The Flash (TV Series)

Pay the Piper (2020)

Andy Mientus: Hartley Rathaway, Pied Piper

Quotes 

• Pied Piper : Okay, I haven't seen that one before.

  The Flash : Is that Godspeed's blood?

  Cisco Ramon : Satellite readings indicate it could be some kind of biogenic electrolyte secretion.

  Harrison 'Nash' Wells : It's...

  Cisco Ramon , Harrison 'Nash' Wells : Charged sound.

  Harrison 'Nash' Wells : Oh, boys... I do believe we found the solution we're looking for.

• Hartley Rathaway : What I don't get is why you need a machine when you could use your damn vibes. Unless you can't vibe anymore. Ooh, ouch. You lost your meta-mojo. Oh, well, you could try being a barista, maybe.

  Cisco Ramon : I gave up my powers by choice. You know, I'm making this so that I can save the person I love the most. But I wouldn't expect you to understand that, Hartley. The person you love the most is yourself.

• Barry Allen : I know why you're so upset.

  Hartley Rathaway : You don't know anything about me.

  Barry Allen : I know what it's like to be responsible for losing the person I love. Roderick... he's not just another hired gun, is he?

  Hartley Rathaway : He's my boyfriend. The love of my life. I put him in the line of fire when I fought you, meaning that what happened to him is my fault.

  Barry Allen : You're not the only one to blame. I threw the lightning, remember?

  Hartley Rathaway : I gave him the weapon that made you defend yourself. And then when I couldn't help him...

  Barry Allen : You got him the help he needed.

  Hartley Rathaway : He was better off at Mercury Labs than with me. I was useless.

  Barry Allen : Someone just reminded me that... we're no good to the people that we love if we can't find the strength to move forward and forgive ourselves.

  Hartley Rathaway : Thanks, Oprah.

  Cisco Ramon : [calling on the intercom]  Hey, we got a big problem at Iron Heights.

  Barry Allen : You can stay here. Or you can be the person that Roderick fell in love with. It's your call.

• Roderick Smith : I don't know how to thank you. I - we - lost everything when we lost each other. Even hope. Thank you for not giving up. You gave us back us. I owe you. We both do.

  Barry Allen : [shaking hands]  Good luck. Just maybe stay out of diamond stores for a while.

  Hartley Rathaway : No promises. Hey, will you give us a second?

  Roderick Smith : Yeah.

  [he leaves to give them privacy] 

  Hartley Rathaway : Okay, look, um... you know I'm not exactly the "let's hug it out" type, so I'll just say this. You gave me my world back. You'll get your world back, too. But you have to do more than just forgive yourself. You have to believe that your world can change. That's the part I'd forgotten. Thanks for reminding me.

• Hartley Rathaway : My world is over. I hope yours burns.

• Harrison 'Nash' Wells : Where is he going? Barry, you're going the wrong way.

  Cisco Ramon : Wait for it.

  [running to build up kinetic energy, Barry turns back around] 

  Pied Piper : Now, Flash!

  [he fires energy from his gauntlets as Flash throws a lightning bolt] 

  Harrison 'Nash' Wells , Cisco Ramon : They crossed streams.

• The Flash : I didn't think you were coming.

  Pied Piper : I didn't save you so we could chat.

• The Flash : Hartley, thanks for coming after me.

  Pied Piper : Yeah, don't mention it. You won another battle against some speed freak, and I lost everything.

  The Flash : Look, I promise we'll figure something out.

• The Flash : Hartley, I can't stop Godspeed. He's too powerful.

  Pied Piper : Oh, my god, how thick are you? Roderick got hurt when the lightning you threw collided with the vibrational force of his weapon. The result was a thermogenic blast capable of rendering him unstable at a molecular level. Just duplicate that force...

  The Flash : And Godspeed's toast.

  Pied Piper : Bingo, bango.

• Cisco Ramon : A few months ago, I theorized there might be a mechanical way to open a breach to an alternate dimension.

  Hartley Rathaway : Looks like an engine for focusing subatomic vibrations, or as you would say, "vibes."

  [Cisco is surprised] 

  Hartley Rathaway : Oh, please. I figured that out ages ago. The hair? Dead giveaway, Ramon. You, too, Flash. Well, there's only three facilities in the state that could build a suit with that much bleeding-edge tech. But only one of them had someone brilliant enough to build it.

  Cisco Ramon : Thanks.

  Hartley Rathaway : Harrison Wells.

  Cisco Ramon : There it is.

• Hartley Rathaway : Harrison Wells.

  Harrison 'Nash' Wells : Nash Wells, actually. Harrison Wells is my doppelganger.

  Hartley Rathaway : Your doppelganger?

  Harrison 'Nash' Wells : How to explain? Okay, so there was this big event we call Crisis, and...

  The Flash : He's his twin.

  Harrison 'Nash' Wells : He's my twin.

  Hartley Rathaway : Twice blessed.

• Cisco Ramon : Normal sound waves need to have a transmission medium to move through, but charged sound builds its own.

  Harrison 'Nash' Wells : Normal sound can temporarily reattach molecular bonds. Charged sound can permanently attach them. It's like a permanent bonding agent.

  Cisco Ramon : Hartley, this will stabilize Roderick.

  Hartley Rathaway : If you hurt him, I'll hurt you.

• Hartley Rathaway : Not much has changed. Ugh. S.T.A.R. Labs, still keeping mediocre engineers around, I see.

  Cisco Ramon : Do we have to work with this douchebag?

• Hartley Rathaway : What do you know about Roderick?

  The Flash : I know his condition is my fault, but I think I can fix it if you'll give me the chance.

  Hartley Rathaway : And?

  The Flash : And, if you're willing, I could use your help.

  Hartley Rathaway : Hmm.

  The Flash : There's a new speedster.

  Hartley Rathaway : Here we go.

  The Flash : He's a threat to the whole city, Hartley. He's using sound waves. You're the only person we know that can stop him. Lives could be...

  Hartley Rathaway : I don't care.

  The Flash : I swear I want to help Roderick.

  Hartley Rathaway : Well, you can't.

  The Flash : Let me try.

  Hartley Rathaway : I said you can't help him. Don't you get it? No one can.

• Harrison 'Nash' Wells : We think that there may actually be a way to help Roderick. I've seen this kind of molecular disembodiment before. All right, bear with me; I think that if we combine concentrated light energy with an inert gas with thermal conductivity, it may actually slow down Roderick's molecules and get him his body back.

  Hartley Rathaway : So, basically combine light with helium. I'm the smartest guy in the room; I get it. Fine. You fix Roderick, and maybe I'll help you.

• Hartley Rathaway : Hello, Flash. I heard you coming from a mile away.

  The Flash : Hartley, I know what happened now. And I'm sorry.

  Hartley Rathaway : Is something wrong with your speed?

  The Flash : Look, I'm... I'm trying to make things right with you.

  Hartley Rathaway : [powering up his gauntlets]  Now you're sorry?

  The Flash : I think I can help Roderick.