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Damn, you're good.

[gasps] Real good.

Maybe too good. [computer beeping]

[device whirs]

We did it.

[laughs] We did it!

Oh, my...

Cisco Ramon, tonight you've got yourself

a hot date and a meta-human cure.

-We're unstoppable. -[computer beeping]

Oh, shrap.

We have to wait how long before we can use the meta-human cure?

Not even that long.

-Cisco. -It's gonna go by like that.

Cisco.

-Twenty-nine days. -[snorts]

-A month? -[Cisco] I know. Right?

Just one teeny tiny month

until we stop Cicada's purge.

You know, historically speaking,

this is way faster than we've ever stopped a big bad. So...

[Barry] We can't wait that long.

If he finds another meta or comes after us...

We have to speed this up somehow.

We have to wait for the compound to fully synthesize

or it won't be able to effectively neutralize the dark matter

in a meta-human's pituitary gland.

Without any way to expedite the exotic evolution...

[Cisco] Barry, we're gonna have to wait. [Caitlin] I think we have to wait.

Unless, we took it into the Speed Force.

Hmm?

What? You want him to go into the Speed Force for a month

and then, what, come out the same day that he left?

Oh, no, no. I'm not saying you manipulate time.

I'm saying you manipulate dark matter.

So, very simple, it's simple chemistry, right?

When you're synthesizing a compound, you use...

[speaks French]

-A substrate, uh... -A catalyst.

Très bien. Catalyst. Right.

And the most efficient catalyst

you can use when synthesizing a compound

that negates dark matter is superluminal particles.

-Tachyons? -Très bien.

Tachyons. And the place where tachyons are the most dense...

-The Speed Force. -Et voilà!

-That might actually work. -Yeah, it will.

It'll be like nuking it in a pan-dimensional microwave.

-Nice work. -I know.

So, how much time would this save?

From 29 days down to 60 minutes.

Yeah, it's gonna be faster.

And also since Cicada has been quiet since your last encounter,

maybe there's no time like the present.

Do it.

All right. [sighs]

I'll see you in an hour. [blows]

-[computer beeps] -[panting]

Nora, you need to stay here.

You don't want my help?

I just... I got this one, this time.

Are you sure that now's a good time to go?

I mean, I just mean the city will be Flash-less,

and an hour is a long time to be without the Flash.

The city's not going to be Flash-less.

It'll have XS.

Yeah, but what about the time

you had to spend 24 hours in The Pipeline cell

and Weather Witch and Silver Ghost stole that A.R.G.U.S. car--

And you stopped them without me.

But, [sighs] with what happened to Mom because of Cicada--

Nora, Iris is fine.

And this is the key to stopping Cicada.

I gotta go.

If anything happens, just do what I've trained you to do.

-Slow down and think clearly. -[sighs] Yeah.

I trust you. You just gotta trust yourself.

You'll be fine.

[sighs]

Sixty minutes.

Nora, Cisco hasn't left for his date yet, has he?

Uh, I don't think so.

Great, we get another chance at this.

[Sherloque] That was a whole Earth sort of thing that you can do.

[Nora exhales]

Well, it is. That's why you don't do it.

What's wrong?

Nothing.

[book thuds]

Oh, God.

Not The Book of Ralph again.

Yeah, buddy. You successfully completed

my 27 steps to getting over the love of your life.

Gypsy is in the past, you have a new siren...

-[mouthing] -...so now it's time for

The Art of Love.

Um, Caitlin.

I gotta finish working on the device to inject the cure.

Also, I have to inject the device for the cure.

[stammers] Iris?

Oh, no. This is all you, man.

I got an article I gotta write. Let me know when Barry gets back.

[mouthing] Help me.

[Dibny] Chapter One. "Initial Planning."

[Cisco] "Initial Planning"?

It's a first date, Sun Tzu, not an incursion.

Trust me, Grasshopper. Love is war.

But, fine. You wanna skip to Chapter Six...

"Know Your Terrain."

We're meeting at Jitters.

Ah! Familiar territory. You're learning.

Uh, you know, he really should be going.

I really should.

Hang on, hang on. One second. This one's really important.

Chapter Thirteen. "Intelligence and Reconnaissance."

[stammers]

What? You cyber-stalked Kamilla?

No, no, no, no. Of course not.

That's her public profile.

But it did happen to have some info

on the types of guys that she might be into.

The types of guys that she's into?

Yes, and unfortunately you are nothing like them.

But, hey, if you don't wanna get a second date, be my guest.

Just, don't come crying to me

when everything inevitably goes

horribly, horribly wrong and you die alone.

No big deal.

[scoffing]

See, now he's in my head.

Okay, no thank you.

I didn't take these.

-You saw nothing. -Nothing.

[sighs]

[sighs]

[Iris West typing]

[rustling]

[exhales]

[Carolyn] One Cicada on the bar for Ian.

-It's Ian. -Sorry, Ian.

[upbeat soul music playing]

Hey. Kamilla.

Cisco. Wow.

Sorry I'm late. I got held up at a meeting.

Oh, that's okay. I just got here.

Uh, if I'd have known, I would've dressed up more.

Oh, this old thing? No.

[scoffs] Please, this is work clothes.

You have to wear a suit to your lab?

My lab?

When we met at the bar,

you were talking about DNA and genomes.

So, I assumed you were some kind of scientist.

Right. I said that. Scientist.

Yes. No.

Well, I'm what you'd call a science business man.

So, what, you make money off of other people's discoveries?

Well, somebody has to. [laughs]

It's just a little joke, something I always say.

So, what's the name of the company you work for?

It's called Ramon Industries.

It's named after yourself?

That's humble.

[Kamilla clears throat]

Maybe I should grab us a couple coffees.

Sure.

Decaf Flash.

[Cisco] Decaf Flash, right. Okay.

[Cicada grunts]

You're not the only one who does their research.

I know who you are, Iris West-Allen.

[Iris West gasps]

I know you work with the Flash and the other heroes.

You said you were going to beat me.

But tonight,

-I'm going to beat you. -[whimpering]

All of you.

[upbeat jazz music playing]

One Zoom and one decaf Flash.

That's the decaf.

The men in this city.

[scoffs] Tell me about it.

[cell phone ringing]

[Cisco] Uh...

I'm sorry. It's work. I have to go.

Uh...

Could we just have like a do-over, please?

[sighs]

-[alarm blaring] -[gasps]

It's Mom.

[grunts]

[XS] Get away from her.

She's not who you want.

No, she is not. But you are.

Then come and get us.

[Cicada laughing]

[groans] Caitlin!

Told you.

[gasping]

[panting]

Nora, Cisco hasn't left for his date yet, has he?

Uh, I don't think so.

Oh, great, we get another chance at this.

[indistinct chatter]

We do.

Okay. [breathes shakily]

[Nora mutters to herself]

What's wrong?

Nothing.

I just have to fix this.

-Okay. -[book thuds]

Oh, God.

-Not The Book of Ralph... -"The Book of Ralph."

...again.

[Dibny] Yeah, buddy. You successfully completed

my 27 steps to getting over the love of your life.

Gypsy is in the past,

-you have a new siren... -[mouthing]

...so now it's time for...

The Art of Love.

Um, Caitlin.

I gotta go finish the device to inject the cure.

Also, I have to inject the device for the cure.

[stammers] Iris?

Oh, no. This is all you, man.

I got an article I gotta write. Let me know when Barry gets back.

So not schway.

Chapter One. "Initial Planning."

-[gasps] -Uh...

You can't leave. What?

I mean, you shouldn't go to your office.

-Not right now. -Why?

Because Dad is going to be back like any minute.

And by the time that you get there

you're just gonna have to turn around anyway.

Yeah, I know, but I need to get this article out tonight.

Yeah. But I mean, you have your laptop with you, right?

So why don't you just write it here?

In the lounge. Where it's safe.

Safe?

I mean cozy.

It's cozy.

Um...

Yeah. I mean, yeah, I guess I could.

Great. I'll make you coffee.

-Okay. -Okay.

And you end up dying alone.

[scoffs]

Okay, see, now he's in my head.

No, thank you, Ralph.

[exhales]

[bottle shatters]

[sighs] Dang it.

Last bottle.

[glass shards rattling]

[thuds]

[Carolyn] One Cicada at the bar for Ian.

-It's Ian. -Sorry, Ian.

[upbeat soul music playing]

[panting] Kamilla. Hey.

Cisco. Wow.

Sorry I'm late. I just came from the gym.

Gotta get your steps in. [chuckles]

That's okay. I just got here.

You work out a lot?

Are you kidding me?

I'm like a gym rat, you know. I live there.

So, what kind of workouts do you do?

[blows raspberry]

What kind of workouts don't I do?

I mean, like, Pilates for the core.

Plyometrics for the quads.

Circuit training. I mean, pretty much anything I can get my hands on.

Even my hands, you know? I've been known to do some

finger push-ups every once in a while.

[scoffs]

What?

When we met at the bar,

you were talking about DNA and genomes.

-So... -So...

You thought maybe I wasn't your type?

I thought I'd finally met a guy

who's more concerned with flexing his brain than his muscles.

Okay. Um...

Maybe I should grab us a couple coffees.

Sure.

Decaf Flash.

Decaf Flash. I was gonna ask you.

[Cicada grunts]

I know who you are, Elongated Man.

I know you work with the Flash and the other heroes.

Iris West-Allen told me you were going to beat me.

But tonight, I'm going to beat you.

All of you.

-One Zoom and one decaf Flash. -Thanks.

The men in this city.

Tell me about it.

[Cisco gasps] That's the decaf.

The men in this city.

[Carolyn] Tell me about it.

[upbeat jazz music playing]

[cell phone ringing]

Uh... I'm sorry. It's a gym emergency. I have to go.

Uh...

Can we just have a do-over, please?

[exhales]

[alarm blaring]

-Ralph? -Get Caitlin.

Okay.

[grunts]

Move!

Ralph!

Told you.

[gasping]

[panting]

Nora, Cisco hasn't left for his date yet, has he?

Uh, no, I'm pretty sure he hasn't.

Great, we get another chance at this.

[indistinct chatter]

Yeah, we do. [Nora mutters to herself]

Okay.

What's wrong?

-Nora? -What? Nothing.

-Come on, you can figure this out. -[book thuds]

Not The Book of Ralph again.

[Dibny] Yeah, buddy. You successfully completed

my 27 steps to getting over the love of your life.

Gypsy is in the past, you have a new siren,

so now it's time for

-The Art of Love. -[mouthing]

Um, Caitlin.

[Caitlin] I gotta go work on the device to inject the cure.

[Sherloque] Also, have to device the cure.

[stammers] Iris?

Oh, no. That's all you, man.

I gotta go write an article. Let me know when Barry gets back.

Uh, no. You know what, don't go.

Uh, why don't you write the article here?

Uh... I can make you coffee.

I mean, I know that there's coffee over there

but I just think it's really important for the Team Leader

to stay here until Dad gets back.

Just in case something happens. Okay?

Okay. Lounge it is.

All right. Chapter One. "Initial Planning."

It's a first date, Sun Tzu, not an incursion.

Trust me, Grasshopper. Love is war.

Yeah, and I couldn't agree more.

So, uh, read these. They'll help you, and you'll know what to do.

-Wait, wait... -And if anything goes wrong

just give us a call.

You and I are gonna stay here and have our own coffees.

-[Dibny] No, no, no. -In the lounge. There's brownies.

Brownies?

Ralph, did you cyber-stalk her?

[upbeat soul music playing]

You were talking about DNA and genomes.

I thought I'd finally met a guy

who was more concerned with flexing his brain than his muscles.

[gasps]

Ça va?

Yeah, yeah, sorry. I just...

I'm having the most wicked déjà vu right now.

Is that right?

[doorknob rattling]

Why don't you want your mother to come here, hmm?

-[Cicada approaching] -[gasps]

Because you time traveled.

[thuds]

-It's Ian. -[Carolyn] Sorry, Ian.

[upbeat soul music playing]

Kamilla the thriller.

Cisco?

Wow.

Sorry I'm late. I just came from a photoshoot.

The things you do for the gram. Am I right?

Hey, maybe next time you should be my photographer.

What do you think?

So, you're...

I'm an aspiring social media influencer.

This is my card. You can keep that.

[upbeat soul music playing]

When we met at the bar,

you were talking about DNA and genomes,

so I assumed you were some kind of scientist.

Really?

When we met at the bar,

you were talking about DNA and genomes, so I...

You assumed I was some kind of scientist.

Yeah. Exactly.

Is everything okay?

Yeah. I'm just having some déjà vu again.

Maybe I should grab us a couple coffees.

Oh... Yes, yes, that'd be great.

Will you get me a Zoom, please?

Okay.

[mouthing] What?

Okay.

Thanks.

One Zoom and one decaf Flash.

Thank you.

[upbeat jazz music playing]

Something's wrong.

And I think I have to go.

Right now?

No.

-Right now. -[cell phone ringing]

Yeah, got to go.

Um...

I'd ask if we could have a do-over, but, um...

Something tells me I already have.

The men in this city.

Tell me about it. [alarm blaring]

What? Come on!

-It's Sherloque. -What?

I thought he was here with Caitlin!

-We gotta get Frost. -No, no. I... I got this.

You guys just stay here.

[grunts]

-Attention, look out! -[groans]

Told you.

Cisco! [crying]

Why can't I fix this?

[panting]

[grunts]

Why can't I go back any further?

-Nora? -Cisco hasn't left yet. -Great. -So we get another chance at this.

We do.

[breathing heavily] I'm fine, Sherloque.

I have to fix this.

[complains in French]

Okay, you guys have to stay here.

Why?

Because Dad put his trust in me that I would protect all of you

and I'm the only speedster here.

For the first time. And if something were to go wrong

I don't know if I could fix it.

In fact, I'm pretty sure that I couldn't fix it.

So just, for one hour stay here.

-I have to go finish working... -I have to go help her.

-I've got an article I've got to... -No, no, no. No!

-No! Hey! -I got a date with...

[Nora] No, no, no...

[versions overlapping] You cyber-stalked Kamilla?

No, no, no, no. Of course not.

This is her public profile.

You were talking about DNA and genomes.

I thought I'd finally met a guy

who was more concerned with flexing his brain than his muscles.

Kamilla.

I got some details -on the kinds of guys she's into. -Uh-uh, uh-uh.

Wait. Were you cyber-stalking her?

What kind of guy she's into?

No, I'm not. I'm not stalking her. It's her public profile.

Guys! I'm sorry,

but you're just gonna have to stay here.

[Sherloque and Dibny sigh]

[closes drawer]

-Ian. -[Carolyn] Sorry, Ian.

-[cell phone chimes] -[upbeat soul music playing]

You've got to be kidding me.

-Okay. -So you got the first one?

-[Sherloque] I got next one, no? -[Nora, quietly] Please?

-Please? Please? Please? -[Sherloque] What did you get? [sighs in relief]

[alarm blaring]

[Nora] What?

-It's Cecile. -Guys, um, just stay here.

Told you.

[gasps] [crying]

[panting]

[Dibny] Nora?

I was supposed to protect you, but I can't.

I don't know how to.

But my dad does.

[panting]

I can't get into the Speed Force either?

[indistinct chatter] You're reversing time, aren't you?

And I can't fix it.

So all of us die?

Sometimes, or just one of you...

Sometimes Cecile,

but every time, there's at least one.

I thought I was having déjà vu.

Hmm?

I keep seeing my date with Kamilla.

Again and again, me failing miserably every time

by using these.

I'm not having déjà vu.

I'm vibing the past hour over and over.

Yeah.

How many times has this happened?

Fifty-two.

Fifty-two?

This is one of those "fixed points" the Legends theorized, isn't it?

There's no way to keep one of us from dying.

We have to get Barry. No, I tried that.

But there's something wrong with me. I can't get into the Speed Force.

Well, then, we'll just wait here until he gets back.

No. If we do that Cicada will kill Cecile.

Then just reverse time and go back before he left.

No, I've tried that, too, but I can't control it.

It doesn't matter what I try to do, nothing works!

[Cisco] Believe it or not,

this ain't the first time I've died in a past timeline.

[sighs] I once got a vibrating hand through the chest.

Courtesy of Eobard Thawne.

Well, more than once.

I actually kept vibing that moment

until I realized that it actually happened.

Guess I should have known the same thing was happening now, huh?

I keep trying

my absolute hardest to change the outcome,

but I end up failing every time.

What if we can't fix this, Cisco?

Nora, sometimes we fail because

all we can worry about is not failing.

I'm so worried about my first date since Cynthia

that I don't feel free to be myself around Kamilla,

and then I'll just end up screwing it up even more.

This... This intelligence and reconnaissance mess?

I don't need this.

All I need is to be myself.

Duh.

And I sure as hell don't need to dress up like O-Zone

just to impress Kamilla.

Sorry, that is an outdated reference.

No, from the movie Breakin'. Yeah.

I've seen Electric Boogaloo, too.

I've seen them both, like, 100 times.

I know every move.

Wow!

-Fan girl. -[chuckles]

Wait.

Wait, that's it.

Every time I fail, I take notes in my journal

so I can do something different the next time.

We know every move.

So all you need to do is just

tell us everything you've done and how it went wrong. So we can figure out how to make it right.

Fifty-two kidnappings, 52 combinations,

leading to 52 deaths.

-None of them was Cicada's. -Exactly.

Yes, exactly.

Wait. Does that mean you wanna use Cicada's dagger against him,

by having Nora reverse time?

That is exactly what I'm suggesting.

Yeah, but how are we gonna do that?

I mean, Nora can't control it when she reverses time.

Mmm, she could control her abilities if we help her

slow it down.

Slowing it down.

[Dibny] If she can do that,

we bring the fight to him.

And we all live through the night.

I like the sound of that.

Well...

We have everything we need.

Looking for me?

I know you did your research.

You know who I am.

You know that I work with the Flash and the other heroes.

I told you we were going to beat you. And tonight, we will.

-All of us. -[beeping]

[grunts]

Allez, now!

[grunts]

[groaning]

[continues groaning]

[yells]

[chuckles]

Told you.

[sighing]

[chuckling]

[computer beeps]

[Iris West] No dark matter anywhere.

Dwyer is gone, again.

Maybe after the ass kicking he just got,

he'll think twice before coming after us again.

And if he doesn't think twice, now you can make him.

Thanks for helping me slow it down.

Now that I've experienced a sense of control,

maybe next time I can do it on my own.

Thank you for saving us.

All of us.

Well, I didn't save everything.

Maybe you can now.

No, no. That date is over. There's no way Kamilla's still at Jitters.

Well, if she is still there, there might be some stuff

in here that can help you smooth things over.

But you can handle it.

You're Cisco Ramon.

Come on, you gotta get a move on.

Okay.

-Giddy-up, Romeo. -I'm moving.

[Iris West] Okay.

Sherloque was right. One hour and it's cooked.

Something happen while I was gone?

[book thuds]

Kid Flash on the bar for Steven.

It's Stephan.

Sorry, Stephan.

[soft music playing]

Kamilla. Hey.

Cisco. Wow.

I'm so sorry I'm late.

I had an emergency at work.

That's okay. I just got here.

So, you're a scientist, right?

When we were at the bar,

you were talking about DNA and genomes, so...

Well...

I'm more of a tech nerd, actually.

But the project that we're working on now, it gets very scientific.

You sound like you're really excited about it.

Oh, my God, I am. I'm so excited about it.

You have no idea.

I think we might have made a breakthrough recently.

A breakthrough that could change a lot of lives.

One Zoom and one decaf Flash.

-Uh... -I hope you don't mind.

I called it in ahead of time.

It's the least I could do.

That's the decaf.

How did you know what I like?

I had a feeling.

Not like most of the men in this city.

[Carolyn] Tell me about it.

[Cisco] Listen.

I know, I screwed up royally, showing up late like this,

but it would make me very happy if...

Can we just have a do-over?

Please?

That sounds nice.

Fifty-two times?

Fifty-three if you include now.

That's a lot.

What was I supposed to do? Let one of them die?

The thing is, Nora,

there are consequences to time travel.

-Well, I know. -No, you don't.

Not like I do.

Let me show you something.

Imagine this coffee cup

is the space-time continuum.

Whenever you go back in time,

it breaks.

Now, you can try and reset the timeline,

try and fix it,

but no matter how hard you try,

it's never going to be exactly how it was.

Yeah, it seems like things worked out this time,

but that's not always gonna be true.

And it's impossible to know how these changes are gonna unfold.

The ripples you'll cause. Whose life you're gonna affect.

No one can do that.

No one?

No one.

We're not gods, Nora.

We've just been given extraordinary abilities.

[panting]

Thawne.

I need to know we're not making this worse.

Tell me you know what you're doing...

I am the only speedster who knows what he's doing!

Just stick with the plan.

Follow my instructions.

We'll defeat Cicada.

We'll destroy his dagger.

And then...