- Oliver Queen: You do know, of course, look absolutely ridiculous in that, right? And I got a great tailor. Hook you up with a little color maybe.
- Clark Kent: Nice to see you finally discovered something worth living for after all.
- Oliver Queen: Yeah. More like a rediscovery, actually. You've done a hell of a job keeping the world safe on your own, Clark. I'm here to help you now.
- Clark Kent: Good. Something tells me... soon the world will need all the help we can get.
- Clark Kent: All right, Lois. You show up with every shark movie known to man and 11 loads of laundry when I've seen you take socks to the dry cleaner. Are you okay?
- Lois Lane: I'm fine. Why wouldn't I be fine? I'm totally not fine. Even if it is stupid, but - but it's not stupid. It's Oliver's birthday today, and we always go out for beer pongs on our birthdays. But today is about to be yesterday in T-minus...
- [sees that it is past midnight on clock wall]
- Lois Lane: ...negative minutes. It's over. He totally missed it. How does a guy with nine different phone numbers not return a phone call?
- Clark Kent: Probably just celebrating with someone else.
- Lois Lane: Wow. Tall, dark, and single. Go figure. Do you know something? You would tell me if you did, right?
- Clark Kent: I'm sure Oliver's just fine. But paying him a visit wouldn't hurt.
- Victoria Sinclair: I hear you're some sort of hero - one that tried to bury that part of himself. Well, you've just proven that that hero is still alive, Oliver. Now it's time to resurrect him.
- Chloe Sullivan: You were living like you had a death wish, Oliver. You had to face your demons if you were gonna make it out alive, and I had to push you over the ledge in order to pull you back.
- Oliver Queen: Did you have to push with a 3-ton truck?
- Chloe Sullivan: I didn't think a tricycle would be a strong enough point.
- Victoria Sinclair: Now that's the face of a guy who's down on his luck.
- Oliver Queen: Well, I think my luck's about ready to turn around. I don't remember seeing you around, earlier.
- Victoria Sinclair: Well, maybe not. But I've seen you before. Your type.
- Oliver Queen: And what type is that exactly?
- Victoria Sinclair: The player who can't find the game to satisfy him.
- Oliver Queen: I'll admit I've lost a certain lust for life... but luckily not other things.
- Victoria Sinclair: Then play a game with me.
- Oliver Queen: I'm all in.
- Lois Lane: About time you got home. Shelby's great and all, but the conversation... a little one-sided.
- Clark Kent: Shouldn't you be riding a mechnical bull somewhere? It is Friday night.
- Lois Lane: Correction. It's movie night. I hope you like sharks. We're gonna start with my favorite one.
- Clark Kent: You have your hands full with all your laundry. Maybe we should make movie night another weekend.
- Lois Lane: It's called multitasking, Clark. You should try it sometime.
- Clark Kent: I... I hope I have enough detergent. How do you even have anything left to wear?
- Lois Lane: You know, most guys wouldn't complain if I suddenly found myself shirtless.
- [awkward silence; as she leaves, he tosses clothes off the couch, one of her bras catching on his hand]
- Lois Lane: [taking it back] Oh, poor Clark. Here. FYI, that did not just happen.
- [sitting him down]
- Lois Lane: Come on! It is called Smallville for a reason, Clark. What else do you possibly have to do tonight? It'll be fun.
- Lois Lane: Are you like this at the movie theater too, Clark? I mean, these concession runs are really sweet, but you're up and down more often than the Cubs' batting lineup.
- Lois Lane: Pants on, birthday boy. Party train's arrived.
- Clark Kent: Lois, I think people would prefer "knock" over "pants on." We've already checked his jet and his apartment, unless he's under the couch.
- [seeing a card for Roulette's club]
- Clark Kent: Looks like his party train already left the station.
- Lois Lane: Without me on board? Doubtful.
- Chloe Sullivan: Oliver. Oh, my god, are you okay?
- Oliver Queen: South of there by a few horror movies.
- Oliver Queen: Chloe, I'm not the only one you put at risk.
- Chloe Sullivan: If you're worried about our little club and Lex, don't be. I played my cards close to my chest.
- Oliver Queen: And Lois was what? She was, uh, just another ace up your sleeve?
- Chloe Sullivan: No. I never meant for her to get involved. She was chasing after you when she accidentally ended up storming the field. That's when Victoria went off script.
- Oliver Queen: I could have killed her.
- Chloe Sullivan: No offense to your manhood, but I made sure that your gun was loaded with blanks, just in case. I trust you, Oliver, just... not that much.
- Oliver Queen: Did Clark know about this?
- Chloe Sullivan: You can't be serious. Clark would never in a million years risk what needed to be done.
- Oliver Queen: Well, he's led a different life than we have, hasn't he? I can't expect him to know me like you do. The places that I had sunk to, the depths you must have had to go to bring me back. Thank you.
- Chloe Sullivan: You proved it to yourself. Even with your face in the gutter, you still had the hero in your heart.
- Oliver Queen: You saved my life, Chloe. Both the myth and the man.
- Lois Lane: So. What was that about?
- Oliver Queen: Uh-oh, I've seen that look before. Usually... right before you sock me in the jaw.
- Lois Lane: Tempted. But if you're unconscious, you can't answer any questions, like who the hell was that dragon lady?
- Oliver Queen: Okay... she was, um... a psycho ex-girlfriend who watched "Fatal Attraction" too many times.
- Lois Lane: So what am I, the bunny? Oliver, you really need to take a dip in the sane-chick pool. I mean, that dress... that was a bigger Red Scare than Cold War Russia.
- Oliver Queen: Although, I-I thought you wore it pretty well.
- Oliver Queen: You never should've been dragged into this mess I made of my life, and, uh... I'm sorry.
- Lois Lane: Was the mess so bad that cleaning it up seemed harder than throwing it all away?
- Oliver Queen: Um...
- Lois Lane: I saw the video. That's enough to send anyone on a binge. Why didn't you come talk to me?
- Oliver Queen: Pride. Fear. And, um... regret. Lois, the truth is, I've been fighting my demons for so long, I just... wanted this war to end.
- Lois Lane: And you felt like there was nothing in life worth fighting for?
- Oliver Queen: I never felt that way when I was with you. I mean, uh... I just, I-I just, I think what I mean is I-I, uh... I lost sight of... what was good in my life. I know things between you and me have changed, right?
- Lois Lane: Some things haven't changed. Ollie, I will always be here for you. And if you forget that again... I *will* knock you out.
- Chloe Sullivan: I take it Jor-El knew something about the alien assassin?
- Clark Kent: He recognized her. It turns out the symbol tattooed on her shoulder is her family crest. Her name's Alia. She's Kandorian.
- Chloe Sullivan: I thought Kandor exploded with the rest of Krypton.
- Clark Kent: So did I. But Jor-El said if she's here, there may be others. And they'll have each left a Kryptonian symbol marking their arrival.
- Chloe Sullivan: We better start looking. We can use Watchtower to run a search algorithm that would cross-reference all the satellite images with my Kryptonian lexicon. In other news, Oliver's back.
- Clark Kent: It seems like more than just a cooling off. What happened?
- Chloe Sullivan: Maybe the scam artist really did a number on him. Or he just needed to get some perspective.
- [her computer beeps]
- Chloe Sullivan: Found one.
- [seeing dots appear all over the world]
- Chloe Sullivan: Alia definitely didn't come alone.
- Oliver Queen: You know, true gamesmen... they don't cheat by stacking the deck.
- Victoria Sinclair: Well, everything was aces until your girlfriend showed up. As always, I had to play the hand I was dealt.
- Oliver Queen: So why don't you just let her go?
- Victoria Sinclair: You didn't play by my rules. Why should I play by yours? You were supposed to shoot her.
- Oliver Queen: See, that's what I don't understand. You could've killed her yourself. You could've shot me when I walked through the door. Why set the scene?
- Victoria Sinclair: One can tie up loose ends with a simple square knot, or one can choose the more elegant cloverleaf. It's all a matter of style. Oh, and I'd say I'm sorry for taking your money, except in your case, it hardly matters. You can't take it with you.
- Oliver Queen: [taking cover as she fires her gun] So how do I know this isn't just part of your game?
- [the gunfire continues]
- Oliver Queen: Right.
- Lois Lane: When you say "close", are you talking feet or zip codes? Look, Mr. whatever your name is, you're a GPS tracking service. You can probably see me on your satellite, so how much farther down Pepper Spray Lane do I have to go?
- [spotting Oliver's sports car]
- Lois Lane: Never mind. I found it. Thanks.
- Victoria Sinclair: If you're not lost, then get that way. I don't like smudge marks on my car.
- Lois Lane: Nice try, Vice City. Go grand theft someone else's auto. I've sat in that excuse for a front seat enough to know that this car belongs to Oliver Queen.
- Victoria Sinclair: Oh. Well, if you know Oliver, then you know he likes to give gifts. This was one of them. So I suggest you back off.
- Lois Lane: Sorry, but backing off... not really my strong suit. Where's Oliver?
- Chloe Sullivan: Now, my relationship with Oliver may have dissolved, but I didn't lose everything in the meltdown. Our computers are still linked. Which is how I found this.
- Clark Kent: Oliver was watching this in his laptop. It's a long story about Lois and laundry and lacy things.
- Chloe Sullivan: Lois saw this video?
- Clark Kent: Not only it, but me on it.
- Chloe Sullivan: Okay, so on a scale from one to Chernobyl, how big was the fallout?
- Clark Kent: Let's just say if there was an anti-life equation, I think I found it.
- Chloe Sullivan: Check this out.
- Clark Kent: [recognizing Alia in the footage] That's the assassin who attacked Lois and I. I buried her before this video was taken. How could she be on it?
- Chloe Sullivan: Clark, if we're looking for a Kryptonian assassin who's from the future and supposed to be dead in the present... I'm out of answers.
- Clark Kent: Maybe Jor-El won't be.
- Lois Lane: Why would Oliver wanna re-live the night someone tried to Hindenburg him?
- Clark Kent: Lois, we should respect his privacy.
- Lois Lane: I can't imagine what he was going through just standing there. He looks like he didn't even know the bomb got defused. But then why is he...
- [seeing Oliver step off the trigger plate]
- Lois Lane: Oh, my god. He didn't know. Oliver tried to kill himself.
- Clark Kent: Lois, come on.
- Lois Lane: [seeing Clark enter on the video] And you knew! Clark... how could you keep something this serious from me?
- Clark Kent: I was trying to protect him.
- Lois Lane: From who? His friends?
- Clark Kent: [she moves to leave] Lois, wait. I didn't think he wanted anyone to know.
- Lois Lane: Well, I'm not just anyone. Clark, you lied to me. You lied right to my face. You said everything was fine. No! Nothing about this is fine!
- FBI Agent: I apologize for the way you've been treated, Mr. Queen.
- Oliver Queen: You know who I am?
- FBI Agent: Mm-hmm. And we know about the game. We've been tracking this group for some time. Their M.O. is to target wealthy individuals and, eventually, hack their bank accounts.
- Oliver Queen: Really? I never thought I'd be happy she didn't want me, just my money.