The Flash (TV Series)

Tricksters (2015)

Jesse L. Martin: Joe West

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• Joe West : [about Iris]  Keeping her in the dark, it's for her safety.

  Detective Eddie Thawne : That is debatable - and we will have that debate - but for right now, what's our next move? How do we figure out what Wells is up to?

  Barry Allen : When Wells was talking me through phasing so I could get the Trickster's bomb off my wrist, the way that he described my being The Flash, running, feeling the wind and the power, it's like he was talking from experience.

  Joe West : What are you saying?

  Barry Allen : I don't know how... but he's the man in yellow. Harrison Wells is the Reverse-Flash.

• Cisco Ramon : Talking in the third person. That's never a good sign.

  Caitlin Snow : You're just mad because he named himself.

  Joe West : Actually, he didn't. Twenty years ago, Central City was hit by a series of terrorist attacks. One man killed at least ten civilians, two cops. That guy called himself The Trickster.

  Cisco Ramon : Whoa. Someone was rockin' the unitard.

  Caitlin Snow : James Jesse?

  Joe West : Like Jesse James, only more twisted.

• Dr. Harrison Wells : Hey, Joe. Barry doing all right? He seems cranky.

  Joe West : Even The Flash wakes up on the wrong side of the bed some mornings. He's fine.

• Joe West : He called himself The Trickster too, just like you.

  James Jesse : He is nothing like me, Detective. Nothing!

  Joe West : Do you know who he is?

  James Jesse : Oh. If I did, I would tell you so you could find him, cut off his head, and throw it right in his face. No, this is obviously the work of a rank amateur at best, a mere pretender angling for my throne.

• James Jesse : How many died?

  Joe West : No one, luckily.

  James Jesse : You know, when I was free and at my height, a day without casualties was like - well, like the Cubs winning the pennant. It just never happened.

• Captain David Singh : I want all units, every uniform, every detective searching that area right now. Somehow we need to alert The Flash.

  Joe West : Something tells me he already knows.

• Joe West : You always want to be the person who sees the best in people. I have been a cop for twenty-five years. All I can see is the flaws, the lies, the dark thoughts that people think I don't see. I wish I could be you. As fast as you are, THAT is your real power. Don't let Wells take that from you. I don't know why he's helping us. All that matters is that he is.

• Joe West : [to Barry]  Whatever Wells wants from you, it started fifteen years ago. He's been patient. Scary patient. You gotta listen to me on this. We have to be just... as... patient.

• Barry Allen : This is everything that we know about Harrison Wells, which is actually not a lot.

  Joe West : Didn't you read a whole book about him?

  Barry Allen : Yeah. Six hundred pages, and the big takeaway is he's enigmatic.

  Joe West : Your mom was killed by a speedster. Wells' machine turned you into a speedster. That's way too many coincidences for this old cop.

  Barry Allen : Do you think that he wanted me to become the Flash?

  Joe West : Everything he's done... since that night you got struck by lightning - bringing you to S.T.A.R. Labs, giving you the suit, training you - it's all been to keep you safe.

  Barry Allen : And to make me faster. Wells once said that he needed more speed from me. Why?

  Joe West : I don't know. But he wants something from you, Barry. We just need to figure out what it is.

• Barry Allen : Joe, you had your suspicions about Wells from the very beginning. You thought that he might be the man in yellow.

  Joe West : Except the blood from your house didn't match him.

  Barry Allen : All right, so maybe he's not the Reverse-Flash. But you think he knows what happened that night. He may have the key to getting my dad out of prison.

• Joe West : Help us catch him. Prove there's only one Trickster.

  James Jesse : Trying to trick the Trickster, Joseph, hmm? No. There's only one way this could happen. Whoever he is... he must have found my lair. I ask only one thing. When you find this... schtick stealer, this gimmick grabber, this pathetic, wannabe fake... make sure your safety's off.

• Joe West : [in Jesse's lair]  This looks like nobody has been here since the '90s.

  Barry Allen : [seeing Jesse's Trickster unitard]  Yeah, look at this thing. You really think Jesse doesn't know who this new Trickster guy is?

  Joe West : He seemed pretty ticked off that someone was besmirching his bad name.

• Joe West : That storage space you sent us to was booby-trapped.

  James Jesse : You can never be too careful with your private things.

  Barry Allen : You were protecting nothing. Your secret stash was empty.

  James Jesse : What do you mean?

  Joe West : No firearms, none of your explosives, nothing.

  Barry Allen : Whatever you had in there, it was stolen. All of it.

  James Jesse : No. He's stealing my legacy. Whoever this is... you need to find him. I will not let this... this...

  Joe West : Trickster?

  James Jesse : That is *my* name! Mine!

  Joe West : What was in that room? What were you keeping there?

  James Jesse : A bomb. A really big bomb.

  Barry Allen : How big?

  James Jesse : Bye-bye, Central City.

• Barry Allen : Do you think my dad is still alive?

  Joe West : Yes. Yes, he is. Of course. Jesse only took your pop to use as leverage. He might be crazy, but he's not stupid. And everyone upstairs is looking to find him.

  Barry Allen : So... now I'm supposed to just leave my dad's fate in the hands of a man who may have had something to do with my mom's murder. Joe, I can't do this.

  Joe West : Yes, you can.