Arrow · Season 1
Look, I may not agree with it, but I understand what you're trying to say. You don't want Thea to live with the guilt of getting her own father killed. But how is getting her brother killed any better?
I don't plan on dying.
That's what you said the last time you went to go face Ra's, and how did that turn out for you?
Can you remember the sound of Sara's laugh?
When Sara was first brought to my father, the moment he weighed her apprenticeship or her execution, she bore witness to a demonstration of his power, one that inspired terror in all that came before, but Sara... laughed. It was so innocent, so genuine. That was the moment I fell in love with her, I think. All I knew, all I craved was to hear her laugh once more.
You tasted death, and you wanted more, but the truth is everyone and everything must come to an end. Even for one such as me.
Kill me, but spare John Diggle's life. Let him go. I will beg for it.
You have shown tremendous strength, fortitude, power. No, Mr. Queen, I do not want to kill you. I want you take my place. I want you to become the next Ra's al Ghul.
Ra's is a title greater than one man. Wing Ta Leo Wo Chey.
Am I supposed to understand what that means?
No. It is from a dialect no longer spoken. Said to me by a man whose place I took. Contemplating the same offer. And what it means is: "A tale to be told begins thus".
Surely men have branded you a murderer, a torturer. But see, I would never shame you with such bluntness. Because I see it in your eyes. The struggle you have with your dual identity. Oliver Queen and the Arrow. Neither are giving you what you crave.
But becoming Ra's al Ghul will?
Oliver Queen is a man destined to be alone. He loves a woman he knows he cannot have.
You don't know me.
But I know the Arrow. Al Sah-him. You will never be anything more than a vigilante for those whose lives you save at the risk of your own. And the city will turn on you, and your closest allies within the police department will call you a criminal. You will be scorned and hunted, and then killed. Dying as you began your crusade. Alone.
You want to tell me what's going on now?
Ra's predicted this. He said the city would turn against me and I would die alone. And when we come back, the first thing that happens is Lance shutting me out, and... I see Felicity with Palmer. It's like he looked into my future.
Sounds to me like Ra's is playing with your head. Question is, why are you letting him?
He wants me to take his place in the League of Assassins. That's why he let us go. As a sign of good faith.
Is there even a world where he can imagine you saying yes?
He said I can do more as the new Ra's than I can ever do as Oliver Queen or the Arrow. That I would have unlimited resources. That I could make a difference, not just a dent.
You're not really considering this. Just because Captain Lance is angry and Felicity is momentarily unavailable?
It's more than that. I just... John, tell me honestly... What have we accomplished?
[sighs] Oliver...
All the people that we put away, John, they got out. The city is no better off. The Arrow is not... is not making a difference. And if I just can't be me... and the Arrow isn't enough...
Oliver...
Then maybe I should be Ra's al Ghul.
We went up against a new crew last night. One of them had his lips sewn shut.
Is that a real thing?
Apparently.
Ugh. If only I had known I had that option.
[whistles] Nice work.
Not without a few casualties, but Amar is in custody.
So that's a "no" on the whole victory dance thing, then?
You know me. I don't dance. But I do occasionally say... thank you.
You're welcome.
And you were right.
Ah, a "thank you" and a "you were right." I should really be recording this.
This isn't the first time he's been judge, jury and executioner.
He hasn’t killed anyone in nearly two years.
That really is not your best argument.
Last year, Ray's fiancée was killed by Mirakuru men. And now he wants to protect the city, so he built a suit out of military-grade technology and he wants to put you in jail, so he used my software to track you down, and he scanned you with his x-rays and now he knows you're the Arrow and he's going to tell the cops.
Palmer knows I'm the Arrow? And he has his own mission to protect the city? When were you going to tell me this?
I have been getting that a lot today. Look, it's not important. Here's what is - he's going to tell the police who you are!
Wait, Ray built a super suit? That's kind of awesome. [Oliver glares at him] And reckless.
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.
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.
Yeah, well, I have a wife right here and a child who say otherwise. Let's hold up here.
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.
They make us better, and give us something worth fighting for.
Love is a bullet in the brain, and if you believe any different, you're as crazy as she is.
Arrow.
Super Suit.
I prefer "The Atom."
[to Felicity] I told you I couldn't be with you and save the city. Neither can Ray. He's just too new at this to know it.
Oh, my God. Did you and Ray just do it in this hospital? Did you just have hospital sex?
No!
I've always wanted to have hospital sex!
Way TMI! Gross!
You have no idea why Sara was killed.
She ended up in the League of Assassins 'cause she was marooned on Lian Yu. 'Cause she got in that boat with Queen.
So what? Now Oliver's to blame?
Oliver, the Arrow, either way, same guy. On some level, I think I always knew. When I thought he was doing good, it didn't matter to me. You know, when that boat went down and we thought Sara was dead? We blamed Queen. It's funny how things come full circle, right?
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