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[Iris West] My name is Iris West,

and I was supposed to marry the fastest man alive,

but six months ago, he left.

Barry, it's time.

Barry.

This isn't fair.

We're supposed to have our happy ending.

I'm ready to be Iris West-Allen.

And you always will be,

but you have to keep living your life, okay?

Keep running. For me.

Promise me you'll run, Iris.

I promise.

I promised him I'd run.

So that's what I've been doing these last six months.

Running as fast as I can.

I can't find her, Cisco.

[siren blaring]

Boy, I gotta work out more. She's really stepped up her game.

Then let's turn up ours. I don't have eyes on her.

-[on intercom] Iris? -Copy, I'm on it.

Looking.

-Got her. -[Kid Flash] And?

Duck!

-I don't see no duck. -[grunts]

Peekaboo.

Your only warning, boys.

Stay back.

She meant the other "duck."

Yeah, I cannot believe you actually thought she meant a "duck" duck.

Where is she, Iris?

She's headed for the Keystone Bridge.

If she gets out of this city, we're gonna lose her for good.

You guys have to stop her now.

I'm gonna catch her this time.

I hate teleporters.

Three... Three.

She jumps to every third rooftop.

Cisco, she's gonna jump to the Broome Tower.

-When she lands, stop her. -[Cisco] On it.

-Dad, at the bottom. -[Joe] Copy.

-Wally... -[Kid Flash] I know what to do.

Come on.

Peekabooyah!

-[both panting] -[guns cock]

Dead bang, fellows.

[sirens blaring]

Look at that.

We got her.

I'm so proud of us.

That was a good hustle out there, Team Vibe.

It's Team Kid Flash, but thank you.

Okay, not your finest hour, gentlemen.

What are you looking at me for? I was the one who put her down.

And Wally and I helped him with the assist. Classic maneuver.

Yeah. It actually went as we planned it.

Exactly as we planned it.

You don't believe us? Ask Joe.

Joe, tell her how this went exactly as we planned.

-Peekaboo fell right into our trap. -[Joe] I'm not doing that.

And we aren't exactly catching bad guys at our old rate.

One out of every three metas

that we fought in the last six months has escaped.

Temporarily, yes, but Team Kid Flash is on the case.

Son, I love you,

but ain't nobody feeling Team Kid Flash.

It's like too many syllables.

Okay, guys. Maybe a little less fooling around

and a little more taking things seriously.

It's up to us to protect this city, right?

Because there is no one else.

Wally, why don't you, um, go to the Speed Lab?

I've programmed a new training simulation for you.

It should only take four hours.

Four... What? No. What about family dinner tonight?

You know what? Training sounds amazing.

Okay.

See you at home, boss.

Cisco, you want to share what you're thinking?

I'm thinking it'd be a lot better off if we weren't one man down.

[Cecile] I only have a couple more boxes to bring over.

We have no more room in the garage or the basement.

Right. Or we could just get rid of some more of your stuff.

Like what?

Like, babe, do you really need all the smelly old records in there?

-Oh, Cecile. -Records?

You mean my vintage jazz LP collection

that I painstakingly and carefully collected over the last 30 years?

-Really? -[Joe] Those are my loves, babe.

They're going in the coffin with me when I die.

Okay, maybe we could bury them now, and you can just join them at a later date.

[Joe] Oh, you got jokes.

You're lucky I gave you a key

because I'm starting to rethink this whole move-in thing.

No, you're not.

-No, I'm not. [laughs] -No, you're not.

[Cecile] Because you love me.

Um... [clears throat]

Why don't I go make us some coffee?

Obvious.

Okay, so,

ever since Julian moved back to London,

they have been short-staffed in the crime lab at CCPD.

And I've been stalling Singh with this whole story

of Barry being on a sabbatical in the Czech Republic.

And they want to hire someone to replace him.

Yeah, they should. They need the help.

-Barry's not coming back, so... -You don't know that.

Yes, I do.

Sweetheart,

[clears throat]

I'm very proud of you for taking the lead

with Wally and Cisco at S.T.A.R. Labs.

I let you have your space

so that you'd have time to deal with what happened.

Dad, I'm fine. Okay?

I'm not. We lost him, Iris.

My son. Your everything.

Dad, what do you want me to do?

Curl up in a ball and cry all day?

I can't do that.

Barry told me to be strong. I'm being strong.

When H.R. died, we had a funeral.

We spoke about his life.

Maybe we should do the same thing for Barry.

Give us all permission to grieve.

And what are we going to bury, Dad?

That empty suit in the lab?

You know what? Thank Cecile for dinner. I'm going to get going, okay?

[door closes]

[Iris West sighs]

[sighs]

-[whooshing] -[rumbling]

-[glass shatters] -[car alarms blaring]

Wally? Cisco?

We're up.

[siren blaring]

[man] Let's get out of here!

Guys, what are we looking at?

Holy Ronin.

It's a samurai.

[Cisco] Anybody speak Japanese?

[speaking Japanese]

Tell me he did not just speak Japanese.

[in English] I can do things.

[continues speaking Japanese]

The Flash.

Yeah. You're looking at him, pal.

You're not the Flash. You're not the best.

Bring me the Flash.

I'm sensing an "or else."

Or else, your city falls.

[Joe] The Flash ain't coming.

Furthermore, Mifune, we're gonna need you to sheath that sword

before somebody gets hurt,

somebody like you, for instance,

'cause you're up against some bad hombres.

What do you think you're gonna do against us

-with a sword? -[chuckles]

You guys okay?

[Kid Flash groans]

The hell kind of sword is that?

You have one day.

If the Flash does not face me,

Central City dies.

[reporter on TV] The Flash hasn't been seen in almost six months,

leaving us to speculate what can save us from this newest threat.

There are other superheroes in this town.

Yeah, and your boy Kurosawa over there

blew us away like rag dolls, performing his reverse Excalibur.

We haven't faced anything like this before.

Why do you think he only wanted the Flash?

He said he wants to fight the best.

He's threatening to destroy the city. Can he do it?

I say yes.

-Then he has to fight the Flash. -Who isn't here.

What if he was?

Iris, you said it yourself.

Just us trying to keep the city safe, we're barely getting it done.

And this guy, he's no joke.

If we don't offer up the Flash, there's gonna be serious damage.

People are gonna die, and that's gonna be on us.

We need to bring Barry back.

Cisco, we can't.

If Barry comes out, the Speed Force prison goes...

Becomes unstable.

Could destroy the city, the whole world.

Which is exactly what we're trying to prevent.

What if I can solve that?

-In the next 24 hours? -[Cisco] Yes!

Guys, I've been working on this.

For how long?

Since the night he left.

-Cisco... -I've had help.

I've consulted with Harry and Tina and Tracy and Felicity and Curtis,

and I'm pretty sure I've figured out a way

to stabilize the Speed Force prison and free Barry

without unleashing another lightning storm on the city.

I just need a couple more things.

-Maybe we should. -[Iris West] No.

You've been working on this for how long and you never told us?

I didn't want to say anything until I was certain.

Are you certain that the Speed Force won't take Wally in his place?

Are you certain

that you can even close it before it rips Central City in two?

Are you certain that Barry is even still alive?

He's got to be.

Iris, you of all people,

how can you not be in on this?

Because Barry is gone.

That is the only thing any of us can be certain about.

Now, let's do what we can do to come up with a plan to take out this samurai.

Okay?

Okay?

Okay.

I'm gonna need some coffee.

[upbeat music playing on speakers]

Hello.

My, what a selection.

You got any recommendations?

Yeah. Drink somewhere else.

[Caitlin] What can I get you?

Let's go with something sweet but deceptively strong with lots of ice.

Shirley Temple coming right up.

What is a nice girl with two doctorates and a PhD

doing in a rat's nest like this one?

Working. How'd you find me?

I'm great with computers, and I have my own satellite. You do the math.

You vibed me.

I vibed you. Yes.

You're looking a lot less frosty than the last time I saw you.

You said you weren't her, but you weren't Caitlin either.

It's just me, Cisco. I'm just Caitlin.

How'd you do it?

What do you want?

Well, a stiffer drink for starters.

If you're back to normal, I have to know.

Why didn't you come back to us?

Okay, I get it. That's fine.

I'm not gonna make you answer that, but we really could've used you.

Barry's still stuck in the Speed Force?

You knew about that?

I'm gonna get him out, but I need your help.

Everything okay?

Everything's fine.

Yeah, everything's great, pal. Do you mind?

I'm talking to the lady.

I'm sure there's someone else you can find in here

to commiserate with over poor life choices.

[whispers] Thank you.

Look, I figured out how to save Barry,

but I can't do it without you.

You see that samurai that showed up today?

Yes.

He's threatening to blow up the city, and we need Barry to stop him.

So help us out, please,

Caitlin?

My shift's over in an hour.

Girl, I got time.

Oh! This is good.

Is there anything you can't do?

Move on, apparently.

[exhales]

Hang tight.

You're coming home, buddy.

Hey, Cisco, can you pull up the Mockingbird satellite?

We're tracking down this samurai.

Cisco?

Wally?

-[beeping] -[sighs]

-Mr. West. -Mr. West.

So what are we doing out here, Cisco?

It seemed an appropriate venue.

We've had good luck here before.

Why do we need good luck?

Because we're bringing Barry back.

Cisco, Iris said...

I know what Iris said, Joe.

I also know Barry said everyone would look to me after he was gone.

So look to me.

The four of us? We can do this.

What do you mean, "the four of us"?

Hi, Joe.

It's okay. She's Caitlin again. Our Caitlin.

She's here to help us. So?

What do you say?

You better be right.

I am.

Joe, I know that I can never make up

for the things that I did to you, to Cecile.

I just hope...

I just hope that one day you can forgive me.

Come here.

-Let's bring everybody home today, okay? -You got it.

So how are we going to bring Barry back without blowing a hole in the world?

Ha! In the spirit of bringing back old friends,

may I present the Speed Force bazooka.

[Joe] Uh-huh.

I've made a few slight modifications, as Captain Solo would say.

Caitlin and I spent all of last night working out some kinks,

fine-tuning the Quark Sphere.

[Joe] The what? [Caitlin] The Quark Sphere.

Filled with Barry's unique genetic marker

and programmed to track his specific DNA

using the electrical current of the Speed Force.

Once we track Barry and we pull him out,

the Quark Sphere will trick the Speed Force

into thinking he's still there.

Hey, Wally, can you put that on the center pylon?

[beeping]

-Ready. -Let's bring our boy home.

Quark Matter scanning electrical current.

[rumbling]

Triangulating Quark Matter on his location.

I've got a lock on something.

It's him.

[shouts] It's him!

Now, Cisco!

[system beeping]

[beeping stops]

[indistinct chattering]

[tires screeching]

[tires screeching]

[electricity crackling]

I can't believe you did this behind my back.

-You would've tried to stop us. -Because it was a waste of time!

I don't understand. This should have worked.

Or you could have killed us all.

I don't know, Iris. I think we were pretty close.

I'm sorry, "we"? Where have you been the last six months again?

She was only trying to help.

Look, guys, we need to concentrate

on stopping this samurai who'strying to destroy the city,

not on Barry.

-Dude, what is your deal? -[cell phone vibrating]

-It's like you don't even want him back. -[Joe] Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!

Cecile, can I call you back in a minute? We're in the middle of something here.

What?

State police picked him up on the 112 outside Ivy City.

That's 300 miles away.

Yeah, one of the cops was a Keystone vet, recognized him.

I knew it would work. I knew it.

You should prepare yourselves.

Barry?

Barry.

Nora shouldn't be here.

Your Mom isn't here, Barry. It's...

It's me, Iris.

You're home.

Your Honor, I'm innocent. I didn't do this.

I didn't kill anyone.

Can you hear the stars? Singing.

Rhyming. Chiming. Timing. Every hour, every minute.

You said the city was safe, that there was no residual danger.

But that’s not true. What really happened that night?

The city is safe. You saved it. You saved us all.

Stars melting like ice cream.

Dream. Gleam. Mmm.

Nothing seems... Nora shouldn't be here.

I'm guessing this isn't just shock?

Shock results from a drop in blood pressure. This is neurological.

It’s a whole new way of looking at physics.

It will change the way we think about everything.

From a single atom to an entire galaxy.

[screams]

The stars are so loud. Loud. Cloud. Proud.

Dad and I are both okay. We're going to be fine.

I'm just not sure I'm like you, Oliver!

We need to get him back to S.T.A.R. Labs now.

[injection hisses]

[Joe] What's the diagnosis? Does he have brain damage or something?

He's actually scary healthy.

His neural transmitters are functioning at five times the normal speed.

-Then what's wrong? -I have two theories.

One is that he's suffering from a form of schizophasia.

That's where you assign the wrong definitions to words.

So from his perspective, all that nonsense he's saying makes sense.

It's too bad we don't have a translator.

No, but we can make one.

If his brain's schizophastic, and these symbols represent different words,

he could be sending us a message.

And we just need the right algorithm to decrypt it.

You said you had two theories. What's the other one?

We know that the Speed Force exists beyond space and time.

To us, Barry was only in there for six months,

but to him, it could have been 10,000 years.

All that time in isolation, it could have caused dementia.

That may be all of him that's left.

So how do we find out which one it is?

I can decrease the sedative, wake him up.

I think I've got the perfect song for that.

["Poker Face" playing]

[Caitlin] Are you sure this is appropriate?

Yeah, it's a good luck charm. I mean, it worked before.

Last time, he was in a coma, not a pantemporal extradimension.

Well, then waking up to Gaga shouldn't seem too freaky.

Hey, Barry.

Hey, it's me.

Cisco,

a.k.a. Vibe, a.k.a. your BFF. Yeah.

Hey, buddy.

Hey.

While you were gone, I made you a new suit.

Do you want to take it out for a spin?

The stars are raining.

Draining. Paining. Too soon.

I think maybe later. No, thank you.

I'm not hungry. He didn't do those things.

He didn't hurt my mom. I was there that night.

There was a man. Plan.

No plan.

[laughing]

We're going to need more diapers. [laughing]

Diapers.

You keep drawing, buddy.

You keep drawing. I'm going to figure this out.

-Caitlin? -I don't know.

[laughing]

Guys, can I get the room for a second?

Barry.

[sniffles] I don't know if you can hear me,

or if you're trying to send us a message somehow.

I did what you told me to.

I kept running. I kept moving forward.

Because I knew that if I stopped to look back,

then I would remember that you weren't behind me anymore.

And it's been so hard.

And when Cisco said that he could bring you back,

you know, I didn't know what to think.

What if it didn't work? What if you were dead?

I mean, I thought it would be like losing you all over again.

[exhales]

I never imagined this, though.

I don't know what I would do if this is all that's left of you,

if this is all that's left of the amazing man that I know and love.

Please come back to me.

Tell me you're still my Barry.

Guys.

[crashing]

Barry. Barry, stop!

Bring him to the Pipeline.

He's too fast.

Expecting someone else?

We need to get him in a containment cell before he does that again.

-[system beeping] -Samurai's back.

More like Samurai Jackass.

No, that's a rough draft.

It hasn't even been a full day yet.

He said he'll level the city if we didn't bring him the Flash.

Well, let's give him what he asked for.

You wanted me.

Here I am.

[both grunting]

You're not the Flash.

[screaming]

-Wally. -[groans]

[grunts]

[panting]

If I don't get the real Flash by nightfall,

the city goes down.

[breathing heavily]

How long till I can get back out there?

Wally, he sliced right through your fibula.

If you weren't a speedster, I'd be amputating your leg right now.

Okay. How long?

Four to five hours.

We don't have that kind of time.

You know what? I'm fine.

-[groaning] -Son, son, son.

You've done everything you can do.

Relax.

[system beeping]

-Any luck? -No, not yet.

The computer keeps telling me it's random gibberish.

-[sighs] Maybe it is. -No, it's not.

Barry's trying to send us a message, I know it.

I mean, he spent all this time in the Speed Force.

Maybe now he knows the answers to life, the universe, and everything.

So you think all this crazy writing is Barry's way of telling us 42?

[chuckles] Yes, exactly.

Have I mentioned how much I miss having you around?

I'm gonna keep working on this.

Unless you have any ideas.

Nope. It's all Greek to me.

Great Caesar's ghost.

This analysis is based on a monoalphabetic substitution cipher,

but what if it's polyalphabetic?

What if it's like Greek?

Like the symbols are a unique alphabet.

Excelsior.

What is it?

Cisco figured out how to crack Barry's code.

You did? What does it say?

Hold on one sec. It's loading.

-Come on. -[system beeping]

Loading, loading, loading.

And it says...

"This house is bitchin'."

[Caitlin] "This house is bitchin'"?

That doesn't sound like Barry.

No.

No. No, it doesn't.

It's because it's not.

[beeping stops]

Whoa.

Don't tell me you have Frankenstein under there.

It's Barry's new suit.

Right now, I'm having trouble seeing it as anything

other than a waste of time.

-Cisco... -I know.

I should have listened to you.

[chuckles] Barry was never trying to communicate with us.

But I believed in him.

I really did.

Sometimes, I feel like, if I believe in something hard enough,

that'll make it real.

You know what the worst part is?

I didn't do this to save the city.

I did it because it gave me an excuse to bring him back.

I did it because I miss my friend.

[sighing]

[sighs]

Much better.

You said it yourself.

She goes looking for danger.

[sighs] I thought cleaning him up would make me feel better, but...

[Iris West] Yeah.

The more he looks like himself,

the more it reminds you how lost he is.

[Joe sighs]

[Joe] You have to believe that things can get better.

There is an answer for every question.

I don't think I know how to anymore, Dad.

I know that feeling. I was struggling with it, too.

But I figured it out.

How?

Church.

[laughing]

You haven't gone to church since I was a kid.

I know.

Cecile suggested it. Thought it would help.

But I swear,

one of the priest's homilies...

It was like...

It was like he wrote it for me.

"Strength means nothing without faith."

And I started realizing

that my strength didn't stop me from thinking

I'd lost you to Savitar

or that we'd never see Barry again.

Cecile reminded me to have faith,

and I believed.

And here you two are.

-You've got strength, baby girl. -[scoffs]

You just need a little faith.

[Cisco over PA] Joe, samurai's 24 hours are up.

Got to go.

Come get me.

[indistinct police radio chatter]

I don't see the Flash.

I'm afraid you're gonna have to make do with us.

[guns cocking]

[Joe] Iris! Hold your fire.

You want the Flash?

Take me.

Why?

Because he'll come for me.

And how do you know this?

I believe.

Iris!

Hey, Samurai's got Iris.

She gave herself up to him.

-What? -Why would she do that?

[Caitlin] How do we get her back?

Barry, Iris is in trouble. She needs your help.

I doubt restraint is how you got to be the man you are today.

Play way, no way, highway, byway!

Please, son. Please.

I wanna help you with all this, and I will.

But right now, she needs our help, or she's gonna die.

Barry, did you hear what I said? Iris is gonna die.

[electricity crackling]

Barry's gone.

You know what else is gone?

The new suit.

What's happening?

[tapping table] The Flash is back.

Do you see how fast he's running?

I've never gone that fast.

No one has.

-Where is this samurai taking Iris? -They're already way past Danville

and the only thing out there is the flat lands and...

And what?

[screaming]

[crashing]

Come on, Barry. Catch her.

[electricity crackling]

[distorted] The Flash. Welcome home.

[Iris West] Barry.

[sighs]

You came back to me.

Always.

[Caitlin] Pupils are equally reactive to light.

I mean, your vitals are amazing. You're in perfect health,

even for you.

I'd like a urine sample just to confirm,

but everything looks great.

Man, you love urine.

-[chuckles] -You love the testing of urine.

The testing of the urine... You know what I meant.

Why do you have to ruin science?

It's good to have you back.

Right back at you.

Good to have you back.

-How you feeling? -I feel great.

Yeah, I feel incredible. I don't know. It feels like

I've been reborn.

-[Joe] Mmm. -Well, okay, speedy Jesus.

Seriously, though, I mean, it hurts me to admit it,

but you may be the fastest speedster ever.

I mean, you were in the Speed Force for six months.

Maybe you were soaking up its energy.

Maybe. [sighs]

How was everything while I was gone?

Oh, yeah. It was really cool.

Team Kid Flash had everything under control, so...

[all] That's not our name.

But still we have some mysteries left to solve.

Like our flying samurai robot.

-[snaps fingers] -Android samurai...

-[snaps fingers] -Samuroid.

-[laughs] We back, baby! -[Joe laughing]

Yeah, someone created this, and it must be for a reason.

Does the phrase, "This house is bitchin',"

mean anything to you?

No.

Should it?

No. Just know that when you were in your Beautiful Mind phase,

you were talking straight up nonsense.

I don't remember any of that.

Last thing I remember was going into the Speed Force with my mom

and then saving Iris.

So how'd you know Iris was in trouble?

I don't know.

[sighs]

Well, thanks for bringing me home.

You're very welcome.

Yeah, Cisco. Thanks for believing when I couldn't.

-See you tomorrow, boss. -Yeah.

I know we left some questions unanswered,

but I have to know.

Are we gonna see you tomorrow?

Yeah, you will.

We back, baby.

We back, baby.

[upbeat music playing on speakers]

-Where have you been? -Doesn't matter.

Really?

Tell Amunet I'm out.

You wanna quit, Snow? It doesn't work that way.

You do what Amunet says for as long as she tells you.

Not anymore. Now, leave me alone.

-[grunts] -You don't tell us what to do.

Don't make me frosty.

[groans]

You wouldn't like me when I'm frosty.

What's the matter? Brain freeze?

Touch my hand again, and I'll freeze yours off,

maybe some other parts, too.

Tell Amunet I'm done.

Don't let your beer get warm.

Time to have some fun.

[groaning]

Not yet.

No, no, no.

Not again.

Are you tired? Do you wanna get some sleep?

No, I feel like I've been asleep for months.

I couldn't bring myself to sleep in our bed alone.

I couldn't even look at that.

It's been really hard, Barry.

Hey, well, I'm back.

And I'm never going anywhere ever again.

I tried to keep going,

to keep fighting, to keep running like you said.

You did.

You kept everyone together.

I'm so proud of you, okay?

Look, it sounds funny,

but maybe this was a blessing.

You being gone for six months was a blessing?

I just... I can't tell you how I feel, Iris. It's like...

Everything that was wrong in my life, the pain of my past, my mistakes,

it's all just washed away,

and all I see is you and us

and our future together.

Iris, it's gonna be great.

[siren blaring]

Central City needs the Flash.

I'll be right back, I promise.

[sighs]

The samurai served its purpose.

[man] As in 12th century feudal Japan,

a time when the military class was powerful,

their execution methodical like ours.

Well, it worked. The Flash is back in Central City.

[man] It appears things are going as planned.

As if there were any doubt.

What's our next step?

I'm thinking.