Diggle
checks on Oliver. The cure isn’t working, Oliver fears, but Felicity still has
hope. The alarm she set sounds, Slade’s men have arrived to kill them. As the
men arrive, Roy awakens, but his powers are no more. Oliver shoots an arrow and
sends everyone down to safety. Felicity hesistates, and Oliver grabs her and
they leap down as the cavalry arrives. Dig’s ex-wife comes with a helicopter
and blasts the tower. Starling City is
in chaos. The Arrow cave is compromised. The city is going to be blasted at dawn,
and yet she still came. Oliver wants Lyla to go back to Argus and buy them some
time. While they filll as many injection arrows as possible with the cure, and
stop more killings.
Thea kills
the last of the attackers. Merlin isn’t dead, he’s fine thanks to a Kevlar vest.
She tells him to get on with it and kill her, but he doesn’t intend to do that.
Her brother also held him at gun point he reveals, Tommy. He lacked the
conviction to pull the trigger, but not Thea. He may be proud of her, but she
cannot look at him.
Quentin
reminds his officers to remember their training, and take clean shots. The
sounds from the radio don’t sound good. The city is in chaos and their fellow
officers are in danger. They have a right to fear, but he reminds them to be
the heroes he knows they are and sends them out. He reminds his daughter Laurel
to remain inside. Sara is saying how she doesn’t want Laurel involved, when
Laurel sneaks up on her and is tranqed.
Roy has a
huge gap in his memory. Felicity tells him that he was out the entire time.
Oliver reasons that they will need an entire army to administer the cure, which
is a good thing, since its an army that Nyssa al Ghul has brought. Sara must
have called her girl in. Felicity isn’t happy that seven assassins have been
called in, but Sara invited them in. Oliver worries about the price, but Sara
has already paid it. She is more than willing to do anything to protect her
father and sister, and rejoining the assassins is a small price. Oliver tells her
that they have the cure, and it works, but Sara believes that to fight the
unthinkable you must be willing to do the unthinkable. Nyssa is ready for
action, and they’ve tracked Slade to his high rise. Roy may have lost his
Mirakuru powers, but he still has training, and Oliver gives him a red mask. A
friend once told him “If you survive a crucible you grow stronger for it,” he
instill that on him. He asks about Thea, but Oliver tells him that she was
headed out of the city before this mess started. If they’re going to fight together, then they’re
going to do it Oliver’s way. The League does not take prisoners Nyssa says, but
Oliver is firm that tonight they will.
Merlin
cautions Thea that the city is dangerous at the moment, but she thinks her
psychotic father is as well. She points out the fact that she tried to kill
him. Roy calls, and she’s shocked to hear him. She tells him that she is at the
train station. He asks her to meet him at his place, and she agrees. Merlin
asks if its Roy, and he finds it interesting that she would run to him after
trying to run away from all the lies and half truths. He tells her that Roy is
no different than Oliver and her mother, and if she doesn’t believe him then
she should go to Roy. She plans to do just that.
Team Arrow
makes its move against Slade’s men. Canary comes up through the elevator,
clearing rooms as she goes, and Arrow makes his way to the conference room. Slade
thinks they must have quite a bit of faith in the cure to have just the two of
them come alone, but they haven’t come alone. The assassins break through the windows,
and as chaos ensues, Slade makes a getaway. Arrow stops Canary from dealing a
death blow to Isabel. She taunts him, and Nyssa snaps her neck, telling him
that it is his weakness that is allowing his city to burn. Oliver admits to
Sara that he cannot get close enough to hit Slade with the cure.
Past. Sara
and Oliver are held hostage on the tanker. Another person has disappointed
Slade, he brings forth another prisoner to try out the Mirakuru. Oliver makes a
last stitch effort, telling him that he knows that he blames him for Shado’s
death. Shado’s spirit yells in Slade’s ear, fueling his fire. Oliver tries to
make sense of it all, telling him that Shado loved them both, he wouldn’t want
them to fight, to kill eachother, but Shado tells him to kill Oliver. Below, Anatoly
prepares to fire on the tanker. As Slade draws his gun, and Anatoly fires.
Quentin finds
Laurel as she awakens. She tells him that she saw Sara with that woman, the one
that took their mother. One of Deadstroke’s men has broken into the precinct. Quentin
tries to hold him off, but he’s tossed aside, and the man grabs Laurel.
Amanda Waller
prepares her drones to strike out Starling City. The drones are en route.
Quentin
wants to know why Slade has such a hard on for the Queens, but Felicity doesn’t
spill the beans. He’s not pleased to see
Nyssa, but Sara assures him that she’s an ally today. He’s willing to
work with anyone to get Laurel back. News that Laurel was taken does not make
Sara or Oliver very happy, and Felicity has more bad news. Felicity tells them
that all of Slade’s men are headed out of the city via the tunnel. Slade knows Waller’s
tactics as well as they do. Luckily with all of the enemies in one place they
can pick them off, and hopefully before Argus levels the city. For now, Laurel
has to come second with saving the rest of the city, which does not make
Quentin too happy, maybe he didn’t get the memo that if the drones drop their
bombs Laurel will die anyways, they all will. Quentin respects that Arrow was
on this whole no kill kick, but now is not the time for that strategy. Felicity
thinks he’s wrong, but Oliver knows that he’s right. He’s been fighting with one
arm behind his back, and that cost his mother her life. He tried to end this
all in the past by killing Slade, and Felicity thinks that was a mistake. He
has a choice and he doesn’t have to repeat history.
The news
reports that residents are urged to stay indoors, and that Mayor Blood may be
among the casualties. Thea arrives at Roy’s and she’s distant. Roy understands
though, he admits that he hasn’t been himself for these past months and he
apologizes for it. He tells her about the Mirakuru, and she already knows about
it. Roy tells her that he is fine. She asks about the Arrow, he said he would
take care of Roy. Roy tells her that he doesn’t know about the Arrow, but that
he’s done with all of that. She hugs him, relieved. He asks her if something
has happened, but she claims its nothing. She wants to get away, to start over.
He receives a message from Oliver, its go time. He tells her that he has to
take care of something before he goes. He asks her if she trusts him, she says
she does. He promises that when he gets back that they’re getting away forever,
but that kiss goodbye, seemed more permanent.
Oliver takes
Felicity to his house, she doesn’t know why they’re there. He tells her that
she has to stay for her own protection. He promises to come and get her when
its all over. She wants to know why, and he tells her that he needs her to be
safe. She doesn’t want to be safe, she wants to be with him, with the others.
He reveals that Slade took the woman that he loves, but he took the wrong
woman. Light bulb. Oliver admits that he loves her, he asks if she understands,
and she says a simple yes as he walks away.
Lyla and
Diggle make a run for it. Lyla hesitates, and Diggle reminds her that he loves
her. She’s glad to hear it as they head in.
Things aren’t
going according to plan for Waller. She loses communication with Easy company.
Her agent reasons that the tunnel they’re in may be causing the interference,
but the case of the dead that they’ve come down with is more likely the cause.
Slade’s men have killed all of them. Team Arrow arrives like Gangsters to the
tunnel. Oliver warns them to take no kill shots, to allow the cure to do its
work. Slade’s men have scented blood in the air, and they go on the offensive.
Oliver holds his team until the last minute, before he unleashes them and their
fury of arrows.
Lyla and Diggle
take out an Argus guard. Diggle unlocks the Suicide Squad. Although Deadshot
would love to play, there’s the little tick tick boom issue with their heads. Lyla
asks for their faith in her. Lyla hands out the toys, and Diggle warns no
dropping bodies. Harley Quinn is not among the released.
The fight in
the alley continues at its crazy pace. Arrow and Canary are machines,
administering cures all over the place. Roy is keeping pace with them. Nyssa
saves Canary, and nearly gets taken out herself. Quentin saves her. Looks like the
two are playing nice.
Past.Water
rushes in after the attack. Oliver capitalizes on the chaos. He tries to get
Sara out, but she doesn’t want to leave without him. Slade is after the
Mirakuru, but Oliver tries to keep it away from him. Sara jumps into the fray,
to get tossed aside, and sucked out the side of the ship as Oliver watches
helpless to save her.
Thea goes
through Roy’s apartment, packing. Under his bed she finds his bow. Ruh-roh.
Waller
orders the drone be prepped to fire. Lyla, Dig and the Suicide Squad hold the
room at gun point. Waller asks Lyla if she is willing to risk so many
innocents, and how will she explain it to her son, or is it daughter. Lyla has
some explaining to do. Waller congratulates Dig on his upcoming heir.
Slade places
a call to Oliver, of course he isn’t fighting with his men. Oliver tells him
that his army is no more, but Slade reveals that he has once again missed the
point in the exercise. Slade tells him that he has the one that he loves, and
he will meet him where he tells him or he will kill her. Oliver tells him that
he is done playing games. Slade always thought that he had a thing for stronger
women, but now that he has met her, he sees her appeal. He says that his Felicity
is quite lovely. Slade took Oliver’s carefully laid bait.
The drone
has arrived.
Slade taunts
Oliver about slitting Felicity’s throat. Oliver follows his sweet voice right
to Slade. He finds Slade with his blade at Felicity’s throat. Slade tells him
to put down his bow, and he does. He has one of his men bring out Laurel. Slade
plans to take from Oliver all that he took from him. Oliver knows that Slade
sees Shado, and he asks how she looks in his delusion. She was young, kind and
beautiful. Oliver knows that Shado would be horrified if she knew what he’s
done in her name. Slade thinks that he did what had to be done, and when the
floor is slick with Felicity’s blood, then Oliver will finally know how he
feels. Oliver already knows how he feels. He knows what it is to hate, to want
revenge, and now he knows what it feels like to have his enemy so distracted he
doesn’t see the danger in front of him. Felicity plunges a syringe into Slade’s
neck. Oliver knew that Slade had bugged his house, that he would be listening,
so he gave Felicity the syringe knowing that if he told her that he loved her
that Slade would hear and come for her. Sara kills the man holding her sister,
and he tells her to get them out of there.
Past. Poor
Sara. Slade asks how many times is
Oliver going to watch her die. The two fight in the water of the sinking ship.
Slade mocks Oliver that he cannot kill him. Now, the Mirakuru isn’t what made
Slade hate Oliver he says, and he will make him watch his city burn before he
kills him. Past. Slade has the upperhand on Oliver. Now, its more of an even
fight. Past. Oliver gets tossed around. Now. Slade tells him that there is only
one way to end this all, but with his death it will prove that Oliver is indeed
a murderer. Past, the ship collapses, trapping Slade. He tells Oliver that it
doesn’t matter if he sticks him with the cure, he will make good on his
promise. Sara was only the first, he will kill all the women in Oliver’s life.
Oliver chooses to stab him in the eye with an arrow. Before he can make sure
Slade is dead another explosion rocks the ship and knocks Oliver out. Now.
Oliver manages to ensnare Slade with a few cable arrows, wrapping him up with a
pillar. Whether he lives or dies, Slade thinks he’s a winner.
Oliver makes
a call to Waller. He tells her that Slade and his threat has been neutralized,
to call back the drones. Waller ends her Mexican Standoff, dropping her guns
and recalling her drones.
The Assassins’
ship is preparing to disembark. Quentin and Laurel have come to say goodbye to
Sara. He doesn’t understand why she’s leaving, tells her that she doesn’t have
to. For once in her life, she’s making her own decisions. Nyssa vows that she
will protect Sara with her life. Laurel says her own goodbye to Sara. She knows
that it isn’t the last that she’s seen of her. Sara gives Laurel her leather
jacket before heading off. Quentin tells Laurel not to get any ideas. He tells
Laurel that he needs to get some Pepto on the way, that his stomach is a little
upset. Laurel jokes that Sara will be fine. Quentin knows that that she will
be, and he begins to cough. He coughs up blood, falling to the ground as he
struggles to breathe. That little throw by Slade’s man earlier, when he took
Laurel did some internal damage. Laurel calls for help, begging her father to
stay with her.
Roy returns
home to find Thea gone. She left him a note on his bow bag that she found,
telling him that she made a mistake. She thought she could be with him, but she
is no longer Thea Queen. Thea Queen was trusting, but she does not trust him.
Thea Queen was weak, and she refuses to be so. Thea has gone to her father. She
tells him to not to try to find her, she doesn’t even know where she is going.
All she knows is that she is never coming back. Roy pulls the mask from his
pocket.
Slade
awakens in a cell. He is as far from the world as Oliver could put him. Oliver
didn’t kill him because he had the strength to let him live. Slade knows that
Oliver is a killer, he made him. Oliver admits that he was a killer because of
him, but he also made it home and back to his family because of him. Over the
last year he had faltered, but without killing he brought down Slade. He thanks
Slade for making him a hero. Slade warns that he keeps his promises, as Oliver
closes the door on Slade’s prison. Felicity remarks about the beauty of the
island. Dig wonders if the prison will be enough to hold him. Oliver is sure
that Argus’s super prison below ground can hold him and anyone else they have
to send there, because he is sure there will be more. First on the agenda is
getting Queen Industries back. Felicity jokes that he may have to get a real
job since he’s broke now. Dig goes to wrap things up, and Felicity congratulates
Oliver on the way he outfoxed Slade. She touches on the unthinkable of them as
a couple, and admits that he made her believe for a moment too, that he really
sold it. They both did. Oliver asks about the news about Dig and Lyla, but Dig
isn’t spilling. Felicity has one last question, if Oliver spent five years on
the island, when did he learn to fly a plane.
A whole new
set of flashbacks seem to be in order. Oliver wakes after the ship. A pair of
asian men with guns arrive for him, and he is brought downstairs. Amanda Waller
introduces herself as he gets in her car, and she welcomes him to Hong Kong.
