The Flash (TV Series)

Pay the Piper (2020)

Hartley Sawyer: Ralph Dibny

Quotes 

• Cisco Ramon : I have an idea, a way to get our people out of the Mirrorverse. We need a lossless, self-sustaining source of perpetual energy.

  Harrison 'Nash' Wells : Sounds like you're talking about the holy grail of science: a perpetual-motion machine.

  Cisco Ramon : That's right. Hartley had some ideas. I think we can actually build one. We're just missing one component, and thanks to my travels, I know exactly where to find it: Atlantis.

  Ralph Dibny : Finally, Crisis pays off in a good way for once.

  Cisco Ramon : I know time is crucial, but don't worry. I'll hurry back.

  Allegra Garcia : Can I come?

  Barry Allen : Actually, if you don't mind, I'd like for you to stay. Team Flash needs as many hands on deck as possible.

  [she nods with a smile] 

  Barry Allen : Now let's get to work.

• Ralph Dibny : So... I, uh, came to apologize.

  Killer Frost : So you broke in? My front door is locked.

  Ralph Dibny : Yeah, I may have, uh, slipped under the doorframe, uh, literally. So I guess I actually have two things to apologize for.

• Harrison 'Nash' Wells : They're just gone?

  Allegra Garcia : What does that even mean, "mirrorverse"? Can we even get them back?

  Cecile Horton : Oh, my god. We... we have to warn David's husband.

  Cisco Ramon : I've been living with some copy of Kamilla while the real one's trapped somewhere?

  Barry Allen : Eva said they're safe for now.

  Cisco Ramon : And you're taking her word for it? For all we know, they're dead already.

  Ralph Dibny : They're not, so just... you don't even think about that.

  Cisco Ramon : We *have* to think about that. What if creating Kamilla's duplicate actually killed the real Kamilla? Same thing with Singh, same thing with Iris.

  [seeing Barry remain motionless] 

  Cisco Ramon : Hello?

  Barry Allen : What do you want me to say?

  Cisco Ramon : Anything! That we have a plan, that we'll get them back.

  Barry Allen : I don't have a plan, Cisco. Eva can move anywhere through any mirror in the universe in the blink of an eye. She's faster than I am, and somehow I'm supposed to stop her, and still hope to God that Iris and everybody else is still alive in a world that we don't even understand?

• Barry Allen : We've all lost so much this year. Our power, our love, our family. At times, it's even felt like there's nothing left to lose, like everything that matters has already been taken and our lives are... empty, hollow inside. Some things can't be taken. I mean, look around this room. We still have our faith in each other and our will to fight for those we love. This is what we'll never lose. Eva McCulloch has never faced us head-on. And that's about to change. We're gonna find her, beat her, and get back everyone.

  Cecile Horton : Amen to that.

  Ralph Dibny : You just tell me where to stretch.

  Allegra Garcia : And blast.

  Harrison 'Nash' Wells : Sounds violent. I'm in.

• Ralph Dibny : I shouldn't have been so harsh.

  Killer Frost : It's okay. You were right. I have a long way to go.

  Ralph Dibny : No, you don't.

  Killer Frost : [he offers what looks like a graduate's diploma]  A "Dib-ploma"?

  Ralph Dibny : Congratulations on graduating life-coach school.

  Killer Frost : Ralph, this is ridiculous.

  Ralph Dibny : You know what's ridiculous? You thinking that you're not as important as Caitlin. And being intimidated by a parent, that... that's normal. Frost, I was ten when my dad walked out on Mom and me. You don't think a day goes by where I'm not... absolutely terrified that he's gonna show up at my front door?

  Killer Frost : He walked out on you guys. He's a jerk.

  Ralph Dibny : Yeah. And a part of me still wants to see him.

  Killer Frost : I guess I'm afraid Carla might actually want to get to know me, and then... she'll see me for who I really am.

  Ralph Dibny : That is the ironic part to me. 'Cause, Frosty, you are one awesome human being. You were just afraid that Carla was gonna reject you, so you rejected her first.

  Killer Frost : [taking the Dib-ploma]  Not anymore.

  Ralph Dibny : And that is why you're ready to graduate. Damn, I really am one hell of a life coach.

  Killer Frost : Yeah, you are.

• Cecile Horton : We need to work the problem, not tear each other down. So here's what I'm gonna do. I am gonna call David's husband, and I'm gonna see if he has seen Singh's duplicate.

  Allegra Garcia : Uh, I'll check the Bentley Building. Mirror-Iris and Kamilla were alone there a lot. Maybe they left something behind.

  Cecile Horton : Good.

  Harrison 'Nash' Wells : You want company?

  Allegra Garcia : Maybe you should find something else to do.

  Ralph Dibny : You can come with me. I'm gonna see if I can dig up any details on this Eva McCulloch.

  Cisco Ramon : [the others leave]  If the Mirrorverse is just another dimension, there might be a way to enter vibrationally. Caitlin's still on the mend, so I can't ask her for help. I guess that means I'm doing this one on my own.

  Cecile Horton : [Cisco leaves, too]  Barry, look, I understand how you're feeling...

  Barry Allen : Cecile, I know you're trying to help me, and... I appreciate it, but... right now, I'm gonna work on the artificial Speed Force. I just... there's no point in finding Eva if I'm useless against her.

• Ralph Dibny : I got your text. Are you okay? Is the wound getting worse?

  Killer Frost : Ralph, I'm fine. As fine as anyone with a chronic light bullet avulsion can be in their chest. This patch is keeping me stable for now.

  Ralph Dibny : Then what's the emergency?

  Killer Frost : Payback. I just wanted to say thank you for everything you've done for me this year; for taking me to an art show and teaching me how to get in touch with emotions I didn't even know I had.

  Ralph Dibny : Hey, that's what life coaches are for.

  Killer Frost : Well, I know I've still got a long way to go, but I'm leaving soon, so we might not be able to finish this.

  Ralph Dibny : You getting better is our number one priority. And your mom is the expert on all things ice, so she'll patch up that wound of yours, and then we can pick up where we left off.

  Killer Frost : I could be gone for a long time.

  Ralph Dibny : Okay. But you are coming back, right?

  Killer Frost : Look, Ralph, forget it. I-I just... I wanted to say goodbye to an old friend.

  Ralph Dibny : Look... friends say "so long" or... or "until we meet again." They... they don't really say goodbye. So why don't you just tell me what's really bothering you?

  Killer Frost : I'm fine. Stop trying to smell a mystery or whatever.

  Ralph Dibny : Too late.

• Ralph Dibny : The Tannhauser tech; it's the only stuff that can fix you, but you don't really want to go, do you?

  Killer Frost : Just drop it.

  Ralph Dibny : It's not the tech, is it? It's the person behind it. Frost, why don't you want to see Carla?

  Killer Frost : Because she's not my mom, okay? She's Katie's.

  Ralph Dibny : You don't really mean that.

  Killer Frost : Yeah, I do. Carla doesn't know me. After all these years, it's just been her and Katie.

  Ralph Dibny : Hey, you're her daughter, too.

  Killer Frost : I am the cold, dark part of her daughter that she tolerates.

  Ralph Dibny : If that were even true, why would I be sitting here worried about you?

  Killer Frost : 'Cause you're a good guy, Ralph.

  Ralph Dibny : And you're an equal member of Team Flash, just like Caitlin. And you are just as important. And if you can't see that for yourself... then maybe you're right. Maybe you do have a long way to go.

• Allegra Garcia : Who's Hartley Rathaway?

  Cisco Ramon : He is an expert in psychoacoustics and sonic vibrations. He used to work for S.T.A.R. Labs. Also, a jerk who hates us so much he tried to julienne your insides.

  Ralph Dibny : It turns out that he hates the Flash even more post-Crisis, only we don't really know why.

  Cisco Ramon : Correction: I know why. My Crisis research dug up the answer to that.

  Barry Allen : [seeing a newspaper headline]  Henchmen? No, it was only me and Hartley.

  Cisco Ramon : Not in this timeline. Pied Piper's band of merry men tried to flank you while you were distracted playing musical cars. Yeah, you clocked them, but when one of them tried to shoot at you, you countered with a lightning bolt. That lightning collided with the weapon's blast, and... turns out that was Hartley's righ-hand man, Roderick Smith.

  Ralph Dibny : [his phone buzzes]  It's Frost. Sorry, guys, I gotta... I gotta check on this.

  Cisco Ramon : Roderick Smith is being held in an energy containment unit in Mercury Labs. Apparently, it's the only thing that's keeping him from completely disintegrating.

  Allegra Garcia : I guess that's a no to Pied Piper's help.

  Cisco Ramon : Well, he did almost kill us, so...