Arrow (TV Series)

Present Tense (2019)

Katherine McNamara: Mia Smoak

Photos 

Quotes 

• 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.

• Mia Smoak : So this is what you wanted to show me, grandpa's grave?

  Oliver Queen : Did your mother ever mention him?

  Mia Smoak : Not really.

  Oliver Queen : I suppose she wouldn't know what to say. I barely do.

  Mia Smoak : You weren't close?

  Oliver Queen : I didn't really get to know the real him until after he died, and, uh... look, I don't want that to be us.

  Mia Smoak : You've, um... you've lost people, right?

  Oliver Queen : Yeah. Too many.

  Mia Smoak : Does the guilt ever leave?

  Oliver Queen : No. You can learn to live with it. I can help you with that, Mia. If you'd like.

• Oliver Queen : You okay?

  Mia Smoak : I would have killed him.

  Oliver Queen : I know. And I know you didn't want to.

  Mia Smoak : Thank you.

• Laurel Lance : I don't know anything about changing timelines, but I am something of an expert on vengeance, and getting it... it doesn't do anything but cause you more pain.

  Mia Smoak : So, what, you're an expert on talking people out of murder?

  Laurel Lance : Kind of. I had to when Felicity wanted to take down Ricardo Diaz.

  Mia Smoak : My mom tried to kill someone?

  Laurel Lance : No. Because I talked her out of it. And, look, I get it; you and your mom, you're both women who won't allow themselves to be talked out of anything, and I appreciate that. But Felicity, she never regretted changing her approach. So maybe you should try doing things differently, too.

• Green Arrow : Stay close, please.

  Mia Smoak : Where are we?

  Curtis Holt : [on comms]  You're in the service tunnels underneath the city. Basically, you are all in "The Shawshank Redemption".

  Mia Smoak : The Shawshank what?

  Curtis Holt : "The Shawshank Redemption". It's... are there no movies in the future?

  Green Arrow : Curtis!

  Curtis Holt : Oh, right. Staying on task. Sorry. I'm a little out of practice, guys.

• Grant Wilson : This isn't over.

  Mia Smoak : [drawing back her bow]  Yes, it is.

  Green Arrow : Mia!

  Mia Smoak : Get out of my way.

  Green Arrow : No. Hate me if you want. I'm not letting you do this.

  [she stands down] 

• Laurel Lance : In the future, do they still use the phrase "wild goose chase"?

  Mia Smoak : If you're bored, you can go. I don't need a babysitter.

  Laurel Lance : No, but you might need backup when you try and kill Grant Wilson.

  Mia Smoak : How did you know?

  Laurel Lance : Oh, well, clearly no one has informed you that I used to play for Team Villain. And I can spot a murderous intent a million miles away.

  Mia Smoak : So, what, are you gonna try and talk me out of it now? Tell me to listen to my dad?

  Laurel Lance : Oh, god, no. I would never tell anyone to listen to Oliver Queen. No offense. But I'm not exactly a very big fan of your father's; he's kind of a dick. But you are a grown womoan, and if you wanna kill this guy, then have at it. But I just wanna know why.

  Mia Smoak : Because locking him up isn't gonna change anything. He escapes, every time. Why he is such a cult hero among all the worst in Star City.

  Laurel Lance : Including future JJ.

  Mia Smoak : Exactly. Look, Grant has to die so Zoe can live.

• 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.

• William Clayton : Zoe was fighting to fix exactly what her dad helped cause. That's why she was a Canary like both of you. You guys had a whole network of them in the city.

  Dinah Drake : And that's what Connor was talking about earlier.

  Laurel Lance : And yet we still couldn't save the city.

  William Clayton : After Rene walled off the Glades, the scope was just too big, and ever since the wall came down, we've been fighting the Deathstrokes, trying to make things better, but...

  Dinah Drake : I just still don't understand. I mean, JJ adores Zoe. How could he do something like this?

  Mia Smoak : Seemed pretty easy for him, so how about we stop mourning poor, innocent JJ and accept who he actually is?

• Mia Smoak : All that matters right now is stopping Grant Wilson before he screws up everyone's future.

  Oliver Queen : What else can you tell me about him?

  William Clayton : Well, just the broad strokes. Grant made a name for himself doing pretty much exactly what he's doing now, targeting the rich, uh, appealing to the disenfranchised. They became cult heroes, which is how he seduced JJ.

  Oliver Queen : Any more specifics?

  William Clayton : Grant's home base just got blown up. That... that never happened before. We're in new territory now.

  Oliver Queen : How long to access the drive?

  William Clayton : Uh, more than a few, less than a year.

  Dinah Drake : I'm gonna go check on Rene.

  Mia Smoak : We should be out there doing something.

  Oliver Queen : We will be, once we know Grant Wilson's plan.

• Mia Smoak : How could you just abandon us?

  Oliver Queen : Because I chose to keep you safe, and I chose right.

  Mia Smoak : You just wanted to be a hero, so you put your mission above your family. Don't worry. You'll learn to live without me pretty easy. Just like I learned to live without you.

  Oliver Queen : [moving to block her way]  I'm not letting you go out there.

  Mia Smoak : Nyssa al Ghul trained me. You want to see how well?

  Oliver Queen : I'm not gonna fight you. I'm your father.

  Mia Smoak : Really? Because from where I stand, you're just some guy in my way.

• Oliver Queen : What are you doing?

  Mia Smoak : I'm going to the hospital bomb site. Maybe Dinah missed something.

  Oliver Queen : Mia.

  Mia Smoak : I'm not gonna stand around and waste time.

  Oliver Queen : Now, look. I know what's driving you right now. You lost a teammate. I-I've... I've been there. I... I can help. I'm here to help.

  Mia Smoak : You know, I survived my whole life without you. I don't need you to play dad now.

  Oliver Queen : Hey, I'm not playing dad. I am simply telling you that it is not tactically wise to go out there by yourself...

  Mia Smoak : Fine. I'll take Laurel.

  Oliver Queen : ...when you are letting your decisions be driven by your emotions. Trust me. I've been there.

  Mia Smoak : You don't get a say. You gave up that right when you left me and mom alone in that cabin.