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Manu Bennett in Arrow (2012)

Liam Hall: Joseph Wilson • Kane Wolfman

Promises Kept

Arrow

Liam Hall credited as playing...

Joseph Wilson • Kane Wolfman

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Quotes13

  • Joseph Wilson: You should have stayed dead.
  • Slade Wilson: I heard you were in trouble, kid. So I thought I'd offer my help.
  • Joseph Wilson: My old man here to save me. Last I saw, you weren't all that concerned with saving anyone.
  • [pulling a gun]
  • Joseph Wilson: Apple doesn't fall that far. What do you think? Patricide?
  • Nylander: He's seen our operation. It makes him a liability.
  • Slade Wilson: Yeah, you can have that choice, but I'll give you another one. Let me join you.
  • Joseph Wilson: If I wanted a family reunion, I would've sent an invitation.
  • Slade Wilson: Maybe you did, but you just haven't realized it yet, kid.
  • Slade Wilson: I came all of this way to talk with you, and I will kill anybody who gets in my way because I got nothing left to lose, only you. So go ahead and make a decision.
  • Joseph Wilson: [lowering his gun] I'd be lying if I said I wasn't swayed by the poetry of it all, but can I trust you?
  • Slade Wilson: Trust is built upon honesty. I am sure you have a lot of questions to ask me, and I've got a lot of questions for you, Joe.
  • Joseph Wilson: That's not my name anymore.
  • Slade Wilson: Your mother named you something different to keep us apart.
  • Joseph Wilson: Okay. Guess we got some catching up to do.
  • Joseph Wilson: You used to be ruthless. What happened?
  • Slade Wilson: What you saw was the Mirakuru.
  • Joseph Wilson: Stop lying! I saw you kill before the Mirakuru. Milford Sound, that little father/son trip, the one you promised would be all about you and me. I saw what you did to that Chinese spy.
  • Slade Wilson: I was on a mission for ASIS.
  • Joseph Wilson: Well, here's something you don't know. Something mother never told you. I have a brother. His name is Grant. Mother didn't want him in this world. But me, I'm my father's son. I made my first kill six months after our camping trip. And I slit his throat just like you did. I wanted to be exactly like my father. Like Deathstroke.
  • Slade Wilson: I am not Deathstroke anymore.
  • Joseph Wilson: Then you're not my father anymore. You're just in my way.
  • Joseph Wilson: Excuse the poor accommodations. I don't plan on staying in this stain of a country too long.
  • Slade Wilson: Well, there's a reason why they say the money is in the muck.
  • Joseph Wilson: I did bring one luxury, however.
  • Slade Wilson: [Joe sets down a bottle of whiskey] Oh, there's a blast from the past. My favorite. I never realized you'd acquired a taste for it, too.
  • Joseph Wilson: Like you told me, always drink good booze and only look out for yourself.
  • Slade Wilson: Well, the Jackals are an unruly bunch. Must have been hard trying to keep ASIS in the dark for so long.
  • Joseph Wilson: It's amazing what an agency overlooks when it's willing to leave its own men for dead.
  • Slade Wilson: Heh. So what kind of operation are you planning on running here? Drugs? Weapons? Perhaps a military coup.
  • Joseph Wilson: Let's call it a reassignment of resources. A lucrative one.
  • Slade Wilson: So what are you planning with all these explosives? I'd like to know.
  • Joseph Wilson: You missed your kill shot with the soldier back there.
  • Slade Wilson: Well, when I lost this eye, I lost my depth perception.
  • Joseph Wilson: Most of my men think you joined me under false pretenses.
  • Slade Wilson: There's nothing false about trying to find my son. But if they doubt me, then maybe I don't have your trust.
  • Joseph Wilson: Of course you do, which is why I got you a little gift.
  • Nylander: [entering with Oliver at gunpoint] And you told me not to worry, brother.
  • Joseph Wilson: Nylander found him with my detonator. Some might see this as coincidence, but I see it as fate. It's time to collect on that debt he owes you, father.
  • Slade Wilson: Oliver Queen, I've waited a very, very long time for this.
  • [he knocks Oliver out]
  • Joseph Wilson: An eye for an eye.
  • Slade Wilson: Years ago, I made you a promise. Do you remember? I promised that you would suffer the same way that I suffered.
  • Oliver Queen: What are you doing? You are not this person anymore.
  • Slade Wilson: What I am is a father reunited with my son. I made him a promise, too, and I'm not going to break it again.
  • Oliver Queen: We made each other a promise, Slade, to save our sons. To save Joe, to save William.
  • Joseph Wilson: He has a son. I'll make sure he suffers, too.
  • Oliver Queen: [circling behind him, Slade raises his sword] Slade.
  • Joseph Wilson: Do it.
  • Oliver Queen: Slade! Slade!
  • [with a down stroke, Slade cuts his bonds, and Oliver overpowers Joe]
  • Oliver Queen: That was a little too convincing.
  • Nylander: [after Slade and Oliver escape] I'll send out the dogs.
  • Joseph Wilson: We've got the op. That's where they'll be.
  • Nylander: You sure?
  • Joseph Wilson: That my father would try to stop us? That's what fathers do. And that's why I'm gonna kill him.
  • Joseph Wilson: Where are we?
  • Nylander: All charges are set.
  • [offering him the detonator]
  • Nylander: Feels like it should be you.
  • Joseph Wilson: I hired you to pull the trigger.
  • [to his men]
  • Joseph Wilson: Move out. Get to a safe distance. Semtex makes for a pretty big bang.
  • Nylander: You're not coming with?
  • Joseph Wilson: I want a good view.
  • Nylander: You're crazy. I love it! Don't forget what you said the Semtex, huh?
  • Joseph Wilson: I knew you'd show up. I think it's time we had ourselves an honest talk.
  • Joseph Wilson: "Trust begins with honesty." That's what you said to me, but you lied!
  • Slade Wilson: You know life is not that simple, Joe.
  • Joseph Wilson: That's not my name. And how could you forgive Oliver Queen after what he did to you?
  • Slade Wilson: Because he forgave me for far worse; sins that I have to carry to the grave. A curse I didn't want to pass on to you. All of this anger and resentment, it's time to bring it to an end, son.
  • Joseph Wilson: No. This is just the beginning.
  • Joseph Wilson: Slight change in plans, gentlemen. 40% of our Semtex was compromised during transfer. Conveniently, however, the Kasnian army is doing some transferring of its own. I'm gonna take a small team to intercept.
  • Nylander: Does this jeopardize our timeline?
  • Joseph Wilson: Not with the infamous Deathstroke backing me up. What do you say, father? Interested in showing us how it's done?
  • Slade Wilson: As long as your dogs can keep up. I'll go pack some gear.
  • [flashback to six years earlier]
  • Slade Wilson: [training with Joe] Keep varying your pace.
  • Joseph Wilson: My pace is fine, old man.
  • Slade Wilson: So you say.
  • [throwing him to the ground]
  • Slade Wilson: Dead. Come on. Get up.
  • Joseph Wilson: How are you better with one eye than I am with two?
  • Slade Wilson: You must learn to move with your mind, not your eyes. Come on, let's go again.

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