Ralph's visiting his mom. He said to call if we need him. And Nora is....?
[entering the room] Right here. I just stopped by the lab to pick up your blue suit. I figured you had enough of green.
Hey, I made that green suit work, though.
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So the dagger has anti-dark matter properties.
Yes!
Cisco, if we could synthesize that into a serum, we could get rid of Cicada's powers entirely.
And not just his powers! Everyone's!
Everyone's?
Caitlin, we can make a metahuman cure.
You think we need a metahuman cure?
Don't you?
Um...
Okay, maybe not. But I seem to remember a time when you did?
Sure, when I first discovered Killer Frost, I wanted to get rid of her. But when she was gone, it felt like a piece of me was missing. Besides, we've seen metahuman powers do really good things.
Okay, yeah, if you can build an ice bridge to avoid rush hour traffic... but what if my existence gives everyone around me radiation poisoning like Fallout? [pause] Those metas, we created them against their will.
No, Thawne created the particle accelerator and he sabotaged it.
And who shattered the satellite full of dark matter and created God knows how many metas? We did that. This cure could give metahumans a second chance at having a normal life.
Maybe not everyone wants a normal life, Cisco.
After everything that you've seen, don't you think that bad people stay bad?
Not always. When I first met Leonard Snart, he was a criminal. Probably the worst criminal in the city. But I, you know, I knew that there was a good person in there somewhere, and look at him. Turned out to be a Legend. Died a hero. If he can change, anyone can.
You really believe that?
Yeah, I do.
What about... Eobard Thawne?
[hesitantly]... I think... part of being a hero is being able to see the good in people. So, yeah. Maybe some day, in the future... even... Thawne... can change. Besides, if we don't believe in people... who will?
[Caitlin throws a parka over Cisco, covering him completely.]
Okay, well,... we can't both be the basket case.
"We're all pretty bizarre. Some of us are just better at hiding it." [off Cisco's look] Come on, Breakfast Club? It's one of the only movies Killer Frost and I actually agree on.
Let me guess, she's into Bender?
Totally. She loves him.
Hm. Makes sense. I'd ship them.
I've seen enough episodes of Sister, Sister to recognize a siblings' spat when I see one.
So, I'm trying to help Cisco with his metahuman cure, but every time I start working on it, Killer Frost takes over and messes with my equations. [points to a whiteboard] Like this. She changed all my heterozygotes into asterisks.
Oh. I thought those were just tiny snowflakes. So she's not on board?
No. And I don't know exactly know why.
Can't you just ask her?
Oh, I've tried. But every time we start talking about it, she starts singing Barney's "I Love You" song.
Ooo, that's cold.
[Nora's body is speed-regenerating the nerves in her broken back, but the growth is slow.]
Hey. Don't give up. okay? Growth is growth.
Normal axon growth rate reaches five millimeters a day in a large nerve. My speed-healing might just be over a hundred.
How do you know that?
I took "Neuro Regeneration" in my fifth grade's temp class.
I took... fractions in fifth grade. [Iris and Nora share a laugh]
Hey, we're almost through this. We're gonna get all of these people to safety.
Even if we do, Cicada's not gonna stop killing. Not until–
[getting an empathic feeling from Barry] –until he's... dead.
... I didn't say that.
You didn't have to. The anger that I feel from you says it all.
How am I supposed to feel?! He almost killed Nora.
Barry, I understand. I do. That man hurt your child. But this anger that you're feeling, I have felt it before. From Cicada. Honey, if you let it, this rage will consume you, the same way it's already consumed him.
Just like Norvock didn't ask for his snake, Katie didn't ask for me. So, if one day she wakes up scared of being a metahuman and decided to take that cure, her powers don't just disappear, I do too. That's what I'm really afraid of. Because if I'm gone, who's gonna protect her?
I get why you're scared, but... you need to know that when DeVoe made you disappear, all Caitlin talked about was getting you back. So maybe, as much as you want to protect her, Caitlin wants to protect you too.
[Jones has been summoned to a meeting with Singh and Cecile after helping Cicada kill metahumans.]
Care to tell me why you decided to aid and abet a murderer?
JOfficer Jones
No, thats... you don't know what you're talking about.
Really? A woman used metahuman tech to take control of your mind. She made you do things you were certain you would never do. And that frightened you, didn't it? It frightened you and it made you angry. And you went ahead and you embraced that anger and you let it drive your every move. Betrayal, revenge. [gets an empathic feeling] Escape.
JJones
[tries to escape and is captured by the other officers] Look, [enraged] The metas in this city have no respect for human life. They don't deserve to breathe our air.
You swore an oath to protect the citizens of this city. Every one of them! Get him out of my sight. [other officers take Jones away]
I want you to think about the biggest secret in your life. The one that you keep from the people that you love. Or even from yourself. I want you to imagine what would happen if that secret got out.
One drink? I'm paying.
[skeptical] One drink. But only because you never pay for anything, ever, and I'm really curious to see what Hell looks like frozen over.
[Barry and Iris are inside Nora's childhood memory of the Flash Museum.]
[awestruck] No way! Look at this. Flash toys, and Flash phones. Flash rings! Are you kidding? Wow.
This is all gonna go to your head, isn't it?
Oh, you know what? [shows Iris a Flash bobblehead doll ] It looks like it might.
[deadpan] Oh, that is very cute.
I was angry all the time. Angry for not getting to have a dad. Angry 'cause... nobody seemed to understand what I was feeling. And it didn't matter what you did or said, Mom. I was always gonna be angry at you. Because you were there.
You were going through a lot, Nora.
But so were you. I mean, I thought you were trying to stop me from being me, but you were trying to stop me from being Dad. I mean, ending up like him. You guys had a whole life together. And a child, and... he vanished. I can't imagine how hard that must have been for you. I mean, from that day, you... you were protecting me, and I... I get that now. I'm so sorry for the way that I treated you. Both back then and now, when I first got here. You didn't deserve that.
Thank you. You're an amazing woman, Nora West-Allen. I will always love you. Past, present and future.
I love you, too, Mom. [hugs Iris]
It's hard to keep a secret. But it's a lot easier when you're reminded why you're doing it. I met someone who told me that she would do anything to protect her family. She helped me see that... so would I.
A man does not wear another man's face unless he understands his mind. Not just through time, but across infinite Earths. This "Sherloque", yes, he's brilliant, but to redirect his gaze, one only has to nudge him toward his weakness: love.
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