Birds. Why? It's like a Hitchcock movie in my head.
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S1 E15Unfinished Business
All right, we're synced up with whatever the heck that thing is.
Finally, something we're both baffled by.
I am kidding. That, my friend, is a 75 KTSB 40,000-watt reverberating sound amplifier, designed to single out the operating frequency of every single Earth-2 being on this planet, which when contained and magnified by the Flash creating a sound pressure wall around the city, will render all of us Earth-2 beings unconscious. Hence, the safety precautions.
[shrugging] I'm baffled by it.
Listen, I've been thinking about Wally some more.
Are you gonna talk to him again?
No, I'm not.
Why not?
Because he's your son, Joe.
I know he's my son.
No, what I mean is, he's got your values. He's got your inner drive to help people do what's right. We're supposed to think we're something we're not until we become that thing. That's that path that Wally's on. I'm not gonna stop him from being the hero he's gonna become. I really don't think you should, either.
[in good humor] I can't wait until you have kids and they torture you. I'm gonna laugh in your face.
[amused] All right, Gramps.
"Pa-pa".
What?
My grandkids are gonna call me "Pa-pa".
[walking away laughing] All right.
Zoom's still out there. We need to come up with a plan.
The man can crack open breaches to Earth-2. I mean, if he can do that, what else can he do that we don't know about?
Right after he killed his time remnant, he told me I was "almost ready."
Almost ready for what?
I don't know.
Yep. Classic psychopath. Why can't they ever just say what they want to do? We also have to figure out why I keep vibing Earth-2 being ripped to shreds.
Seriously.
It's like I'm watching Transformers in 4-D, but, like, ten times more realistic and with much better acting.
[to Wally and Iris] Don't worry. I'm gonna save your Dad.
No. You're gonna save our Dad.
Get back to S.T.A.R. Labs. It's safer.
We're not going anywhere. You got eyes and ears right here.
Either he goes, or we all die together.
We believe in you.
[Barry starts to go.]
Wait. Barry... kick his ass.
What are the rules?
One lap around the inside of this loop will produce about 1 gigawatt of energy, and I need 500-plus to power the Magnetar enough to do the job. Once it's full, I win, because there is no stopping it.
So all I have to do to beat you is stop you before that happens.
Yep. It's that simple. But if at any point, you decide you don't want to race anymore, dear old dad number two is a dead man, as well as your little fan club.
They're not my fan club. They're the reason that I'm running. Why I'm gonna beat you.
[scoffs] Let's see what you're made of, "Flash".
[They both put on their masks and get on their marks.]
Just say when, Zoom.
[in altered voice] Run, Barry. Run!
[Both take off running.]
Okay, so you ran back in time and made a copy of yourself?
Well, uh... basically, yeah.
It's called a time remnant.
It's not... something that I can do every day, but I needed a way to draw the Time Wraiths out of the Speed Force, hoping that they'd be more upset at what Zoom had done than they'd be at me.
[to Iris] Is that what I look like when they start talking about science?
Pretty much.
Don't worry, Wally, it'll get easier to understand.
But how does that even work?
Same way Zoom did it. I ran back in time moments before I left. It's the only way I could be in two places at once.
[still a bit confused] O-okay, so the-the time remnant, it's still you.
Yeah.
But he died.
I...uh, he was willing to sacrifice himself for all of us.
That's how much he loved us.
You know what, we'll just forget about it. Uh, Barry, I'm glad you're okay.
Can't stop thinking about my dad's doppelganger. Seeing him, knowing that he's out there, that should've made it easier. It doesn't. It just made me miss him even more.
I can't even imagine how hard that must have been.
We just won. We just beat Zoom. Why does it feel like I just lost?
Because you've lost a lot in your life, Barry. More than most. But... maybe you and me, seeing where this thing goes, maybe that can give you something for a change.
That's all I've ever wanted to hear you say. And I wish that I was in a place where I could try that with you. But I feel so hollowed out inside right now. I feel more broken than I've ever felt in my life. If I'm ever gonna be worth anything to you, I need to fix what's wrong with me. I need to find some... some peace.
Barry, listen to me. You waited for me for years. You let me get to a place where this is possible. So I am telling you: I am gonna do the same thing for you. Wherever you need to go, whatever you need to do... do it. And when you get back, I'll be here.
Okay.
I love you, Barry.
[Barry and Iris kiss.]
I love you, too. And I always will.
So, what should we call this brave new world you've whipped up for us? I was thinking... "Flashpoint".
I was in a coma for nine months, and when I woke up, I was the fastest man alive. The Flash.
More like... Kid Flash.
... Don't call me that.
I call you that.
Okay, how about no one calls me that.
You know what you have to do. You have to take me back to that night and let me finish what I started.
You go to hell!!
You're taking both of us there! NOW who's the villain, Flash?! NOW who's the villain?!
So you're saying that there's a timeline out there where I'm not rich? Boy, that's a glitch in the universe.
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.]
I'm the Flash.
There's a whole new guy at work that you didn't even know about?
Yeah, and he's worked there for almost a year. And he doesn't like me very much, apparently.
Well, that's impossible. Everybody likes Barry Allen. You're like pudding. Everybody likes pudding.
Not everyone.
Look, I've learned... all this stuff that I didn't know before, okay? I'm not gonna make the same mistakes --
-- 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" --
But why have these powers, if I can't go back and fix what I broke?
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?
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