The Present

The Present [3.09]

 * Barry: It was nice, having you out there with me.
 * Jay: Yeah, I never had a sidekick.
 * Barry: Oh, I'm your sidekick?
 * Jay: Well, as a senior partner....
 * Barry: "Senior citizen" is more like it.


 * Joe: Hey. You put my son's life in danger. Again.
 * H.R.: And he saved Barry's life. Joe, why... why do you think I help Wally? 'Cause I'm selfish, 'cause I get something? I don't get anything out of it. I help Wally 'cause the kid is special. He's extraordinary. His powers are extraordinary. Look, I get it. I'm not his dad. I don't have the same safety concerns as you, of course not. But Joe, one thing I do know: the longer you deny someone their potential, the more they're gonna look for it elsewhere.


 * Savitar: [speaking through Julian] Hello, Barry. It's been a while.
 * Barry: Savitar.
 * Savitar: None of you are on your knees. It's a smart move to bow before a deity.
 * Barry: You're not a god.
 * Savitar: To be a god, you just have to make people believe you are.
 * Iris: No one believes in you.
 * Savitar: You should, Iris. I hold the power of life and death over all of you.
 * Caitlin: How do you know so much about us?
 * Savitar: I know you, Caitlin. Cisco. Joe. Wally. The fake Wells. I know your fears, I know your weaknesses, I know you better than you know yourselves. I know your destinies. One shall betray you. One shall fall. One will suffer a fate far worse than death. This is the knowledge I have for you. About your everlasting damnation.


 * Jay: What you saw was one possibility of the future. What may be, or what may not.
 * Barry: Okay, then I can stop this from happening. I can run back there --
 * Jay: You can't go back there! Not again. Not ever.
 * Barry: All right, then I'll figure out exactly how it happened, how we wind up on that street, and I'll just make sure that we don't go there. I mean, if we don't go there...
 * Jay: Barry! This is why speedsters don't travel to the future. Nobody should know this much about their own. Just as there are infinite Earths in the multiverse, there are infinite possibilities to the future. It's always bending, always changing. Every decision you make creates another alternative.
 * Barry: I won't let Iris die.
 * Jay: The future isn't written yet. And it might not even turn out to be what you saw. You need to focus on the here and now. You have to live your life.


 * [Barry has brought Iris to a new, empty apartment.]
 * Iris: I... I don't understand. Where are we?
 * Barry: Home.
 * Iris: What?
 * Barry: I couldn't sleep on Cisco's couch anymore, and your place is... sorta small for two. So I signed a lease and I put both of our names on it.
 * Iris: I got you a wallet.
 * Barry: I'm sure I'll love it.
 * Iris: Barry, this is a big step.
 * Barry: Not for me. [gives her a key and embraces her] I don't know what's gonna happen in the future. All I know is, right here, right now, I want to spend every moment I can with you. You're the first thing I want to see when I wake up, and the last thing I --
 * [Iris kisses Barry.]
 * Iris: I love you, Barry Allen.
 * Barry: I love you, Iris West.