Dinah Drake quotes from Arrow

Dinah Drake

You know, the other guy said when you get in one of your moods, I should just let you be, but, um, to be honest, brooding... really kinda gets on my nerves.

Oliver

They told you about me. They tell you about Prometheus?

Dinah

Yeah. They did. Why? Is this mood because you got pulled back into some Bratva drama?

Oliver

No, it... Dinah, I'm trying to move forward. And I'm back here. I'm in Russia. In the Bratva. And it just proves to me, I can't seem to do that.

Dinah

Prometheus got in your head. What was it, some crap about infecting the people closest to you? --

Oliver

Yeah! And tonight, I just watched John torture a man! And there's something going on with Felicity. There's...

Dinah

You affect the people in your life, Oliver, that's hardly a revelatory observation. In fact, I... I think, uh... it's called "living". Prometheus has you so fixated on what's wrong with you, you've completely stopped seeing what's right. You know, John and Felicity, they'll listen to you. Because you have more to offer [indicates Oliver's fist] than just this. Your past is a part of you. There's nothing you can do about that. You can't change it. Doesn't mean it has to be your anchor.

Quentin

So, uh... Oliver tells me that you're the new Black Canary.

Dinah

Oh, not yet. I'm... not ready to take you daughter's place. Sir.

Quentin

Laurel didn't want someone to take her place. She wanted someone to carry on in her place.

Curtis

I don't believe it.

Felicity

Really? Oliver can't go after Chase himself, so he finds guys who can.

Rene

He let them steal from a company that was barely hanging on. Oliver put hundreds of jobs on the line, and I know he knows that 'cause I was in the same briefing.

Dinah

Speaking of which, why haven't you gone back into City Hall?

Diggle

Because Lance banned him 'til Chase is taken off the board. Something to do with Rene threatening to pop a cap in his ass.

Curtis

If Diggle's the new Oliver, and I'm obviously the new Felicity - don't hate... which one of you guys is the new Diggle?

[together] I am.

Rene

Seriously? You've been here like, what, ten minutes? You don't even have a code name.

Dinah

Fine. You're the new Digg. [turns back to her computer]

Curtis

The fact that she was not padding it... I mean, that's extremely Digg-like. You see the...

Rene

Okay. You're the new Digg.

Curtis

We have to move right now.

Rene

See something?

Curtis

Yes! This... is "Maximum Force". It's vintage. We can not let anything happen to this.

Rene

I'm more worried about something happening to me.

Dinah

Will you two focus?!

Rene

Gotta say, this team is never boring. I didn't think I'd be doing this when I woke up this morning.

Curtis

Oliver and Felicity might suffocate! How can you be so glib?

Rene

You've met me, right? And how come your toy balls can't float down here and do this for us?

Curtis

For the 1000th time Rene, they're called T-Spheres! But if you want, call them by their proper name.

Rene

You named them?

Curtis

Kodo and Podo. You know, Dar's thieving little ferrets on The Beastmaster. Let's just say, a young Marc Singer was quite helpful in me discovering my homosexuality.

Dinah

And my heterosexuality. On an open channel by the way.

Diggle

Open line!

Curtis

Look, I can't get my T-Spheres because they are in the bunker, and therefore fried. So, whatever.

Dinah

I swear those two are going to make the cutest couple one day.

Oliver

So we had to move off the Sampson stakeout?

Felicity

Yes. Because John and you were reenacting the paleo version of my favorite scene from Witness.

Curtis

[off Oliver's look] Harrison Ford almost getting buried under the corn in the barn silo.

Felicity

Ah, that's the one. [She and Curtis fist bump.]

Dinah

Oh, right. And for those of us who haven't seen every movie ever, they mean it was a trap.

Curtis

Who hasn't seen Witness?

Diggle

Look, every time I've had to give orders in the army, on this team, there was always someone there backing my plays. I'm not used to making the hard calls alone. No one is more disappointed in me than me.

Dinah

Well, next time, get it right. Our lives depend on it.

Diggle

[to the team] Let's move out. [leaves to get ready]

Curtis

Did he forget to say "Suit up"? Or was "Let's move", like, his version of "Suit up"? Because personally, I like "Let's suit up", 'cause then it just lets you know that you--

[together] Go suit up, Curtis!

Curtis

Yeah, go suit up. [Leaves to go suit up.]

Dinah

How?

You're not the only one dark matter did something to. [gets up] Everything heals now.

Dinah

I thought you were dead. You let me believe it for four years, Vince.

Vincent

I'm sorry. I couldn't let myself-

Dinah

Be human?

Vincent

Distracted.

Dinah

Distracted from what?

Vincent

My mission. We were cops for ten years. What did we ever accomplish?

Dinah

A lot.

Vincent

Not enough. Not nearly enough. This is the only way.

Dinah

You've lost your mind.

Vincent

I'm not the only one wearing a mask.

Rene

Hey, man, new Team Arrow's kickin' ass.

Curtis

You know what? I really have to say that we should change our name. Like, what do you guys think of "The Outsiders"?

Dinah

Ooo, ah, I think it was a really awesome book.

Rene

Officers marching. Guns out. City under siege. It's like Escape from Detroit.

Curtis

I don't know whether to correct you, or to just embrace your attempt to reference one of my favorite John Carpenter films.

Rene

Huh?

Dinah

I think the point is that people are scared. It's not good.

Oliver

[approaching with Diggle] They should be scared. That's why they need us.

Curtis

When you say "us", do you mean just you and it's a passive dig at our team --[to Diggle] No pun intended -- or do you mean all of us and you recognize our own team as being independent --

Diggle

Curtis, we got your message. Thanks for reaching out.

Oliver

I'm not here to apologize.

Dinah

Of course you're not.

Oliver

I'm here to explain that... this wasn't all for nothing. Felicity's been going through the data that Vince pulled out, and for the first time, Dinah, for the first time... we have some viable options.

Dinah

"Viable options"? You know, I used to tell Vince his way of seeking justice wasn't 'viable'. I convinced him to change. Just how you convinced me. But you know what, Oliver? Vince was right. The only way to bring justice to this city is with a bullet.

Oliver

No, Dinah, I need you to listen to me --

Dinah

I'm going to make sure Vince didn't die for nothing. I'm going to kill every last one of them. Starting with Laurel.

Oliver

Dinah, I understand that you're hurting. I get it. I also understand that I don't have the most credibility when it comes to telling people not to commit murder. But the city is on the verge of economic collapse, and we just found the key to fixing that.

Dinah

Laurel is never giving you that money.

Oliver

You don't know that.

Dinah

Yeah. I actually do. Because I know that when you look at her, you see the Laurel that you lost. And that's why you'll never be able to do what's necessary to get that money back.

Oliver

And you will? [Dinah shrugs slightly] Understand something. I will never let you cross that line.

Dinah

If you're gonna threaten me, Oliver, you better be damn sure you can deliver.

Dinah

Laurel Lance. She died in this hospital.

I pronounced her. There was an autopsy. Of course, I've seen my share of things I once would have considered miraculous. I mean, in a world where a man can run faster than light, I suppose anything's possible.