Merlyn quotes from Arrow

I've been holding off telling you this for years, Oliver. You're very handsome, not especially bright.

Malcolm Merlyn

What are your thoughts, Oliver?

Oliver

I think the vigilante needs a better code name then "The Hood" or "The Hood Guy."

I agree. How about Green Arrow?

Oliver

Lame.

It's done.

Moira

And he won't be harmed?

Nor will he ever discover your involvement; you have my word.

Moira

Forgive me if I don't find that comforting.

You were warned, Moira. I told you to get Walter under control, and you couldn't. Steps had to be taken.

Moira

That's what you said to justify Robert's murder. And you wonder why I don't trust you.

Quite a bit of judgment coming from a woman who had her son kidnapped and tortured.

Moira

To prove to you that Oliver didn't know anything. And what does it matter now? What's done's done!

No, Moira. It's just beginning. In six months, the organization's vision of what this city should be will be complete.

Moira

And you won't feel a thing, will you? Thousands of innocent people will be dead and you'll feel nothing.

That's not true. I'll feel a sense of accomplishment. And you'll have Walter back.

Moira

You want me to help you with Carl, I want something in return. Proof, Walter's still alive.

My word isn't enough?

Moira

What's that saying? Trust, but verify.

Words to live by.

Moira

I've taken care of it. Carl Ballard will not be a problem anymore.

Given your propensity for squeamishness, I'm assuming that Mr. Ballard remains in good health.

Moira

I made it clear to him persuasively that his plans endangered the undertaking. I didn't have to make the usual threats.

Excellent. Now, one more matter to attend to. I need you to have the contents of this address removed and disposed of properly, the warehouse where you're storing the remains of the Queen's Gambit.

Moira

I already told you, I knew Robert's yacht was sabotaged.

And I don't think it serves for anyone to find evidence of that.

Moira

They said you were dead.

There are parts of the world where death is an illusion. I've been to one. I've learned to be very convincing.

Moira

And I thought it couldn't hurt to add extra security guards.

It hurt them. [tosses guns to the floor] Badly. Have you prepared Thea?

Moira

No. You will not go near Thea, you will not speak to her and you will never set foot in this house again.

I set you free, Moira. Your life belongs to me.

Moira

I am through being afraid of you.

You think you can stop me? Even the vigilante couldn't kill me.

Moira

No, he couldn't. But I know someone who can. Ra's al Ghul.

How do you know that name?

Moira

Well, I didn't. Until you mentioned Nanda Parbat. The League of Assassins, however twisted their aims, believes very deeply in a code of honor. Your undertaking betrayed that code.

You told Ra's I'm alive?

Moira

He was so grateful to hear it. Because he so very much wants to kill you himself. So my advice to you, Malcolm... Run.

Thea

If you're going to kill me, just... get over with it.

Kill you? Why? Because you shot me? I'm glad you did.

Thea

You're sick.

Perhaps. How else to explain the fact not a year ago, your brother held to a gun to my face as well.

Thea

Tommy.

He lacked conviction. The strength to pull the trigger, but not you, Thea. You are made of iron. You are truly my daughter, and I could not be more proud.

So why did you reach out to me?

Thea

You reached first.

Still.

Thea

I don't want to feel this pain again. I don't want to hurt or get hurt ever again, and you seem like someone who could teach me how not to.

Thea

I didn't come all the way to South America to have you poison me, did I?

[chuckles] It's a meditative tea. It will activate your mind and body.

Thea

I think I'm gonna need a little bit more than tea to learn to use one of those. [Nods at the swords]

The Sōhei Buddhist warriors believed that first you must fight with your mind, then your sword. I remember when I was training to be a warrior, I began just like you, devastated by my wife's death. I was angry and hurt. The pain was unbearable. Like this. [Pours boiling water over his hand]

Thea

You're out of your mind! Put your hand in here!

Every warrior must learn the simple truth: that pain is inevitable and suffering is optional.

Thea

Please don't... don't do what I think you're going to do.

You asked me to teach you. [Pours boiling water over Thea's hand]

Nyssa

Jansen Sensei, I am Nyssa, heir to the demon Ra's al Ghul. You will tell me where I can find Malcolm Merlyn or I will kill you where you sit.

Hello Nyssa.

Ms. Smoak is correct. I orchestrated the matter to eliminate the death warrant Ra's placed on my head. Oliver was that way. His death means my own.

Felicity

[coldy] Good!

Thea

Dad, I could have killed you.

Heh. It’s cute that you think so.

This is for Rebecca.

What?

You don't even know here name, do you? Is this the weapon you used to murder my wife?

Everybody I dropped was with that piece.

She was a good person, decent, kind. She ran the clinic here in the Glades.

Brunette? Ha ha ha! Yeah. Now I remember. She was my first, my initiation into the Orchid Bay Butchers. Heh heh heh.

You murdered her because you wanted into a gang?

No. Because she was weak! Because she was crying, begging me not to kill her, but you won't get that from me, so come on! Finish it!

Arrow

Don't do it!

You are too late.

Arrow

Drop the gun. No more death.

That's easy for you to say. You just returned from the grave.

Arrow

Killing him won't balance the scales.

When you have killed 503 people including your own son, you tend not to worry about scales, and don't tell me it won't stop the pain and it won't bring her back because you don't understand! If I had taken care of him back then, it could all be different. The League, the Undertaking, Tommy... Every choice I have made since my wife died.

Arrow

Then you make a different choice now for Thea.

Thea will never forgive me.

Arrow

Start giving her reasons to.

Thea

How could you make me kill a friend?

He should not have told you that.

Thea

I trusted you. I let you into my life. How could you have done this to me?

Because you are my daughter, Thea, and I care about you.

Thea

Oh, God, that's sick. And not even remotely true!

You do not understand the danger we face from Ra's al Ghul!

Thea

Just stop! Stop using him as an excuse. The only person I'm afraid of right now is you.

Please, do not do this...

Thea

Please, stop. I will work with you to stop Ra's. Because that's what my brother says we need to do. So I will be your student. I'll be your partner. Even if I have to, I will be your soldier. But never again will I be your daughter.