1 00:00:02,310 --> 00:00:04,039 My name is Oliver Queen. 2 00:00:04,230 --> 00:00:07,632 For five years, I was stranded on an island, with only one goal... 3 00:00:09,430 --> 00:00:10,875 survive. 4 00:00:11,070 --> 00:00:12,310 Oliver Queen is alive. 5 00:00:12,470 --> 00:00:17,158 Now I will fulfill my father's dying wish to use the list of names he left me... 6 00:00:17,310 --> 00:00:19,961 and bring down those who are poisoning my city. 7 00:00:21,270 --> 00:00:23,591 To do this, I must become someone else. 8 00:00:25,070 --> 00:00:27,994 I must become something else. 9 00:00:28,150 --> 00:00:29,436 Previously on Arrow: 10 00:00:29,590 --> 00:00:32,400 - Who supplies you with Vertigo? - They call him the Count! 11 00:00:32,550 --> 00:00:35,838 Fifty-six people died to perfect this high. 12 00:00:40,910 --> 00:00:44,915 Police never caught your brother's shooter. Bullets were laced with curare... 13 00:00:45,070 --> 00:00:47,437 - ... that's Floyd Lawton's MO. - Lawton's alive. 14 00:00:47,590 --> 00:00:50,594 - I'm sorry, John. - Lawton kick his dog or something? 15 00:00:50,790 --> 00:00:52,394 He killed his brother. 16 00:01:42,070 --> 00:01:45,995 - How we doing? - We are in the black and the green. 17 00:01:46,150 --> 00:01:48,756 I like how we've gone from throwing money at clubs to catching it. 18 00:01:48,950 --> 00:01:50,475 Oh, look at these. 19 00:01:50,630 --> 00:01:52,837 What sort of business has a lost and found... 20 00:01:52,990 --> 00:01:55,914 - ... filled with women's underwear? - Best business ever? 21 00:01:56,070 --> 00:01:58,311 Oh, having this much fun should be against the law. 22 00:01:58,470 --> 00:02:00,234 Oh, if wishing made it so. 23 00:02:01,150 --> 00:02:03,391 - Sorry, am I interrupting anything? - Is Laurel okay? 24 00:02:03,590 --> 00:02:06,355 She's fine. This visit is about something else. 25 00:02:06,710 --> 00:02:09,475 A girl just got mowed down a couple blocks from here. 26 00:02:09,630 --> 00:02:10,995 On the Starling Bridge. 27 00:02:12,630 --> 00:02:14,234 Ring any bells with you two? 28 00:02:14,790 --> 00:02:16,076 - No. - Should she? 29 00:02:18,590 --> 00:02:20,877 - She was in your club tonight. - A lot of people were. 30 00:02:21,030 --> 00:02:25,274 - You think someone killed her? - Not someone. Something. 31 00:02:26,630 --> 00:02:28,837 - Vertigo. - Yeah. 32 00:02:29,030 --> 00:02:32,591 - Had a problem with that in this club? - Not that I'm aware of. 33 00:02:32,750 --> 00:02:34,673 We don't allow drugs here, detective. 34 00:02:38,510 --> 00:02:40,035 Control your clientele. 35 00:02:40,190 --> 00:02:43,353 Before anyone else wanders into traffic. 36 00:02:45,750 --> 00:02:48,276 Any chance she could have scored the drugs in here? 37 00:02:48,430 --> 00:02:51,081 Doubt it. I tried not to hire too many drug dealers. 38 00:02:51,230 --> 00:02:55,121 Get me a list of employees. I'll have Felicity cross-reference it for drug arrests. 39 00:02:55,310 --> 00:02:56,960 That includes the two of us, you know. 40 00:02:58,310 --> 00:03:00,756 I thought the Vigilante finished off the Count. 41 00:03:03,350 --> 00:03:04,715 I did. 42 00:03:05,630 --> 00:03:07,678 Just need to ask him a few questions, doc. 43 00:03:07,830 --> 00:03:10,879 You're welcome to try, detective. Not sure you'll get very far. 44 00:03:11,070 --> 00:03:14,313 What does that mean? Is this a load about doctor-patient privilege? 45 00:03:14,470 --> 00:03:16,837 No. The unrefined Vertigo overdose he suffered... 46 00:03:16,990 --> 00:03:20,153 caused damage to the caudal portion of his anterior cingulate. 47 00:03:20,310 --> 00:03:22,881 You'll be shocked that I didn't go to medical school. 48 00:03:23,030 --> 00:03:24,873 I've been working with him for months. 49 00:03:25,030 --> 00:03:28,671 All I've gotten out of him is word salad, the occasional spit in the face. 50 00:03:29,230 --> 00:03:31,232 - Best of luck to you. - Yeah, thanks. 51 00:03:35,230 --> 00:03:39,633 Here I was born and there I died. 52 00:03:39,790 --> 00:03:45,797 It was only a moment for you. You took no notice. 53 00:03:50,230 --> 00:03:51,959 A woman died tonight. 54 00:03:52,110 --> 00:03:55,000 - From your poison. - Lots of women die... 55 00:03:55,150 --> 00:03:58,313 lots of nights, for lots of reasons. 56 00:03:58,470 --> 00:04:01,360 Someone is selling Vertigo again. Where is it coming from? 57 00:04:02,230 --> 00:04:06,952 I remember you. Man in the hood. 58 00:04:08,110 --> 00:04:12,911 You are never far from my thoughts. 59 00:04:14,870 --> 00:04:15,871 U m“! 60 00:04:17,190 --> 00:04:22,754 You have failed this city! You have failed this city! 61 00:04:22,910 --> 00:04:25,038 You have failed this city! 62 00:04:28,110 --> 00:04:30,511 You could've just said he was nuts. 63 00:04:30,670 --> 00:04:32,354 You have failed this city! 64 00:04:57,390 --> 00:05:01,520 - You're teaching me that one. - Only if you show me where the knife was. 65 00:05:06,350 --> 00:05:10,753 - Who taught you how to fight? - My father wanted a son. 66 00:05:10,910 --> 00:05:12,753 - He got one. - Careful. 67 00:05:12,910 --> 00:05:15,231 Tension on that bow's a hundred and fifty pounds. 68 00:05:15,390 --> 00:05:18,394 Snap it, you'll end up with carbon fiber shrapnel in your eyes. 69 00:05:18,550 --> 00:05:20,871 She's right. You're not strong enough, kid. 70 00:05:21,030 --> 00:05:22,395 Go again? 71 00:05:22,550 --> 00:05:25,918 You know, it's pretty exciting that both of you are such bad asses... 72 00:05:26,110 --> 00:05:29,114 but you think that we should be making a plan to stop Fyers? 73 00:05:29,270 --> 00:05:33,355 - And I don't know, save your dad? - Does he always whine this much? 74 00:05:33,550 --> 00:05:37,316 - This is one of his good days. - Can he fight? 75 00:05:38,830 --> 00:05:41,231 I've tried. Limited success. 76 00:05:41,430 --> 00:05:42,761 I'm sitting right here. 77 00:05:42,910 --> 00:05:45,277 Well, I haven't tried yet. 78 00:05:55,030 --> 00:05:57,317 - Uncle John? - Hey, buddy. 79 00:05:57,470 --> 00:05:59,598 Will you read Logan Bogan to me? 80 00:05:59,750 --> 00:06:02,401 Sweetheart, get into bed and mommy will read to you. 81 00:06:02,550 --> 00:06:04,996 But I want Uncle John to read to me. 82 00:06:05,150 --> 00:06:06,675 Uncle John's had a long day. 83 00:06:06,870 --> 00:06:09,032 He'll read to you next time. 84 00:06:14,830 --> 00:06:18,801 Hey, I'm sorry. I've been someplace else today. 85 00:06:18,950 --> 00:06:22,955 - What's going on with you? - I'm just trying to figure some stuff out. 86 00:06:23,670 --> 00:06:27,277 If you need to talk about anything, you know I'm here for you. 87 00:06:37,350 --> 00:06:40,399 It is Oliver Queen. With an emergency. 88 00:06:41,710 --> 00:06:43,394 I gotta go. 89 00:06:44,470 --> 00:06:47,440 Got here quick as I could. This about the Glyph in your father's notebook? 90 00:06:47,590 --> 00:06:50,241 Felicity is still working on that. We have another problem. 91 00:06:50,870 --> 00:06:53,441 Starling City is once again at war with the drug... 92 00:06:53,630 --> 00:06:57,351 known on the streets as Vertigo. It used to be the city's most lethal vice... 93 00:06:57,550 --> 00:07:01,350 but the purple and green pill was nowhere to be found the last three months. 94 00:07:01,550 --> 00:07:03,154 Over the past few days... 95 00:07:03,310 --> 00:07:07,315 city's been flooded with new version of Vertigo, more addictive, more unstable. 96 00:07:07,470 --> 00:07:11,441 It killed a girl in the club. Just like it almost killed Thea. 97 00:07:11,590 --> 00:07:13,718 Okay, what are you thinking? We should pay the Count a visit? 98 00:07:13,870 --> 00:07:18,512 He was my first visit. Waste of time. He's sumasshedshiy. 99 00:07:19,990 --> 00:07:21,480 Duh. 100 00:07:21,750 --> 00:07:25,311 Since he's the only one who knew the formula for Vertigo... 101 00:07:25,950 --> 00:07:28,794 - ... I don't even know where to begin. - Good, you're here. 102 00:07:28,950 --> 00:07:32,477 Of course you're here. Where else would you be? Clearly love it down here. 103 00:07:32,670 --> 00:07:34,559 You got to see this. 104 00:07:37,070 --> 00:07:42,679 I'm here at the scene where police say a disturbed patient escaped only hours ago. 105 00:07:42,830 --> 00:07:45,037 Authorities issued an immediate lockdown... 106 00:07:45,230 --> 00:07:49,474 at the Starling County Institute for Mental Health following the breakout. 107 00:07:49,630 --> 00:07:53,715 Police are warning people to avoid contact with the drug dealer known as the Count. 108 00:07:53,870 --> 00:07:55,281 Not so crazy after all, huh? 109 00:08:06,590 --> 00:08:08,991 I was administering his meds. 110 00:08:09,190 --> 00:08:12,478 He was babbling, his usual ranting, then he's ice-cold. 111 00:08:12,630 --> 00:08:16,191 He overpowered me. Forced me to take him out through the maintenance exit. 112 00:08:16,350 --> 00:08:18,398 I thought he was harmless. Basically a vegetable, you said. 113 00:08:18,590 --> 00:08:23,391 I know, which means... I've interviewed him dozens of times in the past few months. 114 00:08:23,590 --> 00:08:25,797 To be deceived by a patient so completely... 115 00:08:25,950 --> 00:08:27,998 Don't worry. We'll find him. 116 00:08:28,150 --> 00:08:31,279 And he's going to find prison a lot harder to break out of. 117 00:08:31,470 --> 00:08:36,078 Detective, he's dangerous. Don't underestimate him. 118 00:08:38,550 --> 00:08:41,759 - Anything from the security cameras? - Not according to the orderly. 119 00:08:41,950 --> 00:08:44,760 Due to budget cuts, the cameras were the first to go. 120 00:08:44,990 --> 00:08:47,197 That is unbelievable. 121 00:08:47,350 --> 00:08:50,638 There's another angle. Veronica Sparks, the dead girl from Verdant? 122 00:08:50,830 --> 00:08:53,276 - Yeah? - I checked her LUDs. 123 00:08:53,470 --> 00:08:56,917 The last person she texted before she died was Tommy Merlyn. 124 00:08:57,070 --> 00:08:58,401 He said he didn't know her. 125 00:08:58,550 --> 00:09:00,791 Merlyn has two collars for possession, one with intent. 126 00:09:00,990 --> 00:09:02,958 Yeah, that was over five years ago. 127 00:09:03,110 --> 00:09:05,192 Maybe he's just better at not getting himself arrested. 128 00:09:05,350 --> 00:09:08,194 Laurel says he's changed ever since his father cut him off. 129 00:09:08,390 --> 00:09:09,596 Leopard and his spots. 130 00:09:09,750 --> 00:09:13,118 Maybe pushing Vertigo is a way of maintaining his old lifestyle. 131 00:09:13,310 --> 00:09:16,280 Maybe going after Merlyn is a great way to get my daughter... 132 00:09:16,430 --> 00:09:19,957 - ... to stop speaking to me again, Hil. - Quentin, I get that. 133 00:09:20,150 --> 00:09:23,632 But here's the thing, on a hunch, I subpoenaed the club's bank accounts. 134 00:09:23,790 --> 00:09:26,031 Ten large missing from their operating expenses. 135 00:09:26,190 --> 00:09:28,033 Merlyn spent that money on Vertigo? 136 00:09:28,190 --> 00:09:31,034 I can't explain how that much money just gets misplaced. 137 00:09:31,510 --> 00:09:34,161 I'll take a run at him, keep you out of it. 138 00:09:34,310 --> 00:09:36,756 No. I should do it. 139 00:09:47,190 --> 00:09:49,113 What you need? 140 00:10:06,590 --> 00:10:09,958 All right, the person-of-color has successfully purchased your drugs. 141 00:10:10,110 --> 00:10:12,033 For the record, I offered. 142 00:10:12,190 --> 00:10:14,079 How will we know the tracker is active? 143 00:10:14,230 --> 00:10:15,595 It already is. 144 00:10:15,790 --> 00:10:18,794 Good signal off the monofilament strips we placed in the bills. 145 00:10:18,950 --> 00:10:21,430 Drug money's like a pigeon. Always finds its way home. 146 00:10:21,630 --> 00:10:23,632 - Follow the money back to the Count. - Okay. 147 00:10:24,270 --> 00:10:25,317 Keep tracking it. 148 00:10:25,470 --> 00:10:28,121 So what are you gonna do with all the Vertigo you bought? 149 00:10:28,270 --> 00:10:29,431 Plan on having a party? 150 00:10:30,110 --> 00:10:32,477 My only experience with drugs was an encounter... 151 00:10:32,630 --> 00:10:35,440 with a pot brownie my freshman year. By mistake. 152 00:10:35,590 --> 00:10:38,833 Which could've been fun, except I'm allergic to nuts. 153 00:10:38,990 --> 00:10:42,756 All right. Deadshot kills again. This time, a U.S. Senator. 154 00:10:42,910 --> 00:10:44,753 - Where you been tracking him? - Not far. 155 00:10:44,910 --> 00:10:48,357 I ran his Floyd Lawton alias through every law enforcement database. 156 00:10:48,510 --> 00:10:51,241 He's made a series of calls to an Alberto Garcia. 157 00:10:52,110 --> 00:10:55,557 According to NSA, Garcia's a reputed underworld talent scout. 158 00:10:55,710 --> 00:10:57,394 He books all of Deadshot's hits. 159 00:10:59,590 --> 00:11:03,117 - It's not much to go on... - Yeah, but it's something, Felicity. Thanks. 160 00:11:03,270 --> 00:11:06,638 - Don't you think Oliver should know? - No. This is personal. 161 00:11:08,190 --> 00:11:10,192 Lawton's my problem to deal with. 162 00:11:13,430 --> 00:11:16,001 - What brings you by? - Hey. 163 00:11:16,150 --> 00:11:19,040 Like some dinner? Your daughter ordered too much Thai food. 164 00:11:19,230 --> 00:11:20,561 No, thanks. 165 00:11:21,430 --> 00:11:24,673 This is a business visit, actually. 166 00:11:25,390 --> 00:11:28,519 I have some follow-up questions on the Sparks girl's death. 167 00:11:28,670 --> 00:11:31,594 Sure. The girl was in the club before she got run-over. 168 00:11:31,750 --> 00:11:36,438 You said you didn't know her, but the last text off her phone was to you. 169 00:11:37,270 --> 00:11:39,511 Really? Because... 170 00:11:40,870 --> 00:11:42,952 Well, I'll be damned. 171 00:11:44,870 --> 00:11:49,637 Hm. I didn't reply. I get a hundred texts a night. People wanting to get into the club. 172 00:11:49,790 --> 00:11:52,521 So that's what she meant by, "Can you hook me up?" 173 00:11:52,670 --> 00:11:54,160 What else would it be about? 174 00:11:56,270 --> 00:11:59,353 Ten thousand dollars is missing from your club's bank account. 175 00:11:59,510 --> 00:12:01,353 What'd you spend the money on? 176 00:12:01,510 --> 00:12:04,161 No idea. There must be some sort of bookkeeping error. 177 00:12:04,310 --> 00:12:06,472 If you spent that money on Vertigo... 178 00:12:06,670 --> 00:12:08,957 - ... so you could hook up your clientele... - Dad! 179 00:12:09,150 --> 00:12:12,313 the best thing for you is to cop to it, get out in front of this. 180 00:12:12,470 --> 00:12:14,632 - Don't say anything. - I'm trying to... 181 00:12:14,790 --> 00:12:17,191 To do your job? I know. And this is me doing mine. 182 00:12:17,750 --> 00:12:21,675 Laurel, I know I look like that disapproving father, again. 183 00:12:22,710 --> 00:12:25,759 But I came down here so another cop wouldn't. 184 00:12:25,910 --> 00:12:27,275 You understand? 185 00:12:29,950 --> 00:12:32,760 - Tommy I... - I'm not hungry anymore. 186 00:12:52,510 --> 00:12:54,592 Hold up your hand up. 187 00:12:56,710 --> 00:12:58,041 Palm facing me. 188 00:13:00,270 --> 00:13:02,557 - Hit the water. - What? 189 00:13:02,990 --> 00:13:04,754 Hit it. 190 00:13:07,150 --> 00:13:08,914 Again. 191 00:13:10,830 --> 00:13:12,116 Again. Harder. 192 00:13:12,270 --> 00:13:16,594 If the point of this is to make me feel like an idiot, it's working. 193 00:13:17,870 --> 00:13:21,431 "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." 194 00:13:21,870 --> 00:13:25,955 Confucius. Great. I'm starting to see the family resemblance. 195 00:13:26,110 --> 00:13:28,192 Lao Tzu, actually. Again. 196 00:13:30,870 --> 00:13:34,591 - Now what? - Fill the bowl. Start again. 197 00:13:37,510 --> 00:13:40,593 - What have you got? - The end of the money trail. 198 00:13:40,750 --> 00:13:43,037 Sending the dealer's location to you now. 199 00:13:50,710 --> 00:13:52,997 Oh, man. It's freezing. 200 00:13:58,190 --> 00:14:00,955 - Oh, hey! - Hey, check this. 201 00:14:01,110 --> 00:14:03,112 Hey, come on, let's see what we can get. 202 00:14:04,110 --> 00:14:07,353 Get back, guys. Get back. 203 00:14:14,350 --> 00:14:18,196 Hey, yo. Who's looking to party? 204 00:14:18,350 --> 00:14:20,637 - Vertigo. - Right here. 205 00:14:21,230 --> 00:14:24,632 That's not enough, man. You don't pay, you don't play. 206 00:14:25,390 --> 00:14:27,711 It's all right. Good for business. 207 00:14:27,870 --> 00:14:29,713 My boss seems to like you, G. 208 00:14:32,230 --> 00:14:34,631 Hey. Hey, hey. Give it. Give it. 209 00:14:34,950 --> 00:14:36,918 How much for this? 210 00:14:37,070 --> 00:14:40,597 Now that, that will buy you a brick, my man. 211 00:14:52,830 --> 00:14:54,320 Go, go, go! 212 00:15:21,470 --> 00:15:25,395 Don't forget to breathe. If you won't, I won't. 213 00:15:31,950 --> 00:15:35,671 Congratulations. You're officially the creepiest person I've ever met. 214 00:15:35,830 --> 00:15:39,073 - I don't feel so good. - Get away from me, creep. 215 00:15:40,870 --> 00:15:43,350 Hey, we got a problem here? Are you okay? 216 00:15:48,990 --> 00:15:50,515 All units. Code 99. 217 00:15:50,670 --> 00:15:52,911 4-1-7 in progress, Starling Aquarium. 218 00:15:53,070 --> 00:15:56,119 - All available units... - This came over the police frequency. 219 00:15:56,270 --> 00:15:59,035 Hacked the aquarium security system to get a better look. 220 00:15:59,190 --> 00:16:02,353 You want to argue with me, huh? 221 00:16:02,550 --> 00:16:05,201 Bystanders said they saw him pop green and purple pills. 222 00:16:11,950 --> 00:16:15,432 There's a lunatic high on Vertigo who's taken hostages... 223 00:16:15,590 --> 00:16:19,879 and you're making tea? 224 00:16:22,430 --> 00:16:23,955 Medicinal herbs from the island... 225 00:16:24,110 --> 00:16:26,954 counterbalance the effects of certain drugs and poisons. 226 00:16:27,110 --> 00:16:29,431 They should counteract the effects of Vertigo. 227 00:16:30,990 --> 00:16:32,640 - Then you aren't going to... - What? 228 00:16:32,830 --> 00:16:34,116 You know... 229 00:16:35,670 --> 00:16:38,958 My sister got high on this garbage. Could've killed someone. 230 00:16:39,110 --> 00:16:42,637 She didn't deserve an arrow in the heart. This guy didn't fail the city. 231 00:16:44,150 --> 00:16:46,630 The city failed him. 232 00:16:46,790 --> 00:16:49,077 And so did I. 233 00:16:49,230 --> 00:16:52,632 What's happening now isn't your fault. You didn't make him take drugs. 234 00:16:52,790 --> 00:16:55,919 I failed to put the Count in a grave so he couldn't hurt anyone. 235 00:16:56,070 --> 00:16:58,835 - They locked him up... - And now the city is on fire! 236 00:16:58,990 --> 00:17:01,596 So clearly it wasn't the right decision. 237 00:17:10,430 --> 00:17:12,558 Get in touch with Diggle. 238 00:17:12,950 --> 00:17:16,238 With the security feed out, I'm gonna need a second set of eyes at the aquarium. 239 00:17:28,950 --> 00:17:31,317 - Glad I caught you stateside. - Just barely. 240 00:17:31,470 --> 00:17:34,792 - I leave in two days for Pyongyang. - Isn't that classified? 241 00:17:34,950 --> 00:17:38,796 I figure an old Army buddy can keep a secret. 242 00:17:39,150 --> 00:17:44,441 - I was glad to get your call. - Lyla, that's not why I called. 243 00:17:45,750 --> 00:17:48,117 There's something else you'd like me to do, then. 244 00:17:48,270 --> 00:17:51,160 Well, actually, I think there's something I can do for you. 245 00:17:51,310 --> 00:17:53,881 I'm gonna go out on a limb and assume that Deadshot... 246 00:17:54,070 --> 00:17:57,153 - ... is on ARGUS's most wanted list. - What do you know about him? 247 00:17:57,310 --> 00:17:59,756 Well, his name, for starters. Floyd Lawton. 248 00:18:00,310 --> 00:18:02,836 We don't even have that. Where'd you get it? 249 00:18:02,990 --> 00:18:05,311 Same place I got this. 250 00:18:05,950 --> 00:18:10,990 It's everything you need to locate who's giving Deadshot his targets. 251 00:18:11,670 --> 00:18:13,320 What's your interest in this? 252 00:18:13,470 --> 00:18:16,314 Lawton came up in connection with some things I'm working on. 253 00:18:16,470 --> 00:18:17,835 Decided to pass it off to you. 254 00:18:17,990 --> 00:18:21,517 I remember you being a better liar than that, Johnnie. 255 00:18:21,830 --> 00:18:24,231 Listen, Lyla, Lawton is a very dangerous man. 256 00:18:24,390 --> 00:18:27,075 Your people are qualified to take him down. It's simple. 257 00:18:27,230 --> 00:18:29,358 Nothing in our business is simple. 258 00:18:43,710 --> 00:18:46,031 You come to ask for my help again, Mr. Lance? 259 00:18:46,190 --> 00:18:48,352 Eric Messner. 260 00:18:50,190 --> 00:18:51,601 Who? 261 00:18:51,750 --> 00:18:53,912 He's a zoning commissioner for Starling City. 262 00:18:54,110 --> 00:18:56,431 A notoriously corrupt one at that. 263 00:18:56,630 --> 00:18:58,553 The missing 10 grand... 264 00:18:58,710 --> 00:19:01,554 you paid him to skip the inspection of your nightclub. 265 00:19:01,710 --> 00:19:04,554 Why'd you do that? What didn't you want him to find? 266 00:19:04,710 --> 00:19:09,079 - We've got nothing to hide here. - Great. Then let's just take a look around. 267 00:19:09,230 --> 00:19:10,595 - Absolutely. - Yep. 268 00:19:10,750 --> 00:19:13,401 When you come back with a search warrant. 269 00:19:18,750 --> 00:19:20,798 You sure this is how you want to play this? 270 00:19:22,070 --> 00:19:23,515 Apparently. 271 00:19:25,190 --> 00:19:28,512 Doesn't my daughter know how to pick them? 272 00:19:34,070 --> 00:19:35,799 Stop laughing at me! 273 00:19:39,030 --> 00:19:41,476 Shut up! Just shut up! 274 00:20:01,230 --> 00:20:03,312 Stop! I don't wanna hurt you! 275 00:20:09,990 --> 00:20:12,152 Hey, easy. I'm here to help you. 276 00:20:28,510 --> 00:20:30,035 My mom does yoga. 277 00:20:31,830 --> 00:20:34,071 Hey, remember when Slade and I rescued you? 278 00:20:34,230 --> 00:20:35,516 You rescued me? 279 00:20:36,310 --> 00:20:39,519 Fine. When we all rescued each other. 280 00:20:39,670 --> 00:20:43,914 You said you knew why Fyers wanted Yao Fei... 281 00:20:44,070 --> 00:20:46,038 and how he was forcing him to help him. 282 00:20:46,710 --> 00:20:48,041 Feel like sharing? 283 00:20:48,790 --> 00:20:51,714 I'm almost out of slapping water. 284 00:20:57,430 --> 00:21:00,354 My father was a Shang Jiang in the People's Liberation Army. 285 00:21:00,510 --> 00:21:01,557 A general. 286 00:21:01,710 --> 00:21:06,637 I didn't hear the details of Fyers' plans but he wants my father to be the face of it. 287 00:21:06,790 --> 00:21:08,280 A scapegoat. 288 00:21:08,430 --> 00:21:11,115 To take the blame and conceal their own involvement. 289 00:21:11,550 --> 00:21:13,871 Why was Yao Fei on the Island in the first place? 290 00:21:15,070 --> 00:21:17,960 Fyers says he murdered people. 291 00:21:19,070 --> 00:21:20,595 No, he didn't. 292 00:21:20,750 --> 00:21:23,913 The Chinese military committed a massacre. 293 00:21:24,070 --> 00:21:26,721 Someone had to take the blame. 294 00:21:26,870 --> 00:21:31,432 They chose him. Sent him to this island, for life. 295 00:21:31,630 --> 00:21:33,598 I spent years looking for him. 296 00:21:34,230 --> 00:21:36,471 A few months ago, a man came to my apartment... 297 00:21:36,630 --> 00:21:39,600 said he had information about my father's whereabouts. 298 00:21:39,750 --> 00:21:42,117 I had given up hope. 299 00:21:42,590 --> 00:21:46,595 I let my guard down, didn't see the Taser until... 300 00:21:47,470 --> 00:21:50,440 When I woke up, I was here. 301 00:21:56,630 --> 00:21:59,315 I'm worried. This island... 302 00:21:59,470 --> 00:22:03,270 What he must have had to do to survive. 303 00:22:03,910 --> 00:22:04,957 That it changed him. 304 00:22:05,750 --> 00:22:07,479 He saved my life. 305 00:22:08,910 --> 00:22:10,639 He's still a good man, Shado. 306 00:22:17,510 --> 00:22:19,353 Again. 307 00:22:21,110 --> 00:22:23,841 So there I am sitting at our favorite sushi restaurant... 308 00:22:23,990 --> 00:22:29,201 a bottle of sake, and the only thing that's missing is my boyfriend. 309 00:22:29,390 --> 00:22:35,113 Oh, God, I'm so sorry, baby. I just have a lot going on here. 310 00:22:35,270 --> 00:22:38,797 Tommy, whatever's going on with you, I want you to know I believe you. 311 00:22:38,990 --> 00:22:40,992 I'm here for you. 312 00:22:44,070 --> 00:22:46,914 - Sorry. - Ollie. 313 00:22:47,070 --> 00:22:49,118 - What's wrong? - Bad night. 314 00:22:49,270 --> 00:22:50,556 It's about to get worse. 315 00:22:50,750 --> 00:22:54,675 Mr. Merlyn, as requested, a warrant to search these premises. 316 00:22:55,950 --> 00:22:57,952 - I can't believe you're doing this. - Believe it. 317 00:22:58,110 --> 00:22:59,999 Detective, I'm not an attorney... 318 00:23:00,150 --> 00:23:02,517 but on what grounds are you searching my club? 319 00:23:02,670 --> 00:23:04,798 Your manager bribed a government official... 320 00:23:04,950 --> 00:23:07,271 to keep him from inspecting your building. 321 00:23:07,430 --> 00:23:10,479 - What? - He's selling Vertigo out of the club. 322 00:23:10,630 --> 00:23:13,474 - Ollie, it's valid. - Thank you. 323 00:23:13,910 --> 00:23:16,834 A sublevel is not listed on the inspection's floor plans. 324 00:23:17,030 --> 00:23:19,476 However, I pulled the county records. 325 00:23:19,630 --> 00:23:21,314 There's something down there. 326 00:23:21,470 --> 00:23:24,155 I wanna see for myself what it is. 327 00:23:24,310 --> 00:23:26,472 Oh, look at that. 328 00:23:27,790 --> 00:23:29,997 Open the door. 329 00:23:36,310 --> 00:23:41,555 - You're making a mistake. - No, you are if you don't open that door. 330 00:23:55,190 --> 00:23:56,840 I said, open the door. 331 00:24:06,870 --> 00:24:07,951 Thank you. 332 00:24:24,550 --> 00:24:30,353 The place is a kind of a mess. I've been using it to store the bulk of our inventory. 333 00:24:31,150 --> 00:24:34,916 - What's in the boxes? - Why don't you have a look? 334 00:24:37,710 --> 00:24:42,079 If Prohibition were still in effect, you might have the basis of a criminal complaint. 335 00:24:42,230 --> 00:24:44,039 Would you like to open the crates? 336 00:24:55,390 --> 00:24:58,234 So if you don't have anything to hide... 337 00:24:58,910 --> 00:25:01,754 why didn't you want the inspector down here? 338 00:25:04,070 --> 00:25:09,031 Well, the ventilation system in this place hasn't been updated since the '60s. 339 00:25:09,190 --> 00:25:11,033 I mean, we shouldn't even be open. 340 00:25:14,350 --> 00:25:16,079 Yeah. 341 00:25:21,190 --> 00:25:23,841 I'm sorry. I thought he was okay with us being together. 342 00:25:24,030 --> 00:25:25,600 He wasn't wrong. I bribed a guy. 343 00:25:25,750 --> 00:25:27,957 That's not why he brought out his jackboots. 344 00:25:28,110 --> 00:25:31,273 It's all gonna be fine. I'll see you at home. 345 00:25:31,950 --> 00:25:33,839 - Good night. - Good night. 346 00:25:34,350 --> 00:25:36,796 - Is there something you want to say? - Thank you. 347 00:25:36,950 --> 00:25:38,873 No, the thing that you were thinking... 348 00:25:39,030 --> 00:25:41,715 when Lance accused me of dealing out of the club. 349 00:25:41,870 --> 00:25:44,760 I don't understand why you wouldn't tell me about the bribe. 350 00:25:44,910 --> 00:25:48,278 I run the club, Oliver. I don't tell you a lot of things. 351 00:25:48,470 --> 00:25:50,791 So let me ask you a question, pal... 352 00:25:50,950 --> 00:25:53,954 what have I done in the six months since you've been home... 353 00:25:54,110 --> 00:25:56,636 that would lead you to believe I would sell drugs? 354 00:25:56,790 --> 00:25:59,634 In the last six months, nothing. 355 00:25:59,830 --> 00:26:01,878 - Yeah. - But before I left, you played hard. 356 00:26:02,070 --> 00:26:03,959 You played with bad people who were in... 357 00:26:04,150 --> 00:26:06,630 And so did you, Oliver. 358 00:26:07,110 --> 00:26:09,112 But I changed. Just like you did. 359 00:26:10,430 --> 00:26:13,832 Now you put arrows in people who do illegal things. 360 00:26:13,990 --> 00:26:17,153 Last time I checked, bribing a city inspector was not legal. 361 00:26:17,350 --> 00:26:21,435 Do you actually think that I could hurt you? 362 00:26:21,630 --> 00:26:24,634 Truthfully, I have no idea what the hell you would do. 363 00:26:24,790 --> 00:26:26,440 You are a complete mystery to me. 364 00:26:26,630 --> 00:26:30,521 I've got no idea how you find it so easy to kill people. 365 00:26:32,270 --> 00:26:36,912 The next time you decide to think the worst of rne imagine what I now think of you. 366 00:26:44,350 --> 00:26:47,479 - What's his problem? - What's yours? 367 00:26:49,110 --> 00:26:52,193 - Excuse me? - I asked Felicity to get in touch with you. 368 00:26:52,390 --> 00:26:55,360 There was a hostage situation at the aquarium. 369 00:26:55,510 --> 00:26:58,354 - Sorry, I didn't get message till it was over. - Why? 370 00:26:59,590 --> 00:27:01,274 I was busy doing something else. 371 00:27:03,510 --> 00:27:05,274 Lawton. 372 00:27:05,830 --> 00:27:08,720 - You didn't end up needing me. - You couldn't have known that. 373 00:27:08,870 --> 00:27:11,999 In other words, "Find your brother's killer on your own time." 374 00:27:12,150 --> 00:27:16,474 Vertigo is tearing this city apart, Diggle, so yeah, maybe now is not the best time... 375 00:27:16,630 --> 00:27:18,200 to indulge a personal vendetta. 376 00:27:18,430 --> 00:27:19,795 You're telling me... 377 00:27:19,950 --> 00:27:22,681 that you going after the Count is not personal? 378 00:27:22,830 --> 00:27:27,552 Oliver, I cannot read a book to my nephew without knowing Lawton killed his father. 379 00:27:27,710 --> 00:27:30,554 I can't move on with Carly, I can't move on with my life... 380 00:27:30,710 --> 00:27:33,077 knowing that he's still out there. 381 00:27:35,830 --> 00:27:38,037 I thought if anybody got that, it'd be you. 382 00:27:44,990 --> 00:27:48,915 - What happened here? - The Ethernet cable still works. 383 00:27:49,070 --> 00:27:51,755 - Would you plug in your tablet? - You decide to remodel? 384 00:27:51,910 --> 00:27:53,753 - Long story. - Where's Dig? 385 00:27:53,910 --> 00:27:56,072 - Long story. - Okay. 386 00:27:56,230 --> 00:27:59,074 The hostage-taking junkie is our only lead to the Count. 387 00:27:59,270 --> 00:28:01,432 What type of information are you looking for? 388 00:28:01,590 --> 00:28:04,434 Anything that would give us a line on the Count's location. 389 00:28:04,590 --> 00:28:06,592 Has the ME performed the autopsy yet? 390 00:28:06,750 --> 00:28:08,514 Yeah. Just pulling it up now. 391 00:28:08,670 --> 00:28:12,038 Check the toxicology to see if there's something related to Vertigo. 392 00:28:12,190 --> 00:28:15,751 - He didn't die from a Vertigo overdose. - I saw it, Felicity. 393 00:28:16,590 --> 00:28:19,799 According to the coroner, cause of death was severe anaphylaxis. 394 00:28:19,990 --> 00:28:22,755 He died of an allergic reaction to chlorpromazine. 395 00:28:22,910 --> 00:28:24,275 That's an anti-psychotic. 396 00:28:25,270 --> 00:28:27,193 Pull up the Veronica Sparks autopsy. 397 00:28:27,350 --> 00:28:30,240 Did she have chlorpromazine in her system? 398 00:28:31,350 --> 00:28:35,116 Yes. How'd you know? 399 00:28:35,270 --> 00:28:38,638 The Count must've added it in this latest iteration of Vertigo. 400 00:28:41,030 --> 00:28:42,600 Wouldn't the amount he'd need... 401 00:28:42,750 --> 00:28:45,071 to manufacture enough for circulation be huge? 402 00:28:45,270 --> 00:28:48,717 - Where would he get that much? - A mental institution. 403 00:28:50,710 --> 00:28:52,997 - What if we're looking at this wrong? - How so? 404 00:28:53,150 --> 00:28:55,437 Everybody is looking for him outside the asylum. 405 00:28:55,590 --> 00:28:57,115 But what if he never left? 406 00:28:57,910 --> 00:29:04,634 What if he faked his escape, the same way he faked being insane? 407 00:29:43,150 --> 00:29:45,073 Never forgets. 408 00:29:46,350 --> 00:29:49,035 Always back for more. 409 00:29:52,630 --> 00:29:55,201 I should've killed you when I had the chance. 410 00:29:56,070 --> 00:29:57,356 Turn around. 411 00:29:58,470 --> 00:30:02,441 I said, turn around. 412 00:30:38,910 --> 00:30:40,400 Oliver Queen. 413 00:30:40,750 --> 00:30:43,560 All those years on that island. 414 00:30:43,710 --> 00:30:45,758 Guess you really did go crazy. 415 00:31:07,270 --> 00:31:09,921 So the Count didn't fake losing his mind, did he? 416 00:31:11,750 --> 00:31:13,275 This was you the whole time. 417 00:31:13,430 --> 00:31:17,401 How did you get him to give you the formula for Vertigo, huh? 418 00:31:17,710 --> 00:31:20,475 Chemistry doesn't seem like his best subject right now. 419 00:31:20,630 --> 00:31:23,076 He couldn't tell me if he wanted to. 420 00:31:23,230 --> 00:31:25,471 I ordered a biopsy on his kidneys. 421 00:31:25,630 --> 00:31:28,759 The tissue was suffused with the narcotic after his OD. 422 00:31:28,910 --> 00:31:30,514 When I got the results... 423 00:31:30,710 --> 00:31:34,157 I realized I could reverse-engineer the chemical compound of the drug. 424 00:31:34,310 --> 00:31:38,031 Produce a synthesized version myself using the facilities here. 425 00:31:38,190 --> 00:31:41,034 And made a few improvements like adding chlorpromazine. 426 00:31:41,750 --> 00:31:43,036 That's how you found us. 427 00:31:43,230 --> 00:31:45,756 Cops came around and started asking questions... 428 00:31:45,950 --> 00:31:50,000 you faked the Count's disappearance to draw attention away from yourself. 429 00:31:50,150 --> 00:31:51,993 It's clever. 430 00:31:53,430 --> 00:31:56,195 I wasn't trying to be a criminal mastermind. 431 00:31:57,350 --> 00:31:59,159 I just needed the money. 432 00:31:59,310 --> 00:32:03,031 Something I'm sure a billionaire wouldn't understand. 433 00:32:03,230 --> 00:32:04,994 Believe me. 434 00:32:05,830 --> 00:32:07,798 I understand you perfectly. 435 00:32:08,950 --> 00:32:10,076 Open his mouth. 436 00:32:27,510 --> 00:32:30,195 From what I've read in the tabloids... 437 00:32:30,350 --> 00:32:33,991 no one will be surprised to hear Oliver Queen died of a drug overdose. 438 00:33:03,390 --> 00:33:05,040 Dig! 439 00:33:15,910 --> 00:33:18,038 Argh! 440 00:33:38,790 --> 00:33:40,360 Unh! Unh! 441 00:33:51,070 --> 00:33:52,799 Clear. 442 00:33:56,270 --> 00:33:58,113 Freeze! 443 00:34:02,270 --> 00:34:04,034 You don't look so good. 444 00:34:05,070 --> 00:34:07,072 I doubt you could aim a single arrow. 445 00:34:41,510 --> 00:34:45,310 Looks like I'm the last one standing. 446 00:34:47,150 --> 00:34:49,152 Sitting. 447 00:34:50,670 --> 00:34:52,559 Spinning. 448 00:34:52,710 --> 00:34:55,361 Something to do. 449 00:34:56,670 --> 00:35:01,631 What was I going to do? Memory not what it once was. 450 00:35:03,030 --> 00:35:05,874 Nothing what it once was. 451 00:35:12,670 --> 00:35:16,470 Is there a name on the gravestone? 452 00:35:18,630 --> 00:35:20,359 No. 453 00:35:20,990 --> 00:35:23,197 It's new... 454 00:35:23,510 --> 00:35:25,592 and clean... 455 00:35:25,950 --> 00:35:28,078 and waiting. 456 00:35:41,030 --> 00:35:42,156 We're finished here. 457 00:35:50,310 --> 00:35:54,156 - Hey. How we doing? - In the black. 458 00:35:54,710 --> 00:35:56,155 Did the Hood get his man? 459 00:35:56,910 --> 00:36:02,041 Well, we won't be having any problems with Vertigo anymore. 460 00:36:02,910 --> 00:36:06,039 - Look, Tommy, I'm sorry... - I've caught up the bookkeeping... 461 00:36:06,190 --> 00:36:08,716 and all my notes on the inventory are in there... 462 00:36:08,870 --> 00:36:12,955 - ... along with the list of suppliers we use. - Okay. 463 00:36:14,390 --> 00:36:17,917 - I don't see why you're telling me that. - This club is important to me. 464 00:36:18,070 --> 00:36:20,072 But for you it's just a front. 465 00:36:20,270 --> 00:36:23,752 You want me to keep your secret, help you be this thing you've become... 466 00:36:23,910 --> 00:36:26,356 but you refuse to see me for what I've become. 467 00:36:27,590 --> 00:36:30,673 I've got just a bit too much self-respect for that. 468 00:36:32,950 --> 00:36:34,395 I quit. 469 00:36:43,270 --> 00:36:45,113 Dinner. 470 00:36:45,270 --> 00:36:46,795 You're still doing that? 471 00:36:46,990 --> 00:36:50,551 Fyers better be careful with his bowls of water. 472 00:36:50,910 --> 00:36:53,481 When are we gonna do actual training? 473 00:36:53,630 --> 00:36:56,474 There once was a young boy whose father dropped him off... 474 00:36:56,630 --> 00:37:01,033 - ... at a Shaolin monastery to study kung fu. - Good. A story. 475 00:37:01,190 --> 00:37:04,239 After a year, the boy came to visit his family. 476 00:37:04,390 --> 00:37:08,759 When asked what he'd learned, the boy hung his head in shame. 477 00:37:08,910 --> 00:37:12,392 All the monks had him do was slap water in a barrel for a year. 478 00:37:12,750 --> 00:37:16,800 We don't have a year, so I hope your training regimen is a bit faster. 479 00:37:19,710 --> 00:37:22,316 The family didn't believe him, so he showed them. 480 00:37:22,510 --> 00:37:26,435 He raised his hand and hit the table they were eating on. 481 00:37:27,630 --> 00:37:30,474 - It broke in half. - I'm going to be able to break a table? 482 00:37:30,670 --> 00:37:32,160 Better. 483 00:37:40,910 --> 00:37:42,514 Okay. 484 00:37:53,990 --> 00:37:55,276 Draw the bow. 485 00:38:03,190 --> 00:38:04,316 I'll be damned. 486 00:38:10,470 --> 00:38:11,881 What's next? 487 00:38:12,030 --> 00:38:14,158 We teach you to shoot. 488 00:38:33,070 --> 00:38:36,153 - Drinking alone? - Oh. Well, not anymore. 489 00:38:41,310 --> 00:38:43,153 Just soda'? 490 00:38:44,030 --> 00:38:46,078 Bartender forget the Scotch? 491 00:38:46,230 --> 00:38:48,836 I didn't really feel the need for it. 492 00:38:50,510 --> 00:38:52,353 So, um... 493 00:38:52,510 --> 00:38:54,751 The girl who died... 494 00:38:54,910 --> 00:38:57,993 turns out that she got her Vertigo from a co-worker. 495 00:38:58,150 --> 00:39:01,597 - Guess I owe your boyfriend an apology. - He has a name, you know. 496 00:39:01,750 --> 00:39:04,754 I just can't seem to bring myself to use it. Baby steps. 497 00:39:08,270 --> 00:39:11,035 Did I screw things up between us again? 498 00:39:13,350 --> 00:39:14,840 No. 499 00:39:18,750 --> 00:39:20,957 I really wasn't looking to jam up Merlyn. 500 00:39:21,110 --> 00:39:23,920 I knew by pursuing him that I could throw a wrench in us... 501 00:39:24,070 --> 00:39:27,119 - Then Why'd you do it? - There was evidence, Laurel. 502 00:39:27,270 --> 00:39:29,079 And I had to follow it, I had to. 503 00:39:30,510 --> 00:39:32,194 Your mom was right. You were right. 504 00:39:32,350 --> 00:39:35,877 Like you said about me and the Vigilante, I can't let things go. 505 00:39:36,430 --> 00:39:42,392 And I close cases. It's what I do. Everyone else be damned. 506 00:39:42,550 --> 00:39:46,874 Maybe the fact that there's no Scotch in there means you're ready to work on that. 507 00:39:48,790 --> 00:39:50,633 People can change. 508 00:39:58,910 --> 00:40:00,878 - Hey. - Hey. 509 00:40:03,390 --> 00:40:05,438 You had my back. 510 00:40:06,270 --> 00:40:08,113 You needed me. 511 00:40:08,830 --> 00:40:12,835 - Felicity told me where you were headed. - You okay. 512 00:40:13,430 --> 00:40:15,831 I'm the killer, remember? 513 00:40:15,990 --> 00:40:19,153 I've killed before, Oliver. It's just been a while. 514 00:40:22,910 --> 00:40:26,232 If you're the killer, why isn't the Count down too? 515 00:40:26,430 --> 00:40:29,081 Sure it must have been tempting, take him off the board for good. 516 00:40:29,270 --> 00:40:32,080 - People change. - People like the Count? 517 00:40:32,990 --> 00:40:35,755 No, I meant me. 518 00:40:37,270 --> 00:40:40,831 Not so long ago, I would've put that guy down for good... 519 00:40:41,030 --> 00:40:45,718 but looking at him today, all vacant... 520 00:40:46,990 --> 00:40:48,640 there didn't seem to be a point. 521 00:40:49,950 --> 00:40:54,478 But not everybody deserves mercy. 522 00:40:54,670 --> 00:40:55,717 For example. 523 00:41:01,630 --> 00:41:04,952 - I thought he wasn't a priority to you. - He's a priority to you. 524 00:41:07,390 --> 00:41:11,475 And you two have unfinished business. 525 00:41:12,030 --> 00:41:13,156 Where do we start? 526 00:41:15,390 --> 00:41:20,237 I'd prefer we skip the I-told-you-so's, but the nightclub... 527 00:41:20,390 --> 00:41:22,996 wasn't really working out. 528 00:41:23,550 --> 00:41:26,030 I guess I need something more boring. 529 00:41:26,190 --> 00:41:27,794 Stable. 530 00:41:27,990 --> 00:41:32,279 Nine to 5, go home, kiss Laurel, that sort of thing. 531 00:41:34,190 --> 00:41:36,796 I guess what I'm saying is... 532 00:41:38,910 --> 00:41:40,514 I want a job.