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Birds of Prey · Season 1, Episode 1

Dr. Quinzel and Helena in “Premiere”

Dr. Quinzel

You've been coming here for three months, Helena. You've barely said a word. Talk therapy works better when you actually speak.

Helena

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...

Helena

I was in a hurry.

Dr. Quinzel

...Knocked out a security guard...

Helena

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?

Helena

I don't know, I had things to do.

Dr. Quinzel

I understand that whatever it was seemed urgent to you-

Helena

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.

Helena

Because at the time, I didn't know who he was.

Dr. Quinzel

But you do now?

Helena

...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?

Helena

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.

Helena

[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?

Helena

Into someone maybe I wasn't meant to be.

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