- Nora West-Allen: Okay, I thought something big was supposed to be going on down here.
- Iris West-Allen: Oh, I don't know. It's pretty big.
- Barry Allen: Feast your eyes on the newest addition to the Jitters menu.
- [Nora gasps excitedly]
- Iris West-Allen: The XS-presso.
- Nora West-Allen: [squeaking] I got my own drink!
- Iris West-Allen: It's pretty schway, right?
- Barry Allen: Think of what could be next. An XS action figure? XS Day?
- Nora West-Allen: Guys, you are embarrassing me.
- The Flash: I don't want to fight. We have a cure.
- Cicada: What are you talking about?
- The Flash: We have a way to cure meta-humans. We have a way to take their powers away. We want you to take it.
- Cicada: And why would I agree to do that?
- The Flash: Your legacy. I know how this ends. You keep killing, and you're remembered as a monster, not a hero. But we can change that together, you can have a different legacy. You just have to choose it.
- Cicada: [uppercuts the Flash into a minivan] I don't give a damn about my legacy.
- Barry Allen: We hit a wall at S.T.A.R. Labs tracking Cicada. Thought a change of scenery would help, but...
- Joe West: Keep your head your up, man. We'll find a way. We always do.
- Barry Allen: Honestly, I'm more worried about what happens when we do. Our whole plan depends on me being able to convince Dwyer to just take the cure. The last time I tried... I don't think I've never struck out so hard.
- Joe West: Wow, that's saying a lot considering your track record at the plate. Wait, what exactly did you say to him?
- Barry Allen: That he was creating a legacy of fear, one that would go down in history, but that we could work together to change that.
- Joe West: That sounds like something the Flash would say.
- Barry Allen: Well, I am the Flash.
- Joe West: Look, that man's a zealot. He sees you in that suit and all he sees is the thing he hates. Meta-human, superpowers, the thing that took his niece away from him. He can't see past the Flash, but what he doesn't know - there's a whole lot more to you than that. Be more Barry Allen. Human.
- Joe West: Actually... me and Cecile ran into a wall ourselves. We are, uh, she - like, working together. I mean, ever since she got her powers, it's like she's a human lie detector.
- Barry Allen: How is that a bad thing?
- Joe West: You know I've always prided myself on being able to read people, right? But Cecile and these powers, I mean, she puts me to shame.
- Barry Allen: Well, you just got to remember that you guys are a team. That makes her strengths your strengths and yours hers. So if you let her do what she's great at, it's only going to create more room for you to do more of what you're great at too, right?
- Joe West: Well, damn. You're getting real good at these pep talks, Bare.
- Barry Allen: Well, I had a pretty good teacher.
- Nora West-Allen: If Cicada goes after this acid meta, that means that today's the last day we're going to confront him.
- Sherloque Wells: And our chance to stop him.
- Barry Allen: Yeah, all right, well, then, I gotta figure out exactly what I'm gonna say to him.
- Nora West-Allen: You'll find the words, Dad. I'll help you.
- Cisco Ramon: And I am going to start working on facial rec for this Acid Master. Yup, that's what I'm going with. Always trust your gut, kids.
- Barry Allen: We made an arrangement. We cure him and then Grace.
- Iris West-Allen: Okay.
- Orlin Dwyer: Why are we here and not at a hospital?
- Barry Allen: We have to be sure that the cure is successful.
- Cisco Ramon: We created it. We're the ones who know how it works.
- Caitlin Snow: Once administered, the cure will take 60 seconds to eliminate the meta-human powers in your system. That means the wound will then open. You'll need me to suture it shut so you don't bleed out.
- Orlin Dwyer: Why not Doc Ambres?
- Iris West-Allen: She's being held for questioning.
- Orlin Dwyer: No, it's Ambres, or we're done.
- Barry Allen: All right, we'll get her.
- Orlin Dwyer: If anything goes wrong, of if you're lying to me, I'll kill every... last... one of you.
- Cisco Ramon: Okay, one fresh serving of piping hot meta-human cure.
- Dr. Vanessa Ambres: I'm just supposed to trust that thing works? Has it gone through any human testing?
- Cisco Ramon: It's gone through giant shark testing. It's a long story.
- Orlin Dwyer: It's okay, Doc.
- Dr. Vanessa Ambres: I wanted to tell you the truth about Grace. I just couldn't find the words.
- Orlin Dwyer: You were just trying to keep her safe. I'll always be thankful for that. See you on the other side.
- Nora West-Allen: I don't understand what happened. I mean, we got Dwyer, we gave him the cure. If... if Cicada doesn't exist anymore, who was that?
- Sherloque Wells: Someone worse.
- Orlin Dwyer: Every time one of you metas comes near the rest of us, good people get hurt. This is what you all deserve.
- The Flash: Does that include Grace?
- [surprised at Orlin's reaction]
- The Flash: Ambres hasn't told you. Grace, she's a meta. The night the satellite crashed, she was hit with a piece of shrapnel infected with dark matter. That's... that's why she's in a coma. And now it's changing her.
- Orlin Dwyer: That's a lie.
- The Flash: And that's why Ambres told us where to find you. She's afraid. She's afraid you're gonna do the one thing you can't come back from.
- Sherloque Wells: [to Barry and Iris, after Nora gets on their nerves] You two did this.
- Cisco Ramon: You made her.
- Sherloque Wells: You are responsible.
- The Flash: I know how much you care about Grace. You're trying to make the world a better place for her. She didn't choose to be a meta, but she is. Does that mean she deserves to die?
- Orlin Dwyer: No, I would never hurt Grace.
- The Flash: Then you'd let her grow up in a world of fear. Where there's someone out there hurting people like her. The cure, it will heal Grace and you.
- Orlin Dwyer: And why should I believe you, Flash?
- Barry Allen: [removing his mask] Because I'm a father, too. My daughter, I love her more than I ever thought possible. I would do anything to make the world a better place for her. I think you would, too. So do it.
- Nora West-Allen: The cure is finished, and it works. Now we can use it on Dwyer, and then his connection to the dagger will be broken.
- Nora West-Allen: Okay, people, think. We haven't seen Cicada since the rooftop fight, which means the only way to track him down is to figure out who his next meta-human target's gonna be. Have we double-checked every bank robbery, every lab break-in?
- Sherloque Wells: Yes, yes! We have looked at all of that, all right? And all the criminals that are in custody are simply mere mortals.
- Nora West-Allen: What about the ones on the street?
- Caitlin Snow: Frost says that no new metas have shown up since Norvock went into WITSEC.
- Nora West-Allen: Are the satellites tracking for dark matter or meta-gene bursts or Element X?
- Cisco Ramon: Yes, yes, and yes. They're scanning for everything.
- [to Barry and Iris]
- Cisco Ramon: Congratulations, you raised a menace.
- Barry Allen: I know with the cure working, we're all ready to put Cicada to rest, but I'm sure he'll resurface soon.
- Nora West-Allen: And then you're gonna give him the chance to take the meta-human cure?
- Barry Allen: Yes, exactly. Even Dwyer deserves a choice. We just gotta convince him to do the right thing.
- Nora West-Allen: Are you ready? This is gonna be one of the biggest challenges of your career as a hero. Do you know what you're gonna to say?
- Barry Allen: Oh, yeah... you know, yeah. I've... I've got some loose thoughts.
- Sherloque Wells: Oh, great. Well, that instills all of us with confidence, right? Loose thoughts? What are you going to say? "Hey, most bloodthirsty enemy! Stop."
- Iris West-Allen: Guys, it worked for Marlize. Maybe not so much for Savitar, but...
- Barry Allen: I will figure out what to say to him, all right? I got this.
- Cecile Horton: Well, well, well. It is nice to see someone back at his desk.
- Joe West: Oh, hey, foxy. It's good to be back. After three months of sipping Wally's Tibetan butter tea, I actually kind of missed this breakroom coffee.
- Cecile Horton: Hey, you have any idea on where I can get my hands on the Cicada task force file?
- Joe West: Babe, you're standing in it.
- Cecile Horton: [looking around at the stacks of boxes] What?
- Joe West: I've been trying to catch up on what I've been missing.
- Joe West: You ever see this woman?
- Cecile Horton: [taking the file] Uh... Dr. Vanessa Ambres. Born and raised in Central City, got her MD from McNiter U. Oh, that's interesting. This says she treated Orlin Dwyer and Grace Gibbons on the night of the Enlightenment.
- Joe West: Yes, and she has been treating Grace ever since, even though she's an ER doctor, and the nurses report a whole slew of drugs missing from the coma ward.
- Cecile Horton: You think she's working with Dwyer?
- Joe West: The guy got stabbed, struck by lightning. He's got a hole in his chest. Somebody has got to be patching him up, right? I think we should be asking the doctor a few questions.
- Cecile Horton: All right, let's do it.
- Joe West: Oh, you want to come with?
- Iris West-Allen: Whoa, whoa, whoa. Slow down. Say that again?
- Nora West-Allen: There's a photo, it's in the Flash Museum, of Flash and Cicada; the last time they were ever seen confronting each other in public, and in the photo, by Flash's feet, the exact same burn mark left by the meta that we just fought.
- Caitlin Snow: This acid meta was at their final confrontation?
- Cisco Ramon: He must be Cicada's final target.
- Barry Allen: His final target before I vanish and he starts killing again.
- Cecile Horton: Babe, this is a first!
- Joe West: We've worked together before.
- Cecile Horton: We have, Detective, but anytime we did anything even close to this, I didn't have my abilities.
- Nora West-Allen: Okay, the clock's ticking and we have no clue how to convince Cicada to take the cure, but we still have our best weapon.
- Barry Allen: Your journal.
- Nora West-Allen: Your legacy. One of the biggest things history remembers about the Flash is your ability to change people's hearts and minds, especially your enemy's, and I have dozens of entries about those times.
- Barry Allen: Any chance you've got the future words I say to Cicada in there?
- Barry Allen: Nora, all... all of these times are... are different. Cicada doesn't even care if he lives when this is over. What am I supposed to say that he'll care about?
- Nora West-Allen: You'll know. The Flash always knows.
- Caitlin Snow: Sherloque, you happy to be going home soon?
- Sherloque Wells: Of course I'm happy to go back. I just feel that... somehow, there's more work to be done here.
- Caitlin Snow: I think he's, uh, talking about his lady friend. You know, I have a bit of experience with these, uh... long-distance relationships. I got one word for you.
- Sherloque Wells: Hmm.
- Cisco Ramon: Holocube. These things work wonders.
- Sherloque Wells: Can I request that you stop speaking, possibly forever? I can deduce from your conversation when you came in that you have indeed tracked down Cicada's next target, but do need help facilitating the conversation between Cicada and the Flash, correct, yes? So, good. Come with me and I will give you the solution.
- Caitlin Snow: [surprised] When did you figure it out?
- Sherloque Wells: I'll miss you both very much. But you will miss me more.
- Killer Frost: We good?
- Iris West-Allen: Yes. Philip Master is secure in the Pipeline.
- Cisco Ramon: Wait. Acid Master's real name is Philip Master?
- Caitlin Snow: We ran city-wide racial recognition scans.
- Iris West-Allen: And scanned for dark matter signals from Cicada's dagger.
- Barry Allen: That was our last shot at confronting Cicada.
- Iris West-Allen: We don't know that. The change in the timeline, that photo that Nora saw at the Flash Museum, it could be different now.
- Caitlin Snow: Maybe it doesn't even exist.
- Sherloque Wells: After all, the timeline is malleable.
- Nora West-Allen: I just don't understand why our plan didn't work.
- Barry Allen: Yeah. You guys did everything right. The only reason it didn't work is because I couldn't convince him.
- Nora West-Allen: Dad, you're the Flash. When the Flash speaks honestly from his heart, people listen.
- Nora West-Allen: All day, I've been trying to figure out a way to stop Cicada, and all day you've been trying to pull me away. Why are you pushing this list?
- Iris West-Allen: I mean, it's just the last time that we may get to spend together, Nora. I mean, once we stop Cicada, you'll go back to your time and... us like this together will end.
- Nora West-Allen: Mom, it doesn't end. We have our whole future together.
- Iris West-Allen: Yeah, for you it'll feel like no time has passed, but for me, it'll be decades before I... see you like this again.
- Cecile Horton: Joe, what's going on? Why'd you want me to meet you here?
- Joe West: Look, I know the last time we tried to work together went a bit south.
- Cecile Horton: Oh, a bit?
- Joe West: You're right. I'm sorry, Cecile. I let my pride get in the way, and I didn't lean on your strengths when I should have. But you know me; I'm not a man who makes the same mistake twice. So...
- [indicating Dr. Ambres in the interrogation room]
- Joe West: Would you do me the honor of joining me in this interrogation? You do what you do best, I'll take care of the rest.
- Dr. Vanessa Ambres: Detective. DA. This is starting to border on harrassment. I have told you everything I know.
- Cecile Horton: [sensing the lie] That's not true.
- Joe West: We know that you've been funneling meds to Orlin Dwyer.
- Dr. Vanessa Ambres: Well, if you knew that, then I'd be arrested and not sitting here.
- Joe West: Let me correct myself. We have a strong hunch, but I bet if we were to go through the video camera footage from the hospital, we'll find proof that you were assisting Dwyer.
- Dr. Vanessa Ambres: I'm a doctor. I mean, why would I condone a vigilante murderer?
- Joe West: Because of what happened to Darius.
- Cecile Horton: [sensing Ambres' feelings] Darius. It hurts you to even think about it.
- Dr. Vanessa Ambres: My fiancé was killed by meta-humans during Zoom's rampage. So, yes, it hurts to think about him.
- Joe West: Hurt enough for you to help Dwyer kill other meta-humans? Correct me if I'm wrong, you took an oath to do no harm, right? Can you truthfully say you upheld that oath?
- Cecile Horton: That guilt that you feel right now? There's a way to make up for it. All you have to do is help us find Orlin.
- Dr. Vanessa Ambres: What, so... so you can put him in jail? Kill him?
- Joe West: No, so we can cure him.
- Dr. Vanessa Ambres: It's not possible.
- Joe West: Maybe not with the medicine you've been giving him, but S.T.A.R. Labs has created a treatment that turns metas back into normal human beings.
- Dr. Vanessa Ambres: I can't take you to him.
- Cecile Horton: Okay, okay, then help us set up a meet. Look, Dr. Ambres, it's clear. You've come to truly care for Dwyer. So we're asking you now... help us save his life.
- Barry Allen: I got your text. You talked to Ambres?
- Joe West: Cecile and I together got through to her. She's gonna show us where to find Dwyer.
- Barry Allen: Joe, that's amazing.
- Joe West: Yeah. Ambres told us something else. Dwyer's niece, Grace? She's a meta.
- Caitlin Snow: I thought we scanned Grace for meta powers when Nora entered her brain.
- Cisco Ramon: We did, but that was back when her DNA was 100% human.
- Sherloque Wells: Her powers must have activated in just the last few weeks, right?
- Barry Allen: Yeah, Ambres told Joe that the wound in Grace's head recently started glowing and mutating.
- Cisco Ramon: Now all we need to do is get Dwyer to listen to you, again.
- Barry Allen: I appreciate the enthusiasm, but I think we need to take a different approach. No powers, no crazy plans. The Flash can't convince Cicada to stop this, but... maybe... I can.
- Nora West-Allen: You know, I had a list, too. Your wedding, Auntie Jenna's baby shower, Jitters, the Enlightenment.
- Iris West-Allen: Those were all the moments in time you wanted to go back and see us?
- Nora West-Allen: Yeah, so I could have memories and experiences with all of you. I get it. I should've been sensitive, and I-I'm so sorry.
- Iris West-Allen: It's okay.
- Nora West-Allen: No, it's not. I was so focused on making sure Flash beat Cicada, I forgot what I was supposed to really be focused on. You and dad. You're the reason I came back to this time, not fighting big bads or getting my own XS-presso. So that I could spend time with my parents. My family. I don't know how much time we have left together or how much of your list we're gonna get done, but from now on, every moment we have left, we're gonna make it a memorable one. I promise.
- Iris West-Allen: [hugging] Well, I guess we can cross "hugging while drinking tea" off our list.
- Nora West-Allen: [written in time language in Nora's journal, that Sherloque Wells is eventually able to decode] TRANSLATION JANUARY 24, 2019 This is hard. Harder than I ever thought possible. All of the things I'm learning, every conversation I have with Team Flash, everything I'm seeing of my Mom and Dad... they're the perfect couple. I catch them sometimes just looking at one another across the room. Dad smiles and Mom can't help but smile back. Their love is just so... I hate the idea that someday I'll have to leave, go back to our time. But once Cicada has been caught, there won't be a reason for me to be here. I don't know what things will be like when I come home, but I know I'll be a better speedster because of my experience here. As well as because of all of your encouragement. I know the road hasn't always been smooth, but I'm grateful to have you as my partner. Thank you. JANUARY 21, 2019 As promised, I haven't told my parents anything about you. Sometimes I wonder if I can keep this up... the white lies... the half truths. But then I hear your words echoing in my head "tread lightly," think of the ramifications." And I stay the course. I'm focusing on your other lessons. How to control my speed, how to channel my emotions. And I've become more aware of the emotions of everyone around me. My father is teaching me many of the same things as you, in fact. How to stay in the moment - look around, and take my time with my choices. It's funny. when I first came to this time, I thought it was to run faster. Now I find myself constantly slowing down. DECEMBER 1, 2018 I have mastered the art of stopping. This may not seem like a super big deal, but when you're running at Mach two, stopping is seriously hard. Dad taught me a pretty schway trick... turn your heel into the stop, not away. It's kind of like if you're skidding on ice and you turn your car into