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.

In an attempt to stop the evil speedster Savitar,

I was accidentally thrust into the future,

and I saw him murder the woman I love.

But I won't let that happen.

I'm going to do everything in my power

to change the future, and I'm the only one

fast enough to keep her alive.

I am The Flash.

Previously on The Flash...

When I threw the Philosopher's Stone

into the Speed Force, I accidentally

ran into the future.

I saw Savitar murder you.

I wasn't fast enough to save you.

We can't do this alone, Barry.

Why don't you come work with us?

You can help Team Flash fight meta-humans.

- Welcome to the team. - Yeah.

If his powers are linked to the energy

that ties together the multiverse...

He can open a breach to any Earth he wants.

The thing they never tell you about fighting villains

is that nothing ever stays the same.

The harder you work to take down the bad guys,

the more they up their game.

Gentlemen,

welcome to the future of crime.

Not even the military has these yet.

Looks like Christmas came early.

You know what the only problem is?

You're on Santa's naughty list.

Christmas is canceled.

Fortunately, our team has a secret weapon of its own:

a man of science, a man of action,

and that man's name

is H.R. Wells.

Look who has a vortex cannon.

Ho, ho, ho.

H.R.?

H.R.?

With a blast from my trusty vortex cannon,

- I dispatch the miscreant... - H.R.

- Hey, yep, here we are. - Barry needs help.

- Yeah, Barry needs help. - Where's Kid Flash?

He's on his way. Are you on your way?

They need you at Keystone Bridge.

Surely all your adventures are not this disorganized?

There's a method to the madness, mate.

Watch and learn.

The Electric Gang is headed north.

You gotta cut 'em off before they reach the freeway.

Oh, hey.

How you wanna play this?

I have an idea.

Eyes up!

Here he comes.

Just the red one.

Nice work.

They're out cold.

Okay, boys.

They saved us.

They saved us!

- Who are you? - Um...

I'm Kid Flash.

Oh, my gosh. Can we get your picture?

Yes.

Whoo.

Okay. Bye.

- Go Kid Flash! - Go Kid Flash!

Nice save!

Could not have scripted it better myself.

Thanks.

Barry did most of the heavy lifting.

- B.A. - Yes, bravo, boys.

Although I did find at least six ways

you could have done it more efficiently,

just... just saying.

I mean, the busload of hot cheerleaders

seemed like the way that we did things.

Oh, that's going in the book. You know what?

I'm running low; let me buy you a cup of coffee

over at CC Jitters.

- Bond, are you coming? - No, thank you.

So exactly how many hot cheerleaders?

I was a good boy.

You know, he's just been looking forward to this

for a long time; he's enjoying the moment.

Well, I'm glad you have his back.

We have each other's back.

It's actually been really nice having him out there.

Hey, I meant to ask you.

When you found the Electric Gang,

did you see them meeting with anyone else?

- Like who? - Well, word on the street is,

there is a new arms dealer in town

with access to sophisticated weaponry

like the gun that Plunder used.

Don't you think that's something

for the police to handle?

I'm still a journalist, Barry.

I can't hide from the world because of what you saw.

See you at home.

Can't lose her, Cisco.

Please tell me you found a way to change the future.

We found a way to change the future.

Did you really?

No, but Caitlin and I did find a way to map it.

You're gonna love this. Follow me.

Julian suggested we make a 3-D reconstruction

of the scene from the future exactly as we saw it.

With toys.

The medium's not important.

Thank you. Eye on the ball, Barry.

Is this me?

Why is he an astronaut?

Eye on the ball, Barry, okay?

Now, this diorama tells us

you need to cover this distance

in less than 0.21 seconds

if you want to save Iris from Savitar.

What do you guys think?

Think what you're proposing is impossible.

- Therefore, you will fail. - Why?

Multi-universe is maybe a new concept to me,

but mathematics is not.

Pay attention, Allen.

This is your speed timeline.

This is your maximum velocity

when you first acquired your powers.

This is your current top speed,

and this is where you need to be

in May to cover that distance in 0.21 seconds.

At your current rate of improvement,

impossible.

Wow.

Thank you for that rousing pep talk, coach.

Okay, why don't you take a knee?

I think we got it covered here.

It looks like it.

I actually have to be back at CCPD.

As do you.

Cheerio.

He really does want to help

in his own snobbish, thoughtless way.

He is right.

I mean, he's kind of a dick about it,

but you can't argue with his math.

Okay, well, then, we'll find another way

to make this work.

We need to.

Iris isn't gonna die.

Thank you very much.

Gotcha.

Freeze!

How'd you get in here?

You know what they say.

Every time a door closes...

A window opens.

Barry.

- Hey. - Nothing's missing.

- Nope. - Cash is still in the register.

Safe's not touched.

I mean, it seems like a lot to go through

to just get a late night cup of coffee, right?

Yeah, it's definitely a meta.

I'll have Julian look into his meta database,

but I think this is someone new.

New and dangerous.

Well, it's nothing that The Flash

and Kid Flash can't handle.

My two superhero boys.

He is doing great.

Speaking of my kids,

Iris, she tell you about this

arms dealer story she's following?

Yeah, she's mentioned it.

Well, now that you're her live-in boyfriend,

could you look out for her

and maybe get her to back off a bit?

Because this isn't something she should be doing on her own.

I agree. I'm trying.

She seem... okay to you, otherwise?

Yeah, why? Do you not think so?

If you guys got something going on,

I hope you know you can talk to me.

Yeah, I know, Joe.

Thank you... I... we're...

both doing great.

Okay.

- All right. - Talk to you later.

Yeah.

So this is the footage from Jitters

that should help us ID our new meta.

Brunette? That really narrows it down.

Mm, I'll clean that up.