Arrow (TV Series)

Star City 2040 (2019)

Joseph David-Jones: Connor Hawke

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• Connor Hawke : All right, I've been tailing you guys since the bazaar. Once I figured out you were headed here, I started pulling credentials for clearance.

  Adult William Clayton : As an agent for Nightwatch. Which is just, what, the good version of A.R.G.U.S.?

  Connor Hawke : Yeah, something like that. Look, I wanted to tell you the truth, but I couldn't. I didn't have a choice.

  Mia Smoak : [pushing him up against the wall]  Yeah, you did.

  Adult William Clayton : Mia.

  Mia Smoak : I trusted you. But all you did was lie to me, like everyone else.

  Connor Hawke : Look, I'm sorry.

  Mia Smoak : Was any of it real?

  Connor Hawke : All of it.

  Adult William Clayton : Okay, as much as I love relationship drama when it's not my own, do you think we could focus on the task at hand and not blow our cover immediately?

  [she lets Connor go] 

  Adult William Clayton : Thank you.

• Connor Hawke : OK, now that we are all caught up, what times do the bombs go off, and how do we stop them?

  Rene Ramirez : They're set to go off during the fireworks in exactly 38 minutes.

  Dinah Drake : Even if we knew where the bombs were, that's not enough time to climb over that wall and stop this.

  Felicity Smoak : There is another way. The bombs are linked by a Li-Fi, which means there's an exterior power source.

  Adult William Clayton : You're talking about a unified connectivity device.

  Felicity Smoak : Yes.

  Adult William Clayton : It's like the brain of the bombs.

  Mia Smoak : Oh, good. Now there are two of you.

  Roy Harper : So wait. We're just supposed to break into some server room so you guys can hack it?

  Adult Zoe Ramirez : "Server room"! How 2019.

• Adult William Clayton : All right, secret agent guy. So what do you know about this place?

  Connor Hawke : All right, I've been doing recon on the building. There are hidden sublevels here, unlisted to the general public.

  Mia Smoak : Well, that's where they have to be holding mom. How do we get down there?

  Connor Hawke : My badge isn't gonna cut it. There'll only be a handful of people with access, all DNA-based.

  Adult William Clayton : Well, I have a meeting with the guy who runs this place, Kevin Dale. I mean, if anyone has access, it's him. All we have to do is steal and replicate his DNA. Easy.

  Connor Hawke : It actually is. Look, I have the tech. You just have to swipe a sample.

  Adult William Clayton : Wait. Me? No, no. Stealing stuff covertly, I-I don't do that.

  Mia Smoak : Well, lucky for you, your sister does.

• Felicity Smoak : It's so good to see you.

  Adult William Clayton : [hugging her]  I never thought I'd see you again.

  Felicity Smoak : Oh, I was afraid you wouldn't want to, after everything. I'm so sorry, William.

  Connor Hawke : Okay, hey, not to interrupt, but we've really got to get out of here before someone realizes what we did to those guards.

• Mia Smoak : Didn't you want to go with them?

  Connor Hawke : Hey. I am only here to back you up.

  Mia Smoak : Right. 'Cause you promised your daddy. You know, I am really not sure what's worse. The, um, the lying or the fact that you actually thought I needed protection.

  Connor Hawke : Mia, I know that you can take care of yourself.

  Mia Smoak : Then why the hell do you keep hanging around?

  Connor Hawke : Because I care about you. Okay? I wanted to tell you the truth, but I knew that you would hate me the minute I did. And every day, it just got harder and harder.

  Mia Smoak : So your big idea is that I would just never find out.

• Mia Smoak : Do you have any idea what it's like to find out that your entire relationship with someone is based on a lie?

  Connor Hawke : No, okay? But I know what it's like to have heroes for parents. It sucks. Man, I used to ask my dad all the time why he even adopted me if he and my mom were never gonna be around. But you know what? When I got older, I realized... I was proud of 'em.

  Mia Smoak : You were proud that they prioritized the rest of the world above you?

  Connor Hawke : Okay, no, not that part. But... with great power comes great responsibility, right?

  [seeing her confusion] 

  Connor Hawke : Oh, come on! "Spider-Man"?

  Mia Smoak : I'm not really into comic books.

  Connor Hawke : Okay, my point is that the same applies to us superhero kids. And we have to learn to share our parents and be a little selfless.

  Mia Smoak : Of course you would say that. You've been a hero in training since you were a kid.

  Connor Hawke : Well, so have you. The only difference is I got to choose, and you never got to make that choice. Until today.

  Mia Smoak : There's your ulterior motive.

  Connor Hawke : Look, Mia, if you go out that door, you are doing exactly what Felicity wants. Okay, you want to go? We will go. You want to stay? We will stay. But do not let her mistakes make your choice for you. It's on you now.

• Connor Hawke : All right, this is the access point to the sublevels. It's the only unlisted elevator bay in the building.

  Adult William Clayton : The random, full-body DNA scanner wasn't a dead giveaway?