Quentin Lance

> "That's the thing about the booze and the pills. The same thing that dulls the pain dulls the judgement"- **Quentin Lance**
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## Quentin Lance

### Titles

Detective
 Captain

## People

### Relatives

Laurel Lance (daughter)
Sara Lance (daughter)
Dinah Greene (ex-wife)

## Work

### Occupation

Police Detective
 Police Captain

## General Info

### Origin

Arrowverse (Franchise)
 Arrow (TV Series)

# Early Life

Quentin Larry Lance was born on June 15, 1348 in Washington, DC.

# Mid Life

## Career

### Joining the DCPD

Aspiring to serve justice and protect the city, Quentin joined the DCPD.

During his time as a beat cop, Quentin caught Rene Ramirez tagging a building in The Glades. Instead of arresting the kid, Quentin simply got down on one knee and encouraged him to be more than just another thug in the area. While Quentin would later forget this encounter, Rene Ramirez would always remember it.

In 1395, Quentin worked on the case of Camille Declan's murder.

### Drinking Problem

After Sara’s death, His drinking and work obsession eventually lead to Dinah divorcing him.

By February 1398, Quentin's drinking problem had only gotten worse and after spending one afternoon at a bar and ignoring work, Laurel was notified by Quentin's desk sergeant. She paid for her father's drinks and took him home. That night, Quentin was called in to Tomlain Merlyn's 25th birthday party at the Merlyn Mansion after a drug dealer was found dead, who had been killed by Oliver Queen. When he found Laurel was there, he lashed out, berating Laurel for continuing to associate with Oliver's crowd after what happened to her sister.

### The Hood

In late 1400 after Oliver Queen and Tomlain Merlyn were kidnapped shortly following the former's return to Washington, DC, Quentin and his partner, Lucas Hilton, questioned the two. Quentin retained his professional demeanor, yet made his hostility towards Oliver in particular clear. Oliver explained "a man in a green hood" saved their lives, which the detectives initially refused to believe. As they left, Quentin stated how Oliver's luck "never seems to run out", bitter over him surviving the sinking of the Queen's Gambit while his daughter, Sara, didn't. The next day after learning a bow and arrow-wielding vigilante in a green hood attacked Adam Hunt, Quentin and Lucas came to believe Oliver's story and set up a trap for the vigilante at Hunt Multinational.

### Attempting to catch the Vigilante

That night, the vigilante attacked Hunt Multinational, killing the security personnel and stealing from the company's bank account. Quentin and his DCPD task force eventually arrived at the scene in Adam Hunt's office in time to see the vigilante jump out the window and zip-line towards the building across the street, where Oliver's welcome-home party was being held. The police stormed the party, where Quentin informed Oliver and Tomlain the vigilante had attacked "a millionaire bottom-feeder" like them. The two men didn't know anything useful, so Oliver jokingly offered $2,000,000 to anyone who could find the vigilante. Annoyed and insulted at his seemingly unchanged playboy attitude, Quentin angrily asked if Oliver even tried to save Sara, remembering how she and Laurel both fell under his spell. Lucas led Quentin away and the party continued. .

A week later, Quentin interrogated Martin Somers at Starling Port in response to The Hood attacking him the night before. He questioned Somers as to why The Hood would be interested in him, but Somers tried to deny that a confrontation even occurred. When Quentin pressed the issue, citing a 911 call and a green arrow left behind, Somers subtly threatened Laurel, who was prosecuting him. The next day, Quentin went to CNRI and placed Laurel, her friend and colleague Joanna de la Vega, and their client under police protection in case someone tried to attack them, due to Somers’ threat and connection to the Chinese Triad.
That night after the Triad tried to kill Laurel at her apartment, Quentin rushed to the scene. After reuniting with his daughter, Quentin thanked Oliver's bodyguard, Jon Diggle, for protecting Laurel, though was angered with Oliver's presence. Later after failing to convince Laurel to drop her case, Quentin appeared at the Starling Docks when there were reports of The Hood battling China White. He cornered The Hood at gunpoint, but the vigilante escaped, leaving behind a trick arrow for Quentin with a recorded confession of Somers' crimes. Following Somers' arrest, Quentin made it his mission to bring down the vigilante.
Quentin and Lucas investigated the scene of James Holder's death, with the former correctly deducing that The Hood wasn't the one who killed him. At the police department, Quentin learned that the bullets which killed Holder were laced with curare, further supporting the theory. After exploring the crime scene again, he deduced where Holder's shooter was positioned. A few nights later following a second murder, Carl Rasmussen, Quentin spoke with Moira Queen and Walter Steele, informing them about the deaths of potential stock-buyers of Unidac Industries by an unknown sniper. His implied suspicions towards Walter slightly miffed the couple.
That night, Quentin was walking to his car after work when he was cornered by The Hood and pinned down. The vigilante needed the police's help protecting the people at the auction for Unidac in the Exchange Building. He revealed that Deadshot would attack the event and advised Quentin to have the DCPD wear Kevlar to protect themselves from the sniper's poisoned bullets, leaving behind a laptop of evidence. Despite his hatred of The Hood, Quentin took heed of the vigilante's warning and stationed multiple officers near possible vantage points in the Exchange Building. When Deadshot tried to kill Walter, Quentin pushed him out of the way, saving his life.
When Laurel decided to represent Peter Declan, Quentin gave his daughter the case files of Peter's wife Camille's murder, though believed it was a clear open-and-shut case. Later when Camille's supervisor, Matt Istook, reported being attacked by The Hood, Quentin realized Laurel had been in contact with the vigilante and angrily confronted her. He scolded Laurel for breaking the law and lying to him, to which his daughter protested that she just wanted to save an innocent man, which the law failed to do.
Later when a riot took place at Iron Heights Prison, Quentin rushed to the scene and realized Peter was indeed innocent after the real murderer confessed. Upon reuniting with Laurel, he admitted she was right about Peter but remained firm on his stance about The Hood. Laurel revealed the vigilante was wearing a prison guard uniform and ski mask when he rescued her, giving Quentin an idea. At the precinct, he had CSU tech Kelton review the footage from the Unidac auction attack from an altered perspective and discovered Oliver taking the vigilante's suit out of a duffle bag. The next morning, Quentin and the DCPD burst into the Queen Mansion to arrest Oliver on suspicion of obstruction of justice, aggravated assault, trespassing, acting as a vigilante, and murder.

Quentin proceeded over Oliver's interrogation. Oliver insisted he wasn't a vigilante, to which Quentin angrily declared how he had always been a "dangerous menace". His interrogation was interrupted by Moira Queen and Walter Steele, who demanded Oliver not be questioned further without a lawyer. Seething, Quentin acquiesced and allowed the family 15 minutes. When Laurel decided to defend Oliver, Quentin was furious. Quentin also received a call from Oliver and saw that he was in danger, so he shot the man who was threatening Oliver's life.
Around Christmas time, Quentin discovered Adam Hunt murdered by a black arrow. He quickly realized it wasn't The Hood, but a copycat archer. He was told he could only go after one, and so chose to chase The Hood over the Dark Archer.
Quentin discovered that Laurel stole his only contact to The Hood. He decided to let her keep the phone after placing a bug on it to trace the calls.
Quentin was seen on the television report about The Dodger's robberies, giving the press the same statement as last time, "No comment".
After Thea Queen was arrested for driving under the influence of Vertigo, Laurel spoke to him about her to see if he could help get her out of trouble and possibly help her get a better deal. Quentin later led a task force that interrupted a "drug deal" between The Count and Oliver Queen. He then went to the Queen Mansion with McKenna Hall to speak to Oliver about his presence at the drug deal. Quentin and his task force responded to a call at The Count's hideout and were on scene when The Hood held The Count and injected him with "the fruits of his labor."
Quentin used the bug placed on The Hood's phone to find out when Laurel would be meeting with The Hood. When The Hood found out that he was on to him, he escapes. Quentin tried to chase him, but The Hood knocked him out. After Laurel was captured by Cyrus Vanch, he and The Hood formed a rare alliance. He attempted to kill Cyrus but was told by The Hood to just arrest him.
Quentin was seen at the Queen Mansion questioning Moira after her encounter with The Hood at Queen Consolidated.
Quentin interrogated Roy Harper after he was caught stealing Thea's purse. He is then seen talking to McKenna Hall, asking her to work with him on the Vigilante case.
Quentin was reunited with his ex-wife, Dinah Greene, whom he refused to talk to initially. He was skeptical, at first, of Dinah's idea that Sara may still be alive, but he soon warmed up to it and helped her in her search. He soon learned that Dinah's evidence was based on another woman and not on Sara. He confronted Dinah, who revealed that she knew Sara was leaving with Oliver and allowed her to go with him on the boat.
Quentin was informed by his tech assistant of a hacker who tried to use the same methods as the police technical analyst to infiltrate Merlyn Global Group. This hacker was revealed to be Felicity Smoak.
Quentin soon arrested Felicity Smoak, suspecting she was working with The Hood because of the hacking of Merlyn Global Group and the evidence trail left by the "research" Oliver had her run before he revealed his identity to her. In the middle of his interrogation of her, Quentin was called by The Hood and informed that The Glades will be destroyed by Malcolm Merlyn. Felicity alluded to the fact that she knows what the call was in reference to, basically stating "Sounds like you have bigger problems than me." Despite the fact that it might endanger her later, she pointed out that her opinion of The Hood was the same as his once, but had changed when she realized he had sacrificed a lot for the city and it made him a kind of hero. This, tied to the fact that The Glades was in danger, led Quentin to inform his superiors about the Undertaking, despite the fact that it would reveal his contacting The Hood and his not arresting him. Instead of mobilizing the forces, Lieutenant Frank Pike suspended him, and the police took no action until Moira Queen held her press conference. When Diggle decided to go with Oliver to confront Malcolm Merlyn, Oliver called Detective Quentin to dismantle the earthquake device, instead of sending Felicity directly into the impact zone. The newly suspended-Detective Lance, along with Felicity's help, searched for, and successfully deactivated the Markov device. Nonetheless, Malcolm Merlyn hid a second device, which activated, and took out half of The Glades. Quentin rushed back through the crowds and towards CNRI, where he found Laurel barely escaping the rubble of her workplace's building. He held her back as she tried to go back in to save Tomlain, telling her that it was too late. They stood there, watching, as most of The Glades was falling into rubble and ash.

### Sara's return

Quentin has been demoted from detective to officer. He continues to hold a better opinion of The Hood, after the attempt to avert the Undertaking and the fact that policing The Glades is a near impossible task, and the pair speaks briefly when The Hood delivers his imitators to be arrested.
Quentin gave Oliver his codename "the Arrow"

Quentin responds to an emergency in a tunnel but is ordered not to by Frank Pike but Quentin arrives anyway, his partner Lucas tries to stop him and Quentin discovers a girl strung up like a doll and knows it to be the work of Barton Mathis who escaped prison during the earthquake but Pike has been keeping it quiet and has ordered Quentin not to get involved or will be arrested. Quentin disgusted by Pike's actions goes to The Arrow for assistance instead and tells him about Mathis and his history with him. Later Quentin and The Arrow visit Mathis' lawyer and get his location from him but arrive and discover only a phone where Barton tells them that he has another girl and forces Quentin to listen as he kills her. Later Felicity Smoak uses herself as bait to lure Mathis out while Quentin, John Diggle and The Arrow but it fails and Quentin is arrested by Lucas for obstruction of justice but is freed by Laurel who tries to convince him that The Arrow is evil but Quentin realizes that Laurel is still blaming him for Tomlain's death. Later Quentin and Laurel are abducted by Barton who forces Quentin to watch as he kills Laurel but The Arrow stops him and with the help of the Canary, kills Mathis. Quentin and Laurel walk out of the facility where Laurel has a breakdown moment to Quentin believing herself to be responsible for Tomlain dying.
He has become worried about Laurel when she is nearly arrested for a DUI. He even asks Oliver to check up on her, confirming how far he has come in his opinion of the latter.
Quentin is reunited with his daughter Sara and helps her fight off the League of Assassins members pursuing her. When she leaves Washington, DC, he (albeit reluctantly) agrees to keep her existence a secret from Dinah and Laurel in order to protect them.

### Arresting Roy

Quentin arrested Roy after he was caught beating up a gang member. He then releases Roy, saying that it was a mistake after Roy brought up that he was working for The Arrow.

### Break in at Robert Queen Applied Sciences Center

Quentin is at the Robert Queen Applied Sciences Center after a break-in, joining in on speculation of what happened. He questions CSI Barry Allen's credentials along with Oliver Queen and is extremely skeptical of Barry's description of what happened, despite the evidence he presents. He takes Felicity to the side, asking her to get in contact with The Arrow, to see if he could help. She assures him with a smile that The Arrow is already on the case (as Oliver is still right behind them examining the scene.)
Quentin was informed by The Arrow that Cyrus Gold was responsible for the break-in of Queen Consolidated and warned of the threat Cyrus posted. He manages to convince Lucas Hilton to perform a manhunt for Cyrus. They track Cyrus to a warehouse but fail to take down Cyrus, instead resulting in most of the team being killed. During the fight, Quentin manages to steal a key off Cyrus, which he gives to The Arrow when he comes to visit him in hospital.

### Raid with  The Arrow and  The Canary

Officer Lance leads a raid with policemen and SWAT against Hugo Mannheim. During the gunfight between the police and Mannheim's men, Quentin gets shot but the bulletproof vest protects him. The police arrest the assailants and Quentin has a talk with  the Arrow and  the Canary. He tells  the Canary that she can't toss a guy out of a window but she argues back, saying that the guy shot Quentin. In a brief talk with the Arrow, he realizes that it is a matter of time before The Huntress returns. During the hostage situation at the courthouse, Quentin runs to the scene and screams after Laurel but Oliver tells him she got separated from him. Fearing for his daughter's life and in his rage, he punched Mr. Donner and asked if the hostage situation was his idea. Officer Lance calls The Arrow and coincidentally, Oliver got a call from his "mom". While Oliver walked away, Quentin started to talk to The Arrow about the hostage situation and  the Arrow replies that he's aware of the situation. Quentin, Arrow, and Canary kidnap Frank Bertinelli to make The Huntress release Laurel. During the prisoner exchange, a crazed S.W.A.T officer opens fire against the vigilantes and aimed his gun at The Arrow but Quentin saved him by knocking out the policeman. After the drama, Quentin quickly arrests Helena Bertinelli.

### Arrested

At the Arrow's request, Quentin arrests Slade Wilson for Thea's kidnapping but is forced to release him for lack of evidence. Because of this, he is himself arrested by his boss for working with the vigilante.
Quentin is in prison. Laurel visits him, and he denies all knowledge of the Arrow's and the Canary's identity. Later, a vengeful prisoner, blaming him and The Arrow for his arrest, manages to break into his cell and beat him up.
While visiting Quentin in the prison hospital, Laurel tells him she knows who The Arrow is, at which point he stops her and says he does not want to know. He says that knowing the Arrow's identity would compromise the Arrow's mission, that The Arrow is more important to Washington, DC than "the man under the hood," and that doing some jail time is the least he can do for the Arrow. Laurel later manages to get him released from prison and the charges against him dropped.
Quentin is reinstated to Detective after Slade's army attacks the city to help take charge of coordination against the Army and allowed by Frank Pike to call in the Arrow.
Quentin tries to rally the DCPD to stop Slade's army. After a fight with one of Slade's supermen, he was thrown across a room. Later, he is shown to have collapsed on the ground and started throwing up blood. It is revealed he has internal bleeding puncturing his lung, as he is coughing up blood and cannot breathe.

For some weeks following his collapse, Quentin was placed into a medically-induced coma. He stayed like this until he was visited by his daughter, Sara, somehow causing him to wake up, to the surprise of both of his daughters.

### Promoted to Captain

Quentin was eventually promoted to captain in the DCPD.
Quentin publicly declared that the DCPD Anti-Vigilante Task Force had been disbanded. He had apparently developed a chronic heart condition as a result of the injuries he suffered fighting Slade's army, which required him to take medication. However, he still continued to personally help The Arrow hunt down criminals, which resulted in him being sent to hospital.

### Learning of Sara’s Death

Quentin was kept unaware of Sara's death at Laurel's insistence, as Quentin later called The Arrow to inform him about a series of murders using arrows. After Laurel was nearly killed by Simon Lacroix, Quentin went to see that she was fine and told her not to put herself in harm's way anymore.
Quentin attended an AA meeting with Laurel where he listens to a girl who was being abused by her boyfriend. Laurel wanted to help her but he told her not to. Laurel ignored his advice and ended up in hospital. Quentin went to see her and once again to tell her to stop putting herself in harm's way.
Quentin's ex-wife Dinah returned to Washington, DC for Christmas and covered for Sara when Dinah asked about where she was. Oliver later dropped off several criminals for arrest, jokingly Quentin accepted it as a Christmas present.
Quentin contacted Team Arrow to give them information on Danny Brickwell that could help them take him into custody. Roy as Arsenal came to pick up the info and tried to keep his identity concealed but failed as he was able to deduct his identity by remembering their past experiences. After The Glades riot, Quentin led the police force back into The Glades where he ran into Sin where he discovered that The Canary was no longer Sara.

Quentin grieved at Sara's tombstone. When his daughter came by, he unleashed his anger toward Laurel and went to an alcoholic anonymous meeting.
Oliver (under the guise of the Arrow) told Quentin that he ran into a new player and needed his help, however, Quentin refused to help him, and revealed that he knows that The Arrow knew Sara was dead and lied to him about it, he also stated that he was done with the Arrow.
Quentin was at a press conference, addressing the media regarding whether or not The Arrow has started killing again, later at the mayor's office, he got into an argument with Laurel, regarding if The Arrow was being set-up. At another meeting, Lance again argued against the Arrow, fighting with his daughter. The meeting was interrupted when the mayor Celia Castle was murdered by an imposter Arrow, who went on to critically injure Ray Palmer.

### Learning The Arrow’s Identity

Quentin, saw The Arrow (unknown to him it was an impostor) escaped after mayor Celia Castle's death. Quentin reinstated the DCPD Anti-Vigilante Task Force and started a manhunt for the Arrow. Quentin is later captured by Maseo Yamashiro and brought to Ra's al Ghul, the latter revealed that Sara was on Lian Yu with Oliver and reveals that Oliver is the Arrow, at first Quentin didn't believe Ra's al Ghul, but he soon realized that Ra's al Ghul is telling the truth. Quentin announced the news on television, leading to Oliver turning himself in at the police station. During the prison transport, Quentin verbally released all his anger on Oliver and blamed him for the city and his family's problems. In order to save Oliver, Roy dressed as the Arrow, stopped Oliver's transport van and gave himself up to the police, insisting that he has been The Arrow all along.
Despite Roy successfully convincing the city he's the Arrow, Quentin still resumed his search for proof that Oliver is the Arrow. He obtained a search warrant for Verdant and uncovered Oliver's hideout, confident that he had him cornered, though he only found Roy's fingerprints. He investigated Thea's apartment for possible evidence as well, warning Thea about the dangers Roy faces prison. He then visited Roy in prison to try and get him to confess the truth, but Roy refused because he wanted to accept the punishment for the policeman he murdered. Quentin ended the interrogation when he told Roy that he won't make up for it in prison. He later reported to Thea about Roy's supposed death, and when Oliver walked in, once again blaming him for the incident.
===Working with Joe West and Cisco Ramon
Quentin assisted Joe West and Cisco Ramon investigate the crash site that resulted in the death of Tess Morgan. While Cisco searched the area with a high-tech scanner, Quentin engaged in small talk with Joe over their daughters. When Cisco announced that he found traces of tachyons just off the road, Quentin was surprised to see the coffee in his cup float in the air. They discovered the true Harrison Wells' corpse at the site, and Joe advised against Quentin reporting it, not wanting to get anyone involved in their dangerous situation. While there, Joe gave Quentin advice regarding his current relationship with Laurel.

### Bioweapon Threat to Washington, DC

When Ra's al Ghul threatened to kill everyone in Washington, DC with the Alpha-Omega bioweapon, Laurel came to him and asked for his help which he gave. When Oliver faced Ra's al Ghul he was with the sniper team that was trying to kill him. Quentin was able to save Oliver's life by warning Felicity, hinting that he still had some respect for Oliver.

### Working with Damien Darhk

Sometime after the Alpha-Omega incident, Quentin was approached by Damien Darhk. Lance began working with Darhk, believing that Darhk could help the faltering Washington, DC. Quentin was kept unaware of Darhk's true motives, or that Darhk was responsible for the sudden emergence of armed robbers terrorizing Washington, DC, which earned the press nickname of "Ghosts."

### Becoming Mayor

Lance was made a part of the city council to run Washington, DC in the absence of a mayor. Aside from the pressures of trying to reinvigorate his home, Quentin struggled with handling the Ghosts. Eventually, Darhk made his presence known to the council, and explained his plans to let the city die. Darhk then went on to kill three of the council members, and then staged an assassination attempt on Quentin in order to hide their partnership. While Quentin was "saved" by Black Canary, he was shot in the shoulder. Some time later, Laurel came to her father, with evidence that the Ghosts had stolen cluster bombs from Kord Industries. While at the soon-to-be-reopened railway to Central City, Lance ran into Oliver Queen, and took the opportunity to blame him for DC's condition, claiming that his presence created monsters. Quentin later confronted Darhk about his true agenda. Darhk reminded Lance he had no choice but to work with him and demanded information on the new "Green Arrow."

### Suspecting Darhk

When Madison Danforth, the daughter of potential mayoral candidate Jessica Danforth was kidnapped, Lance immediately suspected Darhk. After furiously attempting to end his alliance with Darhk, Quentin was given Danforth's location, as well as a warning to mind his tone. Deciding to accept an offer for help, Quentin gave Oliver the location.

### Corruption in the DCPD

Days later when two police detectives were found shot dead, Lance found himself angry that finding out who the murderers were was not the DCPD's top priority. He then ran into Oliver Queen who told him that he would be running for mayor although Lance was not very supportive of this, noting the fates of the other mayors. He then received a text from Laurel and told Oliver to have his team examine the evidence. Later at the police station, Oliver revealed to Lance that his detectives were killed by cops, a fact that surprised Lance. Oliver told Lance his plan to lure the cops out with drugs he procured and told Lance to spread the word.
When the cops arrived, Lance and Team Arrow attacked them but the officers escaped. As they escaped, Lance realized that they were part of the DCPD Anti-Vigilante Task Force that Lance had reinstated when he was trying to capture Oliver. At the Arrowcave, the leader was revealed as Liza Warner, one of the original recruits.

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Later back at his house, Lance found Oliver there who revealed to him he knew he was working with Damien Darhk. Lance defended himself saying Oliver had no right to judge him only for Oliver to point out that until now Lance was always the one that was more righteous.

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Lance explained that Damian came to him as a man who simply wanted to help Star City but by the time that he found out what type of person he was that Damian threatened Laurel. Oliver pointed out that Laurel could defend herself and Oliver accused Lance of hiding behind his daughter and that she would be ashamed of what he was doing. Oliver then told Lance that he was the reason he was running for mayor because he wanted Lance to see what true man he was and left.
Later, at Laurel's apartment, Lance was captured by Liza and the group. Lance was forced to unlock the drug warehouse where he was tied up. Team Arrow arrived and defeated the task force however Liza Warner managed to hold Green Arrow hostage only for Lance to talk her out of it. Later at his house, Oliver thanked Lance for saving him. Lance told him he meant what he said to Warner and that he would turn himself in only for Oliver to tell him that they needed someone close to Darhk and convinced him to work as a spy for the team

### Dating Donna Smoak

At the Queen campaign holiday party, Quentin and Donna attended together. After Thea, Diggle, and Felicity were kidnapped, Laurel confronted her father about a tip that Quentin was working for Damian. Laurel didn't take it too well, but Quentin told her that Damian threatened her and that he had been making up for his mistake by working with Oliver for the past month. He met with Laurel and Oliver at the Arrowcave. Along with Malcolm Merlyn, they planned their next moves. Laurel took him aside and told him that she doesn't need him working for Darhk to protect her
Oliver approached Quentin, asking for him to give up the location of his meetings with Damien Darhk, knowing that it would compromise his position as Damian's informant. Quentin gave it up and asked Oliver if he was dropping bodies again. Oliver told him he was just going to kill Damian. At hospital, Laurel and Thea then walked in on Quentin and Donna. Laurel told him she was okay with him seeing Donna and informed her father of Oliver's raid on Damian's hideout. Laurel knew that Quentin must have provided Oliver the location but reiterated to him that she didn't need his protection.
After Malcolm Merlyn and Nyssa al Ghul's League factions went to civil war with each other, their violence spilled into DC's streets. Quentin was on scene to investigate bodies that had been dropped and told Oliver that he needed to do something about it. The day after, Quentin came to Palmer Tech to arrest Noah Kuttler after Felicity turned him in to the police.
Laurel checked in with Quentin at the precinct. He received a call of a possible break-in and Laurel decided to accompany him to the crime scene. Once he was in the building, the structure began collapsing around them. Quentin and Laurel barely escaped and had their wounds tended to by John in the bunker. Later, he and Donna broke things off because she could sense that he was keeping secrets from her. Confined to the bunker, he asked Oliver how he could maintain his double life full of secrets for four years to which Oliver told him that he keeps secrets in order to protect those he loves most. Quentin later appeared on site of the debate hall to arrest the Demolition Team, responsible for his near-death earlier. Felicity later invited Quentin to their engagement party hoping that Quentin and Donna could patch things up, which they did.
Laurel went to Quentin to get the DCPD's help in locating Oliver's son William after he was taken by Damien Darhk. Quentin could tell that the business with Samantha and William bothered her since Oliver had cheated on Laurel with Samantha. After the team failed in rescuing William, Mari McCabe and Quentin postulated that Darhk drew his magic from an idol that Quentin had seen in his hideout and drew a sketch for Mari. Quentin's drawing was able to help Mari identify it as a Khushu Idol.
Quentin called Team Arrow letting them know that Carrie Cutter was back in town. After Damian's attorney was successful in providing a case against the court's allegations on Darhk, Quentin agreed to testify at the risk of losing his job and making him a target for HIVE. Quentin testified under Laurel's cross-examination to being an informant for Damian that was forced to give him information and do errands for him under duress of threats against his daughter. Due to his testimony, Laurel was successful in convincing Judge Sakow to order Damian imprisoned without bail.

### Laurel’s Death

After Damien Darhk starts a prison riot, Quentin makes his move, trying to gain control over the situation and encourage the actions of the police. His actions became too straight and he sedated one of the policemen. For this, he was handcuffed in the police station. When he asked about the situation in the prison, the police officer replied that, "vigilante in black leather" is wounded. It shocks Quentin, and he asks to release him under a promise of re-arrest. He also asked to connect him with Lieutenant Pike to get permission from him personally. Finally, he is authorized and rushed to hospital, but too late.
Faced with Oliver in the hallway, he sees an incredible shock, disbelief and pain-filled face of Green Arrow. Realizing that his worst nightmare came true, he silently slips down, unable to stay on his feet. Quentin unable to deal with the loss of his daughter, Laurel, attempted to have her brought back to life through the Lazarus Pit, but was shocked to discover that Nyssa al Ghul had already destroyed it. Quentin though was not deterred and continued to look for any way to bring Laurel back, but he was finally convinced by Oliver that Laurel couldn't be brought back, destroying him. Quentin would then help Oliver deal with Damian, which ended with Damian’s death.

### Falling off the Wagon

After a few months leaving Washington, DC, he returned and had a break up with Donna Smoak. He is approached by Oliver Queen to attend the Laurel Lance memorial ceremony. Later on, he gives Oliver personnel files of a police officer that he had trained who could help him rescue the kidnapped Councillors.
Afterward, he grieves Laurel's death and is drinking heavily. Thea offers him the Deputy Mayor position and in exchange. he would stop drinking. During this time, he continues drinking which causes him to have blackouts. One instance he was manipulated into believing he was Prometheus after the latter's throwing star was found on his table. Realizing what is happening he decided to quit as Deputy Mayor, Thea though refused to abandon him and took him to rehab, stating that it is what Laurel would have wanted for him. Quentin would remain in rehab for several months before finally returning sober and back to 100%. Quentin and Rene Ramirez became friends and both worked together in helping Rene be reunited with his daughter. He also became friends with Dinah Drake.

### Becoming the Mayor

When Oliver got impeached, Quentin immediately got promoted from deputy mayor to mayor with his predecessor warning him that he wouldn't be really in charge of running a city if he let Ricardo Diaz or his followers control him.

## Family

### Marriage

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Quentin met and fell in love with Dinah and the pair moved in together into their first home at Spring Street while in their early 20s

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According to Quentin, he repeatedly proposed to Dinah, only for her to turn him down until the right moment. Quentin claimed he spent a year with that engagement ring "burning a hole in [his] pocket", waiting for Dinah to finally accept his proposal.
Quentin's father gifted him a wristwatch on their wedding day

### Parenthood

On November 15, 1373, they had a daughter, Dinah Laurel Lance. On December 25, 1375, the couple had another daughter, Sara Leslie Lance. Quentin shared a particularly close bond with his eldest daughter, Laurel, in part due to their similar ideals. Every year on Laurel's birthday, Quentin would personally pick up chocolate-frosted yellow cake, his daughter's favorite, from the bakery.

Having to deal with being a police officer and a father to his partying daughters, Quentin was not able to administrate much responsibility into his life. Upon learning that Sara was being severely bullied by some of her classmates in high school, Quentin taught his daughters self-defense and also had them take classes to refine their skills. Quentin's relationship with Sara was especially difficult as his daughter began rebelling and acting out as a teenager. He worked hard to help Sara go straight, including preventing her from being arrested for shoplifting.

### Bringing Sara to the Precinct

Sometime in 1395, Quentin brought Sara to the precinct to help her research a school paper on the criminal justice system. She wanted to see what it looks like on the inside, but she was not expecting her father to walk her through the booking process—including handcuffing her to a desk, with every intention of the inside of a jail cell being next. However, before he could, the DCPD is attacked by a professional assassin who is targeting Sara. The Pilgrim kills every cop but Quentin and before she can manage to make the kill on Sara, a man with a heat gun and a woman with a staff come to her rescue. They successfully defeat the assassin, taking Sara along the process and leaving Quentin behind. However, the assassin (known as The Pilgrim) soon abducts Quentin along with other individuals are threatened as a way of luring the same people who saved Sara earlier. With the Pilgrim having been defeated, Quentin soon encounters the woman with the staff, who reveals she is a future version of Sara. Quentin gladly hugs her, stating that he is proud of the woman she has become. With that in mind, he takes a pill that erases his memory of the events that occurred.

### Losing a Daughter

Later in 1395, Sara came home from college for a surprise visit. Without Quentin's knowledge, Sara had began an affair with Laurel's boyfriend Oliver Queen and accompanied him on a boat trip on the Queen's Gambit. Quentin was with Laurel when they saw on the news that the Gambit had sunk and believing only Oliver had perished, he comforted his daughter. However, later |Oliver's mother paid them a visit and revealed Sara had been on the ship when it sunk
Quentin blamed Oliver for Sara's death and harbored a great contempt for him and his family despite his own supposed death. Following Sara's death, Quentin fell into a deep state of depression, becoming an alcoholic, and buried himself in his work in an attempt to ignore his pain, taking every case that passed his desk without pause. Sara was also the first and last thought of Quentin's mind every day and it took him years to get past that point. His drinking and work obsession eventually lead to Dinah divorcing him.