William Clayton quotes from Arrow

Oliver

Hey, buddy.

William Clayton

Where's Raisa?

Oliver

I'm here. It's just a dream.

William

Of the bad man, was my dream. He's why my mom's gone.

Oliver

Well, he can't hurt you anymore, William. He's gone.

William

No, he's not. Bad man's here.

Oliver

Buddy, I'm confused. I'm... Where do you think the bad man is?

William

They know you're the Green Arrow.

Oliver

What?

William

They said you're the Green Arrow. They said you're not here to help me.

Oliver

Oh, man. Look, William, I'm really sorry that you had--

William

They were really big. Eighth graders.

Oliver

Eighth graders, huh?.... You should go for the nose.

William

What?

Oliver

If something like this happens again,... go for the nose. Find the biggest one, the biggest one in the group, walk right up to him without saying a thing, and punch him in the nose as hard as you possibly can. He will have no idea what is going on. Won't be able to see. If he can't see, he can't fight. Then all of his buddies, all the guys that were being so brave, they will back off. Trust me on that one.

William

There's a prep sheet for the trip, and I tried one of the extra credits. [pulls out the sheet from his backpack] Would you take a look at it?

Oliver

Yeah, of course.

William

I meant... Felicity.

Oliver

I'm sure you did, yep.

William

I'm sorry. It's a math problem about hyperbolic geography in marine organisms, like coral.

Oliver

I do know what coral is, but that's okay.

Felicity

This is a high dimension math problem most people don't get until they're in... 12th grade AP. And it's perfect.

Oliver

[walking in] Something smells good.

Felicity

Well, that smell is physics, mathematics and chemistry hard at work.

William

Felicity is teaching me about thermodynamics.

Felicity

That's right.

William

And we just really wanted cookies.

Felicity

Shh! Narc!

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

As the Green Arrow, I have gone up against some terrible people who've tried to do terrible things, – hey, look at me – and I'm still here.

William

That doesn't mean you always will be.

Oliver

You're right. William, I just started being your dad, okay? I love being your dad. And nothing is gonna take me away from you. Especially not Ricardo Diaz.

William

Kick. His. Ass!

Hi, Roy. William.

William

Wh... what are you doing here?

I'm with the vigilante resistance. One of the few left fighting to save Star City.

Roy

Is your dad here, too?

My dad wouldn't be caught dead in Star City.

Dinah

This map shows secret routes in and out of the Glades. Where did you get this?

William

Felicity. She's the one who sent us to Star City.

Dinah

No, that's impossible. William, I'm so sorry to be the one to tell you this, but... Felicity Smoak is dead.

William

You know, Roy told me this would only bring me pain, and he was right. I'm going home.

Dinah

Just like that, huh, without any answers?

William

Felicity is dead. And before that, she had a plan to blow up an entire city. So I'm not sire exactly why I'm supposed to care about what happened to her. I'm just sorry I dragged you all into this.

Dinah

You need to see something. [unrolls her jacket sleeve showing a tattoo] It's called the mark of four. Your dad came up with it.

William

I don't remember that.

Dinah

You were already gone. It was right before everything. It symbolizes the 4 pillars of heroism - courage, compassion, selflessness, and loyalty. We all got them as a reminder that no matter what happened, if one of us was in trouble, the other ones would be there. That's why Roy came with you back to Star City. He saw the symbol written on the inside of your father's bow.

William

So that's why you're helping us?

Dinah

I didn't know what to make of you at first. Trust doesn't come so easy.

William

Yeah? So what changed?

Dinah

I started seeing the best part of your dad in you - the strength that made him a hero.

Felicity

Was my message not clear? I wanted you both out of Star City, not to come to the Glades.

Mia

Wow, really? No "Hey, kids. Thanks for the rescue"?

Felicity

Those coordinates were not supposed to lead you to me; they are the coordinates of a stockpile of bombs hidden in this building. That's why I told you to give them them to Roy and Dinah.

William

Well, since we're here, would it be okay if we got you out of there?

William

You know, you're still treating me like I'm thirteen.

Felicity

What do you mean?

William

Uh... I mean that you're doing the exact same thing to me now that you and dad did all those years ago, leaving me out of things and then getting rid of me.

Felicity

Your father and I, we never wanted to let you go.

William

But you did, and then even after everything that happened, you still stayed away like... like I wasn't even part of this family.

Mia

When we rescued her from Galaxy One, mom apologized. You guys seemed cool.

William

Yeah. I thought we were, too, but she's still pushing me away just like she always has.

Mia

Okay. Fine. So maybe she wasn't there for you in the traditional sense, but mom made sure that your company was a success. She was trying.

William

I didn't need her money, Mia. I needed a mother. To this day, Felicity still hasn't told me why she kept me out of her life for so long or... why she wanted no part of mine.

Mia

Look. When I first found out mom was keeping secrets, that she was still being a vigilante, I didn't wallow and feel sorry for myself. I confonted her, demanded answers. Maybe it's time you do the same.