The Flash (2014) s09e09 Episode Script

1
This whole thing is going to
be awesome, awesome, awesome.
I'm telling you,
Operation: Thirty, Flirty, and Thriving
is going to be one memorable
shindig I can feel it.
Yeah, and from what you told me,
it sounds like it's going to be
way better than the first
time Barry turned 30.
Oh, yeah, that time Team Flash
spent the whole night fighting Cicada.
Well, thanks to Dr. Orloff's gamma ray,
Barry's got a second crack at it,
'cause on a cellular
level, he's still just 29.
Hey, what happened?
My readings are saying that you're
Better than ever.
Okay, so as far as everything else goes,
I mean, I think we're good.
Chester, you are still in
charge of entertainment.
Allegra, you and I have
already done all the decorating.
Khione is picking up the cake, so
Do you guys think he's
going to be surprised?
He better be.
Okay, I just need to grab my laptop.
All: Surprise!
[laughter]
Wally, Dig
You guys got me.
Come here, man.
- Happy birthday.
- Thanks. Good to see you.
May your current rotation around the sun
- be your best yet.
- Okay.
Thank you. Guys!
[dramatic music]
♪
Yo, party people, let's get wild!
[all cheering]
It's got dried sendru and honey.
It'll be good for your
morning sickness, I hope,
and it tastes delicious.
- Okay, cheers.
- Cheers.
- Mmm.
- Oh, yeah?
- Barry, you have to try this.
- Oh, yeah?
Excuse us. Barry, happy birthday.
Can you settle something for us?
Sure.
See, I think I was a better CCPD captain
- because I'm not a meta-human.
- Oh.
It keeps me objective.
Chief, having meta-abilities gives me
a better understanding of
what meta-criminals go through
and how they're thinking.
Being human implies I'm treating
meta-criminals and
non-meta-criminals equally.
Actually, it implies you're more biased
because non-metas set up the
system in the first place.
Both: What do you think?
Um, that
Central City is lucky to have you both.
Okay, okay, do you guys
mind if I borrow the man
of the hour for a moment?
I have a special gift for him.
How does it feel being
30 all over again?
Unreal, I guess.
Because it's special,
Barry, which means it
requires a special gift.
- Dig, I
- No, no, please, open it.
[chuckles]
♪
We thought we lost it when
Earth-38 was destroyed.
But A.R.G.U.S. Found
it in National City.
♪
It's hard to believe it's
been three years, right?
Sometimes I'll be at
the grocery store, man,
or with my kids, and, uh
grief will hit me all over again.
Yeah.
It's hard.
We don't get the chance
to say goodbye to someone.
I'm sorry to hear about Caitlin,
losing her so soon after Frost.
Eh, having Khione's helped.
But something about it all
still just doesn't feel right.
That's why I-I can't accept this.
Barry, Oliver would have
wanted you to have this.
I'm sorry, Dig.
Maybe we should just
display it in the hall.
Does Khione need help with the cake?
Oh, she said there's a
huge line at the bakery.
So I figured, while we're waiting,
I might as well give you this.
You know it's not my birthday, right?
It's just a little
something that I made you
for our one-month anniversary.
It's beautiful.
And it's not just for show.
I know you've been worried
about the "light meta" buzz,
so I designed this to
conceal your identity.
It's got a facial
transmogrifier inside it.
This way, you can concentrate on using
all your powers to kick ass
and not on trying to hide your face.
Thanks. That'll come in handy.
Plus, now got a little piece of me
- keeping you safe out there.
- [chuckles]
I love it.
And I love you, too.
Yo, I'll tell you what I want ♪
What I really, really want ♪
Yo, tell me what you want,
what you really, really want ♪
I'll tell you what I want,
what I really, really want ♪
Yo, tell me what you want,
what you really, really want ♪
That's a hit.
Both: I wanna, I wanna, I wanna ♪
I wanna really, really,
really wanna zigazag, ah ♪
You know there's a whole party
- going on in there, right?
- [chuckles]
- I just needed some air.
- Hmm.
Hey, thanks for coming
all the way for this.
How are the Himalayas?
Well, Bakinimal has
been helping me a lot
with my journey to
enlightenment, which is good.
Um, but when Iris told
me about the Red Death,
it kind of gave me an idea.
You know how I can
project my consciousness
into the Speed Force?
Well, I've been doing it
to find alternate timelines.
What for?
Since there are other timelines,
there's probably another me out there
who has already achieved enlightenment
- and could help me find it, too.
- Wow.
I mean, you already seem
so in touch with yourself.
- Can't you do it on your own?
- I wish it was that simple.
Um, true awakening requires a
deep examination of the self.
And when you have baggage
like I do, it's just
It can hold you back.
What baggage?
I just I thought the whole
point of you going to Tibet
was to deal with things from your past.
[soft music]
♪
Just forget it.
[chuckles] Happy birthday.
♪
Sparkling cider
- for the hostess.
- Mm.
- Champagne for the birthday boy.
- Thank you.
Okay, everybody, ting, ting,
ting, ting, ting, ting, ting.
Please, raise a glass
for the birthday boy.
- Oh.
- Happy birthday.
- Cheers.
- Happy birthday.
- Happy birthday, Barry.
- Speech.
- All: Speech.
- Speech, speech, speech.
I mean, what can I
say, except, um, I feel
really lucky to have the best friends
and family in the world.
So here's to you guys.
I love you all.
- Cheers.
- Cheers.
Cheers.
♪
Chester, this cider
tastes a little expired.
- It's not just the cider.
- I don't feel so good.
Yeah, me neither.
[suspenseful music]
Everybody stop drinking now.
Iris, hey.
[glass shatters]
♪
Barry, what is happening?
Quite the festivities, Mr. Allen.
My invitation must have
been lost in the mail.
♪
I hope you don't mind
me crashing your party.
♪
Why all the sour faces?
Don't tell me I've missed the cake.
What did you do to them?
Is this how you greet an old friend,
especially one that's
just escaped A.R.G.U.S.?
You know, I came right back here
so we could pick up where we left off.
And now I find out you're
having a party without me.
Look, I don't know you,
but I know that we can
solve this without violence.
Mr. West
I don't want violence.
I simply wish to save the world.
You don't want to save anyone.
You're a monster who
wants to absorb us all
into your sick mind.
Is that such an unfair
price to pay for immortality?
You hurt Iris, I will wipe
every last one of your cells
off this planet.
Fear not.
Your wife is perfectly safe and healthy,
and she'll stay that way forever,
which means your daughter will
never know an orphan's grief.
On the contrary, little Nora West-Allen
would be the first blood baby
born into a whole new world.
[suspenseful music]
Your anger means nothing, Barry.
Now, last time, I made you
into a blood brother first,
only for your meddlesome
team to rise up against me.
But this time, they
won't have that chance.
And soon, your meager healing
factors will run out, too.
I don't know what you're up to,
but you're not going to
get into my head again.
But, Barry
♪
I already am.
♪
Time to begin the good work.
Someone didn't drink their champagne.
Uh, bro, I'm not really
much of a drinker.
That's no fun.
Now I'm going to have to
bring the party to you.
♪
[growls]
Sweet Duane Jones.
[all growling]
Oh, no, frak this. [gasps]
♪
How fascinating.
You're sharing your oxygen
with the embryo inside you.
And she's sharing her
healing factors with you.
- We're going to stop you.
- No, you won't.
I've been playing the
long game, and you
have already lost.
♪
[echoing] Ramsey!
I know you can hear me!
You can't fool me again.
Those visions you showed me last time,
they were lies, made to tempt me!
I never lied to you, Barry.
I just showed you a future where you
had the power to end death.
But you rejected my offer.
And now your friends
are dropping like flies.
Nash, Caitlin, Frost
It's quite the list.
- You can't break me again.
- I don't need to, Barry.
This time I have a more
interesting target in mind,
just as fleet-footed,
too, only more perceptive.
Wally.
♪
[distant siren wailing]
[echoing] Wally.
Son.
Wally?
Mama needs her medicine.
♪
Wally!
Mama needs her medicine. Wally
I'm sorry, Mr. West.
I thought seeing your childhood
home would be comforting,
but I suppose it is rather spartan,
especially compared to Barry's.
Why'd you bring me here?
Because you need a friend, Wallace,
and because we can help each other.
I'd never help you.
But you already have.
You see, the last time
I encountered Team Flash,
when I possessed Barry's mind,
I learned what was coming
A crisis to end the Multiverse.
But I guess it didn't take.
♪
No, you're wrong.
The Multiverse is dead.
I know because I lost Jesse.
[dramatic music]
She's never coming back.
Tell me something, Wallace.
What did you see out there when you
projected your consciousness
Alternate timelines
or other Earths?
Yes, Wallace, you can sense them.
So isn't it possible that
there's another Jesse Quick
out there somewhere just waiting
for her Prince Charming
to come and find her?
[sirens wailing outside]
You're trying to trick me,
but you can't tempt
me with simple desires.
I know my truth.
And why have you failed in
your quest for enlightenment?
I know you've been wrestling
with the darkness inside you
and how desperate you
are to rid yourself of it.
But you can't, not on your own.
Let me help you.
How, by turning me into a zombie?
No, by unlocking your true potential.
♪
This is your future, Wally West.
You will enlighten the entire world
and all the other worlds
yet to be discovered.
♪
All you have to do is choose life.
No, y-you turned everybody
I loved into your slave.
That's not choice.
I understand your hesitation.
No one has ever really
believed in you, have they?
You have been cut down your entire life,
forced to watch your mother suffer.
It is a pain that I know all too well.
♪
My mother was diagnosed with HLH,
and I couldn't save her either, Wally.
I had to watch her die.
And we have that in common.
Then you understand what it
is that I'm trying to do
That it's about more
than just stopping death.
It is about ending the suffering
that we have both endured,
that, together, we can create
a Multiverse where no one has to watch
their loved ones die
ever again.
♪
Okay, okay, just me.
Okay, all your friends are zombies.
But it's, uh it's okay. It's okay.
You just got to call for help.
Hello? Is anyone there?
Iris?
Oh, I thought you were a zombie.
Little Nora's healing factor
I-it's holding off the infection for now.
Look, I locked myself in a time vault,
but someone cut the power
to the outside comms.
Iris?
Iris, can you hear me?
I've been waiting for you, Chuck.
What, don't you want to
give your lover a kiss?
No, no, no, no. You're not Allegra.
You're Ramsey controlling her body.
[Ramsey's voice] And what
a powerful body it is.
Doing this to people ain't a gift.
What else would you call eternal life?
I'd call it hell on Earth.
You know what? I'll leave you alone.
♪
[growling, banging on door]
Unfortunately, the rest
of my brothers and sisters
have different plans.
[banging and growling continue]
Leave Wally alone.
Don't worry.
I have no intention of harming him.
But if I did, it would be just one more
sacrifice in your name, right?
[gasps, stammers] Sorry.
Is it me, or is the lighting
in here a tad too melodramatic?
Can I get a grip or an
electrician over here?
[bell rings]
What the hell? Where are we?
Language, Barry, it's a family show.
Now you'll have to keep up if
we're going to make our day.
After all, you're the star of the show.
[cheery music]
♪
Wait, what's what's happening?
- Okay, ready to try one?
- What is this?
What are you doing?
Making you look good, champ.
All right, lock it up.
[indistinct chatter]
Hey, man, love your work.
- [indistinct chatter]
- Roll sound.
♪
Mark.
Ready, and action.
Um
Hi, kids.
I'm the Flash.
Did you know that when a person survives
an event that others didn't,
it can lead to
feelings of guilt?
[dramatic music]
That's a Flash fact.
♪
No, I'm not I'm not doing this.
Cut. That's a cut, everyone.
♪
Frost.
♪
It's okay that she's dead, Barry.
♪
It's more important that you live.
You're the star, right?
No. No, that's not true.
You matter more than the rest of us.
[voice deepens] That's why it's okay
that you got those extra
years and we didn't.
I didn't want extra time,
not without all of you.
Oh, that's lunch.
[gasps, breathing heavily]
♪
Wally
are you okay?
Young Wallace is better than ever.
He and I had a very
enlightening conversation.
Listen to me, Wally.
Whatever Ramsey showed
you, it's not real.
Shut up, Barry.
Just shut up.
This anger isn't you.
Ramsey's manipulating you, so
you'll choose to follow him.
It's the only way he can
beat our speed healing
and take over our minds.
He doesn't care about you, Wallace.
He's been living with your
father, pawing at your sister,
while you were trapped in that hellhole.
You were living my life.
Wally, I know how hard
it was for you growing up.
No, you don't! You don't know anything!
But Joe and Iris didn't
even know that you existed.
Keep his name out your mouth.
Joe West is my dad, mine.
He's not yours.
But you stole him anyway from me.
You got to have two dads who loved you.
I had nobody, Barry.
You're so selfish.
And you know why?
Because you think that you're
the only person that matters.
Wally
Joe loves you.
And I love you.
♪
Well, I hate you.
♪
Yes!
♪
[coughs]
♪
Oh, Barry, Barry, Barry
what have you done this time?
♪
No.
[dramatic music]
No, Ramsey's still messing with my head.
Barry, you need to calm down.
You're not real.
How did I get here?
Wally, he was a blood
brother. He attacked me.
♪
He killed me.
Dying is the easy part.
Remember?
- It's really you.
- Yeah.
[laughing] Okay. Okay.
Okay.
Okay, let go.
Barry, let go.
Wait. If you're here,
that means I'm really
You're dead.
Otherwise, why would I
let you hug me that long?
♪
But if I'm dead, no
one's there to stop them.
Iris, the baby, the The
whole world is in danger.
I know.
But it's not just your
world that's in danger.
When I took on the power of the Spectre,
I thought that I was
simply creating Earth-Prime.
But I was also making something else
A new Multiverse to replace
the one that had fallen.
♪
But when we fought the Red Death,
she thought she escaped
from her timeline
- into an alternate one.
- She is from Earth-4125.
You're numbering them?
I've had a bit of time on my hands
Keeping an eye on threats
to these new worlds,
like your friend Ramsey Rosso.
He wants to spread his infectious cells
to every world out there.
No, I mean, Ramsey's powerful,
but he's not capable
of something like that.
Right, but with Wally by his side
Wally thought that he was
projecting his consciousness
into the Speed Force to
reach alternate timelines,
when, in fact, he was
reaching other Earths.
So, if Ramsey's control
over Wally becomes permanent
He'll gain control over
the Multiverse, too.
♪
[banging on door, growling]
[Ramsey's voice] Now, what have we here?
Ah, a gift from the boy genius.
You were so worried about
Allegra's protection,
you didn't stop and
think about your own.
[banging continues]
Don't worry.
In a few moments, you won't care.
♪
[thudding outside door]
Sounds like trouble.
No.
Khione?
♪
Whoa.
What'd you, uh what'd you do to her?
Same thing I did to
everyone else out there.
I froze all the water in her body.
Oh, don't worry. She's safe.
Wait. How did you know to find me here?
I was in line waiting for the cake
when I felt a presence calling me,
telling me that I was needed here.
Only, now I get the
feeling the job isn't done.
♪
[people screaming]
This world will be cured soon.
But there are so many
other worlds out there.
I think it's time we started.
♪
[exhales deeply]
♪
Feel them
millions of worlds waiting
for your life blood.
A gateway to the Multiverse.
Thank you, brother.
Now infinite souls will
know my gift and rejoice.
♪
[distant explosion]
The attack's starting.
Ramsey's fed his cells into the breach.
Soon, they are going
to infect your world
and all of the worlds yet to be born.
I have to stop him. You
have to get me out of here.
- It's not that simple.
- You have the power of a god.
You can bring me back from the dead.
No, I can't
not while there is a part of you
that doesn't want to go back.
That's not true.
You've always been a terrible liar.
[scoffs]
♪
It's
it's my birthday today.
I didn't want to do anything,
but Iris threw this party, and
I-I should have been grateful, happy.
But all I could think about was
♪
Everyone who couldn't be there.
You've lost a lot of people this year.
Yeah, Frost died fighting Deathstorm.
Caitlin died trying to save her.
I fight some random mad scientist.
I get three extra years to live.
You know everything now, right, Oliver?
Tell me, how is it right
I'm alive and they're dead?
How's that fair?
Life is a lot of things, Barry.
Fair isn't on the list.
You don't really believe that.
And if you did, your mom
wouldn't be alive again
or Tommy or Lance.
You used your powers to
bring back everyone you loved.
Not everyone.
Your dad.
Survive.
- No!
- [gunshot]
- Ollie, I'm sorry.
- It's it's okay.
Bringing him back would have done
too much to alter reality.
And I'd already done enough
to dishonor his sacrifice.
When my father sacrificed himself,
when he gave me my extra years,
what was I doing with them?
I was wasting them.
I was drowning myself in this sea
of of pain and darkness
and saying, Ollie, if you just
If you cross one more name off the list,
if you save your city one more time,
then you'll absolve yourself
of all of this guilt.
And I was wrong.
♪
This guilt is never going to go away.
It is something that you
have to learn to live with.
That is why people
sacrificed themselves.
That is why I sacrificed myself for you,
so that in all of this darkness
you
♪
Could be a guiding light
♪
A hero.
Because heroes don't stop running.
You're damn right.
So
are you ready to keep running?
♪
Good.
Wait, hang on. You're not going to
boop me again, are you?
It kind of killed the
Speed Force last time.
No, no, I'm not gonna
Not gonna boop you.
Ow!
- That hurts.
- Living hurts.
♪
Add it to the list.
Wait. You came back, too.
It's just temporary.
I can only intervene when
the Multiverse is in danger.
I think you missed me.
♪
Not as much as I missed this.
♪
Let's go kick some ass.
♪
[dramatic music]
♪
Ramsey's cells are metastasizing
inside that breach.
If we're going to wipe them out,
we need a massive ultraviolet pulse.
♪
How'd he do that? I thought
you were the Spectre.
The attack on the Multiverse
is weakening my powers.
I need a clear shot at the breach.
The Flash and Green
Arrow together again?
- I am honored.
- Don't be.
Wally, you don't have to do this.
[Ramsey's voice] Too late, Flash.
Wallace worships a new faith now.
He worships at the altar of Bloodwork.
♪
You are starting to piss me off.
Why?
I'm only trying to improve
your Multiverse by ending death.
Then I can bring every world together
under one mind for singular purpose
Immortality.
Those worlds don't belong to you.
You're right.
They belong to them.
[all growling]
♪
Are you, uh are you
sure this is going to work?
Trust me.
♪
[groaning]
That's all I can manage.
Oh! Aah!
♪
- Mm.
- [coughing]
[breathing heavily]
What the hell?
Did that come out of me?
- Where's Barry?
- He needs your help.
♪
[laughing evilly]
I'm not going to fight you, Wally.
[Ramsey's voice] Wallace is gone.
I know you can hear me.
I need you to know I'm sorry,
not just for today,
for all the times I've made
you feel like you didn't matter.
[growls]
Everyone has darkness inside them.
There is no cure for that
pain. We can only accept it.
That's the only way we can beat it.
You can do this,
Wally. You can beat him.
- I know you can!
- No!
♪
Brother/sister crime-fighting unit.
No.
No!
[screaming]
♪
I killed you. I'm sorry.
I came back.
♪
Now let's go save the Multiverse.
♪
Impressive
but let's see how you fare against me.
♪
Oliver.
I can explain.
It doesn't matter, man.
♪
How touching.
Unfortunately, this
reunion will be short-lived.
[growling]
That's one ugly son of a bitch.
[roaring]
♪
Oliver, we got you a clear shot.
♪
Ramsey Rosso!
You have failed this city!
♪
[roaring]
♪
I feel like I just recovered
from the world's worst hangover.
I think we all did.
The last thing I remember
is drinking champagne.
What happened?
Ramsey's having a very bad day.
Hey, what about Allegra?
Chuck.
♪
What have you done to me?
I'm human again.
I've cleansed the entire Multiverse
of your infectious cells.
Including the ones inside you.
And you killed me.
Now my HLH will return.
I took care of that, too
Perks of being the Spectre.
So it looks like you'll be spending
the rest of your human
days as a regular criminal.
Where you're going to rot until old age,
just like everyone else.
No.
I was going to cure death.
I was supposed to save the world.
Don't worry. That's our job.
♪
Thank you so much for
protecting my family.
I don't know how much longer
little Nora and I could have held out.
Well, you're welcome.
I still can't believe that you're here.
I'm only allowed to intervene
when the Multiverse is in danger.
And now that Barry's taking Ramsey Rosso
back to A.R.G.U.S.,
it's safe to say
everyone's out of danger.
So the Multiverse exists again?
It's a miracle.
Uh, isn't it science?
I think it's a little of both.
[gasps] I understand.
It was you.
You're the presence that told me
to go back to S.T.A.R. Labs
so that I could save Diggle.
Khione, you're connected
to the natural world,
so you were able to
use your powers to expel
the unnatural inside of John.
That's a lot to digest.
I'm going to go meditate.
Okay.
So now what?
Um
wasn't there a party happening?
[upbeat electronic music]
♪
Cheers.
♪
You okay?
Honestly, I have no idea.
[dramatic music]
Barry told me what Ramsey showed you
Your room at Mom's house.
I can't imagine how painful that was.
Yeah, well
I know I'm not going to
find an answer to that pain
in the Multiverse.
I have to look within.
Sometimes it just
feels impossible.
To cease from evil, to do good,
and to purify the mind yourself
That is the teaching of all Buddhas.
What? I read your long-ass
emails you'd send me.
♪
Thank you. Thanks for everything.
You're going to be the best mom.
And you're gonna be the best uncle.
Mm, come here.
♪
Guys
♪
Mmm!
Lyla wants me back at
A.R.G.U.S. to debrief her
on the festivities.
- Duty calls.
- Hmm.
♪
So
are you going to get
to see her this time?
Um
My
powers came with rules.
Me and Felicity
our destiny has been written.
You sure would be proud of
her, Ollie, the kids, too.
William he's in college.
Mia [chuckles]
Mia can climb a salmon ladder,
man, with the best of them.
- [both laugh]
- I know. I know.
I've been keeping an eye on them
Yeah.
And on you.
♪
[sighs] John, that cube
was designed to tempt you.
But you did the right thing.
And now all of your brightest
days are ahead of you
because they'll be
spent with your family.
You're my family, Oliver.
I'm just glad I get to say
goodbye to you this time.
Me too.
I love you, John.
♪
Love you, too, brother.
♪
[electricity crackling]
So you got to tell me
about these other Earths.
I mean, how many other
Flashes are there?
Uh [chuckles]
More than enough, but
I got to say, nobody is
more impressive than you.
How many times have you
saved your city now 170?
180, actually.
[chuckles]
It's all because of you.
- I mean, you started this.
- Well
I don't know what my
life would have been like
if I hadn't taken that
train to Star City.
You still would have been a hero.
Maybe.
But you made me a better one.
You made me a better man.
Prochnost.
Prochnost.
- Very very good.
- Okay.
Okay, Mr. Allen, I think
that I have done enough
to upset the cosmic order for one night.
Can you get this?
Are you kidding? You're a billionaire.
Well, you
you can't take it with you.
[scoffs]
Oliver.
- Yeah.
- [clears throat]
I mean, you can see everything, right?
Mm-hmm.
Do you think I'm I'm doing enough
with my powers, with my time here?
Well, Barry, you tell me.
♪
Do you give people hope?
Are you moving through
your city like a
guardian angel?
♪
Do you make a difference?
♪
That bolt of lightning chose you.
Don't ever forget it.
♪
Oh, and
happy birthday.
♪
[chuckles]
♪
Thanks.
♪