- [first lines]
- Iris West: [on her blog; voice-over] To understand what I'm about to tell you, you need to do something first. You need to believe in the impossible. Can you do that? Good. Because all of us, we have forgotten what miracles look like, maybe because they haven't made much of an appearance lately. Our lives have become ordinary, but there's someone out there who is truly extraordinary. I don't know where you came from, I don't know your name, but I have seen you do the impossible to protect the city I love; so, for those of us who believe in you and what you're doing, I just want to say thank you.
- Iris West: I've been trying to get answers from him. Where does he come from? How does he do what he does? But he dodges everything, literally with this super-speed power. When he moves, Barry, you-you don't even see him. He comes and goes in the blink of an eye, in a...
- Barry Allen: Flash?
- Iris West: In a flash. Yeah.
- Dr. Harrison Wells: What exactly are we debating?
- Cisco Ramon: The average number of bugs Barry swallows in a day of running.
- Dr. Harrison Wells: I look forward to seeing you accept your Nobel.
- Iris West: Tony, turn yourself in before things get worse. It's not too late.
- Tony Woodward: Yeah, it is. Cops are already looking for me, so get ready to cover the showdown of a lifetime, 'cause I'm not going out without a fight.
- The Flash: Good, 'cause you just found one.
- Tony Woodward: You just won't stay dead. Come to save your little fan girl?
- The Flash: This is between us. Let her go.
- Tony Woodward: Oh, I could, but I'd rather make her watch while I break every bone in your body.
- Iris West: Today, I was saved by the impossible. A mystery man. The fastest man alive. Then a friend gave me an idea for a new name, and something tells me it's gonna catch on.
- Joe West: Hey. What happened to you last night?
- Barry Allen: Got beat up by a steel-plated sociopath. Good times.
- Cisco Ramon: Dude, that had to feel great.
- Barry Allen: You have no idea.
- Caitlin Snow: Almost as good as proving me wrong about the supersonic punch?
- Barry Allen: Actually, that part hurt. Like, a lot.
- Detective Eddie Thawne: [about fight training] Hey, next time work on your speed.
- Barry Allen: Yeah... I'll do my best.
- Detective Eddie Thawne: What kind of a tool steals a yellow Humvee?
- Joe West: What kinda tool BUYS a yellow Humvee?
- Cisco Ramon: Let's adjust the impact angle by 2 degrees, up the speed to 838.
- Cisco Ramon: Bam.
- Cisco Ramon: [the screen shows a simulation of Barry running at these setting, the holographic Barry explodes] Ouch.
- Caitlin Snow: Ouch?
- Joe West: Doctor.
- Dr. Harrison Wells: Detective. Are you here to make more accusations?
- Joe West: Here to make amends. I looked up Tess Morgan. I'm sorry for your loss. You two were research partners in Maryland?
- Dr. Harrison Wells: Yes, we were. We were... married to the work as much as to each other. After the car accident... I could not go back to the work. Could not go back to our lab.
- Joe West: So you moved here.
- Dr. Harrison Wells: Where no one knew me. Where no one could remind me of what I had lost, and, um... I - I found it difficult, starting over, and rebuilding, and what took me fourteen years, Tess could have done in four. Believe me, she - she... At the time of Nora Allen's murder, the Particle Accelerator that I would eventually create was but a notion, much less a reality, and so whomever or whatever is responsible for her death, it did not originate from me or from my work.
- Joe West: I'm sorry I doubted you, but I hope I can still count on your help.
- Dr. Harrison Wells: You don't give up, do you?
- Joe West: Nope. Not till I get my man. I owe that to Barry and to Henry.
- Dr. Harrison Wells: Barry is lucky to have you on his side, Joe.