09x12 - A New World, Part 3: Changes

[bunniefuu]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[SHOUTS]

♪ ♪

[GROANS]

♪ ♪

Do you believe me now?

This is impossible.

Eddie?

I sh*t myself with this b*llet.

I need to find out what happened.

I need to know how I'm alive.

Listen.

I believe you, but this city
is a lightning rod for insanity.

You could be a clone or a cyborg.

We need to get you to a hospital

and get you checked out.

No, I need to find the Flash.

- He'll know what's going on.
- No, listen.

We can't jump to conclusions
without investigating.

If you're really Eddie,
then you're a detective,

and you know this.

If?

I am Eddie Thawne!

I'm alive, and I need to know why!

[LOUD CRACKLING]

What the hell?

[SCREAMS]

Korber!

♪ ♪

[EXCITING MUSIC]

♪ ♪

How nuts is this?

The Negative Speed Force is attacking us

across space and time?

Hey, Khione. How's Iris holding up?

Allegra's with her at the hospital,

says she's safe and her
contractions are steady.

I told Allegra to tell
Iris that we will find Barry

before that baby's born.

Good call.

She's got enough on her mind already.

Ah!

[PANTING]

Wow.

I just got hit with
a huge wave of terror.

[CRACKLING]

Nora, what's wrong?

The Negative Speed Force.

It cloaked Barry with
its own dark energy.

The cobalt radiation.

We found it in the loft
when Barry disappeared.

And now it's causing him
to bounce across time.

I briefly sensed him
through the radiation.

I'm not sure how long it
will take him to get there,

but he's heading toward .

First he was taken to the past,

then forced to the present...

And now he's going to the future.

And so is the crystal.

It'll choose another
victim and att*ck Barry...

[SCREAMING]

I can't help him anymore.

Only you can.

How?

You have to find a way.

If Barry dies and the
Speed Force is extinguished,

then this timeline and everything in it

will be erased forever.

[SCREAMING]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

Whoo! All right, party people!

That's a wrap.

The Chronarch is no longer the monarch.

Come on home.

[ENERGY ZAPPING]

Was that schway or what?

Not bad for your first
mission as team leader.

I know your dad's all
the way in outer space,

but I can feel how proud he
is of you from the Watchtower.

I mean, that was fun.

But I'm ready for Dad to come home.

Hey, babe.

The way you went supernova
on him at the end?

It's like you were
trying to blast that man

into the th century.

Well, actually, that's exactly

what I was trying to do.

- Of course.
- Of course.

I think it's adorable that after all

of these years of marriage,
you two still have that spark.

Oh, speaking of spark, Chester,

how's the nano-welding coming
along on my new super suit?

Oh, it should be ready this afternoon.

[COMPUTER BEEPING]

[GROANS]

I swear, if our big bad has
escaped from ARGUS already...

Oh, no, no, it's an energy
surge coming from upstairs

at the Flash Museum.

I told you it wasn't a
good idea to put a museum

on top of our secret lair.

No, baby. It's genius.

Who'd look for the Flash
under his own museum?

♪ ♪

I know this might sound weird,

but I'm looking for the Flash.

You're in luck.

He's right there.

♪ ♪

The Flash battled numerous threats

to our city, but the
Flash's greatest nemesis was

the murderous speedster known
only as the Reverse-Flash,

who returned to Central
City time and time again.

What? This can't be right.

[g*nsh*t]

If Eddie dies, he'll never be born.

He's being erased from existence.

[SCREAMS]

It didn't happen like this.

I saw the Reverse-Flash die.

I k*lled him.

I d*ed a hero.

Dad!

Oh, my God, I found you.

♪ ♪

Who are you?

It's me, Dad.

I'm your daughter.

That can't be.

I don't have a daughter.

But you've always wanted to
have one, and now you can.

[ENERGY CRACKLING]

All you have to do is come with me.

- [ALARM BLARING]
- Whoa.

OK, this energy signature
just spiked through the roof.

I'll go check it out.

♪ ♪

- Sir, are you OK?
- What?

What just happened?

Oh, my God.

Eddie?

Eddie Thawne?

♪ ♪

[SOFT MUSIC]

♪ ♪

This is insane.

Eddie Thawne d*ed years ago.

How is he alive, and
why hasn't he aged a day?

And why is he here?

I have no idea, but all his
fingerprints and DNA match.

Except he is giving off high levels

of Hawking radiation...
the kind you only

find inside singularities.

So you think Eddie's causing
these portals to open?

Maybe it's subconscious.

Maybe it's his emotions triggering them.

Oh, I was a black hole once.

It happens.

You know what?

I think that I could
work up a cuff for him...

something that'll destabilize
the quantum field around him.

I'm going to go talk to the black hole.

So do you guys finally believe me,

or do you need me to pee into a cup?

According to all our tests,
you're telling the truth.

You really are Eddie Thawne.

I know.

So who the hell are you, and
how did you know who I am?

[SIGHS]

♪ ♪

You're Barry's daughter?

But I thought...

I know.

You probably recognize
me from when we first met.

, New Year's Eve.

I was one of the new interns at CCPD.

I remember that.

Yeah, we had to travel back
to to save the timeline.

I'm sorry, are you OK?

That thing I saw in the museum...

I also saw one at the cemetery.

It k*lled Captain Korber.

It was a singularity.

Thank God it didn't keep growing.

One like that almost
destroyed the whole city on...

on the day you d*ed.

♪ ♪

Yesterday, I thought I was
a man named Malcolm Gilmore.

It turns out that whole life was a lie,

and in reality, I was a dead man...

some idiot who k*lled himself

to stop a supervillain
that didn't stay dead.

I know, but if you didn't do
what you did in the Pipeline,

my dad would have d*ed that day.

Maybe.

Or maybe I could have had
a whole life, a family.

♪ ♪

Don't get me wrong, I'm grateful to be

back from the dead,
but there's being alive,

and there's what makes
life worth living.

And Iris, your mom...

that was my reason.

And without that, I just...

I don't know why I'm here.

I can't imagine how you must be feeling.

But I know better than most,

you have been given the rarest gift,

a second chance.

You just have to decide
how you're going to use it.

♪ ♪

Well, that does it.

We are officially out of ways and ideas

to help Barry in
while we are stuck here.

Mark, you were possessed by the crystal.

Did that offer any insight?

Just that it's powerful as
hell, and it hates Barry.

When I was trapped inside,
all I could think about was...

was how much I love that guy.

He's given me so many second
chances, tenth chances.

I didn't deserve any of them.

I guess my, uh, love wasn't enough

to fight the crystal's hate.

[SIGHS] Mark, I just...

I wish I would have known.

You know, I could have used my powers

to help boost your empathy
and maybe fight it off.

Maybe you still can.

I mean, when Barry went to the past,

you could still sense him.

So your powers work across time.

So what? What good does that do?

Just because I can feel
something in the future,

it doesn't mean I can change it.

Not from here. Not from here.

But you've projected your consciousness

into other minds before.

But what if you projected
your consciousness,

your present consciousness,
into your future body?

I could help Barry
fight his next battle.

You could save his life.

Cecile, are your powers really

strong enough to do that?

Only one way to find out.

Dad, we've got a code scarlet.

I can't talk about it until
we're on a secure channel.

Something big is up.

An old friend of yours has stopped by.

I'm on my way to Mom's right now,

but you better get
here as fast as you can.

Message should reach the Watchtower

as soon as it emerges from
the dark side of the moon

in hours, minutes.

Good luck, Nora.

[VOICE GLITCHING]

Nora.

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

Nora.

♪ ♪

[SOFT MUSIC]

She's a pretty amazing
person to try to forget, huh?

[SIGHS]

That was a long time ago.

For her.

For you, it was yesterday.

My mom told me a story about you guys...

that even though she was destined

to be Iris West-Allen, you
decided to be together anyway.

Screw the future.

Oh, I'm sorry.

I didn't mean to upset you.

I wouldn't want another singularity
to open up in the Cortex.

What do you mean?

Those singularities
that have been appearing,

they're tied to your emotions.

Did nobody tell you?

Wait.

So what happened to Captain Korber,

that's my fault?

You didn't mean to do it, did you?

Oh, my God, I got her k*lled.

Nora, you've got to help me.

There must be some
way to fix this, right?

A way to undo this?

I'm not sure.

You thought you were
Malcolm Gilmore, right?

When did you first realize
something was wrong?

I was at Mercury Labs.

Then we should start there.

[TENSE MUSIC]

OK.

Neural activity's stable.

Empathic telemetry is looking good.

You sure this is going to work?

Don't worry, Cecile. You can do this.

Right, and if by this you mean,

just go on and astrally project
myself into my future body,

protect Barry from the
Negative Speed Force,

and save all of temporal existence,

before coming back and teaching Jenna

her multiplication
tables, yeah, you're right.

That's easy. Easy peasy.

Remember, you're there
not to find Barry.

You're there to protect our Barry.

OK.

And any friend in the future

could be influenced by the crystal,

so be careful who you trust.

Gotcha.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

OK.

♪ ♪

[ENERGY WHIRRING]

[GASPS]

Wait.

It worked.

[GASPS] It worked!

[SQUEALS] Chester!

Oh, my gosh, this is crazy.

Damn! Looking good, future me.

- What?
- You OK, Cecile?

What? Huh?

Allegra?

[SOFT MUSIC]

- Hi.
- Hi.

So have you guys seen Barry lately?

[LAUGHS] You mean since
he's been in outer space?

Um, no.

Outer space, OK.

You know what I'm gonna
do is, I'm just gonna...

I'm gonna go ahead, I'ma
hop on comms, anyway.

Why?

No reason.

Just, you know, call Joe,
Jenna, see what's for dinner.

Oh, I'm sure Joe would love that,

especially because you haven't
been up to the country house

in a while, right?

Right.

Hey, guys. You know what's funny?

Weirdly, I can't remember
the last time I was there.

Well, I don't blame you,

considering you're only
there what, twice a year?

Yeah, about that.

I mean, between the Chronarch Wars

and helping the Savothian
freedom fighters,

it's been a crazy year.

But I'm sure the fam
understands that we need

a heavy hitter like you.

Yeah.

I'm sure the fam understands.

Are you OK, Cecile?

- [GASPS]
- Cecile, what happened?

I'm sorry, I can't do this.

Wait, what? What happened?

- Did you see Barry?
- I said I'm sorry, OK?

I can't do it.

We're going to have to find another way.

OK, somebody's going after her, right?

Oh, goddess lady, looks like you're up.

Actually, I'm not the best
person for this one, Chester.

You are.

Oh, no, I...

- I don't know, guys.
- Don't be afraid.

Your heart is stronger than your fear,

and it'll know what to say to Cecile.

[SOFT MUSIC]

♪ ♪

You see anything unusual?

Nope, but you're the detective.

Why do you think you're here?

Do you think you just randomly popped up

decades after you d*ed by coincidence?

No.

There's no such thing as a coincidence.

Then you must be here for a purpose.

Maybe it has something to
do with the other Thawnes.

They were a pretty big deal.

Or at least they were supposed to be.

I am from the future, and
you are the only Thawne

to be all but forgotten by history.

Waste of a life, waste of a man.

Eobard told me that.

And he was just trying
to get under my skin.

And it worked, didn't it?

You proved him wrong by
throwing your life away.

But what if you had the
power to get that life back?

What do you mean?

The Flash gets his power
from the Speed Force,

but there's another
side to the equation,

another power that spent
far too long in the shadows,

forced into an unnatural balance.

[TENSE MUSIC]

It needs someone to
stand up to the Flash.

And that should be you.

I don't understand.

Are you talking about hurting your dad?

Eddie, are you still this pathetic?

[SCOFFS]

Are you a waste of a
man, like Eobard said?

A loser, a nobody, forgotten by history?

Are you still the idiot who d*ed trying

- to save a man who stole his life?
- No! I'm not.

Then show me.

You know how things were supposed to be.

You can have that life if you take it.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Eddie.

Choose.

No, this can't be real.

I need some air.

[DISTORTED VOICE] You were right.

He is what we need.

He is what we've been looking for.

And soon he'll be all ours.

[ENERGY CRACKLING]

♪ ♪

Nora?

Dad.

What are you doing here?

We're under att*ck by
the Negative Speed Force.

It's throwing me across time,
using our friends to hurt us.

I'm just glad to see you.

Me too.

[ENERGY BUZZING]

Agh!

♪ ♪

[PANTING] No.

Nora, this isn't you.

It's the Negative Speed Force.

[DISTORTED VOICE] Oh, Barry.

So fast, but somehow always so slow.

You never figured out the
most powerful form of hate

is by corrupting love

by twisting it into its negative.

You're not going to make me hurt her.

Agh!

Either you k*ll your daughter,

or I k*ll you.

Both ways, I win.

Nora! What are you doing?

Eddie.

Eddie, I told you,

we're getting your life back.

No, this isn't right.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

Eddie, I can't believe
you're really here.

You sacrificed your life to save me.

I never thanked you.

You too, Bar.

These last couple days,

I feel like I've been losing my mind.

♪ ♪

Do you live here?

I thought this was my home, my life.

But I was wrong.

[BREATHES SHAKILY]

Everything's wrong.

Eddie.

[CRYING]

It's going to be all right.

I don't know how I got here, either.

The power in that crystal is attacking
me and my family through time.

Now it's possessed my daughter,

and I don't know how to stop it.

Maybe we can together.

[SIGHS]

All I know is I used
to be Malcolm Gilmore.

I had his life, his memories.

And that was a lie.

How is that possible?

What the hell?

Wait.

I've seen that happen before.

My driver's license.

I've seen reactions like this too,

caused by negative tachyons.

I think this place, Malcolm's
belongings, his life...

it's all made of negative tachyons.

Like a false reality
built for you to live in.

Well, who could have done that?

There's only one force
powerful enough...

the one inside that crystal.

The Negative Speed Force.

I think it brought you back to life.

Why would it bring me back?

Eddie, I think the Negative
Speed Force resurrected you,

so you could be its avatar.

♪ ♪

Hey, um...

Mark is recalibrating
the jump configuration,

in case you wanted
to give it another go.

How are you feeling?

- Like a failure.
- Oh, look.

Don't be so hard on yourself.

I mean, we all make
mistakes on a mission, right?

I didn't make a mistake
on my mission, Chester.

I made a mistake in my life.

You know how Joe and I just finally

found a balance between my duties here

and my time with my family?

So I go home on the weekends.

I spend time with him and Jenna.

Well, in the future, you guys told me

that I have only been
home twice in a year.

Oh, I see.

Well, maybe you have a good reason.

You know, maybe in the future,

you guys hang out in, like, a VR portal

to make up for missing face time.

No, no, Chester, no. I know myself.

God, I've made this mistake before.

Like how I wasn't there
for my own mother's death

because I was too busy
working, and now I just...

I have this awful feeling that
I'm making the same mistake

again in the future.

Chester, I'm scared that
this choice that I made

to live this superhero life,

it means that I'm
going to lose my family.

I don't believe you.

Look, I get what you're saying.

But listen, if past me could see me now,

here in S.T.A.R. Labs
working with Team Flash,

he'd freak out.

So right now you're making it work,

balancing being a fricking superhero

and being with your family.

So why not trust that
you can do the same thing

years from now too?

Twice in a year. That's what you said.

I don't care how long you and
Joe have been apart, Cecile.

Or why.

Look.

Because I know you guys love each other.

Now you just need to embrace
what's around the corner

and trust that this
legacy that you're building

for yourself is the right one

because I, for one, do.

How can you be so sure?

Because your greatest strength
isn't some meta ability.

Cecile, it's your heart,
and your dedication

to the people that you love.

That's a real virtue.

[SOFT MUSIC]

Its avatar? Avatar for what?

A Negative Speed Force, it
needs a surrogate on Earth

to carry out its plan.

That's what the crystal
has been doing all along.

Joe, Mark, Nora.

I mean, it can only
possess them temporarily.

It must need you to choose
to take on its power.

No.

That can't be right.

The crystal showed me a better life,

one with a daughter I
was supposed to have.

Eddie, the Negative
Speed Force is unlike

anything you've ever seen before.

It gets inside your head.

It feeds off hate and rage, all right?

Everything about it is evil.

It brought me back from the dead, OK?

[CHUCKLES] Is that evil?

And what if I choose not
to be the avatar, huh?

Do I go back to being dead?

No, no, we'll find a way to save you.

You could choose to start a new life.

He lies.

Oh, really?

Because all your team tried
to do today was cuff me.

But that crystal, it actually wants

to help me get my life back.

A life I was a fool to give up.

There's still time.

Come on. You don't believe that.

Don't tell me what I believe!

Did you know I can hear it right now?

Sometimes I can't tell if
it's the crystal's voice

or my own voice.

And I'm starting to wonder,
what's the difference?

[CHUCKLES] It's funny.

Returning from the dead really has a way

of making you realize the mistakes

you made in your old life.

My mistake was being a nobody.

Eddie, you weren't a nobody, all right?

- Listen to me...
- No!

You listen.

The second I d*ed,
everyone forgot about me.

And you, Barry, the man
I sacrificed my life for,

you thanked me by stealing my fiancée.

Eddie.

But now I have a chance to change that.

♪ ♪

If I choose the crystal,

maybe I could be the hero.

[LAUGHS]

I could get the girl
and the family I deserve.

Eddie.

I know how much you're hurting.

The life you're talking
about, it's not yours.

Iris isn't your wife.

Nora is not your daughter.

But there were supposed to be!

And they still can be!

Eddie, you know that's not right.

You have a chance to start over,

to have your own life.

♪ ♪

What would Iris want you to do?

♪ ♪

[DISTORTED VOICE] Flash!

Bring me the avatar!

Bring me Eddie Thawne,

or I will tear this city apart!

♪ ♪

Eddie, I have to go.

But I believe in you.

I know no matter what happens,

you'll make the right choice.

♪ ♪

- [DISTORTED VOICE]
Flash, do you hear me?

Bring me Eddie!

Where is the chosen one?

He's making his own choice.

Seems like that isn't you.

We'll see about that!

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Let's get to work.

OK.

[COMPUTER BEEPING]

♪ ♪

Nora.

Nora, please.

I know you're still in there.

I need your help to fight this thing.

[DISTORTED VOICE] Sorry, Dad.

The little girl you loved is long gone.

♪ ♪

Ahh!

♪ ♪

[GROANING]

Iris.

Oh, my beautiful Iris.

Sorry.

I knocked, but you didn't answer,

and I know you always
leave the key by the door.

Oh, my God. Eddie?

I can't imagine what
you must be thinking.

And if you want me to leave, I'll go.

But it's me, your Eddie.

Look into my eyes.

I know that you know
me better than anyone.

Who do you see?

Oh, my God, it is you.

How is this possible?

It's complicated.

But I'm done trying
to solve this mystery.

I came here because I
have a decision to make,

and I knew I couldn't
make it without seeing you.

Even if it was for the last time.

What? You just got here.

Why don't you stay? We can help you.

Trust me, I don't want to go.

I just want to do the right thing.

But sometimes it's hard
to know what that is,

especially with that
voice in my head pulling me

in different directions.

♪ ♪

Actually, on second thought,
I think I should stay.

♪ ♪

[DISTORTED VOICE] Do you
know why I'm about to win?

Because you don't have the
guts to k*ll your own flesh

and blood, unlike Eddie.

That's why he's the ultimate avatar.

[GROANS]

And you'll die in the
street like an animal.

♪ ♪

Hey, blue eyes!

Impressive.

But I know you, empath.

You won't hurt me.

You're right.

I won't hurt Nora.

But for you, I'm going
to bring the pain.

Now get out of her head!

♪ ♪

And stay out!

[SCREAMING]

[PANTING]

Cecile?

Actually, call me Virtue.

[SOFT MUSIC]

Iris, I know this is a lot to take in.

My sacrifice robbed us of our future,

but this is a second
chance to put things right.

Iris West.

All you have to do is say I do.

No, I don't, Eddie.

Eddie, you once said that
there was always three people

- in our relationship.
- And you told me that's not true.

I was wrong. It was always Barry.

Even back then, if I
didn't realize it myself.

You don't mean that.

Eddie, I'm not sure how you got here,

but something is wrong.

And if you let us, we will help you.

But I love Barry, I love my family,

and I love the life that
we've built together,

now more than ever.

This is my future.

And I'm sorry, that's not with you.

You're going to regret that.

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

You, Barry,

and everything you both love.

♪ ♪

[DOOR SLAMS]

- Dad, I'm so sorry.
- It's OK, Nora.

It's OK.

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

Oh, my God.

Eddie.

What did you do?

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

So you're the Barry from .

And you are the Cecile from ,

but in our Cecile's body.

And here I thought today
couldn't get any freakier.

Look, the crystal that possessed Nora,

it att*cked me in the past.

And then it went after the team in .

Wait, why don't we
remember these att*cks?

Because they're happening
simultaneously across the timeline.

First in the past...

- Then in your present.
- And now here, in .

All while charging the crystal
for the new avatar, Eddie.

That's not all.

Speed Force Nora showed up in .

She said that she was under att*ck

and that all that remains of the
Speed Force lives in your family.

And then she vanished.

Big Nora's gone?

Dad...

I know.

Explains why we can't feel her anymore.

Sweet NK Jemisin.

OK, all this red energy
that's appearing in the sky,

it's not lightning.

It's the timeline starting to fracture.

And it'll spread in every direction...

Until there's nothing left
of the timeline at all.

How long do we have, Chuck?

I'm not sure, but at
this rate of degradation,

not very long.

Cecile, I still can't time travel.

Can you warn the team back in ?

Yeah, on it.

But what do I tell the team about Eddie?

Is there a chance he
rejected that crystal's offer?

Barry.

We need to talk.

[SOFT MUSIC]

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

You're as beautiful as
the day we got married.

I haven't seen you like this in so long.

It's weird.

There's so much I want to
ask you about our lives,

if we're happy.

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

I wish we had more time.

I can't believe Eddie is doing this.

He seemed like his old self,

but then he started going on about how

fate brought him back here.

It was like he was seeing
things, hearing things.

The Negative Space Force is
still manipulating his mind.

I don't know how to stop what's coming.

But I swear, Iris, I
will do whatever it takes

to protect you and our family.

I know.

And to answer your
question, yes, we're happy.

Every day, I love you more than
I even thought was possible.

And no matter what
challenges life puts on us,

we face them together.

Always.

I can't wait.

Agh!

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

♪ Don't wish it away ♪

♪ Don't look at it like it's ♪

♪ Forever ♪

♪ Between you and me ♪

Why?

Why bring me back only to
show me what I can't have?

What did I do to deserve this?

[GROANS]

Eddie.

- ♪ Get better ♪
- ♪ Better ♪

Eddie.

♪ While I'm away ♪

♪ Dust out the demons inside ♪

♪ And it won't be long
before you and me run ♪

♪ To the place in our hearts where ♪

♪ We hide ♪

♪ And I guess that's why
they call it the blues ♪

Iris.

No, don't go.

They aren't gone, Eddie.

They're waiting for you.

Tell me what to do.

Accept our power.

♪ Thunder under ♪

♪ The covers ♪

♪ And I guess that's why ♪

♪ They call it the blues ♪

And end the legacy of
Barry Allen forever.

["I GUESS THAT'S WHY
THEY CALL IT THE BLUES"]

♪ ♪

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Greg, move your head.