The Flash

My name is Barry Allen,

and I am the fastest man alive.

To the outside world, I'm an ordinary forensic scientist,

but secretly, with the help of my friends at S.T.A.R. Labs,

I fight crime and find other meta-humans like me.

I hunted down the man who killed my mother,

but, in doing so, I opened up our world to new threats,

and I am the only one fast enough to stop them.

I am The Flash.

Previously on The Flash...

- He's your brother, Cisco. - Not by choice.

So Mom tells me you're still working at S.T.A.R. Labs.

We couldn't do what we do without Cisco.

Oh, he's loyal. Just like a dog.

We had a deal.

- We had a deal. - YOUR SPEED FOR WALLY

My speed for Wally's life. Hand him over, and it's yours.

The Speed Force is leaving his body.

He's becoming human again.

I know some piece of you did care for me.

Please, let him go.

- Caitlin! - You are gonna get

your speed back, Allen, and I'm gonna help you do that.

- How? - By creating another particle accelerator explosion.

Barry, there's a high-speed chase

heading south on Milton Ave.

We lost 'em.

Not gonna lose him, though.

You wanna bet?

You wanna play?

Okay! All right.

Get ready to bring it!

- They're not slowing down. - Of course not!

There's our out... the tunnel! Take the tunnel!

They're headed for the Fifth Street tunnel.

Satellite can't project in there.

What? You just thought of this now?

I didn't think he'd actually try to outrun The Flash!

Lightning. Lightning toss!

He wants to do the lightning toss.

Nope. No lightning. It's a hologram.

- Remember? - Just...

No. No, no. The wind-up!

So we can block their field of vision.

Yes! Of course.

All right, Cisco.

This is where all those countless hours gaming

in your basement are about to pay off.

Fingers, don't fail me now.

- My eyes! - What is this?

Hands in the air!

I need a breather.

I didn't think this hologram thing was gonna work,

but so far, so good.

I mean, I figured if they could get 2Pac

rapping again at a concert, we could definitely get

The Flash running around Central City.

- It's not gonna last. - There it is.

It's not gonna be long before someone figures out,

"Oh, wait. You never say anything.

You never touch anything. Oh, wait. You never go indoors.

Okay, well, without Barry's speed,

- this is as good an idea as any. - Actually, I beg to differ.

I think a better idea, instead of playing

"Hoodlums and Holograms"

would be to rebuild the particle accelerator

- to get Barry's speed back. - Yeah, Wells,

- that's what you keep saying. - That's right.

Look at what that explosion did to this city.

Not to mention, last time we tried something like that,

we blew a hole in the universe and created, like,

50 portals to your Earth.

Which is exactly how Zoom and his henchmen got here in the first place.

I told you. I know how to contain the explosion.

- Really? - Yes.

You know how to contain a dark matter explosion

that, last time, just radiated all of Central City?

You tried this on your Earth, remember?

Didn't go so well.

And, even if you could contain it,

I thought you said that Barry couldn't tap into the Speed Force anymore.

It wasn't connected the first time he got his powers.

Look, I have your Wells's data.

The Harrison Wells from this Earth, I have his science.

I know what chemicals need to be in your body.

I know how the lightning needs to bond with the dark matter

from the particle accelerator explosion.

I can recreate the circumstances to get you your speed back.

This will work.

Your subterfuge... is not gonna last.

But more importantly... it's not gonna save Snow.

It's not gonna bring your Caitlin back.

You wanna be ready should Zoom return...

if Zoom returns... when Zoom returns...

there is only one way to do it,

and that's by getting your speed back.

Hey.

- Hey. - How are you?

- You made it. - Yeah.

- Look at this. - Come inside. Get warm.

Yeah.

- Sure is a pretty drive up here. - It is that.

I can't help but wonder why a speedster needs a car.

Because I am no longer a speedster.

You've lost your powers?

I gave them up to save Wally, Joe's son.

Zoom had him, so it was either give him my speed, or...

I couldn't let Wally die.

No. You couldn't.

Now Jay has taken Caitlin, and we have no idea how to save her.

Jay took Caitlin?

Jay. It's... yeah.

Turns out Jay Garrick is not the Flash from Earth-2.

He's Zoom.

Garrick?

Garrick, yeah. Why?

My mom's maiden name.

Maybe... maybe Wells is right.

Maybe I should try to get my powers back.

How would you do that?

By recreating the particle accelerator explosion.

And getting struck by lightning again?

That doesn't seem like the safest option, does it?

No.

I've watched you grow ever since you became The Flash,

and I am so proud of that man.

But ask yourself,

do you really need powers

in order to be that person?

It just feels like every time something good

happens in my life, it's taken away.

Well, maybe it's time we did something about that.

It looks like the Vacuum.

What's the Vacuum?

No "Fringe" on Earth-2. Noted.

What is that thing?

That is how Barry's gonna get his speed back.

This is what you've been working on in the workshop?

Someone has to worry about Zoom.

- Okay. Barry cannot do this. - He has to, Ramon.

You keep calling me that, but that's...

Dante?

What did you see? Zoom? Did you see Zoom?

No.

I saw my brother.

I got to go.

See where everybody is.

Hey.

Henry?

Iris. Hi.

It's so good to see you.

You too.

I guess Barry dragged you back for a bit?

Looks like maybe for good.

Wait, what? Seriously?

Yeah, yeah, I figured I spent enough time away from my son.

Have you told Dad?

No, I wanted to tell him in person.

Yeah. I think he's with Wally at CCPD.

I'll give him a call.

- Good to see you. - Yeah. Let's get settled.

Your sister called, checking in when we'd be home.

- As in, we need to get going? - Thanks.

You know your sister.

Okay, move it. Let's go.

Do you ever get sick of this job?

Being a cop?

Oh, looks like someone inherited the West

I-need-to-help-people gene.

Ever since The Flash saved me, I just...

I don't know if designing cars

is what I'm meant to do with my life.

Well, I'm sure there's something out there

that'll satisfy your need for speed

and helping people, but, until then,

you should stick with engineering.

It's much safer.

We should get going before Singh comes up with something for me to do.

Zoom!

Hello, old friend.

Stay away from him.

Do not move.

Or what?

You've tried your guns on me once before.

No! Don't hurt them.

Let them go, please.

Tell everyone that this city is mine.

Anyone who disobeys me

will meet their end.

All right. Clear out!

- Caitlin's with Zoom. - Why would he bring her here?

To show power.

That's exactly what he did on my Earth.

- What are you talking about? - The first thing he did

was murder people.

Slaughtered a bunch of policemen.

Then recruited every meta-human he could find.

And those that disobeyed, he killed too.

- Where are the police now? - Outside the precinct.

He'll kill them, Joe. He'll kill them all.