DC's Legends of Tomorrow (TV Series)

Amazing Grace (2018)

Brandon Routh: Ray Palmer

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Quotes 

• Sara Lance : All right, let's go check this out. We need to find Elvis before panic sets in.

  Gideon : Elvis Presley's uncle preached at the Church of Zion every Sunday. The boy never missed a service.

  Sara Lance : You heard the lady.

  [nobody moves] 

  Sara Lance : What? Why are you staring at me?

  Nate Heywood : I dunno, waiting for you to do the thing you do.

  Sara Lance : What thing?

  Ray Palmer : You know, you usually send us into the field with a little more pizzazz.

  Sara Lance : [rolling her eyes; in a commanding voice]  All right, Legends, put on your Sunday best, because we are going to church.

  Nate Heywood : That was pretty good.

• Amaya Jiwe : What totem would choose a guitar-toting choir boy as its bearer?

  Nate Heywood : Isn't it obvious? It's Elvis we're talking about. It's gotta be...

  Mick Rory : A sandwich totem.

  Nate Heywood : I was gonna say "music".

  Ray Palmer : Just imagine what the music totem would do for my upper register. I could finally give local theater a shot.

  [pause] 

  Ray Palmer : That is after we use it to destroy Mallus.

  Zari Tomaz : [sarcastic]  So we're gonna vanquish a time demon with our killer harmonies. It's gonna go great.

• Gideon : A scan of the timeline reveals a change in Memphis, Tennessee, 1954.

  Ray Palmer : Oh, says here Memphis became a ghost town after a mysterious bout of mass hysteria in July 1954.

  Nate Heywood : That's what caused the changes. Memphis is the birthplace of rock and roll. If rock never makes it out of Memphis, then none of these things exist. Your... your rat's namesake, electric guitar.

  Wally West : Your hair gel.

  Nate Heywood : It's not hair gel, Wally. It's Royal Crown pomade. It's the same product used by...

  Sara Lance : Elvis Presley.

  Nate Heywood : See? She knows what I'm talking about.

  Sara Lance : No, dodo, look. "While the population fled in hysterics, one person was left standing in the aftermath, a local teen named Elvis Presley."

• Ray Palmer : Whoever you are, just put the guitar down.

  Sara Lance : Doesn't look like he's taking requests.

  Ray Palmer : Maybe the preacher was right about rock and roll. You know what never hurt anyone? A nice show tune.

• Mick Rory : Hold on, Axl. Sammy's coming. Just gotta find the damn mayo.

  Ray Palmer : [entering]  Come on, Mick. What did I say about having him in the kitchen?

  Mick Rory : Not to.

• Ray Palmer : [trying to fix the Fire totem]  You know, Nora thought using cold fusion to reboot it was a crazy idea, but...

  Mick Rory : Don't care. Where's the mayo?

  [a thought strikes him] 

  Mick Rory : The new kid. The new kid!

  Ray Palmer : I saw him speed-moving into Marty's old quarters.

  Mick Rory : Too much change on this damn ship. That's what I love about old Axl. Doesn't change.

  [seeing the name "Josh Groban" on Axl's food dish] 

  Mick Rory : Josh Groban? Who the hell's Josh Groban? And who the hell changed the name of my rat?

• Sara Lance : What happened to your hair?

  Nate Heywood : What are you talking about?

  [seeing Amaya's look] 

  Nate Heywood : What? What is it?

  Sara Lance : I...

  Nate Heywood : [looking at his reflection]  What happened to my trademark volume and sheen?

  Mick Rory : [entering with Ray]  Who changed my rat's name?

  Zari Tomaz : [entering with Wally]  Yo, who switched my game?

  Sara Lance , Nate Heywood , Mick Rory , Zari Tomaz , Ray Palmer , Amaya Jiwe , Wally West : Gideon?

• Nate Heywood : Don't tell me they messed with the King.

  Ray Palmer : Whatever he saw drove him crazy. He was taken to the Bolivar State Hospital. Treated for insanity.

  Nate Heywood : If Memphis is abandoned in '54, then rock doesn't hit the mainstream, which means there's no Howlin' Ray, no Little Richard...

  Mick Rory : The Elvis sandwhich; peanut butter and banana fried in greasy bacon fat. The man was a visionary.

  Zari Tomaz : But if it didn't show up on the anachronism map, then...

  Nate Heywood : Darhks. The only people evil enough to wanna kill rock and roll. Oh, and I bet you that sick bastard likes ska.

• Zari Tomaz : Well, this is uncomfortable, and I'm not just talking about my dress.

  Wally West : Yeah, I guess these people didn't get the whole "love thy neighbor" talk.

  Old Lady : Shh!

  Sara Lance : Shush yourself, lady. Have you heard your singing voice?

  Ray Palmer : Just keep Mick away from the collection tray. And the communion wafers.

  Mick Rory : [spitting wafers out]  That's not bread.

• Ray Palmer : [trying to remove the totem from Elvis' guitar, it suddenly shines brightly]  Whoa, that was weird.

  Sara Lance : [the ship's lights flicker]  Yeah. You feel that?

  Ray Palmer : Yeah, it's freezing.

  Gideon : I am detecting an EMF reading of six miligaus that is disturbing the ship's electrical servers.

  Sara Lance : EM-what?

  Ray Palmer : Electromagnetic field. It's a scientific term that's been wrapped up in a bunch of paranormal nonsense.

  Sara Lance : [seeing a handprint appear in ice Ray's board]  Paranormal, as in...

  Ray Palmer : [Elvis' guitar rises into the air by itself; a spirit resembling Elvis then appears]  Ghosts.

• Nate Heywood : Guys, Elvis' guitar is haunted.

  Sara Lance , Ray Palmer : We know!

  Nate Heywood : Yeah, and I'm guessing it's gonna do whatever it takes to get back to Elvis.

  Sara Lance : Good guess!

• Ray Palmer : Mick, don't panic. You just forgot to chew again.

  Mick Rory : Axl. Is this one of your stupid science experiments?

  Ray Palmer : Looks like Josh Groban...

  Mick Rory : Axl!

  Ray Palmer : Found something even more lethal than your Elvis sandwich. I'm sorry, buddy. Look, the life expectancy of a rat is 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 years. So, you know, the little guy really beat the odds. And you know what? We can pick you up another one in the next time period we stop in.

  Mick Rory : Because what's one more change on this ship?

• Mick Rory : Whatever this is, I don't like it.

  Sara Lance : Wait, what is that?

  Ray Palmer : We're gathered here in remembrance of our dear friend Axl.

  Mick Rory : Right. I'm outta here.

  Sara Lance : I'm with him.

  Ray Palmer : [they both turn to leave]  Wait, you need this. We... we all need this.

  Sara Lance : Fine. But when I mourn, I drink.

• Ray Palmer : Charles Dickens once wrote "Life is made of ever so many partings, welded together." Axl is one such parting. And while we may lose some, they are never really gone. And they certainly can't be replaced. They'll live on in the memories we shared with them and the lessons they taught us. And it is because of that that we can embrace the change. I still remember the first time I met Axl. It was in the vents. I was tiny Atom. He was a big rat. And he tried to eat me. I knew we'd laugh about it one day together. Sara, I believe it's customary for the Captain to share a few words.

  Sara Lance : Oh, no, you... you're doing a great job.

  Ray Palmer : Thank you. Well, then, please join me in a chorus of "Sweet Child of Mine".

  Sara Lance : [cutting him off]  All right, I'll say something.