Quotes
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Iris West-Allen : I scanned the crime scene photos and got a match. This is not Lang's first rodeo. CCPD put out a warrant for him for carjacking. He killed the whole crew inside.
Barry Allen : And now he absorbs kinetic energy?
Caitlin Snow : He only gets stronger if you punch him, you shoot him, you throw him into traffic.
Cisco Ramon : Which could only make the traffic worse. God, I'd hate to be stuck in that gridlock. Gridlock... Gridlock... I came up with the name. I am fortune's fool.
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Joe West : Damn.
Iris West-Allen : Dad.
Joe West : You found my spot.
Iris West-Allen : You knew about this?
Joe West : I've been napping in here since day one.
Barry Allen : Uh, well, Nora was gonna stay here, if that's all right with you.
Joe West : Okay, well, now I can get to know my granddaughter.
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Barry Allen : You're saying you're our daughter?
Iris West-Allen : From the future?
Barry Allen : Named Nora?
Nora West-Allen : After your mother.
Cisco Ramon : Anybody need a refill? No? Just me?
[gulps down champagne]
Nora West-Allen : Cisco Ramon, always the cutting the tension with a joke.
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Barry Allen : This is so, so weird.
Iris West-Allen : Yeah, I mean, I can't believe that's our daughter up there.
Barry Allen : We have been lied to before.
Iris West-Allen : Barry. Yellow lightning like yours, purple lightning like mine? I mean, it's... it's gotta be her.
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Iris West-Allen : We're meeting our daughter for then first time, Barry.
Barry Allen : Yeah, well, look. If it is true, Nora could say the wrong thing or step on the wrong butterfly and screw up the whole timeline. I mean, she could Marty McFly herself out of existence.
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Barry Allen : Nora shouldn't be here. Look, I'm... I've always wanted a family.
Iris West-Allen : I know.
Barry Allen : You know, and when we got married, I knew that one day, we'd decide to have a baby. We would try, and you'd get pregnant. I'd be there for the sonogram, I'd hear her first heartbeat, and then she'd come. And we'd take her home, see her first smile, her first tooth, the first time I read to her. Her first steps. The first time she ran. But her being here now, don't you feel like we missed all those firsts? That we skipped all the good stuff?
Iris West-Allen : Baby, we will still have all of those firsts. Just not in that order.
Barry Allen : But my whole life's been out of order. These powers, time travel; that's the reason my mom was killed, why I grew up with my dad in prison. They missed so many firsts. They missed our wedding.
Iris West-Allen : I know.
Barry Allen : I don't know, I just thought that when it was our turn to have a kid, that life would let us have this one little thing the normal way. Just once. But we lost that chance.
Iris West-Allen : No, we're not losing anything by having her here now. We're only gaining something extra, Barry. And look, if we figure this out, I mean, by the time we do have a baby, we are gonna be the best parents ever.
Barry Allen : Maybe you're right.
Iris West-Allen : I know I'm right. You're gonna be there to put that quarter under her pillow, and you're gonna be there to drive her to her first day of school, and you're gonna be there to cheer on her first run. We are gonna have all of those firsts. I promise. And think about it. We have a kid who defied the laws of physics to hang out with her parents. I mean, that's pretty... that's pretty schway.
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Wally West : Uh, and your nickname is XS?
Cisco Ramon : Clearly not my doing.
Nora West-Allen : No, uh, it's a nickname that you gave me when I was a kid, Mom.
Iris West-Allen : "Mom"?
Nora West-Allen : You said I did everything in excess. Guess I've always been like that. Overdoing things, getting in way over my head. Like, uh, recently.
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Nora West-Allen : [after trying to help stop Gridlock] Oh, grife. You're mad at me.
Iris West-Allen : No, Nora, we're not. We're just...
Nora West-Allen : Please don't say "disappointed". That's so much worse.
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Cisco Ramon : Gridlock, huh? Boy, the future's got some great names.
[groaning in pain]
Cisco Ramon : Ahh! This lighting.
Caitlin Snow : How did you know who he is?
Nora West-Allen : Flash Museum.
Cisco Ramon : Did you say... "Flash Museum"?
Nora West-Allen : Yeah. It has all the villains and battles in chronological order. I've studied everything.
Iris West-Allen : So you know this guy's real name?
Nora West-Allen : Mr. Myles, the curator, he scrubbed all the names for legal reasons. But it really shouldn't matter. I mean, Gridlock was a one-and-done. You guys beat him i-in one try, or at least... you were supposed to.
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Iris West-Allen : So, figure it out yet?
Barry Allen : Whatever these negative tachyons are, it feels a lot more like science fiction than actual science.
Iris West-Allen : I wasn't asking about the science. I was asking about the scientist. You and Nora, you guys have such a strong connection. I mean, it's... it's effortless. So why are you so intent on sending her back?
Barry Allen : I mean, what do you mean? First of all, she can't stop talking about the future. But... I mean, you know the danger that her being here poses to the timeline.
Iris West-Allen : Yeah, I do, but I also know you, Barry. Look. You're the guy that went back in time to borrow Snart before he died.
Barry Allen : I know.
Iris West-Allen : You're also the same guy that traveled to 2020 to figure out who Savitar was, and 2015 to train with Wells. You changed fate to save my life. So, now that our daughter is here in front of us, asking for our help, you expect me to believe that you're worried about the timeline?
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Wally West : So, how do we find this guy without Sally the satellite?
Cisco Ramon : We don't need a satellite to hack a cell phone. And if we want to find his cell phone, we'll find it...
[surprised by the result]
Cisco Ramon : By the airport?
[digging deeper, he understands]
Cisco Ramon : Got it, 'cause he's on a plane that just took off. Central City Air, flight number 5201.
Iris West-Allen : Why would he get on a plane?
Barry Allen : [realizing] Because he's gonna crash it.
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Barry Allen : You okay?
Iris West-Allen : Yeah. I thought I missed out on my chance to connect with Nora, but now that she's staying, I get another shot.
Barry Allen : If you could have seen her on that plane, you'd know that you guys are already connected.
Iris West-Allen : Really?
Barry Allen : She was fearless, just like you.
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Iris West-Allen : You should get some rest. You've had a long day.
Nora West-Allen : Ooh, I'll try. I'm just so excited. Like, literally. Phasing excited all of the electron clouds in my body.
Barry Allen : Well, if you're not tired, two scoops of cookie dough ice cream sound good right now.
Nora West-Allen : From Happy Harbor?
Barry Allen : [to Iris] If that's okay with you.
Iris West-Allen : [Nora looks at her in anticipation] It is, yeah. Just, uh, bring me back some mint chip.
