- Evelyn Sharp: I've been meaning to ask. What kind of vigilante wears a hockey mask ?
- Oliver Queen: I think it's cool.
- Mr. Terrific: You are a freaky kinda scary.
- Ragman: It's the whispers, right? It just does that. I have no idea how. Your mask looks cool, by the way.
- Mr. Terrific: Thank you. Actually, it still feels a little weird on my face.
- Oliver Queen: [angry that Wild Dog defied an order] Last week, you said that you needed to be able to trust me. Fine. Well, I need to be able to trust you. If I can't, then why am I wasting my time with you?
- Felicity Smoak: [Oliver leaves] Never in my entire life did I think that I was gonna meet somebody more stubborn than him. I would have lost that bet.
- Rory Regan: Are you sure you were an Olympian?
- Curtis Holt: Having good reflexes is not the only quality in being an Olympian. There are other things like determination and stubbornness.
- Evelyn Sharp: I guess a sense of fashion isn't one of them. Come on, man. Where did you get that jacket? It's retro in all the wrong ways.
- Curtis Holt: Wait, you don't know "Fair Play", Terry Sloane? Terry Sloane? Mr. Terrific? The greatest wrestler in the history of wrestling. He was so good that he wore an outfit with the words "fair play" written across it. Like, I'm so good, I don't even need to cheat to beat you. He's kind of my idol.
- Rory Regan: Did you have a little crush on him, too?
- Adrian Chase: I was just telling the mayor that Derek Sampson was apprehended.
- Thea Queen: By the SCPD?
- Adrian Chase: No. Based on forensics, the Green Arrow's either as fast as The Flash, or he's got a new team behind him. This city never seems to get easier, does it?
- Oliver Queen: Thank you all for coming. I'd like to address head-on and with brutal honesty that some recent reports regarding my administration, reports that suggest while the voters may have elected me, others have been making making decisions in my stead. The truth of the matter is that every decision made by any member of my administration is my decision. The buck, as they say, stops with me. When you are charge, everything that your team does is on you, and I trust my team. That team will include former police captain Quentin Lance will be serving beside me as Deputy Mayor.
- Quentin Lance: Appreciate the vote of confidence, Mr. Mayor.
- Oliver Queen: You're the right man for the job, trust me.
- Thea Queen: What are you doing here? You weren't supposed to be here until 9:00.
- Oliver Queen: Our meeting was scheduled for 8:00.
- Thea Queen: Exactly.
- Evelyn Sharp: I cannot believe I let you talk me into this.
- Rene Ramirez: Yeah, I'm a little surprised too, but it's just recon.
- Evelyn Sharp: If it's just recon, then how come we didn't bring along Rory and Curtis?
- Rene Ramirez: 'Cause Curtis would just tell Mommy and Daddy.
- Evelyn Sharp: And Rory?
- Rene Ramirez: Guy just weirds me out.
- Felicity Smoak: Hey Rory, thanks for coming back. Oliver should be here any second.
- Rory Regan: What happened?
- Curtis Holt: Well, first meta-humans, then magic, and now you can add into the mix zombies. The guy that Rene killed is kind of still walking around.
- Felicity Smoak: Sampson is not a zombie... According to the coroner's toxicology workup, Sampson's body was infused with a mixture of chemicals that must have put his body into a state that fooled the paramedics. It was only a matter of time before he woke up.
- Curtis Holt: And kicked Oliver's ass.
- Felicity Smoak: He didn't *kick* Oliver's ass... And can you *please* not say things like that when
- [whispering]
- Felicity Smoak: Oliver could enter in, like, any second.
- Felicity Smoak: [Door opens; Oliver walks in] Like that! See?
- Oliver Queen: We need to find this guy before he hurts anyone else.
- Oliver Queen: [to Felicity] Text me as soon as you have anything. We can't let the cops get to him first.
- Rene Ramirez: I want to help too.
- Oliver Queen: I think you've done enough.
- Rene Ramirez: I'm sorry about before, but I get it now. I'll do whatever you need.
- Oliver Queen: What I need is to trust that when I do ask for your help, you're not immediately gonna make the problem worse.
- Rory Regan: He said he was sorry. Let us help.
- Evelyn Sharp: Yeah, we can canvas the city.
- Oliver Queen: After what happened the last time you went out looking for Sampson? Pass.
- Curtis Holt: [Elevator doors open. New recruits enter the Arrow lair] Okay everyone, uh... Just breathe normally. I know this is a lot to take in, so...
- Felicity Smoak: He fainted the first time he saw it.
- Curtis Holt: I had the flu... I had the flu, y'all.
- Curtis Holt: [Felicity smiles proudly at Oliver] So this is the cave... I like to call it the Arrow Cave. It's Oliver-esque.
- [All pause to admire the suits in their cases: Spartan, Green Arrow, Red Arrow, Black Canary]
- Thea Queen: Susan, a word?
- Susan Williams: Thea, I'm so sorry. You must think I'm the worse kind of person.
- Thea Queen: No, I actually already know that's true.
- Susan Williams: Thea, let me explain...
- Thea Queen: LIe? No, I'm just gonna save us both the trouble. I already know exactly what happened. You played me...
- [Susan nervously laughs]
- Thea Queen: You only get to do that once, and the new time you try to cross me like that, you'll be lucky if you even have a blog.
- Oliver Queen: [to Reporters in conference room] Thank you all for coming. I'd like to address head-on and with brutal honesty some of the recent repots regarding my administration. Reports that suggest that while the voters may have elected me, others have been making decisions in my stead. The truth of the matter is that every decision made by any member of my administration is my decision. The buck, as they say, stops with me. Because when you are in charge, everything that your team does is on you, and I trust my team. That team will include former Police Captain Quentin Lance who will be serving beside me as Deputy Mayor.
- Quentin Lance: [Quentin puts his hand out to shake Oliver's] I appreciate the vote of confidence, Mr. Mayor.
- Oliver Queen: You're the right man for the job, trust me.