09x02 - Hear No Evil

[bunniefuu]

So who are you?

Hey,

we got your alert. Where's...

That's not Caitlin.

Uh... [chuckles]

What's... what's happening here?

Actually, it's kind of a
long and very confusing story.

One which we are happy to share.

- First, please meet...
- You can call me Snow.

Wait, as in, like,
the third Snow sister?

Barry, do you remember
the time that you found out

Caitlin was trying to bring back Frost,

and you destroyed her lab?

I didn't have a choice.

The point is,

Caitlin never gave up.

She kept on working with me.

Together, we built a machine
to reactivate Frost's mind

in Caitlin's body.

- Only...
- Something went wrong.

But in place of Caitlin...

I came out instead.

Well, if you're not Caitlin or Frost,

who are you?

Honestly, I don't know.

I wanna find out who I am just
as much as the rest of you do.

Snow here is a total blank slate

with zero memories.

So I've been doing my best
to bring her up to speed.

Mark, what happened to Caitlin?

[sighs]

Where is she?

Caitlin's dead, Barry.

- What?
- That's impossible.

I... I... I know what
you must be thinking,

but I have a plan to bring Caitlin back.

[dramatic music]

♪

[electricity crackling]

♪

Now the CRC was supposed to
unzip neural DNA from Caitlin.

That way, we could isolate
Frost's brain patterns

inside of her... Download into another

new body later on.

Only a power fluctuation

caused the process to malfunction,

and so if

Team Flash could provide me
with a stable energy source,

we could reverse the process

and just bring Caitlin back.

So now you want our help?

For Caitlin's sake,

yeah.

It's Caitlin. We have to try.

Yeah, I'm sold.

What do we have to lose?

Okay.

Let's get to work.

♪

- How did I do?
- [chuckles]

Are you kidding?

You were perfect.

This is going better than we planned.

What?

This is what Caitlin wanted.

And when we're done,

Frost will be back.

♪

I can't believe this
is really happening.

I mean, this is nuts.

Yeah, I know, right?

[chuckles]

Especially with, uh,

you know, everything else
that's happened lately.

♪

Allegra, look, about what happened,

- I just want you to know...
- I think we should focus

on Caitlin first...

and then, you know,
when this is all done...

Uh, yeah, yeah, totally.

- I get it.
- [chuckles] Yeah.

[vocalizes expl*si*n] Right.

[clears throat] Okay.

♪

[thunder cracks]

♪

What a day.

I still can't believe it.

So Caitlin's gone?

I know.

It's too much...

All of it.

Babe, you okay?

Mm-mm.

When Barry called, he
said Mark has a plan

to get Caitlin back.

Joe, that is not even
close to our only problem.

I think we should leave Central City.

♪

Cecile, the reason

I said we should leave

is because I'm worried that

the stronger your new abilities become,

the more it puts you on the front line.

- Come on...
- God knows

you can handle anything,

but I'm still worried about who or what

is coming after the woman I love

and the mother of my child.

This family can't...

It can't handle losing you.

♪

Okay.

[sighs]

Look.

Babe, I get it.

I do.

But what you're asking
me, how am I supposed to...

choose between our family

and the greater good of the entire city?

How am I supposed to do that?

What am I supposed to do?

What are we supposed to do?

I don't know.

♪

- [case zips]
- I really wanted to see

Old Faithful.

We can go to Yellowstone anytime.

Right now, it's more
important we stay here

to help Mark.

Are you okay?

[sighs]

I'm sorry. [echoes] I'm sorry.

[electricity crackling]

Barry...

Barry, please.

[glass shatters]

Are you?

If Mark's plan doesn't work...

It has to.

♪ I, I, I, I ♪

♪ I feel like ♪

♪ I feel like dancing ♪

[electronic dance music playing]

♪

Oh!

Buy you a drink, handsome?

One of us

is still working.

Oh, wow.

I'll be sure to leave that
Employee of the Month badge

on your side of the bed tonight.

[chuckles]

Good to close up?

I could get Ashanti to do it.

Ah, nah... gotta earn my keep.

I hear the boss is a real jerk.

Oh, yeah?

- See you at home.
- Okay.

♪ I feel like dancing ♪

♪

Good night.

[indistinct chatter]

[car beeps]

[suspenseful music]

♪

Um,

if you're looking for a gig,

amateur night's tomorrow.

I'm no amateur, Hartley,

and I already have a gig...

you.

♪

[violin plays]

[glass shattering]

[all screaming]

Aw, come on out, Hartley.

I promise to make it quick.

All you have to do is

listen to the music.

[suspenseful music]

♪

Mm.

[w*apon whirs]

Who are you, and what
the hell do you want?

You can call me The Fiddler,

and I'm here to ruin your night.

♪

- [violin plays]
- [expl*si*n booms]

♪

[grunts]

[wheezing]

Why are you doing this?

You have something I need.

[growls]

Hartley!

Hartley.

Tell your boss I'll be back.

[dramatic music]

♪

Hartley!

♪

[dramatic music]

It's okay.

Just remember you're
doing the right thing.

I sure hope so.

♪

All right. Snow's ready.

Excuse me.

[computer beeps]

[pod whirring and beeping]

I never really got to know her.

Well, we know she's brave as hell.

How long will this take?

Oh, as long as it needs to.

- Hold on.
- [computer beeps]

The neural conductivity
readouts are surging.

Mark, we got tachyon feedback.

- Mm-hmm.
- [keyboard clicks]

Hold on. Something's not right here.

[pod zaps]

[suspenseful music]

♪

[screams] What the hell are you doing?

Trying to save her life!

You can't interrupt this process!

You have to get her
back inside right now!

Mark! Chester, what happened?

I don't know. All I did was provide

a stable power source.
That wouldn't cause this.

He didn't say this would hurt.

He just said it would bring them back.

Them?

You mean Caitlin?

No.

She means Caitlin and Frost.

Mark, everything you've done
has been for Frost, hasn't it?

That's why you haven't mentioned her.

This wasn't about Caitlin.

This was about bringing
Frost back, wasn't it?

[shouts] Mark, wasn't it?

Cai... Caitlin wasn't supposed

to come back alone, Barry.

They both were.

God...

Trying to bring them both back,

that must've caused the malfunction.

It's the only thing that makes sense.

Why did you lie to us?

'Cause I can't trust any of you...

you most of all, Barry.

That's why we had to
build the CRC in secret

in the first place,

because Caitlin knew that you

would try to stop her again.

Mark,

man, this... this isn't right.

I'm sorry, Team Flash.

Just because you all gave up on Frost

doesn't mean that I can.

I never will.

[scoffs]

[dramatic music]

♪

[alarm blaring]

Is that Mark?

No, it's an intruder alert.

The med lab's been breached.

Stay here.

[gasping]

- Hartley?
- Where's Caitlin?

- I need a doctor.
- She's away.

Soundwaves... short-circuiting
my heart's natural rhythm,

[stammering] How do I... I mean...

Use the sonic cuff.

- Sonic?
- The bottom drawer!

Bottom drawer!

- There.
- [sighs]

[exasperated breathing]

Are you good?

[breathing slows]

[device beeping]

- You okay?
- Took you long enough, Allen.

I'm sorry. I mean, I didn't know...

You said the bottom drawer.
It was in the top drawer.

I didn't even know what you...

Never mind. Let me rest.

Oh, gosh.

This arrythmia isn't
going away anytime soon.

Cuff's a patch, not a cure.

- Okay.
- Hartley?

It's Hartley, yeah. It's...

How did you get in here,

and what happened to you?

- One, I used to work here...
- Great.

And two, some musical psycho

att*cked me with her m*rder violin...

Calls herself The Fiddler.

Is this who att*cked you?

Her name is Izzy Bowen,

only we were friends
the last time we met.

Oh, well, no need to
unfriend Izzy on my account.

It's not her.

Barry, that's two new
Rogues in two days,

and now Mark is lying to us too.

Trouble in paradise?

- Please.
- Don't worry about it.

I'll handle Mark.

[sighs] Bored.

Sleeping now.

[sighs]

♪

[rain pouring]

Your upgrade didn't work.

Don't get me wrong.

I love the fiddle and all.

[suspenseful music]

You failed me.

This is the price.

[screams]

Failing is not an option.

Now bring me what I want,

or next time, you die.

Am I clear?

Yes,

very. [panting]

I'm sorry.

♪

[slow rock playing]

[thunder booms]

♪

Another round.

You know what? Just
make it the whole bottle.

It still won't bring her back.

I just wanna talk.

♪

You're wasting your time.

And you screwed up, Mark...

Badly.

Yeah.

I know why you did it.

Okay.

No, go ahead. Enlighten me.

Because you loved Frost

with all your heart. You still do.

Sometimes, when we
love someone like that,

we do the wrong things

for the right reasons.

[thunder booms]

I know I have.

Please.

Are you saying you're
not mad at me anymore?

No, I am,

but I understand why you lied.

But there's something you
need to understand now too:

how we operate.

You are a part of this team now,

and that means we have your back,

but you need to have ours,

which also means no more

going rogue.

Mark...

If you let us in,

we work together,

we can do the impossible.

But we have to stick together.

[phone chimes]

We have to go right now.

- Go where?
- Right now.

- Where?
- Come on.

Is this, like, one of those team things?

What do you mean this
was never gonna work?

I ran a full diagnostic on the CRC,

trying to figure out what went wrong,

and what I found was, neural DNA

could never unlock
Frost's consciousness.

We need endogenous neural
imprints to make this work.

Okay?

But you're talking about a literal map

of Caitlin's mind.
Where are we gonna find

something like that?

Thomas Snow.

Caitlin's dad?

He's dead.

No, Iris is right.

Thomas Snow attached
Frost's consciousness

to Caitlin when she was a child.

Caitlin downloaded
everything she could find

from his digital files at her apartment,

said that the hard copies and
all the rest are in storage

at Tannhauser Labs.
Now, it's a lot, but...

Meet me at Caitlin's.

I'll check in with Carla at Tannhauser.

Chester, you and Mark
get to work on the CRC.

Once we find what we're looking for,

we're gonna bring back Caitlin

and Frost.

[thunder booms]

[rain pouring]

I entered the harmonics already.

[device beeping]

Now, come on. I know this.

Ow.

Frak.

[computer whirring]

[device swishes]

Damn it.

[yells] Why aren't you working?

Are you okay?

Well, you're obviously
the other Snow sister.

Actually, I'm kind of
busy, if you don't mind.

What are you working on?

My sonic gauntlets...

Why do you care?

Oh, I don't... about your gauntlets.

You just seemed like you were in pain.

What's wrong?

I have a dangerously erratic heart rate

due to some punk witch

who caught me with my guard down.

But that won't be a problem next time,

because I'm boosting
my gauntlet's efficiency

by %.

Wow.

Why?

You know, actually, it doesn't matter.

If you could just, please,
go away or something...

[device beeping]

Okay,

I'm gonna make this easy.

Do you have any of Caitlin Snow's

medical knowledge?

- No.
- No, okay,

um, can you sh**t ice

from your hands or eyes?

Either is acceptable.

- No.
- No... then you can't help me,

and therefore, you are useless!

So please leave me alo...

- [heart b*ating loudly]
- [whimpers]

You shouldn't be working right now

or angrily asking
people weird questions.

It's disturbing.

I have to finish this.

Are you scared that
person will find you?

Because I'm sure Barry
and the others have...

I have to get out of here, okay?

If I don't...

You're not afraid of getting hurt.

You're afraid of someone
else getting hurt.

You think they're in danger.

And that is why

I have to finish these:

so I can keep him safe...

The only way that I can.

You're going to k*ll the punk witch?

Oh, no. k*lling is wrong.

And Central City has more
meta-v*olence per capita

than any other city in the world.

You're not a k*ller. I can tell.

You don't know me.

Actually... and I can say
this quite truthfully...

I think I know you
better than I know myself.

I used to be a meta-criminal,

a Rogue, as they say.

I used to hurt people all the time,

and I enjoyed it.

What changed you?

Oh, Roderick, okay?

Roderick.

You changed to keep him safe?

That's beautiful.

But that's not real change,

is it?

Deciding to change
for the person you love

doesn't mean you've
decided who you wanna be.

That's a choice you still
have to make for yourself,

isn't it?

[dramatic music]

♪

♪

[electricity crackles]

[sighs] Please tell me

you found something.

We have to get Caitlin and Frost back.

We can't.

[thunder booms]

♪

Is this really true?

I read it a dozen times.

In his original experiment,

Thomas Snow tried to
create a Caitlin . ,

one that would be immune to ALS,

but instead, he created a daughter

with two mixed consciousnesses,

and when he tried to reverse it,

he found out

the process would k*ll one of them.

That's why Thomas
never built his own CRC,

because he loved both Caitlin and Frost.

He couldn't bear to lose either of them.

Just like us.

Barry, if Snow goes into that machine,

and only Caitlin or
Frost can come back...

We're gonna have to choose

who to bring back.

[thunder rumbling]

[rain pouring]

You know, the last
thing Caitlin said to me

was that she'd never stop
trying to bring back Frost.

We need to honor her
by honoring her plan.

Mark, we're all pretty clear

on your opinion. I wanna
hear everybody else's.

Okay.

I vote to bring back Frost.

Mark's right.

Caitlin chose for us.

This was her plan, so
choosing Frost honors her.

Right, Chuck?

Chuck?

Um,

sorry, but, uh,

but no.

Allegra, look, when
Deathstorm brought my dad back,

it taught me one thing:

that resurrecting the dead

is unnatural.

Now, I don't wanna choose,

but if I have to,

I'd choose Caitlin,

'cause when I run through the science,

it's what makes the most sense to me.

Mm,

it's two to one.

Let me guess:

you're with Chester, right?

That way, your super-hubby
can tip the scales to Caitlin.

Uh, no, I choose Frost.

I have my reasons,
but that's how I feel.

Well, it's three to one.

I just need more time to think about it.

Well, think about it
all you want, boss man,

but in eight hours, I'm doing this,

with or without you, and
if you try to stop me,

you'll have no one but yourself
to blame for the fallout.

He can blame me.

[heroic music]

♪

You all are a family.

Now you're being torn
apart, and it's all my fault?

I wish I'd never been born.

[thunder booming]

[dramatic music]

♪

[thunder booms]

[footsteps]

[sighs]

Worst day ever.

Snow is wrong.

It's not her fault.

It's mine.

The last thing I said to Caitlin

before I destroyed her lab was,

"I'm sorry."

The truth is, I wasn't.

Barry, the reason that I chose Frost

was because I didn't
choose her the first time,

when I had the chance.

That's why I chose to bring Frost back:

because I didn't choose
her when she was alive.

What is it?

The moment Caitlin stepped

into the CRC, she made her own choice

about what she wanted,

who she wanted to be.

Mm-hmm.

And what if we've been

thinking about this all wrong?

I know what we need to do.

♪

[thunder booms]

[rain pouring]

[thunder booms]

[rain pouring]

Hello.

It's, uh, Snow, right?

Cecile,

meta-human attorney

and meta-human superhero.

Mark told me all about you.

You enjoying the weather?

I love the rain.

I love all of nature.

It just... it makes me feel so

at peace.

Yeah, I can see that.

It's because everything
in nature has a purpose...

just like you. You have a purpose.

You help people.

I just...

I wish I knew what my purpose was.

It's strange.

Right now, I feel so
connected to all living things,

and yet so disconnected

and alone.

Do you know that you're the first person

whose feelings I can't read?

Usually,

ooh, that is something
I'd be worried about,

but I don't know.

Not this time.

Somehow, you just seem like a friend.

Then let's be.

- [laughing]
- Friends.

Was that funny?

Am I a funny person?

That would be nice.

You are very genuine,

and that is rare.

Thanks.

So I heard about what
the rest of the team

was voting on.

[sighs] I gotta tell ya.

I honestly don't know
how I would've voted,

had I been there, or Joe.

So...

I'm gonna ask you a question
that I usually don't have to.

How are you feeling right now?

Even though my entire existence

is a mystery,

one, whoever I am,

I like myself,

and two...

I don't wanna go back
inside that metal box.

And now I'm afraid of the decision

the team will make.

You should make the
decision for yourself.

- Really?
- Yeah.

We looked at Thomas' original files

on Frost and Snow.

When Frost was created,

Thomas didn't try to decide
who his daughter should be.

He took a step back, and
he let 'em figure it out.

So using the CRC and
choosing who you should be,

that's not our choice to make.

Only you can decide who you're gonna be.

- Oh.
- [laughs]

Ooh, okay, this is what we're doing.

Okay, my turn.

[gasps] Oh, hi!

So you've made a decision?

Not even,

but whatever decision I make,

it'll be mine...

all mine.

♪

- [chuckles]
- [chuckles]

[alarm blaring]

What is it?

It was a massive sonic att*ck downtown.

It looks like our Fiddler friend is back

and ready to rumble.

Wait, that's Hartley's Krakatoa Club.

♪

He's gone after The Fiddler.

If he's still hurt, why
didn't he ask for help?

He doesn't want your help.

He finally made his choice.

[crowd screaming]

[sonic screeching]

[shouting] Does it look like I'm playing?

For the last time, where
is Hartley Rathaway?

- [sonic screeching]
- [screaming]

- Please...
- Let him go.

Hartley.

I knew, if I put the
squeeze on your squeeze,

you'd show up sooner or later.

Just in time, too, 'cause
I was starting to get bored

of torturing your employees.

She k*lled them all...

the whole crew.

Did I mention

that there are fates worse than death?

[violin whirs]

[screams]

No!

- [gauntlets whir]
- [growls]

It's over, Fiddler.

You're powerless

and outnumbered.

Oh, Flash.

You came to my show.

See, instruments are just a tool.

[mic feedback]

A real artist uses what's inside them.

[voice screeching]

[mic feedback]

Time to get what I came for.

[grunts]

[screams]

- How do you like my upgrade?
- [gauntlets whir]

Don't. Stop.

Snow told me what you said.

You don't have to do this.

You can still choose another way.

It's too late.

Roderick is dead because of her.

I have nothing to live for now.

Yes, you do.

I'll show you.

[dramatic music]

♪

The Fiddler didn't k*ll them.

They're trapped in a vibrational phase.

But they need your
gauntlets to get them out.

♪

[grunts]

♪

You made the right choice.

And reset things in the process.

Hey.

You saved a lot of lives today.

What do you wanna do with The Fiddler?

You figure it out.

I'm busy.

Aw, look at him,

wandering around like a lost puppy.

You all right there?

No. We got what we came for.

Now let's get the hell out of here.

It was Mercer.

He took The Fiddler.

And my gauntlets.

[sighs]

Her name is Andrea Wozzeck.

Turns out she's also
working with Owen Mercer.

Why is anyone's guess.

Supervillain team-up, great.

So do we know why they
want Hartley's gauntlet?

- Do we care?
- Uh...

Look, the only thing that
I'm concerned about right now

is, "What did you decide?"

I didn't decide anything.

Snow did.

She already told everybody else.

I guess now it's time she tells you too.

What is...

I know that this has
been difficult for you,

and that whatever decision
I make will affect you a lot,

but not as much as it will affect me.

This is my fate,

my future,

my life.

I'm not going back inside the CRC.

What?

I'm gonna choose my own path

and be my own person,

whoever that ends up being.

That's it?

What, I'm just supposed
to forget about Frost

- and accept this?
- Yes,

because I didn't choose this.

Caitlin did

when she created a person

with feelings

and free will,

and I won't give that up

to become someone I'm not.

Please, you don't even
have your own name.

Actually, I do.

I found out today that
my father always dreamed

of creating something

or someone new,

and he called her Khione.

But science is like nature.

It can be cruel

as well as beautiful.

Either way, we can't control it.

So I know Caitlin and Frost are gone,

and we can mourn the flowers

that have fallen from the vine,

but we can't ask a new bloom

to give up its place in exchange.

I hope you can accept that.

I hope you can accept me,

'cause I'd like to live

and grow with all of you.

We want that too.

You need to get inside right now, okay?

That was always the
plan. That was our plan.

That was Caitlin's plan!

Plans change.

No!

[voice whirs]

[dramatic music]

♪

[screams] Do you realize
what you've just done?

Yeah.

I just helped a new friend.

♪

The next time that I see you,

I am taking you down.

Mark...

[hand slams]

♪

Looks like you're back to %.

It stopped raining.

Is Mark gonna be okay?

I hope so.

♪

Well, the sun is shining,

and we made it through the week.

Mm, and in one piece at that.

- Mm-hmm.
- And even though it's hard

to believe that we'll never see

Caitlin or Frost again,

I am happy for Khione.

Yeah, I know what you mean.

That's why I keep telling myself that

Frost chose to become
Hellfrost and fight Deathstorm,

just like Caitlin chose
to go into the CRC,

and now Khione's made her choice too.

Yeah.

Is it crazy to think that this

new version of Caitlin is what

she would've wanted all along?

No, not at all.

I think she'd like her. [chuckles]

So?

Mm?

Got any weekend plans?

Actually, I was thinking

we could take in a geyser.

["Hot Stuff" by Kygo & Donna Summer]

♪

♪ Sittin' here, eatin'
my heart out, waitin' ♪

♪ Waitin' for some lover to come ♪

♪

♪ Dialed about a thousand numbers ♪

You are a great dancer!

And Joe is very good at standing still!

[laughs] You are funny!

♪ I need some hot stuff, baby, tonight ♪

♪ I want some hot stuff,
baby, this evening ♪

♪ Gotta have some hot stuff ♪

♪ Gotta have some love tonight ♪

♪ Hot stuff ♪

♪

♪ I need hot stuff ♪

Chuck!

♪ I want some hot stuff ♪

Wanna dance?

♪ I need hot stuff ♪

♪

♪ Baby, baby, baby, baby ♪

♪ Tonight ♪

[air horn honking]

[all cheer]

Yeah!

Best babymoon adventure...

Ever.

I love you, Mrs. West-Allen.

I love you...

even if you are a terrible dancer.

- Oh, come on.
- [chuckles]

♪ I want some hot stuff,
baby, this evening ♪

I'm a good dancer.

Yeah, watch this.

Okay.

♪

[gauntlets whir]

It's ready.

[platform whirring]

[screaming]

[laughs evilly]

[suspenseful music]

♪

Central City, The Flash disgraced me.

Now all of you

will pay the price,

and justice will be served.

♪ Don't k*ll my vibe ♪

♪ I'm flawless by design ♪

Me, look at me.

- Yeah, you got it.
- Nobody else has these moves.

- Look.
- That's not really...

[laughs]

I love dancing!

He's The Flash!

- Nope, no, I'm not!
- Just kidding!

♪ I was born for this! ♪