Dr. QuinzelYou've been coming here for three months, Helena. You've barely said a word. Talk therapy works better when you actually speak.
Court sent me here for anger management, right? Observe the managing. I'm cured. You're a genius, Harleen.
Dr. Quinzel
You sideswiped two cars, flattened a stop sign, crushed a fire hydrant...
Dr. Quinzel
...Knocked out a security guard...
I shoved him to get him out of the way, barely even touched the guy.
Dr. Quinzel
And why were you in such a hurry?
I don't know, I had things to do.
Dr. Quinzel
I understand that whatever it was seemed urgent to you-
No, you DON'T understand. You don't know me. You don't know anything about me. Let's just run the clock out here and call it good, Harleen.
Dr. Quinzel
I do know that on this day, seven years ago, you watched your mother die. And a few months later, Barbara Gordon became your legal guardian. There's no mention of your father.
Because at the time, I didn't know who he was.
Dr. Quinzel
But you do now?
...Bruce Wayne is my father.
Dr. Quinzel
[Suprised] Your father... is one of the wealthiest men in the country, and you move in with a schoolteacher?
Wasn't exactly Father Knows Best - He didn't know he HAD a kid. Clueless is a RADICAL understatement.
Dr. Quinzel
Sounds like your relationship with your father is conflicted.
[Snorts] What relationship? He didn't raise me, my mom did. I miss her. She... She was funny, crazy, and dangerous... and in that one moment, she was gone. That's when everything changed. I changed.
Dr. Quinzel
Into what?
Into someone maybe I wasn't meant to be.
After my mother's death, I learned more than just my father's identity - I learned he had a whole other life.
Dr. Quinzel
I'm not sure I understand. Do you mean another family?
More like a... REALLY AGGRESSIVE hobby.
Dr. Quinzel
A dangerous one.
Uh... YEAH. I guess a part of me I blamed him for what happened to my mother. If Barbara hadn't taken me in...
Dr. Quinzel
Why did she do that?
I've known her since I was kid. She was just trying to help.
Dr. Quinzel
Human beings are essentially selfish creatures, Helena. No matter how we try and mask it to the world or ourselves. You say Barbara rescued you. Did she do that for you? Or for herself?
It's hard for me to come here, Harleen.
Dr. Quinzel
Why is that, Helena?
Dr. Quinzel
Luckily for you, this is your last court-mandated session.
Then I must be officially sane. What a relief.
Dr. Quinzel
You don't have to come back, unless you want to. I know you think you can't trust anyone but I'd like to help you, if you'd let me. Why is it so difficult for you to let people in, Helena?
[Beat] After Mom was killed I found out about my dad, who he was.
Dr. Quinzel
Well, most people would be excited to discover that a billionaire philanthropist like Bruce Wayne was their father.
I only wanted one thing from him: That he find the man that killed my mother.
Dr. Quinzel
And then?
And then I wanted that man dead.
Dr. Quinzel
We can't just go around killing people, Helena.
Yeah, that's... That's what I hear. All I wanted from him was revenge, Harleen. If it had been the other way, Mom would've done it. They hadn't been together in years. She would've killed for him. And that's when I learned what my mom always knew: Rely on no one but yourself.
Dr. Quinzel
Helena! What can I do for you?
I've been rethinking this whole do-everything-by-myself thing, Harleen. And I've decided I want to continue therapy, even though I don't have to. Maybe a little help sometimes isn't... SO bad.
Dr. Quinzel
Please, come in.
[Helena smiles and goes to sit on a chair, as Dr. Quinzel shuts the door]
Dr. Quinzel
Why don't you tell me about him?
I feel good, great actually. Better than I have in a long time.
Dr. Harleen Quinzel
To what do we attribute this sudden cheerful outlook?
I don't know. Things have just been... working out. That guy I was telling you about, the police officer? I decided to talk to him. Trust him. Tell him things about who I really am.
Dr. Harleen Quinzel
Like, what kinds of things?
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