The Flash

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CENTRAL CITY SAVINGS & LOAN

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S08E14 " Funeral For A Friend "

Now, that was fun.

I am so not in the mood for this.

All right, big guy.

I'm gonna give you one chance to stand down.

I'll give you one chance to beat it.

Chester, what's he wearing?

Chester?

Sorry. Just give me a second to, um...

okay, okay, I got it.

The armor matches the description

of an exo-suit stolen from Ivo Labs.

It's charged by amplifying the wearer's biochemistry,

so everything from his movements

to even his emotions...

Are fuel that makes him stronger.

You should've run away when you had the chance, Flash.

Now this has to happen!

There's a lot of people in there.

Okay Flash, he just compromised

two steel girders in that substructure.

That building's gonna collapse.

Allegra, Cecile, I'm gonna use my lightning

to weld those girders back together.

Take this guy down.

Okay, let's do a classic corral and contain.

Allegra, charge up and hit him with a UV burst.

Hey, Snow Pants!

Over here.

And then Frost, you swoop in to...

- Allegra! - The blast knocked her out.

But she's still breathing.

Guys, I'm... I am so sorry...

Chester, I need you to focus.

You gotta help me figure out

how I'm gonna stop this guy.

Your friend should learn how to aim.

If you can try to calm his emotions,

that could de-power the suit.

You trying to mess with my head?

What just happened?

It's all of my grief from Frost...

and all the panic inside the building.

I can't take it! It's overloading me!

I can't use my powers!

Pathetic. Worst heroes ever.

Okay, okay.

- You guys okay? - Yeah.

- Chester, where'd he go? - I don't know.

He just vanished.

CCC tip line still has nothing on Mark Desmond,

AKA Blockbuster.

Keep digging, please.

Chester says his suit has some kind of cloaking tech

we can't track, which means we're not gonna see him again.

Until he attacks.

And when he does...

Iris, we can't go back out there like this.

I mean, we should have easily stopped Desmond,

but Allegra and Cecile were almost killed.

We're all still pretty messed up about Frost.

I think with any normal job,

we would take time off to grieve.

But with Team Flash...

This isn't a normal job.

Iris, how am I supposed to tell people

who just lost a family member

they need to find a way to mourn

and still get the job done?

I don't know.

But if there's anyone who can find the right words

to inspire us right now, it's you.

Thanks for taking the time for this meeting, guys.

Yeah, we realize it's a crazy time with everything going on.

Of course. Yeah, we...

we need to be together, now more than ever.

- Speaking of, where's Caitlin? - I didn't want to bother her.

I think she's preparing for the funeral tomorrow.

Maybe we should do the same thing.

Look, while your satellite is looking for Desmond,

Kramer put out an APB,

and she's got a unit placed at every bank in town.

Luckily, we have the time to take a break.

In a perfect world,

it'd be great to take some time off.

God knows we all need it,

but at any moment, we could face something worse.

And whether we like it or not,

we're this city's first line of defense.

We all saw what happened out there.

If it had been Bloodwork or Despero?

Frost is gone.

And we all need to mourn her,

but we also need to find a way to protect this city.

Didn't realize we were having a team meeting.

We figured you might need some alone time.

It's fine.

I haven't been sleeping very much,

so I could use the distraction.

Are you sure? I mean, I know you must be dealing with a lot.

And I know how hard it can be to organize a funeral.

Actually, my mom is handling all the arrangements.

Okay. I mean, if that's what you want,

but we're all happy to pitch in...

Like I said, my mom's got it covered.

But if you've got a problem with that,

feel free to give her a call, offer your help.

'Cause I'm not going to any damn funeral.

- Caitlin... - Bar.

- Give her some space. - Dad, she's hurting.

Baby girl, I know. We all are.

But like Barry said...

we just lost a family member,

and that pain will keep us from protecting those in need.

It will cloud everything we do...

until we face it and heal.

Yeah, but how are we supposed to do that?

By honoring Frost.

Look, I just...

took watercolor classes at the community center...

because Frost made me promise...

that I would try to express myself through art.

And I got to admit, when I saw the first canvas...

I felt Frost smiling down on me.

And we all have to find our own ways to honor her,...

'cause it is the only way...

we are going to heal as a family.

IRIS WEST-ALLEN

There's still zero hits on the tip line about Blockbuster.

It's already tough knowing that people almost died...

because we weren't ready to face him,...

but knowing that he could reappear at any moment,...

it makes what we're going through that much harder.

I know.

Which reminds me,

I think I've decided how...

I'm gonna take Joe's advice and honor Frost.

After her court battle last year,

wrongly imprisoned metas,

that became a cause really close to her heart.

So, effective immediately,

I'm gonna dedicate 25% of my caseload to pro bono work...

in her honor.

- Frost would love that. - Yeah?

I'm gonna write a special obituary for her on CCC.

That's a great idea.

Yeah, but every time I sit down to write it,

I can't,

because...

I mean, to write about her in any meaningful way,

like how she died saving her sister, I...

You risk exposing yourself

- as a member of Team Flash. - Yeah.

But this is my job, so why can't I push through?

Hey, Aariz.

When you interviewed last year,

- you mentioned writing obits once? - For "Stars and Stripes."

When I was on active duty with the Army in Afghanistan,

sometimes I'd help write obits for soldiers who died...

on classified missions or had no family.

If I wasn't privy to all the details,

I'd find other ways to honor their memory.

That's amazing.

Do you think that you could take over Frost's obit

for tonight's headline?

I always admired...

how she handled those ridiculous charges against her.

I could have it ready in, say, an hour?

- Yeah, that would be great. - Thank you.

You got it.

Hey, Iris.

Honey, are you sure you want to hand over something

so personal to somebody who never even met Frost?

Well, I think an objective point of view

is exactly what I'm missing.

So does it do her justice?

Well...

You think Aariz did a terrible job?

It's well written and factually accurate,

but it feels cold.

Like it was written by someone who didn't know Frost.

But that's not why I wanted to talk.

I could have read this over email.

I wanted to see how you're doing.

I feel the same way.

Iris, why didn't you write this?

I mean, you've known Frost longer than I have.

I guess at first, I felt like if I...

wrote it, I wouldn't be able to say

everything that I wanted to say.

But the more I think about it, the more I realize that...

I don't know what to say.