1 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:14,681 Oh, heavens! 2 00:00:14,806 --> 00:00:18,268 My hair is so soft and so shiny 3 00:00:18,393 --> 00:00:20,187 and so wonderfully easy to manage. 4 00:00:20,312 --> 00:00:22,773 ♪ Make you hair look bright and clean ♪ 5 00:00:22,898 --> 00:00:23,982 ♪ When you shampoo... ♪ 6 00:00:24,107 --> 00:00:26,610 It's 10:00 to midnight, Central City. 7 00:00:26,735 --> 00:00:29,071 And once again, your mayor refuses 8 00:00:29,196 --> 00:00:31,698 to take seriously my demand for one million dollars. 9 00:00:31,823 --> 00:00:33,242 Look, that's him! The Ghost! 10 00:00:33,367 --> 00:00:36,370 Forcing me to keep my end of the bargain. 11 00:00:36,495 --> 00:00:39,373 So at the stroke of 12:00 12 00:00:39,498 --> 00:00:40,499 downtown will go up 13 00:00:40,624 --> 00:00:42,751 in the brightest display of fireworks 14 00:00:42,876 --> 00:00:44,753 this city has ever seen. 15 00:00:44,878 --> 00:00:46,171 Where's Nightshade? 16 00:00:46,296 --> 00:00:49,216 Think of me as you sift through the rubble. 17 00:00:49,341 --> 00:00:51,218 This is The Ghost 18 00:00:51,343 --> 00:00:54,263 wishing you all a very good evening. 19 00:01:10,279 --> 00:01:12,406 Time has come for the Nightshade 20 00:01:12,531 --> 00:01:14,575 to drop in on The Ghost. 21 00:01:21,206 --> 00:01:24,251 Well, let's have a big round of applause 22 00:01:24,376 --> 00:01:26,295 for our special guest. 23 00:01:28,422 --> 00:01:30,674 Oh, I wouldn't waste your fire power. 24 00:01:30,799 --> 00:01:31,967 It's useless. 25 00:01:32,092 --> 00:01:35,137 Television allows me to be everywhere. 26 00:01:35,262 --> 00:01:37,681 You can't blackmail an entire city. 27 00:01:37,806 --> 00:01:40,142 Of course I can... fool. 28 00:01:40,267 --> 00:01:42,102 I'm the future. 29 00:01:42,227 --> 00:01:45,063 And you're far too late to stop me. 30 00:01:49,693 --> 00:01:52,070 One more adjustment before detonation. 31 00:01:53,488 --> 00:01:56,283 Your show's cancelled, Ghost. 32 00:01:56,408 --> 00:01:58,160 Try Ghostess. 33 00:01:58,285 --> 00:01:59,161 Uh! 34 00:02:04,291 --> 00:02:05,626 You should have stayed in hell town 35 00:02:05,751 --> 00:02:07,294 frightening mobsters. 36 00:02:07,419 --> 00:02:08,962 You're psychotic. 37 00:02:09,087 --> 00:02:12,841 Well, one man's psychotic is another man's visionary. 38 00:02:12,966 --> 00:02:15,510 Video is the future. 39 00:02:15,636 --> 00:02:19,306 And I'm detonating the bombs with a television signal. 40 00:02:19,431 --> 00:02:21,308 Now, I don't wanna blow up those buildings 41 00:02:21,433 --> 00:02:23,143 but an ultimatum is an ultimatum. 42 00:02:23,268 --> 00:02:25,896 Maybe you shouldn't blow up the hospital, Russell, honey. 43 00:02:26,021 --> 00:02:28,565 Damn it, Belle, you can't let human sentimentality 44 00:02:28,690 --> 00:02:31,318 stand in the way of progress! 45 00:02:35,447 --> 00:02:38,450 Too much TV, Ghost. You've got no attention span. 46 00:02:38,575 --> 00:02:39,451 What did you do? 47 00:02:39,576 --> 00:02:42,245 Short-wave jamming device. 48 00:02:45,540 --> 00:02:47,209 What did you do? 49 00:02:53,382 --> 00:02:54,549 Russell! 50 00:02:55,717 --> 00:02:58,011 Russell! 51 00:02:58,136 --> 00:02:59,680 But he's still in there! 52 00:02:59,805 --> 00:03:02,557 No one could survive that fire. 53 00:03:02,683 --> 00:03:04,559 Russell! 54 00:03:04,685 --> 00:03:06,645 Russell! 55 00:03:06,770 --> 00:03:07,688 Russell! 56 00:03:17,364 --> 00:03:18,990 Turn of the century. 57 00:03:23,078 --> 00:03:25,163 Welcoming the new millennium 58 00:03:25,288 --> 00:03:28,291 after a nice, frozen sleep. 59 00:03:28,417 --> 00:03:30,210 The city of tomorrow. 60 00:03:35,716 --> 00:03:37,884 In my prime, no less. 61 00:04:22,387 --> 00:04:23,930 1990? 62 00:04:25,307 --> 00:04:26,767 A decade early... 63 00:04:30,103 --> 00:04:32,105 ...but still the future. 64 00:04:36,985 --> 00:04:38,278 ...and buildings so decayed 65 00:04:38,403 --> 00:04:40,447 that pedestrians should be issued hard hats. 66 00:04:40,572 --> 00:04:42,491 People ask me why I live in this town. 67 00:04:42,616 --> 00:04:44,826 Don't touch that dial. 68 00:04:44,951 --> 00:04:47,704 Make this the year you take the jump 69 00:04:47,829 --> 00:04:49,206 into large screen technology 70 00:04:49,331 --> 00:04:51,458 from Wacky Walter's video emporium. 71 00:04:51,583 --> 00:04:54,127 We've got them all, 178 channels 72 00:04:54,252 --> 00:04:55,545 hi-fi surround sound, cable-ready... 73 00:04:55,670 --> 00:04:58,131 One hundred and seventy-eight channels? 74 00:04:59,966 --> 00:05:02,052 This is the future. 75 00:06:11,746 --> 00:06:13,373 Look at this place, Julio. 76 00:06:13,498 --> 00:06:15,250 Akira 5700 computers 77 00:06:15,375 --> 00:06:17,377 Stax imaging systems, I'm telling you 78 00:06:17,502 --> 00:06:19,462 compared to this place, we work in a cave. 79 00:06:19,588 --> 00:06:21,756 Fascinating. Uh, let me ask you something. 80 00:06:21,882 --> 00:06:24,342 - What? - What are you doing here? 81 00:06:24,467 --> 00:06:25,886 What do you mean what am I doing here? 82 00:06:26,011 --> 00:06:27,304 I'm returning Tina's computer. You know that. 83 00:06:27,429 --> 00:06:28,972 No, I mean what are you always doing here? 84 00:06:29,097 --> 00:06:31,224 I mean, as much time as you two spend together, you'd figure-- 85 00:06:31,349 --> 00:06:34,269 Julio, do you have any women friends? 86 00:06:34,394 --> 00:06:35,395 Yeah, I got Sabrina. 87 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:36,938 She's my woman, and she's a friend. 88 00:06:37,063 --> 00:06:39,024 And thank you for listening to Light FM. 89 00:06:39,149 --> 00:06:40,775 Would you get it through those matted locks 90 00:06:40,901 --> 00:06:42,068 that Tina and I are just-- 91 00:06:42,193 --> 00:06:44,696 Too incredibly stupid to see what's going on 92 00:06:44,821 --> 00:06:46,156 right in front of your faces. 93 00:06:46,281 --> 00:06:48,783 What a surprise! Central City's finest. 94 00:06:48,909 --> 00:06:50,410 Who's she been talking to? 95 00:06:50,535 --> 00:06:51,953 Hey, my, uh, car broke down. 96 00:06:52,078 --> 00:06:53,788 So, uh, Julio gave me a lift over here. 97 00:06:53,914 --> 00:06:55,415 Yeah, Barry forgets the simple things. 98 00:06:55,540 --> 00:06:57,918 You know, water, oil, gas. 99 00:06:58,043 --> 00:06:59,711 Don't worry. I'll drive tonight. 100 00:06:59,836 --> 00:07:01,046 We're going bowling. Do you want to come? 101 00:07:01,171 --> 00:07:02,839 Oh, I'd love to join you and Mr. Gutter Ball 102 00:07:02,964 --> 00:07:05,592 but we've all got that telethon thing. 103 00:07:05,717 --> 00:07:07,928 What do you mean? 104 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:10,347 I thought you asked her. 105 00:07:10,472 --> 00:07:11,973 I forgot. 106 00:07:12,098 --> 00:07:13,892 Uh, Sabrina put together this telethon. 107 00:07:14,017 --> 00:07:15,143 All you have to do is answer phones. 108 00:07:15,268 --> 00:07:17,395 Yeah, on TV. It's not a very good idea. 109 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:19,105 Well, come on, man. It's for a good cause. 110 00:07:19,230 --> 00:07:21,191 - What, are you camera-shy? - No, I just... 111 00:07:21,316 --> 00:07:22,484 Oh, come on, Barry. And call your mother. 112 00:07:22,609 --> 00:07:23,652 Tell her you're going to be on TV. 113 00:07:23,777 --> 00:07:25,153 - You too? - It'll be fun! 114 00:07:25,278 --> 00:07:26,613 - Fun? Fun? - Yes, it will be fun. 115 00:07:26,738 --> 00:07:28,573 Yes, fun. Three-letter word. 116 00:07:29,532 --> 00:07:31,952 This is how far TV's gotten? 117 00:07:32,077 --> 00:07:34,120 Reduced to a pinball game? 118 00:07:36,206 --> 00:07:39,417 I expected more, much more. 119 00:07:39,542 --> 00:07:41,544 The monorails, the undersea cities 120 00:07:41,670 --> 00:07:42,587 the moon colony. 121 00:07:42,712 --> 00:07:44,506 Where's my future? 122 00:07:59,938 --> 00:08:03,066 Killer rack-up, homey. 123 00:08:03,191 --> 00:08:04,943 What? 124 00:08:05,068 --> 00:08:07,904 - Excuse me? - That's a bad score. 125 00:08:08,029 --> 00:08:10,240 Bad? I've already shattered the record. 126 00:08:10,365 --> 00:08:14,285 Oh, no, no. Bad. Like in good. 127 00:08:14,411 --> 00:08:16,287 Oh, I see... 128 00:08:16,413 --> 00:08:19,499 Orwellian doublespeak like in 1984. 129 00:08:19,624 --> 00:08:21,209 Heh. '84? 130 00:08:21,334 --> 00:08:23,920 Oh-o! Hey, I can't remember that far back, man. 131 00:08:24,045 --> 00:08:26,464 Bad is good. Wrong is right. 132 00:08:26,589 --> 00:08:28,800 Heh heh! I like it. 133 00:08:30,510 --> 00:08:32,012 I could use a couple of smart kids 134 00:08:32,137 --> 00:08:34,222 who know their way around. 135 00:08:34,347 --> 00:08:35,515 It's time someone showed you 136 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:37,809 what total video really means. 137 00:08:43,732 --> 00:08:45,567 Oh, my God. Tina! 138 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:53,408 Shirt. 139 00:09:10,133 --> 00:09:11,176 Whew. 140 00:09:14,345 --> 00:09:15,847 It's about time. 141 00:09:15,972 --> 00:09:17,557 Wow. 142 00:09:17,682 --> 00:09:18,600 If I'm gonna be on TV 143 00:09:18,725 --> 00:09:20,101 I might as well look my best. 144 00:09:20,226 --> 00:09:21,936 Oh, you look terrific. 145 00:09:22,062 --> 00:09:23,605 - Thank you, Barry. - Yeah. 146 00:09:23,730 --> 00:09:25,148 You're looking pretty good yourself. 147 00:09:25,273 --> 00:09:28,568 Oh, this outfit? No, I just threw it together. 148 00:09:28,693 --> 00:09:30,153 So I see. 149 00:09:36,159 --> 00:09:39,788 ♪ My hand from my glove ♪ 150 00:09:39,913 --> 00:09:41,956 ♪ I'm too misty ♪ 151 00:09:42,082 --> 00:09:47,712 ♪ And too much in love ♪ 152 00:09:47,837 --> 00:09:51,758 ♪ I'm too misty ♪ 153 00:09:51,883 --> 00:09:55,011 ♪ And too much ♪ 154 00:09:55,136 --> 00:10:00,642 ♪ In love ♪♪ 155 00:10:04,187 --> 00:10:05,897 [Russell] Play "Mr. Sandman." 156 00:10:07,398 --> 00:10:09,526 You got it. 157 00:10:09,651 --> 00:10:11,903 Ha ha ha ha! 158 00:10:12,028 --> 00:10:13,988 I cashed in my Christmas club. 159 00:10:14,114 --> 00:10:16,157 Thirty-five years of compound interest 160 00:10:16,282 --> 00:10:18,368 will support me till the millennium. 161 00:10:20,370 --> 00:10:21,913 You're dead. 162 00:10:22,038 --> 00:10:23,706 Have you forgotten already? 163 00:10:23,832 --> 00:10:25,291 No, no, you can't... 164 00:10:25,416 --> 00:10:28,086 You can't be him. You... He's dead. 165 00:10:28,211 --> 00:10:30,463 I'm not dead, Belle. Touch me. 166 00:10:30,588 --> 00:10:32,465 I made it. 167 00:10:32,590 --> 00:10:35,051 You ma... m-m-made what? 168 00:10:35,176 --> 00:10:38,304 My little Ghostess, just like old times. 169 00:10:41,182 --> 00:10:42,851 Almost. 170 00:10:42,976 --> 00:10:45,061 Oh, no, stop. Please don't. 171 00:10:45,186 --> 00:10:47,647 L-I don't unders... 172 00:10:47,772 --> 00:10:51,276 You wouldn't accompany me on my cryogenic journey. 173 00:10:51,401 --> 00:10:54,279 You mean the... freeze chamber? 174 00:10:55,446 --> 00:10:58,366 How could I? lt-it just sounded so nuts. 175 00:10:58,491 --> 00:11:01,369 They all said that back then 176 00:11:01,494 --> 00:11:03,413 but now we live in a future 177 00:11:03,538 --> 00:11:04,747 I predicted. 178 00:11:04,873 --> 00:11:06,624 The only reason I failed in the '50s 179 00:11:06,749 --> 00:11:10,378 was the technology wasn't up to my dreams. 180 00:11:10,503 --> 00:11:13,131 But failure now is impossible. 181 00:11:13,256 --> 00:11:16,259 I'm gonna put a stranglehold on this city. 182 00:11:16,384 --> 00:11:18,094 The tools are here. 183 00:11:18,219 --> 00:11:19,387 Back to work, Belle. 184 00:11:19,512 --> 00:11:21,764 I ain't paying you to pick up circus gigolos. 185 00:11:21,890 --> 00:11:25,351 At last, technology has caught up with me. 186 00:11:31,191 --> 00:11:33,484 Oh, baby... 187 00:11:33,610 --> 00:11:36,571 ...I only wish you had joined me in my beauty sleep. 188 00:11:36,696 --> 00:11:38,781 Yeah... 189 00:11:38,907 --> 00:11:40,950 ...you and me both. 190 00:11:41,075 --> 00:11:43,536 ♪ And not the worse ♪ 191 00:11:43,661 --> 00:11:46,998 ♪ The one who kneels ♪ 192 00:11:47,123 --> 00:11:49,417 ♪ The record shows ♪ 193 00:11:49,542 --> 00:11:52,462 ♪ That I took the blows ♪ 194 00:11:52,587 --> 00:11:59,010 ♪ And I did it my-y-y way ♪♪ 195 00:11:59,135 --> 00:12:00,595 Thank you, ladies and gentlemen 196 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:02,138 and I'd like to thank my partner Tony-- 197 00:12:02,263 --> 00:12:03,765 Yes, thank you, Officer Murphy. Thank you very much. 198 00:12:03,890 --> 00:12:05,225 Now we know why Central City's a jungle. 199 00:12:07,018 --> 00:12:09,771 Okay, we also want to thank Star Labs 200 00:12:09,896 --> 00:12:11,773 for their generous matching fund. 201 00:12:11,898 --> 00:12:13,066 Okay. Thanks. 202 00:12:13,191 --> 00:12:15,652 Relief fund. 203 00:12:15,777 --> 00:12:17,695 Tina, this woman, third time she's called. 204 00:12:17,820 --> 00:12:19,322 Wants to set me up with her daughter. 205 00:12:19,447 --> 00:12:21,658 This is not a dating service, Mr. Allen. 206 00:12:21,783 --> 00:12:22,909 Nicely put. 207 00:12:23,034 --> 00:12:24,160 Excuse me pal, I gotta sit here 208 00:12:24,285 --> 00:12:25,453 because I want the little people 209 00:12:25,578 --> 00:12:26,913 to talk to the voice of the city 210 00:12:27,038 --> 00:12:28,831 'cause that's the kind of guy I am, you know? 211 00:12:28,957 --> 00:12:30,333 Sabrina, you want some coffee? 212 00:12:30,458 --> 00:12:31,751 Yeah, yeah, I'd love some. 213 00:12:31,876 --> 00:12:34,420 And take Julio with you, okay? 214 00:12:34,545 --> 00:12:35,630 Before his eyes pop out of his head 215 00:12:35,755 --> 00:12:37,799 like a couple of golf balls. 216 00:12:37,924 --> 00:12:39,217 Right. 217 00:12:39,342 --> 00:12:43,263 Um, would you excuse me, please? 218 00:12:43,388 --> 00:12:44,347 Thank you. 219 00:12:44,472 --> 00:12:47,308 Julio, your woman and your friend 220 00:12:47,433 --> 00:12:50,353 strongly suggests you take a short coffee break. 221 00:12:53,815 --> 00:12:56,067 Yeah, you know, java sounds really good right now. 222 00:12:56,192 --> 00:12:57,318 I thought so. 223 00:13:02,907 --> 00:13:05,952 Listen, Tina, I can show you things you never dreamed of. 224 00:13:06,077 --> 00:13:09,664 That's Dr. McGee, and I think I'd prefer to dream. Thank you. 225 00:13:09,789 --> 00:13:11,624 - Hello? - Hello? 226 00:13:12,417 --> 00:13:13,584 Look at that. 227 00:13:16,045 --> 00:13:17,130 Whoa! 228 00:13:17,255 --> 00:13:18,172 Finally gonna get to try out 229 00:13:18,298 --> 00:13:19,674 that magic act, huh, lieutenant? 230 00:13:19,799 --> 00:13:22,051 Better that than one more rendition of "My Way." 231 00:13:22,176 --> 00:13:23,469 That reminds me. I need an assistant 232 00:13:23,594 --> 00:13:26,514 to saw in half. You available Monday? 233 00:13:26,639 --> 00:13:28,141 - Warren. - Ah, gentlemen! 234 00:13:28,266 --> 00:13:30,351 Out host Dr. Desmond Powell 235 00:13:30,476 --> 00:13:32,228 chief of staff, Central hospital. 236 00:13:32,353 --> 00:13:33,438 Barry Allen, Julio Mendez. 237 00:13:33,563 --> 00:13:34,856 - Nice to meet you, sir. - Pleasure. 238 00:13:34,981 --> 00:13:36,316 Hi. 239 00:13:36,441 --> 00:13:37,859 If you gentlemen will excuse us 240 00:13:37,984 --> 00:13:40,403 I've known your lieutenant for over 30 years. 241 00:13:40,528 --> 00:13:42,488 And we just don't get together often enough. 242 00:14:02,425 --> 00:14:03,718 Move it out, lady! 243 00:14:03,843 --> 00:14:05,928 Move it! 244 00:14:06,054 --> 00:14:07,972 Whoa! Wait a minute. 245 00:14:09,140 --> 00:14:10,391 This is a telethon, sparky. 246 00:14:10,516 --> 00:14:12,935 There's no cash here. Only pledges. 247 00:14:14,437 --> 00:14:16,439 I hate your show! 248 00:14:16,564 --> 00:14:18,775 Everybody watch the TV now! 249 00:14:20,443 --> 00:14:23,446 In the 50s, I controlled TV. 250 00:14:23,571 --> 00:14:26,282 To see through it, to travel the network. 251 00:14:26,407 --> 00:14:29,619 I had to wait 35 years for a techno-society 252 00:14:29,744 --> 00:14:32,330 sophisticated enough for my plans. 253 00:14:32,455 --> 00:14:33,998 And from the looks of things 254 00:14:34,123 --> 00:14:36,334 it's been worth the wait. 255 00:14:36,459 --> 00:14:39,670 Of course, it's not the urban paradise of tomorrow 256 00:14:39,796 --> 00:14:41,589 we all expected. 257 00:14:41,714 --> 00:14:45,009 The future's like the present, only older. 258 00:14:46,302 --> 00:14:48,429 But there's plenty new here now... 259 00:14:56,396 --> 00:14:57,647 Look out! 260 00:15:01,734 --> 00:15:04,028 You should have paid that million back in '55 261 00:15:04,153 --> 00:15:05,405 Central City. 262 00:15:05,530 --> 00:15:08,116 I wouldn't hold such a grudge now. 263 00:15:08,241 --> 00:15:09,617 How about that, ladies and gentlemen? 264 00:15:09,742 --> 00:15:12,578 Is this great TV for your pledge dollar or what? 265 00:15:14,330 --> 00:15:15,289 Excuse me. Are you alright? 266 00:15:15,415 --> 00:15:16,457 Yes, I'm fine. 267 00:15:16,582 --> 00:15:18,084 I told you this telethon was a bad idea. 268 00:15:18,209 --> 00:15:19,585 Okay. 269 00:15:22,505 --> 00:15:24,590 Lieutenant, they made a clean getaway. 270 00:15:24,715 --> 00:15:26,551 Yeah, with a whole truckload of equipment. 271 00:15:26,676 --> 00:15:28,344 - You seen Dr. Powell? - No. 272 00:15:49,699 --> 00:15:51,451 Heh. 273 00:15:51,576 --> 00:15:54,412 Yeah, I thought all this was behind me. 274 00:15:59,667 --> 00:16:00,668 Allen! 275 00:16:00,793 --> 00:16:03,504 Uh, anything on that telethon takeover? 276 00:16:03,629 --> 00:16:05,131 Oh, Julio went through that control booth 277 00:16:05,256 --> 00:16:06,883 with the proverbial fine-toothed comb 278 00:16:07,008 --> 00:16:09,343 but the only prints he found belonged to station employees. 279 00:16:09,469 --> 00:16:11,888 What's that, breakfast? 280 00:16:12,013 --> 00:16:13,806 Yeah, yeah. It's my... 281 00:16:16,851 --> 00:16:17,852 Help yourself. 282 00:16:18,978 --> 00:16:20,313 I'm stumped. 283 00:16:21,772 --> 00:16:24,901 They took video and broadcast equipment and nothing else. 284 00:16:25,026 --> 00:16:26,819 Well, maybe the guy just wants to be on TV, huh? 285 00:16:26,944 --> 00:16:28,237 What the hell is this? 286 00:16:28,362 --> 00:16:30,698 It's a lox and onion burrito. 287 00:16:30,823 --> 00:16:33,075 - It's good, though. - Yeah. 288 00:16:34,994 --> 00:16:37,205 - Morning. - Des! 289 00:16:37,330 --> 00:16:38,748 - How's the head? - Mm. 290 00:16:38,873 --> 00:16:41,542 It could be worse, like that pound of buckshot 291 00:16:41,667 --> 00:16:43,669 you took out of me in '72. Remember that? 292 00:16:43,794 --> 00:16:44,670 Ha ha! 293 00:16:44,795 --> 00:16:46,339 What are you doing down here? 294 00:16:46,464 --> 00:16:49,509 Last night, guy on the monitors? 295 00:16:49,634 --> 00:16:51,385 That was The Ghost. 296 00:16:51,511 --> 00:16:53,304 The Ghost? Forget it. 297 00:16:54,764 --> 00:16:57,099 Couldn't be the same guy. 298 00:16:57,225 --> 00:16:59,852 He'd be in his 60s. 299 00:16:59,977 --> 00:17:02,563 A Ghost? Ghost of what, telethons past? 300 00:17:02,688 --> 00:17:04,690 Well, back in '55, this costumed nut 301 00:17:04,815 --> 00:17:06,234 with his own pirate transmitter 302 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:08,778 tried to blackmail the city on TV. 303 00:17:08,903 --> 00:17:10,613 Yeah, he threatened to blow up half the town 304 00:17:10,738 --> 00:17:12,990 unless the city came across with a million dollars. 305 00:17:13,115 --> 00:17:14,158 What happened? 306 00:17:14,283 --> 00:17:15,993 They found the bombs ready to go 307 00:17:16,118 --> 00:17:17,411 but The Ghost disappeared. 308 00:17:17,537 --> 00:17:18,621 The newspapers claimed 309 00:17:18,746 --> 00:17:21,207 that this masked fruitcake took him out. 310 00:17:21,332 --> 00:17:23,084 Uh... his name was the, uh... 311 00:17:23,209 --> 00:17:25,545 - Nightshade. - Nightshade. A vigilante. 312 00:17:25,670 --> 00:17:27,922 As big a pain in the Kiester as The Flash is today. 313 00:17:28,047 --> 00:17:29,924 Wait a minute, Garfield. I heard The Flash 314 00:17:30,049 --> 00:17:32,176 saved your neck a couple of times. 315 00:17:32,301 --> 00:17:34,095 Well, yeah. 316 00:17:34,220 --> 00:17:35,888 But the good guys should wear badges. 317 00:17:36,013 --> 00:17:37,014 That's the law. 318 00:17:37,139 --> 00:17:38,891 Well, how come I never heard of this guy? 319 00:17:39,016 --> 00:17:41,018 Back then, the world wasn't on videotape. 320 00:17:41,143 --> 00:17:42,395 It was different. 321 00:17:42,520 --> 00:17:43,604 Well, one thing hasn't changed. 322 00:17:43,729 --> 00:17:45,773 The police still don't need costumed nuts 323 00:17:45,898 --> 00:17:49,193 interfering in an already impossible job, right, Allen? 324 00:17:49,318 --> 00:17:51,946 Now, wait, t-this guy wore a mask 325 00:17:52,071 --> 00:17:53,281 and he fought crime? 326 00:17:53,406 --> 00:17:54,865 The police can't do everything. 327 00:17:54,991 --> 00:17:57,493 Some people thought of Nightshade was a hero. 328 00:17:57,618 --> 00:17:59,954 Did they ever find out who he was? 329 00:18:00,079 --> 00:18:03,499 He faded away, forgotten. 330 00:18:03,624 --> 00:18:07,587 I kind of wonder what sort of man would wear a mask. 331 00:18:08,671 --> 00:18:09,755 That kind of adventuring 332 00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:12,508 can't leave much room for a normal life. 333 00:18:14,218 --> 00:18:17,555 Barry, it was good seeing you again. 334 00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:19,515 Warren, I'll call you later. 335 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:23,477 Um, that was The Ghost. 336 00:18:23,603 --> 00:18:26,022 I don't know how, but he's back. 337 00:18:32,945 --> 00:18:34,030 Come on. 338 00:18:34,155 --> 00:18:36,324 Just come right on. 339 00:18:37,825 --> 00:18:38,701 Russell! 340 00:18:41,120 --> 00:18:42,663 It really is you! 341 00:18:44,540 --> 00:18:46,542 Oh, it's wonderful to see you again, Skip. 342 00:18:46,667 --> 00:18:48,252 The years have been kind. 343 00:18:49,962 --> 00:18:52,840 But what Belle told me, it's true? 344 00:18:52,965 --> 00:18:54,759 The cryogenic tank? 345 00:18:54,884 --> 00:18:57,094 Oh, I never thought you'd build the blasted thing. 346 00:18:58,971 --> 00:19:02,099 Heh? All original parts, Skip. 347 00:19:02,224 --> 00:19:05,269 You astound me like nobody's business. 348 00:19:05,394 --> 00:19:07,897 There's so much for me to learn, though. 349 00:19:09,273 --> 00:19:11,400 Computers used to fill a room 350 00:19:11,525 --> 00:19:13,444 not a briefcase. 351 00:19:13,569 --> 00:19:16,072 But everything you predicted back in the '50s... 352 00:19:16,197 --> 00:19:19,283 ...TV everywhere, satellites, PCs. 353 00:19:19,408 --> 00:19:21,202 Not everything. 354 00:19:21,327 --> 00:19:22,995 Where are the rocket packs 355 00:19:23,120 --> 00:19:25,998 and home helicopters and food pills? 356 00:19:27,583 --> 00:19:29,418 But I knew video was the key to my future. 357 00:19:29,543 --> 00:19:32,713 Knew it was going to make me rich. 358 00:19:32,838 --> 00:19:34,965 That's why I need you, Skip. 359 00:19:35,091 --> 00:19:36,717 You were my best technician. 360 00:19:36,842 --> 00:19:40,179 There's a world of possibilities for me to master. 361 00:19:40,304 --> 00:19:41,514 You must teach me. 362 00:19:41,639 --> 00:19:43,599 Oh! You'll be teaching me in a week. 363 00:19:45,226 --> 00:19:47,520 Now, the equipment I took from WCCN 364 00:19:47,645 --> 00:19:49,480 gives me complete pirate access 365 00:19:49,605 --> 00:19:51,524 but that's no longer enough. 366 00:19:51,649 --> 00:19:53,901 Everything is connected these days 367 00:19:54,026 --> 00:19:55,778 through data network. 368 00:19:55,903 --> 00:19:57,863 He who controls information traffic 369 00:19:57,988 --> 00:19:59,782 controls the system. 370 00:19:59,907 --> 00:20:02,576 So instead of using TV to detonate bombs... 371 00:20:02,702 --> 00:20:04,412 TV is the bomb. 372 00:20:04,537 --> 00:20:05,746 By plugging into the system 373 00:20:05,871 --> 00:20:08,416 I can bring the city to its knees. 374 00:20:08,541 --> 00:20:10,751 I don't have Nightshade to worry about. 375 00:20:10,876 --> 00:20:12,878 If he's not dead, he's an old man now. 376 00:20:15,172 --> 00:20:16,590 No offense. 377 00:20:17,258 --> 00:20:19,135 But the Flash 378 00:20:19,260 --> 00:20:20,636 tell me about the Flash. 379 00:20:20,761 --> 00:20:24,473 Ahh, freak of nature. Moves like lightning. Psh-psh! 380 00:20:24,598 --> 00:20:26,559 He's already busted a couple of mob outfits. 381 00:20:26,684 --> 00:20:28,227 Nobody knows for sure 382 00:20:28,352 --> 00:20:31,522 just who or what he is. 383 00:20:31,647 --> 00:20:33,607 Well, one thing is for certain. 384 00:20:33,733 --> 00:20:35,568 It's time to get the rest of the equipment we need 385 00:20:36,861 --> 00:20:40,781 and take The Flash out of the picture at the same time. 386 00:20:41,866 --> 00:20:43,159 What kind of city do we live in 387 00:20:43,284 --> 00:20:45,745 when even a charity telethon is not sacred? 388 00:20:45,870 --> 00:20:47,496 A broadcast studio is a temple of entertainment 389 00:20:47,621 --> 00:20:48,706 and information. 390 00:20:48,831 --> 00:20:50,124 Uh, what is this world coming to? 391 00:20:50,249 --> 00:20:51,709 Think about it... 392 00:20:51,834 --> 00:20:53,002 We interrupt this program 393 00:20:53,127 --> 00:20:54,712 for a special bulletin. 394 00:20:54,837 --> 00:20:57,047 Tonight at midnight 395 00:20:57,173 --> 00:21:00,676 The Ghost welcomes his guest, The Flash, at S.T.A.R. Labs. 396 00:21:01,719 --> 00:21:04,305 We'll be live and direct. 397 00:21:04,430 --> 00:21:06,515 Don't you dare miss it. 398 00:21:37,838 --> 00:21:39,799 Ah, be careful with that. 399 00:21:39,924 --> 00:21:42,426 It's an Akira 5700. 400 00:21:42,551 --> 00:21:43,719 Damage it, and we'll have to bloody well 401 00:21:43,844 --> 00:21:45,554 raid the Kremlin for another. 402 00:21:45,679 --> 00:21:47,056 [Tex] Gremlins, you mean 403 00:21:47,181 --> 00:21:48,724 those cute little fuzzy dudes from the movie? 404 00:21:50,434 --> 00:21:52,728 That's everything we need, Russell. Let's scram. 405 00:21:52,853 --> 00:21:55,272 Another minute or two, Skip. 406 00:21:55,397 --> 00:21:56,899 I wouldn't want The Flash to think 407 00:21:57,024 --> 00:21:59,485 we've cancelled his appearance. 408 00:21:59,610 --> 00:22:01,403 Get on with the show, Ghost. 409 00:22:14,166 --> 00:22:15,793 Entrapment lasers. 410 00:22:15,918 --> 00:22:18,879 In about 60 seconds, that cone will shrink down 411 00:22:20,172 --> 00:22:21,715 and fry you to a crisp. 412 00:22:24,260 --> 00:22:26,804 Thank you for joining us. 413 00:22:26,929 --> 00:22:28,264 Let's go! 414 00:22:30,641 --> 00:22:32,393 - My God! - Nightshade? 415 00:22:32,518 --> 00:22:34,270 I hate reruns. 416 00:22:34,395 --> 00:22:37,189 This time, Ghost, I'm puttin' you on ice for good. 417 00:22:38,107 --> 00:22:39,692 Uh! 418 00:22:48,284 --> 00:22:50,411 Still using knockout darts? 419 00:22:51,829 --> 00:22:53,998 Pretty soft for these hard times. 420 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:59,420 By the way, who the hell are you? 421 00:23:04,133 --> 00:23:05,718 A colored guy. 422 00:23:06,886 --> 00:23:08,304 Who'd have guessed? 423 00:23:08,429 --> 00:23:12,057 Colored? You really are a relic. 424 00:23:12,182 --> 00:23:14,935 And you're just a tired, old man 425 00:23:15,060 --> 00:23:17,813 who's going to bleed to death. 426 00:23:21,233 --> 00:23:23,694 And say goodbye to this year's model. 427 00:23:49,386 --> 00:23:50,763 Dr. Powell? 428 00:23:55,517 --> 00:23:58,103 My car. Gladstone bag. 429 00:23:58,228 --> 00:23:59,355 Rear seat. 430 00:24:03,192 --> 00:24:05,277 You're the doctor. What should I do? 431 00:24:05,402 --> 00:24:06,820 Ugh, it 432 00:24:07,988 --> 00:24:09,990 it feels like a flesh wound. 433 00:24:10,115 --> 00:24:13,702 Hurts like hell. You dress it, bandage it, it should be okay. 434 00:24:33,847 --> 00:24:36,058 That was pretty good. 435 00:24:38,811 --> 00:24:41,063 Yeah. Help me get out of here. 436 00:24:47,403 --> 00:24:49,071 - Wait. - I'll get an ambulance. 437 00:24:49,196 --> 00:24:50,072 No. 438 00:24:51,490 --> 00:24:54,159 It's alright. And thanks. 439 00:24:54,284 --> 00:24:56,745 It's nice to meet the man who picked up the torch. 440 00:25:06,005 --> 00:25:07,381 - Dr. Powell. - Allen? 441 00:25:07,506 --> 00:25:09,174 What are you doin' here? 442 00:25:09,299 --> 00:25:12,177 Well, I was driving by and I heard the alarm. 443 00:25:12,302 --> 00:25:13,971 A friend of mine works at S.T.A.R. Labs so I... 444 00:25:14,096 --> 00:25:16,515 Whoa! Dr. Powell, there's blood on your hand. 445 00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:18,225 Ah, it's nothing, nothing. 446 00:25:19,476 --> 00:25:20,894 That'll be the squad cars responding. 447 00:25:21,020 --> 00:25:22,646 I can't let 'em find me here like this. 448 00:25:22,771 --> 00:25:24,940 Right, but look, I'll drive, okay? 449 00:25:25,065 --> 00:25:26,775 Where to? 450 00:25:26,900 --> 00:25:28,152 I'll show ya. 451 00:25:28,277 --> 00:25:29,486 You've seen enough already. 452 00:25:29,611 --> 00:25:31,989 I guess I'll trust you with the rest. 453 00:25:36,410 --> 00:25:39,538 How could I have been so stupid at my age? 454 00:25:39,663 --> 00:25:41,665 Puttin' on the mask, goin' after The Ghost 455 00:25:41,790 --> 00:25:43,250 like I was 25 again. 456 00:25:43,375 --> 00:25:45,169 I can't believe this place. 457 00:25:45,294 --> 00:25:48,088 My souvenirs of another life. 458 00:25:48,213 --> 00:25:50,549 Oh, that diving suit was my first case. 459 00:25:50,674 --> 00:25:53,802 These guys were scuttling boats outside Central Harbor. 460 00:25:53,927 --> 00:25:56,055 Those model airplanes? Heh. 461 00:25:56,180 --> 00:25:58,098 Hitman called himself "The Aviator." 462 00:25:58,223 --> 00:25:59,433 Loaded 'em up with dynamite 463 00:25:59,558 --> 00:26:01,769 and tried to fly 'em into City Hall. 464 00:26:01,894 --> 00:26:04,438 - Yeah, but you stopped him. - Yeah. 465 00:26:05,981 --> 00:26:07,691 This is a beautiful car. 466 00:26:07,816 --> 00:26:10,611 I welded steel plate on the inside. 467 00:26:10,736 --> 00:26:12,112 Damn thing's like a tank. 468 00:26:16,909 --> 00:26:18,035 Dr. Powell? 469 00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:19,286 Mm? 470 00:26:19,411 --> 00:26:21,580 What made you do it? 471 00:26:23,916 --> 00:26:25,292 Why'd you become The Nightshade? 472 00:26:29,630 --> 00:26:31,423 Someone had to be. 473 00:26:31,548 --> 00:26:34,009 When I came home from Korea, this town was being squeezed 474 00:26:34,134 --> 00:26:36,303 between the mob and a corrupt administration. 475 00:26:37,304 --> 00:26:39,640 And making the law your own 476 00:26:39,765 --> 00:26:42,059 enforcing it with your own gun, that was okay? 477 00:26:42,184 --> 00:26:45,020 After Korea, I couldn't kill anybody. 478 00:26:45,938 --> 00:26:47,564 But, heh 479 00:26:47,689 --> 00:26:51,193 I sure as hell could put 'em down for the count. 480 00:26:51,318 --> 00:26:55,197 I modified this gun to shoot tranquilizer darts. 481 00:26:55,322 --> 00:26:57,324 Okay, but running around in a... 482 00:26:59,409 --> 00:27:00,869 Why'd you put on a mask? 483 00:27:00,994 --> 00:27:03,789 Well, I was workin' outside the law. I was black. 484 00:27:03,914 --> 00:27:05,999 Nobody was gonna give me any medals. 485 00:27:06,125 --> 00:27:09,002 - Besides, I had to-- - Protect your loved ones. 486 00:27:09,128 --> 00:27:09,962 Yeah. 487 00:27:11,171 --> 00:27:12,923 You're pretty sharp, Allen. 488 00:27:14,299 --> 00:27:18,137 Well, I was born and raised in Central City. 489 00:27:18,262 --> 00:27:20,139 How come I never heard of Nightshade? 490 00:27:20,264 --> 00:27:23,100 A-a-ah, I was good copy for a while. 491 00:27:23,225 --> 00:27:26,478 Then I quit, right after The Ghost. 492 00:27:26,603 --> 00:27:30,023 Thirty five years from now, who'll remember The Flash? 493 00:27:32,234 --> 00:27:34,653 Well, I don't know. 494 00:27:34,778 --> 00:27:37,573 He's done a lot of good for the city, don't you think? 495 00:27:37,698 --> 00:27:38,991 Yeah, but... 496 00:27:40,617 --> 00:27:41,785 Thank you. 497 00:27:42,828 --> 00:27:44,329 ...so did Nightshade. 498 00:27:45,497 --> 00:27:48,709 People forget. Trust me. 499 00:27:48,834 --> 00:27:51,295 It looks like you were havin' the time of your life though. 500 00:27:51,420 --> 00:27:53,380 At the expense of everything else. 501 00:27:53,505 --> 00:27:57,801 My health, my family. My fiancee, she left me. 502 00:27:57,926 --> 00:27:59,261 She knew she had a rival. 503 00:27:59,386 --> 00:28:02,347 The night? The danger? 504 00:28:02,472 --> 00:28:03,640 Pardon me? 505 00:28:05,225 --> 00:28:07,227 Well, it must have been kind of addicting. 506 00:28:07,352 --> 00:28:10,272 Livin' a double life nearly destroyed me. 507 00:28:10,397 --> 00:28:13,275 You take Garfield. He's one of my closest friends. 508 00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:16,862 I've taken lead out of him at least a dozen times. 509 00:28:16,987 --> 00:28:19,823 But I still can't share my secret with him. 510 00:28:19,948 --> 00:28:21,283 Yeah, I guess not. 511 00:28:21,408 --> 00:28:23,702 But tell me about The Ghost. 512 00:28:23,827 --> 00:28:26,747 He used this crude form of two-way television. 513 00:28:26,872 --> 00:28:30,876 He could secretly make a set turn into a sort of camera. 514 00:28:31,001 --> 00:28:33,337 To case buildings for possible burglaries. 515 00:28:33,462 --> 00:28:36,340 To spy on people, to blackmail public officials. 516 00:28:36,465 --> 00:28:39,092 Finally, he planted bombs all over the city. 517 00:28:39,218 --> 00:28:41,303 Rigged to detonate on a TV signal. 518 00:28:41,428 --> 00:28:42,471 And held the city for ransom. 519 00:28:42,596 --> 00:28:43,680 A-a-ah. 520 00:28:43,805 --> 00:28:46,683 But I rigged this in '55. 521 00:28:46,808 --> 00:28:49,019 Jammed his transmission. 522 00:28:50,812 --> 00:28:53,190 I thought for good. 523 00:28:54,524 --> 00:28:56,151 Terrifies me to think what he can do 524 00:28:56,276 --> 00:28:59,363 with the technology he stole from S.T.A.R. Labs. 525 00:29:02,866 --> 00:29:04,076 Where am I, Skip? 526 00:29:04,201 --> 00:29:07,162 You've broken into the power and light, I think. 527 00:29:07,287 --> 00:29:11,124 The Akira system lets us go online everywhere in the city. 528 00:29:11,250 --> 00:29:13,585 Everything really is connected these days. 529 00:29:13,710 --> 00:29:16,546 From power, I can reach telephone. 530 00:29:16,672 --> 00:29:19,132 From there, the water system. 531 00:29:20,926 --> 00:29:23,387 One gigantic game, isn't it? 532 00:29:23,512 --> 00:29:25,013 Do you want to go through with this? 533 00:29:25,138 --> 00:29:27,474 Actually wire yourself to that machine? 534 00:29:27,599 --> 00:29:28,517 Absolutely. 535 00:29:29,810 --> 00:29:31,144 This is crazy. 536 00:29:32,729 --> 00:29:35,274 What's the matter, Belle? You okay? 537 00:29:35,399 --> 00:29:36,692 Sure. 538 00:29:36,817 --> 00:29:38,235 Sure, I'm okay. 539 00:29:45,701 --> 00:29:48,745 - Are you sure you're okay? - No, I'm not. 540 00:29:50,080 --> 00:29:52,624 This just isn't working. 541 00:29:52,749 --> 00:29:54,543 You just can't do this. 542 00:29:54,668 --> 00:29:57,004 - Blackmail the city? - Oh, the hell with the city. 543 00:29:58,171 --> 00:29:59,798 You can't 544 00:29:59,923 --> 00:30:03,302 come walking back into my life after 35 years. 545 00:30:05,721 --> 00:30:06,888 Let alone 546 00:30:07,764 --> 00:30:10,142 not looking a day older. 547 00:30:10,267 --> 00:30:12,853 Darling, I love you. It doesn't matter. 548 00:30:15,063 --> 00:30:17,232 But you've changed. 549 00:30:17,357 --> 00:30:19,860 Even if you don't look any different. 550 00:30:19,985 --> 00:30:21,320 I mean, what you're talking about 551 00:30:21,445 --> 00:30:24,197 the hooking into these machines is just crazy! 552 00:30:24,323 --> 00:30:27,117 I know what I'm doing. Don't worry. 553 00:30:29,202 --> 00:30:31,663 - I love you. - I love you too. 554 00:30:33,957 --> 00:30:35,625 I always have. 555 00:30:37,961 --> 00:30:39,629 But you just can't 556 00:30:39,755 --> 00:30:43,175 come walking into my life and still be 30. 557 00:30:44,176 --> 00:30:45,135 Just... 558 00:30:47,054 --> 00:30:48,847 ...it just isn't fair. 559 00:30:50,182 --> 00:30:52,309 Sh-should I get her, sir? 560 00:30:54,644 --> 00:30:56,146 Time to enter the net. 561 00:30:57,731 --> 00:30:59,399 I wanna flex a little. 562 00:30:59,524 --> 00:31:02,819 See what I can do with what we've just stolen. 563 00:31:02,944 --> 00:31:04,821 With the new knowledge I've acquired 564 00:31:04,946 --> 00:31:09,034 controlling the city's database is just the first step. 565 00:31:10,202 --> 00:31:11,036 Oh, boy. 566 00:31:11,161 --> 00:31:12,204 It's got to be those yahoos at 567 00:31:12,329 --> 00:31:13,997 water and power again, you know? 568 00:31:14,122 --> 00:31:17,501 Yeah. We're lucky they shut down the nuclear plant last year. 569 00:31:17,626 --> 00:31:18,543 Ha, ha. 570 00:31:20,003 --> 00:31:22,506 Hey, you see this white glove? 571 00:31:22,631 --> 00:31:25,342 This means we're gonna do this my way. 572 00:31:25,467 --> 00:31:27,844 Hey, hey, you! You can't do that. I beg your pardon, sir. 573 00:31:27,969 --> 00:31:29,429 Why don't you just back up? 574 00:31:30,847 --> 00:31:33,350 Oh, boy, oh boy. Forget about it, fellas. 575 00:31:33,475 --> 00:31:35,185 It's backed up all the way to Japan. 576 00:31:36,103 --> 00:31:37,479 Oh. 577 00:31:37,604 --> 00:31:40,899 This is car 432. We're on a break. 578 00:31:41,024 --> 00:31:43,360 Hey, uh, Mr. Weenie. Can we have a couple of chili dogs? 579 00:31:43,485 --> 00:31:44,820 Hold everything, okay? 580 00:31:52,411 --> 00:31:53,328 Wh... 581 00:31:55,080 --> 00:31:57,416 Come on. Come on! Oh, come on. 582 00:31:57,541 --> 00:32:00,877 This is eight hours of work down the tubes! Come on. 583 00:32:02,379 --> 00:32:04,548 Crime lab. Yeah, hold on a second. 584 00:32:04,673 --> 00:32:07,300 Barry, the computers have gone berserk, man. 585 00:32:07,426 --> 00:32:09,302 What you got cartoons here? Hello? 586 00:32:09,428 --> 00:32:10,345 [Tina] Barry, the whole computer b-- 587 00:32:10,470 --> 00:32:11,847 Whoa, Tina, slow down. 588 00:32:11,972 --> 00:32:14,724 Well, we got cartoons on the computer over here. 589 00:32:14,850 --> 00:32:16,101 I mean, I'd kind of enjoy it if it 590 00:32:16,226 --> 00:32:17,769 wasn't destroying three weeks' work. 591 00:32:17,894 --> 00:32:20,522 I have a very bad feeling about this, uh, what shall I do? 592 00:32:20,647 --> 00:32:22,107 [Barry] Oh, wait. We're back online here. 593 00:32:22,232 --> 00:32:23,859 Listen, call me if it happens again, alright? 594 00:32:23,984 --> 00:32:25,402 - Okay. - Bye. 595 00:32:26,695 --> 00:32:27,737 Dr. Powell? 596 00:32:28,864 --> 00:32:30,490 The car radios, the traffic lights 597 00:32:30,615 --> 00:32:32,576 computers, this is The Ghost. 598 00:32:32,701 --> 00:32:34,578 He's just flexin' his muscles right now. 599 00:32:34,703 --> 00:32:36,455 I think he's got somethin' bigger online? 600 00:32:36,580 --> 00:32:39,207 These are just pranks. A warm-up. 601 00:32:39,332 --> 00:32:41,209 When he lets out all the stops 602 00:32:41,334 --> 00:32:44,171 there's now way in hell the police will be able to stop him. 603 00:32:44,296 --> 00:32:45,464 Well, you think he's capable-- 604 00:32:45,589 --> 00:32:48,008 I saw his face. 605 00:32:48,133 --> 00:32:51,052 The man has stopped time, kept his youth. 606 00:32:51,178 --> 00:32:52,220 If he can do that-- 607 00:32:52,345 --> 00:32:54,139 I can't let you go out there. 608 00:32:54,264 --> 00:32:57,184 This is my past hunting me. 609 00:32:57,309 --> 00:32:59,561 Now it's time for me to become the hunter. 610 00:33:00,395 --> 00:33:01,897 Can you understand that? 611 00:33:02,022 --> 00:33:03,857 For God's sake, you could be killed. 612 00:33:07,402 --> 00:33:09,529 Now I know how Tina feels. 613 00:33:16,286 --> 00:33:18,288 The hell with it. 614 00:33:33,011 --> 00:33:35,263 We're closed, pal. 615 00:33:35,388 --> 00:33:37,349 You haven't changed a bit, Belle. 616 00:33:37,474 --> 00:33:39,893 [Belle] That voice? 617 00:33:40,018 --> 00:33:41,394 The Nightshade? 618 00:33:43,730 --> 00:33:46,066 Oh, sorry, I thought you were somebody else. 619 00:33:46,191 --> 00:33:47,817 You were right the first time. 620 00:33:50,111 --> 00:33:52,822 Oh, not again. 621 00:33:52,948 --> 00:33:56,034 Please, not you too. Just leave me alone. 622 00:33:56,159 --> 00:33:57,953 I really wish I could. 623 00:33:58,078 --> 00:34:01,373 You're probably the only one that can help me find The Ghost. 624 00:34:03,250 --> 00:34:04,709 Go away. 625 00:34:04,834 --> 00:34:07,546 - I need to ask you about him. - He was out of my system. 626 00:34:09,756 --> 00:34:11,216 He was just a memory. 627 00:34:12,634 --> 00:34:14,761 Why couldn't he just stay that way? 628 00:34:14,886 --> 00:34:16,221 I wish he had. 629 00:34:16,346 --> 00:34:18,473 That deep freeze... 630 00:34:20,684 --> 00:34:22,060 ...blew his mind. 631 00:34:24,396 --> 00:34:27,399 I mean, he thinks he can do anything. 632 00:34:27,524 --> 00:34:31,152 He d-d-doesn't want to just control the machine this time. 633 00:34:31,278 --> 00:34:34,573 He says he's, he's gonna become the machine. 634 00:34:35,282 --> 00:34:37,784 Where is he, Belle? 635 00:34:37,909 --> 00:34:39,619 He's 636 00:34:39,744 --> 00:34:44,541 where you left him after the showdown in '55. 637 00:34:44,666 --> 00:34:48,295 What, that old pile? It's been abandoned for years. 638 00:34:48,420 --> 00:34:51,965 Yeah, it stayed abandoned because he owns the building. 639 00:34:52,090 --> 00:34:54,593 I went there right after the fire and searched. 640 00:34:54,718 --> 00:34:56,511 There was nothing. 641 00:34:56,636 --> 00:34:58,346 A hidden room. 642 00:35:00,056 --> 00:35:03,560 That's where he slept while I... 643 00:35:03,685 --> 00:35:06,438 Ah-ah, it just isn't fair. 644 00:35:08,315 --> 00:35:11,443 I just can't pretend I'm 20 anymore. 645 00:35:13,778 --> 00:35:15,488 Neither can I. 646 00:35:22,412 --> 00:35:24,456 - Nightshade. - What are you doin' here? 647 00:35:24,581 --> 00:35:25,957 Just watching your back. 648 00:35:26,082 --> 00:35:27,834 What makes you think it needs watching? 649 00:35:27,959 --> 00:35:30,462 I was doing this before you were born. 650 00:35:30,587 --> 00:35:32,881 Then why don't you show me how it's done. 651 00:35:36,593 --> 00:35:37,886 Okay. 652 00:35:38,011 --> 00:35:41,264 The Ghost is holed up in the old brewery on Shadow Lawn. 653 00:35:41,389 --> 00:35:43,141 Alright. Now let's go down there and get him. 654 00:35:43,266 --> 00:35:45,226 Slow down, speedy. 655 00:35:45,352 --> 00:35:48,563 We gotta have plan. Hop in. 656 00:35:48,688 --> 00:35:51,608 No! Bad for the image. 657 00:35:54,986 --> 00:35:57,280 All I'm saying is that nobody's done this before. 658 00:35:57,405 --> 00:35:59,115 You might not come back. 659 00:35:59,240 --> 00:36:00,659 A possibility. 660 00:36:01,701 --> 00:36:05,205 But first I take Central City offline 661 00:36:05,330 --> 00:36:07,040 by just mischievously transposing 662 00:36:07,165 --> 00:36:11,461 its entire communications network, its power core. 663 00:36:11,586 --> 00:36:14,089 If you're serious about plugging into the network 664 00:36:14,214 --> 00:36:15,548 I can do the job 665 00:36:15,674 --> 00:36:17,676 but you might be risking an electronic lobotomy here. 666 00:36:17,801 --> 00:36:21,054 I didn't survive three and a half decades in cold storage 667 00:36:21,179 --> 00:36:22,681 because I didn't know what I was doing. 668 00:36:22,806 --> 00:36:24,724 Now key me in, Skip. 669 00:36:43,827 --> 00:36:46,746 I can feel everything, Skip. 670 00:36:48,164 --> 00:36:49,541 E-everything. 671 00:36:52,210 --> 00:36:55,588 The very power of the city courses through my veins. 672 00:36:57,966 --> 00:36:59,634 I'm wired, Skip. 673 00:37:02,220 --> 00:37:05,056 Oh, well. Wired to everything. 674 00:37:05,181 --> 00:37:07,851 Time now to show Central City 675 00:37:07,976 --> 00:37:10,145 what a comeback really means. 676 00:37:12,731 --> 00:37:14,566 Good evening, Central City. 677 00:37:14,691 --> 00:37:17,068 Don't bother adjusting your sets. 678 00:37:17,193 --> 00:37:19,404 I will control the vertical. 679 00:37:19,529 --> 00:37:22,157 I will control the horizontal. 680 00:37:22,282 --> 00:37:24,242 Now, the last time I spoke to you like this 681 00:37:24,367 --> 00:37:27,412 my demands were reasonable, a cool million 682 00:37:27,537 --> 00:37:29,581 but the times have changed 683 00:37:29,706 --> 00:37:32,417 and my price has gone up a thousandfold. 684 00:37:32,542 --> 00:37:35,003 So unless Central City opens its treasury 685 00:37:35,128 --> 00:37:39,466 to me and my associates, I will shut everything down. 686 00:37:39,591 --> 00:37:43,136 Power, gone. Lights, out. 687 00:37:43,261 --> 00:37:45,638 Heat, water, shut down. 688 00:37:45,764 --> 00:37:49,267 Computer records, payroll, wiped away. 689 00:37:49,392 --> 00:37:52,479 Air traffic, ground traffic without control. 690 00:37:54,397 --> 00:37:57,025 "I'll foul up every telephone number in the system. 691 00:37:57,150 --> 00:37:59,486 No more 911." 692 00:37:59,611 --> 00:38:01,154 Just imagine your hospitals 693 00:38:01,279 --> 00:38:04,574 without their life's blood of energy. 694 00:38:04,699 --> 00:38:08,161 This will be the city of darkness. 695 00:38:08,286 --> 00:38:12,749 Of desperate, hungry, thirsty citizens. 696 00:38:13,583 --> 00:38:17,921 Complete and beautiful chaos. 697 00:38:19,214 --> 00:38:22,634 My price? $1 billion before dawn. 698 00:38:22,759 --> 00:38:24,052 Russell, please don't... 699 00:38:24,177 --> 00:38:26,471 And remember as soon as you do pay... 700 00:38:26,596 --> 00:38:29,474 ...please, please don't. 701 00:38:29,599 --> 00:38:33,019 ...I am the heart and soul of this city. 702 00:38:33,144 --> 00:38:35,772 What? 703 00:38:35,897 --> 00:38:37,774 Well, hey, what happened to... 704 00:38:45,532 --> 00:38:46,658 I'm telling you, Murph, this is worse 705 00:38:46,783 --> 00:38:48,827 than the blackout of '71. 706 00:38:48,952 --> 00:38:51,037 Blackout of '71 was one of the best nights 707 00:38:51,162 --> 00:38:52,705 I ever spent in my life. 708 00:38:52,831 --> 00:38:55,208 Oh, yeah? Let me guess. Uh, motel room with Michelle. 709 00:38:55,333 --> 00:38:57,460 What? No, that's pretty close. 710 00:38:57,585 --> 00:38:59,838 Actually, it was a stuck elevator 711 00:38:59,963 --> 00:39:01,422 with the Correlli twins. 712 00:39:01,548 --> 00:39:03,508 The Correlli twins were guys, Murph. 713 00:39:03,633 --> 00:39:05,385 I know and two of the worst poker players 714 00:39:05,510 --> 00:39:08,096 you ever saw in your life, honest to God. 715 00:39:08,221 --> 00:39:11,099 - 2,600 bucks, one night. - 2,600? 716 00:39:11,224 --> 00:39:14,060 Commissioner, we're doin' everything we can. 717 00:39:14,185 --> 00:39:16,354 I can't get a hold of any of my units. 718 00:39:16,479 --> 00:39:18,022 Hello? Hello? 719 00:39:18,147 --> 00:39:19,357 - What? - ...pants and a cashmere... 720 00:39:19,482 --> 00:39:22,068 Two pair of pants and a cashmere sweater? 721 00:39:22,193 --> 00:39:24,112 Lady, this is not Morty's Cleaners. 722 00:39:24,237 --> 00:39:25,989 All the phone lines are crossed, dammit. 723 00:39:26,114 --> 00:39:27,407 Get me a squad car to South and Grand. 724 00:39:27,532 --> 00:39:28,741 We got looters. 725 00:39:28,867 --> 00:39:31,160 Have some good news for me, Mendez, please? 726 00:39:31,286 --> 00:39:33,830 Alright, the hospital's on reserve power just like us. 727 00:39:33,955 --> 00:39:36,165 Now, The Ghost has tapped into fire, ambulance 728 00:39:36,291 --> 00:39:38,543 and police dispatch, we're operating blind. 729 00:39:38,668 --> 00:39:39,836 Well, we can't just ram our way 730 00:39:39,961 --> 00:39:41,629 into the brewery and take a guy armed. 731 00:39:41,754 --> 00:39:44,132 We don't know what The Ghost has or what he's become. 732 00:39:45,842 --> 00:39:48,344 You defeated him with this once before. 733 00:39:48,469 --> 00:39:49,429 Maybe it'll work again. 734 00:39:49,554 --> 00:39:51,431 Aah, that's Popular Science 101 735 00:39:51,556 --> 00:39:54,225 compared to what he's got now, what he is now. 736 00:39:54,350 --> 00:39:57,020 - Anyway, it's broken. - I'll fix it. 737 00:39:57,145 --> 00:39:58,688 Give me an hour. 738 00:40:01,524 --> 00:40:03,151 Do you think this has a chance of working? 739 00:40:03,276 --> 00:40:04,360 [Tina] Well, there's only one way, we'll find out 740 00:40:04,485 --> 00:40:06,446 if this rig will produce power. 741 00:40:33,181 --> 00:40:34,641 Good job, Barry. 742 00:40:38,186 --> 00:40:39,854 Okay. 743 00:40:39,979 --> 00:40:42,106 So let's take this relic into the '90s. 744 00:40:48,780 --> 00:40:52,450 You can't really expect that to work twice. 745 00:40:52,575 --> 00:40:55,119 The future belongs to the young. 746 00:40:55,244 --> 00:40:56,537 I can handle Nightshade myself. 747 00:40:56,663 --> 00:40:58,122 It's The Flash I'm concerned about. 748 00:40:58,247 --> 00:40:59,624 Make sure he doesn't get in here. 749 00:41:05,838 --> 00:41:07,882 I have a universe of microchip technology 750 00:41:08,007 --> 00:41:10,551 at my fingertips. 751 00:41:10,677 --> 00:41:12,011 But when it comes to disposing 752 00:41:12,136 --> 00:41:14,305 of old things 753 00:41:14,430 --> 00:41:16,724 the old ways are still best. 754 00:41:19,852 --> 00:41:21,521 The old ways? Works for me. 755 00:41:27,276 --> 00:41:28,277 Ugh! 756 00:41:28,403 --> 00:41:29,654 Welcome to my world 757 00:41:29,779 --> 00:41:33,616 where you, my friend, have no power whatsoever. 758 00:41:46,587 --> 00:41:49,924 Now, I could just wipe you away 759 00:41:50,049 --> 00:41:54,137 but first, you must sample my programming. 760 00:42:01,686 --> 00:42:03,229 Uh. 761 00:42:03,354 --> 00:42:04,188 Uh! 762 00:42:20,997 --> 00:42:22,790 Tranquilizer darts. 763 00:42:23,708 --> 00:42:24,792 Nightshade! 764 00:42:24,917 --> 00:42:27,003 That's right. Nightshade. 765 00:42:35,887 --> 00:42:37,513 Aah. 766 00:42:37,638 --> 00:42:39,849 At least I haven't lost it all. 767 00:42:46,856 --> 00:42:47,857 Uh! 768 00:42:50,651 --> 00:42:51,736 Uh-uh-uh. 769 00:42:51,861 --> 00:42:53,905 Don't touch that dial! 770 00:42:54,030 --> 00:42:54,989 Oh! 771 00:43:12,965 --> 00:43:14,842 Case closed, Nightshade. 772 00:43:16,719 --> 00:43:19,388 - Wait a minute, did they... - Look! The lights are back on! 773 00:43:30,233 --> 00:43:31,901 Dr. Powell? 774 00:43:35,113 --> 00:43:37,573 I've learned a lot working with you. 775 00:43:37,698 --> 00:43:39,242 Yeah? 776 00:43:39,367 --> 00:43:40,618 Well, the next time you need me 777 00:43:40,743 --> 00:43:42,787 for one of these little romps 778 00:43:42,912 --> 00:43:45,665 forget about it, I'm retired. 779 00:43:45,790 --> 00:43:47,458 Well, I guess we're lucky we're not dead. 780 00:43:48,960 --> 00:43:49,919 Or in a straitjacket. 781 00:43:52,088 --> 00:43:55,007 There's not many people who'll ever know the thrill. 782 00:43:55,133 --> 00:43:57,552 When the sky goes dark, the mask go on 783 00:43:57,677 --> 00:44:00,304 and the criminal hearts thump with fear. 784 00:44:03,808 --> 00:44:05,059 Sorry. 785 00:44:05,184 --> 00:44:09,063 Too many pulp magazines when I was a kid. 786 00:44:09,188 --> 00:44:10,606 But you know what I mean. 787 00:44:13,526 --> 00:44:16,529 You ever reveal your secret to anyone? 788 00:44:16,654 --> 00:44:18,531 I have someone I share it with. 789 00:44:20,867 --> 00:44:23,327 She helps keep me on an even course. 790 00:44:23,452 --> 00:44:24,370 She? 791 00:44:25,371 --> 00:44:27,456 Good for you. 792 00:44:27,582 --> 00:44:31,043 But if you ever need anyone else to talk to 793 00:44:31,169 --> 00:44:32,378 I'm here. 794 00:44:33,546 --> 00:44:36,340 It does get difficult sometime. 795 00:44:36,465 --> 00:44:38,467 - Speaking behind a mask-- - Don't! 796 00:44:38,593 --> 00:44:39,468 Don't. 797 00:44:40,720 --> 00:44:42,597 I don't need to know. 798 00:44:42,722 --> 00:44:44,724 And you don't need the complication. 799 00:44:47,560 --> 00:44:49,020 You know 800 00:44:49,145 --> 00:44:52,523 you ought to start your own trophy room. 801 00:44:52,648 --> 00:44:54,901 Allow me to donate the first exhibit. 802 00:45:00,156 --> 00:45:02,700 And remember, my fast friend 803 00:45:02,825 --> 00:45:03,993 these outfits we wear 804 00:45:04,118 --> 00:45:05,828 are just another suit of clothes 805 00:45:05,953 --> 00:45:08,539 and not another man. 806 00:45:18,591 --> 00:45:19,550 Hey.