1 00:00:01,683 --> 00:00:04,051 A billionaire playboy... 2 00:00:04,553 --> 00:00:06,853 Lost at sea. 3 00:00:08,106 --> 00:00:10,273 Compelled by his father's dying confession... 4 00:00:10,275 --> 00:00:12,526 I didn't build our city. I failed it. 5 00:00:12,528 --> 00:00:13,527 No! 6 00:00:13,529 --> 00:00:16,196 Oliver Queen made a promise 7 00:00:16,198 --> 00:00:19,098 to one day right his father's wrongs. 8 00:00:19,100 --> 00:00:20,817 This is your responsibility now. 9 00:00:20,819 --> 00:00:22,736 My responsibility? 10 00:00:22,738 --> 00:00:24,270 But first... 11 00:00:24,272 --> 00:00:25,956 Aah! Aah! 12 00:00:25,958 --> 00:00:28,625 He had to survive... 13 00:00:28,627 --> 00:00:30,544 You want survive? You kill. 14 00:00:30,546 --> 00:00:32,996 To forge himself into a weapon. 15 00:00:36,133 --> 00:00:38,284 Five years later... 16 00:00:38,286 --> 00:00:39,586 Mr. Queen! He returned home... 17 00:00:39,588 --> 00:00:41,721 Oliver Queen is alive. 18 00:00:41,723 --> 00:00:43,456 But not as Oliver Queen. 19 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:47,510 As something else. 20 00:00:49,564 --> 00:00:51,898 What happened to you on that island? 21 00:00:53,351 --> 00:00:54,517 How did you survive this? 22 00:00:54,519 --> 00:00:56,853 He punished the wicked and corrupt... 23 00:00:56,855 --> 00:00:58,405 What do you want? Aah! 24 00:00:58,407 --> 00:01:00,457 Delivering justice outside the law. 25 00:01:00,459 --> 00:01:02,158 I do what's necessary. 26 00:01:03,278 --> 00:01:05,495 You're no hero. You're a killer. 27 00:01:05,497 --> 00:01:07,080 His allies were few. 28 00:01:07,082 --> 00:01:08,331 There's more than one way to save this city. 29 00:01:08,333 --> 00:01:10,550 What makes you so sure I'm gonna help you? 30 00:01:10,552 --> 00:01:11,784 His enemies many. 31 00:01:11,786 --> 00:01:13,336 Who needs two bullets in the chest? 32 00:01:13,338 --> 00:01:15,055 Are you ready to die? 33 00:01:15,057 --> 00:01:16,256 It soon became clear 34 00:01:16,258 --> 00:01:18,508 that the real threat to Starling City... 35 00:01:18,510 --> 00:01:19,893 Oh, my God. 36 00:01:19,895 --> 00:01:22,662 Was far more deadly than he had ever imagined. 37 00:01:22,664 --> 00:01:23,813 In six months, 38 00:01:23,815 --> 00:01:27,100 the organization's vision will be complete. 39 00:01:27,102 --> 00:01:29,102 And it would take everything... 40 00:01:29,104 --> 00:01:30,520 You might just have a chance. 41 00:01:30,522 --> 00:01:31,688 He learned. 42 00:01:31,690 --> 00:01:33,189 No, you can't! 43 00:01:34,859 --> 00:01:36,276 Why should I trust you?! 44 00:01:36,278 --> 00:01:38,695 You should make up your mind. 45 00:01:38,697 --> 00:01:41,281 You have failed this city. 46 00:01:41,283 --> 00:01:45,283 ♪ Arrow 2x00 ♪ Year One Original Air Date on October 2, 2013 47 00:01:45,284 --> 00:01:49,284 == sync, corrected by elderman == @elder_man 48 00:01:49,367 --> 00:01:51,579 Oliver Queen is alive. 49 00:01:51,580 --> 00:01:54,364 The Starling City resident was found by fishermen 50 00:01:54,366 --> 00:01:55,615 in the North China Sea. 51 00:01:56,919 --> 00:01:58,034 Queen is the son 52 00:01:58,036 --> 00:02:00,904 of Starling City billionaire Robert Queen, 53 00:02:00,906 --> 00:02:02,422 who was also onboard 54 00:02:02,424 --> 00:02:04,925 but now officially confirmed as deceased. 55 00:02:04,927 --> 00:02:08,094 When Oliver Queen returned home to Starling City, 56 00:02:08,096 --> 00:02:10,130 he was not the same spoiled rich kid 57 00:02:10,132 --> 00:02:12,248 who had disappeared at sea. 58 00:02:12,250 --> 00:02:16,085 The Oliver you lost might not be the one they found. 59 00:02:17,572 --> 00:02:20,757 The lavish life he had once taken for granted 60 00:02:20,759 --> 00:02:22,258 now seemed foreign. 61 00:02:22,260 --> 00:02:24,594 Okay, what else did you miss? 62 00:02:24,596 --> 00:02:28,815 Super Bowl winners--giants, Steelers, Saints, Packers. 63 00:02:28,817 --> 00:02:29,983 A black president--that's new. 64 00:02:29,985 --> 00:02:32,118 What was it like there? 65 00:02:38,709 --> 00:02:40,160 Cold. 66 00:02:42,213 --> 00:02:44,381 Everything around him had changed, 67 00:02:44,383 --> 00:02:47,567 beginning with his mother. 68 00:02:49,453 --> 00:02:51,521 Walter and I are married. 69 00:02:51,523 --> 00:02:53,924 And I don't want you to think that either one of us 70 00:02:53,926 --> 00:02:56,943 did anything to disrespect your father. 71 00:02:57,929 --> 00:03:00,230 His sister Thea had grown up fast. 72 00:03:00,232 --> 00:03:02,232 Where did you get these? 73 00:03:02,234 --> 00:03:04,017 Thank you, daddy's A.C.L. tear. 74 00:03:04,019 --> 00:03:05,652 Ollie! 75 00:03:05,654 --> 00:03:07,988 No one's called me that in a while, Speedy. 76 00:03:07,990 --> 00:03:10,023 Worst nickname ever. 77 00:03:13,277 --> 00:03:15,245 Thea had been managing her grief 78 00:03:15,247 --> 00:03:16,863 in less than healthy ways. 79 00:03:16,865 --> 00:03:19,282 My brother and my father died. 80 00:03:19,284 --> 00:03:20,984 I went to your funeral. 81 00:03:20,986 --> 00:03:22,752 You can't come back here and judge me, 82 00:03:22,754 --> 00:03:24,704 especially for being just like you. 83 00:03:24,706 --> 00:03:28,875 This me--the best I could do with what I had to work with. 84 00:03:31,161 --> 00:03:33,797 So what'd you miss the most? 85 00:03:33,799 --> 00:03:35,632 Steaks at the Palm? Drinks at the Station? 86 00:03:35,634 --> 00:03:36,783 Meaningless sex? 87 00:03:36,785 --> 00:03:39,302 Laurel. 88 00:03:39,304 --> 00:03:42,505 Everyone is happy you're alive. 89 00:03:42,507 --> 00:03:44,107 You wanna see the one person who isn't? 90 00:03:44,109 --> 00:03:45,442 Hello, Laurel. 91 00:03:47,945 --> 00:03:50,847 Hunt has an army of lawyers, and they are ready to bury us. 92 00:03:50,849 --> 00:03:53,783 You and I against many. I love those odds. 93 00:03:53,785 --> 00:03:54,818 Why do you hate me? 94 00:03:54,820 --> 00:03:57,320 Oliver's ex-girlfriend Laurel Lance 95 00:03:57,322 --> 00:03:58,905 had become an attorney, 96 00:03:58,907 --> 00:04:02,592 going after Starling City's corrupt and powerful. 97 00:04:02,594 --> 00:04:04,327 Laurel was tough. 98 00:04:04,329 --> 00:04:06,296 Why are you here, Ollie? She had to be... 99 00:04:06,298 --> 00:04:07,547 To apologize. 100 00:04:07,549 --> 00:04:09,215 After what Oliver had done. 101 00:04:09,217 --> 00:04:10,917 I never meant-- she was my sister. 102 00:04:15,340 --> 00:04:16,640 Sara! Aah! 103 00:04:17,591 --> 00:04:20,060 Sara! 104 00:04:20,062 --> 00:04:22,312 I couldn't grieve because I was so angry. 105 00:04:22,314 --> 00:04:24,380 That's what happens 106 00:04:24,382 --> 00:04:25,765 when your sister dies while screwing your boyfriend. 107 00:04:25,767 --> 00:04:27,717 It should've been you. 108 00:04:27,719 --> 00:04:28,852 I'd hoped that you'd rot in hell 109 00:04:28,854 --> 00:04:31,187 a whole lot longer than five years. 110 00:04:31,189 --> 00:04:34,407 No! No! Help! Dad, she's out there! 111 00:04:34,409 --> 00:04:36,576 She's not there! She's gone. 112 00:04:37,662 --> 00:04:41,230 Laurel wasn't the only one who was angry. 113 00:04:41,232 --> 00:04:43,083 Did you even try to save her? 114 00:04:44,919 --> 00:04:46,569 Did you even try to save my daughter? 115 00:04:46,571 --> 00:04:47,871 Okay, let's go, partner. 116 00:04:47,873 --> 00:04:49,122 Fine. 117 00:04:49,124 --> 00:04:51,124 Her father, Detective Quentin Lance, 118 00:04:51,126 --> 00:04:54,627 never recovered from the loss of his daughter Sara. 119 00:04:54,629 --> 00:04:56,796 Let's go. 120 00:04:56,798 --> 00:04:58,915 He wasn't ready to forgive, 121 00:04:58,917 --> 00:05:01,384 but Oliver was much better at letting go. 122 00:05:01,386 --> 00:05:05,555 How much do you know about your own so-called friends over here? 123 00:05:05,557 --> 00:05:08,358 His best friend and former girlfriend 124 00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:09,442 had grown close. 125 00:05:09,444 --> 00:05:10,727 Well, I guess they never told you 126 00:05:10,729 --> 00:05:14,314 that they've been screwing while you were gone. 127 00:05:14,316 --> 00:05:16,032 Look, man, I-- 128 00:05:16,034 --> 00:05:18,768 Tommy... 129 00:05:18,770 --> 00:05:20,120 It's okay. 130 00:05:24,458 --> 00:05:28,044 Oliver's homecoming attracted all types of attention... 131 00:05:28,046 --> 00:05:29,212 What the hell?! 132 00:05:29,214 --> 00:05:31,664 Including the wrong kind. 133 00:05:33,468 --> 00:05:35,418 Mr. Queen! 134 00:05:38,923 --> 00:05:40,507 Did he make it to the island? 135 00:05:40,509 --> 00:05:43,143 Did he tell you anything? 136 00:05:43,145 --> 00:05:44,394 Uhh! Aah! 137 00:05:46,264 --> 00:05:48,231 I'm not the man you think I am. 138 00:05:48,233 --> 00:05:50,066 I didn't build our city. 139 00:05:50,068 --> 00:05:51,300 I failed it. 140 00:05:54,106 --> 00:05:56,639 Did you father survive that accident? 141 00:05:56,641 --> 00:05:59,526 You can survive this. 142 00:05:59,528 --> 00:06:01,911 Make it home. Make it better. 143 00:06:01,913 --> 00:06:03,146 Right my wrongs. 144 00:06:03,148 --> 00:06:05,165 But you gotta live through this first. 145 00:06:05,167 --> 00:06:07,283 Survive. 146 00:06:07,285 --> 00:06:09,335 No! 147 00:06:09,337 --> 00:06:12,455 What did he tell you, Mr. Queen? 148 00:06:12,457 --> 00:06:15,825 He told me I'm gonna kill you. 149 00:06:21,215 --> 00:06:23,767 Oliver's time on the island changed him, 150 00:06:23,769 --> 00:06:24,968 and his assailants 151 00:06:24,970 --> 00:06:28,121 were the first to find out just how much. 152 00:06:29,690 --> 00:06:33,226 But he couldn't allow anyone to know what he was capable of. 153 00:06:34,728 --> 00:06:36,312 Nobody can know my secret. 154 00:06:36,314 --> 00:06:38,681 Aah! 155 00:06:42,036 --> 00:06:46,372 Robert Queen had left his son with a list of names-- 156 00:06:46,374 --> 00:06:49,525 people who had done wrong by Starling City. 157 00:06:49,527 --> 00:06:50,877 It was his dying wish 158 00:06:50,879 --> 00:06:54,130 that Oliver would make them pay for their crimes. 159 00:06:54,132 --> 00:06:56,532 Five years on the island of Lian Yu 160 00:06:56,534 --> 00:06:58,685 had prepared him mentally 161 00:06:58,687 --> 00:07:02,005 and physically. 162 00:07:02,007 --> 00:07:07,143 It would his mission to rid his city, one by one, 163 00:07:07,145 --> 00:07:10,213 of those who were using their powers to destroy it. 164 00:07:13,818 --> 00:07:16,552 You remind Grell, I put him on the bench, I can take him off. 165 00:07:16,554 --> 00:07:18,988 I will turn him into a cautionary tale. 166 00:07:18,990 --> 00:07:20,106 Yes, Mr. Hunt. 167 00:07:20,108 --> 00:07:21,274 And this attorney-- 168 00:07:22,861 --> 00:07:24,160 Uhh! Get in the car! 169 00:07:24,162 --> 00:07:26,279 Oliver wouldn't be able to carry out this justice 170 00:07:26,281 --> 00:07:27,614 as himself. 171 00:07:27,616 --> 00:07:29,782 He needed to live in the shadows. 172 00:07:29,784 --> 00:07:32,702 He would have to become someone else... 173 00:07:32,704 --> 00:07:35,088 something else. 174 00:07:35,090 --> 00:07:37,006 You're gonna transfer $40 million 175 00:07:37,008 --> 00:07:38,458 by 10:00 p.m. tomorrow night. 176 00:07:38,460 --> 00:07:39,575 Or what? 177 00:07:39,577 --> 00:07:41,377 Or I'm gonna take it, and you won't like how. 178 00:07:41,379 --> 00:07:43,346 He was wearing a hood. 179 00:07:43,348 --> 00:07:45,765 A green hood. 180 00:07:45,767 --> 00:07:47,350 And he had a bow and arrow. 181 00:07:47,352 --> 00:07:49,853 We'll put out an A.P.B. on... 182 00:07:49,855 --> 00:07:51,304 Robin Hood. 183 00:07:51,306 --> 00:07:52,972 He said he would be back here by 10:00 p.m. 184 00:07:52,974 --> 00:07:54,524 Make sure you're here first. 185 00:07:54,526 --> 00:07:56,276 He's never gonna get in. 186 00:07:59,648 --> 00:08:02,065 Uhh! Uhh! 187 00:08:09,273 --> 00:08:11,824 You missed. Really? 188 00:08:20,118 --> 00:08:22,802 Tell me you saw that. 189 00:08:22,804 --> 00:08:24,003 Untraceable?! 190 00:08:24,005 --> 00:08:26,222 It is $40 million! 191 00:08:26,224 --> 00:08:28,675 Find it! 192 00:08:30,011 --> 00:08:31,844 How did he do it? 193 00:08:37,467 --> 00:08:41,788 His war on Starling City's cancerous criminal elite 194 00:08:41,790 --> 00:08:43,907 had begun. 195 00:08:43,909 --> 00:08:48,611 But Oliver never imagined the extent of the disease... 196 00:08:48,613 --> 00:08:51,814 or just how far it had spread. 197 00:08:51,816 --> 00:08:53,499 My son knows nothing. 198 00:08:53,501 --> 00:08:56,920 You know, Robert didn't tell him anything that could hurt us. 199 00:08:56,922 --> 00:09:00,673 And he has no idea that the yacht was sabotaged. 200 00:09:08,963 --> 00:09:10,997 Who's that? Where'd he come from? 201 00:09:10,999 --> 00:09:13,516 Working from his father's list, 202 00:09:13,518 --> 00:09:15,852 Oliver Queen systematically took down 203 00:09:15,854 --> 00:09:18,838 the worst of Starling City's corrupt and powerful... 204 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:20,607 Please! No, please! Marcus Redmond, 205 00:09:20,609 --> 00:09:21,858 you failed this city. 206 00:09:21,860 --> 00:09:23,359 Please don't! Please don't! 207 00:09:23,361 --> 00:09:25,511 Administering brutal justice. 208 00:09:25,513 --> 00:09:26,479 Aah! Aah! 209 00:09:26,481 --> 00:09:28,364 You're gonna testify in that trial. 210 00:09:28,366 --> 00:09:31,350 You're gonna confess to having Victor Nocenti killed. 211 00:09:31,352 --> 00:09:32,351 Please, no! Aah! 212 00:09:32,353 --> 00:09:34,404 No one knew who the vigilante was, 213 00:09:34,406 --> 00:09:38,324 but his exploits quickly became notorious. 214 00:09:38,326 --> 00:09:40,543 This guy gets more airtime than the Kardashians. 215 00:09:40,545 --> 00:09:43,163 This city used to be different. People used to feel safe. 216 00:09:43,165 --> 00:09:44,414 Afraid we're gonna be next? 217 00:09:45,917 --> 00:09:47,667 He gained the attention of the law... 218 00:09:47,669 --> 00:09:49,202 Freeze! 219 00:09:49,204 --> 00:09:50,920 Bow down, hands up. 220 00:09:55,893 --> 00:10:00,146 And earn notice from enemies he didn't yet know existed. 221 00:10:00,148 --> 00:10:02,682 A modern day Robin Hood. 222 00:10:02,684 --> 00:10:05,435 Jason Brodeur. 223 00:10:05,437 --> 00:10:07,103 Adam Hunt. 224 00:10:07,105 --> 00:10:08,821 Warren Patel. 225 00:10:08,823 --> 00:10:11,357 Tell me you see a connection, Moira. 226 00:10:11,359 --> 00:10:12,625 He's not targeting the rich. 227 00:10:12,627 --> 00:10:14,577 No, he's not. 228 00:10:14,579 --> 00:10:15,995 He's targeting the list. 229 00:10:19,733 --> 00:10:23,853 Secrets and lies were critical to survival, 230 00:10:23,855 --> 00:10:25,071 so to the public, 231 00:10:25,073 --> 00:10:26,890 he was the rich playboy he had always been. 232 00:10:26,892 --> 00:10:28,508 I miss Tequila! 233 00:10:30,295 --> 00:10:32,445 To the Russian Bratva, 234 00:10:32,447 --> 00:10:33,630 he was a captain. 235 00:10:33,632 --> 00:10:35,014 And after earning their trust... 236 00:10:35,016 --> 00:10:36,416 Pleased to meet you. 237 00:10:36,418 --> 00:10:38,768 They provided valuable information 238 00:10:38,770 --> 00:10:40,770 about the criminal underground. 239 00:10:40,772 --> 00:10:43,940 But to Oliver's family, he was a ghost. 240 00:10:43,942 --> 00:10:46,442 I felt closer to you when you were dead. 241 00:10:46,444 --> 00:10:49,262 Look, I know it was hell where you were, 242 00:10:49,264 --> 00:10:51,281 but it was hell here, too. 243 00:10:51,283 --> 00:10:52,765 You gotta let me in, Ollie. 244 00:10:52,767 --> 00:10:55,518 You gotta let someone in. 245 00:10:55,520 --> 00:10:57,103 Oliver. 246 00:10:57,105 --> 00:10:59,122 I wanna introduce you to someone. 247 00:11:03,160 --> 00:11:04,160 What do I call you? 248 00:11:04,162 --> 00:11:05,211 Diggle's good. 249 00:11:05,213 --> 00:11:08,298 To his new bodyguard John Diggle... 250 00:11:08,300 --> 00:11:09,582 So... 251 00:11:09,584 --> 00:11:11,718 Oliver would be an extremely difficult assignment. 252 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:13,253 You're ex-military? Yes, sir. 253 00:11:13,255 --> 00:11:16,422 105th Airborne out of Kandahar. Retired. 254 00:11:16,424 --> 00:11:17,807 I don't want there to be any confusion, Mr. Queen. 255 00:11:17,809 --> 00:11:19,792 My ability to keep you from harm will outweigh your comfort. 256 00:11:24,648 --> 00:11:27,150 Years before, Diggle's brother was murdered 257 00:11:27,152 --> 00:11:30,236 by a vicious assassin called Deadshot, 258 00:11:30,238 --> 00:11:33,639 who had recently returned to Starling City. 259 00:11:34,976 --> 00:11:36,442 Aah! 260 00:11:36,444 --> 00:11:38,811 Oliver faced off with the killer... 261 00:11:47,454 --> 00:11:48,638 Uhh! 262 00:11:48,640 --> 00:11:50,957 And took him out, 263 00:11:50,959 --> 00:11:52,325 but not before 264 00:11:52,327 --> 00:11:54,961 one of Deadshot's signature poison-laced bullets 265 00:11:54,963 --> 00:11:56,829 ended up in Diggle. 266 00:11:56,831 --> 00:11:59,165 After saving his bodyguard's life, 267 00:11:59,167 --> 00:12:03,019 Oliver decided it was time to let him in on his secret. 268 00:12:03,021 --> 00:12:04,354 You're that vigilante. 269 00:12:04,356 --> 00:12:06,939 Starling City is dying. 270 00:12:06,941 --> 00:12:10,843 It is being poisoned by a criminal elite 271 00:12:10,845 --> 00:12:14,397 who don't care who they hurt. 272 00:12:14,399 --> 00:12:15,698 And what are you gonna do? 273 00:12:15,700 --> 00:12:17,650 Take 'em all down by your lonesome? 274 00:12:17,652 --> 00:12:19,852 No, I want you to join me. 275 00:12:19,854 --> 00:12:21,571 Here's the security footage 276 00:12:21,573 --> 00:12:23,289 from the Exchange building shooting. 277 00:12:23,291 --> 00:12:26,025 While investigating the Deadshot incident, 278 00:12:26,027 --> 00:12:28,628 Detective Lance made a shocking discovery. 279 00:12:28,630 --> 00:12:29,829 Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa. What? 280 00:12:29,831 --> 00:12:32,799 Wait, go back 10 seconds. What is that? 281 00:12:32,801 --> 00:12:34,884 I'll be damned. 282 00:12:36,804 --> 00:12:38,471 What the hell is going on?! 283 00:12:38,473 --> 00:12:39,639 What's happening?! Oliver Queen, you're under arrest 284 00:12:39,641 --> 00:12:41,140 on suspicion of obstruction of justice, 285 00:12:41,142 --> 00:12:42,342 aggravated assault... What?! 286 00:12:42,344 --> 00:12:44,811 Acting as a vigilante, and murder. 287 00:12:44,813 --> 00:12:46,095 Who's your attorney, Mr. Queen? 288 00:12:46,097 --> 00:12:49,182 The accusation made for an unlikely alliance... 289 00:12:49,184 --> 00:12:50,433 Dinah Laurel Lance, Your Honor. 290 00:12:50,435 --> 00:12:52,585 And drove a wedge between father and daughter. 291 00:12:52,587 --> 00:12:54,771 You hate the hood and you hate Oliver, 292 00:12:54,773 --> 00:12:57,407 and you want more than anything for them to be the same person. 293 00:12:57,409 --> 00:12:59,192 Oliver managed to beat a polygraph. 294 00:12:59,194 --> 00:13:01,861 Are you the man in this picture? No. 295 00:13:01,863 --> 00:13:04,047 The truth he did tell... 296 00:13:04,049 --> 00:13:06,032 I didn't want to talk about what happened to me on the island 297 00:13:06,034 --> 00:13:08,451 because the people that were there tortured me. 298 00:13:08,453 --> 00:13:09,919 Had an effect on Laurel. 299 00:13:12,223 --> 00:13:13,873 How did you survive this? 300 00:13:13,875 --> 00:13:16,125 There were times when I wanted to die. 301 00:13:17,645 --> 00:13:21,547 In the end, there was something I wanted more. 302 00:13:28,422 --> 00:13:31,974 You don't-- Laurel, you don't have to go. 303 00:13:33,093 --> 00:13:35,895 House arrest provided Oliver an opportunity 304 00:13:35,897 --> 00:13:38,231 to prove he wasn't the Hood, 305 00:13:38,233 --> 00:13:39,598 with a little help... 306 00:13:42,286 --> 00:13:43,486 From Diggle 307 00:13:43,488 --> 00:13:44,987 as the vigilante. 308 00:13:44,989 --> 00:13:47,573 An arms dealer was attacked across town tonight 309 00:13:47,575 --> 00:13:49,041 by the vigilante. In light of that, 310 00:13:49,043 --> 00:13:51,494 all charges against your son are being dropped. 311 00:13:51,496 --> 00:13:52,945 Thank you. 312 00:13:52,947 --> 00:13:54,630 Once he was free, 313 00:13:54,632 --> 00:13:56,615 Oliver and Diggle went back to work. 314 00:13:56,617 --> 00:13:57,783 Ow! Uhh! 315 00:13:57,785 --> 00:13:59,552 Variable acceleration. 316 00:13:59,554 --> 00:14:00,837 Fighters work at the same pace. 317 00:14:00,839 --> 00:14:03,389 You switch it up, throw your opponent off his game. 318 00:14:03,391 --> 00:14:05,258 That was nice. Where'd you learn that? 319 00:14:05,260 --> 00:14:07,059 His name was Yao Fei. 320 00:14:15,770 --> 00:14:17,019 After the shipwreck, 321 00:14:17,021 --> 00:14:20,806 Oliver landed on the island of Lian Yu. 322 00:14:20,808 --> 00:14:23,025 He soon discovered... 323 00:14:23,027 --> 00:14:24,777 Aah! Aah! 324 00:14:24,779 --> 00:14:26,996 He was not alone. 325 00:14:26,998 --> 00:14:28,498 First he met Yao Fei... 326 00:14:29,834 --> 00:14:31,167 Ex-Chinese military 327 00:14:31,169 --> 00:14:35,171 exiled to the island for a crime he didn't commit. 328 00:14:35,173 --> 00:14:37,039 Also on the island? 329 00:14:37,041 --> 00:14:39,575 Do you know what this island is named? 330 00:14:39,577 --> 00:14:41,327 Lian Yu. 331 00:14:41,329 --> 00:14:42,828 Mandarin for "Purgatory"" 332 00:14:42,830 --> 00:14:46,165 a mysterious militia with bad intentions. 333 00:14:46,167 --> 00:14:47,800 Aah! 334 00:14:49,002 --> 00:14:51,521 After Yao rescued Oliver... 335 00:14:57,177 --> 00:15:00,363 He sent him to meet another ally. 336 00:15:01,348 --> 00:15:05,585 Twitch and I will open your throat. 337 00:15:06,820 --> 00:15:08,154 Yao Fei sent me here, 338 00:15:08,156 --> 00:15:10,156 and I'm pretty sure it wasn't so you could kill me. 339 00:15:10,158 --> 00:15:13,876 Slade Wilson was Australian secret intelligence service, 340 00:15:13,878 --> 00:15:17,163 stranded on the island after a failed operation 341 00:15:17,165 --> 00:15:18,965 to extricate Yao Fei. 342 00:15:18,967 --> 00:15:21,200 Everybody is in this life for themselves. 343 00:15:21,202 --> 00:15:23,669 Learn that at Australian spy school? 344 00:15:23,671 --> 00:15:26,889 No. I learned that here. 345 00:15:26,891 --> 00:15:31,710 He taught Oliver that to survive and escape the island, 346 00:15:31,712 --> 00:15:33,930 he would have to fight. 347 00:15:33,932 --> 00:15:35,881 You have no skill, 348 00:15:35,883 --> 00:15:38,100 no strength, 349 00:15:38,102 --> 00:15:39,352 no training. 350 00:15:39,354 --> 00:15:42,572 I told you, I'm not a soldier. 351 00:15:45,826 --> 00:15:47,944 Aah! 352 00:15:47,946 --> 00:15:50,396 Aah! 353 00:15:51,583 --> 00:15:54,517 There might be a fighter inside of you after all. 354 00:15:57,087 --> 00:15:58,571 You know, one of these days, you're gonna be straight with me 355 00:15:58,573 --> 00:16:00,289 about what really happened on that island. 356 00:16:00,291 --> 00:16:01,791 Absolutely. 357 00:16:01,793 --> 00:16:03,342 Aah! Aah! 358 00:16:03,344 --> 00:16:04,910 But not today. 359 00:16:04,912 --> 00:16:06,212 Diggle was the only one 360 00:16:06,214 --> 00:16:09,215 who knew the truth about Oliver's double life, 361 00:16:09,217 --> 00:16:12,268 but there was another who Oliver turned to regularly. 362 00:16:12,270 --> 00:16:13,970 Felicity Smoak? 363 00:16:15,806 --> 00:16:16,889 Felicity Smoak-- 364 00:16:16,891 --> 00:16:19,642 Queen Consolidated's I.T. superstar. 365 00:16:19,644 --> 00:16:22,645 I was at my coffee shop surfing the web, 366 00:16:22,647 --> 00:16:24,113 and I spilled a latte on it. 367 00:16:24,115 --> 00:16:25,498 These look like bullet holes. 368 00:16:25,500 --> 00:16:27,233 My coffee shop is in a bad neighborhood. 369 00:16:27,235 --> 00:16:29,569 So a friend of mine is running a scavenger hunt. 370 00:16:29,571 --> 00:16:31,704 I first need to get through this. 371 00:16:31,706 --> 00:16:34,740 This is a military-grade cryptographic security protocol. 372 00:16:34,742 --> 00:16:36,909 My buddy Kevin is starting an energy drink company. 373 00:16:36,911 --> 00:16:39,278 Could you please do a spectral analysis? 374 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:41,781 If it's an energy drink, 375 00:16:41,783 --> 00:16:43,583 why is it in a syringe? 376 00:16:43,585 --> 00:16:45,801 I ran out of sports bottles. 377 00:16:46,753 --> 00:16:47,970 Felicity was also a resource 378 00:16:47,972 --> 00:16:50,923 for Oliver's stepfather Walter Steele. 379 00:16:50,925 --> 00:16:53,459 I was hoping you could look into something for me. 380 00:16:53,461 --> 00:16:54,610 Discreetly. 381 00:16:54,612 --> 00:16:56,012 I'm your girl. 382 00:16:57,648 --> 00:17:02,401 When Walter found a mysterious diary in his wife's possession, 383 00:17:02,403 --> 00:17:05,071 Felicity helped him decode it. 384 00:17:06,073 --> 00:17:08,908 It was information too dangerous to hold. 385 00:17:08,910 --> 00:17:10,192 Let me talk to him. 386 00:17:10,194 --> 00:17:12,912 I think we're past the point of conversation, Moira, 387 00:17:12,914 --> 00:17:15,948 which means something must be done about it. 388 00:17:15,950 --> 00:17:18,334 Please help me welcome Mr. Malcolm Merlyn. 389 00:17:18,336 --> 00:17:21,921 Malcolm Merlyn was a titan of Starling City industry. 390 00:17:21,923 --> 00:17:24,123 He was also Tommy's father. 391 00:17:24,125 --> 00:17:25,824 My wife would've liked you, Laurel. 392 00:17:25,826 --> 00:17:28,010 Their relationship was complex. 393 00:17:28,012 --> 00:17:29,962 Well, I wish I would've known her. 394 00:17:29,964 --> 00:17:31,997 She passed away before Tommy and I became friends. 395 00:17:31,999 --> 00:17:33,099 She was killed, Laurel. 396 00:17:33,101 --> 00:17:34,567 There's no need to be polite about it. 397 00:17:34,569 --> 00:17:37,603 Merlyn was also a man with secrets... 398 00:17:37,605 --> 00:17:40,640 Secrets he would do anything to protect. 399 00:17:41,842 --> 00:17:43,192 It's done. 400 00:17:43,194 --> 00:17:44,644 And he won't be harmed? 401 00:17:44,646 --> 00:17:47,012 Nor will he ever discover your involvement. You have my word. 402 00:17:47,014 --> 00:17:48,364 What's done is done. 403 00:17:48,366 --> 00:17:49,682 No, Moira. 404 00:17:49,684 --> 00:17:51,684 It's just beginning. 405 00:17:53,036 --> 00:17:55,187 We must send a message. 406 00:17:58,376 --> 00:18:00,910 When the dark archer first appeared, 407 00:18:00,912 --> 00:18:02,795 it seemed he was just an imitator 408 00:18:02,797 --> 00:18:04,863 in a different color hood. 409 00:18:04,865 --> 00:18:08,000 But when he drew Oliver into a fight, 410 00:18:08,002 --> 00:18:10,869 his purpose was curiously specific. 411 00:18:10,871 --> 00:18:12,672 I know about the list, 412 00:18:12,674 --> 00:18:15,224 and the man who authored it wants you dead! 413 00:18:21,932 --> 00:18:23,232 Aah! 414 00:18:26,236 --> 00:18:28,487 Uhh! Aah! Uhh! 415 00:18:28,489 --> 00:18:33,225 Oliver knew he was dealing with somebody more than a copycat. 416 00:18:33,227 --> 00:18:37,246 The other archer told me that somebody compiled the list. 417 00:18:37,248 --> 00:18:40,700 I always assumed it was my father. 418 00:18:40,702 --> 00:18:43,736 I think there's someone else out there, 419 00:18:43,738 --> 00:18:48,174 someone who's more of a danger than the archer. 420 00:18:51,511 --> 00:18:55,664 And I am gonna take him down. 421 00:19:00,537 --> 00:19:03,070 While Oliver was focused solely on the list... 422 00:19:03,072 --> 00:19:07,375 Leo Mueller, you have failed this city. 423 00:19:07,377 --> 00:19:08,910 Others expected more of him. 424 00:19:08,912 --> 00:19:10,661 Maybe you can make a difference 425 00:19:10,663 --> 00:19:12,880 if you think beyond the scope of those pages. 426 00:19:12,882 --> 00:19:13,948 I'm sure your father wouldn't mind. 427 00:19:13,950 --> 00:19:15,049 No, you don't get it. 428 00:19:15,051 --> 00:19:17,218 My father died so that I could live. 429 00:19:17,220 --> 00:19:20,471 Every name that I cross off this list honors that sacrifice. 430 00:19:20,473 --> 00:19:22,723 Oliver, there's more than one way to save this city. 431 00:19:22,725 --> 00:19:24,124 Not for me. 432 00:19:24,126 --> 00:19:26,761 It sounds like you have a narrow definition of being a hero. 433 00:19:26,763 --> 00:19:28,128 I'm not a hero. 434 00:19:28,130 --> 00:19:29,463 Hero or not, 435 00:19:29,465 --> 00:19:33,234 more of his missions took him outside of the list. 436 00:19:33,236 --> 00:19:34,352 Aah! 437 00:19:34,354 --> 00:19:36,437 He took down drug dealers... 438 00:19:36,439 --> 00:19:38,322 Enjoy the fruits of your labor. 439 00:19:39,826 --> 00:19:41,692 Psychopathic murderers... 440 00:19:42,978 --> 00:19:45,079 A family of thieves. 441 00:19:45,081 --> 00:19:46,914 Drop your weapons! I got this! 442 00:19:46,916 --> 00:19:48,499 No! Uhh! 443 00:19:48,501 --> 00:19:50,535 And at times, he showed compassion 444 00:19:50,537 --> 00:19:54,338 towards those driven to crime by the city his father failed. 445 00:19:54,340 --> 00:19:55,673 It wasn't his fault. 446 00:19:55,675 --> 00:19:58,793 I turned my son into this. 447 00:19:58,795 --> 00:20:01,796 If your dad could've seen you this week, 448 00:20:01,798 --> 00:20:03,581 the way you cared about the people he had hurt, 449 00:20:03,583 --> 00:20:06,100 the way you stepped up to try to help them... 450 00:20:06,102 --> 00:20:08,102 I'd say he'd be pretty damn honored. 451 00:20:10,188 --> 00:20:11,672 I can't imagine 452 00:20:11,674 --> 00:20:13,891 you want the death of an innocent young woman 453 00:20:13,893 --> 00:20:16,694 on your hands, not with your principles. 454 00:20:16,696 --> 00:20:18,062 Aah! 455 00:20:21,016 --> 00:20:23,117 No! Hey! 456 00:20:23,119 --> 00:20:24,151 Uhh! 457 00:20:24,153 --> 00:20:26,287 Shado was Yao Fei's daughter, 458 00:20:26,289 --> 00:20:29,189 brought from mainland China to Lian Yu 459 00:20:29,191 --> 00:20:31,626 to use as leverage against Yao. 460 00:20:31,628 --> 00:20:33,044 No. 461 00:20:33,046 --> 00:20:36,213 It soon became apparent that Shado was not an ideal captive. 462 00:20:36,215 --> 00:20:37,798 Let the girl go. 463 00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:39,550 Kill her! No! 464 00:20:39,552 --> 00:20:42,202 And she proved she was her father's daughter. 465 00:20:48,710 --> 00:20:51,479 Shado, along with Slade Wilson, 466 00:20:51,481 --> 00:20:54,498 trained Oliver to fight. 467 00:20:54,500 --> 00:20:55,983 She coached him in skills 468 00:20:55,985 --> 00:20:57,852 she had learned from her father. 469 00:20:57,854 --> 00:20:59,737 Showoff. 470 00:20:59,739 --> 00:21:01,722 Missile one locked on the jet's heat trail. 471 00:21:01,724 --> 00:21:03,858 Prepare to launch on my mark. 472 00:21:03,860 --> 00:21:05,059 When the island militia 473 00:21:05,061 --> 00:21:07,161 attempted to down a commercial airliner... 474 00:21:07,163 --> 00:21:09,080 We need to reprogram the missile. 475 00:21:09,082 --> 00:21:11,248 Oliver and his allies... 476 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:16,253 Let her go. 477 00:21:16,255 --> 00:21:17,905 And when tested, 478 00:21:17,907 --> 00:21:21,092 Oliver put everything he had learned from Slade and Shado 479 00:21:21,094 --> 00:21:22,543 into practice. 480 00:21:22,545 --> 00:21:23,844 Uhh! 481 00:21:28,216 --> 00:21:29,934 I got your message. 482 00:21:29,936 --> 00:21:33,220 Is there a reason we can't do this face-to-face? 483 00:21:37,059 --> 00:21:38,426 Oliver, as the vigilante, 484 00:21:38,428 --> 00:21:40,828 began covertly helping Laurel Lance 485 00:21:40,830 --> 00:21:43,030 to defend people the law couldn't protect. 486 00:21:43,032 --> 00:21:44,231 What's in here? 487 00:21:44,233 --> 00:21:47,284 Leverage. Enough to help save Peter Declan's life. 488 00:21:47,286 --> 00:21:51,155 As an attorney, I never would've gotten a file like this. 489 00:21:51,157 --> 00:21:54,742 I always thought the law was sacred. You fixed everything. 490 00:21:54,744 --> 00:21:56,210 Now what do you think? 491 00:21:56,212 --> 00:21:57,461 I think there's too many people in this city 492 00:21:57,463 --> 00:21:59,279 who only care about themselves. 493 00:21:59,281 --> 00:22:01,882 They need someone like you. 494 00:22:03,385 --> 00:22:04,835 Her connection to the Hood 495 00:22:04,837 --> 00:22:07,121 complicated Laurel's relationships 496 00:22:07,123 --> 00:22:08,956 with her father... 497 00:22:08,958 --> 00:22:10,141 He's a damn criminal, and you've worked with him. 498 00:22:10,143 --> 00:22:11,291 That makes you an accessory. 499 00:22:11,293 --> 00:22:13,594 I am trying to save an innocent man's life. 500 00:22:14,896 --> 00:22:16,630 No. 501 00:22:16,632 --> 00:22:18,849 You're breaking the law. 502 00:22:18,851 --> 00:22:20,067 And her boyfriend. 503 00:22:20,069 --> 00:22:22,302 So you met up with the hood guy? Knowingly? 504 00:22:22,304 --> 00:22:23,554 Laurel, he's a murderer. 505 00:22:23,556 --> 00:22:24,805 You sound like my father. 506 00:22:24,807 --> 00:22:26,907 Well, I hate to break it to you, but he's right. 507 00:22:26,909 --> 00:22:29,193 She's been working with the hood guy. 508 00:22:29,195 --> 00:22:33,981 And there's some sort of infatuation thing going on here. 509 00:22:33,983 --> 00:22:36,050 I-- fix this. 510 00:22:36,052 --> 00:22:39,403 Before it becomes something that's unfixable. 511 00:22:40,255 --> 00:22:42,757 Oliver had trouble being honest, 512 00:22:42,759 --> 00:22:44,491 but that didn't stop Felicity... 513 00:22:44,493 --> 00:22:46,477 Hi. Hi. 514 00:22:46,479 --> 00:22:48,679 From coming to him for help. 515 00:22:48,681 --> 00:22:50,548 Can I trust you? 516 00:22:50,550 --> 00:22:53,017 You've dropped some fairly ridiculous lies on me, 517 00:22:53,019 --> 00:22:54,351 and... 518 00:22:54,353 --> 00:22:57,438 Yet I still feel like I can trust you. 519 00:22:57,440 --> 00:22:59,306 You can trust me. 520 00:23:01,109 --> 00:23:02,727 Then I have something to show you. 521 00:23:08,100 --> 00:23:09,734 Where'd you get it? 522 00:23:09,736 --> 00:23:12,536 From your stepfather. 523 00:23:12,538 --> 00:23:15,906 He said it belongs to your mother. 524 00:23:17,476 --> 00:23:20,027 This is your father's notebook. 525 00:23:20,029 --> 00:23:23,330 He kept a list of all the people in Starling City 526 00:23:23,332 --> 00:23:24,582 who owed him favors. 527 00:23:24,584 --> 00:23:27,868 I've been researching some of those names online, 528 00:23:27,870 --> 00:23:30,755 and, uh, they're not good people. 529 00:23:33,842 --> 00:23:37,544 The only way to keep this family safe 530 00:23:37,546 --> 00:23:40,898 is for everyone in it to stop asking questions, 531 00:23:40,900 --> 00:23:43,317 including you, Oliver. 532 00:23:44,820 --> 00:23:48,856 But there were still too many questions left to ask. 533 00:23:48,858 --> 00:23:50,641 I made it clear to him persuasively 534 00:23:50,643 --> 00:23:52,910 that his plans endanger the undertaking. 535 00:23:52,912 --> 00:23:55,830 I didn't have to make the usual threats. 536 00:23:55,832 --> 00:23:56,947 Excellent. 537 00:23:56,949 --> 00:23:59,900 Oliver was concerned about his mother... 538 00:23:59,902 --> 00:24:01,068 What's the Undertaking? 539 00:24:01,070 --> 00:24:02,520 I don't know. 540 00:24:02,522 --> 00:24:05,405 But with all this talk about threats, it can't be good. 541 00:24:05,407 --> 00:24:08,759 And determined to find out everything she knew. 542 00:24:08,761 --> 00:24:10,127 What are you gonna do? 543 00:24:16,085 --> 00:24:17,885 Moira Queen, 544 00:24:17,887 --> 00:24:20,754 you have failed this city. 545 00:24:27,772 --> 00:24:29,540 Please don't kill me. 546 00:24:29,542 --> 00:24:31,976 Do you know anything about the Undertaking? 547 00:24:31,978 --> 00:24:33,110 I am a mother. 548 00:24:33,112 --> 00:24:35,329 Please don't take me from my children. 549 00:24:35,331 --> 00:24:38,466 Oliver couldn't help but show his mother mercy. 550 00:24:38,468 --> 00:24:40,251 I'm not gonna hurt you. 551 00:24:43,589 --> 00:24:45,006 He should've known better. 552 00:24:47,393 --> 00:24:48,809 After he escaped... 553 00:24:48,811 --> 00:24:51,062 He went to the one person at Queen Consolidated 554 00:24:51,064 --> 00:24:53,014 he could trust. Whoa! 555 00:24:53,016 --> 00:24:54,765 I'm not gonna hurt you, Felicity. 556 00:24:54,767 --> 00:24:56,967 How do you know my name? Because you know my name. 557 00:24:56,969 --> 00:24:59,820 Everything about you just became so unbelievably clear. 558 00:25:01,107 --> 00:25:03,824 The Starling City Vigilante attacked Mrs. Queen... 559 00:25:03,826 --> 00:25:05,809 Excuse me. 560 00:25:05,811 --> 00:25:08,246 Can you help me? He's... really heavy. 561 00:25:09,281 --> 00:25:10,814 I should've taken him to a hospital. 562 00:25:10,816 --> 00:25:13,150 Felicity, listen. Trust me. He'll be fine. 563 00:25:13,152 --> 00:25:15,586 He's been through a lot worse than this. 564 00:25:15,588 --> 00:25:17,838 Once Oliver was stable, 565 00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:20,708 Diggle and Felicity addressed the obvious. 566 00:25:20,710 --> 00:25:23,094 I was thinking all this would be more of a shock. 567 00:25:23,096 --> 00:25:25,129 Oliver brought me a laptop riddled with bullet holes, 568 00:25:25,131 --> 00:25:26,964 had me trace the black arrow, 569 00:25:26,966 --> 00:25:30,301 and research a company involved in armored car heists. 570 00:25:30,303 --> 00:25:32,520 I maybe blonde, but I'm not that blonde. 571 00:25:35,942 --> 00:25:38,359 I guess I didn't die. Again. 572 00:25:39,394 --> 00:25:40,811 Cool. 573 00:25:40,813 --> 00:25:44,565 Felicity was officially part of the team. 574 00:25:47,703 --> 00:25:51,656 The Glades is a notoriously rough side of Starling City... 575 00:25:51,658 --> 00:25:53,040 Hey! 576 00:25:53,042 --> 00:25:56,544 Known as a breeding ground for all manner of criminal. 577 00:26:00,916 --> 00:26:02,500 I found the dirtbag. 578 00:26:02,502 --> 00:26:04,252 His name is Roy Harper. 579 00:26:05,405 --> 00:26:06,971 How'd you know where I lived? 580 00:26:06,973 --> 00:26:08,639 A little thing called the Internet. 581 00:26:08,641 --> 00:26:11,892 Thea Queen was not a cooperative victim. 582 00:26:11,894 --> 00:26:13,844 You know, you showed some real sac coming down here, 583 00:26:13,846 --> 00:26:15,112 the Glades in the middle of the night... 584 00:26:15,114 --> 00:26:18,149 You must not know the value of a vintage purse. 585 00:26:18,151 --> 00:26:20,434 Hey, can I give you some advice? 586 00:26:20,436 --> 00:26:21,986 Stay out of the Glades. 587 00:26:21,988 --> 00:26:24,989 As it turns out, Roy's advice was sound. 588 00:26:24,991 --> 00:26:26,107 Where's downtown at? 589 00:26:26,109 --> 00:26:27,224 I-I-I don't know. 590 00:26:27,226 --> 00:26:29,243 Maybe you can give us some directions. 591 00:26:29,245 --> 00:26:31,061 Or better yet, some money. 592 00:26:36,234 --> 00:26:37,501 Ow. 593 00:26:37,503 --> 00:26:39,420 You're bleeding! Yeah, I know. 594 00:26:39,422 --> 00:26:40,671 That's what happens when you get stabbed. 595 00:26:40,673 --> 00:26:43,741 This could sting a little. 596 00:26:43,743 --> 00:26:45,909 Oh, don't tell me a tough gangbanger like yourself 597 00:26:45,911 --> 00:26:47,712 is afraid of a tiny little needle. 598 00:26:47,714 --> 00:26:50,181 Well, just think about something else. 599 00:26:50,183 --> 00:26:51,682 Like what? 600 00:26:54,436 --> 00:26:57,521 Thea was charmed by Roy's bravery... 601 00:26:57,523 --> 00:26:59,056 I was waiting for this. 602 00:26:59,058 --> 00:27:01,025 Waiting for what? 603 00:27:01,027 --> 00:27:02,926 But not by his life as a petty crook. 604 00:27:02,928 --> 00:27:04,895 This is home, sweet home for me. 605 00:27:04,897 --> 00:27:06,096 You either starve or you do things 606 00:27:06,098 --> 00:27:08,149 that mean you're lucky enough to make it to 21. 607 00:27:08,151 --> 00:27:10,117 Roy Harper? Yeah? 608 00:27:10,119 --> 00:27:11,602 Uhh! Roy! 609 00:27:11,604 --> 00:27:13,821 A deranged vigilante called the Savior 610 00:27:13,823 --> 00:27:16,157 looked to make an example of Roy. 611 00:27:16,159 --> 00:27:17,742 More on the story out of the Glades. 612 00:27:17,744 --> 00:27:20,211 The kidnapper seems to have another victim. 613 00:27:20,213 --> 00:27:22,630 - You know him? - Uh, Roy. He's my friend. 614 00:27:22,632 --> 00:27:26,550 I promise you he's gonna be okay. 615 00:27:26,552 --> 00:27:27,835 Felicity, show me a map... 616 00:27:27,837 --> 00:27:29,003 Of sites of the abductions 617 00:27:29,005 --> 00:27:30,755 and where we've seen the signal so far. 618 00:27:30,757 --> 00:27:32,590 Diggle and Felicity traced Savior's location 619 00:27:32,592 --> 00:27:35,476 to Starling City's abandoned subway. 620 00:27:37,796 --> 00:27:39,129 Don't do it! 621 00:27:41,266 --> 00:27:42,933 After Oliver rescued him, 622 00:27:42,935 --> 00:27:45,770 Roy reconsidered his life's purpose. 623 00:27:45,772 --> 00:27:47,438 I thought I was gonna die. 624 00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:49,607 But you didn't. Yeah, because of him. 625 00:27:49,609 --> 00:27:52,443 I can't go back to the way things were, Thea. 626 00:27:52,445 --> 00:27:55,312 I c-can't just go back to being nothing. 627 00:27:55,314 --> 00:27:56,580 I can't explain it, 628 00:27:56,582 --> 00:27:59,983 but it feels like my life is connected to his. 629 00:27:59,985 --> 00:28:03,788 The incident provided clarity for Oliver as well. 630 00:28:03,790 --> 00:28:04,988 I've seen that map before. 631 00:28:04,990 --> 00:28:07,591 It's an old map of a decommissioned subway line. 632 00:28:07,593 --> 00:28:09,877 It runs underneath the low-rent district of the city. 633 00:28:09,879 --> 00:28:13,664 It was right in front of our faces the entire time. 634 00:28:13,666 --> 00:28:16,100 My father, the other archer, the Undertaking... 635 00:28:16,102 --> 00:28:19,670 Whatever the plan is, it's all connected to the Glades. 636 00:28:20,806 --> 00:28:23,691 The Undertaking, which we set for ourselves, 637 00:28:23,693 --> 00:28:26,694 is only months from fruition. 638 00:28:26,696 --> 00:28:29,847 There's hope on the horizon for everyone in Starling. 639 00:28:31,033 --> 00:28:33,534 We won't fail this city. 640 00:28:33,536 --> 00:28:36,570 And I think I speak for everyone here 641 00:28:36,572 --> 00:28:39,373 when I say we're all with you, Malcolm. 642 00:28:39,375 --> 00:28:42,493 But privately, Moira had misgivings... 643 00:28:42,495 --> 00:28:43,794 I wanna get out. 644 00:28:43,796 --> 00:28:47,965 That's, uh, a lot to confide in me, Moira. 645 00:28:47,967 --> 00:28:49,366 As did a colleague. 646 00:28:49,368 --> 00:28:52,536 I've gone along with this for as long as I can stomach. 647 00:28:52,538 --> 00:28:55,389 Frank Chen recommended you. 648 00:28:55,391 --> 00:28:57,591 He said you could help us with our problem. 649 00:28:57,593 --> 00:28:59,710 How can we be of assistance? 650 00:28:59,712 --> 00:29:01,429 Malcolm Merlyn. 651 00:29:01,431 --> 00:29:04,064 I want you to kill him for me. 652 00:29:04,066 --> 00:29:06,049 The true humanitarian 653 00:29:06,051 --> 00:29:09,353 in the Merlyn family was my wife Rebecca. 654 00:29:09,355 --> 00:29:13,274 I like to think that if the man who murdered her knew her, 655 00:29:13,276 --> 00:29:16,393 he would've helped her to her car, made sure she was safe, 656 00:29:16,395 --> 00:29:19,530 instead of stealing her purse and shooting her. 657 00:29:23,085 --> 00:29:25,419 Ladies and gentlemen, please exit calmly... 658 00:29:25,421 --> 00:29:28,122 Malcolm Merlyn was not an easy target. 659 00:29:28,124 --> 00:29:29,507 Tommy. 660 00:29:30,759 --> 00:29:32,242 Come with me. 661 00:29:33,512 --> 00:29:36,246 He would not go down without a fight... 662 00:29:37,632 --> 00:29:39,767 A fact that took his son by surprise. 663 00:29:39,769 --> 00:29:41,685 Wait! 664 00:29:41,687 --> 00:29:43,053 Let's go! 665 00:29:43,055 --> 00:29:45,272 How did you know how to do that? 666 00:29:45,274 --> 00:29:47,274 What? Kill. 667 00:29:54,232 --> 00:29:55,366 Dad! 668 00:29:58,770 --> 00:30:00,604 Oliver arrived in time. 669 00:30:00,606 --> 00:30:01,739 Stay back. 670 00:30:01,741 --> 00:30:04,341 I'm not here to hurt you or your father. 671 00:30:04,343 --> 00:30:05,743 I said stay back. 672 00:30:05,745 --> 00:30:07,077 If you don't let me help you now, 673 00:30:07,079 --> 00:30:09,780 he's dead before anybody gets here! 674 00:30:09,782 --> 00:30:12,416 Why should I trust you?! 675 00:30:12,418 --> 00:30:15,586 But there was no time left for secrets. 676 00:30:18,557 --> 00:30:21,458 'Cause you always have. 677 00:30:21,460 --> 00:30:23,794 Oliver. 678 00:30:32,822 --> 00:30:35,539 Dad. Oh. Take it easy. 679 00:30:35,541 --> 00:30:37,441 Thanks to Oliver... 680 00:30:37,443 --> 00:30:38,826 The Vigilante saved you. 681 00:30:38,828 --> 00:30:39,943 He did? 682 00:30:39,945 --> 00:30:42,529 Malcolm Merlyn was alive. 683 00:30:42,531 --> 00:30:45,082 But thanking him wasn't foremost in Tommy's mind. 684 00:30:45,084 --> 00:30:46,550 I know you have a lot of questions. 685 00:30:46,552 --> 00:30:48,886 Yeah. 686 00:30:50,089 --> 00:30:52,906 Yeah, but for now, just the one. 687 00:30:56,144 --> 00:30:59,129 Were you ever gonna tell me? 688 00:30:59,131 --> 00:31:00,731 No. 689 00:31:00,733 --> 00:31:03,066 Tommy's distrust of Oliver 690 00:31:03,068 --> 00:31:05,102 quickly grew to include Laurel. 691 00:31:05,104 --> 00:31:06,687 When you first got home, 692 00:31:06,689 --> 00:31:09,773 I didn't think that you had changed much. 693 00:31:09,775 --> 00:31:13,560 But you have, and... 694 00:31:13,562 --> 00:31:14,745 It's nice to see. 695 00:31:14,747 --> 00:31:16,947 Thank you. 696 00:31:22,204 --> 00:31:25,422 You still love her, don't you? 697 00:31:25,424 --> 00:31:26,757 It doesn't matter how I feel, 698 00:31:26,759 --> 00:31:30,911 because of what I do, I could never be with her. 699 00:31:30,913 --> 00:31:32,763 So you don't have anything to be afraid of. 700 00:31:32,765 --> 00:31:36,016 She is never... 701 00:31:36,018 --> 00:31:38,919 ever going to know my secret. 702 00:31:38,921 --> 00:31:41,438 It doesn't matter. She knows. 703 00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:43,423 I know. 704 00:31:43,425 --> 00:31:48,745 But if she ever found out who you really are... 705 00:31:48,747 --> 00:31:50,764 She would choose you. 706 00:31:50,766 --> 00:31:53,283 You can't be serious. 707 00:31:53,285 --> 00:31:54,818 I'm not sure that I'm ready for the kind of commitment 708 00:31:54,820 --> 00:31:55,953 that you're looking for. 709 00:31:55,955 --> 00:31:59,039 And I don't want to hurt you in the long run, so-- 710 00:31:59,041 --> 00:32:00,207 You're lying. 711 00:32:00,209 --> 00:32:02,442 I am not a liar. 712 00:32:02,444 --> 00:32:05,679 If you've changed, and I know that you've changed, 713 00:32:05,681 --> 00:32:07,113 you would never do this. 714 00:32:07,115 --> 00:32:08,298 Well, then I guess 715 00:32:08,300 --> 00:32:10,220 I haven't changed as much as we all thought then. 716 00:32:12,987 --> 00:32:14,054 And Tommy's rejection... 717 00:32:14,056 --> 00:32:16,139 Will you please go talk to Tommy for me? 718 00:32:16,141 --> 00:32:18,976 Produced a self-fulfilling prophecy. 719 00:32:18,978 --> 00:32:20,244 And say what? 720 00:32:20,246 --> 00:32:22,229 Say that you and I are over, 721 00:32:22,231 --> 00:32:24,297 that you're not still in love with me. 722 00:32:25,767 --> 00:32:28,385 I can't do that. 723 00:32:28,387 --> 00:32:30,320 Why not? 724 00:32:30,322 --> 00:32:34,157 Because it wouldn't be true. 725 00:32:48,456 --> 00:32:50,390 Thank you for coming, Frank. 726 00:32:50,392 --> 00:32:53,677 Merlyn's survival forced Moira to cover her tracks. 727 00:32:53,679 --> 00:32:54,828 Malcolm knows. 728 00:32:54,830 --> 00:32:56,496 What? I had no choice 729 00:32:56,498 --> 00:32:58,849 but to turn over what they've discovered... 730 00:32:58,851 --> 00:33:00,834 The money that you paid the Triad to assassinate him. 731 00:33:00,836 --> 00:33:02,352 The money I-- 732 00:33:02,354 --> 00:33:04,137 Moira! 733 00:33:05,172 --> 00:33:08,942 Mr. Merlyn thanks you for your loyalty. 734 00:33:08,944 --> 00:33:11,778 Moira's paranoia began to boil over... 735 00:33:12,865 --> 00:33:15,866 You lied to me. We had a deal! 736 00:33:15,868 --> 00:33:17,234 And so did she. 737 00:33:17,236 --> 00:33:19,703 You promised if I cooperated with the Undertaking, 738 00:33:19,705 --> 00:33:20,871 Walter wouldn't be harmed! 739 00:33:20,873 --> 00:33:23,457 He hasn't been. I'm a man of my word, Moira. 740 00:33:23,459 --> 00:33:25,158 I think we both know better than that. 741 00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:26,526 Turn on the camera. 742 00:33:29,714 --> 00:33:31,882 Oh, Walter. 743 00:33:31,884 --> 00:33:33,917 Like you said, Moira, we have an agreement. 744 00:33:33,919 --> 00:33:35,201 Walter would stay in my custody 745 00:33:35,203 --> 00:33:38,672 until the Undertaking was complete. 746 00:33:38,674 --> 00:33:40,240 We're both in this together. 747 00:33:40,242 --> 00:33:42,726 And Oliver learned the startling truth 748 00:33:42,728 --> 00:33:44,044 about his mother. 749 00:33:44,046 --> 00:33:46,096 She's working with Malcolm Merlyn. 750 00:33:48,215 --> 00:33:51,068 And they're planning something. 751 00:33:52,487 --> 00:33:54,521 Something... 752 00:33:54,523 --> 00:33:56,189 Terrible. 753 00:34:03,817 --> 00:34:05,256 Hey, mom. 754 00:34:05,257 --> 00:34:07,040 After uncovering his mother's involvement 755 00:34:07,042 --> 00:34:08,424 with Merlyn's plot, 756 00:34:08,426 --> 00:34:10,994 Oliver confronted her yet again. 757 00:34:10,996 --> 00:34:12,445 Tell me the truth. 758 00:34:12,447 --> 00:34:13,579 I don't know what you mean. 759 00:34:13,581 --> 00:34:14,848 I think you do. 760 00:34:14,850 --> 00:34:16,850 Couple of months ago, when I showed you Dad's notebook, 761 00:34:16,852 --> 00:34:18,584 you seemed to know something. 762 00:34:18,586 --> 00:34:20,586 When she continued to be evasive... 763 00:34:20,588 --> 00:34:22,789 You need to stop asking these things. 764 00:34:22,791 --> 00:34:24,423 I can't. 765 00:34:24,425 --> 00:34:25,692 I need to know. 766 00:34:25,694 --> 00:34:27,727 Oliver used more drastic measures. 767 00:34:28,864 --> 00:34:30,563 Oh. 768 00:34:30,565 --> 00:34:31,648 Oliver. 769 00:34:31,650 --> 00:34:33,366 Ohh. 770 00:34:36,487 --> 00:34:39,989 Moira Queen, you have failed this city. 771 00:34:39,991 --> 00:34:42,992 Please, do not hurt my son. 772 00:34:42,994 --> 00:34:45,662 Tell me what the Undertaking is, and I won't have to. 773 00:34:46,780 --> 00:34:48,298 No! 774 00:34:48,300 --> 00:34:49,799 Uhh! No! 775 00:34:49,801 --> 00:34:53,219 Malcolm is planning to level the Glades! 776 00:34:53,221 --> 00:34:55,454 How? There's a device. 777 00:34:55,456 --> 00:34:58,391 He says that it could cause an earthquake. 778 00:34:58,393 --> 00:35:00,810 Why would you get involved in something like this? 779 00:35:00,812 --> 00:35:02,395 My husband. 780 00:35:02,397 --> 00:35:05,298 He was lost. He... 781 00:35:05,300 --> 00:35:08,301 His decisions left me vulnerable to Malcolm. 782 00:35:08,303 --> 00:35:09,435 And I had no choice. 783 00:35:09,437 --> 00:35:12,355 I had to protect my family and my children. 784 00:35:12,357 --> 00:35:14,440 This device, where is it? 785 00:35:14,442 --> 00:35:15,792 I don't know. 786 00:35:15,794 --> 00:35:17,544 If you don't tell me, I can't stop Merlyn. 787 00:35:17,546 --> 00:35:19,028 Oh, you can't stop him. 788 00:35:19,030 --> 00:35:20,530 It's too late. 789 00:35:20,532 --> 00:35:24,317 Finally, Oliver understood his true mission. 790 00:35:24,319 --> 00:35:25,685 It's the Undertaking. 791 00:35:25,687 --> 00:35:29,539 I was just treating the symptoms while the disease festered. 792 00:35:29,541 --> 00:35:33,793 I stop the Undertaking, I wipe out the disease. 793 00:35:35,012 --> 00:35:38,414 Merlyn's plan is what I returned from the island to stop. 794 00:35:41,552 --> 00:35:43,519 For the past five years, 795 00:35:43,521 --> 00:35:46,472 under the threat for my life and the lives of my family... 796 00:35:46,474 --> 00:35:48,891 Moira finally decided to come clean. 797 00:35:48,893 --> 00:35:50,393 I have been complicit 798 00:35:50,395 --> 00:35:53,196 in an undertaking with one horrible purpose-- 799 00:35:53,198 --> 00:35:56,532 to destroy the Glades and everyone in it. 800 00:35:57,985 --> 00:36:02,688 The architect of this nightmare is Malcolm Merlyn. 801 00:36:04,859 --> 00:36:07,210 Yes, and I have proof that he has killed dozens 802 00:36:07,212 --> 00:36:09,078 in pursuit of this madness. 803 00:36:09,080 --> 00:36:12,498 Is it true? Did you kill all those people? 804 00:36:14,001 --> 00:36:16,052 I did what I had to do. 805 00:36:17,371 --> 00:36:20,139 Malcolm Merlyn, you are under arrest! 806 00:36:20,141 --> 00:36:21,374 Don't move! 807 00:36:23,761 --> 00:36:25,561 Dad, no! 808 00:36:28,232 --> 00:36:30,933 Stay back. I don't wanna hurt you. 809 00:36:30,935 --> 00:36:33,319 You can't, 810 00:36:33,321 --> 00:36:35,554 and you can't stop me. 811 00:36:37,724 --> 00:36:38,941 This red line here 812 00:36:38,943 --> 00:36:41,227 is a known fault that runs right below the Glades. 813 00:36:41,229 --> 00:36:42,662 For about a mile, the fault runs underneath 814 00:36:42,664 --> 00:36:44,063 the old 10th Street subway line. 815 00:36:44,065 --> 00:36:45,198 Dollars to doughnuts, 816 00:36:45,200 --> 00:36:47,233 the seismic device is somewhere along there. 817 00:36:48,736 --> 00:36:50,586 I know were Merlyn is keeping the device. 818 00:36:50,588 --> 00:36:54,073 I need someone I can trust to deactivate the device. 819 00:36:55,377 --> 00:36:57,343 Earlier today, Moira Queen, C.E.O. of... 820 00:36:57,345 --> 00:37:01,798 News of the impending disaster had already reached the Glades. 821 00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:05,418 As Detective Lance searched for the device... 822 00:37:06,471 --> 00:37:08,888 Everyone prepared for the worst. 823 00:37:08,890 --> 00:37:10,256 Proceed out of the Glades 824 00:37:10,258 --> 00:37:12,975 in an orderly manner. 825 00:37:12,977 --> 00:37:17,730 Oliver and Diggle moved in to take Merlyn down. 826 00:37:17,732 --> 00:37:20,933 Welcome, gentlemen. I've been waiting for you. 827 00:37:20,935 --> 00:37:23,769 I wanted to see you watch your city die. 828 00:37:29,326 --> 00:37:30,877 Uhh! Aah! 829 00:37:30,879 --> 00:37:32,278 Aah! 830 00:37:35,834 --> 00:37:36,999 You should see something 831 00:37:37,001 --> 00:37:38,634 that looks like a circuit board. Okay. 832 00:37:38,636 --> 00:37:40,670 Felicity talked Detective Lance through disarming the weapon... 833 00:37:40,672 --> 00:37:42,055 Do you see a timer? 834 00:37:42,057 --> 00:37:44,807 7 minutes. 835 00:37:44,809 --> 00:37:45,958 Okay. 836 00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:48,794 While Oliver battled to stop its damage. 837 00:37:55,069 --> 00:37:56,819 Cut the blue one. All right, I got it. I got it. 838 00:37:57,939 --> 00:37:59,989 Oh! 839 00:38:01,159 --> 00:38:02,825 Holy God. 840 00:38:02,827 --> 00:38:05,027 Roy! 841 00:38:05,029 --> 00:38:06,496 Thea tracked down Roy Harper... 842 00:38:06,498 --> 00:38:09,248 Roy, stop! Look! 843 00:38:09,250 --> 00:38:11,918 The device is about to go off any second! 844 00:38:11,920 --> 00:38:14,587 But she couldn't persuade him to abandon his home. 845 00:38:14,589 --> 00:38:15,922 I leave any of them behind. 846 00:38:15,924 --> 00:38:18,824 Look, I-I know you said you have something to prove, 847 00:38:18,826 --> 00:38:20,659 but you're not the vigilante. 848 00:38:20,661 --> 00:38:22,545 I can't do this unless I know you're safe. 849 00:38:22,547 --> 00:38:25,932 Then you better haul ass out of here, too. 850 00:38:25,934 --> 00:38:28,101 With chaos erupting everywhere, 851 00:38:28,103 --> 00:38:32,188 Oliver had one final chance to prevent complete destruction. 852 00:38:32,190 --> 00:38:35,057 Don't struggle. It's over. 853 00:38:35,059 --> 00:38:36,526 Don't worry. 854 00:38:36,528 --> 00:38:39,195 Your mother and sister will be joining you in death. 855 00:38:40,397 --> 00:38:42,031 Aah! 856 00:38:50,858 --> 00:38:53,743 Oliver, Lance did it. 857 00:38:53,745 --> 00:38:56,662 It's over. 858 00:38:56,664 --> 00:38:59,715 If I've learned anything as a successful businessman, 859 00:38:59,717 --> 00:39:01,417 it's... 860 00:39:02,703 --> 00:39:04,420 Redundancy. 861 00:39:06,758 --> 00:39:10,009 There's another device. 862 00:39:10,011 --> 00:39:12,061 There's two of them. 863 00:39:14,232 --> 00:39:17,767 Oliver Queen came back to right his father's wrongs. 864 00:39:20,020 --> 00:39:24,357 He couldn't have imagined how severe they were. 865 00:39:25,159 --> 00:39:28,027 Go. Go! 866 00:39:28,029 --> 00:39:30,729 Uhh! Aah! 867 00:39:32,082 --> 00:39:33,249 He returned to a city 868 00:39:33,251 --> 00:39:35,952 suffocated by corruption and violence... 869 00:39:35,954 --> 00:39:37,570 Laurel! 870 00:39:37,572 --> 00:39:38,737 The damage seems to be contained 871 00:39:38,739 --> 00:39:41,207 on the east side. Laurel. 872 00:39:41,209 --> 00:39:42,542 Go. Go, go, go. 873 00:39:42,544 --> 00:39:44,743 And he fought to make it better... 874 00:39:44,745 --> 00:39:47,129 Please! Help me! 875 00:39:47,131 --> 00:39:50,850 To make the people around him better. 876 00:39:50,852 --> 00:39:53,853 Tommy. What are you doing here? 877 00:39:53,855 --> 00:39:55,972 I love you. 878 00:39:57,224 --> 00:40:00,226 True heroism is defined by sacrifice... 879 00:40:00,228 --> 00:40:02,645 Go! Go! I'm right behind you! 880 00:40:02,647 --> 00:40:04,280 Dad! 881 00:40:04,282 --> 00:40:05,615 And real heroes... 882 00:40:05,617 --> 00:40:07,450 No! No, Laurel! 883 00:40:08,402 --> 00:40:10,403 Are the ones who give up the most. 884 00:40:10,405 --> 00:40:13,272 Come on. It's too late! It's too late. 885 00:40:17,912 --> 00:40:19,078 Tommy. 886 00:40:19,080 --> 00:40:20,913 Is--is Laurel safe? 887 00:40:20,915 --> 00:40:22,215 Is Laurel safe? 888 00:40:22,217 --> 00:40:24,717 Yeah. You saved her. 889 00:40:24,719 --> 00:40:26,252 I'm--I'm sorry. 890 00:40:26,254 --> 00:40:28,254 No. 891 00:40:28,256 --> 00:40:30,089 Don't apologize. 892 00:40:31,592 --> 00:40:32,808 And--no. 893 00:40:34,394 --> 00:40:37,146 Tommy. 894 00:40:37,148 --> 00:40:39,982 After the tragedy in the Glades, 895 00:40:39,984 --> 00:40:40,983 we must wonder... 896 00:40:40,985 --> 00:40:42,568 Open your eyes. 897 00:40:42,570 --> 00:40:46,522 What will Oliver Queen become now? 898 00:40:46,524 --> 00:40:50,326 Something else yet again? 899 00:40:50,328 --> 00:40:52,662 Perhaps something... 900 00:40:52,664 --> 00:40:54,196 Better. 901 00:40:54,221 --> 00:40:59,221 == sync, corrected by elderman == @elder_man