Arrow · Season 1
Think in "Flashpoint", I maybe dated her in high school?
It's an alternate timeline, not an alternate reality.
What's that supposed to mean?
It means - and no offense - like in a multiverse of possibilities, there's no world where Thea goes out with, you know, someone like you.
What's that supposed to mean, "someone like me"?
It means you're not my type.
It's like what you were saying at that Christmas party. Mom and Dad would be proud.
They might not be proud if they knew that I created something like Prometheus.
There's two types of every legacy, two versions of what we leave behind: the good and the bad. You just really have a lousy habit of focusing only on the bad.
Did you hesitate at all when you killed him, or was he just another name you crossed off your list?
If you want revenge, I'm right here.
This is about so much more than revenge.
Can I get you a drink?
I could use a drink.
[pouring Oliver a drink] Why? I thought things were getting better.
So did I, but that feeling never seems to last.
And why do you think that is?
I was reunited with someone from my past recently. I knew their father. And they told me that I ruin the lives of everyone that I come into contact with. [scene of Curtis crying after Paul breaks up with him] Doesn't matter who they are. [scene of Felicity grieving over Billy's death] Doesn't matter how much I love them. [scene of Diggle entering his house and being painted with lasers] If I'm in their life, their life turns to ash.
I think that's ridiculous. Everyone's life touches everyone elses. Sometimes the result is good, and sometimes it's bad. You're only focusing on the bad.
My sister said something very similar to that.
Well, she's a smart woman. Look, no matter what's going on in your life Oliver, shutting people out is the last thing you should do. Let me show you. [kisses Oliver]
Weird, man. She was dead and now she's not.
That's time travel for you.
Well, I don't mean about Laurel being back is what's weird. It's how you all reacted to it, like it's happened before. [Oliver stares at Rene, who then realizes.] It's happened before.
The Lance sisters have a habit of coming back to life. [walks off]
Wait, what?
[Felicity brings Black Siren water]
So tell me, what happened between you and Oliver? Did he find someone else? Were you not tall enough? [pause] Do you have a sister? Because I hear he loves sisters.
Oliver seems to think that because you look like Laurel, that you can become her.
And what do you think?
I think you should get used to living in cages. There's a part of him that blames himself for Laurel's death. It's who he is. So when he looks at you, he doesn't just see Laurel, he sees a shot at redemption.
Wow it must be really frustrating... that he doesn't listen to you.
No, I'm used to it.
How did she escape?
The power went off, and the dampener along with it.
And Goldilocks huffed and puffed and blew the door down.
That's not exactly how her power works.
Is there something wrong with Cisco's specs? Because didn't we just replicate the pipeline's security system?
We did. I let her go.
What?
Damn, Blondie!
I'm sorry, would everyone just relax? I put tracking nanites in her water, the same ones we used to find Malcolm.
Well, that makes everything better!
Isn't that exactly how you used Anarky to find Darhk last year?
Could we have the room please?
Seriously? This is getting good.
So Mom and Dad are going twelve rounds upstairs?
They're just having a discussion.
Look, I know that I took the teasing too far earlier. I can be an acquired taste, but I'm sorry to hear about Paul and that I made you feel worse about it.
Thanks. That's really big of you.
So what are you doing down here?
Well, since the Black Siren's cry works on a more powerful frequency then Laurel's, these [gestures noise-cancelling ear buds] are useless. So, I was trying to see if there's a way to make the dampener portable, so that next time we go up against her...
You can take her powers away. Awesome.
Yeah, well, my ideas are one thing. Executing them is another.
You don't get it, do you?
Get what?
That maybe instead of beating yourself up about what you can't do, take a moment and appreciate what you can do. 'Cause it's pretty badass.
[Diggle hits Adrian Chase and the guards separate them before General Walker walks in]
What the hell is going on here?
Your prisoner just decked me.
[smirks] Unsatisfied with your legal counsel?
Who knows? But, we are in Starling County, and in county code section 47.15, it specifically states that the District Attorney , me, can sue proceed transfers to other jurisdictions if the suspect commits a secondary crime within my jurisdiction. Attacking a city official is a very serious offense, Mr. Diggle. I think I'm gonna have to prosecute this one myself. It could take a while.
Fine. I'll be back with a writ signed by the President.
Can't wait. I've always wanted her autograph.
How did you know where to start? All that I told you was that Chase might have something.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. And then I hacked his laptop. Saving Dig is gonna break at least twelve federal laws. Hacking your D.A. is just small ball. Plus, you are the mayor. You can pardon me.
Actually, I can't.
It doesn't matter, because I am having fun. I haven't done a good old "grab government secrets" kind of hack in a really long time, and it's a great change of pace and it feels awesome. And it'll keep me busy while you're gone.
I... I'm going somewhere?
Maybe Hub City.
We're thinking that's where the new Black Canary is hanging out.
Yeah, let's not call her that just yet. I'd like to see her in the field, at least, first.
[Tina sees Oliver, Curtis and Rene, all in costume, coming toward her.]
Wow. Costume warehouse having a fire sale I didn't know about? What do you want?
You're a vigilante, and a metahuman. For the past three years, you've been working alone.
We have a proposition for you. [off Oliver's look] Oh. Sorry, you were doing fine. You... you.. you take it here.
We'd like you to join us. And give you a home. A team. And a place to better train in the use of your power.
I can take care of myself. Oh, uh, and if you get in my way, I'll send the three of you back to Star City with your nuts in a sling. [walks to the edge of the roof and jumps off.]
I thought that went pretty good.
You trained Yao Fei? How's that possible? You're half his age.
Don't you know it's improper to talk about a woman's age? Let's just say it's a family secret.
General Shreve, Baron Reiter, Konstantin Kovar. You keep looking for new fights when the real fight has been in front of you all along. Your father literally wrote it for you, a list of all the Yurieviches and Kovars in Starling City.
He told me he left me a message.
And yet you still don't return home. Why do you deny your father's wish for you?
You saw the reason tonight. I am not the man that my father raised. Not anymore.
You're afraid. Of what's happened to you, of what you've become, and you're running from it.
How do you know all this?
Because I've been there. And I can help you find your way back. You think yourself a monster.
No. I am a monster.
[Talia brings out a trunk.]
There is a monster inside you, yes. But it is not you.
I don't see the difference.
No. You need to create one. [opens the trunk, takes out a uniform] You need to give the monster an identity. It's only when the monster becomes someone else -- something else -- that you're free to be Oliver Queen.
So about that name. "Tina Boland" was my official cover for undercover work. It was to protect my family. My real name is Dinah. Dinah Drake.
[smiling] "Dinah"?
Does that name mean something to you?
I had a friend named Dinah. She's the reason I sought you out.
What do you think she'd think about all this?
I think she'd be proud of both of us.
You're beginning to understand now.
Understand what?
That a man who embraces the dark is never without sight.
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