Let me explain something to you, Dr. Melfin; I know I may look like the ultimate career woman, but all this, it means nothing to me. I'm unfulfilled. The Joker and I always wanted kids. Me and my Mr. J, we would have had such beautiful children. My green eyes and his green hair. Instead, the best I could do was to have you custom-make this baby for me and you lost him. My biological clock is ticking, Melfin, and it's a bomb!
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S1 E4Three Birds and a Baby
You killed a man. Even though it was an accident, you cannot do that.
TYTen Year Old "Guy"
Why not? He was bad.
Good point.
FYFour Year Old "Guy"
Why do we live inside a big clock?
Ah. He has a point.
Hey, don't look at me. I didn't pick it. Senior superhero chooses the lair.
[To Her Chief Henchman] Now, take your men and go find my baby. It shouldn't be too difficult. Just follow the mayhem.
GGuy
No, you just feel sorry for me because I'm a freak.
Oh, please. Like the three of us are so aggressively normal.
WWoman
No! Stop. Leave us alone, please.
MMan
She's trying to get away.
WWoman
Stop. No.
MMan
Settle down.
WWoman
No. No. Get away from me. No. Leave us alone. Don't. Please leave me alone. No. [Drops baby from fire escape] No! No!
I'm starting to get a really bad feeling about this. Like someone's trying to put the "organized" back into New Gotham crime.
So, what do we do?
What we always do. We find her and we stop her.
S1 E5Sins of the Mother
[To Dinah] You're the BLACK CANARY's daughter?
[To Carolyn] YOU have a daughter?
[To Carolyn] You're the BLACK CANARY?
This could mean you have the Canary Cry as well!
Hold on, she has mind-melding, telekinesis AND the Canary Cry‽
What Canary Cry?
What telekinesis?
You're a SUPERHERO‽
Dinah, I can explain-
And not just ANY superhero, you're the Black Canary! You're supposed to be some some big role model, a trailblazer, one of the first women to put on a crime-fighting cape!
Actually, I don't wear a CAPE, I... Never mind, how do you know all of this?
Well, in case you haven't noticed, I'm living with Barbara Gordon also known as the Oracle. It's part of my training, sort of like Superheroes 101... The tradition and history you CONVENIENTLY forgot to mention before you DUMPED me‽ [Flippant] But, y'now, I guess being one of the greatest espionage agents in the world, having a 6-year-old kid kind of cramped your style.
I did not DUMP you. I was trying to protect you, I was trying to give you a NORMAL LIFE.
[Angrily] So, it's normal for foster parents to lock their kids in closets until they promise to stop seeing things?
Dinah, When I left you with the Redmonds, I didn't think you had metahuman potential! You were six years old, you didn't show ANY signs! I hoped-
You hoped that WHAT? If I was metahuman, they'd BEAT it out of me‽
...It was the WORST mistake of my life. I found out you ran away, and that's when I discovered... what had been happening. Dinah, please try to understand; I thought you were happy. I thought you were living like a regular kid... I had NO IDEA.
RIGHT.
I'm retired, Dinah. I'm not Black Canary anymore. I'm just Caroline Lance. I came to New Gotham to find you and I would like to be your mother.
The life you think you want, Dinah, being a superhero is not what it's cracked up to be: [Dinah sighs in annoyance] It's DANGEROUS, it's UGLY, it is RELENTLESS, and it will WEAR YOU DOWN! I won't let you throw your future away.
[Angrily] Oh, YEAH? Well, you gave up the right to make decisions for me a long time ago! [To Helena and Barbara] I'm staying at Gabby's tonight. We're studying. [To Carolyn] You know, like NORMAL kids? [Leaves]
She'll be okay. She just needs to cool down.
I just don't understand how ORACLE, the source of all information, could have my daughter under her roof and not even know it.
She gave us her foster parents' last name. I ran a background check, okay? She was clearly having problems at home. My God, Caroline, this is what we do. We take in and mentor those like us-
She's NOT like you!
How would you KNOW that? How would you know ANYTHING about her?
I'd appreciate it if you stayed out of this.
...You got a problem with ME?
I'm sure you're a nice enough person, but you ARE the daughter of a thief.
EXCUSE me?
Just stay away from my daughter. The last thing she needs right now is your influence.
[Carolyn walks away. Helena makes a move to go after her]
Helena, WAIT. [Grabs Helena's arm]
WHAT is HER problem‽
It's not about you. Canary and your mom never really got along. I think it was some sort of bird-cat thing. Just let it go. [Leaves]
Bird-cat thing. Right.
[Talking about Dinah] She could be every bit as great as you.
And she could get shot at before breakfast, tortured before lunch, and knocked unconscious for dinner also like me.
[Discussing Dinah] What are you gonna do when she's out past curfew? Blast her with your Canary Cry?
What did your mother do? Oh, that's right. She was too busy stealing your childhood.
S1 E6Primal Scream
[To Dinah, holding up Catwoman's mask] This was my mother's.
Do you miss her?
I never knew this part of her. She gave up being Catwoman when I was born. You know, that was the thing about running with a gang the thrill, the rush... It was like I was finally getting to spend time with her; The side of my mother I never knew.
To give that up, she must've loved you so much.
Canary loved you, Dinah, you know that. She loved you so much, she gave her life for you.
And yet, I can't even cry for her.
That was quick.
You trigger the Batring, I show up. That's the deal. What can I do for you, Detective?
Heh, I guess I just didn't realize it was gonna be so fast.
I'm known for my response time.
Canary loved you, Dinah, you know that. She loved you so much, she gave her life for you.
And yet, I can't even cry for her. You know why? Because I didn't really know her. The woman who died, we were complete and total strangers. I fell like... we were just getting the chance to get to know each other. To... to really know each other. And it was just snatched away.
And the thing you miss...
...is the woman I'll never know.
It's okay, kid, I understand. I understand.
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