The Flash (TV Series)

The Mask of the Red Death, Part 1 (2023)

Javicia Leslie: Ryan Wilder, Red Death

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Quotes 

• Red Death : What a sight... the so-called fastest man alive... Helpless... chained... powerless.

  The Flash : I don't know who you are... but I know how much hate you must feel for me. But it isn't yours. It's the Negative Speed Force influencing you. It feeds off your rage and anger. Now it's corrupted your mind.

  Red Death : And you think I can be saved?

  The Flash : I've seen it happen before. The power that's inside of you - it's strong, but we can beat it. I can help you if you let me.

  Red Death : Always seeing the best in your enemies and worst in your so-called allies.

  The Flash : How would you know that?

  Red Death : Because I know who you are: a pathetic excuse for a hero, more than willing to stab his friends in the back.

  The Flash : What did I do to you? What do you want with me?

  Red Death : Nothing that can't be easily taken. You see, you're just one part of my plan. There's someone else who's far more important than you, someone who will ensure my success... Your lightning rod.

  The Flash : Iris.

• Red Death : You want to know who I am? I am the last glimmer of crimson a killer sees before he draws his final breath. I am vengeance. I am the night. I am the Red Death.

• The Flash : Chillblaine... what are you still doing with these guys?

  Mark Blaine : My job.

  The Flash : No. You're gonna build the Red Death's cosmic treadmill for him?

  Fiddler : Him? Somebody needs to catch up.

  The Flash : That machine can tap into forces beyond anyone's control. If she uses it, it could damage the whole timeline, destroy countless lives.

  Red Death : [whooshes in]  What a pity that would be.

• Iris West-Allen : You don't want peace with the Flash. You want to kill him.

  Ryan Wilder : You're damn right I do!

• The Flash : Leave Iris alone. She's got nothing to do with this.

  Red Death : Oh, but she does, Flash. Whatever happens to her... is on you.

  The Flash : You don't understand. The negative speed inside you is clouding your mind. It's making you believe I've done something awful to you, but I haven't! The Negative Speed Force - it wants to make you its champion, its Avatar! That's why it gave you these powers, so it could pit you against me! It wants to upset the balance of reality.

  Red Death : Is that where you think I get my powers from, Flash?

  [cackles] 

  Red Death : And then, I'm some of herald for the dark cosmos? Oh, no, Flash.

  [removes mask from the armor and has no one inside the suit] 

  The Flash : What the hell?

  Red Death : I'm something far more powerful.

  The Flash : Your armor - you're controlling it remotely.

  Red Death : I built this armor just as I built my own speed, which means I don't require the aid of any pathetic Negative Forces.

  The Flash : You're not the Avatar. Your speed's artificial. Only organic speed can power the treadmill. That's why I'm here.

  Red Death : You will be my fuel source, Flash. And once you start running, you won't stop until you die.