[Black Canary is about to fight Black Siren.]
Nice outfit. Except for I would have gone with fishnets.
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S1 E15Unfinished Business
[William has woken up from a nightmare.]
Hey, buddy.
Where's Raisa?
I'm here. It's just a dream.
Of the bad man, was my dream. He's why my mom's gone.
Well, he can't hurt you anymore, William. He's gone.
No, he's not. Bad man's here.
Buddy, I'm confused. I'm... Where do you think the bad man is?
[William reaches out and points his finger at Oliver.]
[addressing the Police Academy graduates] Thank you all for being here. In light of the recent attacks on the SCPD, tonight's ceremony is incredibly important. And while we need to mourn the loss of life, I feel the need to mention that this city is better off than it has been in quite some time. Crime is down. Our streets are peaceful. People are not only moving here, they are staying here. And do you want to know why? It's because you help them feel safe. You have chosen a profession. One of the most dangerous professions in the world. Whereas other people run from danger, you run towards it, time and time and time again. And for that, we all owe you a huge debt of gratitude. So, thank you. Thank you for protecting our families, for protecting us, and for protecting our beautiful city. Thank you.
Don't move! I said, "Don't move".
Well, this feels familiar. Maybe this time you'll... aim for the heart?
I'm sorry.
For shooting me or for leaving me for dead?
You were trying to hurt my friend.
Oh, so, so you choose your friend over your own daughter?
[cocks the hammer on his gun] Don't make me do this, Laurel. Please don't make me do this.
So now I'm Laurel. [walks right up beside Quentin, who lowers his gun.] Don't torture yourself. Because if we were back on Lian Yu, and the roles were reversed... [whispering] I would have pulled the trigger. [walks off, while Quentin simply stays where he is.]
[Oliver walks into the City Hall lobby to find it crowded with reporters.]
Anything interesting on the news last night? [The reporters shout questions at Oliver, who walks through the crowd and turns to face them at the bottom of the stairs.] Ladies and gentlemen, please! If you want to know what I have to say, it would probably help if you could hear me. [The reporters quiet down.] Thank you. I'll tell you two things, both of which you probably already know. First: -- this is important -- I am not the Green Arrow.
FRFemale reporter
If you're not the Green Arrow, then who is? Who is the Green Arrow?
Number two: photos can be doctored. They could have put Bruce Wayne's head on that body. Has Bruce Wayne left Gotham to hang out in Star City recently? No. Now, if I was running around the city during the day and managing it as Mayor while running around at night frightening criminals as a vigilante, that really would make me a superhero. But I'm not. I'm just the Mayor. Thank you very much. [turns and goes up the stairs as the reporters shout questions at him again]
This could destroy our whole lives.
It's hard to think that before, my biggest worry was getting a new job. And now, it's about whether or not we'll end up in jail.
I thought you were sitting pretty from your Palmer Tech settlement.
Uh, yeah, from, like, a year ago.
What are you gonna do? Assuming that we're all not in jail?
I mean, I'd definitely rather go to Iron Heights than work at Tech Village again. That place was horrendous. What about you? I mean, you've been out of a job as long as I have.
Not really. I've been doing some free-lance coding in my spare time.
You what? What? What spare time?
Yeah. Tell me about it. Barely any. But I did not take a dime from Paul in the divorce, and a man's gotta eat.
So you, like, just had a secret job this whole time, you didn't tell anyone about it?
I thought we all, like, had, like, secret jobs.
No.
Except for John, maybe. What does he do for money? That's something that's been perplexing me.
Well, he's... he's married to the director of A.R.G.U.S.
Ah, yeah, that's right.... She doesn't make a lot of money.
They know you're the Green Arrow.
What?
They said you're the Green Arrow. They said you're not here to help me.
Oh, man. Look, William, I'm really sorry that you had--
They were really big. Eighth graders.
Eighth graders, huh?.... You should go for the nose.
What?
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.
Lance told me about what happened at school. Kids are mean.
He's not worried about bullies. He's worried about me. He thinks I'm gonna make him an orphan.
Damn.
I told him, I said that will not happen. I will always come back. I've never lied to my kid before.
You know, I'm not exactly Father of the Year. But, white lies are kind of, like, an important parental tool. I remember telling Zoe that she came from a cloud. I really hope her mom set her straight on that one.
So help me with this. How do I reconcile that he's right? Because every time that I'm in the field, there's a chance I don't come back. And that he's alone. And now you're telling me that he's gonna have to lie to an FBI agent so that he doesn't lose his father to prison.
[Anatoly has shot and killed his hostage.]
What the hell has happened to you? Not even Gregor would've done that.
Yes, he would've. You never saw because you were too naïve. You still are.
We were friends.
Yes. But I see how you treat your friends.
No, Anatoly, no. This is on you. You used to be an honorable man!
I am an honorable man. Did I have bomb planted in your son's school? Did I have him kidnapped? Tortured? No. Because even though we stand apart, I am still good man. I wonder. What would happen to William if he ran afoul of someone who was not good?
William has a math test later this week that he's really stressing out over, and, um... every time I open my mouth, I'm making it worse.
So the man who took down Damien Darhk is bested by arithmetic.
Wasn't my strongest subject in school.
No? What was? Truancy?
Charm.
And no doubt.
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.
Well, next time, get it right. Our lives depend on it.
I don't know how you did it. You never hesitate to make the call. You were always sure. I'm not.
I was never sure. Not one time. I'm very flattered that it looked that way on the outside, but on the inside, it was... it was instinct. It was instinct and it was fear.
Yeah, but you worked past it.
Well, you'll work past it, too. Now I'm not gonna sit here and say that you won't... make mistakes. That you won't... lose people along the way. You know, most... most will be strangers, but some... well, some won't be. Because, John, you're one of the main reasons that the Green Arrow even exists.
What're you talking about?
The Restons.
The bank robbers.
The bank robbers, yeah. You were the first person to convince me to look past just the names on my father's list. You helped me discover that the Hood, that persona, he wasn't a hero. You helped me find what all of this, the Green Arrow, the idea of it, it exists because you had faith in me. Now you gotta have the same kind of faith in yourself. Because if you do, you can be a better leader. You can be a better hero than I ever was.
[to the team] Let's move out. [leaves to get ready]
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--
RDRene and Dinah
[together] Go suit up, Curtis!
Yeah, go suit up. [Leaves to go suit up.]
Good morning. As you know, I have been accused of a great many things recently. Including, but not limited to, supporting vigilantes at expense of our men and women in uniform. This was never my intention. In the wake of the attacks on the SCPD, putting this police force back on its feet is my number one priority as mayor. We need the women and the men of the SCPD on our streets, protecting us. But they can't do that if they are busy hunting vigilantes. That is why I oppose this bill and that is why I am invoking chapter 9 of the City Charter.
PLady Parliamentarian
And you are aware that will convert councilwoman Pollard's bill to a city-wide referendum?
I certainly am. Because last night, a group of vigilantes saved hundreds of lives. So if we are going to decide on diverting police resources towards stopping them, we are not gonna do that until the people of Star City have spoken.
Has it, um... has it been three years since the first time we did this?
Yeah. Let's just hope that this date goes better than that one.
I think it will.
[hard whisper] Don't jinx it!
Masked gunmen could come through the door and it would have been better than our first dinner.
Well, only because we were not being blown up.
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