The Flash (TV Series)

Fast Forward (1991)

John Wesley Shipp: Barry Allen, The Flash

Quotes 

• Barry Allen : I'm sick of the whole business, all right? I want to live a normal life without life and death emergencies happening every time I turn around.

  Christina McGee : But you can't just leave town. I mean, where would you go?

  Barry Allen : I don't know. I... I'd travel around. Who knows? If I find someplace I like, maybe I won't come back at all.

  Christina McGee : So, you're just going to turn your back on Central City and all its problems?

  Barry Allen : According to Joe Kline, I am the problem.

  Christina McGee : Barry, Joe Kline is just one man.

  Barry Allen : I never wanted these powers in the first place.

  Christina McGee : And now, because you feel unappreciated, you're just going to quit.

  Barry Allen : You know, sometimes I get really tired of you critiquing my entire life like you were my therapist or my mother. I mean, you're not exactly the easiest person to get along with, you know?

  Christina McGee : I never realized my friendship was such a burden. You know, maybe it would be better for both of us if you left town.

  Barry Allen : Look, this is not about appreciation. The man who murdered my brother has been set free. The system I have believed in my entire life has blown up in my face. And now somebody's actually accusing me of murdering Jay. You don't understand. You can't understand.

• Barry Allen : Juilo, where are we?

  Julio Mendez : The old Devil's Gate reservoir.

  Barry Allen : Pike's old hideout?

  Julio Mendez : He'd never think of looking for us here.

  Barry Allen : Well, wait a minute, why are all these people staring at us?

  Lt. Warren Garfield : Because they know you're the Flash.

  Barry Allen : Lieutenant Garfield.

  Lt. Warren Garfield : Oh, good to see you, Barry! Or should I say the Flash?

• Barry Allen : This is crazy. The Flash was just a man.

  Lt. Warren Garfield : Well, not to these people. Especially the younger ones? He's a hero.

• The Flash : The future's starting to look a lot brighter.

• Barry Allen : Someone once told me The Flash would be forgotten in a few years. I never thought he'd end up in a museum. All these people out there waiting for me to save them. I don't know if I can be what they want be to be.

  Christina McGee : I believe in you.

• Christina McGee : Julio told me what happened.

  Barry Allen : Yeah, the electric shock. Must've recharged my metabolism for a few seconds. It didn't last.

  Christina McGee : Julio also told me why you disappeared. I guess I owe you an apology.

  Barry Allen : No. That night I tried to leave town, but I couldn't. That was partly because of The Flash and it was partly because of you.

  Christina McGee : Stop it. I can't handle it. I prayed for years for you to come back. Until I finally I gave up. On everything.

  Barry Allen : I don't believe that.

  Christina McGee : For God sakes, Barry, grow up! Maybe nothing's changed for you but everything's changed for me. I no longer believe that love conquers all or-or the good guys always wins. I'm not sure I believe anything anymore. But I don't want you complicating my life. Now, as soon as you're feeling up to it, I'd like you leave.

  Barry Allen : Tina. I need your help to become The Flash again. There must be something you can do.

  Christina McGee : While you were unconscious, I ran some tests. Your metabolism's in a very dangerous state. Any attempt to revive your powers could kill you.

• Barry Allen : Hey, this is my old street.

  Julio Mendez : Yeah, when you disappeared, Sabrina and I kind of took over the place.

  Barry Allen : You and Sabrina moved in together?

  Julio Mendez : Worse. We're married.

• Christina McGee : Look, there could be another way.

  Julio Mendez : How?

  Christina McGee : Barry's here because of an accident. A tear in the space-time continuum. Now, if he could get back through that tear, maybe he could keep all this from happening.

  Barry Allen : You mean, go back in the past and stop Pike from taking over Central City in the first place?

  Christina McGee : Yes.

  Lt. Warren Garfield : Is that possible?

  Christina McGee : Theoretically.

  Barry Allen : How do we do it?

  Christina McGee : There's only one way. We've got to break into S.T.A.R. Labs.

  Julio Mendez : Oh, that would be suicide.

  Christina McGee : No, not necessarily. If they're still using the same old security system, I should be able to override it and get us all inside.

  Barry Allen : I guess we don't have a choice.

• Lt. Warren Garfield : It was on the news this morning. According to the mayor, you're the same outlaw who caused Central City so much trouble ten years ago. He's offering a big reward for your capture. I always knew there was something strange about you, Allen.

  Barry Allen : Thank you, sir.

• Shawn - Age 17 : Don't you recognize me? I'm Shawn.

  Barry Allen : Shawn? Hey.

  [they embrace in a hug] 

  Barry Allen : But-but you're all grown up.

  Shawn - Age 17 : Is it true? Are you really The Flash?

  Barry Allen : Well...

  Shawn - Age 17 : Are you gonna save Central City from Pike like you did before?

  Barry Allen : Shawn, I can't. I, um, I don't have the powers anymore. I'm just like anyone else.

• Barry Allen : Well, she blames me for what happened. She thinks maybe I could've stopped it.

  Julio Mendez : Maybe she's right.

  Barry Allen : Julio, I didn't just walk away. Something happened. One minute, I was in 1991 and the next I was here. Well, look at me, come on, man. You said yourself I haven't changed. At all.

  Julio Mendez : Wait, so, you're telling me that you traveled through time?

  Barry Allen : Pike tried to blow up The Flash with a heat-seeking missile, alright? Now, I-I don't know, maybe the combination of my speed and the force of the explosion caused me to travel faster than the speed of light for just a second. All I know is that somehow I jumped ten years into the future.

  Julio Mendez : You know, that's the craziest story I've ever heard from you or anybody else.

• Barry Allen : You sure have changed.

  Julio Mendez : Well, you sure haven't. Look exactly the same as you did ten years ago. Where did you disappear to all this time?

  Barry Allen : Boy, it's a long story.

  Julio Mendez : Does it have anything to do with that red suit?

  Barry Allen : I guess I owe you an explanation.

  Julio Mendez : Well, if it makes it any easier, I figured out you were The Flash a long time ago.

  Barry Allen : You did?

  Julio Mendez : Well, I had my suspicions. But when you both disappeared at the same time I put it all together.

  Barry Allen : You don't know how long I wanted to tell ya. I'm glad you finally know.