The Flash (TV Series)

Heart of the Matter, Part 1 (2021)

Grant Gustin: Barry Allen, The Flash

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• Iris West-Allen : What are you thinking?

  Barry Allen : Even if we get the S.E.E. working, we're still outnumbered. We need reinforcements.

  Bart Allen : [turning visible]  Hell to the yeah you do.

  Iris West-Allen : How long were you listening?

  Bart Allen : Not long. Not long. I mean, just long enough to hear that Dad finally realized that he should tag me in.

  Nora West-Allen : He meant me, dumbass.

  Barry Allen : No, I didn't.

  Iris West-Allen : Wait, what?

  Barry Allen : Nora, we... we almost died out there. I couldn't protect you. I'm not putting you in that position again.

  Nora West-Allen : Yeah, but we didn't die, and I can help. Mom, a little backup here, please?

  Iris West-Allen : Nora, this war in unpredictable, and it's getting more dangerous.

  Nora West-Allen : What do you think Bart and I deal with every day in 2049?

  Bart Allen : Yeah, come on. We're heroes. Dangerous is, like, kind of part of the job.

  Barry Allen : Not this time.

  Nora West-Allen : You don't just get to decide that. I'm about to turn 30. In four years. The point is, unlike Bart, I'm the real adult.

  Barry Allen : Yeah, we're your parents, and we're saying right now you're still not going out there.

  Nora West-Allen : You can't stop me from fighting.

  Bart Allen : Okay. Me either. Mom?

  Iris West-Allen : Your father is right.

  Nora West-Allen : Well, you can't just send us back to 2049. That's not an option, and we're not gonna go watch TV at Grandpa Joe's.

  Barry Allen : We could always lock you in a pipeline cell until this is all over.

  Nora West-Allen : You wouldn't.

  Iris West-Allen : We will if we have to.

• Barry Allen : I've been here before.

  August Heart : No, you have not. This is my mind. My place. My future sanctum.

  Barry Allen : Heart?

  August Heart : Congratulations. You finally found me. Well done.

  Barry Allen : You knew I was coming.

  August Heart : Actually, I expected you a lot sooner, but hey, we can't all be overachievers. You must have so many questions. Good thing I have all the answers. This is gonna be so much fun.

• Caitlin Snow : Barry, we've got more Godspeed clones southwest of City Hall.

  Barry Allen : Okay. Time to go to work. Let's go.

  Bart Allen : L-Let... let's go? You mean, like, all-all three of us go?

  Barry Allen : Yeah. You ready?

• Barry Allen : All right, which one of you is gonna tell me what's going on? All those clones just tried to kill you, Bart. They were calling you "the adversary." Why? What's going on?

  Nora West-Allen : Dad, we can't talk about this?

  Barry Allen : Look, right now, I don't care about what kind rules I have in the future. I want to know why every Godspeed out there just tried to kill Bart.

  Bart Allen : Because he's my Thawne. Dad, Godspeed is my arch-nemesis, okay? He's my one big bad to rule them all, just like you and Thawne.

  Barry Allen : Bart, Thawne devoted his entire life to destroying mine. He murdered your grandma. You can't just throw his name around without knowing what it means.

  Bart Allen : [slams his hands on the console]  I know what it means!

  Nora West-Allen : Bart, it's okay. Why don't we just try and take a breath?

• Nora West-Allen : It's okay, Dad. We don't bite.

  Bart Allen : Okay. Yo, check this out. I have one more.

  Nora West-Allen : No.

  Bart Allen : [burping] 

  Nora West-Allen : Oh, gross.

  Barry Allen : Nora, you can just ignore the family rules for a minute and rewind that.

  Nora West-Allen : Sure. How would I do that? Wait. Is this about the other Nora?

  Barry Allen : You know about her?

  Nora West-Allen : Totally. I mean, you and Mom have told us a ton of stories about her, and I'm so glad that you did. I feel like I'm part of her is still alive in me.

• Gideon : Bhikkhuni Amala confirms Wally West is in deep meditation, handling unrest on the psychic plane.

  Barry Allen : Which means we're out of speedsters to call.

  [Iris appears in a flash of green light] 

  Barry Allen : Iris? Hey. How are you here? How is this possible?

  Iris West-Allen : Deon was able to stabilize me enough to come back until he can find a permanent cure.

  Barry Allen : Oh, thank God. I've missed you so much. It's been impossible without you here with me.

  Iris West-Allen : Well, I'm here now, and I'm gonna be fine.

• Cecile Horton : Well, with Nora and Bart here, at least we've got the extra muscle that we need.

  Nora West-Allen : Uh-uh. West-Allen family rule #1: protect the timeline at any and all costs. We can't stay.

  Barry Allen : Actually, you can.

  Nora West-Allen : Really?

  Bart Allen : Wh-What?

  Barry Allen : Yeah, look, the Godspeeds are recharging themselves in the Speed Force, so as-as long as that's the case, there's no way back. So maybe you are safer here with us.

  Nora West-Allen : Oh.

  Barry Allen : And, I don't know. I mean, maybe you're the advantage we need to finally end this war once and for all.

  Caitlin Snow : Cecile's helping me with the M.A.D. 2.0 so we can unlock August Heart's memories, but no luck yet.

• The Flash : You all right?

  Impulse : Uh, yeah. Yeah, yeah. I mean, yeah. They couldn't keep up with the fleet-footed wonder.

  XS : They went to recharge, you idiot. What's your problem? You were supposed to circle back.

  The Flash : Bart, why do they all follow you and not us?

  [looking at Nora and back] 

  The Flash : What are you not telling me?

• Barry Allen : With everything that's happened, the war, you needing to heal in the Still Force...

  Iris West-Allen : Is everything okay?

  Barry Allen : Yeah. Yeah, now that you're back, it's perfect.

  Iris West-Allen : It feels like you wanted to tell me something.

  Barry Allen : It can wait. Irish, oh, so much has happened. Um... you're not gonna believe this, but...

  Iris West-Allen : Our son and daughter are here.

  Barry Allen : [surprised]  Yeah. How did you...

  Iris West-Allen : I was watching from the Still Force. Deon let me see everything that happened, and yeah. They're amazing. I mean, Nora, she's all grown up, and Bart, he's already a young man. It's... it's incredible.

  Barry Allen : So you were with me the whole time.

  Iris West-Allen : Yeah.

  Barry Allen : So you know who Godspeed is to Bart and how much danger he's in. Bart knows what Thawne's done to me. The pain that he's caused, so if Godspeed is Bart's Thawne...

  Iris West-Allen : Then what did he do to Bart?

  Barry Allen : Iris, those Godspeeds quit fighting each other to go after him. I don't they're gonna stop until they've killed our son.

  Iris West-Allen : Then we can't let him go out there until the war is over.

• Chester P. Runk : So, I was going through my Pops' old schematics, and I found this. It reconverts the atomic mass of neutrinovoltaic energy cells. Pops called it a solar encryption engine.

  Bart Allen : Cool. What does it do?

  Barry Allen : It neutralizes artificially-created kinetic energy sources.

  Nora West-Allen : Like Godspeed's artificial speed.

  Chester P. Runk : And I already built a prototype. I just need to charge the battery with an electromagnetic source. Hey, have you seen Allegra lately?

  Barry Allen : Uh, no, not since yesterday, when she said goodbye to Esperanza.

  Chester P. Runk : Hmm. I'll find her. But, with any luck, the S.E.E. - huh, huh? S.E., you get it? - will be fully charged and functional within an hour.

  Barry Allen : All right.

  Bart Allen : Dad, with this, we can stop Heart and his clones in his tracks. We can win this war.

• Barry Allen : More clones just showed up. Is your father's device ready?

  Allegra Garcia : Chester's gadget, yes, but the battery needs recharging.

  Barry Allen : It needs kinetic energy to power it, right?

  Chester P. Runk : Yeah.

  Barry Allen : Could it be any source?

  Chester P. Runk : Theoretically, yeah, but...

  Barry Allen : All right, stand back.

  Chester P. Runk : [he uses his electricity to charge it]  Well, hot damn. Yeah, it's ready now.

  Barry Allen : I need you two on comms with Iris.

  Chester P. Runk : Wait, Iris is back?

• Nora West-Allen , Bart Allen : Grammy Cecile!

  Cecile Horton : [they run to hug her]  Hi. Oh, my God. I feel so much love from you two. I can't wait to get to know you both.

  Nora West-Allen : Oh, hey, Caitlin.

  Bart Allen : Oh, what up, Cait?

  Caitlin Snow : [waving awkwardly]  Hi. It happened again?

  Barry Allen : Yeah. Just wish Iris was here to meet them.

  Nora West-Allen : Dad, Mom's gonna be fine. It's okay.

• The Flash : Okay, secure the area. Make sure there are no civilians in harm's way.

  XS : What about them?

  Impulse : Let 'em kill each other and then clean up the mess.

  XS : [the Godspeeds all turn to face them]  Dad?

  The Flash : Okay, split up and keep moving. We'll run out the clock until they have to go back and recharge.

  [speeding away in different directions] 

  The Flash : None of the Godspeeds are behind me. Nora, how many are following you?

  XS : None here either. Where the heck are they?

  Impulse : Found 'em.

  Prisoner Godspeed : [pursuing him with the other clones]  Kill the adversary. Strike him down. Kill the adversary.

• Barry Allen : Bart, you won't be going into the field.

  Iris West-Allen : Yeah, Bart, your dad told me everything, and I saw the rest in the Still Force. Look, it was one thing when Godspeed was just some meta that you two were fighting in the future, but...

  Barry Allen : He's your Thawne, which means it's personal.

  Bart Allen : Yeah. I mean... Okay, D-Dad, I am... I am sorry for how I reacted earlier, but I... you don't know me... like that yet. I can keep my cool. I promise. I can. Tell them. I can keep my cool, right?

  Nora West-Allen : But you can't.

  Barry Allen : Bart.

  Nora West-Allen : [as he whooshes away, Barry moves to follow him]  Dad. I know Bart can be a bonehead, but he's right. You've only known him for a few hours. I've known him for 19 years. I got this. Trust me.

  Iris West-Allen : [she whooshes away, too]  They are so incredible.

  Barry Allen : We make great people.

  Iris West-Allen : Yeah, we do.

• Barry Allen : You sure you're okay?

  Nora West-Allen : Dad, Mom, I'm fine. I swear. So, how did the Godspeeds recover so fast, let alone recharge themselves? It's like they... they got stronger all of a sudden.

  Chester P. Runk : I think I know how. Okay, so the S.E.E. battery needed 700 nanometers of microwave energy to power the device, but the battery wasn't charged by Allegra. It was charged with...

  Barry Allen : My lightning.

  Chester P. Runk : Which was equivalent to 5 billion nanometers of energy.

  Iris West-Allen : So, Barry's lightning supercharged the S.E.E.

  Chester P. Runk : Yeah. When the Godspeeds were blasted, they got a super dose of your Speed Force energy, too. Barry, I am so sorry. Look, I-I-I should have seen this coming, and I...

  Barry Allen : No, man. No. You did everything right. This is not your fault.

  Iris West-Allen : Okay, so how long until the next batch shows up?

  Chester P. Runk : 45 minutes, tops. But I'll see if I can get my Pops' device working again before then.

• The Flash : I'm in position.

  Iris West-Allen : Nora, are you ready?

  XS : [being pursued by Godspeed clones]  On my way with the guests of honor.

  [stopping next to Barry] 

  XS : Now!

  [Barry activates the S.E.E., and the clones crumple to the ground] 

  XS : Holy schrap, it worked.

  Chester P. Runk : Uh, guys? Sensors are picking up a massive increase in the clones' kinetic energy. They're recharging.

• Barry Allen : What did Joan say?

  Iris West-Allen : It's true. Jay got his speed back when the Speed Force was reborn.

  Chester P. Runk : And then those clones took him.

  Barry Allen : They're gonna kill Jay.

  Bart Allen : I won't let them.

  Barry Allen : Bart, we've got this under control.

  Bart Allen : No, you don't.

  Barry Allen : Okay, we're working on a plan. Just give us some time.

  Bart Allen : We don't have time, Dad!

  Chester P. Runk : Uh, guys, I'm-I'm triangulating the Godspeeds' comm signals now. It came from Zauriel Cathedral on Morrison Ave.

  Bart Allen : Well, that's where I'm going.

  Nora West-Allen : Bart, wait.

  [he whooshes away] 

  Nora West-Allen : Dad, they knew how Bart would react if they took Uncle Jay. He knows he's running into a trap, but he doesn't care. You have to stop him. You have to save him.

  Barry Allen : We have to save him.

• Jay Garrick : As soon as I flip the collider, your synaptic pathways will open, and then Ms. Horton will guide your consciousness into his.

  Cecile Horton : [to August]  Don't worry. I am gonna be right here with you the whole time.

  Iris West-Allen : Barry, I know this August Heart seems harmless, but the real August Heart is locked away inside of his mind. From what we know...

  Barry Allen : He's a monster.

  Iris West-Allen : Be careful.

  Chester P. Runk : The collider's primed.

  Jay Garrick : Ms. Horton?

  Cecile Horton : I'm ready.

  Barry Allen : [wearing Jay's helmet as a conducter]  Yeah. August? If you're not comfortable with this, you don't have to do it.

  August Heart : It's okay. I need to know who I am, even if it's someone I despise.

• Barry Allen : This war isn't over, and now there could be dozens or hundreds of those things on the way.

  Chester P. Runk : I'll keep working on the S.E.E.

  Jay Garrick : Hey, how about we use those gauntlets to fire another entropy trap?

  Cisco Ramon : Uh, synthetic entropy trap. Unlike Time Trapper, mine are temporary, and the stronger these clones get, the faster they're gonna break out of 'em.

  Frost : So we don't have a way to depower them. We don't have a way to capture them. What do we have?

  Barry Allen : We have August Heart, and we know he went to the Flash Museum in 2049. We just don't know why. But it must have something to do with why this war got started in the first place, which means Heart has the answer locked inside his mind. I need to unlock it. What about the neural hypercollider? I mean, we used it to project my consciousness into the future.

  Jay Garrick : So maybe it could project your consciousness into Heart's mind.

  Cisco Ramon : So you want to go inside the mind of a psychopath?

  Barry Allen : It's the only option we have left.

  Jay Garrick : If I readjust the tachyon booster with a neuro-fiber housing, I think it could work, kid.

  Barry Allen : Can you guys take care of things in the field while I'm in there?

  Cisco Ramon : Of course. Central City's my hometown. I'm not losing her that easy.

• Nora West-Allen : I should have stopped him from going.

  Iris West-Allen : Nora, this isn't your fault.

  Nora West-Allen : Yes, it is. I'm his older sister. I'm supposed to keep him safe. This is what Godspeed always does. He always goes after the people we love the most.

  Barry Allen : [seeing Caitlin enter]  How's he doing?

  Caitlin Snow : He's still unresponsive. Bart's in some sort of deep comatose state.

  Jay Garrick : The Godspeeds were feeding off me when Bart turned up, and by the time they turned their sights on him, I had nothing left in the tank. How'd you know how to stop 'em?

  Barry Allen : Actually, it was my son's idea. I guess sometimes it pays to be impulsive.

  Jay Garrick : Can't argue with that.

  Iris West-Allen : Why hasn't Bart's speed healing kicked in?

  Caitlin Snow : It has, but his Speed Force saturation's so depleted that whatever speed he has left is being used to keep him alive. I'll keep monitoring him, but unfortunately, all we can do now is wait.

• Cisco Ramon : I don't know. Maybe if I would have gotten there faster, Bart would be okay.

  Frost : No, you saved our butts.

  Barry Allen : She's right. It's good to see you, man.

  Cisco Ramon : It's good to see you. Dig filled me in. I figured you could use a helping hand. Jay Garrick. Look at you getting your speed back.

  Jay Garrick : Hey.

  Cisco Ramon : And good timing, too.

  Jay Garrick : I'll say.

• Chester P. Runk : Okay, the rebel Godspeeds managed to hack S.T.A.R.'s communication systems and send a transmission.

  Barry Allen : What does it say?

  Prisoner Godspeed : [Chester plays the message]  Flash. Turn over the adversary now, or else the one he loves will die: Jay Garrick.

• Iris West-Allen : This whole parenting thing is different this time around.

  Barry Allen : Yeah, I know. I always knew our kids would have a hard life being speedsters, but I never thought they'd have to deal with a Thawne of their own. It's like there's a curse on our family. I mean, tragedy follows us everywhere. Maybe that's our real legacy.

  Iris West-Allen : You don't believe that.

  Barry Allen : This all started the night Thawne killed my mom, and I might not know where he is now, but our fight still isn't over. And in the other timeline, Nora's Godspeed killed her best friend, Lia. And now, I think this Godspeed killed someone Bart loved. History's repeating itself.

  [a thought strikes him] 

  Barry Allen : Iris, if we beat the Godspeed clones here, in 2021, the real August Heart will never get his powers back.

  Iris West-Allen : Which means that when Nora and Bart go back to 2049, there won't be a Godspeed there to endanger them.

  Barry Allen : We have to break the chain.

  Iris West-Allen : We will.

• XS : You want more speed? Come take mine.

  The Flash : Nora, what are you doing?

  XS : Buying you some time. Save Bart.

  [she speeds away, and all the clones but one follow her] 

  Prisoner Godspeed : His primal impulses killed him, and now he's killed you, too.