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Neal McDonough in DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2016)

Brandon Routh: Ray Palmer

The Curse of the Earth Totem

DC's Legends of Tomorrow

Brandon Routh credited as playing...

Ray Palmer

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  • Amaya Jiwe: I don't know what I'm looking at.
  • Mick Rory: Looks like a hemorrhoid.
  • Ray Palmer: What? No, it... it's Mallus. Demon horns? Anyway, the hunt for the six totems has begun.
  • Amaya Jiwe: There are only five tribes in Zambesi. Each was gifted with a totem. And a I checked; there's no record of a sixth.
  • Ray Palmer: Well, the good news is that we have the Air and the Spirit totems.
  • Amaya Jiwe: Kuasa has the Water totem.
  • Ray Palmer: And since the final totem is a complete mystery, that leaves us looking for Earth and Fire. Now, the Fire totem, which is currently smashed, BTW, was last seen in a Detroit museum in 2018.
  • Amaya Jiwe: Wait, how do you know that?
  • Ray Palmer: Because it is with your granddaughter Mari's - or, AKA the other Vixen's - boyfriend, Dr. Adam Macalester. He's dedicated his life to the study of the Zambesi totems.
  • Amaya Jiwe: Well, if Constantine is right and the only thing that Mallus fears is the sixth, then we need to get our hands on the Fire totem.
  • Mick Rory: Ah. Collect the set, win a prize.
  • Ray Palmer: We need to tell Sara we got to get to Detroit.
  • Mick Rory: Nope, she's off to Star City. She's been texting some guy. They're going on a date.
  • Ray Palmer: How do you know? What, are you looking at her phone?
  • Mick Rory: I look at everyone's phone. Helps pass the time.
  • Ray Palmer: Well... who's she going on a date with?
  • Amaya Jiwe: Obviously, it's Ava.
  • Mick Rory: Oh, that's hot.
  • Sara Lance: [entering] What's hot?
  • Ray Palmer: [changing the subject] Uh... the Fire totem. Hot, hot. Very hot and currently in Detroit, so what do you say we motor off to the Motor City?
  • Sara Lance: Right now? Um... I might sit this one out, because I have to do... business back home.
  • Mick Rory: I bet you do.
  • Mick Rory: We tried to steal the Fire totem from your granddaughter's boyfriend, but someone beat us to it.
  • Ray Palmer: Damien Darhk.
  • Amaya Jiwe: [reading the note Zari hands her] "Dear Legends, now I have two."
  • Zari Tomaz: You know, for a megalomaniac, he has very lovely penmanship.
  • Ray Palmer: I know, right?
  • Mick Rory: Captain wants to see you.
  • Nate Heywood: Aw, man, Sara's here?
  • Mick Rory: Not that one, you dumbass. I'm talking about the most fearsome pirate queen to sail the seven seas: the Dread Pirate Jiwe.
  • [indicating the depressed Amaya]
  • Mick Rory: She needs to loosen up.
  • Nate Heywood: [catching on] Yeah. I heard she once cut out a man's tongue for not obeying her orders.
  • Mick Rory: Yeah... and she still carries it to this day.
  • Toothless Pirate: I never heard of no lady pirate.
  • Ray Palmer: That's because dead men tell no tales.
  • Scottish Pirate: They say she lost her ship to a kraken, and in retribution, she hunted down the monster's wee bairn and ate the gupper raw.
  • Barkeep: I heard she was spat back out o' hell by the devil himself.
  • Barrel-Chested Pirate: I hear she be more bold and fearless than Captain Blackbeard.
  • [Blackbeard appears in the door threshold]
  • Barrel-Chested Pirate: Begging your pardon, Captain.
  • Blackbeard: What was that you said?
  • Barrel-Chested Pirate: I have it under good authority we be in the company of the Dread Pirate Jiwe.
  • Amaya Jiwe: [quietly] Why is everyone staring at me?
  • Mick Rory: If there's one thing pirates love more than treasure, it's a good story.
  • Sara Lance: Please tell me that the Waverider did not just crash into Star City.
  • Zari Tomaz: Star City? Is that where we are?
  • Sara Lance: Oh, you gotta be kidding me.
  • Ray Palmer: Well, the good news is the cannonball didn't hit the time core. And Nate made a beautiful landing.
  • Zari Tomaz: [dryly sarcastic] Yeah.
  • Nate Heywood: Thanks, big guy. So, Sara, how's the date going?
  • Ray Palmer: [simultaneously with Nate] Bad news!
  • Nate Heywood: Good news!
  • Zari Tomaz: What's going on?
  • Ray Palmer: [simultaneously again] The Fire totem's gone.
  • Nate Heywood: I know where their totem is.
  • Amaya Jiwe: Ray-Ray, you go first.
  • Nate Heywood: I know where the Earth totem is, or more precisely, when: 1717, Saint Lisette.
  • [seeing their confusion]
  • Nate Heywood: St. Lisette? Sister ship of La Concorde?
  • Mick Rory: Get to the point, Pretty.
  • Nate Heywood: La Concorde was boarded by pirates, and later named Queen Anne's Revenge. It's Blackbeard the Pirate's ship.
  • Ray Palmer: So, Blackbeard has the Earth totem.
  • Mick Rory: Well, let's steal it.
  • Zari Tomaz: No, guys, hold on. Sara's on a date. We should probably avoid messing with history while she's still on appetizers?
  • Ray Palmer: But... think how happy she'd be if we had the Earth totem by dessert.
  • Amaya Jiwe: How are we supposed to find Blackbeard in this rabble?
  • Ray Palmer: Well, we could ask a pirate nicely.
  • Nate Heywood: Nicely? Ray, pirates are terrified of Blackbeard. They're not just gonna offer up...
  • Toothless Pirate: [holding a sword to his throat] So, you're looking for Blackbeard? How do I know you's not spies for the Royal Navy?
  • Mick Rory: [Amaya fights him off] Because we wanna join Blackbeard's crew, you germ.
  • Nate Heywood: Rory, Amaya, come in, over.
  • Ray Palmer: Some sort of interference with the communications system.
  • Nate Heywood: Guys, answer me! Over.
  • Zari Tomaz: Hey, calm down. I'm sure they're okay.
  • Gideon: [the ship's lights flicker] My apologies, but I'm experiencing a level four systems failure.
  • Zari Tomaz: Wasn't me. Nothing to do with it.
  • Gideon: I believe the fault lies in our present coordinates. You did park me in the middle of the Bermuda Triangle.
  • Nate Heywood: Sailors call it the Devil's Triangle.
  • Ray Palmer: No, the stories of ships disappearing are grossly exaggerated.
  • [the lights shut down completely]
  • Zari Tomaz: [flicking on a lighter] Um... you sure about that, Ray?
  • Nate Heywood: Gideon, maybe you could help us settle an argument. What are the chances of survival if we stay in the Bermuda Triangle?
  • Gideon: Zero. There are multiple cannonballs headed towards our starboard bow as we speak.
  • Zari Tomaz: Um, sorry, cannonballs?
  • Ray Palmer: I thought we were cloaked.
  • Gideon: I tried to tell you coming here was a bad idea.
  • Ray Palmer: Who the heck is firing at us?
  • [cut to outside]
  • Damien Darhk: I want that ship brought down! Fire another volley!
  • Sara Lance: When I left, you were headed for Detroit.
  • Ray Palmer: Yeah, it's a... it's... it's a really... it's a really long story.
  • Nate Heywood: Mick and Amaya are marooned in 1717, the Darhks have the Fire totem, and Blackbeard has the Earth totem.
  • Ray Palmer: I just thought it was gonna be a longer story.
  • Zari Tomaz: [entering] Thank god you're back. You look great. The engine room's a disaster. We're not going anywhere.
  • Nate Heywood: Sara!
  • Sara Lance: Yeah, what now?
  • Nate Heywood: We have another anachronism in 1717. The HMS Fortitude got into a naval battle with Blackbeard's ship off the coast of Grace Island.
  • Sara Lance: So?
  • Ray Palmer: So... that is a portrait of their admiral.
  • Sara Lance: Damien Darhk.
  • Sara Lance: I don't care if Zari has to duct tape the Waverider back together, we have to get it in the air.
  • Gideon: Well, I wouldn't advise returning to the Bermuda Triangle.
  • Nate Heywood: It's the Devil's Triangle, and Mick and Amaya are in danger.
  • Sara Lance: [a portal opens, and Ava enters] Ava! Hey!
  • Ava Sharpe: Don't "Hi, Ava" me. You stood me up, jerk.
  • Ray Palmer: Awkward.
  • Ray Palmer: It's Nora. The nanite pistol is gonna kill her, and... that's what it was supposed to do, but now I feel...
  • Mick Rory: Like a badass.
  • Ray Palmer: No. Guilty.
  • Mick Rory: What? You saved Amaya.
  • Ray Palmer: I know. Doesn't really make sense, except that I met her... as a kid.
  • Mick Rory: Well, now she's all grown up and joined the demon's side.
  • Ray Palmer: Yeah. But you... you have changed since I first met you, and I hate to break it to you, Mick, but... you are a much better person. And maybe Nora could have become one, too. There was hope for her, anyway, before I took it away.
  • Zari Tomaz: We're screwed. The ship's electrical systems are experiencing multiple unexplained malfunctions.
  • Nate Heywood: It's the Devil's Triangle.
  • Ray Palmer: Look, that's just a myth.
  • Zari Tomaz: Whatever it is, we need to time jump out of here.
  • Nate Heywood: What? And leave Mick and Amaya stranded in pirate times?
  • Zari Tomaz: It's a miracle we're still in the air.
  • Ray Palmer: Well, I'm sure they're having a whale of a time with Blackbeard.
  • Nate Heywood: Hey, I know it looks like a mess, but we really wanted you to have a nice night out.
  • Ray Palmer: Yeah, if you really like that mean Time Bureau lady, you shouldn't give up on her.
  • Sara Lance: Look, I'm not giving up on anything, other than maybe the idea that I'll ever have a normal life. Zari, get the ship back in fighting shape, 'cause until then... Rory and Amaya are on their own.
  • Mick Rory: Haircut, you want a beer? Everyone's off doing their own thing. Just you and me.
  • Ray Palmer: Sure, could... use a beer, even if I am your last choice of companion.
  • [seeing Mick glance at his equations]
  • Ray Palmer: Oh, that? I was just doing a bit of light theorizing, and then I had a breakthrough. I am gonna develop a liquid for the perfect dry erase marker. Strong viscosity, clean lines.
  • Mick Rory: You're a terrible liar.

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