The Flash (TV Series)

Borrowing Problems from the Future (2017)

Grant Gustin: Barry Allen, The Flash

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Quotes 

• H.R. Wells : Sumptuous day, brethren.

  Barry Allen : Oh, boy.

  Caitlin Snow : Good morning, H.R.

  H.R. Wells : Oh, not just good. It's great! And why is that? Because I'm finally ready to announce that the new S.T.A.R. Labs museum is ready for its opening; soft opening. So come, let's take the tour.

  Cisco Ramon : [to Barry]  This could have been avoided. You know that, right?

• Barry Allen : Um, well, I was just wondering if you've ever written about time travel. But more specifically traveling to the future.

  H.R. Wells : Oh, no, my best seller... oh, hey, 'The Future Ain't What It Used to Be'... that was...

  [sighing and murmuring] 

  H.R. Wells : it was all about... it was all about this guy who's actively trying to prevent his own murder. Won the Nebula Award. It's well-received.

  Barry Allen : Wow.

  H.R. Wells : Yeah.

  Barry Allen : Um, so this character... your character... uh, was he able to change his future? More specifically, if he allowed certain events to occur naturally, was he only cementing the very timeline that resulted in a horrible event later?

  H.R. Wells : There were two schools of thought. One faction... one group of fans... they believed, you know, the future's ever-changing. You know, it's not fixed, and so you could make of the future anything you wish.

  Barry Allen : Right.

  H.R. Wells : Another group of fans vehemently disagreed with it. They said, "No, no, no. "The future is fixed, and you can't change it no matter how hard you try."

  Barry Allen : Mm-hmm. Where do you come down? On a fixed or ever-changing future?

  H.R. Wells : Well, I think that a man often meets his destiny on the very road he takes to avoid it.

  Barry Allen : Meaning?

  H.R. Wells : Meaning... the future is fixed.

  Barry Allen : Yeah.

• Joe West : [discussing Plunder]  Look, I am as overprotective a father as you can get, but I got to he honest, Bar. I'm... I agree with Wally.

  Barry Allen : I don't know, Joe. Let's just see what else we can find on this guy before we let Wally loose.

  Joe West : Okay. Well, remember the best way to teach somebody something is to throw them in the deep end. That's how I taught you how to swim.

  Barry Allen : That was... I'm still mad about that.

  Joe West : You can swim now, can't you?

  Barry Allen : Yeah.

• Barry Allen : Did you ask Julian to join Team... S.T.A.R. Labs?

  Caitlin Snow : I know he's an acquired taste, but...

  Cisco Ramon : Yeah, well, he is Doctor Alchemy, the big bad's little bad, so...

  Iris West : Yeah, he... he gave Wally his powers.

  Wally West : That I don't mind.

  Caitlin Snow : Guys, I need his help. I'm sorry, Cisco, but these cuffs, they aren't cutting it. Every night when I go to bed, I'm afraid that I'm gonna wake up, be her. Maybe Julian can think of something that we haven't. Barry, when your mom was murdered, Joe and Iris, they took you in. Cisco, when Dante died, I slept on your couch to keep you company. The things we see, the things that we face, no one can do this alone; trying is the biggest mistake you can make. He hasn't told anyone that Barry is the Flash. I think we can give him a chance.

• Iris West : I forgot this place existed.

  Barry Allen : Yeah. The original Wells used to call it his Time Vault. I've been coming down here a lot lately; I guess I've become as obsessed with the future as he once was.

  [he shows her the newspaper article from the future] 

  Barry Allen : After Flashpoint happened, this article reappeared.

  Iris West : "Flash Missing. Vanishes in Crisis". Julie Greer, April 25, 2024. I don't...

  Barry Allen : The byline used to read "Iris West-Allen". The future's changed.

  Iris West : So maybe I quit my job.

  Barry Allen : Yeah, that's what I'd hoped at first, too, or something. But, I... look, Iris, I'm sorry I didn't tell you this sooner. When I threw the Philosopher's Stone into the Speed Force, I accidentally ran to the future. I saw Savitar murder you. And I saw myself, and I wasn't fast enough to save you.

• [after Wally puts his Kid Flash suit on the mannequin] 

  Barry Allen : My suit goes there.

  Cisco Ramon : Ah, two suits, one mannequin. That is what we call a conundrum.

• Wally West : Oh, man, that was so dope. How do you stay so calm? You're like scary calm in the middle of a fight.

  Barry Allen : It's just experience, Wally. That's why it's important to show me for a while, and try to learn everything I know.

  Wally West : And then I get to kick some ass.

  Cisco Ramon : Let me give you some advice, Wally. Being a superhero's not about kicking ass. Well... nope, actually that's a straight-up lie. There's a lot of ass-kicking involved.