Officer Quentin Larry Lance (born in 1963) is a police officer, formerly a sergeant and detective (having been demoted after the events of "Year's End", then after the events of "Sacrifice"), of the Starling City Police Department. He was partners with the late Lucas Hilton before being demoted, as well as Lucas, good friend. He is the ex-husband of Dinah, and the father of Laurel Lance, and Sara Lance. He had originally sworn to take down The Hood by any means necessary, even using his daughter once as bait. This changed after The Hood told him about Malcolm Merlyn's plan to level the Glades and everyone in it. He finally came to see The Arrow as a good person, not as a menace to the city.
Quentin is now one of The Arrow's supporters.
Quentin is now one of The Arrow's supporters.
biography
In 2007 his youngest daughter Sara went on a boat trip with Oliver Queen, she was presumed dead when the boat sank. The loss of Sara hit his family very hard and as a result he became an alcoholic. Both he and his other daughter Laurel buried themselves in their work, but his wife Dinah couldn't handle it so she left and divorced him. About a month after Sara's death a serial killer called the Dollmaker (Baron Mathis) emerged in Starling City and Quentin was assigned to case. In a way every girl Mathis murder reminded him of Sara and how he could not save her. At last Quentin captured Mathis and put him away.
At some point after five years Quentin became sober and joined a support group for alcoholics and other addicts.
At some point after five years Quentin became sober and joined a support group for alcoholics and other addicts.
PERSONALITY
Quentin is described as a "gruff, determined city police officer" who believes true justice can only come from law and order. He is arrogant to the point where he seems to think he can go in a person's house without a search warrant or an arrest warrant when he said, "I have a badge and a gun, that says differently". He initially hates The Hood because he believes he is strictly a murderer who doesn't answer to anyone but himself. He even once coldly used his own daughter as bait, which resulted in her getting kidnapped. While he reluctantly works with The Hood occasionally to get cases solved, he still makes it his goal to apprehend The Hood.
His morals and beliefs center around true justice coming from law and order, and his beliefs about The Hood being a menace to the city begin to change after being told by The Hood himself, that Malcolm Merlyn plans to destroy the Glades and everyone in it. In Season 2, after being demoted to a beat cop for five months after the Undertaking, seeing how powerless the police is in dealing with the various crisis in the city and knowing how effective The Arrow is with dealing with criminals, his beliefs about law and order have changed. While he still hold himself as an enforcer of the law, he now believes that the law isn't omnipotent, and that justice should prevail over doing what is strictly legal. As such, he is now more willing seek extra-legal measures to seek justice and is now pro-Arrow, especially after finding out that The Arrow is now going out of his way to avoid killing his enemies. Quentin even told Felicity to inform Arrow of a breakin to Queen Consolidated and even referred to him as a "mutual friend". He also defended The Arrow by asking Laurel if she was just blaming The Arrow when she said it was his fault Tommy died, a stated that later turned out to be true. Later on, when The Arrow killed Count Vertigo, Quentin apparently gave him the benefit of the doubt and assumed The Arrow didn't have a choice evidence by the fact he continued to work with The Arrow. Quentin also has developed a high opinion of Oliver as well, still unaware Oliver and The Arrow are one and the same.
Quentin is a man of honor, even during when he despised The Hood, he refused to let him take the heat for a murder Malcolm Merlyn committed, even when his commanding officer gave him an order to blame it on The Hood, even though it resulted in him being taken off the case. Even when he got demoted for associating himself with The Hood, he never blamed him and continued to work with him, especially after The Arrow is trying to avoid killing unnecessarily.
His morals and beliefs center around true justice coming from law and order, and his beliefs about The Hood being a menace to the city begin to change after being told by The Hood himself, that Malcolm Merlyn plans to destroy the Glades and everyone in it. In Season 2, after being demoted to a beat cop for five months after the Undertaking, seeing how powerless the police is in dealing with the various crisis in the city and knowing how effective The Arrow is with dealing with criminals, his beliefs about law and order have changed. While he still hold himself as an enforcer of the law, he now believes that the law isn't omnipotent, and that justice should prevail over doing what is strictly legal. As such, he is now more willing seek extra-legal measures to seek justice and is now pro-Arrow, especially after finding out that The Arrow is now going out of his way to avoid killing his enemies. Quentin even told Felicity to inform Arrow of a breakin to Queen Consolidated and even referred to him as a "mutual friend". He also defended The Arrow by asking Laurel if she was just blaming The Arrow when she said it was his fault Tommy died, a stated that later turned out to be true. Later on, when The Arrow killed Count Vertigo, Quentin apparently gave him the benefit of the doubt and assumed The Arrow didn't have a choice evidence by the fact he continued to work with The Arrow. Quentin also has developed a high opinion of Oliver as well, still unaware Oliver and The Arrow are one and the same.
Quentin is a man of honor, even during when he despised The Hood, he refused to let him take the heat for a murder Malcolm Merlyn committed, even when his commanding officer gave him an order to blame it on The Hood, even though it resulted in him being taken off the case. Even when he got demoted for associating himself with The Hood, he never blamed him and continued to work with him, especially after The Arrow is trying to avoid killing unnecessarily.
ABILITIES
- Expert detective: As a former police detective, now a police officer, of the Starling City Police Department, Quentin has proven himself a highly skilled detective, unlike most of his co-workers. He rarely jumps to conclusions before he gets his facts straight, except when he is emotionally involved in the case.
- Advanced hand-to-hand combatant: Quentin is shown to be a formidable fighter for a cop, but he is not as adept a fighter as Oliver and Sara.