Slade Wilson quotes from Arrow

Oliver

Alright, we need to deal with Slade figure out what his next move is. I know Slade, he is not gonna stop 'till...

Slade

[shows up] Welcome home. [beats Sara, Diggle and Oliver] Don't forget who taught you how to fight, kid.

Moira

There's only one way this night can end and we both know that, don't we, Mr. Wilson?

Oliver

Mom!

Moira

Please tell me both my children will live.

Thea

Mom! What are you doing?! Mom!

Moira

Thea, I love you. Close your eyes, baby!

Oliver

NO!

Slade

You possess true courage. I am truly sorry you did not pass that on to your son.

Slade

Where am I?

Oliver

As far away from the world as I could get you. Where you can't hurt anyone ever again.

Slade

That's your weakness, kid. You don't have the guts to kill me.

Oliver

No. I have the strength to let you live.

Slade

Oh, you're a killer. I know, I created you. You've killed plenty.

Oliver

Yes, I have. You helped turn me into a killer when I needed to be one. And I'm alive today because of you. I made it home because of you. And I got to see my family again. But over the past year, I needed to be more... but I faltered. But then I stopped you. Without killing. You helped me become a hero, Slade. Thank you.

Slade

You think I won't get out of here? You think I won't kill who you care for?

Oliver

No, I don't. Because you're in purgatory.

Slade

I keep my promises, kid. I keep my promises! I keep my promises.

Slade

Come on, then. You've earned it.

Oliver

Thea, don't!

Thea

He killed Mom!

Oliver

And he will continue to pay for his crimes, but not like this! You're a not a killer!

Thea

Yeah, tell that to Sara!

Oliver

What happened to Sara is not on you! What happens to him is! All this is what Malcolm wanted. He freed Slade to prove we're killers because he wants you to be just like him. You got to prove to him that you're not

Slade

She's lost, your sister.

Oliver

No, she's not.

Slade

You can see it in her eyes. She's been touched by darkness. Was it Merlyn? He's an interesting man to do that to his own daughter. So now you've lost your father, your mother, and now your little sister. How's the girl with glasses? What's her name? Felicity. How many people can Oliver Queen lose before there is no more Oliver Queen?

Slade

Would you like to explain what's going on?

Oliver

Like to talk about you for a minute. You seem--

Slade

Like in possession of all my marbles? [Oliver nods] The mirakuru wore off a long time ago, kid. I mean, I remember everything that happened. I'm not trying to escape that. But it feels like some bad dream. Regardless of my sanity, why do you want to help me? After everything I've done?

Oliver

There is a man here on the island named Adrian Chase. He's holding my friends, and my family, hostage. Including Thea. And my son.

Slade

[slightly amused] Since when do you have a son?

Oliver

Slade. Are you gonna help me or not?

Slade

I think I'm stating the obvious when I say, I killed your mother. For that alone, you should've killed me.

Oliver

Maybe what's happening now is the reason I didn't. [hands Slade a flash drive] This is all the intel that I've been able to gather on your son, Joe. Including his present whereabouts.

Slade

Are you offering to help me find my son--

Oliver

I want us to find both of our sons.

Slade

You and me, kid. Like old times.

Slade

So instead of marrying the blonde, you married R'as Al Ghul's daughter?

Oliver

Nyssa talks too much.

Slade

She hasn't explained your beef with Chase.

Oliver

My past is coming back to haunt me.

Slade

Seems to be a recurring theme with you, kid.

Oliver

Don't know why.

Slade

Well, it's not really complicated. You suffer from survivor's guilt. You can't get over the death of your father.

Oliver

Adrian Chase has nothing to do with my father.

Slade

Kid, when it comes to you, everything has to do with your father. You and I are not dissimilar. We're both haunted by our pasts. And the only way to bury that ghost is by forgiving yourself.

Oliver

"Forgiving myself"? For what?

Slade

You blame yourself for your father's suicide. And everything that has gone wrong since. You need to forgive yourself. For your sins.

Oliver

You say that... like it's easy.

Slade

It's the hardest thing in this world.

Oliver

You're not even gonna see him?

Slade

I need you to promise me the you won't tell him I helped.

Oliver

No. I'm not gonna lie to your son.

Slade

It's better this way.

Oliver

For him or for you? Are you... are you afraid that he's gonna see you as Deathstroke? Not the man you were, the... the man I think you are now?

Slade

I gave up my right to be his father when I stepped out of the light into the shadows and became this monster.

Oliver

Your son will forgive you. The way that my son forgave me.

Slade

Joe knew that I was coming to look for him. So he contacted his mother. And she sent me a message to stay away. You got your second chance, kid. And I'm happy for you. [goes to the door] Some fathers aren't that lucky.

Mr. Queen. I was not expecting return visit.

Oliver

[indicating Slade] Warden, this is Kane Wolfman's father. He wishes to see his son's body.

I'm afraid that won't be possible.

Oliver

Why? You said he passed only days ago.

Yes, but, uh-

Oliver

Warden. Where's the body?

It is... no longer in my possession.

Slade

[advances on the Warden, barely containing his rage] Where is my son's body?!?!

Oliver

[hand on Slade's shoulder] Hey, easy. Easy.

Slade

He's lying.

Oliver

Do you want me to contact Liberty Watch? You want me to cause an international incident? Because I am prepared to do both.

The situation is complicated

Slade

[angrily advances on the Warden again, only to be stopped by Oliver] Well, un-complicate it!

Oliver

[to the Warden] Trust me on this one. Don't make this man angry.

They are called... the Jackals. Men your son investigated. When they discovered his arrest - which was merely him being in wrong place at the wrong time - they broke into prison. Take him.

Slade

Why did they take him?

Torture. Your son is spy. In his head, secrets worth millions. They threatened reprisal on my family if I spoke about it.

Oliver

Slade. Slade.

Slade

When the Jackals took my son, they didn't count on who his father was!

I'm curious, Slade. What was your plan? Kill us all and save your boy? Kind of reductive, no?

Slade

I like to keep things simple.

Ah. Things rarely are, brother.

Slade

Well, this is. I will join the Jackals as long as you let my boy go.

It's like I said... it's not so simple. We need your son. After all,... he's our boss.

Hello, Father. It's been a long time.

Joe

You should've stayed dead.

Slade

I heard you were in trouble, kid. So I thought I'd offer my help.

Joe

Well, then,... here to save me. Last I saw, you weren't all that concerned with saving anyone. [pulls a pistol on Slade] Apple doesn't fall that far. [to Nighlander] What do you think? Patricide?

He's seen our operation. Makes him liability.

Slade

Kid, you can have that choice. But I'll give you another one. Let me join you.

Joe

[cocks the pistol] If I'd wanted a family reunion, I would have sent an invitation.

Slade

Maybe you did. But you just haven't realized it yet, kid. [advances on Joe, puts his good eye right up to the pistol's barrel] See, I came all this way to speak with you, and I will kill anybody who gets in my way. Because I got nothing left to lose! Only you! So go ahead... and make a decision.

Joe

I'd be lying if I said I wasn't swayed by the poetry of it all. But can I trust you?

Slade

Trust is built upon honesty. I'm sure you have a lot of questions to ask me, and I've got a lot of questions for you, Joe.

Joe

That's not my name anymore.

Slade

Your mother named you something different. To keep us apart.

Joe

Okay. Guess we've got some catching up to do.

Joe

Excuse the poor accommodations. Don't plan on staying in this stain of a country too long.

Slade

Well, there's a reason they say "The money is in the muck".

Joe

I did bring one luxury, however. [sets down a bottle of scotch]

Slade

There's a blast from the past. My favorite. I never realized you'd acquired a taste for it, too.

Joe

Like you taught me: "Always drink good booze... and then look out for yourself".

Slade

I spared your life back there.

Oliver

I know. But back there, it didn't feel like an act the same way it did with Chase back on Lian Yu.

Slade

Because when I saw my son... I was tempted. I would have done anything to keep us together. But when you mentioned William, I realized that's not my boy. It's Kane. But what I fear, is there is only one way to stop him.

Oliver

Slade, there are other ways to deal with this that don't involve killing your son. Deep down, he's your boy. So you have to reason with him. And I swear, he will listen to you.

Slade

Then I didn't tell you what happened after Lian Yu. I went home, to my son. And I promised him I would stay and never leave. And I broke that promise

Oliver

You broke the promise because of the mirakuru.

Slade

The mirakuru faded for a while. But when it came back, it was like a storm I could not control. And that monster is what my son is trying to emulate. But it's not mirakuru with Joe. It's anger and resentment. And I don't know how that can be redeemed.

Oliver

Well, I didn't think that you could be redeemed. But I'm here. Miles from home. Miles from my son. Trying to help you save yours, and I can do that because I knew the man that you were before the mirakuru. That is who your son needs to see. He needs to see his father. The man who you are right now tonight.

Joe

"Trust begins with honesty". That's what you said to me, but you lied!

Slade

You know life is not that simple, Joe.

Joe

That's not my name! How could you forgive Oliver Queen after what he did to you?!

Slade

Because he forgave me for far worse. Sins that I have to carry to the grave. A curse I didn't want to pass on to you. All of this anger and resentment! It's time to bring it to an end, son!!

Joe

No! It's just the beginning! [draws his sword and attacks Slade]