- Kid Flash returns to Central City with a Zen attitude and new tricks up his sleeve. While thrilled to see his family again, Wally confides to Barry that he returned because he thinks there is something wrong with the speed force. Meanwhile, Cisco returns from his fact-finding mission across Earth-Prime.
- The mystery of the Iris doppelganger continues. Cisco returns but has no time for his friends, a new meta appears in Central City, and Wally returns to visit his family and friends only to discover that something is happening with the Speed Force - and it affects both him and Barry.—Gislef
- Russian socialite Maria Volkova and her bodyguard, Alexi, arrive in Central City by helicopter. The helicopter goes out of control, and at STAR Labs Caitlin and Kamilla spot it heading for the Seaver Building. They spot a speedster heading toward the helicopter, and Barry comes in and wonders what's going on.
At the Seaver Building, Kid Flash gets the pilot, Maria, and Alexi out of the helicopter. He then disassembles it in mid-air before it can crash, laying the parts on the building rooftop. Flash arrives and the two heroes hug.
Later at STAR Labs, Wally create a lotus flower out of the Speed Force while the others look on. Wally explains that he's being guided through peace and renunciation by a monk at his Peace Camps corps. He says that being there with family and friends is all the joy that he needs. Iris and Eva watch through the mirror, and Iris sees her brother. Eva's concentration fades, breaking the view through the mirror. She realizes that Iris misses her family, and Iris admits that she's losing her sense of time trapped in the mirror dimension. Eva says that she hopes they don't forget about her as quickly as her husband Joseph forgot about her. She talks about how Joseph used to come to her mirror every day, and she doesn't know if Joseph knows she's still alive. Iris talks about how Barry used to say he could find her anywhere in the universe, and Eva says that she hasn't seen her husband in years. She calculates the days and weeks, and her hand shakes. Coming over, Iris tells Eva to breathe.
In the real world, the fake Iris's hand shakes until Kamilla calms her down. Cisco comes in and everyone hugs him. He says that all of the post-Crisis anomalies caught up with him, and sees a "Welcome Home" banner. Wally steps out and Cisco realizes that the banner is for Wally and he's crashing Wally's party. Cisco soon dozes off, and Kamilla takes him home. Cecile says that she has to work late, and Iris offers her a ride. Barry and Wally clean up the party at superspeed, and Barry trips and falls onto a table. He tells Wally that it was nothing, Wally wonders if it was the first "hiccup", and Barry says that his speed has been going off briefly.
Barry figures that it's his body recovering from Crisis, and Wally says that recently he's been sensing there's a flaw in the Speed Flash. His monk has taught him to project his consciousness into the Speed Force, Recently the Speed Force hasn't responded to him. Barry admits that it's been a while since he's seen it, but figures there's nothing wrong with it or it would let him know.
The next day, Maria is ordering at Jitters when a wave of green energy sweeps through freezing everyone but her. A woman wearing a green cloak comes in and says that she thought Maria would go down easy in the helicopter. Maria recognizes her as Frida Novikov, and Frida fires a blast of green energy at Maria, first encircling and then aging her a century in seconds. When things return to normal speed seconds later, Alexi runs to Maria's corpse as the other stare in shock and surprise at the aged corpse.
Joe and Barry soon check out the crime scene, with Wally accompanying them. Wally recognizes Maria from the helicopter, and Barry confirms that she was 110 years old when she died. Cisco has scanned the corpse and shows them a detector showing that someone drained all of the kinetic motion from Maria's body, aging her in seconds. He's already identified Frida as "Turtle-2", and Joe confirms they busted her for running an international drug ring out of her apartment and deported her to Russia. Cisco has heard stories of Turtle-2 and came home early to find a clue to what she's doing. Joe goes to pull Turtle-2's file, and Cisco goes to STAR Labs.
As he works in his workshop, Harrison meets with Cisco, who says that he can't tell him about his travels because he's focusing on a way to negate Turtle-2's powers. Undeterred, Harrison asks Cisco if he saw anyone from other Earths during his trip. Cisco hasn't, noting that any doppelgangers would already be dead from neurological degeneration, and Harrison asks what would happen if they were already dead. Cisco insists that it's not possible because of Crisis, and Harrison suggests that he missed something. He angrily tells Cisco that he needs him to help him discover something that matters. As Harrison storms out, he walks past Caitlin.
At the Citizen, Wally tells Iris that Barry is acting like nothing is wrong. Iris says that something happened between Barry and the Speed Force, and suggests that Wally doesn't have time to waste there. Kamilla takes a photo of them and then shows the photo to Wally, and he leaves. Iris tells her to delete the photo, saying that the reason is to protect the Citizen's staff from Black Hole. Kamilla agrees and deletes the photo as Iris leaves.
Wally visits Barry at his lab and suggests that what is happening with the Speed Force is the result of his "incident" with it months earlier. Barry says that he attacked the Speed Force under Bloodwork's influence, and "Wally" tells him that they're already here. The lab changes into a representation of the Speed Force and the West house, and Wally says that something is wrong. Barry looks out the window and sees a glowing green and white electrical storm surrounding the house.
Barry follows Wally into his old room, and finds the Speed Force, taking the form of his mother Nora dying in the bed. It says that it is dying because of what Barry did. They reappear in the lab, and Wally asks Barry what he did. Barry says that it's not possible, explaining that the Speed Force is an infinite force of energy. Wally insists that it's Barry's fault, and he betrayed the Speed Force months ago and didn't say anything when he first noticed something was wrong. He complains that Barry blew him off again and again, and says that they're all connected. Wally explains that the Speed Force always showed him futures with a speedster: his kids running with their kids, and Nora. Now the chain of Speed Force lightning ends with them. Barry figures that he can save the Speed Force, but Wally tells him to find another teacher after all he's done and walks out.
Harrison is working on equipment in his new office next to Cecile's office. The lights flicker, and when Harrison goes out in the hallway. The red-eyed speedster ghost steaks at him.
In the Time Vault, Barry prepares the tachyon enhancer and has Gideon monitor him while he enters the Speed force physically. Once he goes in, he finds himself back in his old room. The Speed Force greets him, and Barry tells it that he can fix it. It says that it's too late, and tells Barry that he's not the one who hurt her. The Speed Force says that a substance entered the Speed Force and contaminated it. The lightning is an infernal power beyond the laws of their nature. Barry remembers the Spectre giving it his energy during Crisis, and figures that energy has contaminated the Speed Force and he is responsible.
Barry apologizes to the Speed Force, and it says that he did the right thing by saving the universe. It says that it knows Barry will use his last few steps, and Barry showed them the greatest force of all. The Speed Force, talking as Nora Allen, tells Barry that it loves him and dies.
Wally goes to Joe's office and tells his father that the Speed Force is dead. He and Barry still have a residual bit of Speed Force energy in them, but the more they use, the quick it disappears. Wally says that Barry assumed that he could fix things by himself, and then admits it wasn't very Zen of him. Joe reminds Wally of how petulant he was, but he did the work to become a better man and he still needs to do it. An officer comes in and says that they have the other informant in custody. As Joe leaves, he tells Wally that one of the two informants that put Frida away was Maria, and he's going to put the other one in WITSEC. Joe says that he'll find Wally later, and Barry is going through the same thing as Wally is with the Speed Force and his powers.
At STAR Labs, Caitlin complains that Cisco has blown off her and Harrison. Cisco says that he thought he'd come back different from his trip, but he feels like he's back where he started. Caitlin suggests that he address some responsibilities closer to home than Turtle-2. Cisco agrees and asks Caitlin to take over to develop the device to stop Turtle-2.
Wally finds Barry in the Time Vault, and Barry says that he's not ready to tell anyone that he's responsible for what happened to the Speed Force. He explains how he took the Spectre's energy and it started a meltdown of the Speed Force, and now the latter is gone. Wally assures him that any hero would have made that call, including him, and shares a story about a mother who asked the Buddha to bring her dead son back to life. The Buddha agreed in return for a mustard seed, and as she asked her neighbors she realized that she wasn't alone. Wally apologizes for forgetting how much Barry is suffering, and tells him that they can take responsibility for their actions. Caitlin says that facial rec picked up Turtle-2 outside of CCPD.
Joe moves his SWAT men into position, and Turtle-2 freezes everyone else. She then grabs Joe and tells him to hand over the other informant, Olga. Turtle-2 gives Joe five minutes to bring her Olga, and Team Flash listens in from STAR Labs. Caitlin says that Cisco was working on a way to stop Turtle-2, and Barry wonders where Cisco is.
Cisco goes to Nash's office and apologizes for being a jerk, and wants to make it right. "Nash" turns to face him and Cisco realizes that he's not the real Nash. The impostor grabs Cisco and starts choking him, and Cisco realizes that it's Thawne. Thawne drives his hand into Cisco's chest but realizes that his vibrational powers don't work. Cisco realizes that he's powerless and slams him to the floor, and Thawne fights back. The two men struggle, and Thawne finally knocks Cisco down and chokes him. Cecile arrives and uses her taser on Thawne, and Cisco explains that it's not Nash.
Caitlin prepares a new Velocity X and puts it in a dart gun. Wally warns Barry that they can't run to CCPD because it will use up their residual Speed Force, and Barry says that they can but they have to use it responsibility. He plots a route straight to CCPD and tells Wally that they have to phase through anything. The two speeds take the dart gun and run to super speed, and Flash tries to get through to Turtle-2. She blasts them, and they speed away from her inertia.-robbing globes. She captures Kid Flash and threatens to age him to death unless Flash surrenders. He's slipped the gun to Joe then tells Turtle-2 to take responsibility for her actions and let them help her. She refuses, and Joe injects Turtle-2 with the Velocity X. Turtle-2 screams in pain as the Velocity X neutralized her power, and Kid Flash is freed.
That night at STAR Labs, and Barry tells Iris that he washed "Nora" die again, and that he's responsible for the Speed Force dying. He says that he wanted to save Iris and everyone else, and wonders what he is supposed to do without his speed. Iris suggests that everything happens for a reason, and figures that after everything the Speed Force has put him through, he deserves a real life. Barry wonders if Iris is serious, and she says that it's their chance to have a normal life.
Cisco calls Barry to the Pipeline, where he's imprisoned Thawne. Thawne waves to Barry, and says that he wants to kill Barry and he's done being patient. He promises to slit Barry' throat when he gets out, and then kill Barry's family and friends when he inevitably gets out. Barry says that they'll stop Thawne, and Thawne asks him in a few weeks Barry will be powerless to stop him because his Speed Force is dead. Thawne says that he build his own force and he's coming for Barry. Barry walks away, and Cisco seals the cell door. He then asks Barry what Thawne meant about the Speed Force being dead.
Wally leaves the West house, and Joe is waiting for him. Joe asks if he wants to leave already, and Wally tells him that he needs to walk and embrace ways to help others without his powers. Wally says that that the one who continues to advance will win in the end, and Joe chuckles and hugs his son. Before he goes, Wally asks Joe to keep an eye on Iris for him because there's something different about her.
At STAR Labs, Cisco takes in Barry's news about Spectre energy. Caitlin agrees with him that they can solve it, but Barry asks them to help him build an artificial Speed Force to get his speed back.
Kamilla is leaving the office and discovers that the photo she deleted is back. It shows a spectral image near Iris. The fake Iris comes in and says that she's not Iris, draws the Mirror Gun, and shoots Kamilla, making her disappear.
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