All language subtitles for The Flash_S09E07_Wildest Dreams.English (CC)

-[sonic thrumming]
-[groans]

-[discordant sounds overlapping]
-[groaning]

[breathing heavily]

Not my first rodeo.

[overlapping voices whispering]

If you're trying to stop me, you can't.

Not when I'm this close.

[groans and screams]

[dramatic music playing]

Uh-uh.

I've come too far
to let you stand in my way.

[breathing heavily]

[Iris West] Nia.

It's about control.

[Dreamer] Iris.

Iris.

Iris! What did you do to her?

Why did you kill her?

[murmuring] Why?

Why did you kill her?

[shouts] Iris!

Ma'am, I don't know what your problem is,

but if you can't control yourself,
I'm gonna have to ask you to--

I know. I'm going.

I have to get to Central City.

-[cell phone ringing]
-Oh. Give me a second.

[Barry] Hey, I just wanted to see
how the article is coming along.

Uh, it's my best work yet.

-It's definitely a game changer.
-Yeah?

Are you going to finally tell me
what it's about?

Well, you can find out tonight

when I publish it
along with everybody else.

Okay, fine.

-You still feeling hungry every hour?
-Yep.

And now I think I know where Nora
gets her obsession with cheese fries from.

Hey, well, Helena's on Third Street
has gourmet cheese fries.

You want me to make
a late dinner reservation?

No, I can't. I gotta get back to it.

Okay. Well, I'll leave something for you
in the microwave.

-Don't work too late.
-I won't.

-I love you.
-Love you.

[cell phone beeps]

[softly] Okay, let's see.

-Hey, boss.
-Hi.

So I finished the layout
for your article on The Red Death

and check out the title I came up with.

I call it my map book.

What's wrong?

Um…

Nothing. I just… I wasn't expecting
to see that exact headline so soon.

Wait, is this the article?

The one from Barry's map book
that you win the Pulitzer for?

-Yeah.
-Oh, my God.

Can I congratulate you now?

-Well, I haven't published it yet.
-Right.

But, Iris, this is your destiny,
and it's happening right now.

You must be so excited to publish, right?

Um… Actually, I'm gonna wait.

Yeah, I still have some tinkering,
and I think I want to sleep on it.

I get it. You want it to be perfect.
Well, I'll leave you to it.

Ms. Pulitzer.

Hmm.

Okay.

Khione, you did it.
You unlocked your ice powers.

[laughing] This is great.

Am I superhero now?

Well, let's make sure. Grab the container.

Now, it's filled with
a cryo-chemical fluid

with an extremely low freezing point.

If you can ice it too,
then we'll really have something

-to celebrate. Oh!
-[gasps]

Oh, I am so sorry.

No, it's totally cool.

I hate shirts anyway.

Yeah, you know what?
That's was a stupid thing to do.

I am going to put it back on.

Sorry, I should really try
to keep these things on. I--

-[romantic music playing]
-[Mark] Mmm.

Huh.

[mumbling softly]

You sure about this?

Definitely.

[exclaims] Um…

Okay.

[smooching]

[chuckles softly]

Oh, you're so amazing.

Oh, I love you too.

Mm-hmm.

[sniffles]

[angrily] What?

[sighs]

-What?
-[hesitates]

So, what's so amazing?

I'm sorry. I must have fallen asleep
on monitor duty.

It won't happen again.

Were you dreaming?

[sighs] No. I mean, yes. Why? Maybe.

Were you professing your love
to someone in your sleep?

[laughs nervously]

No. No, who does that?

No, I'm just a little embarrassed.

By your secret crush
and the love you feel for them?

Uh, by my not-so-secret love of bourbon.

Which is why I fell asleep
on monitor duty.

Okay, party person.

Well, now you can go catch some Z's
somewhere else

'cause I got to start my shift,

and today, I'm showing Khione the ropes.

Awesome.

Yes. That way I can contribute
to Team Flash

while we figure out if my powers
can be useful in the field.

I just… I wish we could work
somewhere with a view.

I mean, Kesha, Bob and I,
we really thrive outside.

[Chester] Mmm. Yeah.

[Mark] You know, you're right, Khione.

It's too nice a day
to spend inside training.

Let's go out.

Chester, you can train her on comms
anytime, right?

Uh…

I guess.

Can we go to a park?

Oh, please,
we can do even better than a park.

Trust me, I know all the cool things
we can do.

-Are you in?
-Okay.

-Thanks, Chester.
-Mm-hmm.

[Nia] Iris?

Nia.

Hi. What are you doing in Central City?

I came to see you.

Sorry to pop in so late.

No, it's fine.

I had a great time at mimosa brunch
with you, Kara, Alex and Ryan.

But I just… I didn't expect
to see you again so soon.

Yeah. It was great to finally meet you.

I didn't want to make it a thing,

but you're kind of my career role model.

-I am?
-Yeah.

I mean, that story you told us
about being kidnapped by Cicada

and then fighting your way out
and writing about it the next day

like nothing happened?

[chuckles] It still gives me goose bumps.

Well, look, I'm happy to see you,

but what's up with the late visit?
What's going on?

[sighs softly]

Well, for the past five years as Dreamer,
I've been honing my powers.

And, well, not to brag,

but I can turn dream energy
into just about anything.

So, lately, I've been trying
to take my powers to the next level,

and I read about this ancient source
of Naltorian dream energy.

So, I've been going into the dream realm
to try to find it.

And I could sense
that I was close in my last dream.

And then…

my powers got erased.

Look…

[Nia straining]

Normally, something happens here.

It's like every time I try
to call on it, it just feels further away.

And I know this is going to sound crazy,

but I think that the only person
who can help me is you.

[chuckles]

Okay, how?

You were in my dream too.

And, Iris, something really bad happened.

I'm sorry.

[sonic thrumming]

Oh, no.

[dramatic music playing]

Nia, what is it? There's nothing there.

[overlapping voices whispering]

[elevator dings]

[indistinct chatter]

What the hell?

Oh, crap.

Captain, look out!

[grunts]

-[officers applauding]
-[male officer] Way to go, way to go!

[officers cheering]

[grunts]

Nice one, Captain.

Come on.

How are we both police officers?

Because we're in a dream.

Yours.

So this is what my life
would have looked like

if I was a police officer?

Captain. Incredible.

No, what's incredible
is first you were in my dream,

and now I'm here with you in yours.

It's like we're having
a shared dreaming experience.

But I haven't read about anything
like this in my Naltorian texts.

Well, there's got to be a reason for it.
I mean, why did we suddenly fall asleep?

I don't know.
But that's not our biggest problem, Iris.

I have been trying to wake us up

since we got here,
but without my powers, I can't.

-We're trapped?
-For the time being, yes, but…

The good news is there's always an exit.

We just have to find it.

Hey, Cap. Nice takedown earlier.

CCPN is dying to interview you about it.

That, and how you took down
the Snart siblings last week.

You're unstoppable.

Okay, sure.

I wonder what I did to take down
Lisa and Snart.

It doesn't matter.

Look, I know dream lives
can be intriguing,

but you need to stay focused here, okay?

It's not safe to stay in the dream realm
for too long.

Let's check up there too.

You know, it's actually nice to be making
the news instead of just reporting on it.

This could actually be my life.

But you're such a talented reporter.

Yeah, but there was a time when I wanted
to be a cop.

Just like my dad. I mean, he was a hero
to so many people.

Does this mean that being a police officer
is what I should be doing?

[eerie music playing]

Hey, look, a way out.

[Nia] Iris, Iris, wait.

I never finished telling you
what happened in my dream.

You died.

-How?
-You weren't the only one there.

There was also this hooded woman.
I didn't see her face.

She didn't speak. She just looked at me
with these glowing eyes.

I think she's the one
who took away my powers.

And I think she's the one that killed you.

She's the one you saw
right before we passed out.

She forced us into your dream.

And now I'm starting to think
that it's because

the only place she can kill
is in the dream realm.

Which is why
I'm so weirded out by this door.

Either way, we need to be careful.

And we need to get out of here fast
before she finds us.

Let's go wake up.

[suspenseful music playing]

[pop music playing over speaker]

Renita! Double-shot cappuccino,
no foam with oat milk.

-For Renita.
-I am so sorry for the mix-up.

Hey, boss. Nia.

Hi.

Okay.

That definitely wasn't an exit.

Why are we still stuck in a dream?

[door closes]

Hey, Iris. I brought cheese fries.

No, no, no. Iris?

Nia?

So what's wrong with them?

According to Gideon's biometric analysis,
Iris and Nia are in a deep REM sleep.

Why can't we wake them?

Their cortical functions
are totally siloed.

That's why they won't respond
to any outside stimuli.

What about the baby? Is Nora okay?

From what I can tell, yeah.

Baby Nora's okay so far.

-Cecile, can you sense anything?
-No.

Well, if Nia is here
and they're both asleep…

Then that can't be a coincidence.

What about contacting Kara?
Or Brainy or J'onn?

I mean, they know Nia's powers
better than we do.

Barr, I checked. They're all off-world.

Well, we have to try something.

I'm gonna call the League,
Cisco, Digg, anyone I can think of.

Okay. Um… I'll go talk to him.

-[Allegra sighs]
-[Chester] Oh, man.

The neural functions in their
cerebral cortexes are sinking fast.

If Iris and Nia don't wake up soon,

they could fall into
a permanent comatose state.

We are two badass, smart women.

We can figure this out, right?

Nia, if we can't wake up,
what happens to us on the outside?

What happens to my baby?

-I don't know.
-[machine whirring]

-Iris, it's happening again! Hurry. Hurry!
-Okay, the bean…

The bean hopper's totally jammed.
Resistor coil, it's overheated.

It's a Code Sumatra.

-What's a Code Sumatra?
-[Marco] Hello?

I'd like my coffee sometime today.

-Yes!
-Do you know what to do here?

-Um…
-[groans]

Oh, my God. I'm so sorry.

Yes, I do.

-Chester?
-Yeah.

-You know how to fix anything. Right?
-Right.

Okay. So just imagine that Jitters
is your toolbox.

It's my toolbox. Yes, I can disassemble
the space heater

in the storage room
and strip it for parts.

Yeah. Right.

And the handheld frother
still works, right?

-Yeah.
-We can use that to finish Marco's order.

[snaps fingers] On it, babe.

Don't worry.

They call me the fastest man alive.

How do you know how to run a coffee shop?

Oh, I used to be a barista here.
I really loved it.

-Great managing, boss.
-Thanks.

It's almost quitting time.

You want to get dinner,
somewhere with cheese fries?

I would love that.

-[Barry] Yeah? All right.
-Yeah. Okay.

-[chuckles]
-[Barry] Okay.

-Is it hot in here?
-No, why?

-Marco? It's ready.
-Iris, we need to go.

Right now.

[rock music playing]

[Mark sighs]

So, paintball was interesting.

Don't worry. We got plenty more stops
on the ch-ch-chill train tonight. [laughs]

-Oh, do you like underground raves?
-I love dancing.

But I thought maybe we'd do something
a little more relaxing?

Something to nurture the body and soul.

Hear you loud and clear.

Barkeep, some shots, please.

Absolutely.

There are your usuals.

It's good to see you.

Oh, I've never been here before.

And I don't drink. [chuckles softly]

So, today's been amazing. Right?

Yeah. I was actually thinking
that maybe we could go to the arboretum.

I know they're open late tonight.

Oh, I know. Why don't we hit up
the midnight roller derby?

[laughs] What time is it?

Mark, why aren't we doing anything
that I want to do?

Uh… Because we should only
be doing exciting things.

You know, not walking around
in a garden. [scoffs]

-It's boring.
-Says who?

Uh, everybody with a pulse.

-Can't you be more like…
-Frost?

Do you feel hot? Heart racing?

Yeah. Why?

The Naltorian mystics had a word
for something like this.

It roughly translates to "angry sleep."

Basically, if you stay in a dream
too long,

your body starts to experience trauma
from the intense strain.

So, we're on a clock?

Look, dreams always reflect back to us
the problems of our everyday lives.

So maybe if we can crack the code
of your dreams, we can get out.

Is there anything that you're
struggling with in the real world?

No. Nothing important.

I mean, I have everything
that I could want.

I'm pregnant, my career is taking off.

-I have Barry.
-There must be something.

I don't know.
I don't know what to tell you.

I guess back at Jitters, I felt something
that I haven't felt in years.

Being in a world where I could
clock out at 5:00, it was nice.

I could choose how to spend
my day, my evenings, my future.

Maybe I just wish that I could always feel
that kind of freedom.

-[sonic thrumming]
-What is it?

-What just happened?
-This room…

-Where are we?
-This room, it was in my dream.

I think our dreams are merging.

This can't happen. Not here, not now.

-Nia, is this where…
-I saw you die.

Iris, we're not sharing a dream anymore.
We're sharing a nightmare.

-[overlapping voices whispering]
-Run!

[dramatic music playing]

Their fevers are spiking.
104, 104.2, they keep going up.

Why is this happening?

I don't know. But if their body temps keep
getting higher…

We should get Barry. He needs to be here.

Yeah, I know,
but what are we supposed to tell him?

That it's hopeless?
He's going to lose everything?

Hey, it's going to be okay.

Are you sure?

'Cause I'm not.

[sonic thrumming]

[overlapping voices whispering]

There's no way they could have caught up
with us that fast.

No rules in a nightmare.

[dramatic music playing]

Nia, is that the woman from your dreams?

Yep.

Why are you doing this to us?

-[both groaning]
-[discordant sounds overlapping]

Enough of this!

I am the Dreamer, I am in control,
and I am not gonna let you hurt her!

[both breathing heavily]

I thought she was gonna kill us.

Wait. Are we back?

No. I can sense
we're still in the dream realm.

Looks like she doesn't want us to leave.

[Taylor] There are people around here
who actually do the work, you know?

[Aariz] She gets everything
handed to her on a silver platter.

Must be nice.

[Iris West] Aariz,
who are you talking about?

She's a total fraud.

I've been saying it since day one.

[announcer on TV] And now,
accepting the Pulitzer Prize

for investigative journalism,

Iris West-Allen.

-Congratulations…
-They're talking about me.

Iris, don't listen.

[Taylor] I mean, a Pulitzer?
Seriously? For what?

Being married to the Flash?

'Cause that's how
she gets all her stories.

Allegra, you're a straight shooter.
What's your take?

Yeah, I've known Iris for a long time,

which means I know exactly
what kind of person she is.

She's a fake.

She doesn't have a life.

She has a checklist.

Everything's already decided for her.

There is no way
she actually deserves this award.

[inaudible]

[rock music playing]

Khione, wait. Khione.

Mark, do you wish that I was Frost?

[scoffs] No. Why would I want that?

Okay, it's karaoke time, folks.

It's not…

In the house,
for the first time in months,

welcome back, The Icepack!

[crowd cheering and chanting] Icepack!
Icepack! Icepack! Icepack!

[DJ] Mark, Frost, yeah?

[mouthing]

Thank you, everyone, for your kindness.

Unfortunately, Frost and Mark will not be
singing tonight

because Frost is dead.

Wait, what?

And he has a lot of explaining to do.

[man chortles] Oh!

It all makes sense.

You've been trying to turn me
into Frost since day one.

[music stops]

First with the CRC,
and now, with everything we did today.

I can explain. I just miss her so much,
I'm not thinking straight.

Oh, come on.

I thought you were a real friend.

I am. I'm just saying
that I could be more.

Yikes, man.

Mark, we barely know each other.

Yeah, you tell him!

-Okay. I had a dream.
-A dream?

We were in it and we kissed
and it was amazing.

And the chemistry
was off the freaking charts.

-You tell him.
-Go outside.

No one wants to hear this.

So, sue me if I just wanted to see
if this could be the real thing.

Don't you ever talk to me like that.

[Mark] But no, you're right.

Clearly you're not the woman of my dreams

because you're not Frost.

-Oh…
-Stop.

No, I'm me.

But you wouldn't know anything about me

because you never even
tried to get to know me.

And now I'm leaving.

So, we're stuck in a dream,

our bodies are dangerously
close to overheating,

and you're worried about an award?

Yeah, I know, it's stupid.

Just talk to me.

What's going on?

Well, um, right before you got here,
I found out

that the article that I'm writing
is gonna win me my first Pulitzer.

Hazards of being married
to a time traveler,

I know way more about my future
than most people.

But usually that kind of recognition
is great for journalists.

Why is it bothering you so much?

Well, suddenly I didn't feel
like it was my own.

It felt like it was preordained.

Like I didn't earn it.

So, that's why you've been dreaming
of lives with no preordained destiny.

Where I can make my own choices.

But…

Iris, you've already been
making your own choices.

You're worried about…

publishing today
because it leads to your first Pulitzer.

But that was a choice you made years ago

when you decided to become
a journalist in the first place.

Don't you see?

Every time you're pursuing a lead
or staying up all night

digging into a story…

I'm doubling down on that choice.

And that's the thing about destiny.

It isn't just one choice.

Destiny is the culmination
of a lifetime of choices.

You were always on the right path, Iris.

And I created it.

Nia, if we've cracked the meaning
of my dreams, then why are we still here?

[sonic thrumming]

What was that?

Only one way to find out.

Their fevers aren't breaking.
They're at 105.2.

And there's nothing we can do?

Pretty soon, their organs
are going to shut down.

And if that happens,
we could lose both of them.

And our baby too.

I can't believe this is happening.

[gasps]

Cecile, what is it?

There's someone else here.

[dramatic music playing]

Who is it?

I don't know. They're gone.

Barry, I don't know why,

and there is no rational explanation
for me feeling this way,

but I know that Iris
is gonna pull through this.

She's going to be fine.
She and Nia are both gonna be okay.

How can you be so sure?

Because the presence that I just felt
was something powerful, and kind.

It was almost like a guardian angel.

Barry, I think it was a sign.

[Iris West] What is all that?

Spider webs.

A spider bite killed my mom.

She was a Dreamer too.

[Iris West] What do you want to do?

Nia, look, I know you're trying to regain
control of your powers

and this dream that we're in…

but what if you're not supposed to?

Something that's always guided me
as a journalist

is that in order to honor the truth,
you can't control it.

You just have to follow the story
and engage with it.

Even if where it leads you is scary.

Before I came to Central City,

when I saw you in my dream,

you said to me, "It's about control."

This whole time, I thought you were
telling me to take control.

But now I know what you meant.

This is about me giving up control.

Iris, I think I have to
go through this door alone.

Even if where it leads is scary.

Are you sure?

The only reason I can is because of you.

[chuckles softly]

[ethereal music playing]

[monitors beeping]

Iris, it's time for you to come home.

We can't live this life without you.

You got this, Nia.

[sonic thrumming]

[spiders screeching]

[thunder cracks]

[spiders screeching]

[breathing heavily]

You've been trying to guide us
this whole time.

Haven't you?

I thought that I'd mastered my powers.

That I was in full control as the Dreamer.

But the truth was I wasn't ready

to do what I had to do
to reach a higher level.

I'm ready to give up control…

and I accept whatever comes next.

[dramatic music playing]

I know who you are.

My mother was the Dreamer before me

and her mother before her.

All the way back to you.

You are the original Dreamer.
You are the ancient source

of Naltorian dream energy
I've been looking for.

That's why you had to bring
me and Iris together.

It was the only way for us
to embrace our paths.

[gasping]

[gasps]

You're back.

-It's okay.
-Oh, thank God.

Whoa. Check this out.

Their temperatures are already
back to normal.

Same with their
cortical and neural functions.

Like nothing ever happened.

Nia.

We're awake, aren't we?

Yeah, we're awake.

[sighs]

Nia, I don't know how to thank you
for saving my family.

You really don't have to.

Honestly, Iris saved me.
When my powers started fritzing,

I thought that I was losing my path
as the Dreamer.

So I held on tighter,
but Iris helped me realize

that giving up control
is what I needed to do all along.

Turns out we were both on the right path.

We just needed to adjust our perspectives.

So, that presence that I felt…

Who is she?

She is the first woman
on my mother's planet, Naltor,

to receive the dreaming gift.

She's the one I've been looking for.
I just didn't realize it.

And now that I've connected with her,

she is going to teach me
to use my powers in all-new ways.

So it turns out that my potential
is beyond my wildest dreams.

[Chester] Wow.

Okay. See, now that is cosmic.
[imitating echo]

Don't mind him. He's always like this.

Just the way I like him.

Aw. Okay, now I really miss Brainy.

-[sonic thrumming]
-Whoa.

That is weird.

It's like I can feel the presence
of the original Dreamer all over again.

There's so much love.

-She's right over there.
-[Cecile] Hmm?

I'm the only one who can see her.
I'm not crazy.

[Cecile chuckles]

Well, tell her, "Thank you."

She says, "You're welcome."

[exhales]

And now she's gone again, isn't she?

And I should get going too.
It has been a long night.

Well…

I'll see you at next month's brunch club?

Definitely.

-And congratulations, Ms. Pulitzer.
-[chuckles]

Thanks.

[Nia] Bye, guys.

Whew!

Nia was right.
Big Belly in National City is better.

[Barry] Mm-hmm.

-Thanks for running all the way to get it.
-Anytime.

So do you want to get cozy? Watch a movie?

Oh… You had me at "cozy."

But there is one thing
I still need to do first.

-Iris, that's…
-Yeah, I know,

I've been struggling over
whether or not to publish it.

You don't have to do this.

We already decided to let
the rest of our future be unwritten.

Yeah, I know.

And we will.

It's just that being a journalist…

my future isn't unwritten.

And that has nothing to do
with the map book

or anything that Deon
or Bart or Nora has said.

It's because I've been
writing it all along.

-[presses key]
-[laptop beeps]

Cecile, this food looks incredible.

Yeah. No, seriously, you could feed
half of Central City with this spread.

Well, no one, and I mean no one,
goes hungry in our house.

Oh, my God,
I'm turning into my grandmother.

Okay. This cheesy sausage
and egg casserole is her recipe. Enjoy.

Who needs cheesy fries when you have that?

Ditto that. I'm going to need that recipe.
Is it like a family secret?

I know people. I'll get it for you.

Can we do this every week?

And I don't just mean the food.

This just is so wonderful.

Thank you all for making me feel at home.

Of course.
You're part of this family now too.

[knock at door]

Are we expecting someone else?

-[Cecile] Hmm?
-I am.

Hi.

Hi.

-[all] Hey.
-Hey, man.

Don't worry.

Since I'm guessing Khione
already told you what happened,

I won't come in.

[clears throat]

I'll be right back.

Thanks for letting me drop by.

Look, I know what I did to you was wrong,

and seriously screwed up.

But for whatever it's worth,

Frost was supposed to be
my ride or die, you know?

My destiny.

Ever since she's been gone,
it's like I'm stuck in some bad dream

and I can't wake up.

But the truth is,
there is no waking up from this.

And now it's got me hurting everyone
around me, just like I hurt you.

So I just wanted to come by to say that…

I'm really sorry, Khione.

I wasn't thinking right.

And I totally understand

-if you never want to see me--
-Mark, I forgive you.

You…

Really?

Yes. That's what friends do.

[sniffles]

[chuckles softly]

I'm really gonna miss you.

Where are you going?

[Mark] Away.

You taught me one other important thing.

No one could take away this pain.

[sighs] Not even you.

So in order to get over it
or learn to live with it

or whatever it is,
I need to go through it.

Mmm.

All of it.

Alone.

Hey…

Promise me you'll keep
exploring your powers.

Khione, there has got to be
something amazing inside of you.

I promise.

Okay.

Yeah.

Khione, honey, you okay?

-I'm fine.
-[frost cracking]

Are you sure?

[glass clinks]

[gasps]

I guess I am feeling a little sad.