1 00:00:00,420 --> 00:00:01,470 - My name is Barry Allen, 2 00:00:01,471 --> 00:00:03,490 and I am the fastest man alive. 3 00:00:04,290 --> 00:00:07,250 To the outside world, I am an ordinary forensic scientist. 4 00:00:07,251 --> 00:00:10,220 But secretly with the help of my friends at S.T.A.R. Labs, 5 00:00:10,221 --> 00:00:13,210 I fight crime and find other meta-humans like me. 6 00:00:13,211 --> 00:00:15,240 But I became lost in time. 7 00:00:15,241 --> 00:00:17,220 It took everything in my friends' power 8 00:00:17,221 --> 00:00:19,230 to bring me back. 9 00:00:19,231 --> 00:00:21,260 And in doing so, our world was opened up to new threats. 10 00:00:21,261 --> 00:00:24,200 And I'm the only one fast enough to stop them. 11 00:00:24,201 --> 00:00:27,250 I am the Flash. 12 00:00:27,251 --> 00:00:29,210 - Previously on "The Flash"... 13 00:00:29,211 --> 00:00:31,200 - Events will align that allow Team Flash a chance 14 00:00:31,201 --> 00:00:32,200 to discover your identity. 15 00:00:32,201 --> 00:00:33,270 - It is of no concern. 16 00:00:33,271 --> 00:00:34,270 - I could whip up a predictive algorithm. 17 00:00:34,271 --> 00:00:36,220 - Jah, jah, jah. 18 00:00:36,221 --> 00:00:38,200 - Run it through my quantum cerebral chip, 19 00:00:38,201 --> 00:00:39,270 we'll find them in no time. 20 00:00:39,271 --> 00:00:41,290 - If you've miscalculated by even a decimal-- 21 00:00:41,291 --> 00:00:44,240 - There is not a decimal, a fraction, 22 00:00:44,241 --> 00:00:48,240 an infinitesimal variable beyond my thought. 23 00:00:48,241 --> 00:00:50,280 - The name we're looking for is Clifford DeVoe. 24 00:00:50,281 --> 00:00:52,280 - 92% match to our psychological profile, 25 00:00:52,281 --> 00:00:53,280 no other DeVoe comes close. 26 00:00:53,281 --> 00:00:55,250 - Can I help you? 27 00:00:55,251 --> 00:00:57,220 - We were just hoping to talk with Clifford DeVoe. 28 00:00:57,221 --> 00:00:59,200 Is he here? 29 00:00:59,201 --> 00:01:00,250 - Good afternoon, gentlemen. How may I be of help? 30 00:01:00,915 --> 00:01:02,100 Resync by ???VOZ48 31 00:01:05,260 --> 00:01:07,270 Effects... 32 00:01:07,271 --> 00:01:09,230 Of... 33 00:01:09,231 --> 00:01:11,250 Taoism. 34 00:01:11,251 --> 00:01:14,220 All right, uh, class. 35 00:01:14,221 --> 00:01:19,200 Write your, um, essays on... this list of topics. 36 00:01:19,201 --> 00:01:21,260 You have two weeks to complete them. 37 00:01:21,261 --> 00:01:24,290 Does--does anyone have their notes from earlier? 38 00:01:24,291 --> 00:01:26,290 I'm afraid I can't read my own handwriting. 39 00:01:34,230 --> 00:01:36,240 Class dismissed. 40 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:43,240 - Ah, I know that look. 41 00:01:43,241 --> 00:01:45,270 I felt the same after my 11:00 a.m. 42 00:01:45,271 --> 00:01:47,210 "Introduction to Fluid Mechanics 43 00:01:47,211 --> 00:01:49,270 and Physical Thermodynamics" class. 44 00:01:49,271 --> 00:01:52,220 See, I was trying to explain the turbulent flow rates, 45 00:01:52,221 --> 00:01:54,270 and ten minutes in, I wanted to pull my hair out. 46 00:01:54,271 --> 00:01:57,210 - It's a good thing I know water flowing to the axis 47 00:01:57,211 --> 00:01:59,210 of a tube is called... 48 00:01:59,211 --> 00:02:00,290 - You better get this right. - Laminar? 49 00:02:00,291 --> 00:02:03,240 - Ah, so you do listen. 50 00:02:03,241 --> 00:02:05,200 - To you, always. 51 00:02:05,201 --> 00:02:07,210 Nothing matters to them if it's not digestible 52 00:02:07,211 --> 00:02:12,270 in YouTube videos of talking babies or inane pet tricks. 53 00:02:12,271 --> 00:02:16,260 - Have you seen the husky singing "Like a Virgin?" 54 00:02:16,261 --> 00:02:19,270 I made you smile. 55 00:02:19,271 --> 00:02:22,280 - How can we enlighten them if their minds are too small 56 00:02:22,281 --> 00:02:25,230 to handle the gift of knowledge anymore? 57 00:02:25,231 --> 00:02:27,200 - Your plan will work. 58 00:02:27,201 --> 00:02:29,210 We just need to refashion the delivery system. 59 00:02:29,211 --> 00:02:30,290 - It's not the plan that's flawed, 60 00:02:30,291 --> 00:02:32,290 it's my ability to execute it. 61 00:02:32,291 --> 00:02:34,200 - Clifford. 62 00:02:34,201 --> 00:02:35,270 - I'm simply not smart enough. 63 00:02:35,271 --> 00:02:38,200 - You are the most brilliant mind I know. 64 00:02:38,201 --> 00:02:40,260 - It's not enough. 65 00:02:40,261 --> 00:02:42,290 Not yet. 66 00:02:42,291 --> 00:02:45,200 - When? 67 00:02:49,230 --> 00:02:53,230 - At this point, it's just a concept. 68 00:02:53,231 --> 00:02:55,230 I call this my thinking cap. 69 00:02:55,231 --> 00:02:57,200 And just like their minds 70 00:02:57,201 --> 00:02:59,210 have gotten too small to handle their full capacity, 71 00:02:59,211 --> 00:03:01,200 mine's too small to deliver it. 72 00:03:01,201 --> 00:03:03,260 This can change all that, 73 00:03:03,261 --> 00:03:08,210 if you build it, of course. 74 00:03:11,220 --> 00:03:14,280 - Your dream is my dream. 75 00:03:14,281 --> 00:03:18,200 And your passion is my passion. 76 00:03:20,210 --> 00:03:22,220 - I'm nothing without you. 77 00:03:29,230 --> 00:03:33,210 - I hope it's not too sweet. 78 00:03:33,211 --> 00:03:35,220 - Mm! 79 00:03:35,221 --> 00:03:36,250 - This is amazing. 80 00:03:36,251 --> 00:03:38,220 - Just like my wife. 81 00:03:38,221 --> 00:03:39,270 Somehow she finds time to take care of me 82 00:03:39,271 --> 00:03:41,270 and still keep an immaculate household. 83 00:03:41,271 --> 00:03:45,230 And her three-cheese macaroni? Second to none! 84 00:03:45,231 --> 00:03:49,250 Sometimes I think I'm the luckiest man alive. 85 00:03:49,251 --> 00:03:52,240 Gentlemen, how can I help? 86 00:03:52,241 --> 00:03:57,210 - The name DeVoe came up in an investigation of ours. 87 00:03:57,211 --> 00:03:59,290 We would just like to ask you some questions, if that's okay. 88 00:03:59,291 --> 00:04:01,200 - Why him? 89 00:04:01,201 --> 00:04:02,270 DeVoe's a common name. 90 00:04:02,271 --> 00:04:06,240 - Yes, I'd wager at least 1,100 individuals 91 00:04:06,241 --> 00:04:07,290 give or take a few with that last name 92 00:04:07,291 --> 00:04:09,210 in the Central City area alone. 93 00:04:09,211 --> 00:04:10,290 - The name's been identified 94 00:04:10,291 --> 00:04:13,220 for its connection to four separate criminal cases. 95 00:04:13,221 --> 00:04:15,270 - So you think my husband is a witness to these crimes? 96 00:04:15,271 --> 00:04:19,200 - No, we'd like to eliminate him as a suspect. 97 00:04:19,201 --> 00:04:20,260 - You can't be serious. 98 00:04:20,261 --> 00:04:23,280 - That's all right, Marlize. Do go ahead. 99 00:04:23,281 --> 00:04:26,290 - So, Professor, what brought you to Central City? 100 00:04:26,291 --> 00:04:30,250 - I grew up in South Africa. After studying history 101 00:04:30,251 --> 00:04:33,220 and econometrics at the University of Johannesburg, 102 00:04:33,221 --> 00:04:35,220 I took a teaching position at Oxford. 103 00:04:35,221 --> 00:04:37,230 That's where we met. - Mm-hmm. 104 00:04:37,231 --> 00:04:40,270 He swept me off my feet and we have been together ever since. 105 00:04:40,271 --> 00:04:44,290 - It did take a tenured offer from Central City University 106 00:04:44,291 --> 00:04:46,270 to lure me away from the Oxford faculty. 107 00:04:46,271 --> 00:04:48,270 That was four years ago. 108 00:04:48,271 --> 00:04:52,270 Question: Do you know Ramsey Deacon? 109 00:04:55,250 --> 00:04:57,210 - No, should I? 110 00:04:57,211 --> 00:05:00,260 - What about Becky Sharpe? 111 00:05:00,261 --> 00:05:02,250 - No, I'm afraid not. 112 00:05:02,251 --> 00:05:05,210 - Ralph Dibny? 113 00:05:05,211 --> 00:05:06,280 Mina Chaytan? 114 00:05:06,281 --> 00:05:09,200 - Mina Chaytan. Now, that name's familiar. 115 00:05:09,201 --> 00:05:10,280 - Isn't this the Native American woman 116 00:05:10,281 --> 00:05:12,260 that left abruptly? 117 00:05:12,261 --> 00:05:14,200 You know, the anthropologist? - Yes, I remember. 118 00:05:14,201 --> 00:05:15,280 I was so sad to see her go. 119 00:05:15,281 --> 00:05:17,270 - You were colleagues. 120 00:05:17,271 --> 00:05:19,240 Did she mention her work? 121 00:05:19,241 --> 00:05:23,280 - No, no, no. Mina was an animated woman. 122 00:05:23,281 --> 00:05:27,270 Then again, people like us who see education as a calling, 123 00:05:27,271 --> 00:05:29,230 we often are. 124 00:05:29,231 --> 00:05:33,210 - That painting... 125 00:05:33,211 --> 00:05:35,260 Uh, it's beautiful. 126 00:05:35,261 --> 00:05:38,250 - The samurai. They were formidable foes. 127 00:05:38,251 --> 00:05:42,200 They'd often make unstoppable enemies to their opponents. 128 00:05:42,201 --> 00:05:45,260 You wouldn't want to cross one. 129 00:05:45,261 --> 00:05:48,220 - So you spent time in Japan? 130 00:05:48,221 --> 00:05:50,230 - The feudal history of medieval Japan 131 00:05:50,231 --> 00:05:52,200 is one of my areas of expertise. 132 00:05:52,201 --> 00:05:55,200 - Then you must speak the language? 133 00:05:55,201 --> 00:05:58,200 - Hai, watashi wa gakumon-kaide 134 00:05:58,201 --> 00:05:59,280 shika shiyo shite imasen. 135 00:05:59,281 --> 00:06:03,200 - He also speaks French, Italian, Mandarin, 136 00:06:03,201 --> 00:06:04,250 and several other languages. 137 00:06:04,251 --> 00:06:05,270 - Here's the thing, here's the thing. 138 00:06:05,271 --> 00:06:07,250 I love teaching. 139 00:06:07,251 --> 00:06:10,200 It gives me the opportunity to broaden perspectives. 140 00:06:10,201 --> 00:06:13,240 But you can't just inspire people to be better. 141 00:06:13,241 --> 00:06:17,230 You somehow need to change the way people think. 142 00:06:17,231 --> 00:06:20,290 - Clifford! My husband is very passionate, 143 00:06:20,291 --> 00:06:23,200 but he also needs his rest. 144 00:06:23,201 --> 00:06:25,280 Is there anything else we can do to help? 145 00:06:25,281 --> 00:06:28,210 - No. Thank you. 146 00:06:28,211 --> 00:06:31,200 If we have any more questions, we'll get in contact. 147 00:06:33,220 --> 00:06:35,240 Barry. - Yeah. 148 00:06:41,220 --> 00:06:42,280 - You know where to find me. 149 00:06:45,280 --> 00:06:52,290 ? ? 150 00:06:54,250 --> 00:06:56,290 - Well? 151 00:06:56,291 --> 00:06:58,210 Is it him? 152 00:07:06,220 --> 00:07:08,200 - I don't know, Barry. 153 00:07:08,201 --> 00:07:10,210 This shy college professor who likes mac 'n' cheese 154 00:07:10,211 --> 00:07:12,250 doesn't exactly seem like a criminal mastermind to me. 155 00:07:12,251 --> 00:07:14,200 - I mean, come on. It wouldn't be the first time 156 00:07:14,201 --> 00:07:15,250 somebody played nice 157 00:07:15,251 --> 00:07:17,240 and then turned out to be our bad guy. 158 00:07:17,241 --> 00:07:19,230 The Council of Wells gave us his name for a reason. 159 00:07:19,231 --> 00:07:21,260 - He gave us one name out of-- - 1,100. 160 00:07:21,261 --> 00:07:23,250 - 1,122 to be precise. 161 00:07:23,251 --> 00:07:25,230 - He was off by 22. 162 00:07:25,231 --> 00:07:27,230 I mean, isn't that a little suspicious? 163 00:07:27,231 --> 00:07:29,200 - Not if he Googled himself. 164 00:07:29,201 --> 00:07:30,260 - I'm just saying there's something weird 165 00:07:30,261 --> 00:07:32,230 about this guy. He likes samurai! 166 00:07:32,231 --> 00:07:33,250 - Who doesn't? 167 00:07:33,251 --> 00:07:34,290 Have you seen "Zatoichi"-- 168 00:07:34,291 --> 00:07:37,240 Both: "The Blind Swordsman?" 169 00:07:37,241 --> 00:07:39,220 - Best Criterion Collection... - Great box set. 170 00:07:39,221 --> 00:07:40,220 - Ever. - Okay, guys. 171 00:07:40,221 --> 00:07:41,270 Think about this: 172 00:07:41,271 --> 00:07:43,220 If the Council's right, that means DeVoe 173 00:07:43,221 --> 00:07:44,290 arranged for me to come out of the Speed Force 174 00:07:44,291 --> 00:07:46,220 exactly where he wanted. Even you couldn't do that. 175 00:07:46,221 --> 00:07:47,270 - You have a point. 176 00:07:47,271 --> 00:07:48,270 - Okay, let's cover all our bases. 177 00:07:48,271 --> 00:07:50,260 - Agreed. 178 00:07:50,261 --> 00:07:52,220 - Okay, Cisco, Harry, you guys want to see what kind 179 00:07:52,221 --> 00:07:53,240 of digital footprint you can get on this guy? 180 00:07:53,241 --> 00:07:54,280 - Yeah. 181 00:07:54,281 --> 00:07:56,200 - Caitlin, you've got friends at CCU. 182 00:07:56,201 --> 00:07:57,240 Let's see what kind of person 183 00:07:57,241 --> 00:07:59,220 we're dealing with. - Will do. 184 00:07:59,221 --> 00:08:01,290 - Dad, CCPD background check? - On it, sweet one. 185 00:08:01,291 --> 00:08:05,260 - And you. You all right? 186 00:08:05,261 --> 00:08:07,230 - Yeah, but thank you for asking. 187 00:08:07,231 --> 00:08:09,200 - Mm-hmm. 188 00:08:09,201 --> 00:08:12,210 Ooh, you know, I think Human Resources might not be 189 00:08:12,211 --> 00:08:14,230 okay with this, us being coworkers and all. 190 00:08:14,231 --> 00:08:16,240 - Yeah, I think they'll let it slide, 191 00:08:16,241 --> 00:08:19,240 considering I get to marry the coworker of my dreams 192 00:08:19,241 --> 00:08:21,240 a week from now. 193 00:08:21,241 --> 00:08:24,240 You know sometimes I feel like... 194 00:08:26,260 --> 00:08:28,210 - Like what? 195 00:08:28,211 --> 00:08:30,210 - Like I'm the luckiest man alive. 196 00:08:34,210 --> 00:08:37,290 - Nuclear physics, condensed matter cosmology, 197 00:08:37,291 --> 00:08:40,250 even relativity, all these fields 198 00:08:40,251 --> 00:08:42,290 will be revolutionized overnight. 199 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:53,240 ? ? 200 00:08:53,241 --> 00:08:56,270 - You've infused my design with life. 201 00:08:56,271 --> 00:08:58,220 - We still have a problem. 202 00:08:58,221 --> 00:09:00,250 There's currently no way to power a prototype 203 00:09:00,251 --> 00:09:01,260 this sophisticated. 204 00:09:01,261 --> 00:09:03,240 - We'll find a solution. 205 00:09:03,241 --> 00:09:05,260 - Expanding the mind to an infinite capacity requires 206 00:09:05,261 --> 00:09:07,250 an expanding energy source. 207 00:09:07,251 --> 00:09:11,220 Where are we going to find that kind of power? 208 00:09:11,221 --> 00:09:13,210 - Can you tell us how? - Turn that up. 209 00:09:13,211 --> 00:09:14,280 - It'll change the way we think about science. 210 00:09:14,281 --> 00:09:16,200 About quantum mechanics, 211 00:09:16,201 --> 00:09:17,290 about molecular physics. 212 00:09:17,291 --> 00:09:20,240 Once my particle accelerator goes online, 213 00:09:20,241 --> 00:09:24,220 it'll blow the doors of science off their hinges. 214 00:09:24,221 --> 00:09:26,200 - That's amazing. - Ah. 215 00:09:26,201 --> 00:09:30,210 We needed a power source unlike anything imaginable. 216 00:09:30,280 --> 00:09:36,200 - Well, it seems Harrison Wells just imagined it for us. 217 00:09:36,201 --> 00:09:38,280 - Instantly change lives. 218 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:45,210 - History moves in cycles. 219 00:09:45,211 --> 00:09:48,250 We must therefore learn from what came before us 220 00:09:48,251 --> 00:09:50,250 in order to carve a path 221 00:09:50,251 --> 00:09:51,290 for what's to come. 222 00:09:51,291 --> 00:09:54,230 Because those who don't learn from-- 223 00:09:58,270 --> 00:10:01,200 Because those who don't learn from history 224 00:10:01,201 --> 00:10:03,210 are doomed to repeat it. 225 00:10:05,220 --> 00:10:06,280 Class dismissed. 226 00:10:06,281 --> 00:10:08,260 Don't forget your reading material! 227 00:10:08,261 --> 00:10:11,270 Chapter 11 on the counterculture backlash 228 00:10:11,271 --> 00:10:15,210 and its influence on the Reagan administration. 229 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:19,200 Mr. Allen. 230 00:10:19,201 --> 00:10:20,270 Twice in one day. 231 00:10:20,271 --> 00:10:22,240 - Yeah, sorry to bother you again. 232 00:10:22,241 --> 00:10:25,270 - Look, I do have a stack of midterm exams-- 233 00:10:25,271 --> 00:10:27,240 - Yeah, no, I understand you're busy. 234 00:10:27,241 --> 00:10:31,240 This won't take long. I just wanted to ask, 235 00:10:31,241 --> 00:10:33,210 where were you four years ago 236 00:10:33,211 --> 00:10:36,200 on the night of January 7th? 237 00:10:36,201 --> 00:10:39,260 - Honestly, Mr. Allen, I have no idea. 238 00:10:39,261 --> 00:10:42,260 How far back does this investigation of yours go? 239 00:10:42,261 --> 00:10:45,210 - I'm not at liberty to discuss that with you. 240 00:10:45,211 --> 00:10:46,280 - Mm. 241 00:10:46,281 --> 00:10:48,280 - Also, um, do you ever use public transit? 242 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:52,220 What? Like the subway? 243 00:10:52,221 --> 00:10:53,270 I mean imagine me in a wheelchair-- 244 00:10:53,271 --> 00:10:55,210 - More like a bus. 245 00:10:56,290 --> 00:10:58,280 - Is this really necessary? 246 00:10:58,281 --> 00:11:02,260 - I'm just being thorough. 247 00:11:02,261 --> 00:11:04,290 - Fine. I prefer Lyft. 248 00:11:04,291 --> 00:11:07,270 They're wheelchair friendly. 249 00:11:07,271 --> 00:11:10,260 Honestly, Mr. Allen, how are my vehicle options important 250 00:11:10,261 --> 00:11:12,270 or a date I can hardly remember? 251 00:11:12,271 --> 00:11:14,250 - I'm just trying to establish a timeline, 252 00:11:14,251 --> 00:11:16,210 solve a mystery. 253 00:11:16,211 --> 00:11:18,240 - Mysteries are for novelists and archeologists. 254 00:11:18,241 --> 00:11:22,200 You were supposed to be ruling me out as a suspect. 255 00:11:22,201 --> 00:11:24,270 Instead it seems like you've got your guy. 256 00:11:24,271 --> 00:11:27,270 - Oh, no. This is just procedure. 257 00:11:27,271 --> 00:11:30,210 - Feels like persecution. 258 00:11:30,211 --> 00:11:32,270 Now, can I get back to you, 259 00:11:32,271 --> 00:11:36,280 or do I need to accompany you downtown? 260 00:11:36,281 --> 00:11:39,270 - No, of course not. 261 00:11:42,270 --> 00:11:46,200 ? ? 262 00:11:46,201 --> 00:11:47,270 Just e-mail me. 263 00:11:47,271 --> 00:11:49,250 And again, I'm sorry to bother you. 264 00:11:58,290 --> 00:12:04,250 ? ? 265 00:12:10,270 --> 00:12:12,240 - So this is an example of meta-DNA. 266 00:12:12,241 --> 00:12:15,210 This is the DNA you brought me from DeVoe. 267 00:12:15,211 --> 00:12:16,270 It's completely normal. 268 00:12:16,271 --> 00:12:20,250 Do you see all the differences? 269 00:12:20,251 --> 00:12:23,250 Clifford DeVoe is not a meta. 270 00:12:23,251 --> 00:12:25,240 - Did you two find anything? 271 00:12:25,241 --> 00:12:28,200 - Well, he's never been arrested, 272 00:12:28,201 --> 00:12:30,250 he pays all his taxes and his mortgage. 273 00:12:30,251 --> 00:12:32,250 He has a very reasonable 401k plan. 274 00:12:32,251 --> 00:12:34,200 - Donates to the Sierra Club, 275 00:12:34,201 --> 00:12:37,220 volunteers at an orphanage as a big brother. 276 00:12:37,221 --> 00:12:39,200 - Dad didn't find anything either. 277 00:12:39,201 --> 00:12:42,200 Says that he's an upstanding member of the community. 278 00:12:42,201 --> 00:12:43,250 - Yeah, I talked to some friends at Oxford. 279 00:12:43,251 --> 00:12:45,230 They said DeVoe's a little absentminded, 280 00:12:45,231 --> 00:12:46,250 but everybody likes him. 281 00:12:46,251 --> 00:12:48,200 - Guys, I'm telling you. 282 00:12:48,201 --> 00:12:50,200 Clifford DeVoe is not what he seems. 283 00:12:50,201 --> 00:12:52,200 - That could just be the wheelchair. 284 00:12:52,201 --> 00:12:53,250 I mean-- - No. 285 00:12:53,251 --> 00:12:55,200 - You do kind of have a bad history. 286 00:12:55,201 --> 00:12:56,240 - That wasn't me. 287 00:12:56,241 --> 00:12:57,290 - Come on. He's just too perfect. 288 00:12:57,291 --> 00:13:00,210 Okay? I just--I have a strong feeling 289 00:13:00,211 --> 00:13:01,270 that he's hiding something. 290 00:13:01,271 --> 00:13:03,250 You don't believe me. 291 00:13:03,251 --> 00:13:05,230 - No, it's not that we don't believe you, Barry. 292 00:13:05,231 --> 00:13:09,240 It's just, right now DeVoe seems like a good guy. 293 00:13:09,241 --> 00:13:11,250 - Guys, it's him. 294 00:13:11,251 --> 00:13:14,250 - I thought we were done just assuming people are villains. 295 00:13:14,251 --> 00:13:16,210 - All right, you know what? 296 00:13:16,211 --> 00:13:17,220 Vibe it. 297 00:13:20,220 --> 00:13:27,230 ? ? 298 00:13:37,270 --> 00:13:39,200 - Mm. 299 00:13:45,260 --> 00:13:47,270 - Oh, my God. 300 00:13:47,271 --> 00:13:49,230 You were right. 301 00:13:49,231 --> 00:13:51,290 That mac 'n' cheese looks unbelievable. 302 00:13:51,291 --> 00:13:54,230 - See? That doesn't sound very villainous, does it? 303 00:13:54,231 --> 00:13:57,200 - Barry, can I talk to you outside? 304 00:13:57,201 --> 00:13:58,290 - Mm-hmm. 305 00:13:58,291 --> 00:14:02,220 - Okay, so do you want to tell me what's really bothering you? 306 00:14:02,221 --> 00:14:04,270 - My Spidey sense is just tingling way off the charts. 307 00:14:04,271 --> 00:14:06,210 - But, Barry, is there any chance that this 308 00:14:06,211 --> 00:14:07,270 is about the wedding? 309 00:14:07,271 --> 00:14:08,270 I mean maybe you're feeling a little-- 310 00:14:08,271 --> 00:14:10,260 - No, I'm not nervous. 311 00:14:10,261 --> 00:14:12,200 - But you're not acting the way that you normally do. 312 00:14:12,201 --> 00:14:14,220 - Look, Savitar and Kadabra warned us 313 00:14:14,221 --> 00:14:15,270 about someone named DeVoe. 314 00:14:15,271 --> 00:14:18,250 This DeVoe guy could be behind everything. 315 00:14:18,251 --> 00:14:20,220 The bus metas, 316 00:14:20,221 --> 00:14:21,280 me coming out of the Speed Force at the wrong place, 317 00:14:21,281 --> 00:14:23,290 the Samuroid! 318 00:14:23,291 --> 00:14:25,290 - Barry, is there a possibility that you were so determined 319 00:14:25,291 --> 00:14:27,250 to find the bad guy and get ahead of everything 320 00:14:27,251 --> 00:14:28,270 that you're seeing things exactly the way 321 00:14:28,271 --> 00:14:29,270 you want to see them? 322 00:14:29,271 --> 00:14:32,250 - No. I... 323 00:14:32,251 --> 00:14:35,280 Maybe, I don't... 324 00:14:35,281 --> 00:14:37,290 - Look, in seven days 325 00:14:37,291 --> 00:14:40,220 I am going to marry the man that I love. 326 00:14:40,221 --> 00:14:42,270 But right now I have to lock down a new DJ 327 00:14:42,271 --> 00:14:44,270 because the last one got fired for drinking too much 328 00:14:44,271 --> 00:14:46,270 and wouldn't stop dancing with the father of the bride. 329 00:14:46,271 --> 00:14:48,250 - Joe might be into that, actually. 330 00:14:48,251 --> 00:14:50,260 - Which is exactly why I need to go home. 331 00:14:50,261 --> 00:14:53,210 And I would really like your help. 332 00:15:01,270 --> 00:15:03,250 - Ready for the press conference? 333 00:15:03,251 --> 00:15:06,270 - Absolutely. 334 00:15:12,250 --> 00:15:15,250 - Thank you. My name is Harrison Wells. 335 00:15:15,251 --> 00:15:18,270 Tonight, the future begins. 336 00:15:18,271 --> 00:15:21,290 The work my team and I will do here 337 00:15:21,291 --> 00:15:24,250 will change our understanding of physics, 338 00:15:24,251 --> 00:15:27,200 will bring about advancements in power, 339 00:15:27,201 --> 00:15:28,250 advancements in medicine. 340 00:15:28,251 --> 00:15:30,230 It'll bring about advancements, period. 341 00:15:30,231 --> 00:15:32,250 This is the future. 342 00:15:32,251 --> 00:15:34,210 And trust me, 343 00:15:34,211 --> 00:15:36,200 it'll be here faster than you think. 344 00:15:37,270 --> 00:15:39,250 What does it mean to you? 345 00:15:39,251 --> 00:15:41,200 This new endeavor of ours-- 346 00:15:41,201 --> 00:15:42,260 - Hey, my laptop! It's got my dissertation! 347 00:15:42,261 --> 00:15:45,250 - For the citizens of Central City. 348 00:15:45,251 --> 00:15:47,220 Well, it would appear tonight's entertainment 349 00:15:47,221 --> 00:15:49,270 is not limited to the stage. 350 00:15:49,271 --> 00:15:51,210 - What's the first thing you'll do 351 00:15:51,211 --> 00:15:53,200 once the accelerator is online? 352 00:15:53,201 --> 00:15:55,200 - Is crack open an expensive bottle of Dom Perignon 353 00:15:55,201 --> 00:15:56,270 with my staff, because I ride them very hard 354 00:15:56,271 --> 00:15:58,210 and they've earned it. Yes? 355 00:15:58,211 --> 00:16:00,200 - Those protesting this accelerator 356 00:16:00,201 --> 00:16:03,210 believe it could open a black hole in Central City. 357 00:16:03,211 --> 00:16:06,250 But is it not more likely to cause a benevolent phenomenon 358 00:16:06,251 --> 00:16:08,270 like a Higgs boson bridge? 359 00:16:08,271 --> 00:16:11,270 - The only phenomenon that will occur this evening 360 00:16:11,271 --> 00:16:14,210 is one that has been calculated to the tiniest detail, 361 00:16:14,211 --> 00:16:16,260 to the tiniest decimal point. 362 00:16:16,261 --> 00:16:19,290 - So you've foreseen every possible outcome? 363 00:16:19,291 --> 00:16:22,200 - Yes, I have, Miss...? 364 00:16:22,201 --> 00:16:24,200 - Mrs. Marlize DeVoe. 365 00:16:26,210 --> 00:16:29,200 - DeVoe. 366 00:16:29,201 --> 00:16:30,250 DeVoe. 367 00:16:30,251 --> 00:16:31,270 I expect that would make the gentleman 368 00:16:31,271 --> 00:16:35,250 to your right your husband? 369 00:16:35,251 --> 00:16:38,280 Clifford DeVoe. 370 00:16:38,281 --> 00:16:41,220 I'm a big fan of your work. 371 00:16:41,221 --> 00:16:44,210 Sir, I believe it will have an enormous impact 372 00:16:44,211 --> 00:16:48,210 on our future. Thank you for coming, Professor. 373 00:16:48,211 --> 00:16:50,210 Good luck. 374 00:16:53,280 --> 00:16:55,260 - Shut it down! 375 00:16:55,261 --> 00:16:59,280 - Wells is lying. He knows the accelerator won't succeed. 376 00:16:59,281 --> 00:17:02,270 - He'd risk an explosion? - No, I think he wants one, 377 00:17:02,271 --> 00:17:05,200 only the fallout from dark matter being released 378 00:17:05,201 --> 00:17:06,270 into the atmosphere will produce variants 379 00:17:06,271 --> 00:17:07,280 we cannot yet predict. 380 00:17:07,281 --> 00:17:09,240 We need to delay our plan. 381 00:17:09,241 --> 00:17:10,270 - No, this is even better. 382 00:17:10,271 --> 00:17:12,250 We'll have all the power we need. 383 00:17:12,251 --> 00:17:14,250 - No! It's too risky. 384 00:17:14,251 --> 00:17:16,250 - I'm willing to take the chance. 385 00:17:16,251 --> 00:17:18,280 The blast is the only thing that can power the cap. 386 00:17:18,281 --> 00:17:22,260 - We should wait. Try and find another way. 387 00:17:22,261 --> 00:17:24,220 - This is the only way. 388 00:17:26,230 --> 00:17:30,270 - Shut it down! Shut it down! 389 00:17:30,271 --> 00:17:34,200 Shut it down! Shut it down! 390 00:17:34,201 --> 00:17:35,260 Shut it down! 391 00:17:40,220 --> 00:17:41,250 - Ready, my love? 392 00:17:41,251 --> 00:17:44,200 - In position! 393 00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:55,240 ? ? 394 00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:01,270 It's starting! 395 00:18:10,260 --> 00:18:17,270 ? ? 396 00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:29,270 - What's happening? 397 00:18:33,270 --> 00:18:36,200 - Clifford! 398 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:42,270 ? ? 399 00:18:44,250 --> 00:18:46,240 Clifford! 400 00:18:47,230 --> 00:18:50,230 Clifford! 401 00:18:50,231 --> 00:18:51,280 No! 402 00:18:56,210 --> 00:19:02,210 Clifford, no! No! No! 403 00:19:02,211 --> 00:19:04,270 Don't you dare leave me! 404 00:19:08,270 --> 00:19:15,220 ? ? 405 00:19:24,250 --> 00:19:26,270 - I thought I'd lost you. 406 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:31,250 How do you feel? 407 00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:36,230 - Enlightened. 408 00:19:45,260 --> 00:19:47,290 - Hey, Allen! - Hmm? 409 00:19:47,291 --> 00:19:49,270 - Singh wants to see you. - One second. 410 00:19:49,271 --> 00:19:52,240 - I don't know, Allen. Singh's making that face again. 411 00:19:52,241 --> 00:19:53,260 You might want to hurry. 412 00:19:56,250 --> 00:19:59,220 - Trust me, I understand. Mr. Allen! 413 00:19:59,221 --> 00:20:01,210 - What's this? 414 00:20:01,211 --> 00:20:05,210 - Close the door, please. - Yeah. 415 00:20:05,211 --> 00:20:06,250 - Continue, Professor. 416 00:20:06,251 --> 00:20:10,200 - First my home, then my classroom. 417 00:20:10,201 --> 00:20:14,220 What's next? Our bedroom where we sleep? 418 00:20:14,221 --> 00:20:16,210 - Joe and I just went-- 419 00:20:16,211 --> 00:20:17,270 - On behalf of the Central City Police Department, 420 00:20:17,271 --> 00:20:19,270 I'd like to extend our sincerest apologies 421 00:20:19,271 --> 00:20:22,250 for this intrusion. 422 00:20:22,251 --> 00:20:24,250 Mr. Allen? 423 00:20:26,250 --> 00:20:29,240 - Um, yeah. I'm sorry for disturbing you, Mr. DeVoe. 424 00:20:29,241 --> 00:20:31,280 - Professor DeVoe. 425 00:20:31,281 --> 00:20:33,200 - Thank you for coming in. 426 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:41,230 ? ? 427 00:20:41,231 --> 00:20:43,200 - What the hell were they doing here? 428 00:20:43,201 --> 00:20:45,210 - They just filed a complaint against you. 429 00:20:45,211 --> 00:20:46,230 Said you harassed them. 430 00:20:46,231 --> 00:20:47,280 - No, I wasn't harassing them. 431 00:20:47,281 --> 00:20:49,240 - Why are you bothering them at all? 432 00:20:49,241 --> 00:20:51,230 - I-- - It's a case we're working on. 433 00:20:51,231 --> 00:20:52,250 - What case? 434 00:20:52,251 --> 00:20:53,270 - It's something that-- 435 00:20:53,271 --> 00:20:55,250 - Do me a favor. 436 00:20:55,251 --> 00:20:57,220 Stay away from the nice professor and his wife. 437 00:20:57,221 --> 00:21:00,290 - Captain, DeVoe seems very-- - Very what? 438 00:21:00,291 --> 00:21:04,220 And unless the answer is guilty of a very specific crime, 439 00:21:04,221 --> 00:21:06,250 you are way off base. 440 00:21:06,251 --> 00:21:10,200 So are you, Joe. You should know better than that. 441 00:21:10,201 --> 00:21:11,260 You don't show up at someone's house 442 00:21:11,261 --> 00:21:13,200 and start asking questions. 443 00:21:13,201 --> 00:21:14,280 You follow protocol. 444 00:21:14,281 --> 00:21:16,250 - Yes, sir. 445 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:32,040 - Anybody home? 446 00:21:32,041 --> 00:21:33,050 - Whoa! 447 00:21:35,040 --> 00:21:36,090 Hey! 448 00:21:36,091 --> 00:21:39,070 - Hi. Dad said you were having a bad day. 449 00:21:39,071 --> 00:21:41,020 - What? No, I'm fine. 450 00:21:41,021 --> 00:21:43,030 I'm great, actually. How are you doing? 451 00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:47,080 What? 452 00:21:47,081 --> 00:21:49,060 What are you-- 453 00:21:52,060 --> 00:21:57,030 ? ? 454 00:21:57,031 --> 00:21:58,090 - What is this? 455 00:21:58,091 --> 00:22:02,070 - His wife, Iris, she's helping him. 456 00:22:02,071 --> 00:22:04,070 No, listen! Okay, look: 457 00:22:04,071 --> 00:22:07,050 She's not Suzy Homemaker with her perfect mac 'n' cheese. 458 00:22:07,051 --> 00:22:08,090 She is a Stepford wife. 459 00:22:08,091 --> 00:22:10,040 She's got two doctorates, you know? 460 00:22:10,041 --> 00:22:11,080 One in mechanical engineering 461 00:22:11,081 --> 00:22:13,050 and another in advanced robotics. 462 00:22:13,051 --> 00:22:15,020 That's how they work! 463 00:22:15,021 --> 00:22:17,000 He comes up with the plans, but she executes them. 464 00:22:17,001 --> 00:22:19,010 She's some kind of mechanical genius. 465 00:22:19,011 --> 00:22:21,070 - So you think that DeVoe and his wife are supervillains? 466 00:22:21,071 --> 00:22:23,050 - Yes. - Listen to yourself, Barry. 467 00:22:23,051 --> 00:22:25,030 - What? 468 00:22:25,031 --> 00:22:26,080 - DeVoe has already filed a complaint against you! 469 00:22:26,081 --> 00:22:28,030 - I know, I-- 470 00:22:28,031 --> 00:22:32,090 - Look, Cisco, Harry, my dad, Caitlin, 471 00:22:32,091 --> 00:22:36,090 they are the best, and they have found nothing on DeVoe. 472 00:22:36,091 --> 00:22:40,050 We are getting married in a week, Barry. 473 00:22:40,051 --> 00:22:42,080 Please, 474 00:22:42,081 --> 00:22:44,090 for the sake of your job and my sanity, 475 00:22:44,091 --> 00:22:48,060 please let it go. 476 00:22:55,070 --> 00:23:01,090 ? ? 477 00:23:01,091 --> 00:23:04,020 - I've solved them. 478 00:23:04,021 --> 00:23:05,070 - Solved what? 479 00:23:05,071 --> 00:23:07,070 - Riemann's hypothesis, 480 00:23:07,071 --> 00:23:09,090 Hilbert's 15th problem, 481 00:23:09,091 --> 00:23:12,060 standard conjectures on algebraic cycles, 482 00:23:12,061 --> 00:23:15,020 and the list goes on. 483 00:23:15,021 --> 00:23:18,020 - Clifford, this-- this is incredible! 484 00:23:18,021 --> 00:23:20,010 - Ask me anything! 485 00:23:20,011 --> 00:23:22,070 - Um, who was Jack the Ripper? 486 00:23:22,071 --> 00:23:25,000 - The prevailing theory is there was a London barber 487 00:23:25,001 --> 00:23:27,050 by the name Aaron Kosminski who committed the crimes. 488 00:23:27,051 --> 00:23:32,020 He also suffered schizophrenic and delusional tendencies. 489 00:23:32,021 --> 00:23:37,060 But it was his nurse at the Colney Hatch Asylum! 490 00:23:37,061 --> 00:23:39,080 Catharine Jewell! 491 00:23:39,081 --> 00:23:42,000 It's like every little bit of knowledge 492 00:23:42,001 --> 00:23:43,080 now resides inside my brain. 493 00:23:43,081 --> 00:23:46,010 I know every answer to every question ever asked. 494 00:23:46,011 --> 00:23:48,000 - You're incredible! 495 00:23:48,001 --> 00:23:50,090 - We're incredible! You made all of this possible! 496 00:23:50,091 --> 00:23:54,050 We now finally have the means to bring to the world the-- 497 00:23:54,051 --> 00:23:56,080 - Clifford, are you okay? 498 00:23:56,081 --> 00:24:00,050 Clifford! Clifford! 499 00:24:00,051 --> 00:24:02,010 Clifford! 500 00:24:18,020 --> 00:24:25,020 ? ? 501 00:24:49,010 --> 00:24:52,040 ? ? 502 00:25:04,010 --> 00:25:11,010 ? ? 503 00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:28,050 ? ? 504 00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:49,060 ? ? 505 00:25:49,061 --> 00:25:52,010 - What are you hiding, DeVoe? 506 00:26:09,010 --> 00:26:16,020 ? ? 507 00:26:27,090 --> 00:26:30,070 - Imagine your body as a river. 508 00:26:30,071 --> 00:26:32,070 There's a dam blocking your legs. 509 00:26:32,071 --> 00:26:36,040 - My gastrocnemius muscles are degenerating, aren't they? 510 00:26:36,041 --> 00:26:38,030 - Well, yes. 511 00:26:38,031 --> 00:26:39,070 The symptoms are similar to-- 512 00:26:39,071 --> 00:26:42,040 - Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. 513 00:26:42,041 --> 00:26:44,040 - But your muscles are decaying faster 514 00:26:44,041 --> 00:26:47,000 and more rapidly than typical ALS. 515 00:26:47,001 --> 00:26:50,000 I believe this is something else. 516 00:26:50,001 --> 00:26:51,050 - Is that your medical diagnosis? 517 00:26:51,051 --> 00:26:53,050 That I have a case of something else? 518 00:26:53,051 --> 00:26:55,020 - It's just we've never seen a case like--oh-- 519 00:26:55,021 --> 00:26:56,090 yours before. 520 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:03,020 - An increase in complex fasciculation potential 521 00:27:03,021 --> 00:27:05,070 explains axonal membrane hyperexcitability. 522 00:27:05,071 --> 00:27:08,090 But it doesn't-- 523 00:27:08,091 --> 00:27:10,040 Of course. 524 00:27:10,041 --> 00:27:12,080 When gamma wave activity exceeds 50 hertz, 525 00:27:12,081 --> 00:27:14,060 my acetylcholine receptors draw away 526 00:27:14,061 --> 00:27:16,090 from my nerve receptors 527 00:27:16,091 --> 00:27:18,090 instead of toward them. 528 00:27:18,091 --> 00:27:21,000 - What did you say you're a professor of? 529 00:27:21,001 --> 00:27:23,090 - History. 530 00:27:23,091 --> 00:27:26,000 - What's his prognosis? 531 00:27:26,001 --> 00:27:28,090 - Life expectancy for typical ALS 532 00:27:28,091 --> 00:27:30,070 is about two to five years. 533 00:27:30,071 --> 00:27:34,000 - In this chronodispersion, it would be half that. 534 00:27:34,001 --> 00:27:36,080 Complete paralysis will come first. 535 00:27:36,081 --> 00:27:38,050 - Excuse us, please. 536 00:27:41,060 --> 00:27:44,020 ? ? 537 00:27:44,021 --> 00:27:45,060 This doesn't make sense. 538 00:27:45,061 --> 00:27:49,010 - My mind is drawing energy from my body, 539 00:27:49,011 --> 00:27:53,010 like a parasite feeding on an ailing host. 540 00:27:53,011 --> 00:27:56,040 We're so close to everything we've ever dreamed of, 541 00:27:56,041 --> 00:27:58,080 only for it to be ripped away by this body. 542 00:27:58,081 --> 00:28:01,040 - No, no, no. 543 00:28:01,041 --> 00:28:05,090 We can stop this, Clifford. I'll never give up. 544 00:28:05,091 --> 00:28:08,050 - 2,600 individuals developed the meta-gene. 545 00:28:08,051 --> 00:28:12,010 They use it to rob jewelry stores and summon tornadoes. 546 00:28:12,011 --> 00:28:15,010 I use mine to save humanity, and I'm condemned? 547 00:28:17,020 --> 00:28:19,040 Dying wasn't part of our plan. - Shh! 548 00:28:25,090 --> 00:28:28,090 - Guys, I found a camera in the Samuroid head. 549 00:28:28,091 --> 00:28:30,030 - Where did it lead back to? 550 00:28:30,031 --> 00:28:32,030 - Where do you think? - DeVoe! 551 00:28:32,031 --> 00:28:35,030 So you pinged the camera to his computer's IP address? 552 00:28:35,031 --> 00:28:37,020 Good! - Well, no, I-- 553 00:28:37,021 --> 00:28:38,090 I didn't ping it. 554 00:28:38,091 --> 00:28:40,000 - Well then, how'd you figure out it was him? 555 00:28:40,001 --> 00:28:41,040 - Well-- 556 00:28:41,041 --> 00:28:43,000 - This camera isn't even active. 557 00:28:43,001 --> 00:28:44,010 - No, I heard it. It was making a noise. 558 00:28:44,011 --> 00:28:45,070 - A noise? - Yeah. 559 00:28:45,071 --> 00:28:48,000 Inside the Samuroid head, it was buzzing, 560 00:28:48,001 --> 00:28:49,050 and then I found that thing inside! 561 00:28:49,051 --> 00:28:51,050 He's been watching us for weeks, 562 00:28:51,051 --> 00:28:54,090 and I could've proved it, but his wife came back too soon. 563 00:28:54,091 --> 00:28:57,060 - Too soon? From where? - I don't-- 564 00:28:57,061 --> 00:29:01,050 - Barry, tell me you did not break into their house. 565 00:29:01,051 --> 00:29:04,030 - Well-- - Wow. Okay. 566 00:29:04,031 --> 00:29:06,000 - Ugh. - Okay, guys, that sounds bad, 567 00:29:06,001 --> 00:29:07,080 you have to listen to me, 568 00:29:07,081 --> 00:29:10,000 this guy wants us to think he's unassuming and weak, 569 00:29:10,001 --> 00:29:12,060 but he's not, he is powerful and smart. 570 00:29:12,061 --> 00:29:14,040 And he's been ahead of us every step of the way. 571 00:29:14,041 --> 00:29:16,070 He's ahead of us right now. - Easy, Allen. Calm down. 572 00:29:16,071 --> 00:29:18,020 - I'm fine. I'm fine. - Okay. 573 00:29:18,021 --> 00:29:19,050 - Hey, hey, we just don't want you to do 574 00:29:19,051 --> 00:29:21,030 anything else you regret. 575 00:29:21,031 --> 00:29:22,080 - Anything else? What do you mean? What have I done? 576 00:29:22,081 --> 00:29:24,020 - For starters, breaking and entering. 577 00:29:24,021 --> 00:29:25,060 - Oh my God, I don't understand 578 00:29:25,061 --> 00:29:27,020 why you don't see what's going on! 579 00:29:27,021 --> 00:29:29,000 He probably has cameras everywhere. 580 00:29:29,001 --> 00:29:31,080 At the lab, at CCPD, I mean he's always watching us! 581 00:29:33,060 --> 00:29:35,050 Hey, Joe. What is it? 582 00:29:38,040 --> 00:29:40,070 Hey, I found something. - You better stop. 583 00:29:40,071 --> 00:29:43,080 - I just don't feel safe anymore, you know? 584 00:29:43,081 --> 00:29:45,050 I mean I thought the police were supposed 585 00:29:45,051 --> 00:29:48,060 to protect people. 586 00:29:48,061 --> 00:29:50,040 - I haven't done anything to you. 587 00:29:50,041 --> 00:29:54,020 - You broke into our home! 588 00:29:57,080 --> 00:30:00,050 We're good people. We don't deserve this. 589 00:30:00,051 --> 00:30:02,020 - Okay. I don't want you to worry anymore. 590 00:30:02,021 --> 00:30:04,080 Mr. Allen will stop all of this immediately. 591 00:30:04,081 --> 00:30:07,020 I assure you. 592 00:30:07,021 --> 00:30:13,030 ? ? 593 00:30:14,090 --> 00:30:16,090 - Stay away from us. 594 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:23,080 - I told you to stay away from those people! 595 00:30:23,081 --> 00:30:25,070 - Captain, you have to listen to me. 596 00:30:25,071 --> 00:30:27,020 - You're taking two weeks off, and that is not a request. 597 00:30:27,021 --> 00:30:28,070 - You're suspending me? 598 00:30:28,071 --> 00:30:30,050 - You're lucky I'm not arresting you. 599 00:30:33,070 --> 00:30:36,050 Use your time away to consider your future in law enforcement. 600 00:30:36,051 --> 00:30:39,050 ? ? 601 00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:51,430 - ? No compromise ? 602 00:30:51,930 --> 00:30:52,940 - What is this? 603 00:30:52,941 --> 00:30:54,960 - A restraining order. 604 00:30:54,961 --> 00:30:57,950 I have to stay 500 feet away from Clifford DeVoe. 605 00:30:57,951 --> 00:30:59,900 - And are you going to? 606 00:31:02,900 --> 00:31:04,950 Barry, 607 00:31:04,951 --> 00:31:07,990 this is not you. You've got to stop. 608 00:31:07,991 --> 00:31:09,980 - I can't. - You can't or you won't? 609 00:31:09,981 --> 00:31:12,920 - I don't know anymore. 610 00:31:12,921 --> 00:31:14,950 I've faced a lot of bad guys, 611 00:31:14,951 --> 00:31:17,910 people that would hurt the ones that I love, 612 00:31:17,911 --> 00:31:20,910 destroy everything good in the world, and think nothing of it, 613 00:31:20,911 --> 00:31:23,920 but this guy, he feels more dangerous 614 00:31:23,921 --> 00:31:24,990 than all the others combined. 615 00:31:24,991 --> 00:31:27,950 And we still barely know anything about him. 616 00:31:27,951 --> 00:31:29,940 It scares the hell out of me, Iris. 617 00:31:29,941 --> 00:31:32,910 - Barry, how many times have we been up against the unknown? 618 00:31:32,911 --> 00:31:34,920 - This is different. - How? 619 00:31:38,950 --> 00:31:40,980 - Ever since I came back from the Speed Force, 620 00:31:40,981 --> 00:31:46,920 I have been constantly and genuinely happy. 621 00:31:46,921 --> 00:31:48,930 My friends are safe. 622 00:31:48,931 --> 00:31:51,920 Joe's gonna be a dad again. 623 00:31:51,921 --> 00:31:56,900 And next week, I get to marry the love of my life. 624 00:31:56,901 --> 00:31:59,960 I have more to lose now than ever before. 625 00:32:01,950 --> 00:32:06,990 - Yeah, but what about after Cecile has the baby? 626 00:32:06,991 --> 00:32:08,950 Or after we get married, 627 00:32:08,951 --> 00:32:13,970 or even when we have our first child? 628 00:32:13,971 --> 00:32:16,970 You know as time goes by, there's gonna be even more 629 00:32:16,971 --> 00:32:18,930 for us to lose. 630 00:32:18,931 --> 00:32:21,910 And people are always going to be coming after us. 631 00:32:21,911 --> 00:32:23,910 You can't let that consume you, 632 00:32:23,911 --> 00:32:27,920 you just have to live in the moment and face it as it comes. 633 00:32:27,921 --> 00:32:29,980 - How are you not scared? 634 00:32:35,920 --> 00:32:37,990 - Because we're the Flash. 635 00:32:42,940 --> 00:32:45,940 ? ? 636 00:32:49,980 --> 00:32:56,980 ? ? 637 00:33:06,970 --> 00:33:09,930 - Clifford? Clifford. 638 00:33:09,931 --> 00:33:11,920 Clifford. Clifford! 639 00:33:11,921 --> 00:33:13,910 - Get away from me! 640 00:33:13,911 --> 00:33:15,960 - I'm trying to help you. 641 00:33:15,961 --> 00:33:17,920 - If you really wish to help, 642 00:33:17,921 --> 00:33:19,950 construct a temporal vortex distortion chamber 643 00:33:19,951 --> 00:33:22,950 and prevent me from ever becoming this atrocity! 644 00:33:22,951 --> 00:33:24,920 - This is what we wanted. 645 00:33:24,921 --> 00:33:27,920 - Because I cannot grab a damn book from this shelf! 646 00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:37,920 ? ? 647 00:33:39,940 --> 00:33:42,990 What am I, Marlize? 648 00:33:42,991 --> 00:33:46,960 - You are my husband! 649 00:33:46,961 --> 00:33:48,970 - Your husband is gone. 650 00:33:51,930 --> 00:33:53,910 Let me die. 651 00:33:56,920 --> 00:34:03,920 ? ? 652 00:34:16,930 --> 00:34:18,970 - I'm not going anywhere. 653 00:34:18,971 --> 00:34:20,990 - This body will expire. 654 00:34:26,930 --> 00:34:30,910 - It will last longer with this. 655 00:34:33,910 --> 00:34:40,920 ? ? 656 00:34:47,910 --> 00:34:51,950 - You are in violation of your restraining order, Mr. Allen. 657 00:34:51,951 --> 00:34:55,960 - Well, you can call the cops. 658 00:34:55,961 --> 00:34:58,970 - Do you intend to harm me? 659 00:34:58,971 --> 00:35:01,950 Then pray do tell what is so paramount 660 00:35:01,951 --> 00:35:03,980 that you'd risk incarceration? 661 00:35:03,981 --> 00:35:06,950 - I wanted to look you in the eyes and ask-- 662 00:35:06,951 --> 00:35:09,910 - Mm-hmm? 663 00:35:09,911 --> 00:35:11,910 - Who are you really? 664 00:35:26,920 --> 00:35:28,990 - Who's asking? 665 00:35:28,991 --> 00:35:30,980 Barry Allen? 666 00:35:33,960 --> 00:35:35,970 Or the Flash? 667 00:35:35,971 --> 00:35:38,990 - How did you-- - Oh, please. 668 00:35:38,991 --> 00:35:40,940 Your little secret is one of 669 00:35:40,941 --> 00:35:42,920 the more underwhelming revelations 670 00:35:42,921 --> 00:35:44,920 I have uncovered. 671 00:35:44,921 --> 00:35:46,990 I was born on the same evening you were. 672 00:35:46,991 --> 00:35:51,920 January 7th, the night S.T.A.R. Labs' particle accelerator 673 00:35:51,921 --> 00:35:54,970 bathed Central City in gene-altering dark matter. 674 00:35:54,971 --> 00:35:56,990 We were both struck by lightning. 675 00:35:56,991 --> 00:35:59,960 - I knew you were affected. 676 00:35:59,961 --> 00:36:01,990 How did our test not show your meta-DNA? 677 00:36:01,991 --> 00:36:04,930 - For such a fast man, you're rather slow. 678 00:36:04,931 --> 00:36:05,950 I'm smarter than you. 679 00:36:07,940 --> 00:36:11,940 - You and your science team have devised no strategy, 680 00:36:11,941 --> 00:36:13,990 no action, no coordinated effort 681 00:36:13,991 --> 00:36:16,920 for which I'm not already prepared. 682 00:36:16,921 --> 00:36:20,950 - The Samuroid, the bus metas. 683 00:36:20,951 --> 00:36:22,950 It was you. 684 00:36:22,951 --> 00:36:24,980 But why reveal yourself now? 685 00:36:24,981 --> 00:36:27,960 - Because I have nothing to fear from you. 686 00:36:27,961 --> 00:36:31,900 - Yeah? Well, I'd think twice about that. 687 00:36:31,901 --> 00:36:33,960 I have a team of some of the smartest minds 688 00:36:33,961 --> 00:36:34,980 from across the multiverse. 689 00:36:34,981 --> 00:36:38,980 - Yes, your Council of Wells. 690 00:36:38,981 --> 00:36:40,950 Could any one of those clowns 691 00:36:40,951 --> 00:36:44,940 identify what my abilities are? 692 00:36:44,941 --> 00:36:47,950 You could gather every genius on every planet, 693 00:36:47,951 --> 00:36:50,980 and you still couldn't outthink me. 694 00:36:50,981 --> 00:36:53,950 - Plenty of metas have come after me, 695 00:36:53,951 --> 00:36:55,920 the people that I love. 696 00:36:55,921 --> 00:36:58,900 You know the one thing they have in common? 697 00:36:58,901 --> 00:36:59,950 They failed. 698 00:36:59,951 --> 00:37:01,980 - You've done wonders all these years 699 00:37:01,981 --> 00:37:04,950 punching gorillas with rudimentary powers, 700 00:37:04,951 --> 00:37:07,900 chasing madmen shooting icicles. 701 00:37:07,901 --> 00:37:09,950 Those were children with play guns. 702 00:37:09,951 --> 00:37:13,920 Savitar, Zoom, Thawne. 703 00:37:13,921 --> 00:37:16,930 Their powers are nothing compared to the power 704 00:37:16,931 --> 00:37:19,980 of limitless thought. 705 00:37:19,981 --> 00:37:22,900 - That's your ability? 706 00:37:22,901 --> 00:37:25,940 Your intellect was amplified by the particle accelerator. 707 00:37:25,941 --> 00:37:28,940 - You may be the fastest man alive, Allen. 708 00:37:28,941 --> 00:37:30,980 I'm the fastest mind. 709 00:37:36,940 --> 00:37:38,990 - So this is how we begin whatever twisted game 710 00:37:38,991 --> 00:37:42,980 you have planned. 711 00:37:42,981 --> 00:37:45,910 - No, Mr. Allen. You've already lost, 712 00:37:45,911 --> 00:37:48,990 and you never even realized it. 713 00:37:48,991 --> 00:37:53,970 Congratulations on your upcoming nuptials. 714 00:37:53,971 --> 00:37:55,920 I'll be thinking of you. 715 00:38:02,370 --> 00:38:03,380 - There's something I need to tell you. 716 00:38:03,381 --> 00:38:05,340 I confronted DeVoe. 717 00:38:05,341 --> 00:38:07,340 - Oh, come on, Barry. He could get you arrested! 718 00:38:07,341 --> 00:38:08,370 - No, he won't. He wanted me to come. 719 00:38:08,371 --> 00:38:10,330 - How do you know? 720 00:38:10,331 --> 00:38:11,370 - Well, for starters, he knows I'm the Flash. 721 00:38:14,320 --> 00:38:16,380 - So you were right all along. 722 00:38:16,381 --> 00:38:18,340 - We didn't believe you. 723 00:38:18,341 --> 00:38:20,310 - I'm sorry. 724 00:38:20,311 --> 00:38:22,300 - Don't be. DeVoe's been playing all of us. 725 00:38:22,301 --> 00:38:23,360 - How? 726 00:38:23,361 --> 00:38:25,350 - It's his powers. 727 00:38:25,351 --> 00:38:28,300 He has an intelligence beyond anything we could've imagined. 728 00:38:28,301 --> 00:38:30,370 He's orchestrated everything that we've encountered. 729 00:38:30,371 --> 00:38:32,330 He's moved us like chess pieces 730 00:38:32,331 --> 00:38:34,310 in a game we didn't even know we were playing. 731 00:38:34,311 --> 00:38:36,330 - How do we stop someone who has super intelligence? 732 00:38:36,331 --> 00:38:38,300 - We're pretty smart. 733 00:38:38,301 --> 00:38:39,310 - Maybe we're not. 734 00:38:42,310 --> 00:38:49,300 ? ? 735 00:38:49,301 --> 00:38:50,340 - The Thinker! 736 00:38:50,341 --> 00:38:51,370 - It's good. Apt sense of menace. 737 00:38:51,371 --> 00:38:53,350 Nailed it in one. 738 00:38:53,351 --> 00:38:56,310 - Guys, it's gonna take all of us to stop him. 739 00:38:56,311 --> 00:38:58,360 - Sounds like y'all could use a hand. 740 00:38:58,361 --> 00:39:00,330 - Oh. - Hey! 741 00:39:00,331 --> 00:39:02,320 - Wally! 742 00:39:03,340 --> 00:39:05,350 - Good to see you, son! - You too. 743 00:39:05,351 --> 00:39:06,380 - Aww! 744 00:39:06,381 --> 00:39:08,310 - How was Blue Valley? 745 00:39:08,311 --> 00:39:10,300 - Oh. 746 00:39:10,301 --> 00:39:12,390 Self-reflection and a battle with a starfish 747 00:39:12,391 --> 00:39:15,380 from outer space gives you perspective. 748 00:39:15,381 --> 00:39:17,340 - So you found what you were looking for? 749 00:39:17,341 --> 00:39:19,370 - I don't know, to be honest. 750 00:39:19,371 --> 00:39:23,330 - Well, we are glad you're home. 751 00:39:23,331 --> 00:39:25,350 - Looks like you found the guy behind the bus metas. 752 00:39:25,351 --> 00:39:27,300 - Yeah. 753 00:39:27,301 --> 00:39:29,350 - So you want to suit up? Take him down? 754 00:39:29,351 --> 00:39:32,310 - No, now it's his move. 755 00:39:32,311 --> 00:39:35,370 I think we take our time, formulate a plan. 756 00:39:37,300 --> 00:39:40,390 - What now, boss lady? 757 00:39:40,391 --> 00:39:43,300 - We get married. 758 00:39:44,330 --> 00:39:47,320 - He came to you, just like you said he would. 759 00:39:47,321 --> 00:39:52,330 - He's finally seized control of his fear. 760 00:39:52,331 --> 00:39:53,370 He drew his strength 761 00:39:53,371 --> 00:39:57,310 from those he calls friends. 762 00:39:57,311 --> 00:39:58,380 - Sounds like you admire him. 763 00:39:58,381 --> 00:40:00,370 - It is fascinating. 764 00:40:00,371 --> 00:40:03,390 In the chain of 4,900 possible events I predicted, 765 00:40:03,391 --> 00:40:06,350 there was one which resulted in them calling me "The Teacher." 766 00:40:09,310 --> 00:40:12,310 I prefer "The Thinker." 767 00:40:12,311 --> 00:40:15,350 They will be the first to experience the Enlightenment. 768 00:40:16,390 --> 00:40:18,390 - You've been unplugged for too long. 769 00:40:23,320 --> 00:40:25,300 - I'm nothing without you. 770 00:40:28,300 --> 00:40:32,350 ? ? 771 00:40:32,351 --> 00:40:34,350 - Proceed. 772 00:40:37,340 --> 00:40:44,340 ? ? 773 00:41:14,320 --> 00:41:15,370 - Your body's deteriorating 774 00:41:15,371 --> 00:41:17,340 faster than the chair can handle. 775 00:41:17,341 --> 00:41:21,360 - It will survive long enough. 776 00:41:21,361 --> 00:41:24,390 - You're really going to let them get married? 777 00:41:24,391 --> 00:41:27,390 - What is knowledge without love?