Mick Rory quotes from Legends of Tomorrow

Sara

Well, like Nate said, sometimes we screw things up for the better.

Rip

I fail to see how that's true in this case.

Mick

It's our new motto.

Rip

New motto? Right, does that mean you plan to continue swashbuckling your way through history?

Sara

With the Time Bureau's permission, of course.

Rip

And if I deny you permission?

Sara

We'll do it anyways.

Sara

Perfect. We're bringing the circus to the circus

Ray

This is a classic slice of Americana. The air is thick with the smell of popcorn, candy and wonder.

Mick

If I see a clown, I'm outta here.

Jax

What, you afraid of clowns?

Mick

No. I... just don't like their stupid faces and funny shoes and... razor-sharp teeth.

Ray

What makes a hero? Is it powers? Strength? Bravery? No. A hero is forged by his or her relationships, our bonds of brotherhood or sisterhood. That is why I'm taking you all through the ten-step team-building process I perfected at Palmer Tech. Step 1, part 1: icebreakers.

Jax

Dude, we've been stuck on a ship that has one bathroom. I think we know each other well enough.

Stein

And your timing couldn't be worse, given that we're being chased by a water-wielding assassin and the Time Bureau.

Ray

We need to grow as a team. First up is "Two Truths and a Lie". [Sara shakes her head] It's gonna be fun.

Mick

Lie.

Ray

I haven't started yet. Look, I know you guys probably think this is lame–

Sara

Truth.

Ray

But we have a new crew member, and it is important for Zari to bond with us. Not only as team members, but as individuals.

Zari

Yeah, well, I'm no hero and I'm not a member of any team. Besides, I already have you all figured out. The old guy wants to be anywhere but on this ship. [Walks by Amaya and Nate] These two have some "will they, won't they" thing going on. [Nate nods]. Rory's been drunk since breakfast. [Mick tips his beer at her] Jax is wondering if I'm single. And your ship's still mad at me for doing a teeny hack on her sub-systems. Now, what's this about one bathroom?

Mick

Going somewhere, Professor?

Stein

I don't have time to explain. I'm taking the jump-ship, whether you like it or not.

Jax

Yo, Mick. Come on, man, I just souped this baby up.

Stein

Jefferson, please, I need you to help me get out of 1988.

Jax

Help you? After you've been lying to me? You've been sneaking out on us, you erased the jump logs. You're working with the Time Bureau!

Stein

What? Never!

Mick

What's in your back pocket, Professor?

Stein

It's a trans-temporal communicator.

Jax

So you can talk to your little Time Bureau friends.

Stein

No, so I can talk to my– [the communicator beeps and Lily's face comes on it]

Hey, Dad!

Stein

–my daughter.

[realises Jax and Mick are in the room] Oh, and all you guys.

Jax

Hey, Lily.

Dad, I think it's time. We're heading to the hospital now. You're gonna be here, right?

Stein

How can I miss the birth of my first grandchild?

Good, 'cause... this baby's coming. Okay, I will see you there. Bye, Dad. [disconnects]

Stein

I took the jump-ship back to 2017 so I could give Lily the other communicator.

Jax

And you wiped the jump logs. Why?

Stein

Because I wanted you to know that I'm committed to you, and to the team! I made the decision to stay, and I needed you to know that I meant it. Clearly, my subterfuge has robbed me of the chance to be at the birth of my grandchild.

Mick

No! We can take the Waverider.

Stein

What about the rest of the team?

Jax

I'm sure they'll manage.

Stein

You're serious.

Jax

Gray! It's your first grandkid! Why would you think I'd want you to miss that? C'mon, man, let's go!

Zari

I thought the Helen of Troy story was just a myth.

Ray

Well, we found that myths tend to have some truth about them. This one more than most.

Nate

Helen and her lover Paris set off a ten-year war that launched thousands of ships and set tens of thousands of men off to their death. All in the name of her beauty.

Zari

You make it sound like it's her fault. Men always find a reason to fight. That's not on her.

Mick

Depends. How hot is she?

Nate

[turning away from everyone else] I mean, she's all right. [mouthing whisper to Mick] She's really hot.

Nate

Look. I'm sorry you have to see your father, but you need to suck it up!

Mick

If it wasn't for this time-traveling stuff, I would have never run into that bastard.

Nate

Okay. You know what? We're changing this operation. This has become Operation: Tough Love. Yeah. I'm gonna go all Dr. Phil on your ass. It's time for you to man up and sort out–

Mick

Daddy issues.

Nate

I was gonna say "unresolved grief", but let's go with what you're saying.

Mick

You wanna know why I've never seen a shrink?

Nate

Why?

Mick

I don't regret killing my old man.

Nate

[swallows] What?

Mick

That's right, Pretty. You heard me. I let my old man burn to death. How's that for tough love?

They say life is the sum total of all the choices you make. As your misfortune sinks in, maybe you want to ask yourself: "What choices did I make to find myself here?" Today, I want payback for what that monster did to my men, my brothers.

Ray

Uh, excuse me–

Mick

Shut up.

Ray

We're... we're journalists–

Mick

Shut up.

Ray

And we've uncovered a plot to kill President Johnson. We need to alert the proper authorities.

Shut up.

Mick

See?

Zari

He's telling the truth.

Amaya

The president landed in Vietnam, but we can still save him.

You're reporters. What are you gonna do? Question him to safety?

Ray

It's a little more complicated than that, but just trust me, okay? We're the good guys.

Haven't you heard? There are no good guys here.

Mick

I thought we gave the Englishman to the Time Pigs.

Sara

That was Rip. This is John Constantine.

Mick

Skinny brit in a trenchcoat. Same thing.

John Constantine

Oooh, doubtful, mate. You see, I'm an accomplished warlock, an expert of the occult, and a master of exorcism. I'm also a Taurus, for those of you taking notes. [winks at Leo Snart of Earth-X].

Nate

Z, will you please tell her that talking to Kuasa is a bad idea?

Zari

No.

Amaya

Thank you. I refuse to accept that my granddaughter is pure evil.

Nate

Fine. She's eighty-nine percent evil.

Ray

Guys! I think Sara is in trouble.

Mick

QUIET!! Haircut! Take the new girl. Find Blondie, Fake Snart and Trenchcoat. Amaya, the med-bay. Pretty, the library. Water Bitch? Stays in the freezer.

Ray

You know, Mick? You're really showing some management potential.

Mick

Get out. [Ray gets out.]

Mick

.... I'm busy.

Zari

Right. You've done a lot of time travelling. Have you ever had déjà vu?

Mick

What's that?

Zari

Oh, it's, uh, French for "already seen".

Mick

I hate French. [goes back into his cabin and the door closes on Zari]

Ray

We need to tell Sara we gotta get to Detroit.

Mick

Nope. She's off to Star City. She's been texting some guy. They're going on a date.

Ray

How do you know that? Wait, you're looking at her phone?

Mick

I look at everyone's phone. Helps pass the time.

Mick

What's up?

Amaya

Nothing.

Mick

I said "what's up".

Amaya

Fine, you're an unbiased listener. I want to change my granddaughter Kuasa's past, and well, improve her future.

Mick

So do it.

Amaya

It's not that simple. What if I inadvertently change my other granddaughter's destiny?

Mick

So don't do it.

Amaya

And then there's Nate. I still have to go back to 1942 and marry someone else so that Kuasa and Mari are even born. We can never end up together. I feel paralyzed. Every step I take, it feels like it could just have disastrous consequences.

Mick

Take a look around. You think these people give a damn about consequences? Take the night off. A true pirate doesn't live for tomorrow, they only live for the moment.

Amaya

Why did you become a pirate in the first place, eh?

Well,...

Amaya

To let an admiral get the best of you? Or, to claim your destiny on the wide open sea? I don't know what's waitin' for us on the other side of this journey. But whatever it is, it beats cowering in some alleyway waitin' for your black beard to turn gray.

I swore I'd never go back to that island... and I'm a man of me word. Fair winds, me hearties. [departs hastily]

Mick

[disbelieving] Blackbeard's... a coward.

Sara

Any sign of Ray?

Nate

Nah, just another Grateful Dead-end. I, for sure, got a contact high.

Mick

[producing a pair of tinted eyeglasses] And I managed to swipe Jerry Garcia's glasses.

Wally

Uh-oh. [takes the glasses away from Mick at super-speed] Once a thief, always a thief.

Nate

Dude. No, we... we allow light to moderate theft on this ship. We like to call them "souvenirs". [Wally sheepishly returns the glasses to Mick.]

Amaya

This totem wasn't meant for me. You have to use it.

Mick

Forget it.

Amaya

You spent your entire life obsessed with fire and heat. What if this is the reason why.

Mick

How may times do I have to tell you, I'm not a hero! Sara's a hero. And look what the Death totem did to her.

Amaya

That was the work of Mallus. Most people who've seen what you've seen would've succumbed to darkness, but you didn't. You chose to become a Legend. You may try and hide it, Mick, but you're a good man.