Rip Hunter quotes from Legends of Tomorrow

Rip

I'm sorry.

No, you're not. You're not sorry 'cause you're not going to kill me.

Rip

I have to. To save my wife and son, I.. I have to. I don't expect you to understand.

It doesn't matter if I understand. I can see it in your eyes. You're not going to do it. You're like my father. Weak. [Rip cocks the energy pistol, but Per doesn't flinch.] Vandal Savage has taught me many things, including what a killer looks like. You're not a killer.

Rip

Your tutor has taught you well. In spite of his ill intentions.

Vandal loves me.

Rip

Oh, he wants to use you as his pawn. But ultimately, he will betray you.

No. No, he won't

Rip

I've said to myself time and time again that there is nothing that I wouldn't do to save my wife and son, but now I know that there is. My reticence to kill you, Per Degaton, is not weakness. It is goodness. And if there is a shred of goodness inside of me, then I have to believe that there is a shred of goodness inside of you. [gently] Be the man that your father wants you to be. Not the man Savage wants you to be.

Snart

[about Jonah Hex] Interesting fella.

Rip

Indeed.

Snart

This town's seen a lot of interesting. Suppose you got one of those doohickeys that erases people's memories or something?

Rip

No. But, skepticism and disbelief are a far more effective tool.

Snart

Ah. So if anybody here talks, no one will believe them.

Rip

Would you, Mr. Snart?

I've made you something for your travels. Some mince pies for your friends.

Rip

My friends. They're the people whose relationships with their friends and family I've put at risk to save my family.

You think you've been selfish?

Rip

I do, yes.

What a little cotwerp! I've always known that you were brought to me for a reason, Michael. That you were ready for great things. But you won't accomplish anything by wallowing. So for goodness sake, pull yourself out of it and get the job done.

Rip

What about you? I have put you in terrible danger.

You didn't honestly think I'd let you go away with my best serving dish if I didn't think I'd see you again, did you?

Mick

That's you?

Rip

[not proud] Yeah. I was a cutpurse from the age of five. Starved more than I ate. I knew what I'd do if she tried to harm me.

Snart

Lucky for us you didn't forget your roots.

Rip

Believe me, Mr. Snart... I've tried.

Stein

I realize your family's in jeopardy, but perhaps some deliberation --

Rip

We really don't have the time, Martin. According to Gideon, Savage is going to be out in the open tonight. Vulnerable. Now, in order to capture him, I require the services of --

Mick

Killer, Klepto and Pyro.

Rip

Bingo.

Ray

I also picked up on the fact that we're in London just a few days before Savage tries to kill your wife and son, and you're not trying to get them to safety.

Rip

After my first attempt on Savage in ancient Egypt, my very next stop was here in 2166. I found Miranda and Jonas exactly where I'd left them, and we... we raced towards the Waverider, but we had a run-in with Savage's shock troopers. Miranda and Jonas were cut down. So, uh... I jumped even further back, and the outcome is exactly the same. I watched my family die countless times at the hands of Savage and his forces before I realized that, um...

Ray

... time wants to happen.

Rip

It's a funny feeling knowing that the universe itself doesn't want you to save your family.

Savage

This truly is "good-bye". Would you mind answering just one final question?

Rip

Well, it seems only sporting.

Savage

How did you manage to escape my prison all those years ago. There were no signs of damage, no clues to your tricks. It left me puzzled for centuries.

Rip

The best magic tricks have the simplest solutions. I bribed your guard with a novelty pen. Had a picture of a woman on it. Turn her upside down, the top comes off. I won it from a drunk G.I. in a Philippines bar in 1944. It's a tacky souvenir, but in this case... a life saver.

Rip

All your posturing. All your claims about doing what's best for the timeline, about protecting history, and it all comes down to cold blooded murder.

The difference between murder and execution is only a matter of authority. I have it. You don't.

Ray

Yeah, just curious how much headway you've had tracking Savage without all of us.

Rip

None. But, neither have I got myself into bar fights in 1975 and the Old West, put dwarf star technology into the hands of terrorists, or got myself turned into a scary bird-monster.

Mick

We get your point. Now get ours: that ship's not taking off without us. You got that?

Rip

I guess this is good-bye.

Ray

It's been a pleasure, Captain.

Rip

Likewise, Dr. Palmer.

Jax

Rip, you brought all of us into this, man.

Rip

Which is why I'm doing this alone, Mr. Jackson. I'll have no one else die for my choices.

Sara

This isn't gonna bring Snart back.

Mick

[subdued] I don't want to lose another friend.

Rip

I appreciate that, Mr. Rory. I must say, it's been an honor to serve as your captain.

Is this 2016? Is this May 2016?

Jax

Yeah.

You're exactly where you said you'd be. Do not get on that ship. If you do, you're all dead.

Mick

Says who?

Says you, Mr. Rory. You sent me.

Rip

I'm sorry. Who exactly are you?

My name is Rex Tyler. I am a member of the Justice Society of America.

Ray

Ah, I knew I forgot something. The part where Rip tells us everything that we did wrong.

Rip

As in seducing the Queen of France just before she's supposed to conceive the country's greatest hope for the future.

Sara

She seduced me.

Rip

Or "wrong" as in violating our policy of "No using superpowers in front of people".

Jax

They had laser guns.

Mick

At least I didn't screw up this time.

Mick

Stealing's not screwing up.

Gideon

Greetings Dr. Heywood! I am the ship's artificial consciousness.

Sara

Gideon, we need you to tell us where Rip is.

Gideon

I'm afraid I have no idea. But I would be happy to play his final message for you all.

Ray

Final message?

Rip

[through a holographic recording] Sorry for stranding you all throughout history, but it was the only way to save you. Ah, you know what they say - a captain must never abandon his ship. Well, neither shall I abandon hope of seeing you all again someday. Somewhere in time. As flawed and unruly as you are individually, together you are the best crew, the best team a captain could ever hope for. So... stick together. And remember: history is yours now, my dear Legends. Good luck!

What am I doing?

It wasn't that bad.

You saw him (the actor playing Vandal Savage). I just can't seem to get Peter to bring any... menace to the part.

Jax

You didn't have to kill her. Sara wasn't supposed to die. Not like that. Not by you.

Rip

There's no rhyme nor reason to any of this, Jax. History is war and slavery and holding a dead son in your arms. There's no point in protecting history, so we might as well just burn it all down.