the power dampener] Lia found it before she died. You put this inside of me, mom. To dampen my powers? You lied to me my whole life.

Iris

I know.

Nora

Who else knows? Who else?

Iris

Everyone.

Nora

Everybody? Everyone that I love has been keeping this from me? Why?

Iris

Because I told them to.

Nora

Why would you do that?

Iris

Nora, I was trying to protect you.

Nora

From what?

Iris

From this city. From... from meta-humans. From... from yourself.

Nora

Wow.

Iris

Nora, you don't understand.

Nora

No, I don't understand. How did I get my powers? What do you have against speedsters?

Iris

Nora, I have already lost so much. I can't risk losing you, too.

Nora

Well, you just did.

Iris

You took our daughter back to the future?

Barry

I didn't have any other choice.

Iris

I? It's "we", Barry. We. She's our daughter, not just yours.

Barry

I know that.

Iris

But you left her there anyway?

Barry

I can't trust her, Iris! That puts all of us in danger.

Iris

That's how you feel, Barry! How about asking how I feel?

Barry

I didn't think I had to!

Iris

Of course you didn't. Of course you didn't, Barry. You always see one way through a problem and damn what I think.

Barry

What the hell does that mean?

Iris

You know, we've been through so much crap, we've been through so much therapy, and you are still, still making decisions based on your emotions.

Nora

Do you know what it's like to want something more than anything else in your whole life? [starts crackling with yellow, purple, and red energy] To know your father? To do your best to follow in his footsteps? To make him proud? [more energy crackles] How could he leave me?

Wait! Wait, that's enough !!

Iris

Nora–

Nora

How could he stop loving meeee?!?!

Nora

I can't stand around and do nothing.

Barry

Yes, you can, because that's what we're telling you to do.

Nora

When I first got here, I would rush in to fix things, and by doing that, I always ended up making them worse. But I am not that person anymore. Because of you. You showed me how to use my powers. You taught me how to make the right choices. And right now, I am choosing to face this risk.

Iris

Nora, this is a terrible idea.

Nora

I know you feel that way. But I don't. I'm an adult, capable of making my own decisions. I've made up my mind about this. So I am asking you, please, as my parents, stop trying to keep me away from this danger and start helping me face it.

Eobard Thawne

So close, Little Runner. It was never going to work anyway.

Mom? Dad?

Iris

No, no, no, no.

Mom, what's happening?

A new timeline is setting in.

The Flash

What?

Eobard

A new timeline that you created when you destroyed the dagger! I'm sorry, Little Runner, for trading you in like this. But I had to be sure that I could go free. You can still save her, Barry. There's still time. You can still save her.

The Flash

How?

Eobard

The Negative Speed Force. She has to go there. It's the only place immune to timeline changes. But you have to go now. You have to go, Barry! Or we lose her forever. That's right. I've grown fond of her too. In many ways. She's shown me what it's like to have a daughter. See you in our next crisis.

Barry

She (Nora) was my legacy all along. And us, together as a family, that's how I want to be remembered. As a good man. A loving husband. And a supportive father.

Iris

You're already all those things.

Cisco

That's it. [hits the computer space bar] I've been saving this for the right moment since day one.

Iris

Really, Cisco?

Cisco

The guy's running in and out of a black hole!

Iris

[a beat] .... Good point.

Cisco

Yeah.

Iris

So, what made you believe that you could carry Chester out of that place?

Barry

You made me believe I could do it. I realized we could be each other's support group, even though it's gonna take some time. If we can carry a memory like this together in our hearts, carrying carrying somebody's consciousness out of a black hole? It's a piece of cake. Besides, how else could I get this back for you? [he opens the door to the Time Vault, revealing Nora's XS jacket] I know it's not as good as Nora's video...

Iris

It's better. Now we have something that we can honor Nora with.

Barry

She was pretty schway.

Barry

What do you want?

For your universe to survive.

Iris

The plinth...you destroyed it. You destroyed Nora's message.

An unfortunate side effect. But I needed to discourage you.

Barry

From doing what?

Hoping. Your determination is boundless, Flash. It is one of your greatest qualities, but you cannot avoid the coming crisis.

Iris

Barry has five years before he disappears.

No longer. December 10, 2019. On that day, he will answer the call and make the ultimate sacrifice. Soon, this world will fight for the fate of all the known universes.

Barry

I'm not gonna leave my family. There has to be a way to stop what's coming.

I am sorry. But events have been set into motion that you cannot possibly comprehend.

Barry

I don't need to understand them! Just tell me what I can do.

To survive? You can't. In order for billions to survive this coming crisis, the Flash must die.

Barry

I stared at that newspaper for so many years. First it felt like a guide. You know, like proof that things were headed in the right direction. Then it became a sword hanging over my head. A part of me always felt like... if I vanish in whatever crisis is coming... maybe I was still out there somewhere, looking for a way to come back to you. According to The Monitor, that doesn't happen.

Iris

"To save the lives of billions, The Flash must die." What kind of crap is that? [Barry chuckles] No, I'm serious. I mean, The Monitor shows here up out of nowhere and says you're suppose to die on December 10th? The last I remember, the article said that you were in a fight with Thawne, not some cosmic disaster.

Barry

The article changed.

Iris

If that article can change, then that means we can still change the future.

Cisco

What are you doing on our Earth?

What am I doing? I'm searching for an artifact that happens to contain the same particles... I'm currently reading off you.

Iris

What?

Although...

Cisco

What - what part - particles of what?

Eternium.

Cisco

Eternium?

Eternium's a Multiversal element, all right? Although the readings were stronger in the alley.

Cisco

Listen, Indiana, I don't know how you do things on your Earth, but this ain't "Temple of Doom." And what is Eternium supposed to be, anyway? Some kind of stolen mystical element from the tiki gods that you suddenly have to return?

Look, there's no such thing as mystical mumbo jumbo or gods. What there are are meta-humans, aliens, and false gods worshiped by simple-minded people that find comfort in myths. I dispel those myths. You people are no help.

Cisco

The Monitor? Where did you see him?

Barry

We went in the Time Vault, right after putting Chester in the MAC. The Crisis that he spoke about last year, it's the same one in the plinth's newspaper. And it's not coming in 2024. It's coming December 10... 2019.

Ralph

Are you sure about this?

The jackass lied to you.

Iris

Yeah, well, we thought so, too, but... Barry went to Earth-3 and Jay Garrick helped him see that it was true.

Cisco

How did he do that?

Barry

Jay projected my mind forward into the future.

Cisco

Okay. And what did you see?

Barry

I saw a giant wave of antimatter sweeping over our Earth. Vaporized all of Central City and everybody in it. Including you three.

Great. I'll go mark my calendar.

Barry

We still have seven weeks to make sure none of this happens.

Iris

Guys, Barry's right. We've changed the future before. We can change it again.

Ralph

So what else did our Asgardian cosplayer say?

Barry

That was pretty much it.

Iris

Sue is very lucky to have a master detective like you searching for her.

Ralph

Give me a break. It's just a missing person's case. It's not I'm looking to getting married.

Iris

Cisco, we got your message. I'm... I'm really sorry to hear about Gypsy.

Cisco

Some things you never get over. But her service is next week.

Barry

You want us to come with you?

Iris

Yeah. I mean, we loved her, too.

Cisco

Thank you. Uh, Kamilla's coming with me, so... I'm very lucky to have her. Is it wrong to feel that way? I mean, with everything that just happened? It's like I'm moving on. What kind of person does that?

Iris

Someone who is very much in love.

Cisco

It's funny. Cynthia wasn't the person I ended up with, but, um, I think she taught me how to be the person I needed to be for when the right person came along, and for that, I will never forget her.