1 00:00:02,461 --> 00:00:07,132 Barry: My name is Barry Allen, and I am the fastest man alive. 2 00:00:07,299 --> 00:00:10,802 When I was a child, I saw my mother killed by something impossible. 3 00:00:10,969 --> 00:00:13,347 My father went to prison for her murder. 4 00:00:14,181 --> 00:00:16,517 Then an accident made me the impossible. 5 00:00:18,101 --> 00:00:20,812 To the outside world, I'm an ordinary forensic scientist... 6 00:00:20,979 --> 00:00:25,526 But secretly, I use my speed to fight crime and find others like me. 7 00:00:25,776 --> 00:00:30,197 And one day, I'll find who killed my mother and get justice for my father. 8 00:00:30,364 --> 00:00:32,157 I am the flash. 9 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:34,535 Narrator: Previously on the flash: 10 00:00:34,993 --> 00:00:37,996 -Who do you think you are? Barry: This is what we talked about: 11 00:00:38,163 --> 00:00:39,581 Using my speed to do good. 12 00:00:39,748 --> 00:00:42,000 We talked about you helping contain metahumans. 13 00:00:42,167 --> 00:00:44,169 After all these classes, I started a blog. 14 00:00:44,336 --> 00:00:47,256 I thought you were taking journalism, not science fiction. 15 00:00:47,422 --> 00:00:50,092 Since I've known you, you've believed in the impossible. 16 00:00:50,259 --> 00:00:54,972 What if you were right about when your mom died? Something is saving people. 17 00:00:57,891 --> 00:00:59,560 See you soon, Barry. 18 00:01:01,770 --> 00:01:05,899 Barry: How often do you think about why your friends came into your life? 19 00:01:06,108 --> 00:01:10,862 Was it random, by design, or maybe a little of both? 20 00:01:11,989 --> 00:01:13,240 Regardless of the reason... 21 00:01:13,407 --> 00:01:17,869 Some friends, you just know, are gonna be by your side for a while. 22 00:01:18,036 --> 00:01:21,206 Others, you're not so sure. 23 00:01:21,415 --> 00:01:23,041 And then there's that one friend... 24 00:01:23,208 --> 00:01:27,879 Who, well, you hope someday becomes something more. 25 00:01:29,214 --> 00:01:32,467 But friend will have to do for now... 26 00:01:32,634 --> 00:01:34,928 And that's okay, / guess. 27 00:01:36,597 --> 00:01:38,557 I'm glad you invited Caitlin and Cisco. 28 00:01:38,724 --> 00:01:40,726 - They're cool, right? - They saved your life. 29 00:01:40,892 --> 00:01:43,228 That makes them the coolest people I've ever met. 30 00:01:43,395 --> 00:01:45,897 It's nice that you guys became friends. 31 00:01:46,106 --> 00:01:48,775 To friends, old and new. 32 00:01:53,739 --> 00:01:57,784 Ooh. I'm up. Wish me luck. 33 00:01:59,953 --> 00:02:02,914 - I am going to destroy you. - Don't get cocky, west. 34 00:02:03,081 --> 00:02:04,249 Iris: 35 00:02:07,919 --> 00:02:10,547 Barry: Guys, I have a problem. 36 00:02:10,756 --> 00:02:13,717 We all do when guys like him exist. 37 00:02:13,925 --> 00:02:16,553 Yeah. He's so hot. 38 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:20,682 Uh, I mean, genetically speaking. Because I'm a geneticist, of course. 39 00:02:20,932 --> 00:02:23,852 - God, do I sound like Felicity? - I'm not talking about Eddie. 40 00:02:24,061 --> 00:02:26,355 I'm talking about this. 41 00:02:28,690 --> 00:02:29,733 I can't feel anything. 42 00:02:29,941 --> 00:02:33,153 Yeah, that's usually what happens when you drink too much. 43 00:02:33,362 --> 00:02:35,489 No, the alcohol is not affecting me. 44 00:02:35,697 --> 00:02:37,741 I mean, I literally feel nothing. 45 00:02:37,949 --> 00:02:40,786 It's your hypermetabolism. I need a sample. 46 00:02:40,994 --> 00:02:43,288 - I'll get more shots. - I swear I had a vacutainer. 47 00:02:43,455 --> 00:02:45,457 Wait, you carry a blood-collection kit? 48 00:02:45,666 --> 00:02:47,876 You have your hobbies... 49 00:02:58,303 --> 00:03:00,806 - Fourteenth floor, secure. - Man: Roger that. 50 00:03:07,646 --> 00:03:09,898 Hold off on that check. 51 00:03:18,073 --> 00:03:20,992 Lock down the building. Hold it! 52 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:25,831 - Don't come near me. - You need to come with me. Come on. 53 00:03:27,582 --> 00:03:29,251 Get down. 54 00:03:46,101 --> 00:03:49,521 - Ah. Still nothing? - I can't get drunk. 55 00:03:49,688 --> 00:03:52,691 I mean, I'm only 25, and my drinking days are already over. 56 00:03:52,899 --> 00:03:54,192 Come on, Allen, you're up. 57 00:03:57,195 --> 00:03:59,156 There was a bombing on eighth and pass. 58 00:03:59,364 --> 00:04:01,199 I gotta go, babe. Iris: Okay. 59 00:04:01,408 --> 00:04:02,993 Sorry, guys. 60 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:04,828 I've got an early shift at jitters. 61 00:04:05,036 --> 00:04:07,156 - We'll catch up tomorrow. Great. - Caitlin: I'm beat. 62 00:04:07,289 --> 00:04:10,167 It's getting late anyway, so I'm just gonna... 63 00:04:17,591 --> 00:04:20,343 Help! Somebody! 64 00:04:21,052 --> 00:04:23,555 Guys, there's a window washer, and he's gonna fall. 65 00:04:23,764 --> 00:04:26,308 Don't try and catch him. You don't have super-strength. 66 00:04:26,475 --> 00:04:29,978 Is there a bed store near here? What if I get mattresses and stack them? 67 00:04:30,187 --> 00:04:33,732 - Barry, this isn't a road runner cartoon. - Window cleaner: Help! Help! 68 00:04:33,940 --> 00:04:36,401 How fast would I need to go to run up a building? 69 00:04:36,943 --> 00:04:39,404 How far up do you need to go? 70 00:04:39,613 --> 00:04:41,573 Window cleaner: Hurry! Somebody! 71 00:04:42,282 --> 00:04:44,743 Uh, I don't know, 50 meters give or take. 72 00:04:44,951 --> 00:04:46,828 Thirty-two point fifty-seven... 73 00:04:50,707 --> 00:04:52,083 Guys, hurry. 74 00:04:52,250 --> 00:04:54,419 Caitlin: Just run really fast and you'll be fine. 75 00:04:54,628 --> 00:04:58,173 - Maintain velocity on the way down, or... - Or what? 76 00:04:59,716 --> 00:05:01,635 - Splat. - Great. 77 00:05:01,802 --> 00:05:04,596 - Window cleaner: Help! - All right, all right, all right. 78 00:05:06,807 --> 00:05:08,391 Here it goes. 79 00:05:46,054 --> 00:05:48,932 Barry, what have you got? 80 00:05:49,891 --> 00:05:52,894 Bombers typically have their own unique signatures. 81 00:05:53,144 --> 00:05:55,146 Crimped wires, fragmentation. 82 00:05:55,355 --> 00:05:58,441 The level of sophistication is telling once I've analyzed it. 83 00:05:58,650 --> 00:06:02,487 - You show me a bomb, I can find a clue in it. - Sounds like there's a "but" coming. 84 00:06:02,696 --> 00:06:05,156 Yeah. I haven't found any sign of an oxidizing agent. 85 00:06:05,323 --> 00:06:08,952 - It's as if the floor just blew itself up. - Things don't just blow up. 86 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:12,289 Security guard said our bomber was a woman, red hair. 87 00:06:12,497 --> 00:06:14,791 Also cut the security cameras. There's no footage. 88 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:16,960 But there might be something else. 89 00:06:17,168 --> 00:06:20,755 Some kind of small charge blasted the doorknob off. 90 00:06:22,507 --> 00:06:25,719 - Any idea what's missing? - My guess is one of these files. 91 00:06:25,927 --> 00:06:30,181 - It will take days to figure out which one. - Let's let Barry do his thing. 92 00:06:58,043 --> 00:06:59,753 - What's going on? - I have no idea. 93 00:06:59,961 --> 00:07:05,008 Came in here like they owned the place. Been talking to Singh for the last half hour. 94 00:07:05,216 --> 00:07:07,052 This can't be good. 95 00:07:11,890 --> 00:07:16,102 - General eiling, this is detective west. - Detective. 96 00:07:17,646 --> 00:07:18,897 What's this all about? 97 00:07:19,105 --> 00:07:21,399 The army's taking over the bombing investigation. 98 00:07:21,566 --> 00:07:25,236 I'll need everything you have. Physical evidence, photos... 99 00:07:25,403 --> 00:07:28,281 - Witness interviews, notes. - I've been on the job 20 years. 100 00:07:28,448 --> 00:07:31,034 Never heard of the army investigating anything civilian. 101 00:07:31,242 --> 00:07:33,536 Well, it's not civilian. She's one of ours. 102 00:07:35,664 --> 00:07:37,290 We'll send over everything we got. 103 00:07:37,499 --> 00:07:40,669 Very kind of you. I think we'll take it now, though. 104 00:07:43,088 --> 00:07:44,506 Give them what they want, Joe. 105 00:07:46,758 --> 00:07:49,552 You heard him, Joe. Give me what I want. 106 00:08:01,106 --> 00:08:02,524 Hey, what's going on? 107 00:08:02,774 --> 00:08:05,443 General eiling is relieving us from the bombing case. 108 00:08:05,652 --> 00:08:08,780 Give these men everything that's relevant. 109 00:08:10,031 --> 00:08:12,075 Sure thing, yeah. 110 00:08:17,914 --> 00:08:21,710 You and a few civilians from s.T.A.R. Labs might wanna check into that. 111 00:08:22,544 --> 00:08:24,045 I think we might. 112 00:08:24,295 --> 00:08:28,008 Can I talk to you for a minute, Joe? It's about Iris. 113 00:08:29,551 --> 00:08:31,136 Iris: Hey, dad. You're home early. 114 00:08:31,344 --> 00:08:34,097 What were you doing at the bomb site last night? 115 00:08:34,305 --> 00:08:37,976 Don't deny you were there. Officer vukovich saw you. 116 00:08:38,143 --> 00:08:42,230 - It's complicated. - You can't be coming to every crime scene... 117 00:08:42,397 --> 00:08:44,899 Because you're worried about Eddie. He's a big boy. 118 00:08:45,066 --> 00:08:47,694 I didn't go there to see Eddie. I... 119 00:08:47,861 --> 00:08:50,030 I went there to see the streak. 120 00:08:52,657 --> 00:08:54,659 The streak. 121 00:08:56,911 --> 00:08:58,747 - What is that? - My blog. 122 00:08:59,372 --> 00:09:02,959 I've been collecting posts about the streak sightings and writing about them. 123 00:09:05,336 --> 00:09:06,880 Baby, there's no streak. 124 00:09:07,088 --> 00:09:10,925 Yes, there is. I saw him last night, dad. I looked right at him. 125 00:09:12,010 --> 00:09:15,847 Something incredible is happening in central city, and I am gonna write about it. 126 00:09:16,056 --> 00:09:18,058 If you'll excuse me, I have to get to work. 127 00:09:18,224 --> 00:09:21,186 Blogging about supernatural events doesn't really pay well. 128 00:09:29,194 --> 00:09:31,863 Cisco: A va file number is all the info you have on the bomber? 129 00:09:32,030 --> 00:09:33,865 C.c.p.d.'s been ordered off the case. 130 00:09:34,032 --> 00:09:36,576 - Well, who has the power to do that? - The army. 131 00:09:36,785 --> 00:09:39,954 Yeah, some general. His name was eiling, I think. 132 00:09:40,121 --> 00:09:41,498 General Wade eiling. 133 00:09:41,664 --> 00:09:43,958 - You know him? - Wells: Yeah, I know him. 134 00:09:44,125 --> 00:09:47,212 About 10 years ago general Wade eiling contracted s.T.A.R. Labs... 135 00:09:47,420 --> 00:09:49,798 To develop enhanced gene therapies for soldiers. 136 00:09:49,964 --> 00:09:52,509 I was interested in the medical benefits for civilians. 137 00:09:52,717 --> 00:09:56,262 General eiling really wanted to develop mind-reading capabilities... 138 00:09:56,429 --> 00:09:58,348 For interrogation purposes. 139 00:09:58,515 --> 00:10:02,811 I ended the study when I saw his techniques, but our split was less than amicable. 140 00:10:03,019 --> 00:10:05,271 He took the evidence I collected on the bombing. 141 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:06,689 Everything but the folder. 142 00:10:07,816 --> 00:10:11,194 Well, lucky for us, the va finally joined the new millennium... 143 00:10:11,402 --> 00:10:13,696 And digitized their records. 144 00:10:13,905 --> 00:10:15,448 A lot of redacted info... 145 00:10:15,615 --> 00:10:19,994 But our girl's name is Bette sans souci, an eod specialist for the army. 146 00:10:20,161 --> 00:10:21,663 - Eod? - Bombs. 147 00:10:21,830 --> 00:10:24,499 - Is there an address? - Hold on. Here we go. 148 00:10:24,707 --> 00:10:28,461 One person in case of emergency: Cameron Scott, anglewood. 149 00:10:48,273 --> 00:10:50,066 Bette sans souci? 150 00:10:52,610 --> 00:10:55,488 - I need you to come with me. - Don't touch me, please. 151 00:10:57,031 --> 00:10:59,367 Get whatever you're wearing off of you. 152 00:11:00,535 --> 00:11:02,245 Hurry. 153 00:11:13,131 --> 00:11:15,550 Barry, can you hear me? Barry? 154 00:11:15,758 --> 00:11:19,679 There must be a perfectly reasonable explanation for why he's not answering. 155 00:11:19,888 --> 00:11:21,431 Barry! 156 00:11:23,474 --> 00:11:26,144 Uh... Barry: Don't ask. 157 00:11:27,395 --> 00:11:29,105 I'm gonna ask. Where's my suit? 158 00:11:30,190 --> 00:11:32,609 It's gone. 159 00:11:33,651 --> 00:11:35,069 What do you mean, it's gone? 160 00:11:35,278 --> 00:11:37,947 - What did you do with my suit? - It blew up, dude. 161 00:11:38,156 --> 00:11:41,159 I managed to get out of it before it went kaboom. 162 00:11:41,326 --> 00:11:44,329 My suit went kaboom? 163 00:11:44,579 --> 00:11:47,248 Fun fact about Bette sans souci: She's not carrying bombs. 164 00:11:47,457 --> 00:11:51,085 She touched the emblem on the suit and turned it into a bomb. 165 00:11:51,294 --> 00:11:52,587 She's a metahuman. 166 00:11:52,754 --> 00:11:57,300 With the ability to cause spontaneous combustion upon tactile contact. 167 00:11:57,508 --> 00:11:59,761 - She blew up my suit. - You have like three more. 168 00:11:59,969 --> 00:12:02,138 Okay, I have two. And I loved that one. 169 00:12:02,347 --> 00:12:07,018 - All right, what else do we know about her? - Oh, I don't know, she's pure evil? 170 00:12:07,227 --> 00:12:10,730 We're gonna find this girl and send her butt into the pipeline. 171 00:12:10,939 --> 00:12:14,192 No one blows my tech to smithereens and gets away with it. 172 00:12:15,860 --> 00:12:18,321 Unless she looks like that. 173 00:12:19,989 --> 00:12:21,616 I don't think she meant to hurt me. 174 00:12:21,824 --> 00:12:25,828 Or her being a metahuman explains general eiling's interest in her. 175 00:12:26,037 --> 00:12:27,830 And why he stole the case from us. 176 00:12:28,539 --> 00:12:31,292 He didn't want anyone to know what she could do. 177 00:12:32,877 --> 00:12:37,173 - Detective. - Doctor. So human bomb. 178 00:12:37,382 --> 00:12:39,133 Must be Tuesday in central city. 179 00:12:39,342 --> 00:12:43,888 Yes. And general eiling's not one to give up a potential asset without a fight. 180 00:12:44,138 --> 00:12:48,351 -We have to find her before he does -Barry, can I see you for a second? 181 00:12:54,857 --> 00:12:57,735 When were you planning on telling me that Iris saw the streak? 182 00:12:57,902 --> 00:13:00,321 That was not planned. She caught me off guard. 183 00:13:01,906 --> 00:13:05,576 Keep her in the dark about metahumans, and I don't go Floyd Mayweather on you. 184 00:13:05,785 --> 00:13:08,871 - Okay. Joe, I know... - And she's writing a blog now. 185 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:11,666 - I already talked to her about that. - Talk to her again. 186 00:13:11,874 --> 00:13:14,210 And be more convincing. 187 00:13:14,419 --> 00:13:15,878 Okay. 188 00:13:18,381 --> 00:13:19,882 - You mean right now? - Yes, I do. 189 00:13:22,427 --> 00:13:24,262 You gotta stop writing about this guy. 190 00:13:24,429 --> 00:13:26,347 - He doesn't even exist. - I saw him, Barry. 191 00:13:26,514 --> 00:13:28,933 He wears a red suit, like a uniform or something... 192 00:13:29,100 --> 00:13:30,727 With a lightning bolt on his chest. 193 00:13:32,103 --> 00:13:35,106 Iris, come on. You were drinking last night at the bar. 194 00:13:35,315 --> 00:13:39,694 I was not drunk, and I know what I saw. He wears a mask. 195 00:13:39,902 --> 00:13:42,447 I think he smiled at me. 196 00:13:43,406 --> 00:13:48,453 Okay, first of all, if he's wearing a mask, he doesn't want people to know who he is. 197 00:13:48,703 --> 00:13:49,996 It doesn't matter who he is. 198 00:13:50,163 --> 00:13:52,540 What matters is that people know that he's out there. 199 00:13:53,916 --> 00:13:56,085 What is wrong with you? This is important to me. 200 00:13:56,252 --> 00:13:57,795 Why can't you be more supportive? 201 00:13:58,588 --> 00:14:01,632 I'm just... You haven't even put your name on it. 202 00:14:01,841 --> 00:14:05,136 I mean, how serious can you be about an anonymous blog? 203 00:14:07,847 --> 00:14:08,890 Okay, you know what? 204 00:14:09,057 --> 00:14:12,643 Our entire lives, you couldn't scream loud enough that the impossible existed. 205 00:14:12,852 --> 00:14:15,063 Now it's actually happening in central city... 206 00:14:15,271 --> 00:14:18,483 I have proof of it, and you don't wanna know about it? 207 00:14:18,649 --> 00:14:20,568 That doesn't make sense, Barry. 208 00:14:20,777 --> 00:14:23,905 So when you're ready to tell me what this routine is really about... 209 00:14:24,072 --> 00:14:26,324 Then we can talk. 210 00:14:31,245 --> 00:14:33,289 Cisco: We've piggybacked onto eiling's surveillance. 211 00:14:33,456 --> 00:14:36,292 According to what they're saying, the lovely Ms. Sans souci... 212 00:14:36,459 --> 00:14:38,002 Was just spotted in anglewood. 213 00:14:38,252 --> 00:14:40,755 The same neighborhood as Dr. Harold Hadley's office... 214 00:14:40,963 --> 00:14:43,549 The military surgeon who performed procedures on her. 215 00:14:43,716 --> 00:14:45,676 That's why she was looking for the folder. 216 00:14:45,885 --> 00:14:48,179 -You gotta get to her before eiling does -okay. 217 00:15:03,111 --> 00:15:06,989 - Sergeant sans souci. - You remember me. Good. 218 00:15:07,156 --> 00:15:09,492 Because I remember you, doctor. 219 00:15:09,659 --> 00:15:12,662 I remember waking up from a coma. You'd started cutting me open. 220 00:15:12,829 --> 00:15:17,125 I was trying to help ease your condition. You couldn't control it. 221 00:15:17,291 --> 00:15:20,336 You did this to me. You and eiling. 222 00:15:38,646 --> 00:15:41,399 - Go bring me my asset. - Sir. 223 00:15:46,696 --> 00:15:50,741 You okay? I can get you out of here. I can help you understand what happened to you. 224 00:15:50,950 --> 00:15:53,035 - How? - Because it happened to me too. 225 00:15:53,202 --> 00:15:54,245 Please. 226 00:16:09,719 --> 00:16:11,679 Soldier: Target is gone. 227 00:16:16,517 --> 00:16:19,020 Wells: As the detonation dispersed throughout central city... 228 00:16:19,187 --> 00:16:22,440 A number of people were exposed to a wave of unquantifiable energy. 229 00:16:22,607 --> 00:16:24,901 One of those people was you. 230 00:16:25,067 --> 00:16:27,612 You were in central city 10 months ago. 231 00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:31,657 Uh, I had just returned from Afghanistan. 232 00:16:32,533 --> 00:16:35,244 I was there diffusing roadside bombs... 233 00:16:36,787 --> 00:16:38,539 And shrapnel ripped through me. 234 00:16:38,706 --> 00:16:42,502 I was flown back stateside. Spent months at the base recuperating. 235 00:16:42,668 --> 00:16:44,629 And next thing I know... 236 00:16:45,296 --> 00:16:47,340 I became the thing that almost killed me. 237 00:16:47,882 --> 00:16:51,135 And eiling's favorite new lab rat. 238 00:16:51,302 --> 00:16:55,848 The dark matter must have combined with the bomb particulate inside your body. 239 00:16:56,015 --> 00:16:58,518 I thought eiling did this to me. 240 00:16:58,684 --> 00:17:03,314 Eiling is not smart enough to create someone like you... 241 00:17:03,481 --> 00:17:05,316 But clever enough to see your value. 242 00:17:05,858 --> 00:17:08,110 Do you know of any others who were changed? 243 00:17:08,694 --> 00:17:12,406 - There have been a few. - But no one that looks like you. 244 00:17:15,368 --> 00:17:17,787 I'm sorry. That was inappropriate. 245 00:17:19,497 --> 00:17:22,542 - Please don't leave. - I know how to perform a lobotomy. 246 00:17:23,918 --> 00:17:25,920 Wells: Cell structure's unlike anything I've seen. 247 00:17:26,087 --> 00:17:28,548 Her nitrogen levels are off the charts. 248 00:17:32,718 --> 00:17:34,011 You think we can help her? 249 00:17:34,178 --> 00:17:36,556 To answer that, we have to understand how she works. 250 00:17:36,722 --> 00:17:39,058 To understand that, we have to study her in action. 251 00:17:39,225 --> 00:17:40,810 You want her to blow stuff up. 252 00:17:41,185 --> 00:17:43,980 - Yes. Now we're talking. - Not in here. She's too unstable. 253 00:17:44,146 --> 00:17:45,940 - I know. - I know you know. 254 00:17:46,399 --> 00:17:50,236 So this is your life now, huh? Testing people like me? 255 00:17:50,403 --> 00:17:52,405 Stopping people like you. 256 00:17:53,531 --> 00:17:55,575 It's not what I thought I'd be doing. 257 00:17:57,493 --> 00:18:00,871 Actually, aside from Barry, you're the first metahuman that we've tested. 258 00:18:01,581 --> 00:18:04,083 - "Metahuman"? - It's just a term. 259 00:18:06,836 --> 00:18:08,921 Oh, my god. What happened? 260 00:18:10,089 --> 00:18:13,134 - Why didn't you say that you were shot? - It just grazed me. 261 00:18:14,343 --> 00:18:15,595 There's something in there. 262 00:18:23,394 --> 00:18:24,437 A tracker. 263 00:18:30,610 --> 00:18:34,113 Lock down the pipeline. Get Bette out of here. I'll take care of eiling. 264 00:18:39,660 --> 00:18:41,871 Harrison Wells. 265 00:18:42,038 --> 00:18:45,041 - How the might have fallen. - General. 266 00:18:45,207 --> 00:18:47,209 S.t.a.r. Labs. 267 00:18:48,252 --> 00:18:50,171 This place used to be so important. 268 00:18:51,505 --> 00:18:54,759 Tell me, what does one do after such a spectacular public failure? 269 00:18:55,468 --> 00:18:59,055 One adapts. One evolves. 270 00:18:59,430 --> 00:19:01,766 One becomes intent on reversing one's fortune. 271 00:19:01,932 --> 00:19:03,476 Always the idealist. 272 00:19:04,268 --> 00:19:06,479 - What do you want, Wade? - Where's my asset? 273 00:19:06,937 --> 00:19:10,399 - I have no idea what you're talking about. - We tracked her here, Harrison. 274 00:19:10,566 --> 00:19:13,944 Turn her over before you see the rest of your precious palace crumble. 275 00:19:14,111 --> 00:19:16,155 Wade, Wade, Wade. 276 00:19:22,411 --> 00:19:24,997 We could've changed the world, you and I. 277 00:19:37,635 --> 00:19:41,597 Four hundred twenty-seven kpa's. Her trauzl rating is around 45. 278 00:19:41,764 --> 00:19:44,058 That's the same as any plastique. 279 00:19:44,225 --> 00:19:47,186 "Plastique." ha! First try. 280 00:19:47,353 --> 00:19:49,647 Didn't really think this one through, did you? 281 00:19:53,609 --> 00:19:56,487 Downrange insurgents started booby-trapping cars 282 00:19:56,654 --> 00:20:00,991 for the rest of my tour, I was terrified to touch another vehicle. 283 00:20:02,284 --> 00:20:06,872 Now I'm gonna spend the rest of my life terrified to touch another human being. 284 00:20:09,125 --> 00:20:11,043 Have they tried to help you? 285 00:20:14,714 --> 00:20:17,341 They've helped me learn how to use my powers... 286 00:20:17,508 --> 00:20:18,551 Not reverse them. 287 00:20:19,301 --> 00:20:23,681 If they could reverse it so you weren't a metahuman... 288 00:20:23,848 --> 00:20:25,349 Would you? 289 00:20:26,934 --> 00:20:30,813 A friend told me I was given my speed for a reason... 290 00:20:30,980 --> 00:20:33,315 That I was chosen. 291 00:20:34,567 --> 00:20:36,026 I don't know if I believe that. 292 00:20:37,570 --> 00:20:39,905 But I always wanted to help people. 293 00:20:40,406 --> 00:20:41,991 Now I can. 294 00:20:45,161 --> 00:20:47,037 I'm sorry. 295 00:20:47,872 --> 00:20:50,666 - Hey, Joe. - I see your little conversation with Iris... 296 00:20:50,833 --> 00:20:52,001 Was a rousing success. 297 00:20:52,168 --> 00:20:54,795 She just posted another story about the streak. 298 00:20:54,962 --> 00:20:59,091 - Joe, I tried. I really tried. - She's got her name on it now, Barry. 299 00:20:59,258 --> 00:21:00,968 - What? Joe... - It's my fault. 300 00:21:01,135 --> 00:21:04,972 I shouldn't have asked you to say anything. I just wanted you to know. Okay? Bye. 301 00:21:09,393 --> 00:21:10,644 What was that about? 302 00:21:12,021 --> 00:21:15,649 Iris posted about the streak again. She signed her name to it. 303 00:21:16,192 --> 00:21:19,195 - Oh, that's not good. - No. 304 00:21:19,361 --> 00:21:22,156 If one of these bad metahumans figures she knows something... 305 00:21:22,323 --> 00:21:24,492 They may target her. I know. 306 00:21:33,209 --> 00:21:35,336 Sorry, we're closed. 307 00:21:38,506 --> 00:21:40,090 Oh, my god. It's you. 308 00:21:40,257 --> 00:21:43,761 Iris west, I hear you've been writing about me. 309 00:21:48,599 --> 00:21:50,351 You are real. 310 00:21:51,602 --> 00:21:53,771 I should, um... 311 00:21:54,355 --> 00:21:55,648 Let me just clean up... 312 00:21:59,944 --> 00:22:01,529 Flash: Meet me on the roof. 313 00:22:01,695 --> 00:22:04,657 - I'll give you a head start. - Okay. 314 00:22:12,581 --> 00:22:15,459 I need you to stop writing about me. 315 00:22:16,377 --> 00:22:19,797 There are a lot of people who need someone like you right now... 316 00:22:19,964 --> 00:22:22,174 To know that you're out there. 317 00:22:23,551 --> 00:22:25,302 I have so many questions. 318 00:22:25,469 --> 00:22:27,471 Where are you from? 319 00:22:28,180 --> 00:22:30,307 I can't say. 320 00:22:30,474 --> 00:22:32,434 Who are you? 321 00:22:32,601 --> 00:22:34,812 I can't tell you that either. 322 00:22:35,563 --> 00:22:37,314 How can you do what you do? 323 00:22:42,444 --> 00:22:44,280 You're a terrible interview. 324 00:22:45,614 --> 00:22:47,908 There's more to this than you can understand. 325 00:22:48,075 --> 00:22:52,288 Just trust me, please. I need you to stop. 326 00:22:52,705 --> 00:22:54,498 Can you stop? 327 00:22:54,665 --> 00:22:58,502 Running into buildings and rescuing people without them even knowing you're there? 328 00:22:58,669 --> 00:23:01,755 - I don't do this for the glory. - So why do you? 329 00:23:08,637 --> 00:23:12,182 Look, I have this friend... 330 00:23:12,349 --> 00:23:15,853 And he had something terrible happen to him when he was a kid. 331 00:23:16,020 --> 00:23:21,650 And his whole life, he's been telling stories about this impossible thing. 332 00:23:22,318 --> 00:23:26,488 And people laughed at him, and shrinks analyzed him. 333 00:23:27,448 --> 00:23:30,868 And he's been searching for an explanation ever since. 334 00:23:31,702 --> 00:23:36,624 But now suddenly it's like he's lost his faith. 335 00:23:36,790 --> 00:23:40,753 But you, you are proof that he wasn't crazy. 336 00:23:44,882 --> 00:23:47,176 Help me save my friend. 337 00:23:51,055 --> 00:23:53,057 He's a lucky guy. 338 00:24:12,910 --> 00:24:14,411 Hey, what's wrong? 339 00:24:14,578 --> 00:24:17,748 - Did eiling find out you're here? - No. 340 00:24:18,332 --> 00:24:20,834 Caitlin was about to give me the not-so-good news. 341 00:24:23,420 --> 00:24:27,675 The shrapnel in your body has merged with you on a cellular level. 342 00:24:29,301 --> 00:24:33,430 The technology required to unsplice your DNA... 343 00:24:35,015 --> 00:24:36,558 It hasn't been invented yet. 344 00:24:42,314 --> 00:24:43,857 Bette... 345 00:24:44,817 --> 00:24:46,610 It's okay. 346 00:24:46,819 --> 00:24:49,238 Roger that. I... 347 00:24:49,738 --> 00:24:51,740 I just need a minute. 348 00:24:51,949 --> 00:24:55,035 Don't worry. I'm pretty sure I can cry without blowing stuff up. 349 00:25:03,711 --> 00:25:04,753 What now? 350 00:25:05,629 --> 00:25:08,966 She joins us becomes a part of the team. 351 00:25:09,133 --> 00:25:13,137 Barry, you have an amazing ability to help people. 352 00:25:13,303 --> 00:25:16,140 She makes things explode. 353 00:25:17,057 --> 00:25:19,935 She's the first metahuman not hell-bent on destroying the city. 354 00:25:20,102 --> 00:25:21,145 It's too dangerous. 355 00:25:22,062 --> 00:25:25,065 - She's not going in the pipeline. - I'm not suggesting she go in. 356 00:25:25,232 --> 00:25:28,652 But were she to remain at s.T.A.R. Labs, it would put all of us at risk. 357 00:25:28,861 --> 00:25:30,654 From who, eiling? 358 00:25:30,821 --> 00:25:33,991 Eiling is a dangerous man, Barry. We do not want him as an enemy. 359 00:25:37,244 --> 00:25:40,205 After the lightning bolt, what if you hadn't found me? 360 00:25:40,372 --> 00:25:41,415 It could've been me. 361 00:25:42,082 --> 00:25:46,670 Hunted, on the run, cut off from everyone I know and care about. 362 00:25:47,129 --> 00:25:48,630 You guys saved me. 363 00:25:48,797 --> 00:25:51,842 And I wanna save her just as bad as you do, Barry. 364 00:26:04,897 --> 00:26:06,023 What are you doing here? 365 00:26:06,190 --> 00:26:09,318 Going over the materials in your mom's case. 366 00:26:09,485 --> 00:26:11,195 How's it going with you? 367 00:26:11,987 --> 00:26:15,157 Stellar. I made friends with a human bomb... 368 00:26:15,324 --> 00:26:19,119 Who I promised I could help and then I couldn't. 369 00:26:19,286 --> 00:26:24,041 And I finally diagnosed why Iris is writing about the streak. 370 00:26:25,918 --> 00:26:27,961 She's doing it for me. 371 00:26:29,963 --> 00:26:32,841 To prove the impossible is possible. 372 00:26:34,051 --> 00:26:35,636 How do you know that? 373 00:26:37,429 --> 00:26:39,056 The streak may have talked to her. 374 00:26:39,223 --> 00:26:42,226 Barry, don't you think Iris would recognize your voice? 375 00:26:42,392 --> 00:26:45,395 No, I can do this cool thing with my vocal cords... 376 00:26:45,562 --> 00:26:47,856 Where I vibrate them so I sound like this. 377 00:26:49,233 --> 00:26:50,567 I know. 378 00:26:51,527 --> 00:26:52,861 It's cool. It's cool. 379 00:26:56,073 --> 00:26:58,534 Well, you put that out there now, so... 380 00:27:00,244 --> 00:27:02,496 I want to keep her safe. 381 00:27:04,540 --> 00:27:07,584 You know the only way to get her to stop is to tell her the truth. 382 00:27:07,751 --> 00:27:09,920 Man, you really wanna tell her. 383 00:27:11,505 --> 00:27:12,673 I tell her everything. 384 00:27:15,509 --> 00:27:16,552 Not everything. 385 00:27:28,689 --> 00:27:29,857 Is it that obvious? 386 00:27:36,238 --> 00:27:37,614 How long have you known for? 387 00:27:38,991 --> 00:27:43,287 I have watched you be in love with Iris since you were old enough to know what love is. 388 00:27:43,620 --> 00:27:47,207 Heh. And I've been waiting years for you to tell her. 389 00:27:50,210 --> 00:27:51,295 But you haven't. 390 00:27:54,298 --> 00:27:56,925 - Guess I was too slow. - Hmm. 391 00:27:57,092 --> 00:27:59,595 Now she's happy and with someone else, so... 392 00:27:59,761 --> 00:28:02,306 When the universe wants to make something happen... 393 00:28:02,472 --> 00:28:04,975 Whether it be giving a young man lightning speed... 394 00:28:05,142 --> 00:28:07,311 Or putting two people together... 395 00:28:07,477 --> 00:28:09,646 It has a way of figuring those things out. 396 00:28:12,441 --> 00:28:14,401 I gotta get home. 397 00:28:30,834 --> 00:28:33,670 - Bette: Cisco? - He went home. 398 00:28:34,588 --> 00:28:37,758 I think our Cisco's developing a little bit of a crush on you. 399 00:28:37,925 --> 00:28:40,761 Not sure I'm prizewinning date material anymore. 400 00:28:40,928 --> 00:28:42,179 Change is hard. 401 00:28:44,306 --> 00:28:47,517 The same accident that changed you put me in this chair. 402 00:28:47,684 --> 00:28:49,603 Sorry. I didn't know. 403 00:28:49,770 --> 00:28:52,272 I don't share that story with you to garner sympathy. 404 00:28:52,439 --> 00:28:55,275 - I tell it to illustrate a larger point. - What point is that? 405 00:28:55,442 --> 00:28:57,819 That I would do anything... 406 00:28:57,986 --> 00:29:01,156 To get back what I lost. 407 00:29:01,615 --> 00:29:02,658 As would you. 408 00:29:03,825 --> 00:29:05,786 I would. 409 00:29:05,953 --> 00:29:07,537 I just don't know how. 410 00:29:12,167 --> 00:29:15,212 You soldiers, you call yourselves sheepdogs. 411 00:29:15,963 --> 00:29:17,005 Am I right? 412 00:29:17,172 --> 00:29:19,633 Happy and normal until someone attacks our flock. 413 00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:22,719 Every good person who was changed that night, people like you... 414 00:29:22,886 --> 00:29:26,723 People like Barry Allen, those people are your flock now, Bette. 415 00:29:27,724 --> 00:29:31,395 And general eiling will never stop attacking that flock. 416 00:29:31,603 --> 00:29:34,231 And he always gets his target. 417 00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:38,610 Unless you stop him. 418 00:29:42,990 --> 00:29:45,158 You know your duty, sergeant. 419 00:29:46,535 --> 00:29:48,578 Kill eiling. 420 00:29:49,746 --> 00:29:51,248 One last mission... 421 00:29:52,374 --> 00:29:54,167 And then you go home. 422 00:30:08,515 --> 00:30:09,975 Where's Bette? 423 00:30:10,142 --> 00:30:11,810 - She left. - Barry: What do you mean? 424 00:30:11,977 --> 00:30:13,812 - Where'd she go? - She didn't say. 425 00:30:13,979 --> 00:30:15,897 Well, where the hell could she be? 426 00:30:23,196 --> 00:30:25,490 Soldier: Let's go. Go, go, go. 427 00:30:29,119 --> 00:30:30,162 On me. 428 00:30:36,001 --> 00:30:39,463 - I'm ready to give myself up. - Oh, I highly doubt that. 429 00:30:41,048 --> 00:30:42,716 Think you can put one over on me? 430 00:30:45,719 --> 00:30:47,179 You can't. 431 00:30:48,138 --> 00:30:50,682 - Stand down, soldier. - Cisco: I got back on the military feed. 432 00:30:50,849 --> 00:30:54,144 Looks like they've gone to the waterfront to rendezvous with Bette. 433 00:30:54,311 --> 00:30:55,604 She's turning herself in. 434 00:30:56,188 --> 00:30:58,482 She's not turning herself in. 435 00:31:00,776 --> 00:31:02,611 Please let him get there in time. 436 00:31:02,778 --> 00:31:06,031 All over the world, people are plotting to destroy our country. 437 00:31:06,198 --> 00:31:08,075 To end our lives. 438 00:31:09,242 --> 00:31:11,661 Brave American soldiers are gonna die in that fight. 439 00:31:11,828 --> 00:31:13,747 But they don't have to. Because of you... 440 00:31:15,415 --> 00:31:16,792 We could have victory. 441 00:31:16,958 --> 00:31:19,961 All I've ever wanted was to make the world a safer place. 442 00:31:21,755 --> 00:31:23,256 When you're not in it. 443 00:31:23,423 --> 00:31:25,217 Eiling: Take cover! 444 00:31:34,935 --> 00:31:36,311 What are you doing here? 445 00:31:36,478 --> 00:31:39,022 Being a soldier doesn't mean you're a murderer. 446 00:31:39,189 --> 00:31:40,273 Don't become one now. 447 00:31:44,694 --> 00:31:47,072 - I'm sorry. I didn't see him. - Bette: Don't be. 448 00:31:47,239 --> 00:31:50,450 It's not your fault. I'm glad you stopped me. 449 00:31:50,617 --> 00:31:52,619 - I'll get you back to s.T.A.R. Labs. - Barry. 450 00:31:53,203 --> 00:31:55,664 Dr. Wells, he... 451 00:32:10,470 --> 00:32:12,347 - Barry: We have a problem. - Is Bette okay? 452 00:32:14,057 --> 00:32:16,184 No. Eiling killed her. 453 00:32:17,853 --> 00:32:20,897 - She's glowing. She's gonna detonate. - Caitlin: Oh, my god. 454 00:32:21,064 --> 00:32:24,025 - A mass that size, the explosion would be... - Devastating. 455 00:32:24,192 --> 00:32:28,697 - You have to get her away from the city. - But there's no time. 456 00:32:30,407 --> 00:32:32,451 Can I run on water? 457 00:32:32,993 --> 00:32:37,122 I built up enough speed to run up a building. How fast do I need to go to run on water? 458 00:32:37,289 --> 00:32:39,124 Assuming your weight... 459 00:32:39,291 --> 00:32:43,086 450 pounds of force per step for vertical suspension. 460 00:32:43,253 --> 00:32:46,840 - Accounting for fluid drag... - Approximately 650 miles an hour. 461 00:32:47,007 --> 00:32:50,927 You have to outrun the blast, or you'll die too. 462 00:34:15,262 --> 00:34:16,846 Nothing out of the ordinary occurred. 463 00:34:17,013 --> 00:34:21,142 The military was simply conducting an unden/vater weapons test. 464 00:34:21,309 --> 00:34:23,562 There is no need for panic or alarm. 465 00:34:23,770 --> 00:34:26,231 Central city is safe, I guarantee you. 466 00:34:26,398 --> 00:34:31,653 He murdered Bette right in front of me, and there's nothing we can do to him? 467 00:34:31,820 --> 00:34:34,155 Powerful men have a way of avoiding consequences. 468 00:34:35,699 --> 00:34:38,743 - You gonna be okay? - Yeah. 469 00:34:38,910 --> 00:34:40,996 You can walk on water. 470 00:34:41,162 --> 00:34:43,707 Puts you in pretty interesting company. 471 00:34:57,345 --> 00:35:00,223 If you came to do laundry, I already have a load in. 472 00:35:02,225 --> 00:35:06,813 Uh, no, I came to talk. 473 00:35:20,076 --> 00:35:21,369 I was working a case... 474 00:35:23,079 --> 00:35:26,374 Someone I really thought I could help befriend... 475 00:35:26,541 --> 00:35:29,628 But they died. 476 00:35:29,836 --> 00:35:31,129 Barry, I'm really sorry. 477 00:35:31,338 --> 00:35:35,091 I didn't know her that well, but it still hurts. 478 00:35:36,134 --> 00:35:39,304 And as bad as I feel right now... 479 00:35:39,471 --> 00:35:44,434 I know how much worse it is to lose someone who's family. 480 00:35:46,353 --> 00:35:49,439 Iris, writing about this stuff... 481 00:35:49,606 --> 00:35:52,275 Putting your name out there, it's dangerous. 482 00:35:53,485 --> 00:35:58,990 So I'm asking you one last time, please stop. 483 00:35:59,157 --> 00:36:05,121 And I am asking you one last time to tell me what is really going on with you. 484 00:36:05,455 --> 00:36:08,291 Why am I the only one of us who's interested in this? 485 00:36:21,971 --> 00:36:27,310 I guess just all this stuff with my family, I finallyjust... 486 00:36:27,811 --> 00:36:30,021 Put it behind me. 487 00:36:30,188 --> 00:36:32,816 I'm asking you to also. 488 00:36:35,151 --> 00:36:39,531 That may have been how this started, but it's about something more for me now. 489 00:36:40,949 --> 00:36:44,494 Whoever this streak is, wherever he comes from... 490 00:36:44,661 --> 00:36:48,707 I am not stopping until the rest of the world believes in him. 491 00:36:59,509 --> 00:37:02,512 Maybe we shouldn't see each other for a while. 492 00:37:27,746 --> 00:37:30,832 Can I get another club soda, please? 493 00:37:35,378 --> 00:37:36,504 Hey. 494 00:37:36,671 --> 00:37:40,175 - Hey. What are you guys doing here? - We thought we should have a toast. 495 00:37:41,050 --> 00:37:42,886 Doesn't work on me, remember? 496 00:37:43,052 --> 00:37:46,848 Barry Allen, you of all people should know that nothing is impossible. 497 00:37:48,516 --> 00:37:52,187 I distilled a highly fermented potent suspension. 498 00:37:52,353 --> 00:37:53,897 It's basically 500-proof. 499 00:37:55,064 --> 00:37:57,984 I figured if anybody could use a drink tonight, it was you. 500 00:37:59,486 --> 00:38:01,237 So here's to Bette. 501 00:38:03,198 --> 00:38:04,407 Bette. 502 00:38:11,748 --> 00:38:13,958 Whoa. Oh! 503 00:38:14,125 --> 00:38:16,336 - That hits you quick. - Are you buzzed? 504 00:38:18,254 --> 00:38:21,424 Yeah. Heh. Yeah, I'm buzzed for sure. 505 00:38:23,092 --> 00:38:25,553 Oh, that is good stuff. 506 00:38:28,097 --> 00:38:29,265 And it's gone. 507 00:38:30,600 --> 00:38:32,477 - Right. - Work in progress. 508 00:38:32,644 --> 00:38:35,980 Barry: For a guy who has experienced his fair share of mysteries... 509 00:38:36,147 --> 00:38:41,444 One mystery I still can't figure out is why some people come into our lives... 510 00:38:41,611 --> 00:38:45,448 Why some people go, and others become a part of you. 511 00:38:45,615 --> 00:38:49,244 Some friendships feel like they'll last forever. 512 00:38:49,410 --> 00:38:51,246 - Hey, sweetheart. - Hey. 513 00:38:51,412 --> 00:38:53,957 There's dinner in the fridge. 514 00:38:54,582 --> 00:38:56,000 Okay, thanks. 515 00:38:56,167 --> 00:38:59,295 - Iris, about your blog... - I don't wanna talk about it, okay? 516 00:38:59,462 --> 00:39:03,007 Barry: And others end far too soon. 517 00:39:03,174 --> 00:39:06,803 Not every friendship is meant to last a lifetime. 518 00:39:06,970 --> 00:39:11,474 What does last forever is the pain when that person is gone. 519 00:39:33,454 --> 00:39:35,206 Eiling: I was wrong about you, Harrison. 520 00:39:35,957 --> 00:39:38,001 You're still one step ahead. 521 00:39:38,167 --> 00:39:40,962 Impressive for a man without the use of his legs. 522 00:39:41,588 --> 00:39:43,882 I'm afraid I don't know what you're talking about. 523 00:39:44,090 --> 00:39:48,636 A girl who can transform ordinary objects into explosives with the touch of her hand. 524 00:39:48,803 --> 00:39:53,516 Today I saw a man who can move faster than the blink of an eye. Extraordinary. 525 00:39:53,683 --> 00:39:58,646 The night your particle accelerator died was the night the impossible was born. 526 00:39:58,813 --> 00:40:01,357 I think we should start working together again. 527 00:40:01,524 --> 00:40:02,734 I think you should leave. 528 00:40:02,901 --> 00:40:05,194 I can have a squadron of soldiers here in minutes. 529 00:40:05,361 --> 00:40:07,989 You know I can have an army of press here... like that. 530 00:40:08,156 --> 00:40:10,241 Believe me, general, I'd be more than happy... 531 00:40:10,408 --> 00:40:15,371 To testify to your involvement in activities that were less than humane. 532 00:40:15,538 --> 00:40:18,833 Threaten me again, and I will end you, general. 533 00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:21,669 And I am not talking about your career. 534 00:40:26,758 --> 00:40:29,552 You know, I figured out your little secret, Wells. 535 00:40:30,845 --> 00:40:33,181 Won't be long before the public catches on as well. 536 00:40:46,277 --> 00:40:51,240 - This is everything we've worked to achieve. - The same goals, but not the same means. 537 00:40:51,783 --> 00:40:54,869 I will not have this project end before it even begins. 538 00:40:55,036 --> 00:40:57,246 And as long as he's on my premises... 539 00:40:57,413 --> 00:41:00,959 I will not have him subjected to that kind of cruelty anymore. We're done. 540 00:41:03,878 --> 00:41:05,588 We're done. 541 00:41:06,089 --> 00:41:09,926 General, get out. 542 00:41:30,488 --> 00:41:31,781 Hey. 543 00:41:33,741 --> 00:41:35,618 It's okay. 544 00:41:36,786 --> 00:41:39,914 It's okay, boy. It's okay. 545 00:41:40,456 --> 00:41:42,458 He's gone. 546 00:41:42,625 --> 00:41:44,460 Don't you worry. 547 00:41:46,129 --> 00:41:49,132 I have a whole different future in mind for you.