DC's Legends of Tomorrow (TV Series)

Phone Home (2017)

Brandon Routh: Ray Palmer, The Atom

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Quotes 

• Sara Lance : Is that music?

  Ray Palmer : Yeah, "Singin' in the Rain". Only the best musical ever.

  Mick Rory : Not as good as "Fiddler on the Roof".

  [Sara and Stein both look at him strangely] 

  Mick Rory : I love that show.

  [seeing them looking at him] 

  Mick Rory : What?

• Jefferson Jackson : Okay, I got somebody checking out magazines and one shopkeeper.

  Mick Rory : I could knock this place off with a water pistol.

  Ray Palmer : Okay, new mission: keep me away from Mick. I don't want today to be the day I descend into a life of crime.

  Mick Rory : Well, Haircut... looks like it's too late.

  Ray Palmer : Wait, what does that mean?

  Jefferson Jackson : You're by the candy bars.

  Ray Palmer : Well, get me away from there. That stuff's poison.

  Jefferson Jackson : Yeah, that's not all.

  Ray Palmer : Wait, what does that mean?

  Jefferson Jackson : You're shoplifting.

  Ray Palmer : Wait. What?

  Mick Rory : Damn, Haircut. You had balls.

• Ray Palmer : Let's just skip to step two: trust falls. Now, to demonstrate, Mick, who hated me when we first met, will fall trustingly into my arms.

  Mick Rory : Right. You promised me good coin for doing this.

  Ray Palmer : When you said you weren't gonna say that out loud.

  Mick Rory : Yeah.

  Ray Palmer : Well, just lean back and let go, 'cause I'm not going anywhere, buddy.

  [as Mick falls, Ray literally disappears] 

  Jefferson Jackson : What the hell?

  Sara Lance : Gideon, what happened to Ray?

  Gideon : According to public record, Mr. Palmer died in 1988.

  Nate Heywood : Wait, Ray's dead?

  Mick Rory : [holding his head]  He better be.

• Ray Palmer : I'm in the paper. And... I'm dead?

  Sara Lance : Not yet. We're in 1988, the day before you disappeared.

  Ray Palmer : Okay. Well, I guess the fact I'm still here means temporal permanence hasn't set in. Which means we can still save my life, and enjoy 1988 while we're at it.

  Jefferson Jackson : Trust Ray to find the bright side of dying.

• Ray Palmer : We need to grow as a team. First up is "Two Truths and a Lie". It's gonna be fun.

  Mick Rory : Lie.

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

  Sara Lance : Truth.

  Ray Palmer : 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 Tomaz : 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. These two...

  [meaning Nate and Amaya] 

  Zari Tomaz : ...have some "will they, won't they?" thing going on. Rory's been drunk since breakfast, Jax is wondering if I'm single, and your ship's still mad at me for doing a teeny hack on her subsystems. Now, what's this about one bathroom?

  Ray Palmer : [everyone begins talking simultaneously]  Guys. Guys!

  Mick Rory : You're right, Haircut. This is gonna be fun.

• Ray Palmer : I can't believe you made out with my mom.

  Nate Heywood : Look, man, it was the '80s.

• Ty : Hey, look at Palmer. What are you supposed to be?

  Young Ray Palmer : I'm the Atom. That's, like, the coolest superhero ever.

  Gus : The Atom? That's a stupid name.

  The Atom : Actually, I think it's pretty clever.

  [the Legends all appear behind them] 

  Amaya Jiwe : Cool costume.

  Zari Tomaz : Ugh. I can't believe you talked me into wearing this. How do you fight in these things?

  Gus : Who are you guys?

  Zari Tomaz : We're his friends.

  Ty : These guys are your friends?

  [little Ray nods] 

  Ty : Cool.

  Mick Rory : [raising his heat gun]  Hand the candy over. And your allowance.

• Ray Palmer : Guys, I think I know what kills me. It's a Dominator.

• Ray Palmer : [in his childhood home]  Our record player.

  Zari Tomaz : Hey, who's "Billy Joe-el"?

  Ray Palmer : What? "Piano Man"? "River of Dreams"?

  [she shrugs her confusion] 

  Ray Palmer : Really? Wow. You really did live in a dystopia.

• Nate Heywood : Do you know anyone who owns a green station wagon with fake wood paneling?

  Ray Palmer : What's my mom doing home?

  Nate Heywood : Dude, you never mentioned your mom was hot.

  Ray Palmer : Why would I ever mention that?

• [last lines] 

  Ray Palmer : Hey. Movie night. You want to join us?

  Jefferson Jackson : Man, I got some work to do, and... Actually, I want to ask you something.

  Ray Palmer : Yeah, shoot.

  Jefferson Jackson : It's just... seeing Stein with his grandkid earlier, I... I mean, we're his family, but this isn't his home. Not anymore.

  Ray Palmer : Yeah. But... you two are inseparable. Like, literally.

  Jefferson Jackson : That's what I need your help with. I want to break up Firestorm.

• Ray Palmer : Guys, here I come. I mean, little me; he's coming at you. Catch up with me on Main Street, and, um... keep me alive.

  Jefferson Jackson : I got eyes on Ray to make a move.

  Dr. Martin Stein : Well, it looks like you're taking a detour. Did you frequent the Ivy Town Newsstand as a boy?

  Ray Palmer : Yeah, I must be picking up the new issue of "Scientific American".

  Dr. Martin Stein : I was more of a "National Geographic" boy myself.

  Mick Rory : Once a geek, always a geek.

• Zari Tomaz : How can you not remember befriending an alien?

  Ray Palmer : Because I didn't. It never happened to me.

  Nate Heywood : The Dominator is an anachronism. It's time-displaced.

  Zari Tomaz : Right.

  Sara Lance : So we have to get the baby Dominator out of Ray's bedroom and back to where it belongs.

  Jefferson Jackson : And how are we supposed to do that?

  Ray Palmer : Uh, well, it should be easy. All we have to do is sneak into my house tomorrow when my mom's at work and I'm at school and kindap the Dominator. I even know where the spare key is.

  Jefferson Jackson : Like stealing candy from a baby.

  Mick Rory : But not as fun.

• Sara Lance : Where are you guys?

  Ray Palmer : Not sure exactly. Looks like they turned the rec center into some kind of government research facility.

  Zari Tomaz : We're on our way to save the baby Dominator.

  Sara Lance : What?

  Ray Palmer : It's a long story.

  Sara Lance : Well, that story's about to get a lot more interesting because his mom just landed and she's looking for him.

  Nate Heywood : Wait, the Dominator has a Mominator?

  Sara Lance : And it gets worse. I think she might have read my mind.

  Ray Palmer : What did she see?

  Sara Lance : Well, she's looking for her baby. The last time I saw him was...

  Ray Palmer : At my house. My mom's home. If the queen finds her...

  Amaya Jiwe : Don't worry, we won't let that happen.

• Nate Heywood : [reuniting the baby Dominator with its mother]  I'm not crying. I just have, uh, alien goo in my eye.

  Sara Lance : [trying not to cry]  Yeah, me too.

  Nate Heywood : Now I'm gonna go brush my teeth forever.

  The Atom : Wait. Why?