Lyla quotes from Arrow

Hey! Secret identity?

Barry

They're married!

We're not married.

Barry

Or together. Whatever, he told her about me.

Barry

You didn't...?

Diggle

I keep secrets for a living, man.

Barry

Ah. My bad.

Lyla

You... you're...

Barry

The Flash. Sushi?

Lyla

There are people in the world who deal only in extremes...

Oliver

And it would be naive to think that anything less than extreme measures will stop them.

Lyla

Sometimes bravery isn't enough. Sometimes the world requires us to be bold.

Oliver

Whatever the personal cost.

Diggle

You seeing anybody, Cutter?

Of course I am. The Arrow. And our special day is going to be the most glorious day. And then, afterwards, we'll make strong beautiful babies.

Floyd

And does he know this? Listen, I got news for you, stalker - you don't get to do what we do and have a family.

Diggle

Yeah, well, I have a wife right here and a child who say otherwise. Let's hold up here.

Floyd

Yeah, well, let's hope you make it home to her. But love, children, family - it's all just a distraction to people like us.

Lyla

They make us better, and give us something worth fighting for.

Floyd

Love is a bullet in the brain, and if you believe any different, you're as crazy as she is.

Lyla

John... What's the house rule?

Diggle

No Glocks on the dinner table.

Lyla

You really don't know her that well at all, do you?

Amanda

Michaels is one of my most trusted agents. She knows better than anyone that I'm perfectly capable of watching you execute every person in this room, and I'll still never give you the Rubicon access codes.

Hmm. Is that right, Ms. Michaels?

Lyla

It's right. It's why I left. Amanda Waller doesn't make decisions based on the values of human life.

Pity. [shoots Amanda] Well, Ms. Michaels, most trusted agent, looks like you now have 20 minutes.

Lyla

The President asked me if the fate of the world is resting in the hands of an IT girl, a criminal, and two guys in Halloween costumes.

Oliver

They're not Halloween costumes.

Curtis

Diggle family, anybody home? [Diggle walks to the door] I definitely heard Lyla yelling.

Rene

Knock again.

Lyla

Didn't know we were having a party.

Rene

I'm sensing a lot of marital tension.

Diggle

What is this?

Lyla

It's an audit of every black-op I've signed off on as director of ARGUS.

Diggle

Why are you giving me this?

Lyla

I don't want there to be any more secrets between us John. But there is one thing I need to know from you.

Diggle

Name it.

Lyla

No matter what Oliver Queen does, no matter how morally compromising, you stand behind him.

Diggle

Lyla.

Lyla

No matter what. Why can't you do that for me?

Diggle

Lyla, I guess I've never really thought of it like that.

Lyla

Well maybe you should start. Because I'm not Oliver, Johnny, I'm your wife. And even though I disagree with many of your choices, I trusted those choices. I trusted you. I think I deserve the same consideration.

Lyla

You're telling me you became the Green Arrow after you knew about the tremor?

Diggle

I was gonna tell Oliver, but then he asked me to take over for him. I couldn't let him down, couldn't let the team down.

Lyla

But you were physically compromised!

Diggle

I came up with a temporary solution, an experimental steroid. Lyla, I wanted to tell you so bad. I know it was the wrong call, I'm sorry.

Lyla

I'm just glad you finally told me.

Diggle

And now that I have, I need your help. Is there anything... anything that A.R.G.U.S. is working on that can help my condition?

Lyla

I thought it was just some kind of steroid.

Diggle

Well, we found out that the manufacturer was involved in, um... criminal activity. He and his crew have killed at least two people, I dunno, maybe more.

Lyla

Right, so your experimental steroid is actually an illegal drug. Look, if this is what it's taken for you to come clean and get this guy off of the street, then I guess I should be grateful. [seeing Diggle's look] What? [Diggle looks away] You're still using the drug. I guess that means that the drug dealer is out there, too.

Diggle

To be Green Arrow means I have to be physically capable protecting this city, no matter what. Lyla, you make the same choices at A.R.G.U.S. all the time.

Lyla

Choices you've condemned me for making!

Diggle

I know I'm wrong, but I couldn't let Oliver down.

Lyla

So you let yourself down instead. Johnny, you are the most moral man I know. I can't even begin to fathom how you could do this.

Diggle

As soon as A.R.G.U.S. has a solution, I will get my guy off the street.

Lyla

And till then, how many more people is this guy going to kill?

Diggle

It's not that simple. It's not that simple!

Lyla

You're the one who taught me that it is.

Lyla

Everything okay?

Felicity

Yeah, it's just, it's so nice to see how you and John, you know, work when you're on the field, 'cause you're so in sync. How do you do it?

Lyla

You're asking for marital advice? Now?

Felicity

Sorry, yeah, totally terrible timing. It's just that, like, Oliver doesn't even want me here, so I just thought, maybe a tip or two would work.

Lyla

We always knew our lives would be high-risk. Eventually, we got to a point where... worrying about that seemed less important than enjoying the time we have together. Even if that was on a battlefield. [opens the car door] Also... getting divorced helped. [gets out of the car]

Diggle

Stall all you want. Eventually you're gonna break. And when you do, I'll be right here. Last chance before I bring her in. [it's revealed he's talking to JJ] Did you or did you not eat this entire box of cookies?

Lyla

[entering] It's okay, honey. You just got a little hungry, didn't you? Now you have a tummyache. Well, now we know what happens when we eat too much sugar, right? [JJ nods] Come on, let's go say hi to Ella. She has lots of fun stuff planned while dad and I are out of town.

Diggle

I was working on him for twenty minutes, and you get him to confess in fifteen seconds?

Lyla

I'm his mother, and your boss. We leave in five.

Lyla

You followed me?

Diggle

Well, I wouldn't have had to if you had told me the real reason why we're in Zurich, Lyla.

Lyla

It's not what it looks like.

Diggle

Really? That's good. That's good, because it looks like you just handed over sensitive A.R.G.U.S. intel to a criminal.

Lyla

I thought you'd have a little more faith in me than that.

Diggle

I did until this very moment. Lyla, just... tell me what's going on. The truth.

Lyla

I caught wind of something. Money changing hands that's... bigger than anything we've been up against. I ran it up the chain, but kept getting stymied by the brass. Not enough evidence.

Diggle

What, so you're going behind A.R.G.U.S.'s back?

Lyla

Didn't expect judgment from someone who's spent so much time delivering justice in the shadows.

Diggle

Lyla, that's not what I'm saying. Listen to me. I just... I just can't believe you would hide this from me. After everything we've been through, I thought the one thing we agreed on is that there will be no more secrets between us.

Lyla

I was trying to protect you. I wasn't keeping secrets. You didn't want to take up Oliver's mantle, and I respect that. But being the Director of A.R.G.U.S. has shown me that there is far more evil in the world than people willing to fight it, and... I can't stand around anymore and just watch, Johnny. Sometimes you have to cross the line for the greater good. I would expect you to understand that.

Black Siren

What's taking so long?

It's done.

Black Siren

Great. So you won't mind if we test it out. [activates the device, but nothing happens] It isn't working.

Well, it should be.

Black Siren

Then where's the portal?

If you want to go to Earth-37 or Earth-14, that's your decision.

Black Siren

I want to go to Earth-2.

Right. [typing] Unfortunately, Earth-2... is gone. It registered at first, but now I see that it's like a shadow. There's no sign of life.

Black Siren

That doesn't make any sense. [aims her gun at David] You're lying!

Lyla

Laurel, no!

Black Siren

Fix it! Fix it!!

I'm telling you, I did!! I can fix tech, but I can't bring back a whole frigging universe!

Lyla

I'm sorry, Laurel... but they're gone. You're just gonna have to accept it.

Black Siren

My sister, Adrian, they're my family. They're... they're good people. They don't deserve to be gone. To think that I'm the one who's done such awful things.

Lyla

But you're trying to be better. Everyone deserves a shot at redemption.

Black Siren

Well, then maybe this is where I deserve to be.

Lyla

When I was in Afghanistan, my unit got sent out on patrol on a day I drew base duty. It was a routine op. We'd done it a hundred times before. Only this time, there was an IED in the road. None of them made it back. I used to lie in bed at night asking myself "Why them? Why not me?". And I made every deal I could think of with any God I thought might be listening.

Black Siren

And did it work?

Lyla

Not exactly. So, you're right. I don't know what you're going through, but I do know something about survivor's guilt.

Black Siren

Does it get any easier?

Lyla

No. All we can do is try and move forward.

Black Siren

How am I supposed to move forward when everyone I've ever loved is gone?

Lyla

By not giving up. By doing the right thing. We honor the dead by fighting for the living. This world needs you, too.

Lyla

You should've told me what was going to happen on Earth-2. John was there. He could've been killed.

Monitor

The destruction of that Earth was a necessary sacrifice.

Lyla

And what about Laurel Lance? Her friends, her family...

Monitor

Countless more like them will perish if we do not ensure Oliver Queen is prepared for what's coming. Were you successful?

Lyla

Yes. I have Dr. Wong.

Monitor

Then let us proceed.