Thea Queen quotes from Arrow

Oliver

It's really nice to have you back.

Thea

Well, I could say the same to you. I mean, Hub City and Russia. Really racking up those miles.

Oliver

Lot to catch up on.

Thea

Yeah. Like you and Susan Williams. [Oliver turns and looks at her.] People talk, Ollie. And some people [makes fake gag reaction]... vomit a little.

Oliver

Thea, you're kinda insulting someone that I'm getting pretty serious about.

Thea

Did I mention people vomit a little?

Oliver

You don't like Susan because of how she does her job. She's good at her job and she's a good person. So there.

Thea

Uh huh. [walks off]

Thea

Is everything okay with Susan?

Oliver

Yeah. Why?

Thea

Just... you know, your assistant clocked a little tension, so...

Oliver

Thea, is my assistant your mole?

Thea

I like to think of him more as, like, my informant.

Thea

Hear Green Arrow is Public Enemy number one again.

Quentin

Yeah, well, uh, now Oliver thinks he can't make a move on Warner and her crew, yeah.

Thea

What do you think?

Quentin

I think Warner's my mess to clean up.

Thea

And I'm assuming Oliver said that's not the case.

Quentin

What Oliver doesn't know is that the reason her rehabilitation was short-lived, was 'cause she caught my confession to working with Damien Darhk on TV.

Thea

Oh, wow.

Quentin

Yeah.

Thea

That is an un...believable load of crap, Quentin.

Quentin

What?

Thea

Liza Warner is a criminal. You didn't make her into one. You've got to stop taking responsibility for other people's sins.

Quentin

[taking that in] You know, I really like how wise you're gettin' lately.

Thea

That's just because I have... committed my own sin today.

Thea

I'm really sorry, Ollie. I... I know I screwed up, and --

Oliver

But you didn't make a mistake. You made a choice. And you reminded me of someone.

Thea

Who?

Oliver

Mom. She would've done something like this. More like, she would've done exactly this. She was a wonderful mother, but I think we both know that she didn't always make the best choices. Whatever's going to happen with Susan is whatever's going to happen. Right now... right now, I'm really worried about my baby sister.

Oliver

Please tell me you didn't send it. This thing with Collins' wife, he doesn't deserve that.

Thea

Felicity told you, didn't she?

Oliver

Yeah.

Thea

I haven't sent the e-mail, okay? Ollie, don't look at me like that. It's politics. There's about to be a vote, so it's time to play hardball.

Oliver

This isn't hardball. This is cruel.

Thea

What would be cruel is the people of this city not having you as the Mayor. The Anti-Crime Unit. Low-income housing. Common-sense gun legislation. Ollie, in the short amount of time you've been doing this, you've done a remarkable job. Please just let me do what I have to do to help you keep doing that.

Oliver

Felicity told me about this Collins thing because of something that John said to her. Thea, when you fight fire with fire, you are probably gonna get burned.

Thea

I won't. It'll be fine.

Oliver

Like it was with Susan? You destroyed her career, now you've graduated to blackmail. Where's it stop?

[reporting on the TV] Former District Attorney Adrian Chase faces multiple counts of capital murder, among other charges. SCPD spokesperson Alison Rowe credits the Green Arrow with bringing the man known as the Throwing Star Killer to justice.

Thea

[turns off the TV] Well, it looks like the Green Arrow is a hero again. Whoever he is.

Quentin

Yep. And the mayor ain't doin' too bad either. The Sentinel 's got your approval rating back up to seventy percent.

Oliver

What? Was it ever that high?

Quentin

Mmm, no, it wasn't.

Thea

I love the cake. Where did you get it?

Felicity

Lord Mesa bakery.

Diggle

How 'bout the number "six"? Is that for the number of members of the team?

Curtis

It's cool.

Felicity

Actually, I ordered the cake for a six-year-old, because I wasn't sure that I could order a Green Arrow cake for a grown man.

Curtis

Well, hey, Oliver's a child at heart, right? [off Oliver's look] That is the concussion talking, yep. For sure.

Oliver

I'm really sorry about that, Curtis.

Curtis

Well, it's okay. But you should know, that if I had my T-spheres, I would have....

Oliver

... Would'a what?

Curtis

[chagrined] ... Would have still been on the floor.

Oliver

I'm very sorry

Oliver

I've been thinking about what Rene did. What did he do, really? He kept a secret, and he put his daughter ahead of the team. And I feel betrayed. How can I feel betrayed by somebody doing the exact same things that I've done?

Thea

Because you've never sold anyone out on the team, Ollie. And if you're convicted, you could end up spending a really long time in jail. But having said that, you're doing the right thing looking at things through his perspective. And having done that, maybe you can see your way to forgiving him.

Oliver

You know, it's been a while since I've offered you a little big brother advice. Do you mind?

Thea

This should be good.

Oliver

When we find Roy. Not if, but when we find Roy, I think maybe you should go with him.

Thea

Where?

Oliver

Wherever he's going. I mean, um, Thea, I'd miss you like crazy, but you said you haven't been the same without him. So maybe you shouldn't be without him.

Thea

You really think I should go?

Oliver

I don't want you to go, obviously. But you've seen what having Felicity in my life has done for me. You deserve that same kind of happiness, Speedy, wherever it is.

William

I'm gonna miss you.

Thea

I'm gonna miss you, too. Just promise me that you're gonna watch over your dad, okay?

William

But he's the Green Arrow.

Thea

Yeah, before he was the Green Arrow, he actually used to be really afraid of the dark, and he needed a nightlight in his bedroom until he was [to an approaching Oliver], what, six, sixteen?

Oliver

It was NOT a nightlight. I was... [to William] It was not a nightlight. I couldn't sleep with it being pitch black.

Oliver

I gave it up because I wanted to be a better father. But William accepts the idea that I'm the Green Arrow. Plus, I don't want to give it up. I don't know why.

Thea

I do. Because being the Green Arrow is what makes you feel complete.

Oliver

Hm.

Thea

For some reason, when you... you put that hood on, it enables you to become the best version of yourself.

Oliver

We're supposed to be talking about you.

Thea

Maybe we are.

Oliver

Last year, I made a deal with a cosmic being named Mar Novu. Recently, he came to collect. He asked me to help him, but he's not very good at sharing information with the people he's working with.

Thea

Sounds like somebody else I know.

Thea

You're gonna take on a god, Ollie, you're gonna need all the help you can get.

Oliver

Pretty good on help actually. I have John, I have Laurel - believe it or not. Seems to me you have your hands full rebuilding the League of Assassins into a league of heroes.

Thea

Yeah.

Oliver

I can't believe I'm saying good-bye to you again.

Thea

Well, you're not. Think of it as a "see you later, and please don't die."

Thea

You're leaving?

Talia

I have betrayed my honor and sacred traditions to the league. The sword was destined to be yours, daughter of Merlyn. I am sorry for the pain I've caused you both.

Oliver

What about your students?

Talia

I have released them. They will follow you if that is what you wish.

Thea

It's not. You're their teacher. They need someone to follow.

Talia

If I was meant to lead them, I would wield Al-Fatih's sword, but you do, so the honor and the burden are yours.

Thea

Yeah. Hard pass.

Talia

It is your destiny.

Thea

Yeah, but, see, about that. I don't really believe in the whole fate, destiny thing. We can all make our own choices.

Talia

Meaning?

Thea

Meaning I don't think the world doesn't need another League of Assassins. It could use a league of heroes. It wouldn't be a one-woman job.

Talia

You'd extend me that honor despite my betrayals?

Thea

You made a mistake. We've all made mistakes.

Talia

Not one but two woman to wield my father's sword? He would be aghast. I accept.