The Flash (TV Series)

Armageddon, Part 5 (2021)

Candice Patton: Iris West-Allen

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• Joe West : What the hell is wrong with you two? Since when do we let people die?

  Iris West-Allen : Dad, you know who Thawne is.

  Joe West : Yeah, I do. And that man came to you for help, which means you're obligated to try and save him.

  Barry Allen : Joe, he killed you. No, I know you don't remember, but I do. If we don't let this happen now, our family will never be safe.

  Joe West : You don't think I want to see him dead either? 'Cause I do. If I learned one thing being a cop, it's that you can't just protect the people you think are good. You have to protect everyone. That's what heroes do.

  Barry Allen : I know that.

  Joe West : Do you? A hero is not just in the name, Barry, or in a red suit. It's the choices we make that decide who and what we become. You know that.

  Iris West-Allen : Dad, we don't have a choice. Thawne isn't giving us one.

  Joe West : You always have a choice! Now, did either one of you even try to think of a way to save him? You already found one.

  Barry Allen : Yeah. We could save him if we take his speed away, permanently.

  Iris West-Allen : Just like Jefferson Pierce did to you.

  Barry Allen : Listen, Joe, wait...

  Joe West : Hey. Uh-uh. This decision is for the two of you. But I can tell you one thing: if you let Thawne die, you don't have to worry about destroying our family.

• Mia Smoak : What did Thawne mean when he said, "save me"? Save him from what?

  Barry Allen : You see how he's fading in and out? Same thing happened to me in his Reverse-Flashpoint. He's being erased. Once the process is complete, he'll die.

  Cecile Horton : So when you removed Thawne's changes, the timeline decided to remove him, too.

  Barry Allen : Yeah.

  Iris West-Allen : Okay, but when Thawne died, he came back somehow after Eddie. I mean, could that happen again?

  Barry Allen : No, this is different. When I reset the timeline, I used Damien's Time Stone. It eliminated all possible time variables, restoring a single, permanent timeline again. This one.

  Caitlin Snow : So if he dies this time...

  Chester P. Runk : It's game over for good.

  Caitlin Snow : Okay. I need to call Frost. If we're gonna decide what to do about Thawne, we need the whole team here.

  Mia Smoak : Wait a minute. You're not actually considering saving him, are you?

  Iris West-Allen : Mia, we know that Thawne is bad, but we still need to talk this through before we make any decisions.

  Mia Smoak : Fine. If that's how you guys do things. But you're making a big mistake.

• Iris West-Allen : Mia, you never said why you came to 2021, but I'm guessing it's important. So what is going on?

  Mia Smoak : I'm here to find my brother. William's missing. I just hit another dead end.

  Iris West-Allen : What happened?

  Mia Smoak : It was the night I decided to put on the suit. William and I went to see Dad's statue, but we were attacked. I haven't seen my brother since. I've been looking for him for two years.

  Iris West-Allen : I'm so sorry.

  Mia Smoak : Found a temporal energy signature at the crime scene which led me here, but every trail goes cold.

  [showing her an arrowhead] 

  Mia Smoak : Now, this is all I have left of him. William gave it to me the night he was taken. Sometimes I wonder if it's connected to why he's still gone.

  Iris West-Allen : Have you asked Felicity for help?

  Mia Smoak : She wouldn't understand what I've had to do to get this far.

• Barry Allen : Look, if we're really heroes, we can't turn our back on anyone, including Thawne.

  Frost : So you wanna take away his speed to save his life?

  [he nods] 

  Frost : All right, what if it doesn't work?

  Barry Allen : It will. Before the timeline reset, Jefferson hit me with enough continuous voltage to nearly sever my connection to the Speed Force.

  Allegra Garcia : Like blowing a fuse.

  Cecile Horton : And you wanna do the same thing to Thawne.

  Iris West-Allen : And once his speed is gone, A.R.G.U.S. will take him into custody. We've already called Cisco.

  Caitlin Snow : Jail time won't make up for all the lives he destroyed.

  Barry Allen : Look, you're right, but... we can't let Thawne change who we are.

• Barry Allen : The energy Despero's harnessing is from his home world, Kalanor, but, I mean, even if the energy's alien, the flame of Py'tar is still a flame.

  Iris West-Allen : You can harness it with a vacuum.

  Barry Allen : And then disperse it, but I-I'd still need a way to direct all the energy into the atmosphere.

  Chester P. Runk : Wait, if a delivery system is what you need, then I got the ticket. Okay, so you know how the P.E.D. redirects energy? Turns out the materials in that puppy are damn versatile. So I took the liberty of using them to make these.

  [Chester opens a metal case, a golden light shines] 

  Allegra Garcia : No way. Chuck, you're amazing.

  Barry Allen : Yeah, I can work with these.

• Iris West-Allen : I can't believe everything that you went through. I mean, these last few days have been so... normal. Boring, even.

  Barry Allen : I mean, I'm glad nobody remembers.

  Caitlin Snow : And Frost and Chillblaine were married?

  Barry Allen : Apparently.

  Caitlin Snow : That's insane.

  Allegra Garcia : What about Chuck and me? What were we doing?

  Barry Allen : I... I mean, same as now, I guess. I-I don't know, I mean, we weren't really teammates in that other timeline, so... I do know Chester helped build the energy absorption tech that saved the world. Hold on.

  [he zoops away and back] 

  Barry Allen : [handing a device to Chester]  There you go.

  Chester P. Runk : [inspecting it]  Holy Ron Mallett. This circuitry is next-level.

  Barry Allen : Mm-hmm.

  Chester P. Runk : Okay, nice work, future me, but is it okay that I have this? I don't wanna start, like, a Chester-P.-point.

  Iris West-Allen : I mean, maybe just don't talk about it on your podcast.

  Chester P. Runk : Ah, gotcha.

  Joe West : Well, Barr, you risked everything to prevent Armageddon and gave all of us a second chance. And we are really damn grateful, especially me.

  Cecile Horton : [taking his hand]  Ditto. You really are a true hero, Barry.

• Chester P. Runk : Mia, what the hell, girl?

  Despero : [speaking through Mia]  Iris West-Allen. You and Flash made this decision. And now you'll die for making the wrong one.

  Iris West-Allen : Mia, listen to me. This isn't you.

  Cecile Horton : Mia. Mia, she's right. Take my power. Take my strength. Fight him.

  Despero : Empath. You think I'd release this perfect vessel?

  Iris West-Allen : [powering up a blaster rifle]  Mia, stop. I know you can fight this.

  Despero : The child is gone, human.

  Iris West-Allen : No, she's not. Mia, I know you can fight this because you already have. Look around. You could've killed us all, but you didn't.

  Cecile Horton : Mia, she's right. Fight him.

  Despero : [fighting with the Flash]  Impossible.

  Iris West-Allen : Mia, think about William. is this the path he would want you to choose?

  Green Arrow : [as Despero's control over her is lifted, she drops her bow]  Iris. Allegra, Frost, in the hallway.

  Cecile Horton : I'll go check on them.

  Green Arrow : I'm so sorry.

• Iris West-Allen : That aroma seems familiar. Sebastian James?

  Mia Smoak : My favorite scotch. Did you guys always party this hard after a successful mission?

  Iris West-Allen : I wish. By the way, I, um... I came across something that might help you find William. The symbol on the Hozen, it matches a symbol from some heavily redacted documents from Berlin. Only my source couldn't find out more thanks to some very intense firewalls.

  Mia Smoak : You know, I think I know a hacker who might be able to help me.

  Iris West-Allen : You're going to see Felicity?

  Mia Smoak : You were right, Iris. I can be the person she always wanted me to be. Thank you for helping me find myself again.

  Iris West-Allen : You made the choice to be a hero. Your dad would be proud. And, hey, you know, don't be a stranger while you're here in our time. Bart and Nora, they... . they drop in on us a lot, and I think you guys would get along really well.

• Despero : My pawn failed. Your friends survived.

  The Flash : Mia? What did you do?

  Despero : Nothing compared to what I'm going to do now. I told you Thawne must die, and he will. That's why I'm taking matters into my own hands. I'm going to be the hero that this world needs, Flash. Not you.

  [as Barry zoops forward, Despero teleports him away] 

  Iris West-Allen : [seeing him re-appear in S.T.A.R. Labs]  Barry, are you okay?

  The Flash : Yeah, I think so. I... wh-what's going on?

  Chester P. Runk : I've got the secondary power circuits up and running, but I'm picking up insane energy readings out there. I'm talking, like, atomic bomb-level readings.

  The Flash : That's Despero. He must be willing to wipe out the whole city to get what he wants.

  Iris West-Allen : He's gonna kill us all.

  The Flash : Just so Thawne'll die.

• Chester P. Runk : Now, this is epic.

  [imitating an echo] 

  Chester P. Runk : Epic, epic.

  Cecile Horton : Wow, I don't know what's more impressive. This place or us.

  Iris West-Allen : Us, definitely.

  Mia Smoak : I haven't been in a place this swank since my debutante days.

  Barry Allen : Well, we have the place to ourselves tonight. And since Thawne's at A.R.G.U.S. and Despero's finally gone...

  Iris West-Allen : For good, it seems like.

  Barry Allen : I figured we deserved a night off.

  Mia Smoak : Look, about me going evil and trying to kill you all...

  Cecile Horton : Already forgiven. We're just glad to have the real Mia back. And that, beautiful people, is it for shop talk.

  Caitlin Snow : Yes, absolutely. I think we've had enough of aliens and evil speedsters.

  Damien Darhk : Does that go for evil magicians, too?

  Mia Smoak : [drawing a knife and putting it to his throat]  I know what you did to Laurel Lance, Damien Darhk. How about I return the favor?

  Damien Darhk : By all means, go for it. I thought I'd be a dead man by now, anyway.

  Mia Smoak : [withdrawing the weapon]  I need a drink. A real one.

• Barry Allen : When was the last time we had a night out, again?

  Iris West-Allen : I don't know. It's been too long. Is that Nora Darhk?

  Nora Darhk : [spotting them]  Barry Allen? Iris? What am I doing here? What just happened? Where is my dad? Barry.

  Barry Allen : [not sure what to say]  I...

  Nora Darhk : Please, someone, tell me what is going on.

  Joe West : You're okay, thanks to your dad.

  Nora Darhk : He's gone, isn't he?

  [he nods] 

  Nora Darhk : Why is this happening again?

  Joe West : Because Damien Darhk promised that he would do whatever it takes to save his daughter, and he did. Come on. There's a story I need you to hear.

• Chester P. Runk : You can't be serious. You can't just let Thawne die.

  Barry Allen : I gave him a chance to prove he can change. He can't.

  Allegra Garcia : So what, we just kill him?

  Caitlin Snow : Thawne messed with the timeline, and now the timeline is fighting back. I say we let it.

  Iris West-Allen : Me, too. Look, Thawne did this to himself, and it's not like we can save him, so it's time to let him go.

  Allegra Garcia : Look, I know that we're the new kids and we don't have the same history with Thawne, but that's a good thing, because I don't care who Thawne is. I care who you guys are, and you save people. I know because you saved me.

  Chester P. Runk : And me, literally.

  Iris West-Allen : You're right. You are the new kids. And so when it comes to Thawne, I'm sorry, but you don't get a say.

  Cecile Horton : Iris, maybe we should think about this.

  Caitlin Snow : We already have.

  Barry Allen : You guys don't understand what Thawne's capable of. It's time to keep everyone safe by finally letting Thawne die.

  Joe West : [with the tone of an order, not a request]  Barry, Iris, we need to talk. Now.

• Iris West-Allen : Mia, have you ever...

  Mia Smoak : Killed anyone? I will if I have to, for William's sake. Sometimes blood for blood is the answer.

  Iris West-Allen : You know, your dad thought the same thing once. That in order to protect his city, he had to take lives, but all he ended up doing was ruining his own. I think you know that, or else you wouldn't be so afraid to go see your mom.

  Mia Smoak : You're the one who's afraid. Thawne killed your dad and then tricked you into almost marrying him, all the while making you believe you had a choice in it all. You, Iris West-fracking-Allen. And now you're too afraid to give him what he deserves. You think my life will be ruined if I kill? What about yours if you don't? 'Cause it sounds like you'd be a lot better off if he was gone.