DC's Legends of Tomorrow (TV Series)

I, Ava (2018)

Brandon Routh: Ray Palmer

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• Ray Palmer : This is the second-worst attack of the clones I've seen.

• Sara Lance : I am not just walking out on the team, Ray.

  Ray Palmer : She says as she's literally walking away.

• Amaya Jiwe : Sara, we appreciate that you may need a break after what happened with the Death totem. But this is the absolute worst time for you to leave.

  Nate Heywood : At least let us lock you up in the brig. We need you here now more than ever.

  Ray Palmer : Yeah, we've almost won the totem race.

  Sara Lance : Which is exactly why I need to go.

• Sara Lance : Look, we are so close to gaining control over the six and getting the upper hand on Mallus. I just... I need a day to clear my head.

  Ray Palmer : Yeah, but who's gonna stop Mick from burning down the ship with the Fire totem?

  Sara Lance : Someone's gonna have to fill in the role of captain while I'm gone.

  Ray Palmer : Oh, well uh, I hadn't exactly thought I'd... I'd pick up the mantle this soon, but...

  Sara Lance : I'm putting Amaya in charge.

• Ray Palmer : Look, Sara, for what it's worth, I know it wasn't the real you who tried to kill us.

  Sara Lance : That's just it, Ray. That was the real me. Which is why I need to...

  [a portal opens and Gary enters, covering his eyes] 

  Gary Green : [bumping into a bulkhead]  Ms. Lance? It's Gary. Sorry to drop in on you like this.

  Sara Lance : What are you doing? Open your eyes, Gary.

  Gary Green : [uncovering his eyes]  Oh, hi. Sorry. I didn't wanna accidentally portal into your quarters and catch you and Director Sharpe, you know... together.

  Sara Lance : Well, you don't have to worry about that anymore, because we broke up.

  Ray Palmer : Wait, what? Why didn't you tell us?

  Gary Green : No, no, you guys can't break up. I was shipping you so hard.

  Ray Palmer : [realizing]  That's why you're leaving.

• Sara Lance : If you're looking for Ava, I suggest you check her office.

  Gary Green : Uh, well, that's the thing. She hasn't been to work in a few days, which is very unlike her. I've already been covering for her, I forged her signature twice. What am I supposed to do next? Put on a wig and pantsuit and pretend I'm her?

  Sara Lance : [slightly grossed out]  No, don't do that.

  Gary Green : What if she's in trouble? I mean, we already lost Director Bennett. What if Grodd got to her, too? Oh, my god, oh, my god...

  Ray Palmer : Gary, Gary, deep breaths. Deep breaths.

  Sara Lance : Don't worry, Gary. Because we're gonna find her.

  Ray Palmer : "We" will find her?

• Gary Green : What are you doing?

  Ray Palmer : I am hacking into the Bureau's network to access Ava's personnel file.

  [finding something] 

  Ray Palmer : Huh.

  Sara Lance : What is it?

  Gary Green : Director Sharpe's personnel file has been erased.

  Ray Palmer : Someone deleted it remotely from the Waverider.

  Sara Lance : Wow. She must have really wanted to go off the radar.

• Sara Lance : Who the hell are you guys?

  Gary Green : Oh, god, I hate the sight of blood.

  Ray Palmer : Sara...

  Randy Sharpe : Okay, fine! We'll tell you everything. Just don't kill us.

  Sara Lance : Why the hell shouldn't I?

  Pam Sharpe : Because we're just actors.

  Ray Palmer : What?

• Randy Sharpe : Four years ago, we responded to this online ad for a gig. They gave us backstories for our characters. They told us if Ava ever comes to visit, we just act like her parents.

  Sara Lance : And who hired you?

  Pam Sharpe : No idea. The money is automatically deposited.

  Randy Sharpe : Look, it... it's not such a bad gig, considering Ava rarely ever comes home to visit.

  Ray Palmer : Why in the world would you agree to be a part of such a charade?

  Pam Sharpe : Do you know how hard it is to get an acting job in Fresno?

  Sara Lance : Right, well, I apologize about the knife thing. It is a gut reaction. Nothing personal.

  Ray Palmer : Sorry to bother you. We'll be on our way now.

  Gary Green : You have a lovely home, Mr. and Mrs... whatever your real names are.

• Ray Palmer : What kind of person invents a fake family and backstory?

  Gary Green : Well, when I was a kid, I told my friends my dad was an orthodontist. It sounded much cooler than "dentist".

  Sara Lance : If she was lying about where she's from, there's no telling what else she...

  Ava Sharpe : [they see Ava]  Sara. What are you doing here?

  Sara Lance : Uh... Gary was worried that you were missing, so naturally, we were concerned and thought we'd investigate it further.

  Ava Sharpe : Well, clearly, I'm no longer missing, so...

  Sara Lance : Are you sure you're okay?

  Ava Sharpe : I'm fine. Don't I look fine?

• Gary Green : Where have you been?

  Ava Sharpe : If you must know, I... Gary, straighten your tie. I was visiting my parents in Fresno. Home-cooked meals and all.

  Sara Lance : [knowing she's lying]  Hmm. Fresno.

  Ava Sharpe : Mm-hmm.

  Sara Lance : Hmm.

  Ray Palmer : Nothing like a tray of snickerdoodles... well, I mean, any other kind of cookie to, um, mend a broken heart.

  Ava Sharpe : You know what? I have a lot of work to do. I'm sure you two can see yourselves out.

  Ray Palmer : You okay? No one likes running into their ex.

  Sara Lance : I'm fine. And like I said...

  [holding out Ava's time courier] 

  Sara Lance : Let's find out what else she's been hiding from us.

• Ray Palmer : Maybe Ava wasn't lying about where she was, but when she was.

  Sara Lance : I thought the worst thing about her is she's from Fresno.

• Gary Green : I'm not seeing anything in her time courier records that wasn't Bureau-sanctioned and by-the-book.

  Sara Lance : [spotting something]  Wait. What's that?

  Ray Palmer : Uh, her first mission. Vancouver, 2213. I can't access it.

  Gary Green : The Bureau has sanctioned 2213 a no-fly zone.

  Sara Lance : Meaning?

  Gary Green : Meaning the courier you stole from Ava doesn't do you any good, and the Waverider can't fly there, either. The only person who can override the restriction...

  Ray Palmer : Is a Time Bureau Director.

• Gary Green : Why wouldn't Director Sharpe...

  Sara Lance : Want us to know who she really is? I'll give you one guess, Gary.

  Gary Green : Oh, my god. Oh, my god. Oh, my god. You think my boss is an anachronism?

  Ray Palmer : The only way to know for sure is to go to 2213.

  Sara Lance : So how do we get there?

  Gary Green : I... I guess the only way would be to hijack the mothership, but unfortunately, I failed flight training. Bad astigmatism.

  Sara Lance : Like I'd let you fly.

• Gary Green : Should we really be doing this? I mean, I'm sure there's a good reason why no one is supposed to come to this time period.

  Ray Palmer : Maybe Gary's right. Maybe we should just ask Ava what her connection is to this place.

  Sara Lance : Why? She's just gonna lie to us again.

• Ray Palmer : What kind of world is this?

  Gary Green : Paradise?

  Sara Lance : I'm surrounded by my exes, Gary. This is hell.

• Ray Palmer : Well, I guess this is why they declared 2213 a no-fly zone.

  Gary Green : Director Sharpe didn't want us to find out that she's secretly a robot.

  Sara Lance : I did not have sex with a robot.

  Ray Palmer : [spotting something]  No, you didn't, Sara. You had sex with a clone.

• Ray Palmer : Looks like they created Ava from what they believe are the best genes from around the world to make the perfect woman. Though, she's a little pale, if you ask me.

  Sara Lance : I should've known she was too good to be true.

  Ray Palmer : That doesn't mean that what you guys had wasn't real.

  Sara Lance : That is exactly what it means.

  Gary Green : [a clone wakes up]  Uh... guys?

  Sara Lance : Everything that she's told me about herself has been a lie.

  Gary Green : Guys.

  Sara Lance : What, Gary?

  Ray Palmer : Oh, crumbs. I think I woke one up.

• Ava Sharpe : You are in violation of bylaw 575. You do not have clearance to be in this room.

  Sara Lance : We were just leaving.

  Ray Palmer : Just let us go and it'll be fine.

  Ava Sharpe : If I let you go, I have to let everyone go. You must be terminated.

  Gary Green : [cowering]  Uh, I think she wants to kill us.

  Sara Lance : You don't say.

  Gary Green : [she and the clone start fighting]  Should we help?

  Ray Palmer : Uh, not unless you want both of them to kill you.

• Gary Green : [tying up one of the Ava clones]  Is that too tight? I can never tell. Not... that I have experience tying people up, 'cause I-I-I don't...

  Sara Lance : Stop talking to it, Gary.

  Ray Palmer : Sara, she isn't an "it". She's a real person. They all are. Our Ava is just an anachronism somehow displaced 200 years in the past, AKA our present.

• Ava Sharpe : There you are.

  Gary Green : Oh, god. Another one?

  Ray Palmer : Gary, that's our Ava.

  Ava Sharpe : What does he mean "another one"?

  Ray Palmer : Don't mind Gary.

• Ava Sharpe : You know, it's interesting; I would've found you sooner, except I seem to have misplaced my time courier. What are you three doing in 2213?

  Ray Palmer : [dodging]  We are investigating an anachronism.

  Ava Sharpe : An anachronism, really? What is this place, anyway?

  Sara Lance : Oh, come on, Ava. The jig's up. We know.

  Ava Sharpe : What are you talking about?

  [seeing one of her clones] 

  Ava Sharpe : Oh, my god.

  Ray Palmer : [she falls to the ground in a faint]  Well... maybe she's not a card-carrying member of the clone club after all.

• Sara Lance : This is terrible!

  Ray Palmer : Okay, can we just tell her the truth?

  Sara Lance : That, what, she was hatched in a government lab? God, this whole time I thought that she was hiding who she was, but clearly she had no idea she was a clone. I mean, did you see the way she reacted?

• Ava Sharpe : What the hell are those things, and why do they all look like me?

  Sara Lance : [quietly]  Okay.

  Ray Palmer : Uh... well, short version, you're a clone.

  Ava Sharpe : I'm a... I'm a clone? From the future? What are you... I'm a future clone thing?

  Sara Lance : Hey, Ava. Shh.

  Gary Green : [holding out a memory flasher]  It's okay, Director Sharpe. Gary will take care of everything.

  Sara Lance : [Ava pushes his hand away]  No. She deserves to know.

• Ava Sharpe : Gary, you cannot tell anyone about what you saw in 2213. If you do, I will straight-up kill you.

  Gary Green : But I'm terrible at keeping secrets. And every time I close my eyes, all I see is you. I'll never get it out of my head.

  Sara Lance : I wouldn't worry about it, Gary.

  Ray Palmer : [leading him into another room]  Gary, right this way. I got a flasher with your name on it.

• Sara Lance : Pam and Randy Sharpe?

  Randy Sharpe : Says so on our marriage license.

  Ray Palmer : [quietly to Gary]  Looks like they stepped right out of an L.L. Bean catalog.

  Gary Green : Now we know where Director Sharpe gets her perfect bone structure.