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[The Flash Theme playing]

[indistinct chatter]

[soft rock song playing]

[stomach growling]

- [server] Have a brilliant day. - [man] Yeah, thank you.

You too.

Morning. What can I get you?

- Where's curly-hair lady? - Sara?

She's out sick. Or at least,

- that's what she says. - Oh.

[whispers] She's got a new boyfriend.

[in normal tone] What can I get you?

Usually it's my usual

and she usually has it ready because I'm usually late.

Well, don't keep me in suspense.

Um, it's a PB and BRHC on a roll.

Okay, so...

"PB" would be peanut butter,

- I'm assuming? - Yes.

"BR," bananas, raisins. honey.

Cheese on a roll.

Aren't you blessed with a fast metabolism?

- [Barry chuckles] - Are you running

a marathon or something?

You know, my sister ran a marathon once,

God rest her soul.

She's not dead. She's just exhausted.

- We get it, Sharon. You ran. - [cell phone ringing]

But everyone has to work in the morning.

Yeah, I have to go to work, uh, three minutes ago.

And, sorry, I'm in sort of a rush for the sandwich.

You can't rush a good sandwich, dude.

[cell phone ringing]

[Barry on phone] Alfred, really can't talk.

Good morning, Mr. Allen.

No, I'm late.

And I'm starving, and curly-haired girl isn't here,

and her name is Sara, and she has a boyfriend.

We have a situation at Gotham General.

A robbery gone wrong.

This is the middle of the morning.

[in hushed voice] Why is our bat-friend even awake?

Call Superman.

That was my first thought.

Sadly, he's otherwise engaged.

[reporter] ...active volcano in Central America.

Classic. What about Diana?

My other first thought.

Rather annoyingly, she's not picking up.

How many first thoughts, exactly,

did you have before you first thought of me?

[server] ...never about her.

- This is about you. - Hi, sorry. Is my sandwich...

[server] I learned my lesson

on the boat last year.

Stuff my sister comes out with when she's drunk.

Personal comments about my mom's friends as well,

which I think is what I say about her...

[The Flash Theme playing]

[pulses]

[electricity crackling]

- [girl]] Oh, my God! - [music stops]

Flash!

- Hi. - I love you.

- Thank you. - [girl 2 squeals]

- You seem very nice also. - Oh, my God!

- No way! - I think I'm gonna die!

Patching you into Mr. Wayne.

- No, please don't. Um... - [line rings]

- Oh, my God. - Sorry if this sounds weird,

but are you actively eating that candy bar?

M-M-Maybe you could throw it to me?

- In the name of justice. - Yes, yes.

[Bruce] I need you here now, Barry.

Hi, Bruce. Yes, I'm...

coming.

[The Flash Theme resumes]

[electricity crackling]

[energy hums]

[energetic rock song playing]

[rock song stops]

[people shouting in panic]

[ambulance driver] No!

No, no! [screams]

[yelps]

Bruce, this is a huge mess.

Why aren't you here?

[alarm blaring]

[Batman Theme playing]

[tires screeching]

[engine accelerates]

[the Flash, on comms] Bruce, why does it sound

like you're fleeing the scene?

Falcone's idiot kid

decided to try to play in the big leagues.

He put a crew together

and broke into the lab at Gotham General.

Stole a highly deadly virus.

I intercepted them,

but they blasted their way out.

You can handle the hospital, Barry.

Somebody has to save the rest of the world,

so I was gonna do that. If you don't mind.

Sounds about right, Bruce.

[man screams]

[tense music playing]

[doctor panting]

"Thanks for saving me from the sinkhole, Flash."

Barry, gas and water pipes ruptured.

In the basement.

Right.

On it. [sighs]

[glass cracking]

[nurse] Can you open it?

- I think it's locked. - It's jammed.

- [babies fussing] - [nurse] God, it's not working!

Oh, please!

- [building rumbling] - [gasps]

[babies cooing]

Look, Alfred. I've come to accept

that I'm essentially the janitor of the Justice League.

Which sucks.

But I've come to accept it.

But...

I can't help but notice

that it always seems to be a bat-mess

that I'm cleaning up.

- Right this way. Eyes forward. - [girl] Yes.

- Stay together, now. - Yeah, I know, right?

Look out!

[tires skidding]

[tires skidding]

- [students] Wow. Whoa. - [bus driver] What?

[tense music continues]

[bullets ricocheting]

[sirens wailing]

- [officers grunting] - [tires screeching]

If my calculations are correct,

and history will prove they usually are,

the foundational damage is about to cause

- the collapse of the east wing. - [shivering]

[the Flash] East wing's fine.

- All right, I got you. - [baby cooing]

Which is good because my speed is lagging.

- [watch beeping] - Running on empty, Alfred.

- [muffled rumbling] - Do you hear that?

That's my stomach.

[rumbling intensifies]

No, no. It's the collapsing east wing.

[building creaking]

[screaming]

[baby coos]

[continues screaming]

[Alfred] Barry, 30th floor.

There's a baby...

[babies crying]

Shower.

- [energy hums] - [all sounds quiet]

[dramatic music playing]

[choral music playing]

[slowed screaming]

[watch alarm blaring]

[energy charging up]

[babies squealing and cooing]

[baby crying]

[babies crying]

[dramatic music playing]

[metal clanks]

[chomping and gulping]

[watch beeping]

[energy whines]

[uptempo music playing]

[baby crying]

[slowed growl]

[tense music playing]

[babies fussing]

[crumbling]

[electricity zapping]

[slowed screaming]

[both yelling]

[continues screaming]

- [babies crying] - [dog barking]

[screaming]

Mr. Allen,

you've made me very proud.

And a lot of mothers very happy.

- [microwave dings] - Oh.

- [baby cooing] - [nurse gasping]

[screaming]

- [baby cooing] - [chuckles] Yeah.

- [nurse shuddering] - Okay.

I understand that these events can be psychologically scarring.

You should seek the services

of a mental health professional.

The Justice League is not very good at that part yet.

Trust me.

God.

[engine revving]

[tires screeching]

[tense music playing]

[screams]

[dramatic choral music playing]

- Shake him off! - [tires screeching]

- [grunting] - [horn blares]

[horns honking]

[grunting]

[henchman grunts, screams]

[tires skidding]

[Al Falcone yells]

If that briefcase falls into the water,

it could wipe out half of Gotham by lunchtime.

[screaming]

- [Batman] Damn it. - Please don't drop me.

Oh, God, no. Please, please don't.

No!

[whimpering]

[Wonder Woman Theme playing]

Sorry I'm late.

[Al Falcone grunting]

Watch your step.

- Hi. - Hey.

Nice suit.

Looking good, Flash.

Well... Uh, thank... Uh...

And you...

are welcome.

My ego's far too big to say "thank you" to someone else.

Hmm.

I developed this all-powerful persona

to compensate for my childhood trauma...

I, too, have childhood trauma.

[Batman] Batman seems crazy.

The Lasso of Truth...

[Batman] Billion dollar. She's the mother...

[Wonder Woman] ...never gets old.

I'd do a lot better just giving all my money away.

Yes, if I really wanted to end crime,

I should end poverty.

I know sex exists.

I've just never experienced it.

- [the Flash sighs] - Damn it.

[smacks lips] Well... I have to run.

Yeah.

Always a pleasure.

The sex thing was a metaphor

for gothic literature.

There was just no way to recover from that.

Just let it go.

Well, I-I'd really love to stay and clean up more mess,

but this little superhero needs his breakfast.

Goodbye, Flash.

Yeah. Bye, Batman.

Well done, Mr. Wayne.

Will you be home for breakfast, sir?

- [batarang whirring] - [Al Falcone grunts]

Yes, I think so.

[server] ...the road to destruction.

- This was never about her. - [Barry exhales]

This is about you.

You have to stop living in the past.

Now, was that fast enough for you?

[student] Morning, professor...

Ah, look who's here.

[Barry] Shut up, Albert.

Every day. I don't know how you do it, Barry.

What'd you, like, crawl here, bro?

- Is he mad? - Well, you're getting fired.

[Albert] You're getting murdered.

[scoffs] No, no, no. Let me guess.

Your alarm clock didn't go off.

Oh, uh, your dog ate your alarm clock.

Your alarm clock ate your keys.

Your keys' grandmother died, and they need a personal day.

- It was none of those things. - What was it this time, Barry?

It was, um, something else that was far less outlandish.

And I know I missed the meeting,

but I'd still really like to present these case files for potential review.

I think we rushed these cases.

- We need to reopen them. - [scoffs] Rushed?

We got a backlog six months deep, and you want us to move slower?

You need to focus your motion.

Do the work, close the case, move on.

[David sighs]

You have a lot of potential, Barry.

You shouldn't still be getting me coffee after all these years.

You're right. That's... That's true.

Go get me a coffee.

[laughs]

- Two sugars? Yeah. - Oh, yeah.

[knocking at door]

You're gonna love this.

I'm very satisfied with the ruling in the Johnson case.

The evidence our lab analyzed

was more than sufficient to be conclusive.

I'm still working that evidence.

[David] Because of the diligence

and hard work and focus...

[mockingly] Barry was still working on that evidence.

- [chuckles] - Think if it were up to you,

that we'd still be scraping Ted Bundy's molars.

You know what? I'm so happy you find this all so hilarious,

but we are dealing with real people's lives,

people's families.

And I don't think you can grasp the gravity of that.

So, why don't you leave me alone?

- Barry Allen? - Iris West.

You...

know my full name also.

Yes, from school. [chuckles]

[Albert] Aw, Barry, you didn't tell us you had a friend from school. Wow.

We actually didn't know that Barry had a friend.

[Albert] Yeah, what does that make it now?

- Uh, one? - One.

[chuckles dryly] You guys are so...

Um, bye, you guys.

Okay. Oh, my God.

- That was just... - [Barry] Um...

They're not really my friends. They're my work friends.

Do you work here?

Yes, I do.

God, it's been a long time, huh?

[Barry] Hmm.

I feel like we saw each other

like a few years ago, right?

No, because

we haven't seen each other since...

- college. - Ah.

Maybe I was just thinking about you.

Well, I'm really glad I ran into you.

- Yeah. - Yeah.

Your father's appeal is tomorrow, right?

Y-Yeah. How...

Sorry, how do you know about that?

I'm covering it for the paper.

- Oh. - How is he holding up?

Um, are you... are you asking for the paper?

- No, I'm asking as a friend. - Oh.

Although I'm sure the public would want to know as well.

Well, m-my... my only official comment

- is that my dad is innocent. - Right.

I mean, no one

would want to believe that their father

killed their mother.

What do you mean, "believe"? My dad shouldn't be in jail.

My mom should be alive. It's not about what I believe.

- It's about what the truth is. - Right. No, yes, that's...

Oh, my God. That's what I meant.

Right.

Sorry, I have no official comment at this time.

[pensive music playing]

[phone rings]

[automated voice] You have a collect call...

...from the Iron Heights Penitentiary.

- Do you wish to accept? - [Barry] Yes.

- Hey, Dad. - [Henry] Hey, Barry.

- How ya doing? - I'm fine.

- You getting out much? - Yeah.

Well no. Uh, no.

But! um...

I ran into an old college friend,

Iris West, today.

Didn't you have a monster crush on her?

Well, she have a boyfriend?

- Why don't you ask her out? - Dad, I, um... [sighs]

I had a friend run

the old security camera footage from the store

through this new program he's developed.

And it's crystal clear now.

It's just...

you never look up, Dad.

You can't see your face.

So, without new evidence to support your alibi,

we're just gonna need to start thinking about the next appeal.

No. Nuh-uh. You need to stop worrying about your old man.

Do that, you might actually have time for a girlfriend.

But Dad, I don't want...

We've done this before.

This was a last-ditch effort

and we'll go through the motions tomorrow.

I'm okay, really.

You know, sometimes I even think

it's probably easier for me to be in here

than out there...

without her.

'Cause this way, I can imagine she's alive,

out there living her life.

[somber music playing]

Barry?

Barry?

You there?

Yeah, I'm here, Dad.

Hey, remember that sauce she'd make on Sundays?

The whole house would smell like basil, tomatoes.

And she'd put on my sweats and start singing.

Yeah, what was that song?

I loved that song.

Remember that part.

[Kid Barry] It's not fair.

[Nora] What's not fair, Monkey?

This question is stupid.

How many calculations can you think of with an answer of 24?

There are a bajillion answers.

How am I supposed to fit them all?

You are right.

There are a bajillion answers to this question.

Not every problem has a solution.

Sometimes you just have to let go.

Give your brain a rest and help me make the pasta.

Come on.

No. [swearing in Spanish]

- Henry? - [Henry responds in Spanish]

I need you to do me a favor.

- I don't do favors. - Okay.

Barry needs you to do him a favor.

Oh, Barry! Yeah, anything.

I need another can of tomatoes.

You have a can of tomatoes.

I need another one.

I thought you guys went to the store this morning.

But I forgot the tomatoes.

This looks way more fun.

Let's just let Barry go to the store.

You drive, right, Squirm?

- [laughing] What? No. - Getting so big.

You can do anything. Look at ya.

You're getting gray, actually.

Green can, not the blue one, okay?

Got it. Blue can, not the green one, right?

- No! - What?

Green can, not the blue one.

['Pedro Navaja" by Natalie Fernandez playing on speakers]

Oh, God.

She's gonna start singing. Run!

- [chuckles] - Run, Barry!

[singing along in Spanish]

[speaks indistinctly]

I love you, Monkey.

I love you more.

- I loved you first. - [both giggle]

[objects clattering]

[Nora whimpering]

[Nora screaming]

Nora?

[suspenseful music playing]

Barry!

[Henry crying]

[ominous music playing]

- Barry! Barry! - [Nora gasping]

Call 911 now!

[gasps]

[panting]

[Henry on phone] Barry?

Barry?

Don't worry about tomorrow.

We always knew it was a long shot...

- [line disconnects] - Dad?

[automated voice] Your call with Iron Heights Penitentiary

has been terminated.

[somber music playing]

[breathing rapidly]

[music intensifying]

[screaming]

[energy blasting]

[screaming stops]

[gasps, echoes]

[energy whines]

[distorted screaming]

[pulsating]

[pulsating stops]

[explodes]

[dramatic choral music playing]

[distorted voices speaking]

[Iris] Barry Allen?

[voices talking indistinctly]

[David] ...evidence our lab...

You need to focus your motion.

Do the work...

[distorted electrical whining]

[boy] She promised...

[distorted] Now, was that fast enough for you?

[babies crying]

[voices winding down distortedly]

- [voices stop] - [energy pulses]

[Bruce] So, you're saying

- you went back in time? - [Barry] Mm-hmm.

[Bruce] Like in Pozharnov?

[Barry] Yeah, like in Pozharnov, except,

but Pozharnov was a second.

This time I went back a whole day.

[Bruce] So, let's imagine

that it is, in fact, possible for you to run

faster than the speed of light,

and in so doing, travel back in time.

It still would be wildly irresponsible.

I knew you were gonna say this.

Yes, because, Barry, if you were to go into the past,

any interaction you have with your parents or yourself,

you step on the wrong blade of grass,

you have no idea what the consequences to that could be.

No, I know. The butterfly effect, right?

- Yes. - I get it. But Bruce,

I could fix things.

You could also destroy everything.

I could save her.

I could save both of them. I...

I could save your parents.

[wistful music playing]

Barry, these scars we have

make us who we are.

We're not meant to go back and fix them.

And there's nothing broken with you that needs to be fixed.

Take it from an old guy who's made a lot of mistakes.

Don't live your past.

Live your life.

Don't let your tragedy define you.

What if it's supposed to define me?

Your tragedy made you a hero.

And also made me alone.

We could hang out.

I mean, do you... do you wanna get a bite?

Like, I'm still hungry.

Not this time.

Maybe some other time.

Yeah.

Nice ride.

You have fancy friends.

Yeah, it was an Uber.

Exec.

Look, Iris, I really can't talk about the case at all.

I'm not here as a reporter.

Can we talk?

- Come on in. - [chuckles]

I'm not gonna lie.

It's a lot tidier in here than I expected.

- Yeah? Yeah, well... - [chuckles] Yeah.

I'm... I'm a pretty tidy person.

[ping-pong ball clatters]

- Can I offer you a drink? - Sure.

I'll take a beer.

[Barry] Mm.

[vibrating]

- [fridge door opens, closes] - [bottles clinking]

Beers, beers, beers.

I keep 'em in my fridge.

Thanks.

Sure.

Look, I feel really bad

about earlier.

I should've been more sensitive.

And, um, I probably could've been less sensitive.

I mean, I can't imagine what you've been through.

It's like you lost both parents in one day.

I did.

I lost my mom to a tragedy

and I lost my dad to the failures of the justice system.

Is that why you got into criminal forensics?

To try and fix the system?

[pensive music playing]

Yeah.

Yeah, to fix it.

There's gotta be a way to fix it, right?

I mean, that's kinda why I got into journalism too.

I could make it right if I could just go back somehow

and warn them without them knowing that I'd warned them.

...thinking like that's gonna... [chuckles]

Drive you crazy.

"If I could just go back in time...

"and stop the guy who did it." It's...

No, I can't do that, 'cause that's way too much interaction.

[chuckles]

My dad wasn't even at home.

My mom sent him to go get a can of tomatoes.

I think whoever broke into the house thought it was empty.

And then my mom was in there with the knife in her hand

and things went bad, just this absurd chain of events.

And it's like, this footage should've finally supported my dad's alibi.

But instead,

three lives ruined for a can of tomatoes.

Oh, my God.

What?

Well, that could be it.

If my mom doesn't forget the tomatoes in the first place,

then he never leaves and she never dies.

No one would even have to see me.

Bruce said no interaction. This is no interaction.

This is just quick in, quick out,

back to the present, like I was never even there.

That's how I fix it. Oh, my God, Iris.

- Hmm? - Thank you, so much.

- This has been great. - Oh.

Um, I'm sorry.

Uh, I... I have to leave.

Okay. Right.

- Uh... - [door closes]

I had a really great time, by the way. We should do this again.

[door closes]

[Wonder Woman] Kal-El, son of Krypton.

[Aquaman] This is a bad idea.

[voices talking indistinctly]

[Bruce] So, you're fast.

[woman] Your dad's a murderer. Your dad's a murderer.

[slowed] Call 911 now!

...how!

[distorted] ...now!

...how!

[voices stop]

[whooshes]

[music builds]

[crying]

[Muzak playing on speakers]

[audio distortion]

[crying fades]

[ambient noise fades]

[crackling]

[sentimental music playing]

Hi, Mom.

Don't forget the tomatoes.

See you soon.

[crying resumes]

[dreamy music playing]

Please work.

[kids singing] Happy Birthday, dear...

[Nora] Happy Birthday, Barry.

[panting]

[voices speaking indistinctly]

- [Henry] Go, Barry, hurry up. - [kids] Go!

[teacher] Congratulations to the class of 2013!

[Nora, distorted] I love you so much.

[grunting]

- [grunts] - [The Flash yells]

[gasps]

[dog yapping, whines]

[gentle Spanish song playing on speakers]

[Nora humming softly]

[gasps, exclaims in Spanish]

Monkey!

What are you wearing?

[Henry] Is that Barry? And he's early?

What universe is this?

You've cut your hair.

Now you can see your eyes.

- You look terrible. - Henry!

- You look old. - You look beautiful, baby.

What are they doing to you over there?

Leave him alone. He's perfect.

Mm... Come here.

I love you so much.

I love you too.

I love you more.

I loved you first.

Go take a shower and change.

You smell like a boot. Go, go, go.

[sighs]

"Old," seriously?

Well, no, I mean like mature.

He's at that age, he wants to look old.

He, you know, gets into bars that way.

Uh, how can I help?

[Barry] Mm.

Mom, how was your day?

How was your month, or your last 18 years?

Or that's a weird question 'cause I was here.

[stutters] But obviously, we share those memories together.

Or I don't know, maybe we could make some new memories.

Like we could go to the aquarium, or the circus,

or to the park and you could push me on a swing.

That's also weird because I'm an adult now,

so I'd probably motivate my own motion on a swing.

So, how was it this week? How's school?

At school was... was... is good.

- Mm. - School's been great.

I've just been working really hard there on my...

studies.

Did you ask out that girl from econ?

[Nora] I know freshman year is about

going out, meeting people, okay?

Exploring things.

Experimenting.

[muffled vocalizing]

But you have to be very careful.

- Oh, shit. - [chair slides]

I... have to shit.

[muffled yell]

Outside.

- [muffled grunt] - [dramatic music playing]

[both grunting]

- Help! - [Barry] Shh!

Why are you here?

- [whimpers] - What year is it?

- No, no, no. - [muffled] Help!

[dramatic music builds, stops]

[gasps]

[stutters] That's my face.

You stole my face.

Think I'm having a mushroom flashback?

- Is that a thing? - How old are you?

Eighteen.

[music builds]

[body thuds]

[music stops]

Whoa.

This is mad trippy.

So, we're, like, in the future.

No, wait. This is not trippy, dude.

This is catastrophic.

And no, we're not in the future.

I was supposed to be back in the present

but I'm still in the past.

And there's not supposed to be two of me.

You and I are not supposed to be

occupying the same reality at all, let alone interacting.

I just can't believe I'm a superhero who time travels...

No, no, no, no, no. You are not anything.

Which is good.

You don't want to be a superhero. It's scary.

And I get bug splatter in my teeth all the time.

Awesome.

Hey, do the thing again.

No, we don't have time.

- Mom! - Shh!

What are you doing? You're gonna tattle now?

- Do the thing. - Fine.

[laughing]

- Oh, yeah. Yeah. - Happy?

Now undo it.

[sentimental music playing]

[muffled grunting]

Ow.

[Nora] Barry, are you okay up there?

[both] We're fine! I'm fine!

- [Nora] Okay, monkey. - [Past Barry squeals]

So, do you have like a plane that goes underwater?

Or like a boat that can fly?

How old are you, like 407?

Okay, you don't stop talking.

It's not charming. It's abrasive and exhausting.

And, oh, my God.

I am starting to realize what people mean.

Just... do me a favor

and promise me that meeting me isn't gonna screw up space-time.

Broski,

I got you.

Shit, I'm in so much trouble.

What do you mean?

[sighs] What do I do?

I could drug you.

Yeah, I could drug you

and then you'd pass out, you'd wake up

and you'd forget that anything ever happened.

And it wouldn't be wrong, right? Because you're me.

No! I mean, we shouldn't.

- Please don't... drug me. - No.

No. Because here's the thing, and I thought about it before.

I don't want to be drugged.

But I'm sure we can think [stuttering] of another way.

Let's put on our Barry thinking caps

and think of a different solution for memory loss.

Also, I'm a green belt

in the Capoeira

and I have extensively studied wrestler

and I could just go frickin' lunatic on you.

Besides, I have a date [distorts] tonight...

Okay.

How hard do you have to hit someone to make them forget stuff?

If I hit you in the past, will it hurt me in the future?

Wait. You say you have a date tonight?

Yeah. Wait, what were you doing?

Uh, nothing. Who's your date with?

This super babe in my econ class.

- Iris West? - Oh, my God!

Do we marry her?

You're going on a date with her tonight?

That's why I need Mom to do my laundry.

You don't even do your own laundry?

Do you?

Okay.

- I'm actually gonna go. - What do you mean?

Enjoy your life. Do you.

Change literally nothing.

- Um, I'll see you again never. - I have a few more questions, though.

We have so much to learn from each other.

- [thunder rumbling] - [sighs]

Oh, great.

Well, you're leaving me.

And now the storm's gonna ruin my date.

What day is it today?

- [thunder rumbles] - [Past Barry] Uh... [mumbling]

- Sunday? - No, the date.

It's September 29th.

[sighs] Shit.

This storm, this is the day.

- What day? - The day I got my powers.

The day you get your powers.

[thunder crashes]

- Powers? - Listen,

I can't tell you why I traveled back in time,

and I can't tell you what I changed.

But, essentially, in my version of reality,

I ended up interning at the Central City Crime Lab

in my freshman year, and that's where it happened.

Well, happens.

Tonight, September 29, the accident that gives me my powers.

And if you're not there...

in 30 minutes...

then you won't get the powers.

Which means I don't get the powers, maybe?

And then, that would mean that I lose my way

of getting back in time in the first place,

and then I literally have no idea what happens.

[loudly] Powers?

[thunder rumbling]

[laughs excitedly]

Wait, but what about our date tonight?

She might be our future wife.

There might not be a future

if you don't come with me

right now.

[suspenseful music playing]

Eight minutes.

How are we gonna to get inside... What are you doing?

Would you stop whining?

This is gonna feel kinda weird.

[vibrating]

[grunting shakily]

[energy pulsing]

[dramatic choral music playing]

[strained groaning]

[grunts shakily]

[Past Barry gasps]

We walk through the door.

[shushing]

Yes, it's okay. It's called phasing.

Come on.

[whispering] I love phasing.

[indistinct radio chatter]

Uh-huh.

Everybody moves.

[suspenseful music playing]

[thunder rumbling]

[vibrating]

Whoa... Ah! Ah. Oh.

- Huh. - [chuckles]

Well... this is it.

This is where I was sitting.

And actually, let me take this for you.

Thank you.

Okay, I had just opened those windows...

to clear out the fumes.

Right around now,

and I was sitting in that chair

and I was right under this shelf of chemicals.

And that's when the lightning hits.

Wait.

- I get hit by lightning? - No, no, no.

You don't get hit by lightning.

Okay, 'cause for a second I thought you said...

The lightning hits the chemicals,

which then you get bathed in,

and that's what electrocutes you.

Okay, but I don't want to be electrocuted, though.

- Sit down. - No, you sit down.

I already have the powers!

- You already have the powers! - Exactly!

I am not getting struck by

- [distorts] lightning! - [thunder rumbles]

[intense operatic music playing]

[slowed screaming]

[electrical pop]

[music stops]

[Past Barry grunts]

[Barry grunts]

[alarm blaring]

[squelching]

It worked.

[retches]

- [Barry] Oh. - [thunder rumbling]

- Oh. - [Past Barry] Huh?

[weakly] It looks like you lost a tooth.

[groaning]

Hey.

[sobs]

Oh.

- No? - You lost a tooth.

[tense music playing]

[squelches]

[groans]

All right. We gotta go.

[alarm continues blaring]

[guard 1] What have we got?

[guard 2] The alarms in the sterile lab.

[guard 1] Go check it.

Securing the entrance.

[Past Barry groans]

We've gotta phase.

[breathes heavily]

[grunts]

[both groaning]

[breathes heavily]

[straining]

[Past Barry groaning loudly]

[inhales deeply]

- [exhales slowly] - [The Flash Theme playing]

- [music stops] - [shoes squeaking]

[panting]

[grunting]

[yells]

Shit!

[suspenseful music builds]

I'm slow.

[Past Barry groaning]

[switch clicks]

[Barry] Why is your place so much nicer than...

- than I expected it to be? - [Past Barry] Oh, you like it?

Mom had to help decorate.

You know Mom.

Right, yeah. Classic Mom.

Classic Mom.

[grunts]

Mm.

[sighs]

- What a day. - Barry,

the accident gave you powers but took mine away.

So, I don't know how I get back.

Without access to the Speed Force,

I don't know how I ever leave.

Do you understand what I'm saying?

- I might be stuck. - Wait.

[loudly] I have powers now?

Yeah, but...

- you... No, no, no. - [gasping]

- [squealing excitedly] - [bed creaking]

[objects clattering]

[pants] Holy speed balls.

Okay, I know this is incredibly exciting,

because I went through it.

Speedy Gonzales!

Yes, I've done it many times myself.

- [laughing, yells] - You can't just start...

Shit.

[cheerful rock song playing]

[chomps]

[song speeds up]

[whimpers]

[yelling]

[uptempo music playing]

[continues yelling]

[truck horn honking]

Oh, my...

- [horns honking] - [tires screeching]

Oh...

- [comical music playing] - [music instruments sounding]

[screams]

[screaming]

[piano keys blare]

[screaming]

[bell jingles]

[groaning]

- [horse whinnies] - Okay, I'm leaving!

[comical music continues]

[power shuts down]

[people screaming]

[officer on speaker] Put your hands up.

[comical music ends]

- [distant siren wailing] - [helicopter whirring]

[distant explosions]

[muffled footsteps]

What did you do?

Nothing. Why?

Barry,

I could've told you about the clothes. It's friction.

You run too fast, and regular fabrics are gonna burn up.

It's the same reason why

you can't move people very far at hyperspeed.

That broccoli looks rotten.

Look, some things you can move.

Like, you can move,

for instance, a microwave.

But you can't move something like, say,

a baby.

Barry, it's like I've never eaten anything before.

Everything has this vivid flavor. Try a little.

Just take a little bite.

That's bad, isn't it? [laughs]

Yeah, this is not good. No, I was kidding.

- [gags] - I'm amazing. We're amazing.

I'm so hungry.

Hey, wait.

I wanna try that phasing thing. How do I do that?

You don't. Not yet.

Okay? It's very complicated.

Takes a long time to train your body to be able to speed up

whilst your molecules slow down enough to pass through

the molecular structure

- of solid objects... - [vibrating]

[woman downstairs screaming]

[woman] Get out of here!

- [footsteps running] - [sighs]

[door opens]

You've gotta start letting me finish my sentences.

Are we always this sleepy?

And hungry and naked?

Well, the first two, yes.

The third one, no. I've figured that part out.

And honestly, if we're gonna do this,

there's a lot I'm gonna have to explain to you.

So, a good place to start, I guess, is that,

yeah, the original suit was actually made

- out of this polysynth... - [snoring]

Or we'll

pick this up tomorrow.

[Past Barry] So, the suit is inside the ring?

- Yeah. - What?

And I can have this?

No, you can't have it. You can borrow it,

so you don't kill yourself using your powers.

- [speaking gibberish] - You're gonna push this button

and the silk molecules are gonna uncoil, absorbing atmospheric gases

and expanding the suit to full size.

Ready?

[clinks]

[dramatic music playing]

[suit squeaks]

[laughs]

[Past Barry] It was so tiny...

You're supposed to put it on before it hits the floor.

What, like change...

right here in front of you?

There's no one even here anyway, Barry. Come on...

- [exclaims, exhales heavily] - Man.

Tight.

It hurts.

You know where it hurts?

- In my dick. - Okay. I know, I know,

but I don't need to know.

Sorry, can we move on?

- Mm-hmm. - Here's what I'm thinking.

If I can train you to move like I do,

then we can re-create the Chronobowl.

- Chronobowl!? - In the Speed Force.

Speed Force?

And then maybe we can find some way

- to get me back to the future. - Back to the Future. Yes!

Eric Stoltz

is chur boy in that movie.

What an embodied performance.

You mean Michael ♪. Fox?

- Back to the Future? - Yeah, in the movie

- Back to the Future? - [woman] Oh, my God!

- [alarm blaring] - [commotion]

- What's going on? - I don't know.

[dog yapping]

[woman 2 whimpers]

You need to take the suit off now.

Oh, thank God.

[reporter on TV] ...reported seeing a mysterious object

hovering above the Australian seaboard.

We've obtained footage from the sighting...

- Zod. - ...and as you can see,

- the object... - [Past Barry] "Zod"?

...appears to be a flying ship of some sort.

What's a zod?

According to US government officials,

satellite data

has confirmed the presence of a spacecraft.

- We'll be sure... - [Past Barry screams]

[static]

My name is General Zod.

I come from a world

far from yours.

- For some time, your world... - [sighs]

- ...has sheltered one of my citizens. - No, no, no, no, no, no.

- I request that you... - This can't be happening.

- ...return this individual... - Not now.

...to my custody.

W-What's happening?

- For reasons unknown... - [exhales]

Zod's looking for Superman.

What's a superman?

[police siren chirps]

[Barry] Superman is an alien who lives on Earth.

I'm assuming still incognito.

But, yeah, he's an alien, and he's very powerful,

and he's just the best.

And then Zod is an alien from the same planet,

also very powerful,

but he's just the worst.

And Zod came here to find Clark.

- Wait, who's Clark? - Clark is Superman.

Oh.

- Okay. - But then,

Zod also tried to terraform the planet with this World Engine thing

and Superman stopped him eventually,

but not before Zod killed thousands of people.

- Yeesh. - And at the time,

there was nothing I could do, I've...

Wait, you... you were there?

Yeah, I had just gotten my powers.

[people screaming]

And I was still putting some finishing touches on my suit.

This thing, Zod's World Engine,

it started destroying Metropolis, so I just, I just went there

and I... I started frying to save people.

[boy] Daddy?

[man] Listen to me!

Run away!

Run away!

[Barry] There was this kid,

and I got him, but then |I...

I couldn't get his dad.

- Daddy! - [electricity crackles]

[solemn music playing]

[metal groaning]

[Barry] It was all I could do,

save that one kid.

[crashing]

Only Superman could stop Zod.

But not in time to save those people.

And now it's about to happen again.

But...

if I can find the entire Justice League,

Superman and the rest of the band...

Right.

...then maybe I can prevent the whole thing

from ever even happening at all.

- Um, give me your laptop. - Okay.

What is that smell?

Ugh. Could be anything.

Honestly.

[Barry] Who's that?

Oh. That's Gary. That's the smell. It's...

- [Gary snoring] - Don't worry. He's breezy.

[Barry] We can do this.

Uh, let's see, Victor Stone, Gotham City University.

[woman screams, muttering]

Oh, this is my roommate, Patty.

Patty is your roommate?

And that's her boyfriend, Albert.

What's up?

[in sing-song] Good morning.

Oh! Sorry. And, uh, guys...

Th-This is my cousin.

Barry.

[Patty] Whoa.

I'm starving.

Okay.

Victor Stone, Gotham City University.

Yes. Here he is.

Victor Stone, star quarterback for the Knight...

Shit, okay.

He's not Cyborg yet.

Wonder Woman.

Wonder Woman!

- [music playing on laptop] - Las Vegas residency.

Illusions, juggling, and zebras.

No. That is not Diana.

- Aquaman. - Aquaman?

Is that like a super mermaid?

No, Albert,

he's not a super mermaid.

Okay? He's half Atlantean, half human,

- with superhuman strength... - [plays keyboard]

...who can control marine life with his mind.

So, like a super mermaid?

No, Albert!

[laughs] That is what you described.

[Barry] We'll just try Arthur Curry,

Maine...

lighthouse.

[whimsical music playing on keyboard]

Here we are. Thomas Curry. That's his dad.

Uh, phone.

- [phone rings] - Hello.

- [Barry] Hello, Thomas Curry? - Yes.

Could I speak to Arthur?

Is Arthur around?

- You wanna speak to my dog? - [dog whines]

What? No, no. Um, sorry.

- Uh, is this Thomas Curry? - Yes.

- And you work at a lighthouse? - Yes.

Okay, and your wife is the queen of Atlantis?

[man on TV] Will you accept this rose?

[woman on TV] Yes.

Uh... No.

Uh, right, but maybe, maybe,

um, a fish like woman

washed into your life at...

- at some point or another? - Very funny, asshole.

[Thomas hangs up]

[whimsical music continues playing on keyboard]

Arthur Curry was never born.

- What? - This is a disaster.

I-I-I completely destroyed history.

Like Eric Stoltz.

Okay, why do you keep saying "Eric Stoltz"?

Eric Stoltz is Marty McFly.

- What? - Time travel?

Oh, we talking "BTTF"?

Come on, who is this guy?

Okay, yeah, no, I know.

I've seen all of them,

and Eric Stoltz is not Marty McFly.

[Gary] Really?

Then explain Marty McThigh here.

I can't explain that to you, Gary.

That's not your thigh.

It's the wrong actor, and it's upside down.

[Gary] Is it?

[whimsical music continues playing on keyboard]

The point is that,

in Back to the Future,

Marty McFly is very famously played by Michael ♪. Fox.

The guy from Footloose?

No, that's Kevin Bacon!

- Bacon. - Kevin Bacon's Maverick

with the volleyball, the gay guys, and the planes?

- Top Gun. - [sings] Great balls of fire!

- Top Gun, right? - [Barry] No, no, no.

I completely broke the universe.

[whimsical music continues playing on keyboard]

Marty McFly is Eric Stoltz.

- Yes. - Thank you.

I created a world with no met a humans.

And now there's no one to defend us from Zod. Albert!

[stops playing keyboard]

There's no Cyborg.

There's no Aquaman. There's no Wonder Woman.

There's no Superman.

There's no Batman.

[Patty] I'm Batman.

[dramatic musical sting]

What, you... What... What did you just say?

I'm [burping] Batman.

[all laughing]

Batman exists?

- Hundo p. - [Gary] Yeah, dude.

Nobody knows who he really is,

- but he exists. - [Barry] Right.

Well, uh, we,

my cousin Barry and I,

have to go to that cousin's dinner.

Now.

But it was a pleasure to meet you all.

- And Gary. - [Gary] Barry.

[Albert resumes playing keyboard]

- Barry. - Gary.

Barry!

[mysterious music playing]

[car stops]

What, are you frickin' kidding me with this place?

[gate creaks]

What is this, hell?

It's open.

[exclaims] Look at all this cool shit!

Okay, Barry, don't touch anything in here.

[upbeat hard rock song playing on speakers]

Hello?

Bruce?

Bruce, are you there?

Oh, boy.

Hey, I didn't know you painted.

They're good.

Bruce Wayne?

[song continues faintly in other room]

Bruce?

[song fades]

[Past Barry] Hey, check this out.

There's, like, bells connected to every room in this house.

Hey, maybe we can find this Bruce guy

if we just ring all these bells, right?

[Barry] You don't understand how servant bells work?

Those are all the bells.

You ring them from all the other places.

What?

You don't have, like, Downton Abbey in your universe?

Downtown Abbey's?

The chain of, like, family-style restaurants?

They're like, it's like cheaper Bananabee's.

Oh. You know what I'd really go for right now?

Abbey's sizzlin' zucchini squares.

[grunts]

[upbeat hard rock song resumes playing]

Okay.

[grunts]

[Past Barry laughs]

[laughs harder]

You know what, man? I've had it with you.

[upbeat hard rock song continues]

[groans]

[Barry screams]

[song stops]

[groaning]

[grunts]

[mysterious music playing]

Who the hell are you?

I'm the guy who lives here.

We're looking for Bruce Wayne.

- [grunts softly] - [neck cracks]

You hungry?

...following the broadcast earlier from General Zod.

The individual they're searching for

- Is still at large. - [Older Bruce] So...

The president has yet to respond

lo the broadcast from earlier

and other foreign leaders are said to be...

...you're the same person as him

but from an alternate timeline.

Yes.

In which...

you and I are friends?

Yeah, you're like probably my best friend.

Okay.

[Barry] Well, but you're a bit...

you're, uh,

- chronologically different. - Older.

That's what I can't understand.

I traveled back in time from here to here.

Yet somehow, everything's all changed

back here.

Or like when you were born, so...

Well,

time isn't linear.

Right?

Right.

At some point,

you probably saw a movie that told you

that if you went back and changed the past,

you'd create a kind of a branched timeline, right?

Like, look.

New present

- and new future. - [Past Barry] Yeah.

Well, time doesn't work like that.

That's not how time works.

When you go back and change the past,

you create a fulcrum.

You put yourself on a whole nother strand of spaghetti.

New future. New past.

[spaghetti snap]

It's retrocausal.

It goes both ways.

Actually, it goes many ways.

Maybe some other time.

Okay, but in an ontological paradox model,

there's not...

What you did was you changed the future

and you changed the past.

If a person

is stupid enough

to mess with time,

what you eventually end up with is this.

The multiverse.

Some strands run

almost parallel.

There will be inevitable intersections

and others that are just

wildly divergent.

What it is...

is a hot mess.

It's a crapshoot.

It's all just a crapshoot.

What does the parmesan mean?

The metaphor's over. It's just a garnish.

And I'll tell ya something.

A person would have to be

an idiot

to play craps

with the space-time continuum.

Yeah, an idiot.

Here.

[slurping] Mm.

Are you joking with the chewing noises right now?

So, uh, you're the reason

this Zod character is about to destroy the Earth?

Maybe.

There's a guy called Superman

who can stop Zod?

- Yeah, yeah. - And flies?

Shoots lasers out of his eyes?

Yes, he flies, and he shoots lasers out of his eyes. Yes.

No one said "Superman"...

that might be a little on the nose?

- You call yourself Batman. - Yeah.

I don't call myself Super Batman.

[laughs]

Wait, he's Batman?

What did you think we were doing here?

I thought this was the... the cousin's dinner.

He's... Bruce Wayne is Batman?

Not really. Not so much anymore.

You know,

they don't really need me.

Things have changed. Gotham's now one of the safest cities in the world.

Well, I... I need you. We need you.

In my timeline, Batman's our strategist, our leader.

The world needs Superman.

You're the best detective in the world.

You're probably the only person who can help me find him.

So, will you help us?

[heroic music builds, stops]

Pass.

[Barry stutters]

Like pass the salt?

Bruce?

[crows cawing]

[Barry] He doesn't want to help us,

we're gonna use his bat shit.

Bat shit?

Yeah, his bat stuff, his bat things.

Um, stand on that thing.

Okay, remember when you phased through the floor?

- Yeah. - So,

- I need you to do that again. - [vibrating]

- [heavy thud] - [Past Barry] Ow.

- [sighs] - [hatch creaks]

What is this place?

[mysterious music playing]

[ethereal music playing]

[enthralling music playing]

[machines whirring]

[bats screeching]

[computers trilling]

Dude!

This place straight beeves!

"Beeves"?

[shrieks excitedly]

[yelling]

[panting]

Barry!

I almost died

in an abyss!

12,805 Clark Kents in the US.

Is this what I think it is?

[majestic music playing]

Holy shit!

I used to see this thing on the news when I was a kid!

Okay, well,

refine search.

Date of birth.

- Wasn't born. He arrived. - [Past Barry] Oh!

Oh, Barry, look!

I'm busy.

With what?

Looking for unidentified objects

entering Earth's atmosphere

anywhere near Kansas in the last 50 years.

He has a back door into NASA.

'Course he does.

Yeah, but Barry, check this out.

This bag laughs.

[wicked laughter]

Okay, can't you take anything seriously?

Stop messing around.

Dude, come on.

Have you seen this place?

It's amazing! [echoing]

Hello!

Has the gravity of this not sunk in for you?

Stop messing around, Barry.

I won't say it again.

Yeesh. Sorry, Mom.

Shut up. Shut up.

You have no idea how lucky you are.

No idea!

You take everything for granted.

You don't even appreciate...

You just walk around thinking that you're so funny

and so cool. And it's embarrassing,

because you're not any of those things!

Hey, screw you, man!

I've done nothing but everything you've asked.

You made me get struck by lightning!

I phased naked through the floor. And I terrified Mrs. Johannson.

Now I'm probably gonna have to move.

You won't even tell me why you're here.

But will you at least tell me why you're being so mean to me

for no reason?

You used Monkey as a dartboard!

Wait, what?

Forget it.

The monkey? Wait...

So, you're mad at me for playing with a toy?

It's not a toy.

Mom bought us that monkey.

"Cause she calls us Monkey.

She gives us monkey stuff all the time.

Right.

Look,

I'm sorry.

[sentimental music playing]

I'm not very good with people.

Even myself.

Oh.

Come on, dude.

You're not that bad.

You can just be kind of a dick sometimes.

But let's face it. I am pretty obnoxious.

But I just get excited.

Come on. This place is pretty cool, right?

Yeah.

All right, well, um...

I'll let you work.

[sentimental music continues]

[moans softly]

[Barry] I know you're there.

You know what I'm stuck on?

That thing you said, with the spaghetti.

You said there were certain intersections

that would always be inevitable.

You had an Alfred.

My Bruce has an Alfred.

Different worlds, different times,

yet there it is.

Certain people,

certain events, certain strands of spaghetti,

drawn to each other like magnets.

I've read all about

temporal paradoxes and causal loops.

But this is more than that.

Inevitable intersections

are something none of the theories could have anticipated 'cause...

Well, how do you explain that except for...

fate?

If you are listening,

sorry about your parents.

I'm just trying to save mine.

There has to be a way.

- [sighs] - There is a way, Barry.

Just keep trying. Keep trying, Barry.

[device beeps, pulsing]

[device clicks, pulsing stops]

[metal creaking]

[heroic music playing]

[Barry] Found him.

Barry, wake up.

Clark's being held by a mercenary group

in a Siberian black site.

Get up, Barry.

The goat's on fire. [yelps]

We're going to Russia.

[yawns] Sweet.

[yawns] Mmm. Coffee.

How are we gonna get to Russia?

- [gate opens] - [bats squeaking]

[Batman Theme playing]

[Older Bruce] I'll help you get this Superman.

Then, you're on your own.

- [cup shatters] - Oh!

You're...

you are, you're...

[music builds]

Yeah.

I'm Batman.

[engine starts]

[Batman Theme playing]

[engine whooshes]

So, what's the plan? We're just gonna, what,

grab Superman and dip set before the block is hot?

I don't know.

[whispering] Hey, you should ask him.

[controls beeping]

- [whispering] You ask him. - You should ask him.

- Yeah, I'm not gonna ask him. - Why not?

I thought Batman was supposed to be your friend.

Not this one. Not this Batman.

[Older Batman] We're here.

[automated voice] Activating hover mode.

- Ejector seat on. - Ejector seat.

- Ejector seat. - [whirring]

Okay, there are stages.

You're strapped to your parachutes.

Hey, where's yours?

[metal clicks]

[dramatic music playing]

Whoo! This rips dicks...

[whooping]

[yells]

[ominous music playing]

All clear. Let's move.

[rousing music playing]

- [music stops] - [wind whistling]

- Okay! - [rousing music resumes]

[coughs]

Good. Everybody's fast now but me.

[Past Barry] Why is it so cold?

It's the Arctic, Barry.

[Past Barry] Where'd he go?

[Barry] I don't know. Just follow the footprints.

Superman would be down there for sure.

[wind gusting]

- [suspenseful music playing] - [metal creaking]

[metal clangs]

[clangs]

[metal thuds]

[speaking Russian]

[alarm blaring]

Yeah. Okay.

[shouting indistinctly]

[gasps]

[whimpers]

[amusing music playing]

[slowed gunshots]

[bullets whizzing]

[Barry grunts, shudders]

What did you do?

I had to move you. But... But I just did it a little.

[retches loudly]

[shouts indistinctly]

[metallic thud]

[dramatic choral music playing]

This might hurt.

[soldiers yelling]

[soldiers screaming]

- [continues retching] - Just let it out.

[soldiers groaning]

[screams]

[speaking Russian]

[both grunting]

[alarm blaring]

Let's go.

[dark choral music playing]

[Barry] That's where you keep Superman.

In the big scrotum.

[dramatic music playing]

[keypad beeping]

[buzzes]

- [keypad beeping] - [system buzzing]

He's gonna hack the Soviet security cyber scrotum with a flip phone?

[trills]

I tried all the combinations.

[metal thuds, creaks]

[Past Barry] Yes!

[dark choral music playing]

[suspenseful music playing]

[breathing heavily]

[Past Barry] Shit.

[Barry] Kal-El?

It's not him. We've gotta go.

Wait.

We can't just leave her here. Look at her.

[alarm blaring]

I'll grab her. Just go!

[tense music playing]

I got you.

[music halts]

I'll handle this jabroni.

[scientist screams, grunts]

What the...

[screaming]

[Past Barry] Barry! Somebody shot me!

- [screaming] - [Barry] Time to dip set!

[soldiers coughing]

[tense music continues playing]

[soldiers shouting in Russian]

[Past Barry] You, you lead the way!

- Go! - Not that way!

Not that way!

[speaking Russian]

[Past Barry] Oh, God!

- [yelps] - Cover!

[clangs]

- [gunshots] - No!

Ooh.

[clangs]

[Barry] It's coming around. Hurry, hurry.

[speaking Russian]

No, no, no! This is bullshit!

[metal groaning]

No!

- Come on. - [grunts]

Let's go.

- You didn't tell me we could get shot! - Why would you assume we couldn't?

[soldiers shouting in Russian]

[yelps]

[panting]

Oh, great! To die at the feet of a Sputnik.

Oh, man! I need this knee!

- [Barry] Stay calm. It'll heal. - Come on.

[screams in pain]

[beeping]

- How much do you weigh? - [Barry] 180.

Each. Plus her, 440.

[beeping]

[soldier speaking Russian]

[Older Batman] Hold on.

[beeping accelerates]

[soldiers screaming]

[both screaming shakily]

[grunting]

[wind howling]

- [running footsteps] - [soldiers speaking Russian]

[Barry] Oh, great. They're here.

- They're over here too. - [Past Barry] Smirnoff Ice.

- Yes. Smirnoff Ice. - [Barry] Hi.

- [Barry groans, coughs] - [Past Barry] Stop them!

- Yep. - Okay, they're serious.

- Barry, shut up. - [Past Barry] Yeah, okay.

What's the play?

Batman, what do we do? What now?

[music builds]

Now...

we try not to die.

- [soldiers shout indistinctly] - [gunfire]

[soldiers screaming]

[grunting]

[soldier screaming]

[grunts]

[screams]

[slowed groan]

[Past Barry] Oh, you guys should've seen that in slo-mo.

[dramatic music plays]

- [pensive music playing] - [water dripping]

[Barry] Yeah, I'm just realizing that I didn't really think this through.

There are good Kryptonians

and then there are very, very bad Kryptonians.

[whispering] And I was very confident

that we were just gonna find Superman,

and if we found Superman,

then this would all be super simple.

- [woman] Who are you? - Holy Funyuns.

Hi.

- Uh, I-I'm Barry. - We're Barry.

We were trying to find Kal-El.

But we... we found you instead.

What do you want with Kal-El?

We were trying to... trying to rescue him.

Why?

Because he's my friend.

Do you... Do you know him?

[whispering] She looks mad. Get ready.

She might do laser vision,

or she might do, like, a freezy breath,

or she'll just start throwing crazy...

My name is Kara.

Daughter of Zor-El.

Kal-El was my cousin.

Right, and who's Kal-El again?

It's Superman.

No, 'cause you said that was Clark.

Who's Clark?

Clark is his human name.

Clark.

[soft music playing]

He was an infant when we left.

The last son of Krypton... I...

I was sent to protect him.

It looks like he never made it to Earth

in this universe.

Our pods, they must have separated.

Wait, so you thought a baby

was gonna protect us from this Zod guy?

General Zod is here.

He must have tracked my pod's signal.

- I have to go. [groans] - Whoa, whoa, wait.

Well, you need to recover your strength.

Actually, Barry,

take her to the roof

and... and put her in the sun.

Yeah.

- Yeah. - Whatever, like if, I mean...

you're solar powered.

Good for you. I've been trying to...

- [Kara panting] - Oh. Um...

We'll take that with us.

[enthralling music playing]

Um, am I cool to...

turn around?

Are you dressed

in a red cape?

[breathing heavily]

You're levitating?

[indistinct voices whispering]

- [traffic noises] - [dog barking]

[indistinct voices talking]

- [noises stop] - [groans softly]

Is it always this loud?

[sighs]

Is it loud?

Are you, uh, good? Do you feel, um...

feel strong yet? Or...

[hawks, spits]

[Past Barry gasps]

Yep, that seems...

seems strong. You know,

old man Barry, down there, [scoffs]

says if we don't stop Captain Zod,

he'll kill thousands of people.

Billions of people.

B-Billions?

Of your people.

- They're good people. - Good people?

We came to this planet

looking for a safe place to live

and they put me in a cage.

Yeah. A lot of humans are dicks.

But then there's...

[stutters] there's babies and ballerinas.

And entertainment wrestlers.

A lot of humans are worth saving.

Maybe to you.

But I'm not a human.

I'm a Kryptonian.

[Barry] She's gone.

I have to get my powers back.

If I can re-create the accident

that gave me my powers,

maybe I can reconnect to the Speed Force

and maybe we'd stand a chance against Zod.

Or kill yourself in the process.

Tell me something.

If you get your powers back,

you can go anywhere.

You can go to another timeline,

another universe.

Why do you wanna stay

and fight to save this one?

Because this is the world where my mom lives.

I went back in time to save her.

I'm not gonna lose her again.

The kid doesn't know, does he?

How do you tell someone something like that?

I lost my parents...

but that pain...

made me who I am.

I'm not sure I know who I am without it, actually.

[wistful music playing]

I spent a lifetime

trying to right the wrongs of the past.

As if

putting on a cape and fighting crime

would bring my parents back.

You actually did it.

So,

I guess the plan is

to douse yourself in industrial chemicals,

while electrocuting yourself?

Yep.

Want some help?

[rousing music plays]

[Barry] Hell yeah. That would be incredibly useful.

I've actually already borrowed some chemicals

and your soldering iron,

and I'm sitting in your bat-seat.

Is that like a faux pas?

[pilot on radio] Wilco, Lima, Zebra, be advised...

[commander] Air Command to Bravo 601.

[pilot] Primary teams, please confirm your AORs.

[foreboding music playing]

[engines whine]

- [soldier 1] Green teams ready to move. - [soldier 2] Standing by!

You bring me nothing? Hmm.

I gave you a warning.

Your failure to deliver the Kryptonian traitor

is being taken as an act of war.

[blade slices]

[soldier 1] Fire, fire, fire!

[soldier 2 on radio] We have contact, contact!

Weapons hot! Weapons hot! Open fire!

No. [echoes]

[soldier 2] Air support now! I repeat, air support!

[tense music playing]

[engines whooshing]

[dramatic music plays]

Okay, when I throw the switch,

the current should run up the wire

and draw the lightning right to the kite.

Here, put that on.

It's heat and impact resistant.

Should protect you a little.

Right, but the point is for me to not be protected.

Okay.

You're gonna need to be out of the way.

I will.

Let's get electrocuted.

This is going to work, right?

Of course it's gonna work.

Nothing we haven't done before.

Besides, this time we have Batman.

What could go wrong?

Uh, for the record, I think this is insane.

Get back.

[thunder rumbling]

It's fine. It's fine.

[machine starts up]

[electricity crackling]

Just you and me again, Mr. Lightning.

[dramatic choral music playing]

Do it!

[music halts]

[lightning striking]

[dramatic music resumes]

[screaming]

[Past Barry] Wait, what? No!

No, wait! Stop! Stop!

- [groans] - [crackling stops]

[Barry shuddering]

- [coughs] - [soft searing]

Oh, God.

- Oh, God. - Barry, no.

[breath shudders]

Go again.

- But... - Please.

[machine powers down]

The circuit is fried.

[shudders]

[whooshing]

[hopeful music playing]

[breathes heavily]

[thunder rumbling]

[hopeful music continues]

[thunder crashes]

I've got you.

[thunder crashing]

[blasting]

[soft music playing]

Hey. Barry.

You're okay. It's like last time, right?

So, you gotta heal now.

[soft searing]

[electricity crackling]

Look, look, look!

It's working. It's working.

- Yeah, it's working. Yeah. - [coughing]

Yeah, he's healing. He's healing.

Oh, my God. He's okay.

Dude, you scared the shit out of me.

[rousing music playing]

- [music halts] - [squeaking]

- [eerie music playing] - [deep rumbling]

[indistinct distorted noise]

[distorted voice yells]

[roars]

[gasps]

[indistinct TV chatter]

[grunts]

[groans]

You're awake.

How you feeling?

Slow.

Maybe this will help.

[heroic music playing]

Ooh... Ooh!

Yes!

Dude, come on! Irresistible!

- Man, feels good to be back. - Yeah!

And what are we wearing tonight?

You like it?

I... made it myself out of that old Batsuit.

But you know, I made it our colors and everything.

Well, check this out!

- [suit squeaks] - It's a bit more loose.

It beeves.

Dude,

you really mean that?

I mean, I don't...

I don't know what... what it means, exactly, to beeve.

But it seems like it's positive.

What are you doing?

You came back.

I'm glad you're okay.

I have to ask you something.

When you found me in that hole that they put me in...

and I wasn't Kal-El...

why did you help me?

Because you needed help.

Do you know what this symbol stands for?

- ♪-Supergirl? - It means hope, right?

Hope, yeah. Does it mean hope?

Krypton was a beautiful place.

We are a people of hope,

not war.

[reporter speaking on TV]

I'm coming to you live from Metropolis

where minutes ago, the mysterious flying...

[Kara] Zod may be from Krypton,

but he is not my people.

So, you're saying...

Yes.

I will help you fight Zod.

[Past Barry] Yes!

[Older Bruce] Interesting group.

What did you say, uh,

we were called again?

We're the Justice League.

[Barry] No.

- No? - Well, I mean, kinda.

We are short

one literal goddess,

one friendly Terminator,

and super mermaid.

And we could definitely use a Batman.

Are you in?

- [heroic music building] - [exhales]

You wanna get nuts?

Let's get nuts.

[stirring music playing]

[Barry] In my world, Superman showed up right away

when Zod called him out.

So, as of now, we're in uncharted territory.

What I do know is that

Zod somehow controls the World Engines,

which will be destroying much more

than just Metropolis now

with every passing second that we don't stop him.

- Barry, what are you doing? - What?

Our kids are gonna wanna see this.

Your kids?

Well, you know, like everybody's kids. I mean, the children of the world.

They're gonna wanna see this.

[Older Batman] We're getting close.

I'm gonna stay airborne and take out their sky power.

And Barry, just so we're clear,

what that essentially equates to is you and me

versus the entire Kryptonian army.

Chill.

We need to buy Kara enough time to take out Zod.

Oh, and remember that your suit doesn't dissipate energy like mine,

So you need to take breaks,

otherwise you're gonna build up too much charge.

- Wait, what? - [alarm beeping]

[missile whooshing]

- [explosion] - [Past Barry yelps]

[screams]

[Past Barry screaming] Dang it!

- [Older Batman] Hold on! - [screaming]

- [Past Barry] Okay! - [Barry] Hold on.

The humans we came to protect?

They don't know we're on their side.

[dramatic music playing]

- [music halts] - [suit squeaks]

[dramatic music resumes]

[sinister music playing]

Zod.

Kara Zor-El.

We've been waiting for you.

[soldier 1] Go, go!

[soldier 2] Cover!

[soldiers screaming]

- Drag him out, drag him! - You go! I'll cover!

- [blow lands] - [soldiers screaming]

- [giant grunts] - [soldiers groaning]

Okay, and the space giant

and Mistress Murder

- are our responsibility too? - Hey, hey, hey.

Don't think about them, okay? Calm down.

We're just gonna start with those guys over there.

And yeah, they're Kryptonian, and we won't be able to kill them,

but we can slow them down for her.

One at a time.

Okay? I'm gonna disarm them, and then you'll engage.

Punch 'em.

Come on, Barbie.

Let's go party?

[The Flash Theme playing]

[grunting]

[grunts] Okay, ow!

Oh.

[grunts]

[vibrating]

Okay. It's okay. You're okay. Come on.

Jesus, they're fast.

Yes, but not as fast as us.

Terraforming has begun.

This world must die

so that ours may live again.

[energy charging up]

[energy blasts]

Oh, my God. We gotta go. We gotta go.

Dan, Danny, go, go!

Krypton is gone, Zod.

Your uncle,

Jor-El...

hid the key

to Krypton's rebirth

inside a Kryptonian child.

All the genetic material needed

to start again,

coded inside the DNA,

then sent to Earth in an escape pod.

He's not here. You have failed.

We found him.

We intercepted his pod.

But your cousin was not the one we needed.

You are the one.

Kara Zor-El.

It is your blood

we must harvest.

What did you do to Kal-El?

Your sacrifice that will allow

Krypton to live again.

[shouts] What did you do?

The infant did not survive.

[screams]

[dramatic music playing]

[grunting]

[heroic music playing]

Look, new plan.

I'm gonna create a cyclonic diversion.

And you're gonna just come in, hard.

Feet first this time.

[soldier groans]

[yells]

[groaning]

Yes!

Barry, did you see that?

Be careful. You're accumulating too much charge.

What if I just Emperor this guy?

- [The Flash] No, no, no! - [yelps]

[sighs]

[both grunting]

[Kara grunts]

[grunts]

[yells]

[grunts]

[yells]

[groans]

Barry, that was actually only half stupid!

But if you're gonna do that and not die,

you need to complete the circuit somehow.

Try putting your hands together, like, like this.

Oh, shit.

- You're ready. - Let's go!

[energetic rock song playing]

[groans]

[grunts]

[growls]

[yells]

[grunts heavily]

[energetic rock song continues]

[energy blasts]

[energetic rock music stops]

[dramatic music playing]

I'm going after the big one.

[alarm wailing]

- I've been hit. - [tense music playing]

[The Flash] Bruce, do you copy?

- Where's Kara? - You go find her.

Bruce!

[automated voice] Ejection mode failure.

Ejection mode failure.

[Kara grunting]

[grunts]

[trills]

[grunts]

[General Zod grunts]

[dark music playing]

- [device whirring] - [groaning laboriously]

Rest, Kara Zor-El.

Going down.

[alarm continues wailing]

But I'm not going alone.

No, no, no, no, no, Bruce!

Bruce, eject! Bruce, just eject...

[engine whining]

No!

[Past Barry] Kara.

[gasps]

[whimpers]

Isn't supposed...

Not supposed to happen...

[brooding music playing]

Kara's dead.

They're both dead.

But they don't have to be, right?

"Cause we can go back.

- Like you did. - You're not fast enough yet.

You sure?

- [yells] - Barry!

[The Flash] Barry, wait!

[rousing heroic music playing]

Is this back enough?

Yeah, I guess so.

Listen, Barry, |I...

[rumbling]

What? It's okay. We can fix this.

You know what you're gonna change?

I know what I'm gonna change.

[gripping music playing]

I'm going after the big one.

Bruce, pull off. That gunship

- is shield-protected. - Roger that.

Bet he's not.

[The Flash] Who? Space giant?

Yes, yes, please take him out.

[giant roars]

[grunts]

[roars]

[giant grunting]

[engine whining]

[heroic music playing]

Yes.

[yelling]

[The Flash Theme playing]

[punches landing]

[exhales deeply]

- [Kara yells] - [grunts]

[groaning]

[sinister music playing]

- [blade stabs] - [Kara grunts]

[Kara grunts]

[Kara grunts]

[grunting]

[bomb beeping rapidly]

[explodes]

[bomb beeping rapidly]

[explodes]

[giant panting]

[bomb beeping rapidly]

[explodes]

[breathing heavily]

[solemn music playing]

[groaning]

No.

Hey.

It'll be okay.

Not this time, kid.

Maybe some other time.

We can't bring you back, can we?

You already did.

You already did.

[inhales sharply]

[Past Barry] Come on, Barry.

Gotta get up. Come on.

- Barry. - We go again.

- [giant roars] - [gasps]

[The Flash] Barry.

[giant roars]

Let's just go.

Barry, come on. Let's just go.

Barry, there's no point.

- [giant roars] - [The Flash screams]

Barry!

[rousing heroic music playing]

[giant roaring]

[energy charges up, blasts]

- Phase! - [vibrating]

- [groans] - Okay, I have to pull it out.

- I have to pull it out. - No, I'm okay.

You have to phase again. Barry, phase again.

I'm okay. I just should've stopped sooner.

[The Flash] Ow!

[both grunting]

[gasps]

- [vibrating] - [Past Barry yelling]

[Kryptonian groans, whimpers]

Again.

Barry.

Okay, can we please just take a minute?

Sorry, dude. Yeah, bro, of... of course.

[laughs] That's the whole thing.

We can take as much time as it takes.

No, that's... that's not what I mean. Hey!

[both yell]

[solemn music plays]

[uptempo music plays]

- [music stops] - [grunts]

Okay, you good? Come on.

I need you in there. Let's go.

Barry, please, just listen to me!

[yells]

[groans]

[uptempo music plays]

Where were you?

What, you just stand here the whole time?

Barry, this is an inevitable intersection.

You have to stop. Barry!

[grunts]

[vibrating]

No, Barry, wait!

Barry, listen. [echoes]

There's something I should tell you.

I went back in time initially

- because... - Yeah, because Mom died.

How do you know?

It doesn't matter. Does it?

You know that I have to undo what I did.

No.

It's not a mistake.

We can save her. And we can save them.

No, we can't.

This is what Bruce was talking about.

Barry, this is inevitable.

We can try a million times, and we're not gonna be able to fix this.

No matter what we do,

this world dies.

Today.

Look around.

[distorted rumbling]

Look at the damage we're causing.

Now we have to stop.

Okay?

Look, I was just doing my laundry.

You're the one who came and told me that I'm a superhero.

And now you're saying what?

[stutters] You don't want me to be?

Well, guess what! It's too late!

I am [echoes]

The Flash.

And I can save everyone.

Nobody dies!

Barry...

not every problem has a solution.

Not every problem has a solution.

[sentimental music playing]

Sometimes we just have to let go.

[Nora] Sometimes you just have to let go.

Let go of Mom?

She'll always be alive, somewhere in time.

Always.

Just not for us.

You're full of shit, dude.

I'm going back.

[shouts] You're going back to kill Mom?

No!

You're staying!

You stay, right here.

Just give me one more time.

Barry, stop!

You, stop!

[ominous music playing]

[The Flash yells]

[dramatic choral music playing]

[screaming]

[dramatic choral music continues]

[grunts]

Feel like we got off on the wrong foot.

Let's start again. I'm The Flash.

What's your name?

I've lived...

more than you can dream.

- [crackling] - Not an answer.

Do you, like, rehearse that?

[electricity surging]

Whoa.

Get out of here, Barry!

[both grunting]

[grunts]

[searing]

[Past Barry] That scar, you...

Oh, my God.

So, you're... you are...

Yes, I am...

you.

We are so close.

I've got it almost figured out.

How long have you been doing this?

Time is inconsequential.

Come on, Barry.

[whooshing]

[rumbling]

[man] Up in the sky! It's a bird!

[woman] It's a plane!

[man 2] It's Superman!

[distant explosion]

[majestic music playing]

[explosions]

[heroic music playing]

[Catwoman] Perfectly foolproof.

[Joker cackling]

[Early Batman] Only the Joker would think of that.

[Joker cackling]

[creature chittering]

[screams]

[creature growling]

[heroic music continues]

Please just look at what's happening.

These worlds...

[exploding]

...they're colliding and collapsing.

We did this.

[breathes heavily]

W-We're destroying the fabric of everything.

You have to stop.

It stops once I've fixed it!

It's not entirely your fault, Barry.

I pushed you out of the Chronobowl on that September 29,

so you could start me on this path. Hmm?

How do you like our endless paradox?

I made you create me,

and now you're the one

in my way.

No matter how close I get to winning this fight,

you go back

and let Mom die.

You're the inevitable intersection.

And you do have to let go.

What's he talking about?

You're my hero.

[both scream]

[groaning]

What did you do?

Hey, hey. Don't worry. It's gonna heal.

It's gonna heal.

[choking] I just wanted to...

[Past Barry mumbles]

You tell Mom I love her.

[breathes laboriously]

[somber music playing]

[rumbling]

[music building]

[heroic music playing]

[music building]

[Muzak playing on speakers]

[baby crying]

[crying fades]

Don't forget the tomatoes.

[baby cooing]

[breathes heavily]

I used to love that cereal when I was a kid.

Yeah.

My son goes nuts for it.

They stop making it.

[stutters] Well, I know they were talking

about discontinuing it.

- Do I know you? - No, I'm not from around here.

I was just visiting my mom.

Maybe I know her.

What's her name?

She's the best...

and kindest person in the world.

You okay?

Yeah, I'm just...

I'm really gonna miss her.

[sniffling]

[gentle Spanish song playing]

I know I'm just

a random lady in a store.

But do you want a hug?

Mm-hmm. Sure.

- [tearfully] I'm sorry. - Oh, don't say that.

Your mom must be grateful you came to visit her.

She's very lucky to have you.

I'm very lucky to have her.

Ah! You have to tell her that.

Moms like to hear these kind of things.

Believe me.

[gentle Spanish song continues playing]

[sniffles]

[cries softly]

[breathes deeply]

[sighs deeply]

Love you, Mom.

[inhales deeply]

I love you more.

I loved you first.

- Bye. - Bye.

I'm back.

Shit!

Court!

[indistinct chatter]

[whooshing]

[grunts]

...original trial was initially...

I'm so sorry.

As I was saying,

the same security camera footage,

Exhibit F in the original trial,

was initially considered useless

but has now

been enhanced

using the latest tech

from Wayne Enterprises.

It confirms

the alibi

Mr. Allen has argued

and his son, Barry,

has corroborated, since day one.

Here.

[audience murmurs]

Right here, you can clearly see my client, Mr. Allen,

reaching for a can of tomatoes

on the top shelf.

[sentimental music playing]

[audience chattering]

[sighs in relief]

Mr. Allen, Mr. Allen, can you tell us

a bit more about what happened, please?

Well, uh, the...

the tomatoes moved from the bottom shelf to the top shelf

and, uh, subsequently

uncooked the spaghetti.

Unquote.

I'm sorry, that makes absolutely no sense.

What are you talking about, sir?

- Thank you. Thank you so much. - The allegations, the trial...

We're good here. Thank you.

[reporter 2] ...statement in the court.

- Did I give a good quote? - Yeah.

Spaghetti.

Hey, speaking of food, I was thinking, um...

you should ask me to dinner.

D-Dinner with me?

[chuckles softly] Yes, a date, Barry.

Iris West, do you wanna dinner-date me?

- I'd love to. - Thank you.

I'd love to also.

Call me.

[singing "Pedro Navaja"]

[cell phone ringing]

- Bruce! - [distorted] Congratulations.

Thank you. You have no idea how good it is to hear your voice.

I... have so much to tell you

the next time I see you, Bruce. You were right.

Okay? And I didn't listen.

And things did get very, very weird,

but I put everything back, I promise.

I'm pulling up now.

- [reporters clamoring] - Oh, great.

- [reporter 1] Get the shot. - [reporter 2] Sir, sir!

- [bodyguard] Back up, please. - [reporter 3] Shot!

[reporter 2] Sir, I'd like to ask you

for a video for the Daily Planet.

- [reporters] Wayne! Wayne! - Step aside.

[reporter 4] Was it backed by your own allegation?

Who the fuck is this?

[bodyguard] He's not answering any questions.

[distorted] Hey, Barry.

No, wh-where's...

You're, you... No.

You can't...

You... You're not Batman.

What's wrong with you?

Huh.

- [Barry chuckles haltingly] - [chuckles]

[chuckles forcedly]

Well...

[dramatic music builds]

[music halts]

[dramatic music outro plays]

[indie rock song playing]

[song ends]

[The Flash Theme playing]

[dramatic choral music playing]

[somber music playing]

[uptempo music playing]

[captivating music playing]

I've told you it's my metabolism, right?

I can't get drunk.

I can't get drink either.

Listen.

Listen, I'm, 'cause I'm trying to... No, no, no.

"Cause what I'm trying to explain

as simply as I possibly can, I promise...

They were all Batman. They were all Bruce Wayne.

But each of them was a completely different person.

So, on the other line-time...

- Timeline. - ...I'm the same guy?

Yeah. Actually, pretty much.

You're lovable, furry,

loyal, motivated by bacon.

All right, listen.

Thank you for making it more simpler for me,

- Mr. Simple More. - Yeah, I'm doing my best.

[Arthur mumbles]

Look, you're missing the larger premise here.

In my timeline, when I...

All right, come on.

- Up, up, Broseidon. - [grunts]

All right, come on.

I thought you were gonna sleep on the couch. [stutters]

A-Arthur, I live right here.

Harry?

I live right here. It's okay.

[water bubbling]

[blows raspberry]

Okay.

Oh, hey.

[grunts] More beer.

Go fast. Oh, here! Here.

Here. Pay with this.

Arthur, this is Atlantean treasure.

You... You tell them that.

[singing] Got no money for the sailor suit I...

- Yep. - I'm a sailor...

You're a sailor.

He's fine.