The Flash (2014) s09e04 Episode Script

How long until it's finished?
It's gonna take a lot longer
than it would otherwise if
you keep interrupting me.
How long?
Or is getting your girlfriend
back not important anymore?
I don't know. Another hour?
This machine
I don't know what you want
it for, and I don't care.
It's none of my business.
But
Sure would be helpful to know
how you expect me to power it.
- Leave the power source to me.
- Okay.
You do realize this
thing takes enough juice
to light up the whole Eastern Seaboard?
Are you doubting me?
I'm not surprised.
You're all the same, aren't you?
Criminals
a superstitious and cowardly lot,
quivering like mice
in their little holes,
easy prey for the bad.
Now let me go enlist
another mouse to our cause.
So we don't know who the
Rogues' new partner is
or what they would need
the cosmic treadmill for,
but we do know that he's a speedster.
And he's the new Avatar for
the Negative Speed Force.
So, if this new
speedster is the Avatar
Won't he try to kill you?
I'm not so sure.
I mean, back at Fort L.U.K.I.A.
when he had disabled my powers,
he could have killed
me right on the spot,
but he didn't.
Why not?
Maybe he doesn't want to be the Avatar.
Maybe he's just been
corrupted by negative speed.
Like Meena Dhawan.
Uh, whatever this new Avatar is doing
with the treadmill,
it'll upset the balance between
the forces all over again.
If there's even the slightest chance
I can pull them back from the brink
It's not supposed to end like this.
Barry, Thawne got himself killed.
- You didn't cause that.
- I know.
But I won't let anyone
go down that same path,
not if I can help it.
I-I need to go to S.T.A.R. Labs.
Chester and I are gonna
reset the satellites
- to scan for the Avatar.
- Okay.
I'm gonna stay here.
Luke Fox just sent me the
GPS coordinates I asked for
Ryan Wilder's last known location
the day that she disappeared.
She's the CEO of Wayne Enterprises,
and now this new Avatar
is handing out Wayne Tech?
That's not a coincidence.
Ryan's lucky to have you in her corner.
Thanks. Be safe out there.
I will.
Promise.
The night before the
Red Panda's second game,
Peyton has a dream that
he is a soccer superhero.
- Hi.
- Hey.
I'm so sorry.
Training ran late.
- Mommy!
- Hi, nugget.
Jenna Marie West,
did you get taller while I was gone?
You're not supposed to do that!
All growing happens
when Mommy's at home!
- Leftovers in the fridge.
- Thank you.
I'm starving.
Hey.
What's this?
Little one, take this upstairs.
I'll be right there, okay?
Uh, look
you know how I've been thinking
about us leaving the city?
Because you were worried about me
being out on the front lines.
But we said that we would
talk about that together.
But you're what, you're
You're talking to a realtor?
I know. I'm sorry.
But I saw that house,
and it's perfect for us.
It's in a highly rated school district.
It has a huge backyard
for Jenna to play in.
Joe, it's a two-hour
commute from Central City.
Did you think about my
job? I have a law practice.
It has an extra room that's perfect
for a home office.
I think we should take a look at it.
It won't be on the market for long.
I'm not looking at any houses,
not until we've thought
about what a move like this
would even mean
for the both of us.
You're right.
I'm just gonna get her tucked in.
Uh
I though the timing was right now.
Okay, Gideon's picked
up the tachyon signature
we pulled off my suit
after the Avatar attack.
Okay. Let's do this thing.
Come and get me, Flash.
Ah, there he is.
Here to save the day?
I'm here to talk.
By all means, please.
I know what you're doing.
You're trying to build
a cosmic treadmill.
But if you tell me
why you're doing this,
where your powers come
from, maybe I can help,
and we can solve everything
without more fighting.
I just need to know what it is you want
and who you really are.
You want to know who I am?
I'm the last glimmer of crimson
a killer sees before he
draws his final breath.
I am vengeance.
I am the night.
I am the Red Death.
Bivolo?
What's the matter, Flash?
You seem
terrified.
Too easy.
And now, let there be darkness.
What the hell?
What in the world?
Flash, can you hear me?
Flash?
Now the real work begins.
Wakey, wakey.
- Where am I?
- You're in hell.
So don't even bother trying to run.
Bivolo.
You were in it for the money.
Why join up with killers?
You let me rot in that Pipeline of yours
for nine months.
I've been waiting to
get even a long time.
Now, what should we do with you?
Okay, whoa, whoa.
Better you know, better idea.
Why don't we see who's behind the mask?
I wouldn't do that
if I were you
That is, unless what you want
is to get pumped full of 50,000 volts
from the booby trap in his cowl.
Chillblaine
what are you still
doing with these guys?
My job.
No.
You're gonna build
the Red Death's cosmic
treadmill for him?
Him?
Somebody needs to catch up.
That machine can tap into forces
beyond anyone's control.
If she uses it,
it could damage the whole timeline,
destroy countless lives.
What a pity that would be.
Blaine, get back to work.
The rest of you, guard the entrances.
The blackout should
keep the police busy,
but it won't be long
before his foolish teammates
attempt a rescue mission.
You said you wanted to talk, Flash.
So let's talk.
Damn it. Comms are still down,
and I can't get a hold
of Iris or Joe and Cecile.
They'll be okay. Cecile is strong.
She can protect them.
Sweet Otis Boykin.
That was one of the strongest
electromagnetic pulses
ever recorded outside
of a nuclear event.
Even with our backup generators,
we're only operating at 20% power,
nowhere close enough
to re-establishing a
link with our satellites.
So we have no way of finding Barry?
All we know is, last
time we had contact,
he was with Red Death and Bivolo.
If he's not here by now, they
probably took him somewhere.
In a lightning storm,
hot air and cold air come together.
When the liquid droplets
and the ice crystals collide,
they become static electricity,
something they never
could have been before.
Okay. W what does
that have to do with us?
We need to collide with our opposites
to solve our problem.
Wait, are you saying we need
to call Barry's Rogue Squad?
I could use our CB radio
to send out a distress
call at 160 hertz.
Hartley uses that
frequency with his crew.
Sounds like a long shot.
Maybe.
But right now, this is all we got.
What a sight
the so-called fastest man alive
Helpless
chained
powerless.
I don't know who you are
but I know how much hate
you must feel for me.
But it isn't yours.
It's the Negative Speed
Force influencing you.
It feeds off your rage and anger.
Now it's corrupted your mind.
And you think I can be saved?
I've seen it happen before.
The power that's inside you
It's strong,
but we can beat it.
I can help you if you let me.
Always seeing the best in your enemies
and the worst in your so-called allies.
- How would you know that?
- Because I know who you are:
a pathetic excuse for a hero,
more than willing to stab
his friends in the back.
What did I do to you?
What do you want with me?
Nothing that can't be easily taken.
You see, you're just
one part of my plan.
There's someone else
who's far more important than you,
someone who will ensure my success
Your lightning rod.
Iris.
Hello?
Hello? Who's there?
Iris West-Allen?
Ryan Wilder?
One second, I'm crossing
the bridge into Central City.
The next, this wave passed over my car.
It killed my battery,
fried the voltage cable,
and burnt my arm like some
kind of electromagnetic pulse.
I think I know who did this.
We've been dealing with a new enemy.
Barry thinks he's the Avatar
of the Negative Speed Force.
Let me guess:
they're an evil speedster
who wears red armor.
Yeah, a few days back, I
was on patrol in Gotham.
This speedster blindsided
me, beat my ass,
left me for dead outside the Palisades.
Called himself the Red Death.
When he attacked you,
did he steal anything
Gear, tech?
Yeah, he ransacked my utility belt.
How'd you guess?
This Red Death has
been handing out weapons
to his new allies: advanced
versions of Wayne tech.
Yeah, well, I could
have used that equipment.
It took me forever to drag
myself back to the Batcave.
Then Luke told me you
guys were looking for me,
so I thought I'd just show
up and pay you a visit.
You got from Gotham to
Central City in a day?
My car drives really fast.
But not as fast as your husband.
- Where is Barry, anyway?
- He's at S.T.A.R. Labs
At least, I don't know, I think he is.
My phone stopped working
when the power went out.
Well, I appreciate you bandaging me up
in the middle of all
this, but right now,
I want to help you take
down this Red Death.
Hit by an EMP, and now back
to crime fighting already.
Well, everybody's got their limits.
I, uh, ignore mine.
This the brain trust
that lost the Flash?
Oh, thank Crom. You got our SOS.
You think I wouldn't notice
someone tapping Morse code
- into my private frequency?
- Ugh.
The blackout knocked out
every car battery in the city,
so we had to hoof it over here.
And we appreciate that, truly.
Well
Yeah, so what do we do:
mount a search party, hit
the known Rogue hangouts?
Please, Garcia.
I came prepared.
Little help?
Meet the Harmonic Frequency Tracer.
We set this to Flash's
vibrational biometrics,
we can find him anywhere on the planet.
Now watch and learn.
"No signal"?
Something must be wrong
with your biometric system.
Or there's something
wrong with your toy.
Come on, what's the first
thing you do to any detainee
in this town?
You meta-cuff 'em.
If the Flash doesn't have his speed,
- then the tracer's not
- I'm aware of that.
Leave Iris alone.
She's got nothing to do with this.
Oh, but she does, Flash.
Whatever happens to her
is on you.
You don't understand.
The negative speed inside you
is clouding your mind.
It's making you believe
I've done something awful
to you, but I haven't!
The Negative Speed Force
It wants to make you
its champion, its Avatar!
That's why it gave you these powers,
so it could pit you against me!
It wants to upset the
balance of reality.
Is that where you think I
get my powers from, Flash?
And then, I'm some kind of herald
for the dark cosmos?
Oh, no, Flash.
What the hell?
I'm something far more powerful.
Your armor You're
controlling it remotely.
I built this armor
just like I built my own speed,
which means I don't require the aid
of any pathetic Negative Forces.
You're not the Avatar.
Your speed's artificial.
Only organic speed can
power the treadmill.
That's why I'm here.
You will be my fuel source, Flash.
And once you start running,
you won't stop until you die.
Only organic speed
can power the treadmill.
That's why I'm here.
Are you okay?
Yeah, yeah.
It's just it's been a long day.
So, uh, you must stay busy.
You run that company, CCC Media, right?
Yeah, I do.
We don't have much of
an audience in Gotham.
Yeah, well, I'm a big
fan of the podcast.
Any cream?
Uh, no, I'm okay.
All right, so the Red Death
has got all of his pieces
that he needs for his treadmill.
Any idea what he has planned next?
Uh, no. No idea.
But the blackout
has gotta be connected somehow.
Well, it looks like
he's got plenty of help.
Yeah.
Thankfully, so does Barry.
He's working with criminals, too?
Reformed
mostly.
There's no such thing.
No, I get it.
If my adoptive mother
was killed by the Royal Flush Gang,
I wouldn't trust Rogues either.
Yeah, but, you know, that was
that was a long time ago.
Was it something I said?
Ryan Wilder's mother was killed
by the Wonderland Gang.
The real Ryan has never
been in this house, either,
but here you are, walking
around like you own the place.
So who the hell are you?
Iris
This is gonna be hard to believe.
But where I'm from,
I'm your best friend.
Okay, my name is Ryan Wilder,
but I'm from another timeline,
one just like this
one, except for there,
the Flash is the
world's greatest villain.
It's you, isn't it?
Red Death.
Are you here to kill me?
If I wanted to hurt you, I
would have done it already.
So, what, you're just
here to lie to me for fun?
If I showed up saying
I was your Big Bad,
you would have thrown
me in the Pipeline.
I know you, Iris.
I thought if you got to know me,
if we formed a connection
before I had to drop this bomb,
you'd hear me out.
I want the truth.
Where I'm from, there is no Batman.
The Waynes adopted me
when I was only days old,
and when they were
gunned down in the alley,
I swore to protect my city at all costs.
For ten years, I locked
up the dregs of society
Hush, Simon Hurt, even my own brother
Only to see them escape Arkham
and go right back to
preying on the innocent.
I was Gotham's protector,
and I was losing the fight.
So I did what had to be done.
I studied the technology of my enemies,
and I engineered my own versions of it.
So that's where the Rogues'
new weapons come from.
Eventually
I decided to study the
abilities of other heroes,
starting with my ally from the League.
Flash.
I mined the data from Flash's suit
and used it to create my own armor,
my own artificial Speed Force.
You really expect me to believe
that you stole super
speed to fight crime?
Not fight, eliminate.
With Flash's power,
I could put a criminal behind bars
before they even thought
of committing a crime.
Don't you see?
The people of Gotham
They were suffering.
They deserved a hero who
could make a real difference.
I found a way to stop crime permanently,
something he failed to accomplish.
So he freed his Rogues from Iron Heights
and led them on a war against me.
They tore apart my entire
city trying to kill me.
Why would the Flash
do something like that?
Even the Flash has his demons.
I tried to hide in the Speed Force,
but my speed's not
organic, so it rejected me.
When it threw me out, I
ended up in this timeline,
but I need to go back.
And that's why you need
the cosmic treadmill.
My Flash was out of control.
I can only imagine what
he's done in my world
since I've been gone.
Iris
you're Flash's lightning
rod in every timeline.
You can convince him to stand down
and end this Rogue war he started.
Please.
You're my only hope.
Joe, I do not need to
use my empathic abilities
to know that there is something
that you are not telling me.
So what? What is it?
Why this sudden rush
to get out of Central City?
What is it really about?
You know I tried really
hard raising my kids.
But back then,
when Iris was Jenna's age
she had to grow up with a father
who might go to work in the morning,
never come back.
Wally, poor kid, for the
first 20 years of his life
thought I'd ran out on him.
They had to deal with burdens
I wish they didn't have to carry.
I know, but, baby, you gave
them everything that you had.
Cecile
we have the chance
to raise Jenna in a place where she
Where she doesn't have
to hide in her room
because there's a supercharged blackout.
I want us
To give Jenna
what I couldn't give Iris and Wally
A normal childhood.
Here while no one's watching us.
No, thanks.
You're no good to us dead.
Mark, you don't have to do this.
If I want Frost back, I do.
What happens when she
turns on that treadmill
and busts a hole in the timeline?
Or decides it's a lot
easier to just kill you
than help you bring Frost back?
If I die, I die. Who would even care?
You are a part of Team Flash.
No, I'm not
not anymore.
Now I'm just another dirtbag
who double-crossed you.
- Aren't I?
- Mark!
Before Frost was one of my best friends,
she tried to kill me.
People make mistakes.
I was so desperate
not to make the same
mistakes I made with Thawne
that I rushed into
thinking the Red Death
was the new Avatar.
But, actually, she's a new threat,
one I wasn't ready for,
and now the whole world might
have to pay for my mistake,
and the only one that can
help me out of this is you.
Me?
You've got the wrong guy.
- It's too late for me.
- No, you're wrong.
It's never too late for second chances.
Look, maybe I didn't go
about this the right way.
But, Iris, you are his lightning rod.
You can calm him down, make a truce.
Wouldn't it be easier
to convince your Iris to help?
I tried that.
We had a falling-out when
the Flash turned against me.
I don't believe you.
You and Iris were best friends.
You knew her better
than anyone in the world.
If things really were
as dire as you say,
why wouldn't she help?
Because she can't.
When the Flash and the
Rogues were attacking me
I was dead to rights.
All I could do was
throw a lightning bolt
and hope it landed.
It was meant for the Flash, but
You killed her.
It was an accident.
But if my Iris were alive
she would help me do it. I know it.
But she's not.
That part, I believe.
It's the rest of your story
that I'm struggling with.
You see, we have this
thing in journalism
called a Red Team.
And before we go to
print with any big story,
we put together a group of reporters
and have them try to poke holes in it,
make sure we're airtight.
If I was Red Teaming your story,
I would take another look at
why the Flash turned on you.
You said it was because he was jealous,
but you're the one
who's obsessed with your
enemies' technologies.
You're the one trying to stop crimes
before people can even
think about committing them.
Did the Flash really turn against you,
or did he see your thirst for
power and try to take you down?
You're twisting my words.
Why are you trying to
take me to your timeline?
Do you really want a truce,
or are you using me as bait
to bring your Flash out?
I am trying to protect my city.
You don't want peace with the Flash.
You want to kill him.
You're damn right I do!
Oh, Iris.
I wanted you to choose this
so that maybe, when the dust settled,
I could get my friend back.
But I guess it's not meant to be.
I wanted to do this the easy way.
But you want to get nuts?
Come on.
Let's get nuts.
- Iris?
- Flash.
- Are you okay?
- Well, it's up to you, Flash.
Ryan Wilder?
I'm just a woman trying to get home.
Now, you're gonna run
until you can't run anymore.
And if you don't, she dies.
That's not true. She needs me alive.
But I don't need you undamaged.
Stop, stop!
- I'll do it.
- No, don't.
I won't let her hurt you.
Deactivating meta-cuff.
Engaging vibration engine.
You want her to have a normal life, Joe?
- This is
- Mommy, Daddy.
Jenna, it's okay.
Joe, get her.
Sweetheart. You're okay.
Oh, a really huge wave of fear.
Joe, the Zajacs' house
has been hit, too.
I need to help them.
- I think that it's working.
- Oh, frak, yeah, it is.
Flash is out by Route 119.
Well, let's go get him right now.
How do you suppose we do that?
You got a teleporter
we don't know about?
Actually, I do.
Mark, please.
You don't have to do this.
You still have a choice.
No, he doesn't.
I'm giving him the one thing he wants,
what your team refuses to give.
It's too late.
It's never too late.
- Barry, are you okay?
- Yeah.
Mark?
What did you do?
I overloaded the capacitors.
So, instead of turning your
organic speed into a wormhole,
the treadmill shot it all back at her.
Overwhelming her artificial speed.
Yeah. The treadmill's toast now.
- And we gotta boogie.
- Hang on.
The treadmill drained
too much of my speed.
I can't run.
Where do you think you're going?
I'll hold them off.
- Mark.
- Go!
You think you can
double-cross us, huh, Ken doll?
Actually, yeah, I do.
- I've gotta help him.
- No, no.
Somebody order a prison break?
How'd you guys know we were here?
Long story. We'll tell you later.
We gotta get Mark.
No, the suit's recharging.
We gotta go right now.
No, I'm not gonna leave him behind!
- What are you doing?
- Without your speed,
the monster will slaughter us all.
- Hey, what are you doing?
- Hey, come on!
Hey!
Stop!
Mark.
This isn't right.
We shouldn't have left him there.
What, no "thanks for
saving our sorry asses"?
It's not the way we do things!
- We don't leave people behind!
- What choice did we have?
Without your speed, that psycho
would have killed all of us,
not just Mark.
What about Mark?
I'm sorry. He didn't make it out.
Well, then we have to go back for him.
He's dead, lady.
And even if he weren't,
why would we risk our hides
to go save the guy who betrayed us?
Mark saved Barry's life.
He saw which way the wind was blowing
and switched sides, again.
Like that's so different
than the rest of you?
- I do not like you.
- So what?
So, everything on this
planet is connected.
We are all part of a greater whole.
Mark's life doesn't matter
any less than the rest of you.
Are you seriously defending
the guy who tried to
turn you into his dead ex?
Yes, because throwing away even one life
is absolutely senseless.
Caitlin's right. We
can't lose anyone else.
We need to figure out
Red Death's next move.
She still has the whole
city under blackout.
Mark destroyed her treadmill, right?
So, well, maybe she'll
just pack it up and go home.
She can't.
She's from a different timeline.
Everything she's done
is about getting revenge
on her own version of the Flash.
Well, that's just great.
She probably hates you as much
as she hates the other one.
Damn, you're just as responsible
for destroying her ride as Mark is.
Which means that whatever
she's planning next,
it's only gonna get worse.
Hey.
I can't believe it.
Mark's dead?
I know.
And
Chuck
I know I've been the one
avoiding having this conversation.
But after tonight, it just reminded me
of how little time any
of us might have left.
And so I I think I'm ready to
talk
you know, a about us.
Allegra, um
I I
can't believe I'm saying
this, but, um, uh
look, our satellites are still down,
and we still barely have any power.
And now, with Mark
maybe our timing just isn't right.
Yeah, of course.
I can't believe I brought that up.
- That was stupid.
- No, no, it's not.
It's not stupid,
'cause, look, as soon as
we send Red Death packing,
we're gonna sit down
And we're gonna figure
out what all this is.
You doing okay, babe?
Hmm?
You look a little down
for somebody who just saved her daughter
- and the neighborhood.
- I don't know.
I just
I keep thinking about that lightning.
You realize if it had
hit a few feet higher,
it would have blown a hole
straight into Jenna's bedroom.
I don't know, babe.
Maybe you're right.
Maybe the city isn't a safe
place to raise our girl.
- Hey, nugget.
- I drew you a picture.
- What?
- What is it?
It's Mommy saving the day.
That's right, baby girl.
Mommy is a superhero.
And she ain't stopping anytime soon.
Little one
time to go back to bed.
- Be up in a sec, okay?
- Okay.
I don't understand.
Listen, we both want Jenna
to have a safe and normal childhood.
But I also want her to grow up
knowing she can be anything she wants,
just like her mom.
What are we telling
that little girl up there
if you quit now?
Yeah.
So we can stay in Central City?
It's gone.
All my work, my dreams
crushed by the Flash again!
So what do you want us to do now, or
The Flash
won't let me go back to my world
So I'll take his.
But this time, we will bring
the war to him!