Smallville (TV Series)

Patriot (2010)

Alan Ritchson: Arthur Curry, Aquaman

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• Arthur Curry : Glad you didn't find your Davy Jones down there after that explosion.

  Clark Kent : I know how much you love the water, but I couldn't be happier to have my two feet on solid ground.

  Arthur Curry : Oh, just as well. 'Cause let's be honest, underwater, you look like a clown fish.

• Clark Kent : Seismic activity.

  Arthur Curry : That's how Mera found the place. She's pretty amazing - smart, passionate, fiery. Even helped me understand my true origins.

  Clark Kent : You really went off the high dive for her.

  Arthur Curry : I'm so much more with her than I'm solo.

  Clark Kent : You don't feel guilty, putting her in danger?

  Arthur Curry : Mera can hold her own. If you're worried about someone a little less superpowered, Mera helped me realize that standing on the sidelines isn't the same as being in the game.

• Mera : I thought Orin was exaggerating, Clark, but everything about he said about you is true. Even when the tide is turning, you work hard to bring change by delivering justice. Not bombs. As a patriot to the country, not just the cause.

  Arthur Curry : That's our Boy Scout.

• Slade Wilson : You two are just the first in a whole host of vigilantes to be taken out of play. With the right encouragement, I'm sure you will help us bring them in.

  Arthur Curry : You're gonna need a bigger cage.

  Slade Wilson : I wouldn't worry about that. See, you all have some great strength... but one equally great flaw.

  [Turns to Oliver] 

  Slade Wilson : No, you are almost too easy. Damaged, lonely, isolated. A hero with no actual powers. Do you resent them?

  Oliver Queen : Actually, you're taking the honors right now, jackass.

• Clark Kent : I thought if I told Lois my secret, everything would fall into place. I guess I've kept her on the outside.

  Arthur Curry : The away games don't matter unless you win the ones at home, too, which you definitely can't do if you refuse to have a co-captain. All I'm saying is if anyone can handle you and what you do, it's Lois. But you can't bring her on the team and keep her benched. Question is, can you handle that?

• Clark Kent : I guess I should thank you for uncovering those holding cells. Part of me wishes I could have kept on believing in... everything I was raised to believe in.

  Arthur Curry : Don't let an overzealous war hawk shake your faith in people, Clark. Your endless optimism is the one thing I actually like about you.

  Clark Kent : Did you learn that vocabulary from Mera?

  Arthur Curry : Seriously, though, you made a good point. Digging in our heels and being as extreme as Slade makes us no better than them.

  Clark Kent : I'm just sorry they got what they wanted out of the VRA.

  Arthur Curry : How's that?

  Clark Kent : We didn't exactly rush to sign up, but we got scared. We stopped communicating. We stopped trusting each other. Now, there's no way we can beat this if we splinter.

  Arthur Curry : I may not trust the commandos in Washington, but I trust you, Clark. So we'll do it your way. Lead by example, not by resistance.

• Clark Kent : Do you recognize this structure?

  Arthur Curry : Looks like the facilities at LuthorCorp when Lex was trying to build his own private zoo of the superpowered.

  Clark Kent : It couldn't be LuthorCorp. Tess and Oliver would know about it.

  Arthur Curry : Looks like Uncle Sam raided the patent offices for his own end. Mera, you still reading us?

  Mera : [staticky]  Barely... can hear you. Just heard from Watchtower... There's news...

  Arthur Curry : You're breaking up.

  Mera : Watchtower found eight locations with similar seismic readings. You need to check them right away. Oliver's been taken off the grid.

  Arthur Curry : If we split up, we can cover the facility faster.

  Clark Kent : They've taken one of ours. Let's go get him back.

• Clark Kent : Considering your activist streak, I never saw you settling down.

  Mera : It was his passion and conviction that drew me to him. There are qualities we share, and on which we've built a partnership.

  Clark Kent : The outside world, your passion looks a lot like terrorism.

  Mera : Do you really want people to see us as scared, hunted victims?

  Arthur Curry : We can't stop the government from targeting us, but we can show them we're not gonna take it.

  Clark Kent : And show them you're the criminals they fear you are.

  Mera : And be the heroes people hope we are.

• Mera : Who is your hero, Clark? Everybody has one. I'll never forget the day I read about mine. This little lady named Lucy Burns who just wanted to vote like her father. But she didn't just sit back and expect people to do the right thing, because you know what? They didn't. It wasn't until she refused food, and endured the infamous Night of Terror, that's when people decided to do the right thing.

  Arthur Curry : Victories aren't won by spectators, but by fighters. Like me and Mera. What are you doing to fight for us?

  Clark Kent : We shouldn't be fighting anyone, especially the government. We should be protecting people.

  Mera : And right now, we are the ones who need protection the most. Clark, that rig we took out wasn't drilling for oil.

  Arthur Curry : Neither are the ones the government's building around the country.

  Clark Kent : Then what are they?

  Arthur Curry : High-tech holding facilities deep below the earth. And they're building them for us.

• Clark Kent : AC, we need to talk.

  Arthur Curry : I'm past talking, Clark. I've got greater responsibilities now.

  Clark Kent : Blowing up oil rigs? Is that responsible?

  Arthur Curry : Check your sources. I didn't hurt anyone. Don't make me start now.

• Clark Kent : Who are you working with?

  Arthur Curry : You think 'cause I'm not checking in at the treehouse I've gone rogue? Nice trust.

  Clark Kent : You're not going anywhere.

  Arthur Curry : [Clark is knocked into a tank by a wave of water]  Oh, and if you thought I was working solo...

  Mera : You haven't met his wife.