(Chester) This whole thing is gonna be awesome, awesome, awesome.
I'm telling you, Operation: Thirty, Flirty and Thriving
is going to be one memorable shindig, I can feel it.
Yeah, and from what you told me,
it sounds like it's going to be way better
than the first time Barry turned 30.
Oh, yeah.
That time Team Flash spent the whole night fighting Cicada.
Well, thanks to Dr. Orloff's gamma ray,
Barry's got a second crack at it,
'cause on a cellular level, he's still just 29.
(Chester) Barry, what happened? My readings are saying that you're...
Better than ever.
Okay, so far as everything else goes, I mean, I think we're good.
Chester, you are still in charge of entertainment,
Allegra, you and I have already done all the decorating,
Khione is picking up the cake, so...
So do you guys think he's gonna be surprised?
He better be!
Okay, I just need to grab my laptop.
(all) Surprise!
(laughter)
Wally, Digg!
You guys, you got me.
Come here, man.
-Happy birthday. -Thanks.
Good to see you.
May your current rotation around the sun be your best yet.
Oh, okay. Thank you.
Guys!
Yeah.
(theme music playing)
Yo, party people, let's get wild!
-(dance music playing) -(all cheering)
It's got dried sendru and honey.
Be good for your morning sickness,
well, and tastes delicious.
-Okay, cheers. -Cheers.
Mmm.
-Oh, yeah? -Barry, you have to try this.
-Excuse us. Happy birthday. -Yeah? Hey. It's cool.
-Can you settle something for us? -Thank you. Sure.
See, I think I was a better C.C.P.D. captain
-because I'm not a meta-human. -Oh.
It keeps me objective.
Chief, having meta-abilities
gives me a better understanding of what meta-criminals go through
and all their thinking.
Being human implies I'm treating meta-criminals
and non-meta-criminals equally.
Actually, it implies you're more biased
because non-metas set up the system in the first place.
(both) What do you think?
Um, that...
Central City is lucky to have you both.
Okay, okay, do you guys mind if I borrow the man of the hour for a moment?
I have a special gift for him.
So, how does it feel being 30 all over again?
Unreal, I guess.
Because it's special, Barry, which means it requires a special gift.
-Digg, I... -No, no, please, open it.
(chuckles)
(Diggle) We thought we lost it when Earth-38 was destroyed,
but A.R.G.U.S. found it in National City.
It's hard to believe it's been three years, right?
Sometimes I'll be at the grocery store, man,
or with my kids, and...
grief would hit me all over again.
(softly) Yeah.
It's hard.
We don't get the chance to say goodbye to someone.
I'm sorry to hear about Caitlin.
Losing her so soon after Frost.
Having Khione's helped.
But something about it all still just doesn't feel right.
That's why I... I can't accept this.
Barry, Oliver would have wanted you to have this.
I'm sorry, Digg.
Maybe we should just display it in the Hall.
Does Khione need help with the cake?
Oh, she said there's a huge line at the bakery,
so I figured, while we're waiting,
might as well give you this.
You know it's not my birthday, right?
It's just a little something that I made you
for our one-month anniversary.
It's beautiful.
And it's not just for show.
I know you've been worried about the "light meta" buzz,
so I designed this to conceal your identity.
It's got a facial transmogrifier inside it.
This way, you can concentrate on using all your powers to kick ass
and not on trying to hide your face.
Thanks.
That'll come in handy.
Plus, I got a little piece of me keeping you safe out there.
I love it.
And I love you too.
(singing "Wannabe" by Spice Girls)
I love it.
You know, there's a whole party going on in there, right?
(chuckles) Yeah.
-Just needed some air. -Hmm.
Hey, thanks for coming all the way for this.
How are the Himalayas?
Well, Bhikkhuni Amala's been helping me a lot with my journey to enlightenment,
which is good.
Um, but when Iris told me about The Red Death,
it kinda gave me an idea.
You know how I can project my consciousness into the Speed Force?
Well, I've been doing it to find alternate timelines.
What for?
Since there are other timelines, there's probably another me out there
who has already achieved enlightenment
-and could help me find it too. -Wow.
I mean, you already seem so in touch with yourself.
Can't you do it on your own?
I wish it was that simple.
Um, true awakening requires a deep examination of the self.
And then when you have baggage like I do, it's just...
It can hold you back. (chuckles)
What baggage?
Hey, I thought the whole point of you going to Tibet
was to deal with things from your past.
(soft music playing)
Just forget it.
(chuckles) Happy birthday.
-Sparkling cider for the hostess. -Hmm.
-Champagne for the birthday boy. -Thank you.
Okay, everybody, ting, ting, ting, ting, ting, ting.
Please raise a glass for the birthday boy.
-Here to a happy birthday! -Thank you.
(all) Happy birthday.
-Happy birthday, Barry. -(Cecile) Speech!
(all) Speech, speech!
Uh, I mean, what can I say, except...
I feel really lucky to have
the best friends and family in the world,
so here's to you guys.
I love you all.
Cheers.
(all) Cheers.
Chester, this cider tastes a little expired.
It's not just the cider.
I don't feel so good.
Yeah, me neither.
(suspenseful music playing)
Everybody stop drinking. Now.
-Iris, hey. -(groans)
(glass shatters)
Barry, what is happening?
(man) Quite the festivities, Mr. Allen.
My invitation must have been lost in the mail.
(suspenseful music continues)
I hope you don't mind me crashing your party.
Why all the sour faces?
Don't tell me I've missed the cake.
What did you do to them?
Is this how you greet an old friend?
Especially one that's just escaped A.R.G.U.S.
You know, I came right back here so we could pick up where we left off.
And now, I find out you're having a party without me.
Look, I don't know you,
but I know that we can solve this without violence.
Mr. West.
I don't want violence.
I simply wish to save the world.
You don't wanna save anyone.
You're a monster who wants to absorb us all into your sick mind.
Is that such an unfair price to pay for immortality?
You hurt Iris, I will wipe every last one of your cells off this planet.
Fear not.
Your wife is perfectly safe and healthy, and she'll stay that way forever.
Which means your daughter will never know an orphan's grief.
On the contrary,
little Nora West-Allen will be the first Blood Baby born into a whole new world.
(grunts)
Your anger means nothing, Barry.
Now, last time, I made you into a Blood Brother first,
only for your meddlesome team to rise up against me.
But this time, they won't have that chance.
And soon, your meager healing factors will run out too.
I don't know what you're up to,
but you're not gonna get into my head again.
But Barry...
(voice echoing) I already am.
(intense music playing)
Time to begin the good work.
(clinking)
Someone didn't drink their champagne.
Uh, bro, I'm not really much of a drinker.
That's no fun.
Now I'm gonna have to bring the party to you.
(growls)
Sweet Duane Jones.
-(all growling) -(Chester groans)
Frak this.
(gasps)
(all growling)
How fascinating.
You're sharing your oxygen with the embryo inside you.
And she's sharing her healing factors with you.
We're gonna stop you.
No, you won't.
I've been playing the long game, and you have already lost.
(dramatic music playing)
(echoing) Ramsey!
I know you can hear me!
You can't fool me again.
Those visions you showed me last time, they were lies!
Made to tempt me!
I never lied to you, Barry.
I just showed you a future where you had the power to end death.
But you rejected my offer.
And now your friends are dropping like flies.
Nash, Caitlin, Frost, it's quite the list.
You can't break me again.
I don't need to, Barry.
This time, I have a more interesting target in mind.
Just as fleet-footed too.
Only more perceptive.
Wally.
(breathing heavily)
(Francine) Wally. Wally. Wally.
Son.
Wally.
Mama needs her medicine.
Wally.
Mama needs her medicine. Wally.
(Ramsey) I'm sorry, Mr. West.
I thought seeing your childhood home would be comforting,
but I suppose it is rather spartan,
especially compared to Barry's.
Why'd you bring me here?
Because you need a friend, Wallace.
And because we can help each other.
I'd never help you.
But you already have.
You see, the last time I encountered Team Flash,
when I possessed Barry's mind,
I learnt what was coming.
A Crisis to end the multi-verse.
But I guess it didn't take.
(eerie music playing)
No, you're wrong.
The multi-verse is dead.
I know, because I lost Jesse.
She's never coming back.
Tell me something, Wallace.
What did you see out there when you projected your consciousness?
Alternate timelines?
Or other Earths?
Yes, Wallace, you can sense them.
So isn't it possible that there's another
Jesse Quick out there somewhere,
just waiting for her Prince Charming to come and find her?
-(bangs table) -(sirens wailing outside)
You're trying to trick me.
But you can't tempt me with simple desires.
I know my truth.
Then why have you failed in your quest for enlightenment?
I know you've been wrestling with the darkness inside you.
And how desperate you are to rid yourself of it.
But you can't.
Not on your own.
Let me help you.
How?
By turning me into a zombie?
No.
By unlocking your true potential.
This is your future, Wally West.
You will enlighten the entire world,
and all the other worlds yet to be discovered.
(gasps)
All you have to do is choose life.
No, you...
You turned everybody I loved into your slave.
That's not choice.
I understand your hesitation.
No one has ever really believed in you, have they?
You have been kept down your entire life,
forced to watch your mother suffer.
It is a pain that I know all too well.
My mother was diagnosed with HLH.
I couldn't save her either, Wally.
I had to watch her die.
Then we have that in common.
Then you understand what it is that I'm trying to do.
That it's about more than just stopping death.
It is about ending the suffering that we have both endured.
And together,
we can create a multi-verse
where no one has to watch their loved ones die...
ever again.
(intense music playing)
(panting)
Okay. Okay, Chester P.
Okay, all your friends are zombies,
but it's...
It's okay, it's okay, you just gotta call for help.
(Iris) Hello? Is anyone there?
Iris?
I thought you were a zombie!
Little Nora's healing factor, it...
It's holding off the infection for now.
Look, I locked myself in the time vault,
but someone cut the power to the outside comms.
Iris!
Iris, can you hear me?
(voice echoing) I've been waiting for you, Chuck.
What?
Don't you wanna give your lover a kiss?
No, no, no, you're not Allegra.
You're Ramsey,
controlling her body.
(Ramsey's voice) And what a powerful body it is.
Doing this to people ain't a gift!
What else would you call eternal life?
I called that hell on earth.
You know what?
I'll leave you alone.
(growling, banging)
Unfortunately, the rest of my brothers and sisters have different plans.
(banging and growling continue)
Leave Wally alone.
Don't worry.
I have no intention of harming him.
But if I did,
it would be just one more sacrifice in your name, right?
(gasps, stammers) Sorry.
Is it me or is the lighting in here a tad too melodramatic?
Can I get a grip or an electrician over here?
(bell rings)
What the hell?
Where are we?
Language, Barry, it's a family show.
Now you have to keep up if we're gonna make our day.
After all, you're the star of the show.
(cheery music playing)
Hey, what's happening?
Okay, ready to try one?
-What is this? What are you doing? -Making you look good, champ!
All right, lock it up!
(indistinct chatter)
Hey, man. Love your work.
(man) Roll, set.
Mark.
Ready, and...
action!
Um.
(reading) "Hi, kids, I'm the Flash.
Did you know that when a person survives an event...
...that others didn't, it can lead to...
feelings of guilt."
"That's a Flash fact."
No, I'm not doing this.
Cut, that's a cut, everyone.
Frost.
(Caitlin) It's okay that she's dead, Barry.
It's more important that you live.
You're the star, right?
No.
No, that's not true.
You matter more than the rest of us.
(voice echoing) That's why it's okay
that you got those extra years and we didn't.
I didn't want extra time.
Not without all of you!
(groans) That's lunch.
(gasps)
(breathing heavily)
Wally.
Are you okay?
(Ramsey) Young Wallace is better than ever.
He and I had a very enlightening conversation.
Listen to me, Wally.
Whatever Ramsey showed you, it's not real.
Shut up, Barry.
Just shut up.
This anger isn't you.
Ramsey's manipulating you, so you'll choose to follow him.
It's the only way he can beat our speed healing and take over our minds.
He doesn't care about you, Wallace.
He's been living with your father,
pawing at your sister,
while you were trapped in that hellhole.
You were living my life.
Wally, I know how hard it was for you growing up.
No, you don't!
You don't know anything!
But Joe and Iris didn't even know that you existed.
Just keep his name out your mouth.
Joe West is my dad!
Mine. He's not yours!
But you stole him anyway from me.
You got to have two dads who loved you.
I had nobody, Barry!
You're so selfish!
And you know why?
Because you think that you're the only person that matters.
Wally,
Joe loves you,
and I love you.
(voice echoing) Well, I hate you.
(whirring)
Yes!
(intense music playing)
(coughs)
(intense music continues)
Oh, Barry, Barry, Barry.
What have you done this time?
No.
(dramatic music playing)
No, Ramsey's still messing with my head.
Barry, you need to calm down.
You're not real.
How did I get here?
Wally, he was a Blood Brother.
He attacked me.
He killed me.
Dying is the easy part.
Remember?
It's really you.
Yeah.
(laughing) Okay, okay.
Okay.
Okay, let go.
Barry, let go!
Wait, if you're here,
that means I'm really--
You're dead.
Otherwise, why would I let you hug me that long?
But if I'm dead, no one's there to stop them.
Iris.
The baby.
-The whole world's in danger. -I know.
But it's not just your world that's in danger.
When I took on the power of the Spectre,
I thought that I was simply creating Earth-Prime.
But I was also making something else.
A new multi-verse to replace the one that had fallen.
When we fought The Red Death,
she thought she escaped from her timeline into an alternate one.
She is from Earth-4125.
You're numbering them?
I've had a bit of time on my hands.
Keeping an eye on threats to these new worlds.
Like your friend Ramsey Rosso.
He wants to spread his infectious cells to every world out there.
No, I mean, Ramsey's powerful,
but he's not capable of something like that.
Right, but with Wally by his side...
Wally thought that he was projecting his consciousness
into the Speed Force to reach alternate timelines,
when, in fact, he was reaching other Earths.
So...
if Ramsey's control over Wally becomes permanent...
He'll gain control of the multi-verse too.
(banging on door, growling)
(Ramsey's voice) Now, what have we here?
Ah.
A gift from the boy genius.
You were so worried about Allegra's protection,
you didn't stop and think about your own.
(banging continues)
Don't worry.
In a few moments, you won't care.
(cracking)
Don't...
(thudding outside door)
Sounds like trouble.
No.
Khione?
(energy thrumming)
Whoa.
What did you...
What did you do to her?
Same thing I did to everyone else out there.
I froze all the water in her body.
Oh, don't worry, she's safe.
Wait, how did you know to find me here?
I was in line waiting for the cake
when I felt a presence calling me,
telling me that I was needed here.
Only now, I get the feeling the job isn't done.
(people screaming)
This world will be cured soon.
But there are so many other worlds out there.
I think it's time we started.
(exhales deeply)
(propulsive music playing)
Feel them.
Millions of worlds
waiting for your lifeblood.
Gateways of the multi-verse.
Thank you, brother.
Now, infinite souls will know my gift
and rejoice.
(dramatic music playing)
The attack's starting.
Ramsey's fed his cells into the breach.
Soon they're going to infect your world and all of the worlds yet to be born.
I have to stop him.
You have to get me out of here.
It's not that simple.
You have the power of a god.
You can bring me back from the dead.
No, I can't.
Not while there is a part of you
that doesn't wanna go back.
That's not true.
You've always been a terrible liar.
(chuckles)
It's...
It's my birthday.
Today.
I didn't want to do anything, but Iris threw this party, and...
You know, I should have been grateful.
Happy.
But all I could think about was...
everyone who couldn't be there.
-You've lost a lot of people this year. -Yeah.
Frost died fighting Deathstorm.
Caitlin died trying to save her.
I fight some random mad scientist, I get three extra years to live.
You know everything now, right, Oliver?
Tell me, how is it right
I'm alive and they're dead?
How's that fair?
Life is a lot of things, Barry.
Fair isn't on the list.
You don't really believe that.
If you did, your mom wouldn't be alive again.
Or Tommy. Or Lance.
You used your powers to bring back everyone you loved.
Not everyone.
Your dad.
-Survive. -No.
No!
(gunshot)
Ollie, I'm sorry. I--
It's okay, it's okay.
Bringing him back would have done too much to alter reality.
And I had already done enough to dishonor his sacrifice.
When my father sacrificed himself,
when he gave me my extra years,
what was I doing with them?
I was wasting them.
I was drowning myself in this sea
of pain and darkness
and saying, "Ollie, if you just...
If you cross one more name off the list...
If you save your city one more time,
then you'll absolve yourself of all of this guilt."
And I was wrong.
(somber music playing)
This guilt is never going to go away.
It is something that you have to learn to live with.
That is why people sacrificed themselves.
That is why I sacrificed myself for you.
So that in all of this darkness,
you...
could be a guiding light.
A hero.
Because heroes don't stop running.
You're damn right.
So...
Are you ready to keep running?
Good.
Wait, hang on. You're not gonna boop me again, are you?
It kinda killed the Speed Force last time.
No, no.
I'm not gonna, I'm not gonna boop you.
Ow.
That hurts.
Living hurts.
Add it to the list.
Wait, you came back too.
It's just temporary.
I can only intervene when the multi-verse is in danger.
I think you missed me.
(grunts)
Not as much as I missed this.
Let's go kick some ass.
(intense music playing)
Ramsey's cells are metastasizing inside that breach.
If we're gonna wipe them out, we need a massive ultraviolet pulse.
(glass shattering)
(sighs)
(groans) How did he do that?
I thought you were the Spectre.
The attack on the multi-verse is weakening my powers.
I need a clear shot at the breach.
The Flash and Green Arrow together again?
I am honored.
Don't be.
Wally, you don't have to do this.
(Ramsey's voice) Too late, Flash.
Wallace worships a new faith now.
He worships at the altar of Bloodwork.
You...
are starting to piss me off.
Why?
I'm only trying to improve your multi-verse by ending death.
Then I can bring every world together under one mind for singular purpose.
Immortality.
Those worlds don't belong to you.
You're right.
They belong to them.
(all growling)
(dramatic music playing)
(growling and grunting)
(growling and grunting continues)
Are you...
Are you sure this is gonna work?
Trust me.
(groaning)
(gasps) That's all I can manage.
(groans, screams)
(retching)
(clears throat)
(panting)
What the hell?
Did that come out of me?
Where's Barry?
He needs your help.
(dramatic music playing)
(dramatic music continues)
(grunts)
(laughing evilly)
I'm not gonna fight you, Wally.
Wallace is gone.
I know you can hear me.
I need you to know, I'm sorry.
Not just for today,
for all the times I've made you feel like you didn't matter.
(growls)
Everyone has darkness inside them.
There is no cure for that pain.
We can only accept it.
-That's the only way we can beat it. -(growls)
You can do this, Wally.
You can beat him.
I know you can!
No!
-Brother-sister crime fighting unit. -(Iris chuckles)
No!
(laughs)
No!
(screaming)
(gasping)
I killed you.
I'm sorry, I--
I came back.
Now let's go save the multi-verse.
(growling and grunting)
(Ramsey) Impressive.
But let's see how you fare against me.
Oliver?
I can explain.
Doesn't matter, man.
(Ramsey) How touching.
Unfortunately, this reunion will be short-lived.
(growling)
That's one ugly son of a bitch.
(roaring)
(screaming)
(snarling)
Oliver, we got you a clear shot.
Ramsey Rosso,
you have failed this city!
No!
I feel like...
I just recovered from the world's worst hangover.
I think we all did.
The last thing I remember is drinking champagne.
What happened?
Ramsey's having a very bad day.
Hey, what about Allegra?
Chuck?
(dramatic music playing)
What have you done to me?
I'm human again.
I've cleansed the entire multi-verse of your infectious cells,
including the ones inside you.
Then you've killed me.
Now my HLH will return.
It took care of that too.
Perks of being the Spectre.
So, it looks like you'll be spending the rest of your human days
as a regular criminal.
Where you're gonna rot until old age, just like everyone else.
No.
I was gonna cure death.
I was supposed to save the world.
Don't worry.
That's our job.
(heroic music playing)
Thank you so much for protecting my family.
I don't know how much longer little Nora and I could have held out.
Well, you're welcome.
I still can't believe that you're here.
I'm only allowed to intervene when the multi-verse is in danger.
And now that Barry's taken Ramsey Rosso back to A.R.G.U.S.,
it's safe to say everyone's out of danger.
So, the multi-verse exists again.
It's a miracle.
Uh, isn't it science?
I think it's a little of both.
(gasps) I understand.
It was you.
You're the presence that told me to go back to S.T.A.R. Labs
so that I could save Diggle.
Khione, you're connected to the natural world.
So, you were able to use your powers to expel the unnatural inside of John.
That's a lot to digest.
I'm gonna go meditate.
Okay.
So, now what?
Um...
Wasn't there a party happening?
(upbeat music playing)
Thank you.
Cheers.
(inaudible)
(Iris) You okay?
Honestly, I have no idea.
Barry told me what Ramsey showed you.
Your room at Mom's house.
I can't imagine how painful that was.
Yeah, well,
I know I'm not gonna find an answer to that pain in the multi-verse.
I have to look within.
Sometimes, it just...
feels impossible.
"To cease from evil,
to do good,
and to purify the mind yourself.
That is the teaching of all Buddhas."
What? I read your long-ass emails you'd send me.
Thank you. Thanks for everything.
You're gonna be the best mom.
And you're gonna be the best uncle.
(chuckles) Come here.
Hey, guys.
(glasses clinking)
(Cecile) Mmm!
Lyla wants me back at A.R.G.U.S. to debrief her on the festivities.
-Duty calls. -Hmm.
So,
are you gonna get to see her this time?
Um...
My...
powers came with rules.
Me and Felicity,
our destiny has been written.
You sure would be proud of her, Oliver.
The kids too. William, he's in college.
Mia? (laughs)
Mia can climb a salmon ladder, man, with the best of 'em.
(both laugh)
I know, I know.
I've been keeping an eye on them.
Yeah.
And on you.
No!
John, that cube was designed to tempt you.
But you did the right thing.
And now, all of your brightest days are ahead of you.
Because they'll be spent with your family.
You're my family, Oliver.
I'm just glad I get to say goodbye to you this time.
Me too.
I love you, John.
I love you too, brother.
(Barry) So, you gotta tell me about these other Earths.
I mean, how many other Flashes are there?
Uh... (laughs)
More than enough, but...
I gotta say, nobody is more impressive than you.
How many times have you saved your city now?
170?
180, actually.
(chuckles)
It's all because of you.
-I mean, you started this. -Well...
I don't even know what my life would've been like
if I hadn't taken that train to Star City.
You still would have been a hero.
Maybe.
But you made me a better one.
You made me a better man.
-Very, very good. -Okay.
Okay.
Mr. Allen, I think that I have done enough
to upset the cosmic order for one night.
You get this?
You kidding? You're a billionaire.
Um...
You can't take it with you.
(scoffs)
Oliver.
-Yeah? -(clears throat)
But you can
see everything, right?
Mmm-hmm.
You think I'm...
I'm doing enough?
With my powers?
With my time here?
Well, Barry, you tell me.
Do you give people hope?
Are you moving through your city
like a guardian angel?
(slow inspiring music playing)
Do you make a difference?
That bolt of lightning chose you.
(voice echoing) Don't ever forget it.
Oh.
And...
happy birthday.
(chuckles)
Thanks.
(music crescendoes) t ever forget it.