The Flash (TV Series)

The Speed of Thought (2021)

Carlos Valdes: Cisco Ramon

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• Cisco Ramon : Okay. Refocusing! So Chester's away at Grandma Runks, but lucky for us, he's been science-ing in between bingo rounds, and he seems to think there are two problems we need to solve if we wanna open our portal. Problem number one...

  [about to write on the board] 

  Barry Allen : You haven't found the method to reconfigure the molecular stability of the dimensional barrier that damages the organic matter?

  Cisco Ramon : Yeah. Yeah, that's right. How did you know that?

  Barry Allen : I saw you write it.

  Cisco Ramon : No, you didn't.

  Barry Allen : I thought I did.

  Cisco Ramon : I was about to. But you guessed right. Eva used Ramsey's blood to tackle that problem and open her portal. Unfortunately for us, without a replacement for Ramsey's evil sentient goo, we're kind of up a creek. So that brings us to problem number two...

  Barry Allen : Quantum entanglement from reverse Higgs boson particles disrupts the geospatial algorithm, preventing us from locating people in the Mirrorverse. Meaning we have to know Kamilla, Singh, and Iris's location in order to pull them out.

  Cisco Ramon : [puzzled]  You freaky.

  Allegra Garcia : [walking in]  I know where they'll be. Iris sent a message to Kamilla and Singh in the Mirrorverse telling them to meet in the Speed Lab tonight. Don't ask me how I got it, 'cause I have no idea.

  Barry Allen : Iris's neural pathways have likely achieved an equilibrium with the harmonic frequency contained within the fractalized dimension plane.

  Cisco Ramon : [to Allegra]  He freaky.

• Cisco Ramon : Why does it always feel like for us to win, some of us have to lose?

• Allegra Garcia : So he's, what, a genius now?

  Cisco Ramon : No, I'm a genius. My guy's on a whole other level. His neurons are firing at super speed. Synaptic connections are off the charts. The quantum computers can't even keep up processing his results.

  Barry Allen : The Artificial Speed Force.

  Cisco Ramon : The Artificial fracking Speed Force. It didn't just give you your old powers back, it gave you a new one. Enhanced cognition by way of a Speed Force booster shot!

  Allegra Garcia : Huh?

  Cisco Ramon : Barry can think fast now.

  Allegra Garcia : Cool. How fast?

  Cisco Ramon : Let's find out, shall we?

  [opening a box] 

  Cisco Ramon : Lady and gentleman, this... is a Quantum Ball. Trademark pending. Ever heard of it? Of course you haven't, but you will.

• Cisco Ramon : I do not know what to do. I lost my friend. My girlfriend is trapped in another dimension, and nothing my brain comes up with seems to get me any closer to saving her.

  Barry Allen : I promise you, we will get them back. Kamilla, Iris, Singh. All of 'em.

• Cisco Ramon : Mark my words, one day, Quantum Ball, trademark pending, will be the world's next great sporting event. You see, this little sphere amplifies kinetic energy, firing in directions that can only be described as "unpredictable," but not for you. Your enhanced cognition should let you analyze every variable in every scenario... and predict the unpredictable. Barry Allen... places, please. Call it.

  Allegra Garcia : Eh, eh. No cheating. Turn around.

  Barry Allen : [turning around and raising his hand]  Ready.

  [Cisco throws the Quantum Ball] 

  Barry Allen : Wall, lamp, pipe, conduit, duck. Now!

  [they duck, and he catches it] 

  Barry Allen : I have superspeed thinking. I know how to open a portal to the Mirrorverse.

• Cisco Ramon : What were you thinking? I saw you. You had the time to run her out of the way, and you just stood there like you wanted her to get hit.

  Barry Allen : There was a 0.0002% chance of the Tachyon Enhancer getting damaged in that scenario. I couldn't risk that. I also knew I could reverse any ill effects Frost received from Eva's blast.

  Cisco Ramon : These aren't ill effects! This was a light wound, like the kind that almost killed her, and we just got her back!

  Frost : Cisco, it's okay. I'm fine, and now we have a chance to save our friends. I'd take a hit for that any day.

  Cisco Ramon : [to Barry]  You got lucky with that cocktail.

• Frost : So, superspeed thinking, huh? What's that like?

  Barry Allen : Sometimes it's like a barrage of images flying at me. Others, it's like a scene playing out in my head.

  Cisco Ramon : So what does your speed brain say our next move is?

  Barry Allen : You saw Iris' message. "Eva is watching." She would no doubt see our attempt to open a portal to the Mirrorverse and stop us. I need to find a solution.

  [to Frost] 

  Frost : You should recuperate for 14.2 minutes, then help Cisco gather our McCulloch intel so I can cross-reference it with our Eva data. I need to aggregate.

• Cisco Ramon : Whoa, what are you doing with that footage?

  Barry Allen : Exposing the truth.

  Frost : I don't think that's such a good idea.

• Cisco Ramon : What do you mean we have to choose?

  Barry Allen : Simply put, the longer the person is in the Mirrorverse, the more dark matter photons are required to pull them out. Kamilla and Singh have been trapped for less time. Therefore, they can be retrieved together. With Iris, it would take everything we have to retrieve her.

  Allegra Garcia : Well, there's gotta be another way.

  Frost : Barry, what's your speed brain tell you?

  Barry Allen : We have to choose. Kamilla and Singh or Iris. It is the only way.

  Frost : How the hell are we supposed to do that?

  Allegra Garcia : I guess we vote?

  Frost : On this?

  Allegra Garcia : I don't know, dude. Do you know another way to be fair?

  Frost : [sardonic laugh]  This is beyond screwed up. But if this is the only way... who thinks we should save Iris?

  [Barry raises his hand] 

  Frost : And Kamilla and Singh?

  [she, Cisco, and Allegra, reluctantly, raise their hands] 

  Allegra Garcia : Sorry, Barry. Gotta go with the numbers.

• Cisco Ramon : Why is the portal target set to Iris? What about saving the others?

  Barry Allen : We do not have enough dark matter photons to save all three of them.

  Cisco Ramon : So, instead of consulting your team, you just decided on your own?

  Barry Allen : I've already seen the outcome of this debate. You eventually vote to save Kamilla and Singh.

  Cisco Ramon : Like hell. I would never vote on something like that. If you had come to me, I would've told you we'll find another way. That's what we always do.

  Barry Allen : Your emotions are making you irrational.

  Cisco Ramon : And your lack of them are making you wrong! You cannot predict what I would've done because you cannot predict emotion! Barry, I know you. I know your heart, and I know that you're doing this because you miss Iris.

  Barry Allen : My feelings are irrelevant. Iris has knowledge of Eva, which could give us a tactical advantage. Therefore, Iris is the logical choice to liberate. The fact is, Singh and Kamilla are expendable.

  Cisco Ramon : Expendable?

  [as he takes out the speed-dampening gun, Frost and Allegra enter] 

  Cisco Ramon : Don't ever call her expendable. We're gonna give you back your heart, Barry, and it's gonna be by choice...

  [cocking the gun] 

  Cisco Ramon : ...or by force.

• Cisco Ramon : Looks like someone's back to 100%. Long live the snow queen.

  The Flash : Eva's faster than me. Frost is gonna distract her while I run by with the Tachyon Enhancer and collect the particles we need.

  Cisco Ramon : We might only get one shot at this. Let's make it count.

• Barry Allen : This is supposed to open a portal to the Mirrorverse?

  Cisco Ramon : Yeah. Supposed to. I thought I could use Atlantean tech to tackle perpetual motion, one of science's greatest problems, but guess what I found waiting for me?

  [turning the machine on, nothing happens] 

  Cisco Ramon : More problems. This thing's a dud.

• Cisco Ramon : Why did you do that?

  Barry Allen : Eva would sense us opening a portal. Now she is too distracted to notice.

  Cisco Ramon : And there couldn't be another way to distract her...

  Barry Allen : There were 141 ways. This was the most efficient.

  Frost : Uh, I'm not sure emotionally wrecking an already-whacked-out villain was "efficient."

  Barry Allen : Historically speaking, when our enemies are upset, which is exactly what I accomplished, they make mistakes. We need to prep the portal machine while Eva is on her heels and then retrieve our targets.

  Cisco Ramon : You mean our friends.

  Barry Allen : One and the same.

  Frost : Cisco?

  Cisco Ramon : I know. Something's seriously wrong with Barry.

• Cisco Ramon : What's with the suit?

  Barry Allen : We are about to open a portal to the Mirrorverse. One must be prepared.

  Cisco Ramon : Right, about that. I looked over the schematics, and I think there might be something wrong with the Artificial Speed Force. You remember how Thawne used negative emotion to stabilize his Speed Force machine? Well, since we didn't wanna make the same mistake, we used an inert substance, an argon-xenon hybrid that would generate no emotional fallout. But I think that was a mistake. Yes, the ASF gave you increased cognitive function, a thousand times over, but... it's done the exact opposite to your emotional response.

  Barry Allen : I am better this way. The team is safer this way.

  Cisco Ramon : Look, man. I know you think your heart has been used against you, but it's not a weakness. It's what makes you human.

• Cisco Ramon : Whatever Eva hit Frost with, it's light-based. Her healing's trying to compensate, but it's not enough. I can't fix this without Caitlin.

  [Barry speeds around the room] 

  Cisco Ramon : What is that?

  Barry Allen : A cure.

  Cisco Ramon : Has it been tested?

  Barry Allen : I ran 2,731 tests in my head. We're good.

  Cisco Ramon : Barry, that is not a...

  [Barry injects Frost] 

  Cisco Ramon : What are you doing?

  Frost : [waking up with a gasp]  What happened?

  Barry Allen : You took the brunt of Eva's laser blast to help us. I just returned the favor with a cryogenically-fortified paracetamol cocktail...

  Frost : That fortified my cellular walls. Yep, that'll do it.

  Cisco Ramon : Of course, you wouldn't have had to take the brunt of the blast if Barry hadn't let you get hit in the first place.

• Frost : [watching Eva on TV]  Why are we watching this?

  Barry Allen : At the stash house, Eva referred to herself as a phantom. It reminded me of Carver's dying words when Eva killed him; that she wasn't his wife. I've analyzed behavioral patterns, body language, even graphological handwriting. That... is not Eva McCulloch.

  Cisco Ramon : What? What do you mean? She's sitting right there, talking to Rachel Maddow 2.0.

  Barry Allen : I slept in the same bed with a mirror duplicate of Iris without knowing the difference. You did the same with Kamilla.

  Frost : So you think this is a mirror Eva?

  Barry Allen : McCulloch's security database will show us.

  Cisco Ramon : Yeah, good luck. I tried hacking them a week ago.

  [seeing Barry get in] 

  Cisco Ramon : What? How... McCulloch's black box servers run a hybrid theorem-proving system with model checking.

  [quietly to Frost] 

  Cisco Ramon : His mind is getting faster.

  Barry Allen : Yes, it is.

  Frost : [watching the security video]  Did she just die?

• Cisco Ramon : This wall is nano-engraved with the names of everyone we've lost, so that no matter how the timeline changes, they'll never be forgotten.

• Mirror Master : That doesn't belong to you. Then again, it never belonged to my husband, either. It was my reflective chip technology that was twisted to create that weapon, so it's mine to wield or destroy. Now step aside.

  Cisco Ramon : [out of sight with Barry]  You were right. Eva's here, and she's amped.

  Mirror Master : How do you like your phantom now, Joseph?

  Cisco Ramon : Not the day for us to be short-staffed.

  The Flash : Actually, we're good; I called in a little bit of extra muscle.

  Frost : [hitting Eva with an ice blast]  'Sup?

• Cisco Ramon : The babble protocols aren't just force fields and tech. It's us.

  Frost : Sorry for the tough love.

  Allegra Garcia : But we need the real you back.

  Cisco Ramon : Don't worry. We're gonna shut off the Artificial Speed Force and get your head straight.

  The Flash : You lost this fight before it even began.

• Frost : Don't make us do this, Barry.

  The Flash : [activating his cowl]  Iris would agree with me.

  Cisco Ramon : No. She wouldn't.

  [he fires the speed-dampening gun at the Artificial Speed Force; Barry speeds after the bolt and takes the impact] 

  Cisco Ramon : You've just been hit with Velocity-Zero charge. It temporarily dampens your speed. You're not the only one who can predict reactions.

• Allegra Garcia : Uh, what?

  Cisco Ramon : Yeah, repeat that. For Allegra.

  Barry Allen : All right, I'm sorry. Um... let me show you.

  [drawing on a glassboard in superspeed] 

  Barry Allen : Ramsey's unique cells created a polar covalent bond with the molecules in Eva's mirror portal. That's why she needed his blood.

  Cisco Ramon : Right, it-it formed, like, uh, a bio-friendly skin on the interdimensional barrier.

  Allegra Garcia : So, we need Ramsey's blood. We knew that.

  Barry Allen : No, we don't need it. His blood would have bonded with the electronegative particles and become dark matter photons. Those particles wouldn't just stay on the mirror portal.

  Cisco Ramon : No, they wouldn't. They'd attach themselves to Eva. Those photons are still on her. If we could collect them, we could open our portal. But it would take, like, years to develop a prototype that could do that.

  Barry Allen : [whooshing away and coming back with another board]  Not if we integrate the neural net in the Thinker's chair, synched to a nanite bridge, fed into the Tachyon Enhancer's non-reductive loop.

  Cisco Ramon : N-No, but wait, wouldn't... well... well, yeah, I-I guess... I guess that could work.

  Allegra Garcia : But isn't Eva still holed up behind McCulloch Tech's forcefield? We'll never get close to her.

  [seeing Barry's look] 

  Allegra Garcia : You're gonna bring out another board?

  Barry Allen : [whooshing away and returning with a third board]  Factoring in geographical analytics, concealment probability, these are the remaining Black Hole stash houses. There's a 97.6% chance Eva's hitting this one next.

  Cisco Ramon : [a little taken aback]  Right. Right. So that's where we go. And that's what we do. Just wish I could have seen it earlier.

  Barry Allen : This isn't on you. We wouldn't be in this mess if I'd seen through Iris' mirror duplicate sooner. Eva's not the first to use my emotions against me. Let's make sure she's the last.