Arrow (TV Series)

The Ties That Bind (2018)

Stephen Amell: Oliver Queen, Green Arrow

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• Oliver Queen : So far Ricardo Diaz has been unstoppable. He has aligned himself with the most powerful criminal organization in the country. He controls Star City's government, its infrastructure, and its police force.

  Samandra Watson : And when you say you can't stop him, are you speaking as the former mayor or as someone else? You want my help? I'm gonna need two things from you. The first is I'm gonna need you to say the words.

  Oliver Queen : I am the Green Arrow.

  Samandra Watson : And the truth shall set you free.

  Oliver Queen : What's the second thing?

• Oliver Queen : As the Green Arrow, I have gone up against some terrible people who have tried to do terrible things. Hey, look at me. And I'm still here.

  William Clayton : That doesn't mean you always will be.

  Oliver Queen : You're right. William, I just started being your dad, OK? I love being your dad. And nothing is gonna take me away from you, especially not Ricardo Diaz.

  William Clayton : Kick his ass.

• Oliver Queen : Does this absolutely have to be done onsite?

  Felicity Smoak : It absolutely does if you absolutely want it to work.

• Oliver Queen : I shouldn't have pushed you away. I should have trusted you to keep yourself safe, and I should have trusted my abilities to help keep you safe.

  Felicity Smoak : Thank you.

  Oliver Queen : Yeah.

  Felicity Smoak : It's good to know after all these years that you can stil learn something.

  Oliver Queen : Nah, I still have a ways to go.

  Felicity Smoak : That's true. So what now?

  Oliver Queen : I have an idea.

• William Clayton : Uh, dad, there's a shell in this one.

  Oliver Queen : [picking it out]  Uh, yes, there is.

  William Clayton : Oh, isn't the pan hot?

  Oliver Queen : Ow. It's immensely hot, but when we are doing breakfast for dinner at chez Queen, we do it right.

• Felicity Smoak : I just spoke to Rene, Dinah, and John. They're okay.

  Oliver Queen : Good. Wait. What about Curtis?

  Felicity Smoak : He's okay. His boyfriend isn't. He has to go into surgery.

  Oliver Queen : Starling General is not secure.

  Felicity Smoak : No, no, no. Lyla sent them to the A.R.G.U.S. medbay. They're gonna be okay.

  Oliver Queen : Quentin?

  Felicity Smoak : Quentin said that Diaz isn't gonna attack the mayor. He's too much in the public eye. But Laurel's in the wind.

• Felicity Smoak : I'm gonna just take a wild guess and say that this isn't one of those conversations that starts with, like, "I love you. You were brave. You go. That was awesome."

  Oliver Queen : No. This is a conversation that happens because I love you.

  Felicity Smoak : Okay.

  Oliver Queen : You promised me you would stay put.

  Felicity Smoak : Well, I didn't exactly promise.

• Oliver Queen : You promised you wouldn't do anything stupid. You charged into a firefight.

  Felicity Smoak : Which was a calculated risk.

  Oliver Queen : Did you calculate how close Ricardo Diaz came to shooting you in the back of the head?

  Felicity Smoak : We got what we wanted.

  Oliver Queen : That's not...

  Felicity Smoak : And if I'm right, what we wanted has the list of everyone in the city that Diaz controls. This could help us get our home back from Diaz, Oliver. We could actually save our city this time around. I think that's a little bit more important that "what ifs".

  Oliver Queen : This is why I started working alone again.

  Felicity Smoak : Yeah. You know what? I tried convincing myself that that was the right move, too, but it's not, because we're married and we're supposed to be each other's strength. So there is no "alone" for us anymore.

  Oliver Queen : It's not that simple, and you know it.

  Felicity Smoak : God. I'm really gonna start needing you to see it that way.