The Flash

Previously, on "The Flash"...

I can do some cool things, you know.

Sometimes I run so fast, I reverse time a bit.

Dark and Stormy on the house.

Do I look that pathetic?

You look like you belong here about as much as I do.

Cisco. Kamilla.

We may have found a way to suppress the meta genome.

Great, then we can use it to de-power Cicada,

stop him for good. Who the hell are you?

I'm a reporter.

We're gonna beat you.

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Damn, you're good,

real good.

Maybe too good.

We did it.

We did it!

Oh, my.

Cisco Ramon, tonight you've got yourself

a hot date and a meta-human cure.

We're unstoppable.

Ooh, shrap...

We have to wait how long

before we can use the meta-human cure?

Not even that long.

Cisco. It's gonna go by like that.

Cisco.

29 days. A month?

I know, right? Just one, teeny, tiny, month

until we stop Cicada's purge. You know,

historically speaking, this is way faster

than we've ever stopped a big bad so...

We can't wait that long. If he finds another meta

or comes after us... we have to speed this up somehow.

We have to wait for the compound to fully synthesize

or it won't be able to effectively neutralize

the dark matter in a meta-human's pituitary gland.

Without any way to expedite the exotic evolution...

Barry, we're gonna have to wait.

I think we have to wait.

Unless...

you took it into the Speed Force.

Hmm? What, you want him to go into

the Speed Force for a month and then, what,

come out the same day that he left?

Oh, no, no, I'm not saying you manipulate time.

I'm saying you manipulate dark matter.

So very simple. It's simple chemistry, right?

When you are synthesizing a compound, you use a...

Commodity, uh, substrate, uh...

A catalyst? Catalyst, right.

And the most efficient catalyst you can use when synthesizing

a compound that negates dark matter

is superluminal particles.

Tachyons? Très bien.

Tachyons, and the place where tachyons are the most dense?

Speed Force. And voilà.

That might actually work.

Yeah, it will. It'll be like nuking it

in a pan-dimensional microwave.

Nice work. I know.

So how much time would this save?

From 29 days down to 60 minutes.

Yeah, it's gonna be faster.

And also since Cicada has been quiet

since your last encounter,

maybe there's no time like the present.

Do it. All right.

I'll see you in an hour.

Nora, you need to stay here.

You don't want my help?

I just... I got this one this time.

Are you sure that now is a good time to go?

I mean, I just mean, the city will be Flash-less,

and an hour is a long time to be without the Flash.

The city is not gonna be Flash-less. It'll have XS.

Yeah, but what about the time you had to spend 24 hours

in the Pipeline cell and Weather Witch and Silver Ghost

stole that A.R.G.U.S. car... And you stopped them

without me.

Eh, with what happened to Mom because of Cicada...

Iris, it's fine, and this is the key to stopping Cicada.

I gotta go. If anything happens,

just do what I've trained you to do:

Slow down and think clearly.

Yeah. I trust you,

you just gotta trust yourself.

You'll be fine.

60 minutes.

Nora, Cisco hasn't left for his date yet, has he?

Uh, I don't think so.

Great, we get another chance at this.

Well, it is... that's why you don't do it.

What's wrong? Nothing.

Oh, God. Not the "Book of Ralph" again!

Yeah, buddy. You successfully completed

my 27 steps to getting over the love of your life.

Gypsy is in the past. You have a new siren,

so now it's time for...

"The Art of Love."

Um, Caitlin?

I've gotta finish working on the device to inject the cure.

Also I have to inject the device for the cure.

I... I... I... Iris?

Oh, no, this is all you, man.

I got an article I gotta write.

Let me know when Barry gets back.

Help me.

Initial Planning."

Initial planning? It's a first date, Sun Tzu,

not an incursion. Trust me, Grasshopper,

love is war, but, fine, if you wanna skip

to chapter six, "Know Your Terrain."

We're meeting at Jitters. Ah, familiar territory.

You are learning.

Uh, you know, he really should be going.

I really should. Hang on, hang on one second.

This one's really important. Chapter thirteen,

"Intelligence and Reconnaissance."

Wh... You cyber-stalked Kamilla?

No, no, no, no, of course not.

That's her public profile.

But it did happen to have some info

on the types of guys that she might be into.

The types of guys that she's into?

Yes, and, unfortunately, you are nothing like them,

but, hey, if you don't wanna get a second date, be my guest.

Just don't come crying to me when everything inevitably

goes horribly, horribly wrong and you die alone.

No big deal.

See, now he's in my head. Okay, no thank you.

I didn't take these.

You saw nothing. Nothing.

One Cicada on the bar for Ian?

It's I-an. Sorry, I-an.

Hey, Kamilla.

Cisco. Wow.

Sorry I'm late. I got held up at a meeting.

That's okay. I just got here.

If I'd had known, I would have dressed up more.

Oh, this old thing?

No, please, this is work clothes.

You have to wear a suit to your lab?

My lab?

When we met at the bar,

you were talking about DNA and genomes,

so I assumed you were some kind of scientist.

Right, I said that, scientist.

Yes. No. Well, I'm what you would call

a science businessman.

So, what, you make money off of other people's discoveries?

Well, somebody has to.

It's just a little joke, something I always say.

So, uh, what is the name of the company you work for?

It's called Ramon Industries.

It's named after yourself?

That's humble.

Maybe I should grab us a couple coffees.

Sure.

Decaf Flash. Decaf Flash, right, okay.

You're not the only one who does their research.

I know who you are, Iris West-Allen.

I know you work with the Flash and the other heroes.

You said you were gonna beat me,

but tonight, I'm gonna beat you,

all of you.

One Zoom and one decaf Flash.

That's the decaf. Men in this city...

Tell me about it.

Uh, I'm sorry, it's work. I have to go.

Uh, could we just have, like, a do-over, please?

It's Mom.

Get away from her.

She's not who you want.

No, she's not, but you are.

Then come and get us.

Ah!

Caitlin!

Told ya.

Nora, Cisco hasn't left for his date yet, has he?

Uh, I don't think so.

Great, I get another chance at this.

We do.

What's wrong? Uh, nothing.

I just have to fix this. Okay.

Oh, God, not the...

"Book of Ralph."

Again! Yeah, buddy,

You have successfully completed my 27 steps

to getting over the love of your life.

Gypsy is in the past, you have a new siren,

so now it's time for the art of love.

Um, Caitlin?

I gotta go finish the device to inject the cure.

Also have to inject the device for the cure.

I... I... I... Iris? Oh, no, this is all you, man.

I got an article I gotta write.

Let me know when Barry gets back.

So not shway.