The Flash (TV Series)

Fast Enough (2015)

Victor Garber: Dr. Martin Stein

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• Dr. Martin Stein : We're dealing with a lot of big scientific ideas today, but you, Mr. Thawne, might be the most interesting thing here at S.T.A.R. Labs.

  Detective Eddie Thawne : Me?

  Dr. Martin Stein : What are the odds that Dr. Wells would travel back in time and get stuck in the exact same city as his great-great-great-great grandfather, working in the same profession, the-the same building, and that part of his plan to get home would mean that he'd have to preserve and protect your life. That makes you this rare thing that-that-that no scientist can plan for.

  Detective Eddie Thawne : Which is?

  Dr. Martin Stein : Coincidence. There is no science to coincidence. You, sir, are an anomaly, a-a wild card, as it were. You are the only person in this whole story who gets to choose his own future. At least, that's my opinion.

• Barry Allen : So if I go back and save my mom, my dad doesn't go to prison. I never live with Joe and Iris.

  Cisco Ramon : You might never meet me... or Caitlin or Ronnie.

  Dr. Martin Stein : Truth is, there's no real way of knowing what your life will be.

  Joe West : There's no choice here, Barry. You have to do this. You gotta change the past.

• Dr. Martin Stein : The calculations. There is a... a danger.

  Barry Allen : I know. I'm ready to take the risk.

  Dr. Martin Stein : No, not just to you, but to everyone. Wells didn't tell us everything. Barry, even if you do reach the right speed, colliding with the hydrogen particle, there is a chance that explosion could create a singularity.

  Caitlin Snow : What's a singularity?

  Cisco Ramon : It's a black hole.

  Barry Allen : We could destroy Central City.

  Dr. Martin Stein : For starters. If we create a singularity here and then cannot control it, we could be looking at a global catastrophe.

  Cisco Ramon : So long and thanks for all the fish.

• Dr. Martin Stein : According to Well's calculations, Barry super-speeds inside the accelerator ring. Once Barry reaches optimum speed, we then launch a hydrogen proton into the accelerator. Once the collision happens, a wormhole forms, opening a gateway into time itself. It's at that moment I plan on shouting something along the lines of "Eureka" or possibly "Excelsior." I'm uncommitted.

  Barry Allen : What do you think?

  Cisco Ramon : [sighs]  I mean, on the one hand, it does make a kind of sense. On the other hand, why? Why, why would you ever consider doing this?

• Detective Eddie Thawne : No, Dr. Wells made it pretty clear when he told me about the future: I don't matter. As far as history is concerned, I don't save the day or get the girl.

  Dr. Martin Stein : And... you believed him?

• Eobard Thawne : Sure there is a bit of a risk.

  Dr. Martin Stein : I would hardly refer to possibly causing an extinction-level event as "a bit of a risk."

• Dr. Martin Stein : My father made me become a rabbi before he would send me to MIT. This would be legit as the kids say.