Birds of Prey (TV Series)

Sins of the Mother (2002)

Rachel Skarsten: Dinah Lance

Quotes 

• Helena Kyle : [after finding out that Dinah has telekinetic powers]  Barbara, you're not gonna believe this.

  Carolyn Lance : Dinah?

  Dinah Lance : Mom?

  Helena Kyle : You're the Black Canary's daughter?

  Barbara Gordon : You have a daughter?

  Dinah Lance : You're the Black Canary?

  Barbara Gordon : This could mean you have the Canary Cry as well.

  Helena Kyle : Hold on. She has mind melding, telekinesis, and the Canary Cry?

  Dinah Lance : Wha, what Canary Cry?

  Barbara Gordon : What telekinesis?

  Carolyn Lance : Okay, everybody stop!

  [to Helena and Barbara] 

  Carolyn Lance : Could you just give us a minute?

• Carolyn Lance : Do you remember when I took you to your foster parents?

  Dinah Lance : Yeah. I sat by that window for days, wondering when you'd come back. And you never did.

  Carolyn Lance : What you don't know is why. I came home one night, and I don't know how I knew, but I just knew something was wrong. So I went straight to your room. And you were just lying there, sleeping like an angel. So I kissed you goodnight, but the feeling just wouldn't go away, so... I searched your room. There was a C-4 explosive under your bed, timed to go off an hour later. If I didn't come home when I did, I... Anyway, that's when I realized I wasn't just taking risks for myself anymore. I was putting you in the line of fire every day, only you didn't know it, and you had no way to protect yourself. I don't want you to ever face that moment, the moment when you realize the choice you made could kill the person you love most in this world.

• [last lines] 

  Barbara Gordon : The most important thing is that your mother was proud of you. The rest... you'll find on your own.

  Dinah Lance : No. Not on my own. I can't look back, you know? All I have is the future. And I think I know what I have to do. For her... and for me.