The Flash (TV Series)
Failure Is an Orphan (2019)
Grant Gustin: Barry Allen, The Flash
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Quotes
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Nora West-Allen : Okay, I thought something big was supposed to be going on down here.
Iris West-Allen : Oh, I don't know. It's pretty big.
Barry Allen : Feast your eyes on the newest addition to the Jitters menu.
[Nora gasps excitedly]
Iris West-Allen : The XS-presso.
Nora West-Allen : [squeaking] I got my own drink!
Iris West-Allen : It's pretty schway, right?
Barry Allen : Think of what could be next. An XS action figure? XS Day?
Nora West-Allen : Guys, you are embarrassing me.
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The Flash : I don't want to fight. We have a cure.
Cicada : What are you talking about?
The Flash : We have a way to cure meta-humans. We have a way to take their powers away. We want you to take it.
Cicada : And why would I agree to do that?
The Flash : Your legacy. I know how this ends. You keep killing, and you're remembered as a monster, not a hero. But we can change that together, you can have a different legacy. You just have to choose it.
Cicada : [uppercuts the Flash into a minivan] I don't give a damn about my legacy.
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Barry Allen : We hit a wall at S.T.A.R. Labs tracking Cicada. Thought a change of scenery would help, but...
Joe West : Keep your head your up, man. We'll find a way. We always do.
Barry Allen : Honestly, I'm more worried about what happens when we do. Our whole plan depends on me being able to convince Dwyer to just take the cure. The last time I tried... I don't think I've never struck out so hard.
Joe West : Wow, that's saying a lot considering your track record at the plate. Wait, what exactly did you say to him?
Barry Allen : That he was creating a legacy of fear, one that would go down in history, but that we could work together to change that.
Joe West : That sounds like something the Flash would say.
Barry Allen : Well, I am the Flash.
Joe West : Look, that man's a zealot. He sees you in that suit and all he sees is the thing he hates. Meta-human, superpowers, the thing that took his niece away from him. He can't see past the Flash, but what he doesn't know - there's a whole lot more to you than that. Be more Barry Allen. Human.
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Joe West : Actually... me and Cecile ran into a wall ourselves. We are, uh, she - like, working together. I mean, ever since she got her powers, it's like she's a human lie detector.
Barry Allen : How is that a bad thing?
Joe West : You know I've always prided myself on being able to read people, right? But Cecile and these powers, I mean, she puts me to shame.
Barry Allen : Well, you just got to remember that you guys are a team. That makes her strengths your strengths and yours hers. So if you let her do what she's great at, it's only going to create more room for you to do more of what you're great at too, right?
Joe West : Well, damn. You're getting real good at these pep talks, Bare.
Barry Allen : Well, I had a pretty good teacher.
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Nora West-Allen : If Cicada goes after this acid meta, that means that today's the last day we're going to confront him.
Sherloque Wells : And our chance to stop him.
Barry Allen : Yeah, all right, well, then, I gotta figure out exactly what I'm gonna say to him.
Nora West-Allen : You'll find the words, Dad. I'll help you.
Cisco Ramon : And I am going to start working on facial rec for this Acid Master. Yup, that's what I'm going with. Always trust your gut, kids.
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Barry Allen : We made an arrangement. We cure him and then Grace.
Iris West-Allen : Okay.
Orlin Dwyer : Why are we here and not at a hospital?
Barry Allen : We have to be sure that the cure is successful.
Cisco Ramon : We created it. We're the ones who know how it works.
Caitlin Snow : Once administered, the cure will take 60 seconds to eliminate the meta-human powers in your system. That means the wound will then open. You'll need me to suture it shut so you don't bleed out.
Orlin Dwyer : Why not Doc Ambres?
Iris West-Allen : She's being held for questioning.
Orlin Dwyer : No, it's Ambres, or we're done.
Barry Allen : All right, we'll get her.
Orlin Dwyer : If anything goes wrong, of if you're lying to me, I'll kill every... last... one of you.
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Orlin Dwyer : Every time one of you metas comes near the rest of us, good people get hurt. This is what you all deserve.
The Flash : Does that include Grace?
[surprised at Orlin's reaction]
The Flash : Ambres hasn't told you. Grace, she's a meta. The night the satellite crashed, she was hit with a piece of shrapnel infected with dark matter. That's... that's why she's in a coma. And now it's changing her.
Orlin Dwyer : That's a lie.
The Flash : And that's why Ambres told us where to find you. She's afraid. She's afraid you're gonna do the one thing you can't come back from.
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The Flash : I know how much you care about Grace. You're trying to make the world a better place for her. She didn't choose to be a meta, but she is. Does that mean she deserves to die?
Orlin Dwyer : No, I would never hurt Grace.
The Flash : Then you'd let her grow up in a world of fear. Where there's someone out there hurting people like her. The cure, it will heal Grace and you.
Orlin Dwyer : And why should I believe you, Flash?
Barry Allen : [removing his mask] Because I'm a father, too. My daughter, I love her more than I ever thought possible. I would do anything to make the world a better place for her. I think you would, too. So do it.
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Barry Allen : I know with the cure working, we're all ready to put Cicada to rest, but I'm sure he'll resurface soon.
Nora West-Allen : And then you're gonna give him the chance to take the meta-human cure?
Barry Allen : Yes, exactly. Even Dwyer deserves a choice. We just gotta convince him to do the right thing.
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Nora West-Allen : Are you ready? This is gonna be one of the biggest challenges of your career as a hero. Do you know what you're gonna to say?
Barry Allen : Oh, yeah... you know, yeah. I've... I've got some loose thoughts.
Sherloque Wells : Oh, great. Well, that instills all of us with confidence, right? Loose thoughts? What are you going to say? "Hey, most bloodthirsty enemy! Stop."
Iris West-Allen : Guys, it worked for Marlize. Maybe not so much for Savitar, but...
Barry Allen : I will figure out what to say to him, all right? I got this.
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Iris West-Allen : Whoa, whoa, whoa. Slow down. Say that again?
Nora West-Allen : There's a photo, it's in the Flash Museum, of Flash and Cicada; the last time they were ever seen confronting each other in public, and in the photo, by Flash's feet, the exact same burn mark left by the meta that we just fought.
Caitlin Snow : This acid meta was at their final confrontation?
Cisco Ramon : He must be Cicada's final target.
Barry Allen : His final target before I vanish and he starts killing again.
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Nora West-Allen : Okay, the clock's ticking and we have no clue how to convince Cicada to take the cure, but we still have our best weapon.
Barry Allen : Your journal.
Nora West-Allen : Your legacy. One of the biggest things history remembers about the Flash is your ability to change people's hearts and minds, especially your enemy's, and I have dozens of entries about those times.
Barry Allen : Any chance you've got the future words I say to Cicada in there?
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Barry Allen : Nora, all... all of these times are... are different. Cicada doesn't even care if he lives when this is over. What am I supposed to say that he'll care about?
Nora West-Allen : You'll know. The Flash always knows.
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Caitlin Snow : We ran city-wide racial recognition scans.
Iris West-Allen : And scanned for dark matter signals from Cicada's dagger.
Barry Allen : That was our last shot at confronting Cicada.
Iris West-Allen : We don't know that. The change in the timeline, that photo that Nora saw at the Flash Museum, it could be different now.
Caitlin Snow : Maybe it doesn't even exist.
Sherloque Wells : After all, the timeline is malleable.
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Nora West-Allen : I just don't understand why our plan didn't work.
Barry Allen : Yeah. You guys did everything right. The only reason it didn't work is because I couldn't convince him.
Nora West-Allen : Dad, you're the Flash. When the Flash speaks honestly from his heart, people listen.
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Barry Allen : I got your text. You talked to Ambres?
Joe West : Cecile and I together got through to her. She's gonna show us where to find Dwyer.
Barry Allen : Joe, that's amazing.
Joe West : Yeah. Ambres told us something else. Dwyer's niece, Grace? She's a meta.
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Caitlin Snow : I thought we scanned Grace for meta powers when Nora entered her brain.
Cisco Ramon : We did, but that was back when her DNA was 100% human.
Sherloque Wells : Her powers must have activated in just the last few weeks, right?
Barry Allen : Yeah, Ambres told Joe that the wound in Grace's head recently started glowing and mutating.
Cisco Ramon : Now all we need to do is get Dwyer to listen to you, again.
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Barry Allen : I appreciate the enthusiasm, but I think we need to take a different approach. No powers, no crazy plans. The Flash can't convince Cicada to stop this, but... maybe... I can.
