Look. I love Inception as much as the next guy, but sending Barry into DeVoe's mind?
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S1 E15Unfinished Business
[Inside the illusory world of DeVoe's mind]
In this place, I do as I please, Mr. Allen. I must say, the fact that you thought I wouldn't calculate you and your team making this feeble attempt is somewhat... insulting. There'll be no defeating the Big Bad this year, Mr. Allen. You see, you're in my mind now. And there's no escape. [fires an energy bolt from his battle chair, but Barry whisks himself and Ralph away at super-speed.] Run, Mr. Allen. Run.
We should be able to have our baby just like any other parent. In a hospital on a regular bed, not with... all this. [to Marlize] Hey, look what you've done. To our friend. My son. My daughter. The love of my life. Everybody in this damn city!
Dad!
How could you ever think that this would be better for humanity?!
Dad! What did you say to me when Barry came out of the Speed Force? You said "Strength without faith means nothing." We need to have faith that we can get through this. [looks at Marlize] Together.
[Cisco has restored Harry's mind, but he has lost his genius and his higher education and knowledge.]
I was supposed to fix this.
And you did! Ramon, Ramon, you did. You did. You brought me back. You brought back what matters. So what if I'm... Look, my whole life, I've been defined by one thing: my IQ. And somehow you've given me... uh... a balance. Between my head and... [puts his hand on his chest, indicating "... my heart."] Thank you. For the balance.
Where did you get this jacket?
Uh... [points to Iris] From her.
Um... no. Mine... mine is a one-of-a-kind.
So was this, when you let me borrow it.
Who are you?
I'm your daughter Nora, from the future, and I think I made a big, big mistake.
[opening voiceover] Okay. Let's back up. My name is Nora West-Allen, the fastest woman alive. When I'm from, thirty years from now, I'm the guardian of Central City. I'm a speedster, just like my dad. People call me XS. Every day, I hope to live up to the legacy of the Flash. But I've still got a looong way to go.
Now I realize that you're all way ahead of me in this time travel business, but guys, I think I just discovered something. So, if, if Nora can time travel, that means she can create new timelines, right? New timelines means that parallel timelines can exist. So, guys, I think that... a whole other universe could exist. I know, I know, it sounds crazy, but think about it. There could be, ah, an Earth where we're all bad guys, or another Earth where there's no world hunger, or another Earth where... where they never made that last Indiana Jones movie.... Think of the possibilities. It's like some kind of... Manyverse. [looks around at the rest of the team] Aaand everybody knows about the Manyverse.
Multiverse. And so do you, Ralph.
Breacher, Gypsy, Harry. What did you think we meant when we said that Harry was from Earth-2?
That he is from Earth "also". [off everyone's looks] You guys really need to make, like, a "Welcome" pamphlet, or at least a Powerpoint or something. [bangs his head on a whiteboard]
You know the danger that her being here poses to the timeline.
Yeah, I do, but I also know you, Barry. Look. You're the guy that went back in time to borrow Snart before he died.
I know.
You're also the same guy that traveled to 2020 to figure out who Savitar was, and to 2015 to train with Wells. You changed fate to save my life. So, now that our daughter is here in front of us asking for our help, you expect me to believe that you're worried about the timeline?
How old were you when it happened?
I was born, um, a few years before you vanished, but I don't have any memories of you.
So the wedding was–
–was pretty much the first time I met you. Can imagine so many different things to say to you. Still can't believe I went with "Remember to say 'I do' ". I guess things don't always go the way you planned them.
[closing voiceover] My name is Nora West-Allen, and I'm the fastest woman alive. When I was a child, my father disappeared in something impossible. Then I grew up and became the impossible. Now I'm trying to live up to the legacy he created, so that one day, I'll stop him from ever disappearing. I'm XS. How shui is that?
[Nora has just shown the rest of Team Flash the far-future newspaper article claiming that the Flash never returns after vanishing.]
So what?
Iris.
So what that that article says you never come back? So what if the other one says you vanished? I mean, it's said other things before, right? We made it say other things before. So, whatever the future brings, we're gonna deal with it when it gets here. And change it if we need to.
She has a point. If there's anything Team Flash is good at, it's handing the future its own ass, and then some.
What he said.
[emotional regarding Gypsy] We just had something so special. Shouldn't it have worked? 'Course, now it's not so special anymore, and now she's just rattling around... inside my head.
I'm sorry this is so hard for you. But it's okay that you're still thinking about her.
I don't think you understand, Caitlin. I mean, she's literally... inside my head. I can't vibe. Everything I vibe connects to her. I put some music on, I hear her voice singing along. I'm painting my figurines, I see her face on Captain Kirk's body. Shhhh... do you smell that? Of course you don't. 'Cause that's her perfume, [laughing nervously] and I'm the only one smelling it.
Of course. Your powers linked you guys over pan-dimensional space-time, so it makes complete sense that your vibe echoes would be–
–connecting us to each other, yes, I know. Thank you for the diagnosis.
I'm sorry. You don't need a doctor, you need a friend.
What are you doing?! You can't touch that, you'll contaminate the evidence.
Sorry, you mean you don't have a scene-wide modified bosonic frequency field to avoid cross-contamination?
I don't even think we have some of those words yet.
... Oops.
[Nora tries to show Barry that she can throw speed-generated lightning, only to send Barry crashing through a whiteboard.]
[rushing to Barry's side] Dad! Dad, are you okay?
I'm okay. I've been hit with lightning before. [groans] It's okay.
It's not okay. I guess... greatness isn't hereditary.
Barr, all the information this girl has on you comes from that museum. There're literally statues of you on pedestals. How much do you think she wants to impress her hero?
So what do I do?
Well, show her it's okay not to be perfect coming out of the gate. There's no shortcuts. Takes time to get things right. And that's not a failure. That's life. And also, show her that no matter what, you're always gonna love her. That's what parents do.
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