The Flash (TV Series)
Borrowing Problems from the Future (2017)
Tom Cavanagh: H.R. Wells
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H.R. Wells : Sumptuous day, brethren.
Barry Allen : Oh, boy.
Caitlin Snow : Good morning, H.R.
H.R. Wells : Oh, not just good. It's great! And why is that? Because I'm finally ready to announce that the new S.T.A.R. Labs museum is ready for its opening; soft opening. So come, let's take the tour.
Cisco Ramon : [to Barry] This could have been avoided. You know that, right?
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Barry Allen : Um, well, I was just wondering if you've ever written about time travel. But more specifically traveling to the future.
H.R. Wells : Oh, no, my best seller... oh, hey, 'The Future Ain't What It Used to Be'... that was...
[sighing and murmuring]
H.R. Wells : it was all about... it was all about this guy who's actively trying to prevent his own murder. Won the Nebula Award. It's well-received.
Barry Allen : Wow.
H.R. Wells : Yeah.
Barry Allen : Um, so this character... your character... uh, was he able to change his future? More specifically, if he allowed certain events to occur naturally, was he only cementing the very timeline that resulted in a horrible event later?
H.R. Wells : There were two schools of thought. One faction... one group of fans... they believed, you know, the future's ever-changing. You know, it's not fixed, and so you could make of the future anything you wish.
Barry Allen : Right.
H.R. Wells : Another group of fans vehemently disagreed with it. They said, "No, no, no. "The future is fixed, and you can't change it no matter how hard you try."
Barry Allen : Mm-hmm. Where do you come down? On a fixed or ever-changing future?
H.R. Wells : Well, I think that a man often meets his destiny on the very road he takes to avoid it.
Barry Allen : Meaning?
H.R. Wells : Meaning... the future is fixed.
Barry Allen : Yeah.
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Cisco Ramon : You sure your buddy Randolf back home didn't just solve that cryptogram to get rid of you?
H.R. Wells : Well, perhaps he did.
