The Flash

Injustice?

Damn.

Look, Barry, those protocols are a one-way trip.

A bad one.

- I know that. - All right, all right.

Just take a deep breath.

Tell me what happened.

- In the last 24 hours, I've lost my job, my home base.

I've started having blackouts.

I destroyed my apartment at superspeed.

I attacked my team, my family.

Jefferson, I attacked innocent people,

dozens of them, and I don't remember doing it.

I'm out of control! - Easy.

In my experience, there's almost nothing

that can't be undone,

but I'm gonna need you to calm down for me.

- Calm down? I'm losing my mind!

Look, you know the contingency plan.

The Injustice Protocols were put into place for a reason,

to protect the world when one of us goes rogue.

It's happening, Jefferson.

You have to take away my powers.

- Look, we need to call in the others.

- We don't have time. No, no.

Kara, J'onn, Sara--

we all designed this plan together after Faust.

- And we all made the same promise.

If anyone ever lost control, a designated teammate

would step in. For me, that's you.

- And I don't carry that weight lightly.

What if this is all temporary?

What if your mind starts healing?

- It's--it's not gonna heal. It's only gonna get worse.

- But how can you say that for sure?

I forgot Joe died.

The man who raised me...

he passed away six months ago,

and I can't remember it at all.

Look, I know you have questions,

but I'm losing myself.

You took an oath, if I ever said

the word "injustice," you'd listen.

Please. We have to do this now.

My father had a saying,

one that I even teach my students today.

"Where's the future? Right here.

"Whose life is this? Mine.

"What are you gonna do with it?

Live it by any means necessary."

So don't worry. I will honor my promise.

I will do whatever is necessary to keep folks alive.

But remember...

when we take away your powers, they are gone permanently.

It's happening again. Another world lost.

Another failure. Armageddon waits for no man.

And it won't wait for me to find you, Flash.

So you think Despero's right,

that Barry's gonna destroy the world or something?

- No, no, hey, what Barry did today was scary,

and the things that he said-- they really, really hurt,

but someone that we love is going through

a mental health crisis, so I don't care

what he may or may not do ten years from now.

We need to take care of him today

just like he did for me.

- Okay, we'll follow your lead. What do you want to do?

- Okay, I've been sensing Despero all day.

He's using his mind's eye to scan the city.

Now, he hasn't found him yet, but if Barry's

not thinking clearly--

- What if he's the only one thinking clearly?

- Boss, what are you talking about?

- Look, I know how this is gonna sound,

but when Despero showed up,

he said that Barry would suffer tragedy,

and then on cue, he lost his job,

he lost S.T.A.R. Labs, and now he's lost his mind.

Doesn't that seem like a big coincidence?

A little too big?

- But Despero's from the future.

Wouldn't he know what happened?

But what if he didn't know

that someone secretly caused it to happen?

- You think he's being framed. - Iris, he forgot about Joe.

Nobody was framing him then.

Yeah, I'm not so sure.

Look, when Dad died,

CCPD said that his death was an accident.

He fell on the tracks at Scott Railway.

Kramer left me with the evidence,

but for the last six months,

I haven't been able to look at it,

but then I thought about what Barry said,

that we have to investigate what happened.

So I finally started looking, and this is what I found.

Joe.

Why are you showing us this?

Just trust me.

- See, one second he's there, and the next, he's gone.

I haven't figured this all out yet,

but if somebody framed Barry,

then he doesn't cause Armageddon.

And, Cecile, Dad could be alive.

- No. No, it's impossible.

Is it?

I mean, what if a meta-human abducted him at the last second

or--or he got swapped with, like, a mirror clone?

I saw them bury his body.

So did Barry, and so did you.

- Okay, guys, how about we take five, yeah?

- I'm not trying to upset you. - What are you trying to do?

- I'm trying to find out if my dad is still alive.

I'm trying to prove my husband's innocence.

Iris, it does not matter

if he is innocent if we can't find him,

which is what we have been trying to do

while you have been living in a fantasy world!

Hey.

Iris has trusted Barry against the odds before,

like when Bloodwork infected him,

and she was right.

If there's even a chance that this could be real,

I can't give up, and you wouldn't want me to.

- Is that what you think? You think I gave up?

Oh, my God.

You think I don't wake up alone every morning in our bed

praying to God that all of this was nothing but a bad dream?

Iris, I have done everything that I can

to just keep moving forward since I lost Joe.

I did it so that I could be there for you and for Jenna,

for this team, and you come in here

and you want to shove his death in my face?

He was the father of my child!

And my father!

Fine.

If you insist on pursuing this lie,

then we will save Barry without you.

Fine.

You save him your way. I'll save him mine.

- Okay, Cecile. What do you want to do?

- We find Barry before Despero does first,

no matter what it takes.

How are we supposed to find Barry now?

- Okay, this is gonna sound wild,

but Despero's scanning the whole world

for Barry's brainwaves, right? Like a needle in a haystack.

I know him better than almost anyone.

- So you should be able to pinpoint Barry's mind

faster than he can, only Despero's psychic radius

is exponentially higher than yours.

- Alex Danvers says he gets a power boost

from his power source, the Flame of Py'tar.

- Okay, I just need a boost of my own, right?

So you can build something,

something that can amplify my psychic powers.

- You want me to build a Cerebro

out of the trash in my garage?

I mean--

Oh, frak yeah, I can do that.

- Okay, there's still one problem.

Kalanorians like Despero have four hemispheres

to their brain. The human brain only has two.

So even if we amplify your empathic radius,

you'd still be at a disadvantage.

- Then we're gonna need some more brain power.

And I know just who to call.

So things got a little intense back there.

You okay?

Yeah, look, I don't want to hurt Cecile,

but if someone's framing Barry and my dad might be okay,

then I have to figure out the truth.

Just glad I don't have to do it alone.

Team Citizen forever, Boss.

So what are we looking for? Signs of a meta-abduction?

- What the hell? - What is it?

- I'm not sure. Do you see anything?

- Well, I'm not picking up anything

on the electromagnetic spectrum,

but your time sickness makes you see stuff sometimes, right?

Could it be acting up? - Must be.

Deon's treatments are probably wearing off.

I'm supposed to see him tonight.

the fiber optic aura

for these cameras leads to a security booth inside,

so if someone wanted to alter the footage of Joe's accident

to make it seem like he died--

That'd be where they'd start.

I'll never forget that day.

People were screaming someone fell.

I--I tried calling the emergency line,

but it was too late.

- What about before it happened?

Did you see anyone suspicious on the platform?

- It was pretty empty when Mr. West died.

The Red Line came in 15 minutes early.

Hang on. Iris West-Allen?

Were you his daughter?

I still am.

What about after?