Quotes
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Joe West : Barry, don't you think Iris would recognize you voice?
Barry Allen : [vibrating his voice] No, I can do this cool thing with my vocal cords, where I vibrate them so I sound like this. I know. It's cool, it's cool.
Joe West : Whoa.
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Joe West : So, human bomb. Must be Tuesday in Central City.
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Joe West : When were you planning on telling me that Iris saw the Streak?
Barry Allen : Well... that was not planned. She caught me off guard.
Joe West : We had a deal. You keep her in the dark about the meta-humans, and I don't go Floyd Mayweather on you.
Barry Allen : Okay, Joe, I know.
Joe West : And she's writing a blog now.
Barry Allen : I already talked to her about that.
Joe West : Well, talk to her again. And be more convincing.
Barry Allen : Okay.
[seeing his look]
Barry Allen : You mean right now?
Joe West : Yes, I do.
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Detective Eddie Thawne : [seeing Army soldiers at CCPD] What's going on?
Officer Vukuvich : I have no idea. But they came in here like they own the place. Been talking to Singh for the last half hour.
Joe West : This can't be good.
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Captain David Singh : The Army's taking over the bombing investigation.
General Wade Eiling : I'll need everything you have. Physical evidence, photographs, witness interviews, and all your personal notes.
Joe West : I've been on the job nearly twenty years and never heard of the Army investigating anything civilian.
General Wade Eiling : Well, it's not civilian. She's one of ours.
Joe West : We'll send over everything we got.
General Wade Eiling : Very kind of you. I think we'll take it now, though.
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Joe West : Barry, what do you got?
Barry Allen : Bombers typically have their own unique signatures. Crimped wires, fragmentation. The level of sophistication is telling once I've analyzed it. You show me a bomb, I can usually find a clue in it.
Joe West : It sounds like there's a "but" coming.
Barry Allen : Yeah, I haven't found any sign of an oxidizing agent. It's as if the floor just blew itself up.
Joe West : Things don't just blow up.
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Iris West : Hey, dad, you're home early.
Joe West : What were you doing at the bomb site last night? Don't deny you were there. Officer Vukovich saw you.
Iris West : It's... complicated.
Joe West : You can't be coming to every crime scene because you're worried about Eddie. He's a big boy, Iris.
Iris West : I didn't go there to see Eddie. I... I went there to see the Streak.
Joe West : The Streak. Hmm. Why is that?
Iris West : My blog. I've been collecting Internet posts about the Streak sightings and writing about them.
Joe West : Baby, there's no Streak.
Iris West : Yes, there is. I saw him last night, dad. I looked right at him. Something incredible is happening in Central City. And I am gonna write about it. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to get to work. Blogging about supernatural events...
[giving him a goodbye kiss on the cheek]
Iris West : ...doesn't really pay well.
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Joe West : I want to keep her safe.
Barry Allen : You know the only real way to get her to stop is to tell her the truth.
Joe West : Man, you really wanna tell her.
Barry Allen : I tell her everything.
Joe West : Mmm... not everything.
Barry Allen : [he chuckles nervously, then sees Joe's look] Is it that obvious?
Joe West : Not to her.
Barry Allen : But how long have you known for?
Joe West : I have watched you be in love with Iris since you were old enough to know what love is. And I've been waiting years for you to tell her. But you haven't.
Barry Allen : Guess I was too slow.
Joe West : Hmm.
Barry Allen : Now she's happy with someone else, so...
Joe West : When the universe wants to make something happen, whether it be giving a young man lightning speed or putting two people together, it has a way of figuring those things out.
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Barry Allen : Joe. What are you doing here?
Joe West : Going over the materials in your mom's case. How's it going with you?
Barry Allen : Stellar. I made friends with a human bomb who I promised I could help, and then I couldn't. And I finally diagnosed why Iris is writing about the Streak. She's doing it for me.
[laughing]
Barry Allen : To prove the impossible is possible.
Joe West : How do you know that?
Barry Allen : The Streak may have talked to her.
