WEBVTT 00:00:02.396 --> 00:00:04.856 My name is Barry Allen, and I am the fastest man alive. 00:00:06.280 --> 00:00:07.650 To the outside world, 00:00:07.660 --> 00:00:09.810 I'm an ordinary forensic scientist, 00:00:09.820 --> 00:00:12.559 but secretly, with the help of my friends at S.T.A.R. Labs, 00:00:12.560 --> 00:00:15.359 I fight crime and find other meta-humans like me. 00:00:15.360 --> 00:00:17.749 But when my daughter came back from the future to help, 00:00:17.750 --> 00:00:20.189 she changed the present, 00:00:20.190 --> 00:00:22.740 and now our world is more dangerous than ever, 00:00:22.750 --> 00:00:25.289 and I'm the only one fast enough to save it. 00:00:25.290 --> 00:00:27.900 I am the Flash. 00:00:28.710 --> 00:00:31.169 - Previously on "The Flash"... - I'll deliver it myself. 00:00:31.170 --> 00:00:33.299 That is Eobard Thawne, the Reverse Flash. 00:00:33.300 --> 00:00:35.060 - He killed my mother. - I didn't know that. 00:00:35.070 --> 00:00:36.619 My life is a million times better 00:00:36.620 --> 00:00:38.220 and it's all because of you, Gracie. 00:00:40.880 --> 00:00:43.229 She may never wake. 00:00:43.230 --> 00:00:47.929 Every meta will die. 00:00:48.030 --> 00:00:50.269 This is a DNA sample from Cicada. 00:00:50.270 --> 00:00:52.269 We can make a meta-human cure. 00:00:52.270 --> 00:00:54.649 What if the key to defeating him is appealing to his heart? 00:00:54.650 --> 00:00:56.810 - How do we do that? - By saving his child. 00:00:56.820 --> 00:00:58.880 We need to wake up Grace. 00:01:00.700 --> 00:01:02.310 I want you to think about 00:01:02.320 --> 00:01:04.159 the biggest secret in your life. 00:01:04.160 --> 00:01:07.159 The one you keep from the people that you love 00:01:07.160 --> 00:01:09.449 or even from yourself. 00:01:09.450 --> 00:01:11.440 I want you to imagine what would happen 00:01:11.460 --> 00:01:14.329 if that secret got out. 00:01:14.330 --> 00:01:16.919 Remember when you asked me that? 00:01:16.920 --> 00:01:20.050 I've been using all of your training. 00:01:20.060 --> 00:01:24.130 Studying my pulse, managing micro-expressions, 00:01:24.140 --> 00:01:25.969 limiting non-congruent gestures, 00:01:25.970 --> 00:01:29.219 destroying any piece of evidence. 00:01:29.220 --> 00:01:33.490 I don't know how much longer I can keep this up. 00:01:33.500 --> 00:01:35.850 And not just because of the risks. 00:01:38.330 --> 00:01:42.440 But because the closer I get to my parents, 00:01:42.450 --> 00:01:46.039 the more I feel like I'm hurting them. 00:01:46.040 --> 00:01:47.870 Data entry complete, Gideon. 00:01:47.880 --> 00:01:50.230 Thank you, Nora West-Allen. 00:01:50.240 --> 00:01:53.319 Shall I send this to the usual recipient? 00:01:53.320 --> 00:01:54.879 Yes. 00:01:54.880 --> 00:01:57.120 Send it to Eobard Thawne, 00:01:57.130 --> 00:01:59.719 priority level urgent. 00:02:05.470 --> 00:02:06.639 You ready for this? 00:02:06.640 --> 00:02:08.420 Dad, I'm just... I'm not fast enough yet. 00:02:08.430 --> 00:02:11.229 No backing out now, this is the biggest race of your life. 00:02:11.230 --> 00:02:14.069 - Get ready, set, go! - Not really. Dad, Dad... 00:02:14.070 --> 00:02:17.259 Wait, wait! Oh, God. 00:02:18.480 --> 00:02:20.639 Whoa, whoa. 00:02:20.640 --> 00:02:22.430 Gotcha. 00:02:22.440 --> 00:02:24.360 This is so embarrassing. 00:02:24.370 --> 00:02:28.969 I'm really good at the ice skating game on my Pocket Pal! 00:02:28.970 --> 00:02:30.489 Okay, you're just gonna bend your knees... 00:02:30.490 --> 00:02:32.230 - Kay. - And lead forward a little. 00:02:32.240 --> 00:02:33.619 Just, yeah. 00:02:33.620 --> 00:02:34.779 Yeah. 00:02:34.780 --> 00:02:35.819 - I'm doing it. - You're doing it. 00:02:35.820 --> 00:02:39.290 I'm skating. This is like schway city, Mom. 00:02:39.300 --> 00:02:40.309 Thanks. 00:02:43.840 --> 00:02:45.929 Look at you guys. 00:02:45.930 --> 00:02:48.839 - Such a mom. - What? What about you? 00:02:48.840 --> 00:02:51.269 You're the one who sprang for ice skating and game night. 00:02:51.270 --> 00:02:54.250 Yeah, well, I know when Nora got hurt, 00:02:54.260 --> 00:02:56.400 I got a little frustrated. 00:02:56.410 --> 00:02:59.710 And now, I mean, we have an actual plan to stop Cicada. 00:02:59.720 --> 00:03:02.559 Waking up his niece to appeal to his heart. 00:03:02.560 --> 00:03:06.110 I know Dwyer's a killer, but he's still a person, 00:03:06.120 --> 00:03:08.089 and he loves Grace just like we love Nora. 00:03:08.090 --> 00:03:09.100 So I don't know. I just feel like 00:03:09.110 --> 00:03:10.869 everything's heading in the right direction. 00:03:10.870 --> 00:03:12.889 Here I come. Coming in. Here we go. 00:03:12.890 --> 00:03:14.629 I'm sorry, why are you wearing a helmet? 00:03:14.630 --> 00:03:15.799 I thought you were made of rubber. 00:03:15.800 --> 00:03:17.629 Somebody's gotta set a good example for these kids. 00:03:17.630 --> 00:03:19.719 Well... I thought you grew up on the ice. 00:03:19.720 --> 00:03:21.119 Well, I did, basically, 00:03:21.120 --> 00:03:23.789 my mom dated a zamboni operator, so... 00:03:23.790 --> 00:03:27.119 And I tell you where I'm from we don't date zamboni drivers. 00:03:27.120 --> 00:03:28.959 Why is that? Because there are no zambonis. 00:03:28.960 --> 00:03:30.970 How do we clear the ice? All winter long, 00:03:30.980 --> 00:03:33.020 we are on our hands and knees with a squeegee in hand. 00:03:33.030 --> 00:03:34.149 Let me tell you. 00:03:34.150 --> 00:03:36.290 Best eight months of the year for this guy. 00:03:36.300 --> 00:03:37.939 It's a really great story, Sherlock. 00:03:37.940 --> 00:03:38.949 Sherloque. 00:03:38.950 --> 00:03:40.340 You know, speaking of squeegeeing, 00:03:40.350 --> 00:03:41.899 you know who could use a good squeegeeing 00:03:41.900 --> 00:03:44.820 is Larry Blumenthal. He's dead. 00:03:44.830 --> 00:03:47.019 - Larry Blumenthal is dead? - Yeah. 00:03:47.020 --> 00:03:49.189 The patent registrar across the hall from you 00:03:49.190 --> 00:03:50.979 with the 400 square footage... 00:03:50.980 --> 00:03:53.520 - And the courtyard views? - Yeah, dead as a doornail. 00:03:53.530 --> 00:03:55.239 You can have that place if you want it. Yours to rent. 00:03:55.240 --> 00:03:57.029 What? Oh, my God. This is perfect. 00:03:57.030 --> 00:03:59.169 I mean, my ad revenue has been up this quarter, so... 00:03:59.170 --> 00:04:00.989 Yeah, with the extra space you'd be able to hire 00:04:00.990 --> 00:04:02.829 editors, photographers. 00:04:02.830 --> 00:04:06.039 I could turn my blog into a real newspaper. 00:04:06.040 --> 00:04:08.049 Oh, my package has arrived. 00:04:08.050 --> 00:04:09.759 What package? 00:04:09.760 --> 00:04:12.039 This is the solution to all our problems. 00:04:12.040 --> 00:04:14.759 Allez, les amis. We must go. 00:04:16.630 --> 00:04:19.320 Madames et monsieurs, may I present to you 00:04:19.330 --> 00:04:21.190 La Machine à Mémoire, 00:04:21.200 --> 00:04:23.050 or as they say in Amérique du Nord... 00:04:23.060 --> 00:04:24.139 The Memory Machine. 00:04:24.140 --> 00:04:27.179 Oui, Iris. Memory Machine. Many times... 00:04:27.180 --> 00:04:29.539 I have entered into people's minds 00:04:29.540 --> 00:04:31.369 using this very technology. 00:04:31.370 --> 00:04:33.359 From the unfortunate comatose victims 00:04:33.360 --> 00:04:35.119 of the Summerholt Institute to, yes, 00:04:35.120 --> 00:04:36.819 Jervis Tetch himself, 00:04:36.820 --> 00:04:39.469 the Terrible Mad Hatter Killer from Earth-221. 00:04:39.470 --> 00:04:42.569 I come back from Tannhauser for one second, 00:04:42.570 --> 00:04:45.389 just borrowing a splicer for the meta cure 00:04:45.390 --> 00:04:47.039 and what do I find? 00:04:47.040 --> 00:04:49.039 - This, this... - Machine à Mémoire. 00:04:49.040 --> 00:04:52.229 Whatever. How did you even get this here from Earth-221? 00:04:52.230 --> 00:04:54.869 Well, I used the Forerunner Multiversal Delivery Service. 00:04:54.870 --> 00:04:56.799 You don't use it? You don't have a gold card like me? 00:04:56.800 --> 00:04:59.059 - Maybe I'll get you a discount. - We don't need a discount. 00:04:59.060 --> 00:05:00.799 All right, we just need to wake up Grace. 00:05:00.800 --> 00:05:02.140 This'll wake her up, right? 00:05:02.150 --> 00:05:04.389 So in most coma patients, 00:05:04.390 --> 00:05:06.519 high traffic areas of brain activity 00:05:06.520 --> 00:05:09.740 go dormant and the low traffic areas spring to life, 00:05:09.800 --> 00:05:12.420 but unfortunately, Grace isn't normal. 00:05:12.440 --> 00:05:14.919 Not only has her coma lasted longer than the average, 00:05:14.920 --> 00:05:17.069 but her consciousness has isolated itself 00:05:17.070 --> 00:05:19.170 into one specific region, 00:05:19.180 --> 00:05:20.859 her long-term memories. 00:05:20.860 --> 00:05:22.850 It will be so facile, easy peasy for you. 00:05:22.860 --> 00:05:27.079 All you do is you transmit your brainwaves 00:05:27.080 --> 00:05:29.140 into Grace's memories, right? 00:05:29.170 --> 00:05:31.010 And then you'll lead her consciousness 00:05:31.020 --> 00:05:33.579 out of a neural nexus portal. 00:05:33.580 --> 00:05:36.039 And Grace awakens. 00:05:36.040 --> 00:05:37.900 It's sort of like when Barry woke me up 00:05:37.920 --> 00:05:39.229 when the Thinker trapped me. 00:05:39.230 --> 00:05:41.790 Surprisingly, that sounds kind of easy peasy. 00:05:41.800 --> 00:05:44.299 As long as Grace's unusual brain damage 00:05:44.300 --> 00:05:46.870 doesn't cause any unforeseen risks. 00:05:46.880 --> 00:05:48.739 This is why I suggest you travel in pairs 00:05:48.740 --> 00:05:49.909 when you're using this technology. 00:05:49.910 --> 00:05:52.429 Every time I enter into someone's memories 00:05:52.430 --> 00:05:55.039 when I use this I went with my partner for sure. 00:05:55.040 --> 00:05:58.769 Your partner's name didn't happen to be Watson, did it? 00:05:58.770 --> 00:06:01.209 No, his name was not Watson. 00:06:01.210 --> 00:06:03.560 His name was Watsune. 00:06:03.570 --> 00:06:06.139 Yes, together we went through dozens of minds, together... 00:06:06.140 --> 00:06:08.680 Until one time I found myself 00:06:08.690 --> 00:06:11.840 in a memory of a motel room in Montreal 00:06:11.860 --> 00:06:16.059 where what do I find but Watsune in flagrant délit 00:06:16.060 --> 00:06:19.249 in interpersonal relationship with my wife, 00:06:19.250 --> 00:06:21.179 fourth wife, but still. 00:06:21.180 --> 00:06:23.659 You're saying you could see your partner's memories? 00:06:23.660 --> 00:06:28.159 It's a possible side effect of traveling in pairs. 00:06:28.160 --> 00:06:30.120 And speaking of which, 00:06:30.130 --> 00:06:31.759 which pairs would like to volunteer for this mission? 00:06:31.760 --> 00:06:32.859 I suggest the speedsters 00:06:32.860 --> 00:06:34.220 for this to be accomplished so quick. 00:06:34.230 --> 00:06:36.350 - Yeah. - Elected. 00:06:36.360 --> 00:06:39.050 Hey, if you see a memory of me stealing blank Scrabble tile 00:06:39.060 --> 00:06:40.580 it's not what it looks like, all right? 00:06:40.590 --> 00:06:41.959 That's a good one, Dad. 00:06:41.960 --> 00:06:44.700 All that is left is to connect this transceiver disc 00:06:44.710 --> 00:06:47.539 to Grace's EEG and we can transmit. 00:06:47.540 --> 00:06:48.849 - Great. - Right. 00:06:48.850 --> 00:06:50.130 All right, first thing tomorrow, 00:06:50.140 --> 00:06:52.800 we save Grace. 00:06:52.810 --> 00:06:54.349 Any big plans for the night off? 00:06:54.350 --> 00:06:55.779 I'm gonna crash. 00:06:55.780 --> 00:06:57.709 Killer Frost was up all night watching movies 00:06:57.710 --> 00:07:00.359 from her two favorite Johns, Woo and Hughes. 00:07:00.360 --> 00:07:02.769 Huh, I'm more of a Ford and Waters man myself, 00:07:02.770 --> 00:07:05.739 but I will be up all night yet again working with 00:07:05.740 --> 00:07:07.669 the radiated meta-human sample you guys got me. 00:07:07.670 --> 00:07:09.459 There's something missing with this cure. 00:07:09.460 --> 00:07:10.779 All right, I'll see you guys later. 00:07:10.780 --> 00:07:12.019 - All right. - Night. 00:07:12.020 --> 00:07:14.130 You know, there's something that I'm missing too. 00:07:14.140 --> 00:07:16.540 - Your freshly healed hands. - Odd choice of words. 00:07:16.550 --> 00:07:18.300 Well, I'm meeting with an informant tonight 00:07:18.310 --> 00:07:20.379 and he might have a lead on Dwyer's location, 00:07:20.380 --> 00:07:22.499 but I'm not sure if I should trust him. 00:07:22.500 --> 00:07:24.919 So you need me to vibe him. Look, man. 00:07:24.920 --> 00:07:28.299 I should really be working on this cure. 00:07:28.300 --> 00:07:31.480 But my splicer algorithm 00:07:31.490 --> 00:07:34.149 won't technically be done until 3:00 a.m. 00:07:34.150 --> 00:07:37.899 Thanks, man, this is, this is really important work. 00:07:37.900 --> 00:07:39.470 Okay. 00:07:48.960 --> 00:07:50.919 Okay, Gideon, how do I hack this thing 00:07:50.920 --> 00:07:52.669 so that Dad won't see my memories? 00:07:52.670 --> 00:07:54.090 In any configuration, 00:07:54.100 --> 00:07:55.789 if you and Barry Allen go in together, 00:07:55.790 --> 00:07:58.509 you still risk exposing your memories. 00:07:58.510 --> 00:08:00.919 So I can't do anything. 00:08:16.280 --> 00:08:18.679 - Gideon, is that... - Grace Gibbons' brain waves. 00:08:18.680 --> 00:08:20.220 It would appear Sherloque Wells 00:08:20.230 --> 00:08:21.939 has planted the transceiver disc. 00:08:21.940 --> 00:08:24.519 So I can go in alone. 00:08:24.520 --> 00:08:26.310 And I'll be back before anyone notices, 00:08:26.320 --> 00:08:28.499 but by that time Grace'll be awake anyway. 00:08:30.440 --> 00:08:32.690 Activating brain wave transmission. 00:08:32.700 --> 00:08:36.300 In three, two, one. 00:08:43.390 --> 00:08:45.969 CCPD? 00:08:48.400 --> 00:08:50.559 Okay, Jones, here's the kid. 00:08:50.560 --> 00:08:53.069 We found her in the car hiding under the seat. 00:08:53.070 --> 00:08:55.349 Her parents were at the ATM when the meta attacked. 00:08:55.350 --> 00:08:57.809 Damn. We located her next of kin? 00:08:57.810 --> 00:08:59.599 Maybe an uncle. Still tracking down 00:08:59.600 --> 00:09:00.809 his last known address. 00:09:00.810 --> 00:09:02.319 Well, she can't sleep on this bench. 00:09:02.320 --> 00:09:04.769 We've gotta get her out of here. 00:09:04.770 --> 00:09:08.109 God, poor kid. 00:09:08.110 --> 00:09:11.069 - Who are you? - You can see me? 00:09:11.070 --> 00:09:14.399 Oh, right, you're Grace's consciousness 00:09:14.400 --> 00:09:16.629 in her old memory. 00:09:16.630 --> 00:09:18.739 I'm Nora. 00:09:18.740 --> 00:09:21.839 Can you take me to my parents? 00:09:21.840 --> 00:09:25.249 No, um, I can't, 00:09:25.250 --> 00:09:28.259 but if you come with me, I can help you feel better. 00:09:29.880 --> 00:09:31.939 You know, 00:09:31.940 --> 00:09:35.939 when I was your age, I had a friend just like this. 00:09:35.940 --> 00:09:39.609 I bet he'd like to feel better too. 00:09:39.610 --> 00:09:41.660 Yeah. 00:09:45.810 --> 00:09:48.199 Okay. 00:09:48.200 --> 00:09:51.459 All right, Gracie, let's get you through 00:09:51.460 --> 00:09:53.259 this portal and out of your coma 00:09:53.260 --> 00:09:55.820 before anyone notices I snuck in here. 00:09:55.830 --> 00:09:58.199 Oh, no. 00:09:58.200 --> 00:10:00.759 No, no, no, no, no, no, no. 00:10:03.140 --> 00:10:04.559 Oh, no. 00:10:04.560 --> 00:10:05.970 I'm trapped. 00:10:09.950 --> 00:10:12.220 We're gonna find a way out of here, I promise. 00:10:12.230 --> 00:10:15.310 I feel like I've been in this police station for a long time, 00:10:15.320 --> 00:10:17.889 and now I'm gonna be here forever, aren't I? 00:10:17.890 --> 00:10:20.840 Just leave me alone. 00:10:20.850 --> 00:10:22.659 You know, when I was your age, 00:10:22.660 --> 00:10:25.519 I had to come to this very same police station 00:10:25.520 --> 00:10:27.829 all by myself too. 00:10:27.830 --> 00:10:30.609 - It's kind of scary in here. - I'm not scared. 00:10:30.610 --> 00:10:34.479 Well, I was. I'm scared all the time. 00:10:34.480 --> 00:10:38.169 In fact, once, there was this really bad guy 00:10:38.170 --> 00:10:41.419 and he wanted to hurt a whole lot of people on a plane. 00:10:41.420 --> 00:10:43.530 A meta? 00:10:43.540 --> 00:10:45.539 But I helped stop him. 00:10:45.540 --> 00:10:48.259 - Whoa, really? - I was terrified, though. 00:10:48.260 --> 00:10:50.209 But you know what my secret is? 00:10:50.210 --> 00:10:53.850 I just imagine what will happen after I do the thing. 00:10:53.860 --> 00:10:56.219 Do you want to try it? 00:10:56.220 --> 00:10:59.599 Okay, close your eyes, 00:10:59.600 --> 00:11:03.509 and think about what will happen once you're out of here. 00:11:03.510 --> 00:11:06.059 I'll see Uncle Orlin. 00:11:07.890 --> 00:11:11.280 Let's find our way out of here, okay? 00:11:11.400 --> 00:11:15.290 So I can't use "Gazette"? "Chronicle"? 00:11:17.120 --> 00:11:19.739 So the only name that's cleared is "Central City Citizen." 00:11:21.360 --> 00:11:24.310 Uh, yeah, yeah, thanks. 00:11:24.320 --> 00:11:27.429 Hey, who was that on the phone? 00:11:27.430 --> 00:11:30.579 Um, a lawyer, she was helping answer some questions 00:11:30.580 --> 00:11:33.080 about me starting a newspaper. 00:11:33.090 --> 00:11:34.960 That's cool. What'd she say? 00:11:34.970 --> 00:11:36.870 You know, it doesn't matter. 00:11:36.880 --> 00:11:39.219 I-I'm actually not sure that the timing is right, 00:11:39.220 --> 00:11:41.419 and I really just want to focus on team Flash 00:11:41.420 --> 00:11:43.259 and stopping Cicada. 00:11:43.260 --> 00:11:45.259 Yeah, but... 00:11:45.260 --> 00:11:46.909 Oh, hold on. 00:11:46.910 --> 00:11:48.260 Hey. 00:11:48.270 --> 00:11:49.999 Slow down, slow down. 00:11:50.000 --> 00:11:51.980 It's Sherloque. 00:11:51.990 --> 00:11:54.399 Nora did what? 00:11:54.400 --> 00:11:56.320 Why would Nora go in alone? 00:11:56.330 --> 00:11:57.919 And why isn't she out yet? 00:11:57.920 --> 00:12:00.159 My working theory is that Grace's unique brain damage 00:12:00.160 --> 00:12:01.949 has caused her brain to act defensively, 00:12:01.950 --> 00:12:03.610 so when it sensed an outside presence, 00:12:03.620 --> 00:12:05.449 it moved all of its neural nexus pathways 00:12:05.450 --> 00:12:08.669 to seal the exits like a-a quarantine procedure. 00:12:08.670 --> 00:12:10.640 Grace's brain thinks Nora's a pathogen. 00:12:10.650 --> 00:12:13.499 Yes, we can expect its synaptic defense mechanisms 00:12:13.500 --> 00:12:16.229 to try and eliminate her. 00:12:16.230 --> 00:12:18.009 Remember I told you about the Mad Hatter? 00:12:18.010 --> 00:12:20.759 He was also brain damaged, so after my dispute with 00:12:20.760 --> 00:12:23.429 Watsune and my fourth wife, Watsune pursued the case 00:12:23.430 --> 00:12:25.520 on his own until the day I found him 00:12:25.530 --> 00:12:29.329 hooked up to the Machine à Mémoire brain-dead. 00:12:29.330 --> 00:12:30.799 You knew this was a possibility? 00:12:30.800 --> 00:12:32.269 What happened to easy peasy? 00:12:32.270 --> 00:12:35.939 That's why I say go in in pairs. 00:12:35.940 --> 00:12:37.769 Barry, we have to go in after her. 00:12:41.990 --> 00:12:44.509 I looked all over CCPD. 00:12:44.510 --> 00:12:46.249 There's no sign of the portal. 00:12:46.250 --> 00:12:48.039 How could you have looked everywhere? 00:12:48.040 --> 00:12:50.159 You were gone for about two seconds. 00:12:50.160 --> 00:12:51.950 Well, I'm really fast. 00:12:51.960 --> 00:12:54.789 I-I used to run track in high school. 00:12:54.790 --> 00:12:56.999 Go CC Squirrels. 00:12:57.000 --> 00:12:59.579 Look, Grace, is there anywhere else you can take me? 00:12:59.580 --> 00:13:02.819 Another memory? 00:13:12.890 --> 00:13:14.639 Where are we? 00:13:14.640 --> 00:13:17.249 My house. 00:13:24.910 --> 00:13:27.489 Uncle Orlin! 00:13:27.490 --> 00:13:29.489 Hey! 00:13:29.490 --> 00:13:32.249 Aww. Hey, kiddo. 00:13:32.250 --> 00:13:34.330 How you doing? How was your day? 00:13:35.670 --> 00:13:36.970 Let me run through this again. 00:13:36.980 --> 00:13:43.379 So Mr. Truck, you said. You've seen Cicada here? 00:13:43.380 --> 00:13:46.049 Dude's been up in here like a mean fungus. 00:13:46.050 --> 00:13:49.679 I see, and how is the White Russian Hacker? 00:13:49.680 --> 00:13:51.719 You wanna focus up here? 00:13:51.720 --> 00:13:55.600 So can you tell me was he violent? 00:13:55.610 --> 00:13:57.779 Hell yeah, every Thursday, 00:13:57.780 --> 00:14:01.040 comes in and assaults anyone in here 00:14:04.690 --> 00:14:07.529 Unnecessary. 00:14:07.530 --> 00:14:09.860 But okay. 00:14:24.280 --> 00:14:28.449 You're talking about a band named "Sickada"? 00:14:28.450 --> 00:14:29.789 Yeah, bro. 00:14:29.790 --> 00:14:32.030 You said "that dude" assaulted people. 00:14:32.040 --> 00:14:34.999 He assaults everyone in here with that terrible music. 00:14:35.000 --> 00:14:36.249 Dibs. 00:14:36.250 --> 00:14:38.039 Well, that didn't pan out the way that I hoped. 00:14:38.040 --> 00:14:39.919 We will have two Mother-In-Laws, please. 00:14:39.920 --> 00:14:42.199 No, no, no, no. Truck, thank you for your time. 00:14:42.200 --> 00:14:43.889 - I think we're done here. - One drink. 00:14:43.890 --> 00:14:46.559 I'm paying. 00:14:46.560 --> 00:14:48.469 One drink, but only because 00:14:48.470 --> 00:14:50.879 you never pay for anything ever and I'm really curious 00:14:50.880 --> 00:14:53.610 to see what hell looks like frozen over. 00:14:55.360 --> 00:14:57.259 We can't warn her we're coming? 00:14:57.260 --> 00:14:59.439 We wanted to install an emergency beacon, 00:14:59.440 --> 00:15:00.659 but it didn't work. 00:15:00.660 --> 00:15:02.989 So once you enter, it'll create a new portal. 00:15:02.990 --> 00:15:05.890 You'll only have a few moments to find Grace and Nora 00:15:05.900 --> 00:15:08.739 before Grace's brain tries to seal it off. 00:15:08.740 --> 00:15:11.569 Remember, if you die in there... 00:15:11.570 --> 00:15:16.329 We die out here. I remember from DeVoe. 00:15:16.330 --> 00:15:19.499 We're gonna save her, I promise. 00:15:19.500 --> 00:15:22.429 Commencing brainwave transmission. 00:15:24.100 --> 00:15:26.209 Good luck. 00:15:33.610 --> 00:15:35.629 CCPD. 00:15:41.110 --> 00:15:43.279 All right, come on. 00:15:45.430 --> 00:15:48.099 We found her hiding in the last car under the seat. 00:15:48.100 --> 00:15:49.979 - And her parents? - No idea. 00:15:49.980 --> 00:15:51.810 She was on the Red Line headed downtown. 00:15:51.820 --> 00:15:54.030 Must've jumped the turnstile at Fourth and Waid. 00:15:54.040 --> 00:15:57.339 We can't just let her sleep on this bench. 00:15:57.340 --> 00:15:59.779 Oh, my God. Barry. 00:15:59.780 --> 00:16:02.799 Wait, is that Joe West's granddaughter? 00:16:02.800 --> 00:16:05.119 Nora? Hey, Nora. 00:16:05.120 --> 00:16:07.050 Someone get her. 00:16:07.060 --> 00:16:09.359 I don't think we're in Grace's memories. 00:16:09.360 --> 00:16:10.789 We're in Nora's. 00:16:18.940 --> 00:16:21.710 There's been no changes in Grace's brain activity. 00:16:21.720 --> 00:16:23.059 But look. 00:16:23.060 --> 00:16:25.010 Nora's brain activity has tripled. 00:16:25.020 --> 00:16:26.470 That means... 00:16:26.480 --> 00:16:29.789 Barry and Iris are in Nora's memories. 00:16:29.790 --> 00:16:32.689 How did we end up in Nora's childhood memories? 00:16:32.690 --> 00:16:34.630 I have no idea. I also have no clue 00:16:34.640 --> 00:16:38.079 how we're gonna rescue Nora from here. 00:16:38.080 --> 00:16:42.149 Okay. Okay, we're in a memory within a memory, right? 00:16:42.150 --> 00:16:44.869 - Yeah. - So if we went through a portal, then... 00:16:44.870 --> 00:16:47.919 It should take us into Grace. 00:16:47.920 --> 00:16:50.660 Okay, yeah, we just have to wander through Nora's memories 00:16:50.670 --> 00:16:52.589 until we find where the portal went. 00:16:52.590 --> 00:16:55.389 Okay. 00:16:55.390 --> 00:16:57.180 Maybe she'll lead us right there. 00:17:00.380 --> 00:17:02.759 Whoa. 00:17:02.760 --> 00:17:04.269 What happened here? 00:17:04.270 --> 00:17:07.499 I guess in Nora's future, S.T.A.R. Labs is... 00:17:07.500 --> 00:17:09.680 - The Flash Museum. - The Flash Museum. 00:17:09.690 --> 00:17:13.729 No way. 00:17:13.730 --> 00:17:15.519 Look at this. 00:17:15.520 --> 00:17:19.529 Flash toys and Flash phones. 00:17:19.530 --> 00:17:24.200 Flash rings. Are you kidding? Wow. 00:17:24.210 --> 00:17:26.219 This is all gonna go to your head, isn't it? 00:17:26.220 --> 00:17:28.909 Oh, you know what? It looks like it might. 00:17:28.910 --> 00:17:30.700 Oh, that is very cute. 00:17:33.680 --> 00:17:35.879 Hey, I found her. 00:17:37.860 --> 00:17:40.210 You think we can talk to her? 00:17:40.220 --> 00:17:42.470 No. I wish. 00:17:42.480 --> 00:17:46.639 This might be the only time I get to see her at this age. 00:17:46.640 --> 00:17:48.640 Nora's consciousness isn't here, though. 00:17:48.660 --> 00:17:50.149 It's in Grace. This is a fixed memory. 00:17:50.150 --> 00:17:51.980 We can't interfere. 00:17:54.900 --> 00:17:57.820 When I was ten, I wasn't running away from home. 00:17:57.830 --> 00:17:59.640 That's 'cause you were a good kid. 00:17:59.660 --> 00:18:00.859 I ran away all the time. 00:18:00.860 --> 00:18:03.819 Yeah, only 'cause you were trying to see your dad. 00:18:03.820 --> 00:18:06.590 Not 'cause you were running from someone. 00:18:11.010 --> 00:18:14.749 Oh, hey, we should keep trying to find the portal. 00:18:19.350 --> 00:18:21.450 Come on, Gracie, no cussing. 00:18:21.460 --> 00:18:23.759 Please, can we, please? 00:18:23.760 --> 00:18:25.799 Okay, fine. 00:18:25.800 --> 00:18:29.470 A rare, old bird is a pelican whose beak can hold more 00:18:29.480 --> 00:18:30.530 than his belly can. 00:18:30.540 --> 00:18:33.930 He can hold in his beak enough food for a week. 00:18:33.940 --> 00:18:37.079 But I'm darned if I know how the hell he can. 00:18:39.370 --> 00:18:41.579 Grace, I was thinking maybe we could go now 00:18:41.580 --> 00:18:44.540 and look for the portal? 00:18:44.550 --> 00:18:46.039 Is something burning? 00:18:46.040 --> 00:18:47.529 Oh, crap. 00:18:47.530 --> 00:18:50.280 I mean, crud. 00:18:50.290 --> 00:18:52.249 He thinks he takes care of me now, 00:18:52.250 --> 00:18:54.329 but I really take care of him. 00:18:57.310 --> 00:18:59.809 Okay, kiddo, you better eat up. 00:18:59.810 --> 00:19:01.649 We've got a big day. 00:19:01.650 --> 00:19:03.059 This is... 00:19:03.060 --> 00:19:05.849 First we're going to the zoo... 00:19:05.850 --> 00:19:07.939 This is an interesting doll house. 00:19:07.940 --> 00:19:09.850 We're gonna get ice cream, and then... 00:19:09.860 --> 00:19:11.769 Can't forget the fair. 00:19:11.770 --> 00:19:13.719 Fair? 00:19:13.720 --> 00:19:15.630 Where you got hurt. 00:19:15.640 --> 00:19:18.029 Grace, I-I think that's where the portal is. 00:19:18.030 --> 00:19:19.309 Can you take me there? 00:19:19.310 --> 00:19:22.570 To the last place that you remember? 00:19:22.580 --> 00:19:25.440 Okay. 00:19:27.580 --> 00:19:29.579 Hey, check her out. 00:19:29.580 --> 00:19:32.159 She's right up your alley. You should buy her a drink. 00:19:32.160 --> 00:19:34.750 Damn. Look at that hand stitching. 00:19:34.760 --> 00:19:39.329 No, no, I did not come here to admire jackets. 00:19:39.330 --> 00:19:42.089 I came here to vibe and inform. 00:19:42.090 --> 00:19:43.950 Is it just me or are there a lot 00:19:43.960 --> 00:19:46.339 of ladies in leather in here? 00:19:46.340 --> 00:19:48.589 Yep, singles night. 00:19:48.590 --> 00:19:53.059 - It's quite a coincidence. - Is it? 00:19:53.060 --> 00:19:55.059 What is it you're always saying? 00:19:55.060 --> 00:19:58.779 - "I smell a mystery"? - That is trademarked. 00:19:58.780 --> 00:20:01.630 I can vibe the anxiety coming off of you right now. 00:20:01.640 --> 00:20:03.689 This whole thing was a setup. 00:20:03.690 --> 00:20:07.119 Of course your informant didn't know Cicada. 00:20:07.120 --> 00:20:08.879 I mean, he knew of Cicada. 00:20:08.880 --> 00:20:11.879 You lied to me, you wasted my time 00:20:11.880 --> 00:20:13.789 so I could be your wingman tonight? 00:20:13.790 --> 00:20:15.629 No, no, no, dude, it's not like that. 00:20:15.630 --> 00:20:18.140 You know, just when I think you're growing up, 00:20:18.160 --> 00:20:19.840 you go ahead and do something that shows me 00:20:19.860 --> 00:20:21.729 you're just as selfish as the day we met. 00:20:21.730 --> 00:20:23.729 That's for the drinks. 00:20:23.730 --> 00:20:25.770 Excuse me. 00:20:27.540 --> 00:20:28.500 [Hall Of Villians] 00:20:28.590 --> 00:20:29.940 Wait. 00:20:32.390 --> 00:20:34.320 These guys get their own wing? 00:20:34.330 --> 00:20:37.579 Who is Cicada? Officials believe... 00:20:37.580 --> 00:20:39.669 Barry, maybe we should keep looking for the portal. 00:20:39.670 --> 00:20:40.850 Yeah. 00:20:40.860 --> 00:20:43.539 But when Cicada resurfaced in 2024 00:20:43.540 --> 00:20:46.419 after the Flash vanished, some were left to speculate 00:20:46.420 --> 00:20:48.719 that Cicada is not a man at all, 00:20:48.720 --> 00:20:50.849 but an immortal monster. 00:20:50.850 --> 00:20:53.949 All we know for sure is his body count, 00:20:53.950 --> 00:20:56.849 152 victims and rising. 00:20:56.850 --> 00:20:59.219 Wait, what? 00:20:59.220 --> 00:21:02.839 I knew we never caught Cicada, but he never stops killing? 00:21:02.840 --> 00:21:05.589 Flash did everything he could, 00:21:05.590 --> 00:21:08.259 but Cicada killed more people than Zoom 00:21:08.260 --> 00:21:10.519 or even the Red Death. 00:21:10.520 --> 00:21:15.779 And the way the city saw the Flash, his legacy... 00:21:15.780 --> 00:21:19.139 it was never the same. 00:21:19.140 --> 00:21:23.000 Nora West-Allen, you are in serious trouble, young lady. 00:21:26.280 --> 00:21:27.659 Grace, what are we doing here? 00:21:27.660 --> 00:21:29.539 You wanted to go to my last memory. 00:21:29.540 --> 00:21:32.200 Yeah, but I thought that was supposed to be at the fair. 00:21:34.830 --> 00:21:36.969 Grace? 00:21:36.970 --> 00:21:38.609 Hello? 00:21:38.810 --> 00:21:41.910 The destructive phenomenon emanated from a satellite 00:21:41.920 --> 00:21:44.849 that had fallen into a decaying orbit. 00:21:44.850 --> 00:21:46.530 Thankfully, before the satellite 00:21:46.540 --> 00:21:49.039 could strike the city... 00:21:49.040 --> 00:21:50.709 How does she remember this? 00:21:50.710 --> 00:21:52.219 A catastrophic event... 00:21:52.220 --> 00:21:54.979 A new meta was last seen jumping off a building 00:21:54.980 --> 00:21:56.839 in order to evade capture after... 00:21:59.930 --> 00:22:02.509 I'm gonna make this right, Gracie. 00:22:02.510 --> 00:22:06.769 Every meta will die. 00:22:11.580 --> 00:22:14.229 Grace, how did you hear Orlin that night? 00:22:14.230 --> 00:22:16.819 - You were in a coma. - I know. 00:22:16.820 --> 00:22:18.750 But I've been listening. 00:22:21.740 --> 00:22:24.529 - You have to stop. - Not until I'm finished. 00:22:24.530 --> 00:22:25.880 Did they come after you tonight? 00:22:25.890 --> 00:22:28.909 I killed his partner, Vibe, 00:22:28.910 --> 00:22:30.869 but there was a woman there too, 00:22:30.870 --> 00:22:32.869 banged me up pretty bad. 00:22:32.870 --> 00:22:35.169 She had speed. 00:22:35.170 --> 00:22:38.149 I think she's the Flash's daughter. 00:22:40.350 --> 00:22:43.289 Grace, I don't know what you think Orlin said... 00:22:43.290 --> 00:22:45.309 You said you looked everywhere. 00:22:45.310 --> 00:22:48.149 I get it now. You have speed. 00:22:48.150 --> 00:22:50.070 You're her, aren't you? 00:22:50.080 --> 00:22:51.930 You're the Flash's daughter. 00:22:51.940 --> 00:22:54.439 You're the one who hurt my uncle. 00:23:01.400 --> 00:23:03.180 Grace, I want to help you. 00:23:04.330 --> 00:23:07.279 No, you don't. Uncle Orlin told me about you. 00:23:07.280 --> 00:23:09.499 You and your dad are trying to hurt him. 00:23:09.500 --> 00:23:11.829 Only because he's trying to hurt other people, 00:23:11.830 --> 00:23:13.289 innocent people! 00:23:13.290 --> 00:23:16.430 No, he only hurts metas, 00:23:16.440 --> 00:23:18.599 like the one who killed my parents. 00:23:18.600 --> 00:23:21.899 Like you! You're a meta and a liar! 00:23:21.900 --> 00:23:23.349 All metas aren't bad. 00:23:25.440 --> 00:23:28.639 My uncle is a hero. He protects people, 00:23:28.640 --> 00:23:31.119 and I protect my uncle! 00:23:34.030 --> 00:23:36.859 My speed's gone. 00:23:46.300 --> 00:23:47.840 Did you think that you could run away 00:23:47.850 --> 00:23:49.159 and I wouldn't figure out where you went? 00:23:49.160 --> 00:23:50.709 It's my job to find out the truth. 00:23:50.710 --> 00:23:52.739 - I'm a reporter. - You're always a reporter. 00:23:52.740 --> 00:23:54.469 Why not be my mom for once? 00:23:54.470 --> 00:23:56.579 Oh, yeah? How's this for being your mom? 00:23:56.580 --> 00:23:58.099 You are never coming back to this place again. 00:23:58.100 --> 00:23:59.709 Let's go. 00:23:59.710 --> 00:24:01.750 Excuse me, what is in your pocket? 00:24:01.760 --> 00:24:03.669 - Hand that over right now. - It's not yours. 00:24:03.670 --> 00:24:06.329 Well, it is now. There are consequences to your actions. 00:24:06.330 --> 00:24:08.220 Hand it over. 00:24:11.680 --> 00:24:13.179 I hate you. 00:24:14.740 --> 00:24:17.309 Leave it. Let's go. 00:24:20.280 --> 00:24:23.529 Iris, that wasn't you. 00:24:25.820 --> 00:24:29.579 Yeah, but it will be, Barry. 00:24:29.580 --> 00:24:31.339 Nora's gonna grow up hating her mother. 00:24:31.340 --> 00:24:33.589 No, she won't. You're gonna make different choices. 00:24:33.590 --> 00:24:35.700 If you don't wanna be that person that we just saw, 00:24:35.710 --> 00:24:37.219 - don't be that person. - I know. 00:24:37.220 --> 00:24:38.359 I know you keep saying that, Barry, 00:24:38.360 --> 00:24:40.059 and that's what I'm trying to do. 00:24:40.060 --> 00:24:41.999 I had a moment today and I thought that 00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:44.150 maybe if I could change the timeline now, 00:24:44.160 --> 00:24:45.669 that even in the smallest way 00:24:45.670 --> 00:24:47.189 that... I don't know. 00:24:47.190 --> 00:24:50.389 That everything in the future would be somehow different. 00:24:50.390 --> 00:24:53.419 This is why you changed your mind about the newspaper. 00:24:53.420 --> 00:24:55.210 When I talked to the lawyer, 00:24:55.220 --> 00:24:58.779 I asked her to check a dozen potential names, 00:24:58.780 --> 00:25:01.109 and guess which one was the only one that cleared. 00:25:01.110 --> 00:25:03.050 The "Central City Citizen." 00:25:03.060 --> 00:25:05.280 I know it's got baggage, but it's just a name. 00:25:05.290 --> 00:25:07.789 Is it? I mean, we've been looking at that front page 00:25:07.790 --> 00:25:09.210 for four years. 00:25:09.220 --> 00:25:12.719 "Flash Missing, Vanishes in Crisis." 00:25:12.720 --> 00:25:15.909 And I'm the one that writes that article, Barry. 00:25:15.910 --> 00:25:17.289 I just thought that, I don't know, 00:25:17.290 --> 00:25:18.729 maybe if I don't start the paper, that... 00:25:18.730 --> 00:25:20.059 Iris, this is your dream, 00:25:20.060 --> 00:25:22.249 and the city needs somebody like you. 00:25:22.250 --> 00:25:24.139 Yeah, but, Barry, look where it gets us. 00:25:24.140 --> 00:25:26.970 These are Nora's memories right now in this timeline 00:25:26.980 --> 00:25:29.089 after she interfered. 00:25:31.070 --> 00:25:34.050 Let's keep looking for the portal, okay? 00:25:34.060 --> 00:25:36.030 Nora needs our help. 00:25:51.760 --> 00:25:53.619 I'll have whatever he's having. 00:25:53.620 --> 00:25:56.119 All I want to order right now is a Lyft out of here, 00:25:56.120 --> 00:25:58.659 but I get no bars in this bar, 00:25:58.660 --> 00:26:00.910 so maybe I'll just have to leave the old-fashioned way 00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:02.249 and breach on out of here. 00:26:02.250 --> 00:26:04.690 Look, Cisco, I'm... 00:26:06.800 --> 00:26:08.589 Sorry I lied to you. 00:26:08.590 --> 00:26:10.019 Don't apologize to me. 00:26:10.020 --> 00:26:11.680 Apologize to all the meta-humans out there 00:26:11.690 --> 00:26:13.440 still waiting for a cure, 00:26:13.450 --> 00:26:16.859 for their right to choose if they want these powers or not. 00:26:16.860 --> 00:26:19.119 Before I was The Elongated Man, 00:26:19.120 --> 00:26:22.859 when I was just nobody Ralph Dibny, 00:26:22.860 --> 00:26:25.420 I could do whatever I wanted whenever I wanted, 00:26:25.430 --> 00:26:28.819 but I didn't have any friends to do those things with. 00:26:30.370 --> 00:26:33.259 So I just thought if, uh, we're getting a night off 00:26:33.260 --> 00:26:35.779 from stopping Cicada, we could just 00:26:35.780 --> 00:26:38.329 go out and... 00:26:38.330 --> 00:26:39.949 have some fun, you know? 00:26:39.950 --> 00:26:42.160 And I want that too, 00:26:42.170 --> 00:26:45.789 but after we figure out this cure. 00:26:47.480 --> 00:26:49.310 You know, my mom's friend Doug, 00:26:49.320 --> 00:26:51.169 he had a saying. 00:26:51.170 --> 00:26:53.009 "If you're always waiting to live your life, 00:26:53.010 --> 00:26:54.559 you're gonna die before it starts." 00:26:54.560 --> 00:26:59.229 And Doug, he would know. He operated a zamboni. 00:26:59.230 --> 00:27:00.989 May he rest in peace. 00:27:00.990 --> 00:27:02.769 All right, I'ma go outside, 00:27:02.770 --> 00:27:04.079 see if I can stretch my arm high enough 00:27:04.080 --> 00:27:07.000 to get you some cell phone service. 00:27:11.490 --> 00:27:14.619 Dark and Stormy on the house. 00:27:14.620 --> 00:27:16.289 Do I look that pathetic? 00:27:16.290 --> 00:27:18.699 You look like you belong here about as much as I do. 00:27:18.700 --> 00:27:20.980 Thought I was coming here for a business meeting. 00:27:20.990 --> 00:27:23.140 What do you do, sell leather? 00:27:23.150 --> 00:27:25.039 - Nope. - Tattoo artist. 00:27:25.040 --> 00:27:27.130 - Mm-mm. - Gun for hire. 00:27:27.140 --> 00:27:30.250 Trust me. 00:27:30.260 --> 00:27:32.050 You wouldn't believe me if I told you. 00:27:32.060 --> 00:27:33.360 Well, I'm a photographer, 00:27:33.370 --> 00:27:35.809 so it looks like we're both a little lost. 00:27:35.810 --> 00:27:37.359 So what's your excuse? 00:27:37.360 --> 00:27:39.939 Taking pictures hasn't made me rich, yet, 00:27:39.940 --> 00:27:41.770 so I bartend to pay rent. 00:27:41.780 --> 00:27:43.199 My sister hooked me up here. 00:27:43.200 --> 00:27:45.369 Forgot to mention I'd be working in hell. 00:27:47.110 --> 00:27:49.359 Sisters. 00:27:49.360 --> 00:27:52.619 If I looked at the DNA of two siblings, 00:27:52.620 --> 00:27:54.829 one who became a meta and one who didn't, 00:27:54.830 --> 00:27:57.029 I would have a close enough genetic match 00:27:57.030 --> 00:27:58.459 to isolate the part of the genome 00:27:58.460 --> 00:28:00.369 that controls meta-genes. 00:28:01.780 --> 00:28:04.050 I'm sorry, did I just say that out loud? 00:28:04.060 --> 00:28:06.160 Yeah, you did. 00:28:06.170 --> 00:28:09.999 I-I just... that... I... 00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:11.870 - Cisco. - Camilla. 00:28:11.880 --> 00:28:14.729 - Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you. 00:28:14.730 --> 00:28:16.549 I can't find the portal anywhere. 00:28:16.550 --> 00:28:20.400 I can't even get out of Nora's memories of this one day. 00:28:20.410 --> 00:28:21.969 Barry, get down! 00:28:36.060 --> 00:28:38.519 Nora's in trouble. Grace's defense mechanisms 00:28:38.520 --> 00:28:39.779 must be attacking her. 00:28:39.780 --> 00:28:41.500 She's not the only one who's in trouble. 00:28:41.510 --> 00:28:43.090 We need to get them out of there now. 00:28:44.610 --> 00:28:46.780 It's Nora's defense mechanism. 00:29:01.690 --> 00:29:04.309 What am I supposed to do now? 00:29:12.530 --> 00:29:13.860 Hello? 00:29:13.870 --> 00:29:15.919 - Nora, is that you? - Caitlyn! 00:29:15.920 --> 00:29:17.559 Yes, I told you the M.A.D. 2.0 00:29:17.560 --> 00:29:19.049 could complete your emergency beacon. 00:29:19.050 --> 00:29:21.209 Uh, Nora, your parents went into your memories. 00:29:21.210 --> 00:29:22.739 Uh, let me conference them in. 00:29:22.740 --> 00:29:25.449 Sorry, my parents went where? 00:29:41.340 --> 00:29:43.390 - Iris West-Allan. - Mom? Dad? 00:29:43.400 --> 00:29:44.899 - Nora, are you okay? - So listen. 00:29:44.900 --> 00:29:47.300 - We made an important discovery. - To get you out of there. 00:29:47.310 --> 00:29:50.669 The portals are hidden in perception gaps. 00:29:50.670 --> 00:29:52.789 Things that you remember the way you want them to be, 00:29:52.790 --> 00:29:54.149 not the way they actually were. 00:29:54.150 --> 00:29:55.889 'Cause you're in denial or your perception 00:29:55.890 --> 00:29:57.569 was colored by anger or what have you. 00:29:57.570 --> 00:30:00.000 So these defense mechanisms, they're composed of synapses. 00:30:00.010 --> 00:30:02.749 If you can break down the synapses in the false memory, 00:30:02.750 --> 00:30:04.400 that will reveal the real memory 00:30:04.410 --> 00:30:06.759 and the synaptic jolt will expose the portal. 00:30:06.760 --> 00:30:09.999 Okay, so... okay, well, how do we do that? 00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:12.579 Well, uh, we'll have to call you back. 00:30:12.580 --> 00:30:13.680 You're burning up. 00:30:15.210 --> 00:30:16.230 Hello? 00:30:21.690 --> 00:30:23.740 Perception gaps. 00:30:27.390 --> 00:30:28.689 The dollhouse. 00:30:30.230 --> 00:30:33.779 How do we know which memories weren't real? 00:30:33.780 --> 00:30:37.060 Of course... Iris, it's the Hall of Villains. 00:30:37.070 --> 00:30:38.280 You and Nora. 00:30:38.290 --> 00:30:40.690 Barry, I still dampen Nora's power. 00:30:40.700 --> 00:30:42.450 She still grows up hating me. 00:30:42.460 --> 00:30:45.029 - This is my future. - No, no, it's not. 00:30:45.030 --> 00:30:47.299 It's just a memory, one warped from the perspective 00:30:47.300 --> 00:30:49.539 of a sad, angry, little kid that ran away from home. 00:30:49.540 --> 00:30:51.719 Don't you get it? That person that we saw in there, 00:30:51.720 --> 00:30:54.249 the bad mom that Nora told us about, 00:30:54.250 --> 00:30:57.179 she doesn't even exist in any timeline. 00:30:57.180 --> 00:30:59.479 I told you you had to be different in the future, 00:30:59.480 --> 00:31:00.549 but I was wrong. 00:31:00.550 --> 00:31:02.420 You don't have to change who you are. 00:31:02.430 --> 00:31:05.640 You don't even have to change the name of your newspaper. 00:31:05.650 --> 00:31:09.649 I know any future with you in it is gonna be a good one. 00:31:09.650 --> 00:31:13.099 You just gotta believe that too. 00:31:15.100 --> 00:31:16.910 What are you doing here? 00:31:16.920 --> 00:31:19.229 Please, this memory isn't real. 00:31:19.230 --> 00:31:22.739 Your uncle's house, I don't think it's really like this. 00:31:22.740 --> 00:31:24.509 Okay, better eat up, kiddo. 00:31:24.510 --> 00:31:25.569 We got a big day... 00:31:28.490 --> 00:31:29.759 Grace, get down! 00:31:40.440 --> 00:31:42.460 I don't see the portal anywhere. 00:31:55.060 --> 00:31:56.849 Barry, it's working! 00:32:04.860 --> 00:32:06.989 Death. Failure. 00:32:06.990 --> 00:32:10.489 Another broken family. 00:32:10.490 --> 00:32:14.839 This is the legacy I gave you. 00:32:16.580 --> 00:32:19.169 Nobody breaks up my family, you son of a *. 00:32:58.340 --> 00:33:00.669 Oh, no. 00:33:02.340 --> 00:33:04.379 You dropped your toy. 00:33:04.380 --> 00:33:06.520 I just wanted to see the museum. 00:33:06.530 --> 00:33:08.099 I know, honey, but you ran away. 00:33:08.100 --> 00:33:09.179 I didn't know where you went. 00:33:09.180 --> 00:33:10.939 I was afraid you could have gotten hurt. 00:33:10.940 --> 00:33:13.269 You said that the museum reminded you of Dad 00:33:13.270 --> 00:33:16.059 'cause Dad was the Flash's number one fan. 00:33:16.060 --> 00:33:18.609 So I wanted to see it 00:33:18.610 --> 00:33:22.769 'cause I love the Flash too. 00:33:22.770 --> 00:33:24.899 It's not fair. 00:33:24.900 --> 00:33:28.319 I know, honey. I know it's not fair. 00:33:28.320 --> 00:33:30.279 I love you, Nora. 00:33:30.280 --> 00:33:32.549 Your dad loved you too. 00:33:32.550 --> 00:33:34.880 So, so much. 00:33:37.750 --> 00:33:39.369 Come here, girl. 00:33:47.210 --> 00:33:49.520 Come on. We gotta go. 00:33:51.980 --> 00:33:53.900 Let's go get Nora. 00:33:53.910 --> 00:33:57.170 Grace, I know you're afraid. 00:33:57.180 --> 00:33:59.459 You think that you'll never be as happy as you were 00:33:59.460 --> 00:34:01.079 that day with your uncle. 00:34:01.080 --> 00:34:04.109 That's why you try to remember it as perfect, 00:34:04.110 --> 00:34:07.609 but things can be that good, Grace. 00:34:07.610 --> 00:34:11.419 You just have to wake up. 00:34:13.260 --> 00:34:16.419 And then you and me and my parents, 00:34:16.420 --> 00:34:19.050 we can all help your uncle together. 00:34:20.770 --> 00:34:23.169 You're a liar. 00:34:34.720 --> 00:34:36.699 Grace. 00:34:36.700 --> 00:34:39.269 Maybe you don't have anyone who cares about you, 00:34:39.270 --> 00:34:42.099 but I have someone who cares about me, 00:34:42.100 --> 00:34:45.439 and I'm the only one who can help him. 00:34:51.900 --> 00:34:53.449 Mom. 00:34:53.450 --> 00:34:55.539 - Hey. - She's not coming. 00:34:55.540 --> 00:34:56.990 - What? - Hurry! 00:34:57.000 --> 00:34:58.489 Come on. Come on. 00:35:09.130 --> 00:35:11.479 They're okay. 00:35:26.080 --> 00:35:27.469 Neural oscillations are normal. 00:35:27.470 --> 00:35:28.760 You three are perfectly healthy. 00:35:28.770 --> 00:35:30.099 Oh, and we think we've figured out 00:35:30.100 --> 00:35:31.809 how you two ended up in Nora's brain. 00:35:31.810 --> 00:35:34.119 That is a satellite shard 00:35:34.120 --> 00:35:36.459 full of dark matter in Grace's head. 00:35:36.460 --> 00:35:37.749 Mon Dieu. 00:35:37.750 --> 00:35:39.989 Sometimes surgeons leave a piece of shrapnel 00:35:39.990 --> 00:35:42.639 in a patient's brain if it's too dangerous to remove, 00:35:42.640 --> 00:35:44.919 and we think that the dark matter was seeping out 00:35:44.920 --> 00:35:46.859 to create a barrier around her brain. 00:35:46.860 --> 00:35:49.259 We can't go back in as long as it's there. 00:35:49.260 --> 00:35:50.349 It's too dangerous. 00:35:50.350 --> 00:35:52.850 Well, we need to find another way to stop Cicada. 00:35:52.860 --> 00:35:55.960 I think I might be able to help with that. 00:36:02.850 --> 00:36:04.519 It's the inside of Dwyer's house. 00:36:04.520 --> 00:36:05.649 Whoa. 00:36:05.650 --> 00:36:07.040 - Damn. - I mean, that's great. 00:36:07.050 --> 00:36:08.550 But why did you go in without us? 00:36:08.560 --> 00:36:09.869 We had a plan. 00:36:09.870 --> 00:36:12.419 No, I know, um... 00:36:12.420 --> 00:36:14.740 You know, just with the machine being ready 00:36:14.750 --> 00:36:16.789 and knowing that Cicada was still out there 00:36:16.790 --> 00:36:20.249 I guess I just, um, I got a little excessive. 00:36:20.250 --> 00:36:23.579 It's not the only reason, though, right? 00:36:23.580 --> 00:36:26.619 It was protecting her secret. 00:36:26.620 --> 00:36:28.849 What secret is that? 00:36:39.220 --> 00:36:41.909 Well, her feelings for her mother when she was a child. 00:36:41.910 --> 00:36:43.889 Must be painful memories. 00:36:46.690 --> 00:36:48.099 Is that correct, Nora? 00:36:48.100 --> 00:36:49.879 Yeah, exactly. 00:36:51.720 --> 00:36:54.980 Okay, um, let's get started on this lead. 00:36:54.990 --> 00:36:56.119 Good job, Nora. 00:36:56.120 --> 00:36:57.619 Thanks. 00:37:01.950 --> 00:37:05.759 Monsieur Allen, just for my records of today's events, 00:37:05.760 --> 00:37:11.249 what was the defense mechanism Nora was using? 00:37:11.250 --> 00:37:14.269 It was one of the costumes from the museum. 00:37:14.270 --> 00:37:16.589 What costume? 00:37:16.590 --> 00:37:18.609 The Reverse Flash. 00:37:36.570 --> 00:37:38.199 Surprise! 00:37:38.200 --> 00:37:40.369 Happy first day in your new office. 00:37:40.370 --> 00:37:41.549 You're so sweet. 00:37:43.410 --> 00:37:45.780 So have you decided what you're gonna name the paper? 00:37:45.790 --> 00:37:47.240 I don't know. 00:37:47.250 --> 00:37:50.139 "Central City Citizen" has a certain ring to it. 00:37:50.140 --> 00:37:53.459 - You sure? - Yeah, you were right. 00:37:53.460 --> 00:37:55.479 Future isn't always what it seems. 00:37:55.480 --> 00:37:57.220 We decide what it gets to be. 00:37:57.230 --> 00:38:01.630 So, um, I just have to tell you one little thing. 00:38:01.640 --> 00:38:03.679 See that ledger down there? 00:38:03.680 --> 00:38:06.510 That's the year the paper was founded in my time. 00:38:06.520 --> 00:38:08.269 2021. 00:38:09.660 --> 00:38:10.940 That's two years from now. 00:38:12.040 --> 00:38:14.350 You're changing the future already. 00:38:16.150 --> 00:38:19.209 Hey, um, I gotta find Cisco, 00:38:19.210 --> 00:38:21.109 but I'll see you guys later, all right? 00:38:21.110 --> 00:38:22.650 Okay. 00:38:24.530 --> 00:38:26.260 Let's head back. 00:38:28.510 --> 00:38:30.270 - Mom? - Yeah? 00:38:30.280 --> 00:38:34.589 Dad told me about the memory that you saw. 00:38:34.590 --> 00:38:38.049 I know it wasn't real, Nora, 00:38:38.050 --> 00:38:40.859 but it must have come from a very real place. 00:38:40.860 --> 00:38:44.549 You must have been so angry with me to see me that way. 00:38:44.550 --> 00:38:47.550 I was angry all the time. 00:38:47.560 --> 00:38:50.109 Angry for not getting to have a dad, 00:38:50.110 --> 00:38:55.309 angry 'cause nobody seemed to understand what I was feeling. 00:38:55.310 --> 00:38:58.279 And it didn't matter what you did or said, Mom. 00:38:58.280 --> 00:39:01.099 I was always gonna be angry at you... 00:39:01.100 --> 00:39:03.810 because you were there. 00:39:03.820 --> 00:39:06.120 You're going through a lot, Nora. 00:39:06.130 --> 00:39:07.970 But so were you. 00:39:07.980 --> 00:39:09.629 I mean, I thought you were trying 00:39:09.630 --> 00:39:10.849 to stop me from being me, 00:39:10.850 --> 00:39:13.869 but you were trying to stop me from being Dad. 00:39:13.870 --> 00:39:17.379 I mean, ending up like him. 00:39:17.380 --> 00:39:20.589 You guys had a whole life together 00:39:20.590 --> 00:39:24.069 and a child, and he vanished. 00:39:24.070 --> 00:39:29.479 I-I can't imagine how hard that must have been for you. 00:39:29.480 --> 00:39:32.220 And from that day, you... 00:39:32.230 --> 00:39:34.729 you were protecting me. 00:39:34.730 --> 00:39:37.959 I-I get that now. 00:39:37.960 --> 00:39:40.919 So sorry for the way that I treated you, 00:39:40.920 --> 00:39:45.999 both back then and now when I first got here. 00:39:46.000 --> 00:39:47.570 You didn't deserve that. 00:39:51.760 --> 00:39:53.289 Thank you. 00:39:55.930 --> 00:39:59.959 You're an amazing woman, Nora West-Allen. 00:39:59.960 --> 00:40:02.629 I will always love you, 00:40:02.630 --> 00:40:04.420 past, present, and future. 00:40:04.430 --> 00:40:06.940 I love you too, Mom. 00:40:06.950 --> 00:40:09.609 It's hard to keep a secret, but it's a lot easier 00:40:09.610 --> 00:40:11.559 when you're reminded why you're doing it. 00:40:11.560 --> 00:40:13.179 - Ready? - Yeah. 00:40:13.180 --> 00:40:16.099 I met someone who told me that she would do anything 00:40:16.100 --> 00:40:18.659 to protect her family. 00:40:18.660 --> 00:40:24.580 She helped me see that... so would I. 00:40:24.590 --> 00:40:28.799 My parents can't know that you're helping me stop Cicada. 00:40:28.800 --> 00:40:31.209 There's too much at risk. 00:40:31.210 --> 00:40:35.539 And I'll do anything to protect them. 00:40:35.540 --> 00:40:37.879 Even lie. 00:40:42.720 --> 00:40:44.300 Liar. 00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:45.980 Liar. 00:40:46.050 --> 00:40:49.460 Liar. Liar. 00:40:49.470 --> 00:40:51.969 Nora lied to me. 00:40:53.660 --> 00:40:55.069 She'll pay. 00:40:56.900 --> 00:40:58.809 They'll all pay. 00:41:04.210 --> 00:41:06.169 Doug was right. 00:41:06.170 --> 00:41:08.479 Going out there, doing the ice skating thing, 00:41:08.480 --> 00:41:10.699 that was definitely the right thing to do. 00:41:10.700 --> 00:41:13.639 Yeah, all Doug, may he rest in peace. 00:41:13.640 --> 00:41:15.509 Let's pour one out for the guy. 00:41:15.510 --> 00:41:17.299 Camilla? The bartender? 00:41:17.300 --> 00:41:20.300 - Uh, excuse me. - Dude, nice. 00:41:20.310 --> 00:41:22.209 - All right, all right. - Yeah. 00:41:22.210 --> 00:41:23.939 Hey, did you guys make a breakthrough 00:41:23.940 --> 00:41:25.349 with the meta-human cure? 00:41:25.350 --> 00:41:28.059 We did. I managed to locate 00:41:28.060 --> 00:41:30.079 a pair of meta-non-meta siblings, 00:41:30.080 --> 00:41:33.239 so this cure, it's as good as done. 00:41:33.240 --> 00:41:36.109 All right, good, because I've been thinking. 00:41:38.150 --> 00:41:39.960 I want to use the cure on Cicada.