Joe West quotes from The Flash

Joe

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

Joe

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

Joe

You've known Iris since you were 10. You've been in love with her since forever. I mean you two are friends now, but she was your first love. You're never gonna feel the same about anybody else. But you can't let that stop you from exploring something new.

Barry

I'm dealing with a lot right now.

Det. Joe West

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

Barry

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

Barry

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

Joe

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

Barry

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

Barry

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

Joe

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

Barry

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

Joe

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

Barry

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

Joe

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

Iris West

I am dating Eddie whether you like it or not.

Joe

Eddie's my partner.

Iris

I know.

Joe

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

Joe

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

Cisco

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

Joe

There's only two boxes left.

Barry

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

Joe

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

Eddie Thawne

And the Flash. Do you know who he is?

Joe

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

Cisco

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

Joe

Superlight?

Cisco

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

Cisco

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

Joe

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

Cisco

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

Barry

Actually, you know, I could use some advice.

Joe

About what?

Barry

Uh, you know, just relationship stuff.

Joe

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

Barry

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

Joe

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

Barry

I know, I know.

Joe

Things have gone way past complicated.

Joe

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

Barry

I-I just haven't a chance yet.

Joe

You got sidetracked, you mean?

Barry

No, Joe, you can't be mad.

Joe

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

Barry

I always act weird.

Joe

Okay. Weird-er

Wells

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

Joe

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