Arrow (TV Series)

Present Tense (2019)

David Ramsey: John Diggle

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• John Diggle : Wait. So an hour ago, I was just with Ben Turner's 6-year-old child, and now he's an adult now, and now I'm his father?

  Rene Ramirez : At least you didn't throw up like you usually do. Just saying.

• John Diggle : You called me dad.

  Connor Hawke : You adopted me. Remember? It's Connor.

  John Diggle : No. No, I-I- I haven't

  William Clayton : He hasn't because he hasn't yet.

  Connor Hawke : Look. What are you talking about?

  William Clayton : We're in the past.

  Mia Smoak : That is insane.

  William Clayton : Look at this place. It's new, and them! No gray hair, no wrinkles, and we're staring at our dad alive instead at his tombstone. I'm sorry. What year is this?

  Oliver Queen : Uh, it's 2019. What year is it supposed to be?

  William Clayton : 2040.

• John Diggle : The device has been neutralized.

  William Clayton : [sighing in relief]  I guess things have never not been tense around here, huh?

  Curtis Holt : Yeah. I like to cope by stress eating. Gummy bear?

  William Clayton : [taking one]  Thanks.

• John Diggle : I've never dealt with anything like this before. My head is still spinning. Look, I wanna... I wanna blame someone, I just don't know who.

  Dinah Drake : John, we all failed to save this city.

  John Diggle : Yeah, Dinah, but I'm his father. So it's on me.

  Dinah Drake : So you did pick who to blame.

  John Diggle : All this talk about JJ got me thinking about Andy, how I failed him. So, yeah, the blame is definitely on me.

  Dinah Drake : I'm gonna tell you the same thing I told Rene, because it's the same thing I've been telling myself: knowing what's happened can either destroy us or save us. We've seen our worst. Now let's be our best.

• Curtis Holt : So, Grant is trying to one-up his father. Siege version 2.0 is tonight, and this time, Mirakuru's out and coordinated bomb attacks are in.

  Oliver Queen : How many?

  Laurel Lance : Lots. And Grant has them all connected to a remote detonator. Probably a phone.

  Curtis Holt : The good news is, and I use that term very loosely, uh, is that he set up a relay device underneath downtown.

  Dinah Drake : So we disable the relay device, we turn off the bomb.

  Mia Smoak : Okay, what about Grant?

  Connor Hawke : He's holed up underground, but the lines converge at Water Street.

  Oliver Queen : History repeats itself.

  John Diggle : Well, maybe we can stop the attack by running the same play we ran last time.

  Rene Ramirez : [entering]  No. Someone told me the only way to change the future is to start doing things differently now.

  John Diggle : Rene, look...

  Rene Ramirez : John, we're good. You, too, Connor. I can't be mad at either of you for something I will never let happen.

• Connor Hawke : This is my fault. I'm sorry. I should have told you sooner.

  John Diggle : Then tell me now, Connor! Everything.

  Connor Hawke : When you took me in, I was angry and rebellious, but you... you refused to give up on me. Man, you straightened me out, made me who I am; a soldier just like you. But JJ, he... he resented it. You know, it was like I had stole the love that should have been his. Maybe if I had been a better son, JJ never would have broken bad and Zoe would still be alive. Dad, please say something.

  John Diggle : Dad? Connor, since the moment you got here, you have done nothing but lie to me, to all of us. What do you want me to say?