- Jefferson Pierce: Where's the future?
- Barry Allen: Right here.
- Jefferson Pierce: Whose life is this?
- Barry Allen: Mine.
- Jefferson Pierce: What are you gonna do with it?
- Barry Allen: Live it... by any means necessary.
- Allegra Garcia: Iris has trusted Barry against the odds before, like when Bloodwork infected him, and she was right.
- Iris West-Allen: If there's even a chance that this could be real, I can't give up, and you wouldn't want me to.
- Cecile Horton: Is that what you think? You think I gave up? Oh, my God. You think I don't wake up alone every morning in our bed praying to God that all of this was nothing but a bad dream? Iris, I have done everything that I can to just keep moving forward since I lost Joe. I did it so that I could be there for you and for Jenna, for this team, and you come in here and you want to shove his death in my face? He was the father of my child!
- Iris West-Allen: And my father!
- Cecile Horton: Fine. If you insist on pursuing this lie, then we will save Barry without you.
- Iris West-Allen: Fine. You save him your way, I'll save him mine.
- [she leaves, and Allegra follows her out]
- Catlin Snow: Okay, Cecile. What do you want to do?
- Cecile Horton: We find Barry before Despero does first, no matter what it takes.
- Security Chief: I'll never forget that day. People were screaming someone fell. I... I tried calling the emergency line, but it was too late.
- Iris West-Allen: What about before it happened? Did you see anyone suspicious on the platform?
- Security Chief: It was pretty empty when Mr. West died. The Red Line came in 15 minutes early. Hang on.
- [double-checking her business card]
- Security Chief: Iris West-Allen? Were you his daughter?
- Iris West-Allen: I still am. What about after? Was there anyone there who had access to the scene before CCPD arrived?
- Security Chief: Ma'am, your father took a bad step. It happens sometimes.
- Iris West-Allen: Well, the reason I'm asking is because the video files that you sent over to CCPD were missing some very important frames from the moment of incident. That doesn't just happen unless you're saying someone got into your system.
- Security Chief: Or because we're on the same power grid as Sharks Stadium. Whenever there's a game, like there was that day, our automatic CCTV upload gets interrupted, and we end up losing chunks of data. It's a good thing we back up our files locally.
- Allegra Garcia: [as he replays the footage, it shows Joe getting hit by a train] Is this the only angle?
- Iris West-Allen: No, it's okay. I was wrong. It was just an accident.
- Eobard Thawne: If I could have everyone's attention for a moment. I have been waiting for this moment for a very, very long time. When you find the love of your life, it's like electricity pulsing through your veins, giving you a shock that you absolutely never want to end because - because now... Now you're part of something greater. You're part of something wonderful. And, frankly, surprising because you never know what face fate will be wearing when she shows up to knock on your door and change your life forever. When it does, for you, my wish is that that face... Is as beautiful as the one standing next to me. To Iris West, the love of my life... And to our future together.
- [as Thawne and Iris toast they notice Barry, the other party guests turn around to see him as well]
- Ryan Wilder: What the hell is he doing here?
- Barry Allen: Fine, you want to ignore protocols? Now imagine millions dead all because of me!
- [throws his lighting at Jefferson]
- Black Lightning: [throws it back at Barry] It's your lightning. Keep it.
- Iris West-Allen: You need to go and figure out who is trying to frame you.
- Barry Allen: I need to go to the future, see who causes Armageddon. I'm not gonna make it there. I don't have enough Speed Force left.
- Deon Owens: How about some Still Force? My isotopes will pull you toward any weird temporal activity.
- Black Lightning: Run, Barry. Run.
- Rosalind Dillon: Okay, big boy. How about a little quid pro quo? I let you inside my mind, show you where the Flash is, and then you and I go kill him together.
- Despero: What makes you think I came here to bargain?
- Rosalind Dillon: Okay. How about I let you peek inside my mind for free? We'll call it even.
- Iris West-Allen: When Dad died, CCPD said that his death was an accident. He fell on the tracks at Scott Railway. Kramer left me with the evidence, but for the last six months, I haven't been able to look at it, but then I thought about what Barry said, that we have to investigate what happened. So I finally started looking, and this is what I found.
- Catlin Snow: [seeing the security footage] Joe.
- Cecile Horton: Why are you showing us this?
- Iris West-Allen: Just trust me.
- [as the video plays]
- Iris West-Allen: See, one second he's there, and the next, he's gone. I haven't figured this all out yet, but if somebody framed Barry, then he doesn't cause Armageddon. And, Cecile, Dad could be alive.
- Cecile Horton: No. No, it's impossible.
- Iris West-Allen: Is it? I mean, what if a meta-human abducted him at the last second or... or he got swapped with, like, a-a-a mirror clone?
- Cecile Horton: I saw them bury his body. So did Barry, and so did you.
- Chester P. Runk: Okay, guys, how about we, uh, take five, yeah?
- Iris West-Allen: I'm not trying to upset you.
- Cecile Horton: What are you trying to do?
- Iris West-Allen: I'm trying to find out if my dad is still alive. I'm trying to prove my husband's innocence.
- Cecile Horton: Iris, it does not matter if he is innocent if we can't find him, which is what we have been trying to do while you have been living in a fantasy world!
- Allegra Garcia: So, things got a little intense back there. You okay?
- Iris West-Allen: Yeah. Look, I don't want to hurt Cecile, but if someone's framing Barry and my dad might be okay, then I have to figure out the truth. Just glad I don't have to do it alone.
- Allegra Garcia: Team Citizen forever, boss. So, what are we looking for? Signs of a meta-abduction?
- Iris West-Allen: [seeing a black dust-like substance emanating from the tracks] What the hell?
- Allegra Garcia: What is it?
- Iris West-Allen: I'm not sure. Do you see anything?
- Allegra Garcia: [glancing around, then using her powers] Well, I'm not picking up anything on the electromagnetic spectrum, but your time sickness makes you see stuff sometimes, right? Could it be acting up?
- Iris West-Allen: Must be. Deon's treatments are probably wearing off. I'm supposed to see him tonight.
- Allegra Garcia: You know what I did see? The fiber-optic aura for these cameras leads to a security booth inside, so if someone wanted to alter the footage of Joe's accident to make it seem like he died...
- Iris West-Allen: That'd be where they'd start.
- Rosalind Dillon: [winning a game of pool] So, who wants next game, boys? Think you can end up... on top?
- Cecile Horton: I think you're done for today.
- Rosalind Dillon: Horton, I'm surprised you showed. Figured you'd still be crying over your boyfriend somewhere. You should have heard the cheers at Iron Heights when that news broke out.
- Cecile Horton: Well, that's funny, 'cause I figured you'd already be running Scudder's entire criminal enterprise, not hustling morons in a dive bar. Guess you probably shouldn't have sold him out after all.
- Rosalind Dillon: [taking the money Cecile offers] Fine.
- Cecile Horton: Aw. That means you're available.
- Rosalind Dillon: For what? You got a job for me, Miss meta-attorney?
- Cecile Horton: Look, I need help. Psychic help. Someone that I care about is missing.
- Rosalind Dillon: Let me guess. He runs real fast. It's all over the news. Flash went bad. It's the feel-good story of the year. And even if I did want to help return the Scarlet Speedster to the side of angels, during our last go-round, you messed with my head. I don't know if I can trust you.
- Cecile Horton: Can you trust me to help get your parole restrictions lifted?
- Rosalind Dillon: Quid pro quo, huh?
- [as Cecile nods, she offers a handshake]
- Rosalind Dillon: When do we start?
- Chester P. Runk: Ladies, may I present the solution to all of our Flash-finding problems, the Neural Conjoiner?
- Catlin Snow: Both of you have the natural ability to access people's brainwaves like an antenna. Cecile as an empath and Rosa as a psychic who can spin people's emotions out of control.
- Chester P. Runk: So, with the Telepathic Crown as an amplifier, we'll be able to conjoin your psychic powers and pick up way more brainwaves than you'd ever be able to pick up on your own. Like, all over the continent. Now all you need to do is focus on the Flash's brainwaves, and the N.C. will transmit them here while I use the visual data to triangulate his location with this.
- Rosalind Dillon: I'm sorry, but does that TV have rabbit ears on it?
- Chester P. Runk: Yeah, yeah, it's 'cause it's my grandma's, which means we'll have to be done by 7:00, 'cause she doesn't want to miss her stories.
- Allegra Garcia: Do you remember what the security chief said, that the day Joe died, the Red Line was running early? Well, back in my car thief days, I'd take the Red Line home from the chop shop, and it was never early. It was always late.
- Iris West-Allen: So my dad was just unlucky?
- Allegra Garcia: Well, that's an understatement. The train that hit Joe passed a routine inspection two days before the accident, yet somehow, the hydraulics failed. Iris, there are dozens and dozens of coincidences like this. Do you know what the odds are that they all happened at once? Million to one. The events that led to Joe's accident, they line up perfectly. Too perfectly.
- Iris West-Allen: So what are you saying?
- Allegra Garcia: That you're right. That... that someone was pulling the strings. Barry's not crazy, and your dad's not...
- Iris West-Allen: Look, Allegra, I was wrong about everything. These last six months have been the worst six months of my life.
- Allegra Garcia: Look, I get it. I-I do. When Esperanza died... I lost hope, too. But what saved me from the darkness was remembering the words of a hero. "As long as we keep the loved ones we've lost in our hearts, there is always hope."
- Iris West-Allen: [seeing the same black dust-like substance she saw at the train station] Are you seeing this?
- Allegra Garcia: What? Seeing what?
- Iris West-Allen: I have to get back to the station.
- Allegra Garcia: I thought that was a dead end.
- Iris West-Allen: It's not. We just couldn't see all the evidence.
- Catlin Snow: How are we supposed to find Barry now?
- Cecile Horton: Okay, this is gonna sound wild, but Despero's scanning the whole world for Barry's brainwaves, right? Like a needle in a haystack. I know him better than almost anyone.
- Chester P. Runk: So you should be able to pinpoint Barry's mind faster than he can, only Despero's psychic radius is exponentially higher than yours.
- Catlin Snow: Alex Danvers says he gets a power boost from his power source, the Flame of Py'tar.
- Cecile Horton: Okay, I just need a boost of my own, right? So, you can build something, something that can amplify my psychic powers.
- Chester P. Runk: You want me to build a Cerebro out of the trash in my garage? I mean...
- [looking around]
- Chester P. Runk: Oh, frak yeah, I can do that.
- Catlin Snow: Okay, there's still one problem. Kalanorians like Despero have four hemispheres to their brain. The human brain only has two. So even if we amplify your empathic radius, you'd still be at a disadvantage.
- Cecile Horton: Then we're gonna need some more brain power. And I know just who to call.
- Barry Allen: Damn it, I... I can't get this last conduit.
- Jefferson Pierce: You know what? Um, you know, sometimes I like to work with a little music on.
- Barry Allen: Yeah.
- Jefferson Pierce: [he turns on Theolonius Monk's "Blue Monk"] Monk? Okay, trying to impress me.
- Barry Allen: I kind of grew up on this stuff. Joe always had something spinning on the turntable. Miles Davis, Johnny Hartman, Ella Fitzgerald. It's his favorite. Was his favorite.
- Jefferson Pierce: Yeah, I lost someone too a while back. Bill Henderson. Actually, he was a cop like your old man. Well, we had our ups and downs, but, uh, through it all, he was my best friend. My brother. Bill died saving my life... so I could get home to Atlanta and the girls. Yeah, he made that sacrifice. Just like you sacrificing a big part of yourself here today. You know, if Joe was here, I think he'd be real proud of the hero you've been all along.
- [seeing his physical reaction as Barry remembers something Despero said]
- Jefferson Pierce: Are you okay?
- Barry Allen: Yeah. That was the last conduit. Now, when your suit materializes, you'll be able to generate enough voltage to disrupt my Speed Force connection.
- Jefferson Pierce: Giving Gambi a run for his money, huh? All right, let's go blow this fuse.
- [a few moments later, he's suited up]
- Barry Allen: I'm ready.
- Jefferson Pierce: This is gonna hurt.
- Barry Allen: Mm-hmm.
- Jefferson Pierce: Injustice? Damn. Look, Barry, those protocols are a one-way trip. A bad one.
- Barry Allen: [a little irritable] I know that.
- Jefferson Pierce: All right, all right. Just take a deep breath. Tell me what happened.
- Barry Allen: In the last 24 hours, I've lost my job, my home base. I've started having blackouts. I destroyed my apartment at superspeed. I attacked my team, my family. Jefferson, I attacked innocent people, dozens of them, and I don't remember doing it. I'm out of control!
- Jefferson Pierce: Easy. In my experience, there's almost nothing that can't be undone, but I'm gonna need you to calm down for me.
- Barry Allen: Calm down? I'm losing my mind! Look, you know the contingency plan. The Injustice protocols were put into place for a reason, to protect the world when one of us goes rogue. It's happening, Jefferson. You have to take away my powers.
- Chester P. Runk: So you think Despero's right, that Barry's gonna destroy the world or something?
- Cecile Horton: No, no, hey, what Barry did today was scary, and the things that he said, they really, really hurt, but someone that we love is going through a mental health crisis, so I don't care what he may or may not do ten years from now. We need to take care of him today just like he did for me.
- Catlin Snow: Okay, we'll follow your lead. What do you want to do?
- Cecile Horton: Okay, I've been sensing Despero all day. He's using his mind's eye to scan the city. Now, he hasn't found him yet, but if Barry's not thinking clearly...
- Iris West-Allen: [coming in] What if he's the only one thinking clearly?
- Allegra Garcia: Boss, what are you talking about?
- Iris West-Allen: Look, I know how this is gonna sound, but when Despero showed up, he said that Barry would suffer tragedy, and then on cue, he lost his job, he lost S.T.A.R. Labs, and now he's lost his mind. Doesn't that seem like a big coincidence? A little too big?
- Chester P. Runk: But Despero's from the future. Wouldn't he know what happened?
- Iris West-Allen: But what if he didn't know that someone secretly caused it to happen?
- Allegra Garcia: You think he's being framed.
- Cecile Horton: Iris, he forgot about Joe. Nobody was framing him then.
- Iris West-Allen: Yeah, I'm not so sure.
- Jefferson Pierce: Look, we need to call in the others.
- Barry Allen: We don't have time.
- Jefferson Pierce: No, no. Kara, J'onn, Sara, we all designed this plan together after Faust.
- Barry Allen: And we all made the same promise. If anyone ever lost control, a designated teammate would step in. For me, that's you.
- Jefferson Pierce: And I don't carry that weight lightly. What if this is all temporary? What if your mind starts healing?
- Barry Allen: It's... it's not gonna heal. It's only gonna get worse.
- Jefferson Pierce: But how can you say that for sure?
- Barry Allen: I forgot Joe died. The man who raised me... he passed away six months ago, and I can't remember it at all. Look, I know you have questions, but I'm losing myself. You took an oath, if I ever said the word "injustice," you'd listen. Please. We have to do this now.
- Jefferson Pierce: My father had a saying, one that I even teach my students today. "Where's the future? Right here. Whose life is this? Mine. What are you gonna do with it? Live it by any means necessary." So don't worry. I will honor my promise. I will do whatever is necessary to keep folks alive. But remember... when we take away your powers, they are gone, permanently.
- Cecile Horton: [about Rosalind Dillion] I can't feel her anymore. What did you do?
- Despero: I looked inside her mind, but I could only reconstruct the Flash's location. The other half must be in yours. Don't be afraid. It's a necessity. I am trying to save the world.
- Cecile Horton: By killing us and Barry?
- Despero: A few lives to spare billions. That's a trade I'm willing to make, but one you won't even stomach. Your mind's strong for a human empath, but it's kindling compared to the Flame of Py'tar. Stop fighting me and show me where he is. You have no allies left. You're weak, and you're alone.
- Cecile Horton: You're wrong. I am not alone.