Arrow (TV Series)

Irreconcilable Differences (2017)

Stephen Amell: Oliver Queen, Green Arrow

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• Felicity Smoak : [leaving her parents]  Those whack jobs are already your in-laws, so if you're having second thoughts, it's too late for you.

  Oliver Queen : I wouldn't have it any other way.

  Felicity Smoak : You really do love me.

• Oliver Queen : There he is. Hey, buddy.

  William Clayton : Aunt Thea said I can have some champagne.

  Thea Queen : I said a sip, and only during the toast.

  Oliver Queen : Mom and dad used to let us do that. That... that's just fine.

  Thea Queen : Yeah, and we turned out all right. I think that they would be pretty impressed with this party and the groom.

  Oliver Queen : Think so?

  Thea Queen : Yeah. Of course. Why? Is everything okay?

  Oliver Queen : Felicity was supposed to be here by now, so...

  Thea Queen : What's there to be nervous about, Ollie? You guys are already married, and it's not like you invited anyone but John to the ceremony.

• Quentin Lance : Congratulations, Mr. Mayor.

  Oliver Queen : Come on, Quentin, it's "Oliver" tonight. Matter of fact, it's always "Oliver".

  Quentin Lance : Well, I got a, uh... I got a little something for you, Oliver.

  [he hands Oliver a box; inside is a gold watch] 

  Quentin Lance : Yeah. I know. It doesn't look like much, but, uh... uh, my dad gave that to me on my wedding day.

  Oliver Queen : Quentin, I can't accept this.

  Quentin Lance : It's not like I got anybody I can give it to, is it? And besides, it's not right you don't have a parent here tonight.

  Oliver Queen : Thank you. This... this means a lot.

• Donna Smoak : I want you to know that I have forgiven both of you for running off and eloping and for waiting to propose to my daughter until you were under indictment.

  Oliver Queen : Oh, actually, Felicity proposed to me.

  Noah Kuttler : Come on, Donna. Let's let them have their day.

  Donna Smoak : They did have their day and we weren't part of it, remember? I guess she's keeping a tradition of the Smoak women not having traditional weddings.

  Noah Kuttler : What are you talking about? We had a wedding.

  Donna Smoak : No, getting married by a Tom Jones-impersonating rabbi isn't exactly traditional.

• Oliver Queen : What happened?

  Thea Queen : Evil Laurel. She took Quentin. I tried to stop her, Ollie, but I... I'm not strong enough anymore.

  Oliver Queen : It's okay. It's fine. I'm just... I'm glad you're okay.

  Felicity Smoak : Yeah, but how are you all right? Not... not that I'm not glad that you're okay, but it's not like evil Laurel to leave loose ends.

  Thea Queen : [handing Oliver a cell phone]  She needed a messenger.

  Felicity Smoak : What are the chances that that's gonna ring, like, right...

  [the phone starts ringing] 

  Felicity Smoak : Fantastic. That's not creepy at all.

• Thea Queen : Felicity told me what happened.

  Oliver Queen : Yeah.

  Thea Queen : Would ask if you're okay, but I think I already know the answer.

  Oliver Queen : Thinking about what Rene did. What did he do, really? He kept a secret, and he... he put his daughter ahead of the team. And I feel betrayed. How can I feel betrayed by somebody doing the exact same things that I've done?

  Thea Queen : Because you've never sold anyone out on the team, Ollie. And if you're convicted, you could end up spending a really long time in jail. But having said that, you're doing the right thing, looking at things through his perspective, and having done that, maybe you can see your way to forgiving him.

  Oliver Queen : Seriously?

  Thea Queen : Well, Rene is a... a very desperate guy who just did a very desperate thing, but he's also the same guy who just last night was giving such a heartfelt, sweet speech and... and calling you his friend, and I really think that he meant that. It... it was a betrayal, no question, but since you've been able to see things from his point of view, you... you should also be able to see your way to forgiving him.

  Oliver Queen : [impressed]  Listen to you.

  Thea Queen : Quentin needs the team right now, Ollie, but he needs the whole one.

• Felicity Smoak : I was never the girl who dreamed about her wedding, but I have to say this was the perfect evening.

  Oliver Queen : Yeah?

  Felicity Smoak : Yeah.

  Quentin Lance : [approaching]  Uh, so sorry. We... we got a problem.

  Felicity Smoak : I think I jinxed it.

• Oliver Queen : Quentin, what's going on?

  Quentin Lance : The prosecution's smoking gun. It's a witness who is willing to testify that you are the Green Arrow.

  Oliver Queen : Who?

  Quentin Lance : Well, that information's still under seal, but it's someone on the team.

• Oliver Queen : I can't believe this is happening again.

  Felicity Smoak : Hey, hold on a second. We do not know this is an Evelyn Sharpe situation yet.

  Oliver Queen : It's a betrayal. I never should have trusted them.

  Felicity Smoak : It's not a "them", it's a "one"; a one who wants to out you to the FBI that would lock you away for life. That's an awfully long time. I'd wait for you.

• John Diggle : Oliver, why not just confront whoever this is and give them a chance to come clean?

  Oliver Queen : What makes you think they're gonna be forthcoming? How do we know that this isn't just the... the surface of this betrayal? I mean... look, John, I don't want to spy on them, but if you have a better idea, I'm all for it.

• Felicity Smoak : If someone goes somewhere suspicious, we'll know.

  John Diggle : Felicity, we were all just at the wedding. The most suspicious place they can go is out for late-night pizza.

  Oliver Queen : John, either Cutis, Dinah, or Rene gave me up. We need to know why, we need to know who. Otherwise, when you put the hood back on, you could be next.

• Felicity Smoak : It's safe to say there are no good reasons that Cayden wants that amplifier.

  Thea Queen : It sounds like a trap.

  John Diggle : He has Quentin. It doesn't matter. He has leverage.

  Oliver Queen : Can you and Curtis make a... a replica of this thing, a fake to pass off to Cayden James?

  Felicity Smoak : No. I mean, we're good, but we're not that good. It's one of a kind.

  Thea Queen : Isn't this guy some type of genius hacker? He knows it's at A.R.G.U.S. Why doesn't he just hack in there himself?

  Felicity Smoak : A.R.G.U.S. is 100% airgapped. I mean, you can't access their network unless you're on-site, and I doubt he wants to cross paths with A.R.G.U.S. since they held him prisoner for eight months.

  Oliver Queen : He's using us instead.

• John Diggle : A.R.G.U.S. isn't just gonna hand over this amplifier. They have a longstanding policy of not negotiating with terrorists.

  Oliver Queen : Let's bring in Curtis and Rene.

  John Diggle : No Dinah?

  Oliver Queen : Until we know where her loyalties lie, she's out.

• Oliver Queen : Overwatch, I'm in position. How long until security is down?

  Felicity Smoak : That depends on Curtis.

  Curtis Holt : [opening a garbage can]  We're clear. Ooh. Also, leaning over, not a great decision.

  Felicity Smoak : [popping up and slapping him]  You are not throwing up! I'm already spending my honeymoon in a garbage can. I'm not wearing your puke!

• Curtis Holt : Remember that thermobaric bomb that Cayden stole? Well, this will multiply the blast radius twenty fold easily.

  John Diggle : That's the entire city, and then some.

  Rene Ramirez : Look, I want to save Lance as much as anyone, but he wouldn't want this. I mean, he wouldn't want us to just hand over something so dangerous to some psycho.

  Oliver Queen : Yeah, well, that's exactly what we're going to do. Curtis is gonna sabotage it.

  Curtis Holt : Curtis is gonna do what, now?

  Oliver Queen : The amplifier doesn't have to work. We just need Cayden James to think that it works long enough for us to get Quentin back.

• Oliver Queen : I know that you've been meeting with the vigilante in secret.

  Dinah Drake : You followed me?

  Oliver Queen : I did.

  Dinah Drake : Whatever business I have with Vince is none of yours.

  Oliver Queen : It is when it threatens to put me in prison and keep me away from my son.

  Dinah Drake : What the hell are you talking about?

  Oliver Queen : I'm talking about being arrested off the statement of someone who knows my identity, somebody on this team.

  Dinah Drake : And you think it was me? What, because I didn't tell you about Vince?

  Oliver Queen : I think you have given me no reason to trust you.

• Rene Ramirez : Dinah isn't the witness, Oliver.

  Oliver Queen : You don't know that.

  Rene Ramirez : Yes, I do, 'cause it's me. I'm the one who's testifying against you.

• Rene Ramirez : Agent Watson came to me. She said she had proof that I was Wild Dog and that she was gonna use it against me to make sure that I never saw Zoe again. She said she had a solid case against you, and that she was gonna arrest you either way. You were going down. I just couldn't make the trip with you.

  John Diggle : You should have told us, Rene. We could have figured something out.

  Rene Ramirez : There was nothing to figure out, hoss. Right? There is no other way.

  Felicity Smoak : Yeah, now we'll never know.

  Oliver Queen : Rene... get out.

  [nobody moves] 

  Oliver Queen : Get. Out.

• Wild Dog : Thanks for having me back, man.

  Green Arrow : Let's get our friend back. This where Cayden James wants to make the exchange?

  Felicity Smoak : Yep. It's a no-brainer he picked this place. It's a digital black hole. There's no cameras, insulated walls. Once you guys get inside, I'm totally blind.

  John Diggle : But that means so is he.

  Green Arrow : Get the amplifier working?

  Mr. Terrific : I hope so, 'cause otherwise we'd be handing a crazy psychopath the means to crater the entire city.

  [seeing Arrow's look] 

  Mr. Terrific : I mean yes. Yes, it's ready.

  Green Arrow : I will handle the exchange. You three be my eyes and ears. The priority is extracting Quentin, but if we get a chance to take Cayden James into custody, we take it. Whatever we're going through here, whatever issues we have, let's put it aside and get the job done.

• Cayden James : So, we meet again.

  Green Arrow : Where's Lance?

  Cayden James : Oh, somewhere handy. I'll be taking that amplifier now.

  Green Arrow : You will be telling me where Lance is.

  Cayden James : A fair request. Equally fair, lay down your bow. I'll let you speak with him. I am a man of my word. If I wasn't, there wouldn't be much point in vowing to destroy this city, would there?

• Green Arrow : Are you all right?

  Quentin Lance : Yeah, yeah. I'm fine. Accomodations could be nicer, but yeah, I'm fine.

  Green Arrow : Yeah, well, sit tight. I'll be there soon.

  Quentin Lance : Yeah, just don't compromise the city's safety for me, all right?

  Cayden James : Now there's a dedicated civil servant. I wish there were more like him.

• Oliver Queen : Moving off of your position, was that your call or Curtis'?

  Curtis Holt : Look, I was right there beside...

  Rene Ramirez : It was my call. And it turned out to be the right one.

  Oliver Queen : You got lucky, Rene. Doesn't make it the right call.

• Rene Ramirez : Look, man. I know you're pissed at me, and I don't care, because you left us blind out there, and I wasn't gonna let Lance die just because you didn't trust us enough to go off leash and look for him.

  Oliver Queen : When we are in the field, there is a clear chain of command, plain and simple.

  Rene Ramirez : I've been the same guy tonight that I've always been since you brought me onto this team.

  Oliver Queen : Rene, yes, that's true. You have; sometimes, you go your own way.

  Rene Ramirez : That's right.

  Oliver Queen : And I put up with it because I trusted you.

  Rene Ramirez : What's that supposed to mean?

  Oliver Queen : You got a second chance tonight, my friend, and you broke our trust again. You don't get a third. You're off the team.

  Rene Ramirez : Just like that?

  Oliver Queen : Just like that.

  Rene Ramirez : [turning to leave]  It's been real, y'all.

  Dinah Drake : Yeah, I hate to say it, but Oliver is right. We're a team. We need to... we need to trust each other, need to believe in each other. I don't believe in you anymore.

  John Diggle : Dinah.

  Dinah Drake : Don't. It's too late. I'm out, too.

• John Diggle : I'm just gonna say this. I don't think there's anything that has been said or done that can't be undone.

  Felicity Smoak : I don't think I agree, John.

  Oliver Queen : I agree with Felicity. We need to move forward.

  Curtis Holt : [entering]  Sorry I'm late. Um, I think I probably might still be a little hung over. I've also been thinking about a few things. Oliver, you and Dinah were right. No trust, no team. You all spied on me, invaded my privacy. Whether you couldn't trust me or not, it means that I can't trust you.

  Felicity Smoak : Curtis, what's that supposed to mean?

  Curtis Holt : I'm still a part of Helix Dynamics, Felicity. That's separate, but this...

  [indicating the bunker] 

  Curtis Holt : I'm done.

• Oliver Queen : Cayden James knew that we sabotaged the amplifier last night. We need to find out how.

• John Diggle : Hey. Just got your message. Usually, a bride and groom like to be alone on their wedding night. What's up?

  Oliver Queen : Somebody on the team gave me up to Samanda Watson.

  John Diggle : That's impossible, Oliver. No one would do that.

  Oliver Queen : Lance got it from Jean Loring. Jean Loring got it from District Attorney Armand.

  Felicity Smoak : I'm running surveillance on Curtis, Dinah, and Rene, and I have worms crawling through their texts and e-mails.

  John Diggle : You're spying on them?

  Felicity Smoak : I'm not spying on them. I'm, like, keeping tabs.

• Cayden James : Hello. This is Cayden James.

  Oliver Queen : Where's Lance?

  Cayden James : Now, why would I tell you that?

  Oliver Queen : What do you want?

  Cayden James : A nanoaluminum amplifier.

  Oliver Queen : I don't know what you're talking about.

  Cayden James : Well, that's all right. I'm sure you can research it, and when you do, you'll find that it's secured at A.R.G.U.S. Deliver it to me or Quentin Lance dies.

  Oliver Queen : The last time we spoke, you vowed to destroy the city. I'm guessing this amplifier gets you one step closer to completing that goal, so why should I help you?

  Cayden James : I did float the concept of Mr. Lance dying, didn't I?

  Oliver Queen : Now you listen to me...

  Cayden James : At nightfall tomorrow, I will text an address to this phone. You'll be there with the amplifier, or Quentin Lance shuffles off this mortal coil. Oh, and please don't breathe a word of this to your friends at A.R.G.U.S.