DC's Legends of Tomorrow (TV Series)

No Country for Old Dads (2018)

Brandon Routh: Ray Palmer, The Atom

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• Ray Palmer : Hey, guys. If you're finding this, it's me, Ray, obviously. You've probably guessed by now that I have been adbucted by the Darhks.

  Zari Tomaz : Hey, when we see him, do we tell him we didn't even notice he was gone?

  Sara Lance : Yeah, definitely not.

• Ray Palmer : The Darhks said that they'd let go of me when they were done with me. He is asking me if I want to see a Grateful Dead concert, which is really kind of weird. But look, you'll probably try to come after me and find me. If you do, he said that he'll kill me, so... you know, please don't do that. Okay, bye.

  [hanging up] 

  Ray Palmer : Okay, I have done as you asked, so no more torture today, right?

  Damien Darhk : I really don't think you understand how this whole torture thing works.

• Nora Darhk : Oh, no. It's my dad.

  Ray Palmer : Yeah, hit man Darhk's gonna kill us.

  Nora Darhk : Not that dad.

  [pointing out the car's back window] 

  Nora Darhk : That dad!

  Ray Palmer : Oh, he's definitely gonna kill me. I was supposed to have you home by now.

• Damien Darhk : What about this Fire totem I stole in Detroit?

  Nora Darhk : [noticing Kuasa recoil]  Afraid of a broken trinket?

  Kuasa : That thing killed me once. Even in pieces, it's still to be feared. Totems are eternal. They can never be destroyed.

  Damien Darhk : So they can be fixed? Ooh! So I can get a necklace myself?

  Kuasa : It would take a truly brilliant mind to figure out how.

  Ray Palmer : [tied up]  You guys hungry? I could really go for some eggs; poached, runny. Oh, my coffee... with grass-fed butter and MCT oil.

• Ray Palmer : No, no, no. Nope. Not gonna do it.

  Damien Darhk : You and I both realize that your idiot friends are gonna search every Dead show in history before they realize that I don't even like jam bands.

  Ray Palmer : Be that as it may, I... will not fix the Fire totem. Sorry. You're gonna have to kill me.

  Nora Darhk : Suit yourself.

  Damien Darhk : No, no, no, no, hold on a second, sweetie.

  [holding up the miniaturized Atom suit] 

  Damien Darhk : I think I'm gonna give this suit to Genghis Khan. Imagine what history would be like if the Mongols had a dwarf star-powered rocket man.

  Ray Palmer : The Legends will just find the anachronism and fix it.

  Damien Darhk : Good point.

  [in a high-pitched voice, as if the suit is talking] 

  Damien Darhk : Way to go, Ray.

  [normally] 

  Damien Darhk : Maybe I will just murder a young Sandy Palmer picking her sons up from Ivy Springs Day Care, 1982.

  Ray Palmer : I'll need a lab.

• Ray Palmer : Hi, Alan. Sorry, Alan.

  Alan : What the hell, Ray? You quit. There's no takebacks in Upswipz.

  Damien Darhk : Oh! You're the "up and down" guy. Me, I prefer side to side.

  Alan : [with his powers, Damien throws him around the room]  Our focus groups found up and down was more intuitive.

  [Damien throws him back and forth between the ceiling and the floor] 

  Alan : Okay, wait, wait, wait, wait!

  Damien Darhk : You know, he might be right.

  Alan : We think it shifts the paradigm.

  Nora Darhk : [to Ray]  You have your lab. Now get to work, nerd.

• Ray Palmer : Okay, I have analyzed the shards. We'd have to go back to the Big Bang in order to get enough energy to reignite the Fire totem. That or invent cold fusion. And since that's not possible...

  Damien Darhk : Yes, it is. Cold fusion was invented in 1962 by a German physicist named Bernhard Vogal.

  Ray Palmer : Yeah, no. See, I'm kind of a science dork.

  Damien Darhk : [to Nora]  Kind of?

  Ray Palmer : And if someone had invented cold fusion, let alone in 1962, I think I'd have heard of it.

  Damien Darhk : Actually... there's a very good reason why you haven't. The reason you've never heard of Bernhard Vogal is because the most ruthless and efficient assassin the world has ever known made sure that no one ever did. Me.

• Damien Darhk : Killing Vogal was one of my greatest hits.

  Ray Palmer : Someone developed an energy source that could have replaced fossil fuels and essentially save the world?

  Damien Darhk : While putting the oil industry out of business. Some very powerful people with some very deep pockets wouldn't stand for it, so they hired me. He was waiting for transfer, holed up in an East Berlin safe house, somewhat of a misnomer in this case when your old man got involved.

  Ray Palmer : And you buried the secret to cold fusion?

  Damien Darhk : And the man who created it.

  Ray Palmer : Yeah, I know. That was implied.

• Damien Darhk : Well, I guess I'm off to East Berlin to stop myself from killing Vogal. Should be fun. You watch the prisoner, and I'll bring you back some chocolate. Oh, who am I kidding? I'm probably gonna get a hat for myself, too.

  Nora Darhk : No, I'm going.

  Damien Darhk : To 1962 Berlin? Too dangerous.

  Nora Darhk : If your younger self sees you, it could change the course of your entire life.

  Damien Darhk : All right, obviously you haven't been listening. We're talking about going back against me in my prime. You don't stand a chance, Nora doll.

  Nora Darhk : We're partners. I can do this mission.

  Ray Palmer : Or you could just call the whole thing off. This is obviously causing a lot of family tension.

  Damien Darhk , Nora Darhk : Shut up.

• Damien Darhk : All right, tell me your plan.

  Nora Darhk : We return to 1962 and convince Dr. Vogal that we're American agents there to help him. Then we jump straight back to this moment.

  Damien Darhk : Oh, I'm sorry. "We"? Are you taking him?

  Nora Darhk : Dr. Vogal needs to trust us fast, which means he needs a peer; someone who speaks nerd.

  Damien Darhk : [growling]  Hmm... You better come right back you two, you do you understand me? And use protection.

  Nora Darhk : Ew.

  [Damien hands her a gun, and she pulls Ray to his feet] 

  Ray Palmer : I think he's warming to me.

• Dr. Bernhard Vogal : As I told your British friends, I-I will not speak a word about cold fusion until I am reunited with my family.

  Nora Darhk : Touching, but not our mission.

  Ray Palmer : We'll get you back to your famiy, but first you have to come with us. It's not safe here.

  Dr. Bernhard Vogal : Wait. I-I have to get something from the other room. A doll for my daughter.

  Ray Palmer : No, no, no. No, there's no time. There's an assassin on his way here right now, and trust me, he's not very nice.

• Ray Palmer : No worries. That's a classic first-attempt blunder. Happens to the Legends all the time, sometimes twice on the same mission. All we need to do is regroup and come up with plan "B".

  [Nora grabs a hammer and holds Vogal's hand to the table] 

  Ray Palmer : Hey! What are you doing?

  Nora Darhk : Plan B. Tell us the formula for cold fusion or I'll break your fingers.

  Dr. Bernhard Vogal : No. The formula can die with me.

  Nora Darhk : Oh, I'm not gonna kill you. You'll just wish I had.

• Ray Palmer : Nora, just put it down. Torture is not the answer.

  Nora Darhk : Yeah, but it's fun either way.

  Dr. Bernhard Vogal : Do your worst. I've already faced the most terrible pain that a man can endure; the prospect that he will never again see the ones he holds most dear.

  Ray Palmer : The doll, it's your daughter's?

  Dr. Bernhard Vogal : I only had enough money for papers for my wife and daughter. So when they left, Greta wanted me to keep it, with the promise that I would bring it back to her soon. So... torture me all you want, fraulein. I swear I will never give up my secret until I am with my family.

• Nora Darhk : This was supposed to be simple; in and out. Now we're stuck here in this dump. Damn it! My father still thinks I'm a little kid. Now he's gonna lord it over me that he's stronger than me, that we're not equals, and that I f... that I failed.

  Ray Palmer : It's not all bad. We have extended Dr. Vogal's life past its normal expiration date.

  Dr. Bernhard Vogal : What?

  Ray Palmer : So all we have to do is, um, just get him across the border and then he'll talk, right?

  Nora Darhk : [sarcastic]  Of course. Why didn't I think of that? We'll just mosey across the most heavily guarded border in all of history.

  Ray Palmer : Yeah. Is that sarcasm?

  Nora Darhk : [still sarcastic]  No. No, that's not sarcasm.

  [frustrated] 

  Nora Darhk : Yes, it's sarcasm! Look, it's not gonna work. Without magic, it's impossible.

  Ray Palmer : Nothing's impossible. W-we thought cold fusion was impossible. So you don't have magic. Young Darhk is no match for our brains and determination. And you know what? It's high time you showed your dad what's really inside you... besides a demon.

• Nora Darhk : Remember our story.

  Ray Palmer : Yeah. Uh... now's probably, uh, not the right time to mention that I'm, uh... that I'm a terrible liar.

  Nora Darhk : Try and imagine my surprise.

• Damien Darhk : You know, the last time I saw Nora, she was still daddy's little girl. And before you know it...

  [he snaps his fingers] 

  Damien Darhk : Twenty years passes just like that. And sure, we're traveling through time together, plotting the end of the world, but... I'm left wondering "Where is that little girl, and how do I get her back?". Look, I'm not keeping you alive for my health. Speak!

  [realizing Ray can't, he releases his grip] 

  Damien Darhk : Oh.

  Ray Palmer : [gasping breaths]  If you really care that much about Nora, then maybe you shouldn't let her be a conduit for a primordial evil.

  Damien Darhk : I admit, this isn't the life that I wanted for her, but world domination was supposed to be my gift to her, not her career path.

  Ray Palmer : Then maybe you should tell her how you feel. She's under a lot of pressure, you know, and it's all to impress you.

  Damien Darhk : Me? I am so proud of Nora. Obviously she knows that.

  Ray Palmer : She only knows what you say to her, Damien.

  [realizing the awkwardness] 

  Ray Palmer : Can I call you Damien?

• Ray Palmer : What is it? Is it Nora? Is she okay?

  Damien Darhk : [tying him up]  She's alive. His life for hers. He wants to meet in one hour. I should've just listened. This is all my fault. If I lose her...

  Ray Palmer : L-look, it seems like you're having trouble with a knot.

  Damien Darhk : I am.

  Ray Palmer : Okay, well, you're probably slipping the slack through the half-hitch.

  Damien Darhk : How do you know that?

  Ray Palmer : Because I'm an Eagle Scout. Trust me.

• Ray Palmer : Look, I-I fought you lots of times. Together, we can save Nora. Just give me back my suit.

  Damien Darhk : [sarcastic]  Oh, sure, and after we save my daughter, maybe we can go shoot some hoops and grab a brewksi.

  [he roughly tightens a knot and Ray groans in pain] 

  Ray Palmer : Now that's a good knot.

  Damien Darhk : One therapy session does not make us friends. You are still gonna die when I'm done with you.

• The Atom : Dr. Vogal, you okay?

  Dr. Bernhard Vogal : A roboter man?

  The Atom : No, no, it's me. Look, we got to get you out of here.

  Dr. Bernhard Vogal : I can't make it. It's too late for me. Here, take this.

  The Atom : [Vogal offers him the doll]  No. No, you're gonna get it back to Greta yourself.

  Dr. Bernhard Vogal : The doll was never hers.

  [popping the head off] 

  Dr. Bernhard Vogal : Everything you need to know about cold fusion, it's all in there.

  The Atom : I'm not gonna leave you here. Your family needs you, and the planet needs your brilliant mind.

• Nora Darhk : Where do you think you're going with that doll, Ray?

  The Atom : I promised Vogal I'd get this back to his daughter.

  Nora Darhk : If I've learned one thing from all of this, it's that you're a terrible liar.

• Nora Darhk : Give me the doll.

  The Atom : Sorry, Nora, I can't do that.

  Nora Darhk : [he powers up the blaster on his gauntlet]  Come on, you and I both know you're not gonna shoot me.

  The Atom : [firing a blast into the distance]  You're right.

• Kid Flash : You're gonna wanna hold on.

  The Atom : [to Nora]  Oh. See ya!

  Damien Darhk : Speedsters. I hate speedsters.

  [indicating his past self] 

  Damien Darhk : Almost as much as I hate that guy.

• Wally West : Look who I bumped into.

  Ray Palmer : Hey!

  Nate Heywood : [givining him a "bro hug"]  Buddy!

  Sara Lance : Ray, thank god you're back.

  Mick Rory : Yeah, dishes need cleaning.

  Ray Palmer : Ha! And I can't wait to get 'em done. Rip. Nice to see... wait, is it nice to see Rip?

• Rip Hunter : I hope that your abduction afforded you some insights into our opponents' designs.

  Ray Palmer : Yes, they needed me to re-ignire the Fire totem, using this.

  Mick Rory : Another doll. How wonderful.

  Ray Palmer : Well, no, actually, it's... oop.

  [he pops off the doll's head and tosses it to Nate] 

  Nate Heywood : Oh, jee...

  Ray Palmer : The secret to cold fusion, which is pretty epic.

• Ray Palmer : Now all we're missing is the Fire totem.

  Wally West : Oh, you mean this?

  Ray Palmer : Yeah. How'd you get this?

  Wally West : Well, I saw it in Damien Darhk's pocket, and I thought "Yo, that would make a sick 'souvenir'."

  Sara Lance : What?

  Ray Palmer : Well, great. I can get to work putting this back together right now. Then it'll be three against two.

• Ray Palmer : Thank you for searching all of history to save me from a demented supervillain.

  Nate Heywood : Two demented supervillains. Are you forgetting the apple of Damien Darhk's eye?

  Ray Palmer : She's had a tough life. She may come off all mean and witchy, but underneath all that, she's a real person.

  Nate Heywood : Wait. Do you have the hots for Nora Darhk?

  Ray Palmer : What? No. No. No?

  Nate Heywood : Look, I'm not blind. She's hot. But she's also kind of bonkers, which is... kind of hot.

  Ray Palmer : I just think that... you know, maybe there's hope for her.

  Nate Heywood : You would, you big softie. But you're a delicate flower, Raymond Palmer. Take care of that heart of yours.