1 00:00:02,169 --> 00:00:04,671 Narrato r: Previously on arrow: 2 00:00:05,839 --> 00:00:07,841 I'm sorry. I should go. 3 00:00:09,843 --> 00:00:12,846 The night of the siege, you were at the train station. 4 00:00:13,055 --> 00:00:16,308 I got attacked by one of those crazy, masked things. 5 00:00:16,475 --> 00:00:18,769 But he got shot by a cop, I think. 6 00:00:18,977 --> 00:00:20,979 - It was Malcolm merlyn. - He's dead. 7 00:00:21,146 --> 00:00:23,774 - Thank you, dad. - I promised you, thea. 8 00:00:23,982 --> 00:00:25,817 I will never let anyone hurt you. 9 00:00:26,026 --> 00:00:27,378 - Ra's al ghul: Sara Lance is dead. - Yes. 10 00:00:27,402 --> 00:00:29,530 - At merlyn's hand? - It appears. 11 00:00:29,696 --> 00:00:32,407 Ai sa-her will face the league's justice. 12 00:00:32,574 --> 00:00:33,784 What of queen? 13 00:00:33,992 --> 00:00:35,869 He has sworn to protect merlyn. 14 00:00:36,036 --> 00:00:41,208 If that is true, then Oliver queen courts war with us. 15 00:00:44,127 --> 00:00:46,088 [Wind whistling] 16 00:00:57,641 --> 00:00:59,481 [People chattering & music plays over speakers] 17 00:00:59,643 --> 00:01:01,895 Hey. Very nice. 18 00:01:02,563 --> 00:01:04,606 Man: Merry Christmas, captain. 19 00:01:07,568 --> 00:01:09,069 [Exhales] 20 00:01:11,071 --> 00:01:12,966 Green arrow [in disguised voice]: Merry Christmas. 21 00:01:12,990 --> 00:01:16,368 - Well, I feel bad. I didn't get you anything. - You keep the city safe. 22 00:01:16,535 --> 00:01:18,370 So do you. 23 00:01:19,121 --> 00:01:22,874 You know, these days, you're the closest thing to a partner I got. 24 00:01:23,834 --> 00:01:25,252 Happy holidays. 25 00:01:25,460 --> 00:01:27,254 Here you go, buddy. 26 00:01:32,384 --> 00:01:33,427 [In normal voice] Merlyn. 27 00:02:04,124 --> 00:02:05,375 [Groans] 28 00:02:09,171 --> 00:02:10,797 Nyssa. 29 00:02:11,131 --> 00:02:12,674 What is this? We agreed... 30 00:02:12,883 --> 00:02:14,593 To nothing. 31 00:02:15,469 --> 00:02:19,890 My father decided to give you the time to bring Sara's killer to justice, and you have failed. 32 00:02:20,098 --> 00:02:22,893 We're doing everything that we can. 33 00:02:23,101 --> 00:02:25,145 You've been distracted protecting the city. 34 00:02:25,312 --> 00:02:28,315 And you've exhausted my father's Patience. 35 00:02:29,816 --> 00:02:32,861 In civilizations past, when someone in the village was murdered... 36 00:02:33,028 --> 00:02:36,657 The league would kill 50 people a day until the criminal was rooted out. 37 00:02:36,823 --> 00:02:40,118 Find and deliver the one who killed ta-er al-sahfer. 38 00:02:40,327 --> 00:02:42,496 You have 48 hours or the citizens of starling... 39 00:02:42,663 --> 00:02:45,165 Will see what the league of assassins is capable of. 40 00:02:45,332 --> 00:02:48,669 You're gonna slaughter innocent people? 41 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:51,838 The cleansing of starling city will fall to sarab. 42 00:02:57,010 --> 00:02:59,930 - Maseo. - Maseo is no longer. 43 00:03:00,138 --> 00:03:02,808 As she said, I am sarab. 44 00:03:02,974 --> 00:03:07,521 Deliver Sara's killer or blood will flow in your streets. 45 00:03:07,729 --> 00:03:09,940 This isn't what Sara would want. 46 00:03:10,148 --> 00:03:12,442 Sara is dead. 47 00:03:12,734 --> 00:03:15,195 It's time you remember that. 48 00:03:24,746 --> 00:03:26,748 Laurel: Dad's okay. 49 00:03:27,332 --> 00:03:28,375 Working too much. 50 00:03:29,209 --> 00:03:33,046 I'm sorry. I never really know what to say when I come here. I just... 51 00:03:35,882 --> 00:03:38,719 I wanted to wish you merry Christmas. 52 00:03:39,261 --> 00:03:42,180 And tell you how much I miss you. 53 00:03:42,389 --> 00:03:44,099 Thea: Laurel? 54 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:48,562 Thea. What are you doing here? 55 00:03:48,729 --> 00:03:51,898 I was just leaving flowers for my mom. 56 00:03:52,399 --> 00:03:54,025 Who were you talking to? 57 00:03:54,234 --> 00:03:57,863 Nobody. I just come here sometimes. 58 00:03:58,071 --> 00:03:59,573 Even though Sara's still alive? 59 00:04:01,742 --> 00:04:05,078 Laurel, what's wrong? Everything's fine. Sara's okay. 60 00:04:06,079 --> 00:04:07,539 No, thea. 61 00:04:11,084 --> 00:04:12,419 Sara's dead. 62 00:04:14,129 --> 00:04:17,132 What? What are you talking about? 63 00:04:17,382 --> 00:04:19,301 While you were gone... 64 00:04:19,926 --> 00:04:21,428 She was murdered. 65 00:04:24,556 --> 00:04:27,726 - By who? - I don't know. I buried her here. 66 00:04:27,934 --> 00:04:31,897 Why didn't you tell anybody? Like, at least your father? The police? 67 00:04:32,105 --> 00:04:36,443 - No. No. Thea, no one can ever know. - —why? 68 00:04:39,321 --> 00:04:41,448 Sara, she was, uh... 69 00:04:42,324 --> 00:04:43,617 She was complicated. 70 00:04:44,159 --> 00:04:48,663 And if my father found out, it would kill him. 71 00:04:49,581 --> 00:04:53,043 You have to promise me that you won't tell Oliver. 72 00:04:53,251 --> 00:04:55,670 Of course. I promise. 73 00:04:57,631 --> 00:04:59,090 I'm so sorry. 74 00:04:59,758 --> 00:05:01,134 [Footsteps] 75 00:05:02,928 --> 00:05:05,514 Hey, did you know there's a cafeteria in the building? 76 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:08,308 There's a cold-pressed juice bar, organic salad station. 77 00:05:08,475 --> 00:05:13,146 I know. I eat there every day along with 800 of your other employees. 78 00:05:13,313 --> 00:05:16,817 - Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm late for a meeting. - Wait, Felicity. 79 00:05:16,983 --> 00:05:18,485 Are we okay? 80 00:05:18,693 --> 00:05:21,488 If by "we" you mean you and me as individual entities... 81 00:05:21,655 --> 00:05:24,324 Then yes, we are fantastic. 82 00:05:25,158 --> 00:05:27,536 - This is about the kiss. - This is not about the kiss. 83 00:05:27,702 --> 00:05:30,664 You sure? Because it really feels like it's about the kiss. 84 00:05:30,872 --> 00:05:34,167 Unless it's about how I left after the kiss. 85 00:05:34,334 --> 00:05:36,795 - I can explain. - No. I can explain. 86 00:05:36,962 --> 00:05:39,172 It was a moment, and you regret it. It's over. 87 00:05:39,339 --> 00:05:43,093 Now, can we pretend like it never happened and go back to being professionals? 88 00:05:43,426 --> 00:05:44,511 [Phone chiming and buzzing] 89 00:05:46,221 --> 00:05:49,391 I have to go. Work. 90 00:05:49,641 --> 00:05:52,686 But you're at work. 91 00:05:54,312 --> 00:05:56,898 - Felicity: What happened? - Nyssa paid me a visit. 92 00:05:57,148 --> 00:06:00,151 The league wants Sara's killer handed over in the next 48 hours. 93 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:03,697 Why do I sense there's an "or else" at the end of that sentence? 94 00:06:03,905 --> 00:06:06,867 - Or else they'll start killing civilians. - Felicity: My god. Two days. 95 00:06:07,033 --> 00:06:09,870 Caitlin has DNA we pulled off of the arrows that killed Sara. 96 00:06:10,036 --> 00:06:13,248 But the str markers are degraded, so it's taking a little bit longer. 97 00:06:13,415 --> 00:06:15,166 Felicity. 98 00:06:15,709 --> 00:06:17,711 It can't take any longer. 99 00:06:19,504 --> 00:06:22,841 If we can't find Sara's killer, we're gonna need a contingency plan. 100 00:06:23,049 --> 00:06:24,926 I know. 101 00:06:26,219 --> 00:06:27,929 I don't have one. 102 00:06:41,735 --> 00:06:43,236 Here. 103 00:06:46,907 --> 00:06:48,909 I'm not hungry. 104 00:06:50,243 --> 00:06:55,540 The first time I interrogated someone, I lost my appetite for two days. 105 00:06:55,707 --> 00:06:57,876 You need your strength. 106 00:06:58,418 --> 00:07:00,587 I didn't interrogate anyone. 107 00:07:00,754 --> 00:07:03,423 I tortured him. 108 00:07:04,591 --> 00:07:09,721 The question is, did you learn anything about chien na wei's plans? 109 00:07:09,930 --> 00:07:14,601 There's a biotech company in Hong Kong. They were working on a super antibiotic. 110 00:07:14,809 --> 00:07:17,437 They got a super virus instead. 111 00:07:17,604 --> 00:07:19,898 They're calling it omega. 112 00:07:20,065 --> 00:07:24,402 - Which is the Chinese translation for... - Omega. 113 00:07:24,569 --> 00:07:27,238 They said one vial could wipe out an entire city. 114 00:07:27,405 --> 00:07:31,952 So it's a bioweapon chien na wei's after. 115 00:07:32,410 --> 00:07:34,454 Did he tell you where it is now? 116 00:07:34,621 --> 00:07:38,291 Yeah. He didn't want to, but I made him. 117 00:07:38,458 --> 00:07:41,252 You did what was necessary. 118 00:07:41,628 --> 00:07:46,508 One man's agony is not worth the lives of an entire city. 119 00:07:49,636 --> 00:07:52,806 Felicity: They all right? Okay. Yes, it is coming through now. 120 00:07:52,973 --> 00:07:56,601 No, I'm fine. Things are just tense here. 121 00:07:56,810 --> 00:08:00,105 Thank you, Caitlin. Happy holidays to you too. 122 00:08:00,605 --> 00:08:01,815 Are those the DNA results? 123 00:08:01,982 --> 00:08:04,985 It's the genome s.T.A.R. Labs was able to get off of the arrow. 124 00:08:05,151 --> 00:08:08,154 - I need to run it against suspects. - What database are you using? 125 00:08:08,321 --> 00:08:10,448 S.c.p.d. Maintains a genetic markers database. 126 00:08:10,615 --> 00:08:13,118 Anyone who's committed a felony in the past three years. 127 00:08:13,827 --> 00:08:16,663 - No, that... that can't be right. - Who is it? 128 00:08:16,830 --> 00:08:20,166 - It must be a mistake. - Felicity, who killed Sara? 129 00:08:30,677 --> 00:08:32,679 [Wind whistling] 130 00:08:37,142 --> 00:08:38,560 [Grunting] 131 00:08:46,192 --> 00:08:47,986 This must be a mistake. 132 00:08:48,194 --> 00:08:50,864 I took perspiration off the arrows that killed Sara. 133 00:08:51,072 --> 00:08:55,243 Two years ago when the police arrested Oliver because they thought he was the vigilante... 134 00:08:55,410 --> 00:08:59,706 They took a DNA sample. That sample is a match for 12 out of the 13 strs. 135 00:08:59,873 --> 00:09:02,417 The odds of that, they're impossible. 136 00:09:02,584 --> 00:09:05,920 - So somehow my DNA is on the arrows. - Someone's setting you up, Oliver. 137 00:09:06,087 --> 00:09:09,716 Somebody with a vested interest in pitting me against the league of assassins. 138 00:09:09,883 --> 00:09:11,092 It's Malcolm merlyn. 139 00:09:11,259 --> 00:09:14,095 Merlyn was in corto Maltese with thea when this was going down. 140 00:09:14,304 --> 00:09:18,767 Unless he wasn't. Merlyn hid successfully for two years from the police and the league. 141 00:09:18,933 --> 00:09:21,603 - He's good at covering his tracks. - So we uncover them. 142 00:09:22,687 --> 00:09:24,564 But it might take some time. 143 00:09:24,773 --> 00:09:27,817 In less than 48 hours, the league is gonna murder 50 people. 144 00:09:28,026 --> 00:09:29,527 We don't have time. 145 00:09:38,203 --> 00:09:39,913 [Blows landing] 146 00:09:42,123 --> 00:09:45,251 Move to the lab. I'll deal with the rest of security. 147 00:09:45,418 --> 00:09:47,128 Stay on comms. 148 00:09:47,796 --> 00:09:51,466 - Maseo, you set? - Just about. 149 00:10:00,767 --> 00:10:02,977 - I found omega. - Be careful with it. 150 00:10:04,771 --> 00:10:07,982 - Oliver: We might have a problem. - What's wrong? 151 00:10:08,399 --> 00:10:12,987 Somebody already took it. How did she get in here before us? 152 00:10:18,409 --> 00:10:20,662 She didn't need to get in, Oliver. 153 00:10:21,454 --> 00:10:23,957 She already had someone inside. 154 00:10:25,416 --> 00:10:27,001 Lance: Yeah, I know. But it's a holiday. 155 00:10:27,168 --> 00:10:29,838 So I guess I'm feeling charitable. Is that okay? 156 00:10:30,004 --> 00:10:32,507 Jake, I gotta call you right back. 157 00:10:33,174 --> 00:10:34,759 -Hey. 158 00:10:34,926 --> 00:10:35,969 [Both chuckle] 159 00:10:36,136 --> 00:10:37,929 Look who it is. 160 00:10:38,680 --> 00:10:42,392 - How was your ride down? - Oh, uneventful. Chance to grade some papers. 161 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:47,397 Dad, maybe you can tell me why half your officers are allergic to search warrants. 162 00:10:48,148 --> 00:10:50,024 - Mom. - Hi, sweetheart. 163 00:10:50,191 --> 00:10:53,444 - I didn't know that you were coming to town. - I guess that's my fault. 164 00:10:53,611 --> 00:10:55,655 I thought you could do a Christmas surprise. 165 00:10:57,907 --> 00:11:01,369 Of course I wanna spend Christmas with my family. So where's Sara? 166 00:11:01,536 --> 00:11:03,705 She's not returning my phone calls. 167 00:11:03,913 --> 00:11:05,832 Yeah, that's because she's traveling. 168 00:11:06,457 --> 00:11:10,044 Backpacking through the andes. 169 00:11:10,837 --> 00:11:12,839 I think. Lance: Yeah. 170 00:11:15,008 --> 00:11:19,345 I found something. A.R.G.U.S. Monitors air traffic in and out of countries of interest. 171 00:11:19,512 --> 00:11:23,474 - Corto Maltese is on that list. - This is a list of every commercial airliner... 172 00:11:23,641 --> 00:11:28,062 Private jet, sea plane, hot air balloon that took off from corto Maltese this past year. 173 00:11:28,229 --> 00:11:32,233 Look at this flight path. Private charter from corto Maltese to Caracas. 174 00:11:32,442 --> 00:11:35,570 Then to cartagena only to fly back to Caracas and then to Tijuana. 175 00:11:35,737 --> 00:11:39,073 Whoever was on that plane was working hard to hide where he was going. 176 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:42,577 The route ends at a private landing strip just outside starling city. 177 00:11:42,744 --> 00:11:43,828 When did it land? 178 00:11:44,662 --> 00:11:46,247 The night before Sara was murdered. 179 00:11:51,085 --> 00:11:53,588 - Please. All I do is fly the plane. - Green arrow: Quiet. 180 00:11:53,755 --> 00:11:58,509 The man in this photo, did you fly him from corto Maltese to starling city? 181 00:12:02,222 --> 00:12:05,016 This time look at the photo. 182 00:12:06,017 --> 00:12:08,895 - He'll kill me. - He's not here. 183 00:12:09,103 --> 00:12:12,482 - We are. - All right. Okay. Yes, I flew him here. 184 00:12:12,899 --> 00:12:15,401 I've got security footage. You wanna see? 185 00:12:15,568 --> 00:12:16,648 Felicity: Hanukkah present? 186 00:12:16,778 --> 00:12:19,614 Security footage from the airfield where merlyn landed. 187 00:12:20,073 --> 00:12:21,699 Check for October 7th. 188 00:12:25,286 --> 00:12:26,287 Right there. Stop. 189 00:12:40,843 --> 00:12:42,845 [Wind whistling] 190 00:12:49,644 --> 00:12:51,562 [Grunting] 191 00:12:53,731 --> 00:12:57,568 You said merlyn was keeping his distance from thea. That he hadn't had any contact. 192 00:13:01,406 --> 00:13:04,242 There's something we should consider. Maybe it wasn't your DNA. 193 00:13:04,409 --> 00:13:05,994 - Maybe it was thea's. - What? 194 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:09,289 You two are siblings. There would be overlap. Maybe enough to... 195 00:13:09,539 --> 00:13:11,666 Diggle, are you listening to yourself? 196 00:13:11,916 --> 00:13:17,922 You're suggesting that thea killed Sara. Even if she would... even if she could... 197 00:13:18,089 --> 00:13:19,090 Why? 198 00:13:19,257 --> 00:13:20,925 Malcolm merlyn is her father. 199 00:13:22,635 --> 00:13:25,346 - I hate to even say this. - Then don't. 200 00:13:25,596 --> 00:13:27,098 Oliver. 201 00:13:27,307 --> 00:13:30,977 I know how much you love your sister, but we have to look at the facts. 202 00:13:31,352 --> 00:13:34,314 The autopsy I did on Sara, I thought Roy might have stabbed her. 203 00:13:34,564 --> 00:13:37,984 Because the trajectory wasn't consistent with an Archer of average height. 204 00:13:38,192 --> 00:13:42,322 - You weren't considering a killer thea's size. - Enough. Both of you. 205 00:13:42,572 --> 00:13:46,451 My sister did not kill Sara. The DNA on the arrows is mine... 206 00:13:46,659 --> 00:13:49,287 Because Malcolm merlyn put it there. 207 00:13:49,454 --> 00:13:51,456 [Phone ringing and buzzing] 208 00:13:54,959 --> 00:13:58,463 - Hi. - Ray: Hey, we need to talk, so I came here. 209 00:13:58,671 --> 00:14:01,466 - Here where? - Where you are. 210 00:14:01,632 --> 00:14:04,886 I might have pinged your phone again. 211 00:14:05,136 --> 00:14:09,098 I thought I was pretty clear when I said I didn't wanna talk about this. 212 00:14:09,307 --> 00:14:12,643 You were. But you were also pretty wrong... 213 00:14:13,603 --> 00:14:15,521 When you said I regretted kissing you. 214 00:14:16,647 --> 00:14:21,110 I can't imagine there's a man on the planet who would ever regret kissing you. 215 00:14:21,652 --> 00:14:26,532 - I can think of one. - But I am sorry about the way I reacted. 216 00:14:29,327 --> 00:14:33,664 - When I kissed you, I felt guilty. - Oh, my god. You're cheating on someone. 217 00:14:37,668 --> 00:14:39,670 Her name is Anna. 218 00:14:40,171 --> 00:14:41,339 And we were engaged. 219 00:14:41,839 --> 00:14:47,762 Last spring, the night those men took over the city, we ran into a few. 220 00:14:47,929 --> 00:14:49,680 We tried to escape, but we couldn't. 221 00:14:50,348 --> 00:14:54,685 I tried to fight them, but I couldn't. I wasn't strong enough. 222 00:14:56,562 --> 00:15:03,152 They broke my leg and went after her, but I couldn't save her. 223 00:15:05,613 --> 00:15:07,031 [Exhales] 224 00:15:07,198 --> 00:15:09,200 As they broke her neck. 225 00:15:09,867 --> 00:15:11,285 Ray, I am so sorry. 226 00:15:11,536 --> 00:15:14,038 Anna was supposed to be the last woman I ever kissed. 227 00:15:14,705 --> 00:15:18,876 And she was. Until suddenly, I was kissing you. 228 00:15:36,561 --> 00:15:39,397 Hey. What are you doing home? 229 00:15:39,564 --> 00:15:41,816 I wanted the Christmas tree to be a surprise. 230 00:15:42,066 --> 00:15:43,693 It's a surprise. 231 00:15:43,901 --> 00:15:46,237 Thought since it's just the two of us now... 232 00:15:46,404 --> 00:15:49,407 The smaller the family, bigger the tree. 233 00:15:49,615 --> 00:15:50,783 What about Malcolm? 234 00:15:51,576 --> 00:15:54,912 Thea, I know you saw him in corto Maltese. 235 00:15:55,079 --> 00:15:58,207 Ollie, we've lost everyone. 236 00:15:58,416 --> 00:16:02,128 Malcolm's the only family I have left besides you. 237 00:16:02,336 --> 00:16:06,340 Thea, I deserve to know what you were doing with Malcolm merlyn. 238 00:16:06,591 --> 00:16:08,342 I've just been getting to know him. 239 00:16:08,593 --> 00:16:11,262 Did you fly back to starling city with him? 240 00:16:12,930 --> 00:16:16,350 Ollie, if I was back in starling, don't you think I would have called you? 241 00:16:16,601 --> 00:16:19,103 I was in corto Maltese since may. 242 00:16:19,270 --> 00:16:25,443 Now, will you please just come upstairs and help me find some more Christmas stuff? 243 00:16:33,534 --> 00:16:35,286 [In foreign language] 244 00:16:45,838 --> 00:16:48,841 - What's he saying? - He's trying to bribe us. 245 00:16:49,050 --> 00:16:51,844 [In foreign language] 246 00:16:52,428 --> 00:16:54,348 [In English] We want the vial of omega you stole. 247 00:16:54,555 --> 00:16:57,475 [In English] I don't know what you're talking about. I didn't steal. 248 00:16:57,683 --> 00:17:01,687 Don't waste your energy on lies. We will get the truth from you. 249 00:17:02,396 --> 00:17:04,815 One way or the other. 250 00:17:05,024 --> 00:17:08,194 My friend can be very persuasive. 251 00:17:14,659 --> 00:17:17,495 Dinah: So how are you? 252 00:17:18,663 --> 00:17:22,500 I'm great. Work's great. I've just been really busy. 253 00:17:22,667 --> 00:17:26,671 - Something's happened. - What? No. No. Nothing's happened. 254 00:17:27,838 --> 00:17:30,675 It's Sara, isn't it? 255 00:17:31,342 --> 00:17:36,722 When I mentioned her earlier, you seemed so broken. 256 00:17:36,931 --> 00:17:40,017 Mom, Sara's fine. 257 00:17:40,184 --> 00:17:41,435 She's just being Sara. 258 00:17:42,311 --> 00:17:45,856 There are few things as powerful as a mother's intuition. 259 00:17:46,065 --> 00:17:49,819 You're hiding something. I know it. 260 00:17:50,027 --> 00:17:54,073 Just like I was the only one who knew that Sara didn't die on that boat. 261 00:17:54,323 --> 00:17:57,535 I had this feeling that I would see her again. 262 00:17:57,702 --> 00:18:00,204 And right now... 263 00:18:00,746 --> 00:18:04,834 That feeling is gone. 264 00:18:09,046 --> 00:18:12,341 She's dead, isn't she? 265 00:18:14,552 --> 00:18:16,429 Mom, listen to me. 266 00:18:16,637 --> 00:18:19,890 Sara, she was involved with some very, very dangerous people. 267 00:18:20,057 --> 00:18:24,061 This has to remain a secret. At least until we figure out exactly what happened. 268 00:18:24,228 --> 00:18:26,981 I don't understand. Doesn't your father know? 269 00:18:27,231 --> 00:18:29,442 If he knew about Sara... 270 00:18:31,485 --> 00:18:33,446 He couldn't take it. 271 00:18:35,865 --> 00:18:38,993 And I can't lose anyone else. 272 00:19:03,976 --> 00:19:05,978 [All grunting and yelling] 273 00:19:27,458 --> 00:19:28,834 [Screams then grunts] 274 00:19:35,466 --> 00:19:37,051 Nyssa: Father. 275 00:19:40,721 --> 00:19:44,183 - It's nearly time. - Mr. Queen has not yet presented the guilty? 276 00:19:45,643 --> 00:19:48,688 Perhaps he believes our threats are empty. 277 00:19:50,189 --> 00:19:51,857 We must correct that belief. 278 00:19:52,942 --> 00:19:56,821 Return to starling city. Be merciless. 279 00:19:57,822 --> 00:20:01,158 Teach Oliver queen we only ask but once. 280 00:20:02,660 --> 00:20:04,328 Where you been? 281 00:20:04,495 --> 00:20:06,080 Oliver: I went to see thea. 282 00:20:06,330 --> 00:20:09,959 She lied to me again, but she didn't kill Sara. 283 00:20:10,167 --> 00:20:12,169 - Oliver. - I looked her in the eyes, Felicity. 284 00:20:12,336 --> 00:20:14,839 These are eyes that I have known my entire life. 285 00:20:15,005 --> 00:20:18,342 She could lie to me about merlyn and spending time with him. 286 00:20:18,509 --> 00:20:20,511 But she could never do this. 287 00:20:20,678 --> 00:20:23,389 Oliver, you are one of the smartest men I've known. 288 00:20:23,597 --> 00:20:26,183 But you have a blind spot when it comes to your family. 289 00:20:26,350 --> 00:20:28,185 - Not this time. - Your mother and father. 290 00:20:28,352 --> 00:20:30,354 - That's enough. - Now thea. She lied to you. 291 00:20:30,521 --> 00:20:32,481 Both of you, stop. 292 00:20:33,983 --> 00:20:39,280 Oliver, I can't imagine how difficult this must be for you, but John is right. 293 00:20:39,488 --> 00:20:43,367 - Thea lied. - She lied about merlyn, but Sara... 294 00:20:45,369 --> 00:20:47,872 I don't wanna believe she could do something like this. 295 00:20:48,038 --> 00:20:52,877 Which is why you shouldn't be the one asking the questions. 296 00:21:13,147 --> 00:21:16,901 [In disguised voice] Thea queen, where is Malcolm merlyn? 297 00:21:17,067 --> 00:21:19,904 I don't know. Please. Please don't hurt me. 298 00:21:27,077 --> 00:21:29,288 Stay away from me and my father. 299 00:21:37,254 --> 00:21:39,256 [Wind whistling] 300 00:21:51,435 --> 00:21:53,646 Malcolm: It's the strangest thing. 301 00:21:55,356 --> 00:21:58,859 Thea just called and said she was attacked by the arrow. 302 00:22:00,277 --> 00:22:03,614 You wouldn't happen to know anything about that, now, would you, Oliver? 303 00:22:03,823 --> 00:22:04,865 This was you. 304 00:22:06,784 --> 00:22:12,456 You know, I figured when I spared the man who murdered my mother... 305 00:22:12,790 --> 00:22:14,583 I would never kill again. 306 00:22:17,628 --> 00:22:18,712 I was wrong. 307 00:22:20,089 --> 00:22:21,882 - You might wanna reconsider. - —why? 308 00:22:23,634 --> 00:22:25,803 [Phone buzzing] 309 00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:30,474 Check your phone. I can wait. 310 00:22:31,851 --> 00:22:33,310 [Malcolm grunts] 311 00:22:43,988 --> 00:22:46,156 I don't think you'd want the league to see that. 312 00:22:46,323 --> 00:22:48,993 And if you kill me, they will. 313 00:22:49,660 --> 00:22:52,663 - This isn't her. - You've heard of a plant called votura? 314 00:22:54,415 --> 00:22:57,877 It grows in South America. In fact, it thrives in corto Maltese. 315 00:22:58,127 --> 00:23:01,422 Making its subject extremely susceptible to suggestion... 316 00:23:01,672 --> 00:23:04,425 While retaining no memory of their actions. 317 00:23:04,675 --> 00:23:08,721 I will tell ra's this was you. That thea was under your control. 318 00:23:08,929 --> 00:23:11,515 And he will still kill her. She fired the arrows. 319 00:23:11,682 --> 00:23:14,560 - You've given her a death sentence. - No. 320 00:23:15,352 --> 00:23:19,648 - What I've done is given you incentive. - To do what? 321 00:23:19,857 --> 00:23:23,193 To tell ra's that you killed Sara Lance. 322 00:23:23,402 --> 00:23:27,698 By rite, you will be given a trial by combat with ra's. 323 00:23:27,907 --> 00:23:32,703 His death will erase any blood debt from his reign... 324 00:23:32,870 --> 00:23:36,040 - Including thea's. - And yours. 325 00:23:39,043 --> 00:23:40,085 I have to be honest. 326 00:23:40,252 --> 00:23:43,964 I was a mite concerned that the killing would have been a deal breaker for you. 327 00:23:45,049 --> 00:23:51,931 But I'm gratified to see that thea is still sufficient motivation. 328 00:23:52,723 --> 00:23:57,478 Don't take too long making up your mind. Ra's isn't known for his Patience. 329 00:23:58,562 --> 00:24:03,067 Thea was always so kind. The kindest person I've ever known. 330 00:24:04,693 --> 00:24:06,612 My sister wasn't born a killer. 331 00:24:06,779 --> 00:24:10,574 Malcolm merlyn made her one, and I let it happen. 332 00:24:10,741 --> 00:24:12,409 No, you didn't. 333 00:24:13,077 --> 00:24:15,788 When it comes to family, you always place blame on yourself. 334 00:24:15,955 --> 00:24:18,749 - This is not your fault. - She's right, Oliver. 335 00:24:18,916 --> 00:24:21,752 Throw Malcolm in front of ra's. Let the league sort this out. 336 00:24:21,919 --> 00:24:23,462 Merlyn has a video. 337 00:24:24,505 --> 00:24:28,926 - He made contingencies. - Oliver, if you fight ra's al ghul, he'll kill you. 338 00:24:29,093 --> 00:24:30,844 No, he won't. 339 00:24:31,762 --> 00:24:34,974 During the undertaking, merlyn told me that I couldn't win... 340 00:24:35,224 --> 00:24:38,018 Because I didn't know what I was fighting for. 341 00:24:38,268 --> 00:24:40,145 Now I do. 342 00:24:41,605 --> 00:24:43,941 I'm fighting for thea. 343 00:24:45,985 --> 00:24:47,611 [Grunts] 344 00:24:48,779 --> 00:24:50,864 He should've confessed by now. 345 00:24:51,115 --> 00:24:55,244 - We have video of him taking the vial. - He says he doesn't remember. 346 00:24:55,452 --> 00:24:58,622 He's lying. You don't do something like that and not remember it. 347 00:24:58,789 --> 00:25:02,126 There is a way. I didn't think it a possibility until now. 348 00:25:03,127 --> 00:25:05,838 There's a drug. It's called votura. 349 00:25:06,046 --> 00:25:09,883 I've heard it makes people extremely susceptible to suggestion. 350 00:25:10,134 --> 00:25:12,261 Like mind control? 351 00:25:12,970 --> 00:25:14,847 Really? That's a thing? 352 00:25:15,055 --> 00:25:18,767 Those that get dosed have no memory of what they do while under the influence. 353 00:25:18,976 --> 00:25:21,478 Oh, great. All this was for nothing. 354 00:25:21,645 --> 00:25:25,816 Chien na wei has the vial and we have no way of finding her. 355 00:25:26,025 --> 00:25:28,402 We've taken her inside man. 356 00:25:28,652 --> 00:25:31,572 Finding her may not be the problem at hand. 357 00:25:31,822 --> 00:25:33,866 The problem could be her finding us. 358 00:25:35,492 --> 00:25:37,494 [Speaking in foreign language] 359 00:25:41,790 --> 00:25:45,210 Good evening, Mrs. Yamashiro. Is your husband home? 360 00:25:46,712 --> 00:25:48,797 [In foreign language] 361 00:25:48,964 --> 00:25:51,508 [In foreign language] 362 00:25:51,884 --> 00:25:53,564 [In English] Don't you dare talk to my son. 363 00:25:54,511 --> 00:25:57,890 [In English] Quaint house for a spy. 364 00:25:58,348 --> 00:26:02,311 Except for these. They belong to you, don't they? 365 00:26:02,519 --> 00:26:04,104 Tatsu, isn't it? 366 00:26:07,858 --> 00:26:08,859 Beautiful blade. 367 00:26:09,693 --> 00:26:10,694 [In foreign language] 368 00:26:11,612 --> 00:26:13,614 [Both yelling] 369 00:26:33,342 --> 00:26:34,343 Where is he? 370 00:26:34,510 --> 00:26:37,679 You really think my father, the demon's head... 371 00:26:37,846 --> 00:26:41,183 Would travel all the way from nanda parbat simply because you wish it? 372 00:26:44,853 --> 00:26:46,647 This way. 373 00:26:54,154 --> 00:26:55,948 Kneel before the demon's head. 374 00:27:10,295 --> 00:27:12,464 You're just a boy. 375 00:27:15,634 --> 00:27:17,386 Mr. Queen. 376 00:27:18,303 --> 00:27:22,266 You failed to protect the city you love. Now you'll watch it bleed. 377 00:27:22,474 --> 00:27:25,769 Nobody in my city will die tonight. 378 00:27:25,936 --> 00:27:30,482 Well, there was only one way to prevent that. 379 00:27:30,649 --> 00:27:34,778 You were to produce for me the one who killed ta-er al-sahfer. 380 00:27:35,988 --> 00:27:38,323 And yet you've come alone. 381 00:27:38,991 --> 00:27:40,534 Because it was me. 382 00:27:43,829 --> 00:27:45,998 - I killed Sara. - Why would you kill a woman... 383 00:27:46,165 --> 00:27:49,334 - You once professed to love? - Because she begged me to. 384 00:27:49,543 --> 00:27:51,170 You lie. 385 00:27:55,340 --> 00:27:59,386 It wasn't the first time Sara chose death over a life in the league. 386 00:27:59,553 --> 00:28:03,182 And meeting you now, I can see why. 387 00:28:05,559 --> 00:28:08,520 I should have sarab cleave your head from your shoulders. 388 00:28:09,146 --> 00:28:11,940 Not for killing my daughter's beloved... 389 00:28:12,149 --> 00:28:13,942 But for thinking me a fool. 390 00:28:14,151 --> 00:28:18,530 By league law, I have a right to challenge you to a trial by combat. 391 00:28:23,035 --> 00:28:26,079 It's been 67 years since someone challenged me. 392 00:28:27,497 --> 00:28:30,042 You covet death that much? 393 00:28:30,250 --> 00:28:31,543 Do you accept? 394 00:28:33,086 --> 00:28:34,880 Oh, yes. 395 00:28:45,515 --> 00:28:47,517 [Wind whistling] 396 00:28:49,228 --> 00:28:51,480 [Panting] 397 00:28:54,816 --> 00:28:57,653 I see the years have done little to dull your stubbornness. 398 00:28:57,903 --> 00:28:59,905 - Maseo. - My name is sarab. 399 00:29:00,113 --> 00:29:03,825 - You told me a man cannot live by two names. - And I don't. 400 00:29:04,076 --> 00:29:06,245 Maseo is dead. 401 00:29:06,453 --> 00:29:10,582 I am all that's left. Sarab. A phantom. 402 00:29:11,166 --> 00:29:13,085 After... 403 00:29:13,585 --> 00:29:17,673 It happened, you went to nanda parbat. 404 00:29:18,423 --> 00:29:23,553 I arrived the same year as ta-er al-sahfer. She was a great warrior. 405 00:29:28,308 --> 00:29:33,105 When you face the demon, it will be my duty to bear witness. 406 00:29:33,313 --> 00:29:35,315 I have no desire to watch you die. 407 00:29:36,191 --> 00:29:39,945 Under our code, you have 12 hours to settle your affairs. 408 00:29:40,153 --> 00:29:42,823 The 13th hour, be at this place. 409 00:29:44,950 --> 00:29:47,160 This is consecrated ground for the league. 410 00:29:47,327 --> 00:29:51,873 A place for the settlement of blood debts if one survives the climb. 411 00:29:52,833 --> 00:29:53,875 If you do. 412 00:29:55,794 --> 00:29:57,713 See you on the mountain. 413 00:30:00,632 --> 00:30:05,137 Do you remember how when the two of you were little you played dress up? 414 00:30:06,138 --> 00:30:08,223 One day I overheard you and Sara. 415 00:30:10,100 --> 00:30:13,478 You were pretending to be grown up versions of yourselves. 416 00:30:14,896 --> 00:30:20,152 That day, you and your sister, you had your own families. 417 00:30:20,736 --> 00:30:22,195 Careers. 418 00:30:22,362 --> 00:30:25,699 I was a cop, just like dad. And Sara... 419 00:30:25,907 --> 00:30:27,993 Was a doctor. 420 00:30:28,493 --> 00:30:31,038 She wanted to heal people. 421 00:30:34,207 --> 00:30:36,710 She deserves more than this. 422 00:30:42,007 --> 00:30:43,383 Mom, can I tell you something? 423 00:30:44,009 --> 00:30:49,139 Whoever did this to Sara, I'm gonna find them, no matter what it takes. 424 00:30:49,348 --> 00:30:51,016 And I am gonna make them pay. 425 00:30:55,395 --> 00:30:58,231 Then you make them pay. 426 00:30:58,940 --> 00:31:02,152 And you make them suffer. 427 00:31:08,450 --> 00:31:10,285 Thea: Looks good. 428 00:31:11,870 --> 00:31:13,455 - Thank you. - Good night. 429 00:31:14,539 --> 00:31:17,125 - What happened to the window? - Oh. You should have seen it. 430 00:31:17,292 --> 00:31:19,628 This bird went completely Hitchcock on the thing. 431 00:31:19,795 --> 00:31:22,881 I vacuumed up most of the glass, but I'd still watch your step. 432 00:31:23,048 --> 00:31:24,758 I'll be extra careful. 433 00:31:26,551 --> 00:31:28,387 Are you okay? 434 00:31:28,970 --> 00:31:33,475 Last time you had that look on your face, you told me dad committed suicide. 435 00:31:33,767 --> 00:31:36,603 You haven't called him dad since you found out about Malcolm. 436 00:31:38,772 --> 00:31:40,399 What's going on with you, Ollie? 437 00:31:40,607 --> 00:31:42,984 You think you know who Malcolm merlyn is... 438 00:31:43,235 --> 00:31:48,907 But there are things that I've discovered years ago, recently... 439 00:31:49,825 --> 00:31:52,577 That he doesn't love you, thea. 440 00:31:53,453 --> 00:31:55,288 Because he's not capable of it. 441 00:31:55,497 --> 00:31:57,624 Ollie, please. 442 00:32:00,335 --> 00:32:04,589 Don't make me choose between my father and my brother. 443 00:32:06,091 --> 00:32:07,926 I would never make you choose. 444 00:32:08,927 --> 00:32:10,929 You are my family. 445 00:32:11,513 --> 00:32:14,266 There's nothing that I won't do to protect you. 446 00:32:14,516 --> 00:32:16,768 What does that mean? 447 00:32:21,982 --> 00:32:25,944 It means I love you, no matter what. 448 00:32:32,409 --> 00:32:33,452 [Talks indistinctly] 449 00:32:33,618 --> 00:32:34,870 Tatsu! 450 00:32:35,287 --> 00:32:37,622 - Akio. - Oliver: What happened here? 451 00:32:37,789 --> 00:32:41,501 Oh, god, no. No. No. No. 452 00:32:41,751 --> 00:32:44,379 -Akio, no. Akio: Daddy. 453 00:32:44,629 --> 00:32:48,300 Akio. Akio. Where is your mother? 454 00:32:48,467 --> 00:32:51,052 The white-haired woman, she took her. 455 00:32:56,892 --> 00:33:00,061 Guess who just designed a microprocessor... 456 00:33:00,312 --> 00:33:03,356 - With a specint score just north of 9000? - Ray. 457 00:33:03,565 --> 00:33:07,152 What are you doing with queen consolidated? Why did you buy it? 458 00:33:07,319 --> 00:33:08,904 Because it was for sale. 459 00:33:09,571 --> 00:33:11,907 My life is a little more complicated than I led on. 460 00:33:12,073 --> 00:33:14,910 Suffice it to say, I have gotten very good at keeping secrets. 461 00:33:15,076 --> 00:33:17,996 Particularly, the kind of secret someone like you keeps. 462 00:33:19,498 --> 00:33:21,166 Someone in pain. 463 00:33:21,333 --> 00:33:24,252 - It wasn't easy to tell you about Anna. - You told me about Anna. 464 00:33:24,419 --> 00:33:27,339 But you didn't tell me the truth about what it is you're doing. 465 00:33:27,506 --> 00:33:30,217 - So tell me or I walk. - I can't tell you. 466 00:33:33,178 --> 00:33:35,180 I have to show you. 467 00:33:39,100 --> 00:33:40,519 The dawn of the computer age. 468 00:33:40,685 --> 00:33:43,897 Developers thought the only way a machine could process information... 469 00:33:44,064 --> 00:33:47,359 As fast as a human brain was to build a mainframe the size of Texas. 470 00:33:47,526 --> 00:33:51,238 But one developer realized the only way to reduce heat and power consumption... 471 00:33:51,404 --> 00:33:54,032 Was to bring the components closer together. 472 00:33:54,199 --> 00:33:56,117 Which meant making them smaller. 473 00:33:56,326 --> 00:33:58,537 But why stop at computers? 474 00:33:58,703 --> 00:34:00,247 What if I could take other things? 475 00:34:00,413 --> 00:34:04,918 Like, say, all of the military grade technology in applied sciences and make it smaller too. 476 00:34:06,753 --> 00:34:09,381 So small that it could fit in the palm of my hand. 477 00:34:09,881 --> 00:34:12,717 - I could help a lot of people that way. - I don't understand. 478 00:34:12,884 --> 00:34:14,553 This will help. 479 00:34:21,768 --> 00:34:23,728 - What is it? - O.M.A.C. 480 00:34:23,895 --> 00:34:25,730 Was the queen consolidated designation. 481 00:34:25,897 --> 00:34:29,651 But I'm kind of partial to a-t-o-m. 482 00:34:29,859 --> 00:34:31,736 Advanced technology operating mechanism. 483 00:34:32,571 --> 00:34:34,990 - Atom. - What are you gonna use it for? 484 00:34:35,240 --> 00:34:39,911 To protect the people of this city. And I want you to help. 485 00:34:41,913 --> 00:34:44,874 Why does this keep happening to me? 486 00:34:46,751 --> 00:34:49,588 - Oliver. - John, I have to do this. 487 00:34:49,754 --> 00:34:52,674 I know. I'd just rather die than let you go it alone. 488 00:34:57,971 --> 00:35:00,181 -Take care of thea. —absolutely. 489 00:35:02,976 --> 00:35:06,104 I'm sorry. Something came up. 490 00:35:12,277 --> 00:35:13,778 Let's give them a minute. 491 00:35:18,033 --> 00:35:20,243 - So you're going. - Mm-hm. 492 00:35:20,493 --> 00:35:25,457 - To nanda parbat? - No, it's a neutral site. It'll be fine. 493 00:35:25,624 --> 00:35:29,461 I'll come back. Thea will be okay. 494 00:35:29,628 --> 00:35:31,963 I wish that sounded more convincing. 495 00:35:33,298 --> 00:35:36,718 I wish you wouldn't go, but I know you so I'm not gonna ask you to stay. 496 00:35:36,968 --> 00:35:38,803 I appreciate that. 497 00:35:39,638 --> 00:35:43,850 But there is one thing I need to ask you to do. 498 00:35:44,517 --> 00:35:46,186 And you're not going to want to. 499 00:35:46,436 --> 00:35:49,314 Well, if it's you asking, I'll do it. 500 00:35:53,318 --> 00:35:54,986 You have to kill ra's al ghul. 501 00:35:55,153 --> 00:35:56,988 This is a duel... 502 00:35:57,447 --> 00:36:00,367 With one of the most dangerous men that has walked the earth. 503 00:36:00,533 --> 00:36:02,869 Wouldn't be doing it if I didn't think I could win. 504 00:36:03,036 --> 00:36:05,664 I don't doubt that. I don't doubt you can beat him. 505 00:36:05,830 --> 00:36:09,042 I am terrified that you won't kill him. 506 00:36:09,834 --> 00:36:11,670 Because that's not who you are anymore. 507 00:36:11,836 --> 00:36:16,675 And I am so afraid that ra's al ghul is gonna use your humanity against you. 508 00:36:18,885 --> 00:36:21,763 Felicity, I honestly don't know if I'm a killer anymore. 509 00:36:22,013 --> 00:36:23,848 But I do know two things. 510 00:36:24,265 --> 00:36:29,020 The first is that whoever I am... 511 00:36:29,771 --> 00:36:31,898 I'm someone that will do whatever... 512 00:36:32,107 --> 00:36:37,070 Whatever it takes to save my sister. 513 00:36:51,543 --> 00:36:53,086 And the second thing? 514 00:36:56,756 --> 00:36:58,508 I love you. 515 00:37:08,309 --> 00:37:10,311 [Wind whistling] 516 00:37:27,579 --> 00:37:29,664 Remove your shirts. 517 00:37:30,832 --> 00:37:32,751 This is custom. 518 00:37:33,752 --> 00:37:37,046 Ra's al ghul is not known to be merciful. 519 00:37:37,255 --> 00:37:41,926 [Whispering] But if there was a chance, this would be your final moment for it. 520 00:37:45,180 --> 00:37:47,098 Choose your weapon. 521 00:37:57,275 --> 00:38:00,945 Ra's al ghul: I was 11 years old when I killed my first man. 522 00:38:04,115 --> 00:38:10,121 And I remember the look on his face when the light went out behind his eyes. 523 00:38:10,622 --> 00:38:12,999 Such a sudden change. 524 00:38:13,625 --> 00:38:15,126 Almost imperceptible... 525 00:38:15,627 --> 00:38:18,171 Between life and death. 526 00:38:18,379 --> 00:38:19,798 And I'd felt ashamed. 527 00:38:19,964 --> 00:38:25,011 I'd stolen from that man the most precious gift of all. Life. 528 00:38:26,596 --> 00:38:28,681 But I also felt something else. 529 00:38:31,518 --> 00:38:35,855 Because I had taken up arms against someone who sought to do ill against my family. 530 00:38:37,023 --> 00:38:40,735 And I realized what I had done was necessary. 531 00:38:41,152 --> 00:38:42,654 You see. 532 00:38:42,904 --> 00:38:46,991 I had replaced evil with death. 533 00:38:48,701 --> 00:38:53,748 And that is what the league exists to do. 534 00:38:53,915 --> 00:38:56,751 And I have killed several thousand more men since then. 535 00:38:58,837 --> 00:39:02,924 - And the world is better off for it. - You've taken your last life. 536 00:39:05,134 --> 00:39:06,636 You have lived your last day. 537 00:39:07,720 --> 00:39:09,556 We are ready. 538 00:39:12,433 --> 00:39:16,563 I am envious of you. You'll see her before I do. 539 00:39:20,066 --> 00:39:22,026 Fight me, boy. 540 00:39:24,946 --> 00:39:26,030 You're unarmed. 541 00:39:26,197 --> 00:39:29,033 I'll take your blades from you once you are through with them. 542 00:39:36,249 --> 00:39:38,209 [Grunting] 543 00:40:28,927 --> 00:40:30,428 You should take pride. 544 00:40:32,430 --> 00:40:34,599 You survived longer than most. 545 00:40:51,491 --> 00:40:53,368 Don't be afraid, my son. 546 00:40:55,954 --> 00:41:00,041 Death comes for us all. We can only evade it so long. 547 00:41:01,751 --> 00:41:04,879 Consider this an honorable exit. 548 00:41:11,010 --> 00:41:13,763 [In foreign language] 549 00:42:20,079 --> 00:42:22,081 [English - us - sdh]