Dr. Nate Heywood quotes from Legends of Tomorrow

Amaya

What are you doing up so late?

Nate

Just trying to figure out what the Legion of Doom wants with those two amulets.

Amaya

The "Legion of Doom"?

Nate

Darhk, Merlyn and the speedster. It's from a Hanna-Barbera cartoon I liked when I was a kid.

Amaya

Gideon thinks that the Legion's attack on Mr. Hunter's film set caused this George Lucas guy to quit movie making. As a result, he never made some movie about space battles or another one about an improbably handsome archaeologist.

Sara

And we care about this because...?

Gideon

In the unaltered timeline, Dr. Palmer sees Star Wars as a child and is inspired to become an inventor. Likewise, Dr. Heywood chooses to be a historian after seeing Indiana Jones instead of becoming a yoga instructor.

Nate

Oh, man.

Sara

Wait, so you're telling me that because some film geek drops out of school, my inventor and my historian are now essentially useless?

Sara

How about instead of bickering, we figure out our next move against the speedster and his allies.

Nate

"Legion of Doom" has a sexier ring to it.

Sara

I'm not calling them that.

Amaya

Let me guess: you're afraid of snakes.

Nate

And you're not?

Amaya

Animals only lash out only if they're provoked or desperate. Your slithery friend wasn't trying to hurt you. He just thought you were part of the tree.

Nate

So you commune with all animals?

Amaya

Mm-hmm.

Nate

You're like an attractive Doctor Dolittle.

Ray

But hey, the sun is setting, maybe I should go out catch us an iguana and prepare some of my world-famous iguana soup.

Nate

Nah, I'm good. I brought energy bars from the ship.

Ray

What? Energy bars?

Nate

Mm-hmm.

Ray

Come on, Nate, we're in the Cretaceous Period. You have to at least try the local cuisine.

Rip

I think I may have found a way to track Commander Heywood.

Stein

Don't worry, Mr. Hunter, we've already found him.

Rip

You did?

Jax

We're heading to Houston, 1970.

Mick

Yeah. Elvis at the Astrodome.

Nate

And then we're gonna rescue my grandfather.

Mick

Then Elvis.

Rip

We still need to figure out a way of contacting Commander Heywood without arousing suspicion. To that end, I suggest that we --

Sara

It's simple. We infiltrate NASA.

Nate

Hank! Hank! Hank! Don't! Don't do this!

I am so sorry, Nathaniel.

Nate

No. No, you open that door, the explosive decompression will suck you out.

If I don't, you will all die.

Nate

I can do it. Let me do it. I have powers now.

No. No. I won't let you risk your life. I have fulfilled my duty, protecting my piece of the Spear. But I'm just a grunt. Now it's your turn. You can figure out a way to destroy the Spear. Don't let it ruin another person's life.

Nate

Your son is at Mission Control. He's there. He's waiting for you. C'mon.

Give him a message for me. Tell him... I'm sorry for leaving.

Nate

Don't. Please don't, please don't.

Sara

So, it looks like our historians have made a discovery.

According to this map, the blood of Christ is hidden right smack in the middle of no-man's land.

Rip

Great, right at the center of the bloodiest battle in human history.

Stein

Even if we were to make it through the terrain unscathed, there's still the issue of the blood's precise location.

Nate

That's the good news. Just as the Spear acted as a divining rod for its pieces, it glows when it's close to Jesus' blood.

Stein

But one cannot simply walk into the middle of a war zone.

Ray

[to Agent Sharpe] Lady, why are you so mean?

Sara

Maybe it's that poly-blend pantsuit that's got her so grumpy.

Nate

I didn't know Men's Warehouse gave group discounts.

Ava Sharpe

What's the matter with you people? Do you want to get shot?

Nate

Totally rather get shot than look like a Sears model.

Jax

Come on, Gray. A chance to meet Julius Caesar and fix history. We have a time ship. We can get you home in time for dessert.

Stein

That's what I told Clarissa the last time I left.

Ray

And when you came home, you had a surprise daughter.

Stein

Your point?

Nate

The point is, sometimes we screw things up for the better.

Sara

That's a good motto. We should use that.

Ray

Uh, shouldn't we help her?

Nate

It's him I'm worried about.

Jax

Ye-ah, I'd say our work here is done.

Stein

And to quote the great conqueror himself: "We came, we saw,...

[together] We kicked Caesar's ass! [high five]

Amaya

I didn't go to Zambesi. Not right away. First, I went to Detroit.

Nate

Detroit.

Amaya

I had to see her in person. Mari. My granddaughter. I had to see if she was as incredible as people said she was. I watched her save five people in one night. She never knew I was there, but I knew that she was perfect. I know it doesn't help, but my decision to leave had nothing to do with you.

Nate

You're right, it doesn't. 'Cause if your "Bad-at-it" granddaughter was in 2017, why'd you have to go back to 1942?

Amaya

I asked Rip the same question. He said that time hadn't yet solidified. But if I stayed too long in 2017, then Mari would disappear.

Nate

Why didn't you say anything? [pause] I hated you for what you did.

Amaya

I needed you to hate me. So that you would move on. If you knew how much it hurt me -

Nate

I would have found you.

Amaya

I wanted to protect my granddaughter, and I wanted to protect you.

Nate

Well, no offense, Amaya, but considering we're both stuck in a rhino cage, I'd say your plan backfired.

Sara

We got a new problem. Rip has been hiding something from us. There's a greater evil coming. Something even the Time Bureau is afraid of.

Jax

[amused] What could be worse than an immortal Egyptian demigod?

Stein

[also amused] Or an evil speedster?

Ray

[shaking his hands in mock fear] I'm afraid of the Time Boogeyman.

Nate

[laughing] I'm literally crying.

Nate

Are you okay?

Amaya

I was having a nightmare.

Stein

And in the process, summoned the ashay of a spider. Astonishing!

Amaya

No, Martin, it isn't. What if I summoned a rhino and I crashed through the hull of the ship? Or a lion and I mauled someone?

Stein

Well, if the victim was Mr. Rory, I guess...

Rip

Captain Lance, need I remind you we are no longer just fixing ordinary anachronisms here? Mallus is the only game that matters.

Sara

No, it's your game. We have to stop Damien Darhk from coming back to life.

Rip

And we will. But from all indications, Mallus is coming here to recruit Darhk. If we destroy Darhk's body, we destroy any chance of apprehending Mallus at the resurrection ceremony.

Nate

If Sara says kill Darhk, or re-kill Darhk, or prop him up in a convertible like Weekend at Bernie's, that's what we do, because she's the captain.

Rip

I know you all want to destroy Darhk once and for all. You're just gonna have to be patient.