1 00:00:02,211 --> 00:00:03,272 Oliver: Previously on arrow... 2 00:00:03,296 --> 00:00:05,607 Oliver: Who's the blackmailer? Roy: He calls himself the calculator. 3 00:00:05,631 --> 00:00:08,631 Felicity: Well, calculator now has everything he needs to melt the Internet. 4 00:00:08,926 --> 00:00:10,094 Oh, my god. 5 00:00:12,096 --> 00:00:13,890 Taiana. I need to tell you something. 6 00:00:14,098 --> 00:00:15,266 I killed your brother. 7 00:00:18,269 --> 00:00:19,979 - Thea. - (Wheezing) 8 00:00:20,313 --> 00:00:21,439 What's happening? 9 00:00:22,273 --> 00:00:23,441 It's the wound. From ra's. 10 00:00:23,608 --> 00:00:25,943 If the life she owes doesn't come from taking others, 11 00:00:26,110 --> 00:00:28,279 it will come from the life of the host. 12 00:00:28,696 --> 00:00:29,697 Thea, please, don't go. 13 00:00:34,827 --> 00:00:36,662 There's only one way to prevent that. 14 00:00:36,954 --> 00:00:39,457 My father once told me of an elixir known as the lotus. 15 00:00:39,999 --> 00:00:41,959 And I will freely give it to you on one condition. 16 00:00:42,126 --> 00:00:44,295 I want you to kill Malcolm merlyn. 17 00:00:44,629 --> 00:00:46,756 If you cared about thea, 18 00:00:47,131 --> 00:00:49,842 then curing her bloodlust wouldn't come with any conditions. 19 00:00:50,092 --> 00:00:51,469 Thea is my sister-in-law. 20 00:00:52,011 --> 00:00:54,430 - You are my husband. - I'm not your husband. 21 00:00:54,847 --> 00:00:58,309 But war does not know family bonds nor friendly sentiments. 22 00:00:58,517 --> 00:00:59,644 Who are you at war with? 23 00:00:59,852 --> 00:01:03,314 I just told you I want you to kill Malcolm merlyn. Try to guess. 24 00:01:04,023 --> 00:01:05,191 Hey. 25 00:01:05,816 --> 00:01:08,778 If you have a problem with Malcolm merlyn, 26 00:01:08,986 --> 00:01:09,987 deal with it yourself. 27 00:01:10,196 --> 00:01:12,323 Do not involve me or my sister. 28 00:01:12,531 --> 00:01:15,117 You put the demon's head ring on Malcolm's hand. 29 00:01:18,496 --> 00:01:19,956 You can't defeat him. 30 00:01:20,164 --> 00:01:21,666 But you can. 31 00:01:22,124 --> 00:01:23,125 You have. 32 00:01:23,334 --> 00:01:26,003 That was before I knew that he was my sister's father. 33 00:01:26,212 --> 00:01:27,880 So he dies so his child might live. 34 00:01:28,130 --> 00:01:29,882 Didn't your father make a similar bargain? 35 00:01:30,549 --> 00:01:31,801 I'm sorry, Oliver. 36 00:01:32,009 --> 00:01:34,089 I would not resort to this if I had any other choice. 37 00:01:34,303 --> 00:01:36,180 Listen, my sister is dying. 38 00:01:37,848 --> 00:01:40,059 Because of something that your father did. 39 00:01:40,893 --> 00:01:42,311 I think you have every choice. 40 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:45,064 Thea is dying because of what her father did. 41 00:01:46,524 --> 00:01:49,568 I am only following events to their inevitable conclusion. 42 00:02:08,087 --> 00:02:09,547 You know what's strange? 43 00:02:09,922 --> 00:02:12,049 Watching your baby girl drink coffee. 44 00:02:12,216 --> 00:02:13,694 Yeah, it would probably be a little less strange 45 00:02:13,718 --> 00:02:15,918 if you'd seen your baby girl in the last eighteen years. 46 00:02:16,220 --> 00:02:17,263 You're right. 47 00:02:18,514 --> 00:02:21,892 Don't suppose it helps if I say that I thought staying out of your life 48 00:02:22,059 --> 00:02:23,394 was the best thing for you. 49 00:02:23,561 --> 00:02:26,689 - I was protecting you and your mother. - You were protecting yourself. 50 00:02:27,356 --> 00:02:29,668 You were wanted by the police and you didn't want to go to jail. 51 00:02:29,692 --> 00:02:31,277 That is why you stayed away. 52 00:02:31,527 --> 00:02:33,207 And you know why the police were after me? 53 00:02:33,362 --> 00:02:36,365 - The type of "criminal" I was? - Mom never went into detail. 54 00:02:37,241 --> 00:02:39,869 I assume petty stuff. Anything else requires commitment. 55 00:02:40,077 --> 00:02:41,579 Well, I'm here now. 56 00:02:42,455 --> 00:02:45,458 And I want us to speak openly. I'll answer any questions you have. 57 00:02:45,750 --> 00:02:47,918 Okay, I just have one at the moment. 58 00:02:48,586 --> 00:02:51,589 - Why now? - I was doing a job for someone. 59 00:02:52,548 --> 00:02:53,924 Almost got beat. 60 00:02:54,592 --> 00:02:56,135 Almost. My adversary, 61 00:02:57,261 --> 00:02:58,429 had exceptional skills. 62 00:02:58,637 --> 00:03:01,891 My curiosity piqued. I investigated further. 63 00:03:02,266 --> 00:03:04,268 Imagine what I discovered. 64 00:03:05,478 --> 00:03:06,771 Overwatch. 65 00:03:11,317 --> 00:03:13,277 Bye. See you never. 66 00:03:13,486 --> 00:03:16,238 Felicity, wait. It is not what you think. 67 00:03:16,489 --> 00:03:19,075 My employer, my work, is hardly diabolical. 68 00:03:19,283 --> 00:03:21,094 I'll be sure to tell that to my friend who you blackmailed. 69 00:03:21,118 --> 00:03:23,954 Short-term legal mischief for long term societal gain. 70 00:03:24,205 --> 00:03:27,416 Isn't that kind of hacktivism exactly what you did at mit? 71 00:03:27,625 --> 00:03:31,462 Is it really all that different from the vigilantism you practice today? 72 00:03:32,963 --> 00:03:34,632 We are the same, you and I. 73 00:03:34,799 --> 00:03:39,220 I am pretty sure that I didn't try to kill 8,000 people. 74 00:03:39,428 --> 00:03:41,764 An empty threat, I swear to you. 75 00:03:41,972 --> 00:03:44,141 I know I have no right. I'm asking for a chance. 76 00:03:44,308 --> 00:03:47,645 A chance to prove to you that I'm not a bad guy. 77 00:03:47,895 --> 00:03:50,106 And that I'm not a bad guy. 78 00:03:52,149 --> 00:03:53,150 What is that? 79 00:03:53,401 --> 00:03:55,945 A record of some of the hacks I've done throughout the years. 80 00:03:56,153 --> 00:03:58,353 I've selected ones that can be verified by news accounts 81 00:03:58,572 --> 00:04:00,783 so you know I'm telling the truth. 82 00:04:00,991 --> 00:04:03,244 This is very simple for me, Felicity. 83 00:04:03,452 --> 00:04:04,638 I want to be back in your life. 84 00:04:04,662 --> 00:04:07,623 I know that doing that will require earning your trust back. 85 00:04:07,832 --> 00:04:10,459 I hope this is a first step. 86 00:04:11,127 --> 00:04:12,795 Down that very long road. 87 00:04:22,638 --> 00:04:26,350 So nyssa's holding thea's life hostage until you kill Malcolm merlyn. 88 00:04:26,517 --> 00:04:29,186 I would be surprised if she wasn't the daughter of the demon. 89 00:04:29,353 --> 00:04:31,939 - It's not funny, John. - No. It's not. Thea's dying. 90 00:04:32,148 --> 00:04:33,357 She has one, maybe two days. 91 00:04:33,524 --> 00:04:35,836 And if we can save her by killing the man that killed my sister, 92 00:04:35,860 --> 00:04:37,337 then how could you even think twice about that? 93 00:04:37,361 --> 00:04:38,696 I'm not gonna defend Malcolm. 94 00:04:38,863 --> 00:04:41,657 He orchestrated your sister's murder. He killed Tommy. 95 00:04:43,617 --> 00:04:46,097 Nothing is ever gonna change the fact that he is thea's family. 96 00:04:46,162 --> 00:04:49,623 I don't know how much you remember of my father, but he was not a good man. 97 00:04:49,832 --> 00:04:52,168 He threw in with Malcolm merlyn. 98 00:04:52,376 --> 00:04:53,502 And all of that being said, 99 00:04:53,711 --> 00:04:56,046 there is nothing that I wouldn't do to have him back. 100 00:04:56,881 --> 00:04:58,340 So you tell me. 101 00:04:58,883 --> 00:05:00,485 How am I supposed to take that away from thea? 102 00:05:00,509 --> 00:05:02,112 But, Oliver, what's the difference if thea dies? 103 00:05:02,136 --> 00:05:04,698 Doesn't have to come to that, John. There's more than one choice here. 104 00:05:04,722 --> 00:05:06,348 - Like what? - Diplomacy. 105 00:05:07,516 --> 00:05:09,143 What does nyssa want? I mean... 106 00:05:09,518 --> 00:05:11,479 All nyssa really wants is control of the league. 107 00:05:11,687 --> 00:05:14,315 So I need to convince merlyn to give her the ring, 108 00:05:14,523 --> 00:05:17,902 she gives us the cure, and no one has to die. 109 00:05:18,694 --> 00:05:21,572 Laurel, can you convince nyssa to go along with that? 110 00:05:21,822 --> 00:05:23,662 Yeah. It's easier than talking Malcolm into it. 111 00:05:23,699 --> 00:05:25,493 Well, let me worry about Malcolm. 112 00:05:29,538 --> 00:05:31,165 I don't understand. 113 00:05:31,707 --> 00:05:34,335 Why would you save me, only to kill my brother? 114 00:05:35,419 --> 00:05:38,088 - Vlad attacked me. - Vlad would never do such a thing. 115 00:05:38,339 --> 00:05:41,425 I was defending myself. And I did not know he was your brother. 116 00:05:41,675 --> 00:05:44,029 - Would that have made a difference? - I didn't have a choice. 117 00:05:44,053 --> 00:05:45,763 There is always a choice. 118 00:05:46,013 --> 00:05:48,057 (Sighs) I couldn't just let him kill me. 119 00:05:48,265 --> 00:05:49,433 I'm done with you. 120 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:52,436 Taiana, I have something that reiter wants. 121 00:05:55,397 --> 00:05:57,733 - Where did you get that? - It doesn't matter. 122 00:05:59,777 --> 00:06:01,695 I think that we can use this against him. 123 00:06:01,904 --> 00:06:03,113 I have a better idea. 124 00:06:03,948 --> 00:06:06,116 Hey. Get reiter. 125 00:06:06,951 --> 00:06:08,452 Tell him I want to talk to him. 126 00:06:08,869 --> 00:06:10,412 I have something that he wants. 127 00:06:20,422 --> 00:06:21,882 Let me see if I've got this right. 128 00:06:22,091 --> 00:06:24,718 There's a magic potion that could cure thea's bloodlust, 129 00:06:24,927 --> 00:06:28,430 that we've never heard of, but nyssa conveniently has. 130 00:06:29,390 --> 00:06:31,630 I've been holding off telling you this for years, Oliver. 131 00:06:31,767 --> 00:06:34,603 You're very handsome, not especially bright. 132 00:06:34,937 --> 00:06:37,064 (Sighs) Well, bright enough to have checked. 133 00:06:37,273 --> 00:06:38,899 It's called the lotus. 134 00:06:39,817 --> 00:06:42,403 Tatsu yamashiro's part of the order who guards it. 135 00:06:42,653 --> 00:06:45,406 Or did. They gave it to nyssa. 136 00:06:45,614 --> 00:06:48,576 And if we don't get her to give it to thea now, 137 00:06:51,078 --> 00:06:52,162 we're gonna lose her. 138 00:06:52,413 --> 00:06:54,582 Even assuming such an elixir existed, 139 00:06:54,790 --> 00:06:58,335 even assuming Ms. Yamashiro's order parted with it willingly, 140 00:06:58,502 --> 00:07:03,299 even assuming nyssa al ghul's words could be trusted, then yes. 141 00:07:03,632 --> 00:07:05,277 Of course I'd do anything to save my daughter. 142 00:07:05,301 --> 00:07:08,137 But none of that is true, Oliver. 143 00:07:08,470 --> 00:07:11,098 Look, I appreciate you're trying to embrace 144 00:07:11,307 --> 00:07:13,100 a more optimistic viewpoint these days. 145 00:07:13,309 --> 00:07:15,769 Malcolm, we're talking about your daughter. 146 00:07:15,978 --> 00:07:17,313 Yes. 147 00:07:17,521 --> 00:07:19,523 And I need to do something to save her. 148 00:07:19,773 --> 00:07:23,986 And you need to stop wasting my time with nyssa al ghul's games. 149 00:07:34,204 --> 00:07:36,724 Guard: We found her at the perimeter. She claims to be a friend. 150 00:07:37,124 --> 00:07:38,459 And she speaks the truth. 151 00:07:38,876 --> 00:07:40,628 At least until she defiled my beloved 152 00:07:40,836 --> 00:07:43,547 and stood idly by while I was left to rot in a dungeon. 153 00:07:44,632 --> 00:07:45,716 Leave us. 154 00:07:50,971 --> 00:07:52,556 - Nyssa. - How is my beloved? 155 00:07:52,723 --> 00:07:56,018 Sara's good. She's whole. I think she's happy. 156 00:07:56,393 --> 00:07:58,713 - If you're here about thea... - Nyssa, what are you doing? 157 00:07:58,896 --> 00:08:01,732 - Protecting my birthright. - By holding thea's life hostage? 158 00:08:02,483 --> 00:08:05,244 You say that as if she didn't fire the arrows that felled your sister. 159 00:08:05,486 --> 00:08:07,166 You and I both know that wasn't her doing. 160 00:08:07,321 --> 00:08:08,405 Yes. 161 00:08:08,572 --> 00:08:10,324 It was Malcolm merlyn. 162 00:08:11,075 --> 00:08:13,077 And the time has come for recompense. 163 00:08:13,243 --> 00:08:16,914 I will never forgive merlyn for all the horrible things that he's done. 164 00:08:17,081 --> 00:08:18,582 He's taken people. 165 00:08:19,041 --> 00:08:21,335 Two very special people away from me. 166 00:08:21,543 --> 00:08:24,254 - Don't you think I want him dead? - Then why are you here? 167 00:08:24,421 --> 00:08:27,216 Because if you want merlyn dead, then you have to drive that sword. 168 00:08:27,424 --> 00:08:31,679 And if you can't or if you won't, then we'll need to negotiate a compromise. 169 00:08:35,599 --> 00:08:36,600 You have my attention. 170 00:08:36,850 --> 00:08:40,104 Oliver convinces merlyn to give up the power. 171 00:08:40,396 --> 00:08:41,772 And you... 172 00:08:44,024 --> 00:08:45,609 And you give us the cure. 173 00:08:47,444 --> 00:08:48,904 I would accept those terms. 174 00:08:50,114 --> 00:08:52,241 - But merlyn never will. - Let us worry about that. 175 00:08:52,449 --> 00:08:55,703 - And by "us," you mean my husband. - Oliver's speaking with merlyn right now. 176 00:08:56,787 --> 00:08:59,039 And merlyn, he is a bastard. 177 00:08:59,456 --> 00:09:01,896 But there is nothing that he wouldn't do to save his daughter. 178 00:09:01,959 --> 00:09:03,377 I hope so. 179 00:09:04,420 --> 00:09:07,297 Because if he doesn't, it won'tjust be thea's life that is forfeit. 180 00:09:07,548 --> 00:09:08,549 What do you mean? 181 00:09:20,227 --> 00:09:21,437 There will be war. 182 00:09:21,812 --> 00:09:25,065 And the streets of your home will run red with the blood of our enemies. 183 00:09:26,275 --> 00:09:28,068 Whomever they may be. 184 00:09:36,076 --> 00:09:39,079 - How'd it go with merlyn? - Not good. Nyssa? 185 00:09:39,955 --> 00:09:42,267 She brought an army, but if you go to the ring, she'll play ball. 186 00:09:42,291 --> 00:09:44,168 We can get this done with no one getting hurt. 187 00:09:45,753 --> 00:09:48,313 - Everything all right? - No, not really. I mean, it's not great. 188 00:09:48,338 --> 00:09:51,234 It's just not quite at the level of "my sister's on her deathbed" kind of bad. 189 00:09:51,258 --> 00:09:53,010 - What happened? - My dad came back. 190 00:09:53,677 --> 00:09:54,904 Diggle: And why is that a bad thing? 191 00:09:54,928 --> 00:09:56,281 Well, it's an extremely long story, 192 00:09:56,305 --> 00:09:58,599 but you remember the super-hacker who blackmailed Roy? 193 00:09:58,807 --> 00:09:59,850 - Same guy. - What? 194 00:10:00,100 --> 00:10:02,102 - Your father is... - "The calculator." 195 00:10:02,311 --> 00:10:04,031 He showed up at my Palmer tech presentation. 196 00:10:04,313 --> 00:10:07,313 I had coffee with him yesterday, where he dropped the calculator bomb on me. 197 00:10:07,357 --> 00:10:08,358 And why would he do that? 198 00:10:08,609 --> 00:10:12,696 Apparently, now that he knows what I do, that we're both "vigilantes," 199 00:10:13,489 --> 00:10:14,782 we have something in common. 200 00:10:15,783 --> 00:10:17,302 The sickest part is I want to believe him. 201 00:10:17,326 --> 00:10:18,678 I wish there was some sort of test 202 00:10:18,702 --> 00:10:20,942 I could do that would prove that he is who he says he is. 203 00:10:21,121 --> 00:10:24,208 A test is a good idea. It's a good idea for you and for us. 204 00:10:24,541 --> 00:10:26,701 I've got a way to bring merlyn to the bargaining table. 205 00:10:30,631 --> 00:10:33,717 I'm not usually one to be summoned by my prisoners. 206 00:10:36,637 --> 00:10:38,138 I heard you had something for me? 207 00:10:39,139 --> 00:10:41,558 Taiana, please don't. 208 00:10:42,142 --> 00:10:43,560 I have something you want. 209 00:10:43,894 --> 00:10:45,979 Let me out of this cage, and it's yours. 210 00:10:46,188 --> 00:10:47,856 Show me what you have. 211 00:10:52,569 --> 00:10:54,071 (Breathes shakily) 212 00:10:55,572 --> 00:10:56,740 Magnificent. 213 00:10:57,157 --> 00:10:58,408 Do we have a deal? 214 00:10:58,742 --> 00:10:59,910 A deal? 215 00:11:01,829 --> 00:11:05,249 - (Gasps) - You misunderstood. It's mine either way. 216 00:11:05,999 --> 00:11:07,000 (Screams) 217 00:11:07,918 --> 00:11:10,671 I cannot stay here, reiter. This man killed my brother. 218 00:11:10,879 --> 00:11:13,715 And you will continue to care for him as if he were your brother. 219 00:11:13,924 --> 00:11:17,886 Mr. Queen is an important piece of my endeavor on this island. 220 00:11:18,095 --> 00:11:19,888 You'll stay with him until he's well. 221 00:11:20,097 --> 00:11:22,349 If his health gets worse, 222 00:11:22,933 --> 00:11:24,601 you'll join him in his fate. 223 00:11:25,018 --> 00:11:26,103 (Gasps) 224 00:11:38,031 --> 00:11:39,741 (All grunting) 225 00:11:49,918 --> 00:11:51,461 Your left-side block is slow. 226 00:11:51,712 --> 00:11:54,798 Your next opponent won't have my Patience, or my mercy. 227 00:11:55,799 --> 00:11:58,635 Clearly you don't understand how this is supposed to work, my husband. 228 00:11:58,969 --> 00:12:00,780 You were supposed to bring the magician with you. 229 00:12:00,804 --> 00:12:02,890 Well, I need something from you first. 230 00:12:03,974 --> 00:12:07,060 - Proof that what you're offering is real. - A stalling tactic. 231 00:12:07,477 --> 00:12:10,480 Al sa-her thinks me the fool. Or that you're one. 232 00:12:10,731 --> 00:12:14,735 Or maybe he doesn't trust the woman trying to take the demon's head ring from him. 233 00:12:16,194 --> 00:12:17,446 Can't imagine why. 234 00:12:18,030 --> 00:12:19,990 Bring me a sample of the lotus. 235 00:12:23,535 --> 00:12:24,995 I recognize what you're doing. 236 00:12:25,245 --> 00:12:26,580 Part of me even respects it. 237 00:12:26,788 --> 00:12:29,958 But the leadership of the league of assassins is in the balance here. 238 00:12:30,208 --> 00:12:32,920 It is naive to think this can be resolved without bloodshed. 239 00:12:40,594 --> 00:12:42,888 This amount is not sufficient to cure her permanently. 240 00:12:43,096 --> 00:12:45,265 Only to provide the assurance merlyn seeks. 241 00:12:48,060 --> 00:12:49,394 Thank you, nyssa. 242 00:12:50,604 --> 00:12:51,855 As I said, 243 00:12:52,439 --> 00:12:53,899 someone is going to die. 244 00:12:55,275 --> 00:12:56,944 I pray it won't be your sister. 245 00:13:05,869 --> 00:13:08,205 Was it difficult to get her discharged from the hospital? 246 00:13:08,622 --> 00:13:10,290 No. I spoke to doctor lamb. 247 00:13:11,083 --> 00:13:12,292 A friend of the family. 248 00:13:17,339 --> 00:13:18,340 Nyssa. 249 00:13:21,009 --> 00:13:22,844 She hooked us up with a sample of the cure. 250 00:13:23,053 --> 00:13:24,888 This buys thea some more time. 251 00:13:25,681 --> 00:13:27,182 And you get the proof that you need. 252 00:13:27,391 --> 00:13:28,600 Let's see it. 253 00:13:44,241 --> 00:13:47,119 - What are nyssa's terms? - You hand over the ring. 254 00:13:48,203 --> 00:13:50,080 She gives us the rest of the elixir. 255 00:13:51,915 --> 00:13:53,166 And thea lives. 256 00:13:53,375 --> 00:13:54,459 When can we meet? 257 00:13:54,668 --> 00:13:56,044 Tonight. 258 00:13:56,461 --> 00:13:57,629 Laurel's with her now. 259 00:14:06,680 --> 00:14:08,056 Hi. I got your... 260 00:14:08,640 --> 00:14:09,683 Oh, no. 261 00:14:10,517 --> 00:14:12,978 - Oh, no, you have Mr. Square bear face. - What? 262 00:14:13,478 --> 00:14:14,813 Mr. Square bear. Oh, my god. 263 00:14:15,022 --> 00:14:17,542 You don't remember? You lost him when you were, like, four years old. 264 00:14:17,566 --> 00:14:21,987 And you had that exact look on your face. Oh, baby. 265 00:14:22,362 --> 00:14:24,531 Is it too much to hope that you lost a plushy toy? 266 00:14:24,740 --> 00:14:29,161 No, but adjusting for age, inflation might be just as bad. 267 00:14:31,788 --> 00:14:33,040 You know, sit. 268 00:14:34,624 --> 00:14:36,418 Why, what's up? 269 00:14:41,048 --> 00:14:42,299 It's dad. 270 00:14:43,550 --> 00:14:46,595 - Noah. He's in star city. - What? How do you know? 271 00:14:46,928 --> 00:14:48,472 - He came to see me. - (Sighs) 272 00:14:51,516 --> 00:14:53,310 - Did you talk to him? - Yeah. 273 00:14:54,102 --> 00:14:55,437 Are you all right? 274 00:14:55,645 --> 00:14:57,885 Yeah, you sound like you think he'd hurt me or something. 275 00:14:57,981 --> 00:14:59,066 Yeah. 276 00:14:59,441 --> 00:15:01,961 I've just been doing some checking. Is it possible that he's not 277 00:15:02,736 --> 00:15:06,239 the guy we thought he was? That maybe he's better than who we thought he was? 278 00:15:09,284 --> 00:15:11,764 Felicity, I would love to think that your father didn't show up 279 00:15:11,870 --> 00:15:13,872 with some ulterior motive in your life right now. 280 00:15:14,081 --> 00:15:16,441 But I've been where you are more times than I care to admit, 281 00:15:16,500 --> 00:15:18,960 and it always ends the same way. 282 00:15:19,169 --> 00:15:22,464 He tells you exactly what you want to hear and you get sucked in. 283 00:15:23,131 --> 00:15:25,217 And the next thing you know, you have no job, 284 00:15:25,759 --> 00:15:27,094 no money, 285 00:15:27,302 --> 00:15:30,013 and a sweet seven-year-old daughter who needs a new pair of shoes 286 00:15:30,222 --> 00:15:31,640 and wants to go to space camp. 287 00:15:33,517 --> 00:15:36,061 People don't change. 288 00:15:37,521 --> 00:15:39,022 Even if you want them to. 289 00:15:41,900 --> 00:15:43,276 You're doing the right thing. 290 00:15:43,693 --> 00:15:47,030 I'm only entertaining Oliver's naive plan out of respect for our marriage. 291 00:15:48,031 --> 00:15:50,158 But his hope blinds him to reality. 292 00:15:53,078 --> 00:15:54,758 You've come dressed for battle, al sa-her. 293 00:15:54,871 --> 00:15:56,331 Just for the occasion. 294 00:15:58,750 --> 00:16:00,502 In exchange for my daughter's life. 295 00:16:03,964 --> 00:16:05,549 I'm glad you've finally seen reason. 296 00:16:05,966 --> 00:16:09,511 Sadly, the only thing I have seen is your quick and speedy death. 297 00:16:10,762 --> 00:16:12,264 Malcolm. 298 00:16:17,686 --> 00:16:19,396 I knew you couldn't be trusted. 299 00:16:19,604 --> 00:16:21,690 You knew, and you didn't prepare. 300 00:16:22,357 --> 00:16:27,445 And here you are, outnumbered, outgunned, outmaneuvered. Per usual. 301 00:16:28,363 --> 00:16:29,447 Oliver: Nyssa, don't! 302 00:16:29,656 --> 00:16:31,199 Kill him! (Grunts) 303 00:16:31,533 --> 00:16:33,453 We have to stop them before they kill each other. 304 00:16:33,618 --> 00:16:35,620 (All grunting) 305 00:16:44,504 --> 00:16:45,547 (Grunts) 306 00:16:46,798 --> 00:16:48,049 Retreat! 307 00:16:53,305 --> 00:16:54,764 Don't let her get away! 308 00:16:57,976 --> 00:16:59,603 Malcolm, stop this, now! 309 00:16:59,811 --> 00:17:01,188 Get out of my way, Oliver. 310 00:17:01,396 --> 00:17:04,816 - Think about thea. - Do not question my love for my daughter. 311 00:17:05,150 --> 00:17:07,569 Everything I do, I do it for her. 312 00:17:07,903 --> 00:17:09,154 I'm not moving. 313 00:17:13,658 --> 00:17:14,659 (Scoffs) 314 00:17:22,709 --> 00:17:24,502 So much for the Gandhi method. 315 00:17:25,837 --> 00:17:28,037 Given who we're dealing with, we shouldn't be surprised. 316 00:17:28,173 --> 00:17:30,893 I cannot believe that being ra's al ghul is more important to Malcolm 317 00:17:31,051 --> 00:17:32,552 than saving his daughter's life. 318 00:17:32,761 --> 00:17:34,401 I know that you're trying a new approach. 319 00:17:34,512 --> 00:17:37,390 Butjust because you've changed, that doesn't mean everybody else has. 320 00:17:38,642 --> 00:17:42,562 We cannot allow a league civil war. Too many people will be collateral damage. 321 00:17:42,771 --> 00:17:45,565 And the four of us definitely can't take on two armies of assassins. 322 00:17:45,774 --> 00:17:47,317 Then we take down the generals. 323 00:17:47,525 --> 00:17:49,325 We need to work on locating nyssa and Malcolm. 324 00:17:49,444 --> 00:17:52,530 But mainly nyssa. Because she's got the whole lotus cure thing. 325 00:17:52,739 --> 00:17:54,074 We find both of them. 326 00:17:54,366 --> 00:17:55,575 No one else dies tonight. 327 00:17:57,702 --> 00:17:59,371 Especially thea. 328 00:18:07,712 --> 00:18:09,422 You need this to keep your fever at bay. 329 00:18:10,006 --> 00:18:13,051 If it comes back, well, that would be very bad. 330 00:18:13,343 --> 00:18:14,678 I'm surprised you still care. 331 00:18:14,886 --> 00:18:17,889 Baron reiter made it very clear what happens to me if you die. 332 00:18:18,139 --> 00:18:19,933 Taiana, I know what you're going through. 333 00:18:21,226 --> 00:18:24,312 It's this feeling in the pit of your stomach. 334 00:18:24,854 --> 00:18:26,856 Just emptiness. 335 00:18:27,065 --> 00:18:31,236 Don't you dare try to help me mourn my brother, that you took from me. 336 00:18:31,444 --> 00:18:34,072 - Please, just listen... - You know nothing about how I feel. 337 00:18:35,073 --> 00:18:38,743 A man with a heart as small as yours is incapable of such things. 338 00:18:40,495 --> 00:18:42,580 My father sacrificed himself. 339 00:18:44,082 --> 00:18:45,375 So I could survive. 340 00:18:46,501 --> 00:18:48,211 So that I could right his wrongs. 341 00:18:48,461 --> 00:18:50,422 He did it by pulling out a gun 342 00:18:52,590 --> 00:18:57,095 and shooting himself in the head, not three feet from me. 343 00:18:59,681 --> 00:19:01,641 Since that day, I have lost 344 00:19:03,727 --> 00:19:05,895 four more people that I love. 345 00:19:07,522 --> 00:19:10,275 That I cared so much about. It never gets easier. 346 00:19:12,277 --> 00:19:14,738 -Even -i could see it in your eyes. 347 00:19:16,072 --> 00:19:17,615 From the moment we first met. 348 00:19:18,033 --> 00:19:19,617 That I was good? 349 00:19:21,786 --> 00:19:23,121 That you were lost. 350 00:19:23,621 --> 00:19:24,622 Shattered. 351 00:19:27,208 --> 00:19:28,626 There is a Russian saying. 352 00:19:29,377 --> 00:19:32,213 (Speaking Russian) 353 00:19:32,839 --> 00:19:36,384 "The same hammer that shatters glass, forges steel." 354 00:19:36,843 --> 00:19:39,637 If you want to be the man that your father wishes you to be, 355 00:19:39,971 --> 00:19:41,473 then this is how you get there. 356 00:19:41,681 --> 00:19:43,600 You save us from reiter. 357 00:19:45,352 --> 00:19:47,937 But you cannot do that shattered. 358 00:19:57,489 --> 00:20:00,283 Hey. Everyone's telling the same story. 359 00:20:00,492 --> 00:20:03,745 - Guys in black robes fighting each other. - Yeah. League of assassins. 360 00:20:03,953 --> 00:20:05,556 They're working out some leadership issues. 361 00:20:05,580 --> 00:20:07,850 Yeah, but how many more people are gonna die before that happens? 362 00:20:07,874 --> 00:20:10,627 - Yeah. We're working on it. - You gotta work faster. 363 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:12,504 Or this is just the beginning. 364 00:20:13,213 --> 00:20:15,673 - Hey. - Think we need to talk. 365 00:20:16,674 --> 00:20:18,968 - About what? - About the elephant in the room. 366 00:20:20,011 --> 00:20:22,430 The way this is going down, it ends one way. 367 00:20:22,764 --> 00:20:24,265 Malcolm merlyn. 368 00:20:24,682 --> 00:20:27,787 (Sighs) He has to be taken down, Oliver. You're the only man who's ever done it. 369 00:20:27,811 --> 00:20:31,022 Malcolm's killed hundreds of people. He killed Tommy, he killed Sara. 370 00:20:31,439 --> 00:20:34,692 Thea is dying right now because of events that he set in motion. 371 00:20:34,901 --> 00:20:38,196 I have never hated anyone the way that I hate him. 372 00:20:38,405 --> 00:20:40,657 You've been in denial, Oliver. 373 00:20:41,324 --> 00:20:44,494 Holding on to hope with both hands that you don't have to give in to that hate. 374 00:20:44,702 --> 00:20:47,205 Use that hate to do what needs to be done. 375 00:20:47,414 --> 00:20:50,792 But, Oliver, this needs to be done. 376 00:20:52,502 --> 00:20:54,129 You have to kill Malcolm merlyn. 377 00:20:58,174 --> 00:20:59,300 I'm glad you called. 378 00:20:59,509 --> 00:21:03,012 Well, all your files checked out. And I did some additional digging myself. 379 00:21:03,221 --> 00:21:04,347 You're right. 380 00:21:04,556 --> 00:21:07,016 You and I, we're not all that different. 381 00:21:09,352 --> 00:21:11,688 This facility is really amazing. 382 00:21:11,896 --> 00:21:13,898 Yes. After numerous false starts, 383 00:21:14,107 --> 00:21:16,526 we finally got the R&D section working like a Swiss watch. 384 00:21:16,734 --> 00:21:20,029 This floor contains most of our bleeding-edge projects. Ah. 385 00:21:22,198 --> 00:21:24,576 That is an autonomous communications device. 386 00:21:24,784 --> 00:21:26,369 Three generations beyond Bluetooth. 387 00:21:26,578 --> 00:21:28,705 - But there are no seams in the casing. - I know. 388 00:21:28,997 --> 00:21:30,474 It's milled from a single piece of aluminum. 389 00:21:30,498 --> 00:21:32,917 The entire surface connects to an induction charger. 390 00:21:33,126 --> 00:21:34,502 How did you achieve the heat sink? 391 00:21:34,711 --> 00:21:37,380 Curtis holt achieved it, actually. He's quite the genius. 392 00:21:37,714 --> 00:21:40,550 Don't sell yourself short. You're the Steve Jobs in this equation. 393 00:21:41,968 --> 00:21:44,387 Thank you for agreeing to give me a second chance. 394 00:21:44,679 --> 00:21:45,889 Baby steps, then. 395 00:21:48,141 --> 00:21:49,350 Baby steps. 396 00:21:58,109 --> 00:21:59,444 I have eyes on nyssa. 397 00:22:00,278 --> 00:22:01,838 Abandoned complex at seventh and rucka. 398 00:22:02,030 --> 00:22:04,949 Put the word out among our assets in star city. 399 00:22:05,450 --> 00:22:08,036 Whoever leads us to al sa-her will be rewarded handsomely. 400 00:22:08,244 --> 00:22:10,284 Oliver: (On radio) Keep her there. We're on our way. 401 00:22:12,081 --> 00:22:14,459 - Nyssa, stop. - Step aside, Laurel. 402 00:22:14,667 --> 00:22:16,503 I will not let you wage a war in my city. 403 00:22:16,711 --> 00:22:19,672 I bargained in good faith. I'm only finishing what he started. 404 00:22:19,881 --> 00:22:22,091 - And I aim to end it swiftly. - At what cost? 405 00:22:22,300 --> 00:22:24,385 How many lives will you sacrifice? For what? 406 00:22:24,594 --> 00:22:27,764 I will only say this once more. Step aside. 407 00:22:27,972 --> 00:22:30,475 - No. You're coming with me. - Am I? 408 00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:34,854 We're under attack. 409 00:22:36,147 --> 00:22:37,148 (Groans) 410 00:22:38,858 --> 00:22:39,943 (Screeching) 411 00:22:41,778 --> 00:22:43,279 We have to get out of here. 412 00:22:43,696 --> 00:22:44,989 Run! 413 00:23:02,757 --> 00:23:03,758 (Horn blaring) 414 00:23:10,014 --> 00:23:11,015 (People screaming) 415 00:23:16,145 --> 00:23:18,398 Go. Get inside. 416 00:23:50,179 --> 00:23:52,223 Cowards. Just like their master. 417 00:23:52,432 --> 00:23:53,933 - Sorry, nyssa. - For what? 418 00:23:58,396 --> 00:23:59,606 For that. 419 00:24:07,739 --> 00:24:10,533 I was in a cell much like this one barely a year ago. 420 00:24:12,076 --> 00:24:14,329 Nyssa, where is the lotus? 421 00:24:14,537 --> 00:24:15,663 Safe. 422 00:24:16,205 --> 00:24:17,707 This isn't a game, nyssa. 423 00:24:18,082 --> 00:24:21,711 Thea is dying. Innocent civilians are dying. Your own men are dying. 424 00:24:21,919 --> 00:24:24,148 And surrendering my only leverage will not save their lives. 425 00:24:24,172 --> 00:24:25,882 No. But it'll save thea's. 426 00:24:28,426 --> 00:24:30,219 How could you be so selfish? 427 00:24:30,553 --> 00:24:32,072 A question better put to Malcolm merlyn. 428 00:24:32,096 --> 00:24:34,098 He doesn't have the cure. You do. 429 00:24:35,683 --> 00:24:39,270 Using thea's life as a bargaining chip, letting people die for a lost cause? 430 00:24:39,479 --> 00:24:41,314 Nyssa, this isn't who you are. 431 00:24:42,857 --> 00:24:44,525 It's who your father was. 432 00:24:45,526 --> 00:24:47,111 But he's gone. He's dead. 433 00:24:47,737 --> 00:24:49,989 And you can finally be free. 434 00:25:00,249 --> 00:25:01,459 Any luck? 435 00:25:01,876 --> 00:25:03,556 Malcolm and the league have gone to ground. 436 00:25:03,586 --> 00:25:07,465 Nyssa is a brick wall. John and Laurel are out searching for the lotus, 437 00:25:07,674 --> 00:25:09,258 but we 438 00:25:09,467 --> 00:25:11,094 are running out of places to look. 439 00:25:11,594 --> 00:25:13,721 - That's depressing. - Well, we will find it. 440 00:25:14,639 --> 00:25:16,766 - We have to. - Mmm-hmm. 441 00:25:17,475 --> 00:25:19,477 - Is everything all right? - Not really. 442 00:25:20,269 --> 00:25:24,482 I mean, it's not as bad as your sister being unconscious in our sub-level, but... 443 00:25:25,608 --> 00:25:27,026 Did something happen with your dad? 444 00:25:27,235 --> 00:25:29,404 More like something didn't happen. 445 00:25:31,447 --> 00:25:32,865 What's that? 446 00:25:33,908 --> 00:25:35,243 It's an ir burst receiver. 447 00:25:36,661 --> 00:25:38,371 Incredibly advanced. 448 00:25:38,788 --> 00:25:42,083 It can suck the data out of any room you put it in to. 449 00:25:42,709 --> 00:25:45,211 Don't worry, I turned it off before bringing it down here. 450 00:25:45,420 --> 00:25:47,213 - It's not yours? - It's my father's. 451 00:25:49,006 --> 00:25:51,175 I gave him a little tour of Curtis' R&D lab, 452 00:25:51,384 --> 00:25:52,927 and he left this behind as a souvenir. 453 00:25:53,136 --> 00:25:54,929 He's trying to steal from Palmer tech? 454 00:25:55,346 --> 00:25:56,639 It's your idea, actually. 455 00:25:57,473 --> 00:26:00,017 You needed proof about the lotus. I needed proof about my dad. 456 00:26:00,226 --> 00:26:01,769 You set a trap for him as a test? 457 00:26:01,978 --> 00:26:06,607 Unrestricted access to Palmer technologies R&D lab. He flunked with flying colors. 458 00:26:07,692 --> 00:26:09,086 I don't even know why I'm surprised. 459 00:26:09,110 --> 00:26:11,362 You're surprised because you're hoping 460 00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:14,449 that he's the parent you've always wanted him to be. 461 00:26:15,491 --> 00:26:16,617 A parent you deserve. 462 00:26:16,826 --> 00:26:21,789 In an extremely ironic role reversal, my mother was smarter than me. She said, 463 00:26:22,373 --> 00:26:25,251 "people don't change. 464 00:26:26,836 --> 00:26:28,313 "No matter how much you want them to." 465 00:26:28,337 --> 00:26:30,131 - Some people don't. - Uh-huh. 466 00:26:30,423 --> 00:26:32,675 I'd like to think that there's hope for the rest of us. 467 00:26:34,510 --> 00:26:37,847 Or I did. As far as Malcolm is concerned. 468 00:26:39,056 --> 00:26:40,308 John thinks I should kill him. 469 00:26:40,516 --> 00:26:41,756 If it helps save thea, I agree. 470 00:26:41,851 --> 00:26:44,520 Yeah, and I agree if he wasn't thea's father, but he is. 471 00:26:44,729 --> 00:26:47,899 We are in this mess because of him on, like, a million different levels. 472 00:26:48,107 --> 00:26:51,027 Let's not pretend that this is a typical father-daughter relationship. 473 00:26:51,235 --> 00:26:55,364 - He brainwashed her into killing a friend. - I know all this. 474 00:26:56,365 --> 00:26:58,409 I do. And I'm still 475 00:26:58,826 --> 00:27:00,703 holding out hope that with... 476 00:27:01,537 --> 00:27:04,999 (Stammers) With time, and with how much he says that he loves her, 477 00:27:05,249 --> 00:27:09,420 that maybe they have some chance at some type of normal relationship. 478 00:27:10,171 --> 00:27:11,589 If I kill him, 479 00:27:13,841 --> 00:27:15,510 my sister never gets that chance. 480 00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:18,095 Thea's father is no more likely to change than mine is. 481 00:27:18,346 --> 00:27:19,347 (Computer beeps) 482 00:27:19,889 --> 00:27:21,057 What now? 483 00:27:23,017 --> 00:27:24,393 - Found Malcolm. - Where? 484 00:27:24,894 --> 00:27:26,395 Right underneath us. 485 00:27:29,565 --> 00:27:30,983 Malcolm. 486 00:27:32,610 --> 00:27:34,195 The lotus effect is wearing off. 487 00:27:35,822 --> 00:27:38,783 She will pass by sunrise. I would like to be by her side. 488 00:27:38,991 --> 00:27:40,409 This has to end. 489 00:27:41,077 --> 00:27:44,413 No more games. You give nyssa the damn ring! 490 00:27:45,081 --> 00:27:46,999 She was four months old when we first met. 491 00:27:49,252 --> 00:27:50,753 Your housekeeper, raisa, 492 00:27:51,712 --> 00:27:56,259 I believe, was picking you up from our house with thea in a stroller. 493 00:27:56,884 --> 00:27:58,886 I peeked my head into the bassinet, 494 00:27:59,929 --> 00:28:01,097 and thea, 495 00:28:02,056 --> 00:28:03,516 all of 16 weeks, 496 00:28:04,934 --> 00:28:06,894 she stuck her tongue out at me. 497 00:28:10,022 --> 00:28:11,274 I always knew I was 498 00:28:11,983 --> 00:28:13,109 connected to her. 499 00:28:13,317 --> 00:28:18,155 As if on some primal level, I knew I was her father. 500 00:28:19,198 --> 00:28:24,161 A real father wouldn't let their child die just to keep his hands on power. 501 00:28:24,495 --> 00:28:25,955 That is not what I am doing. 502 00:28:26,455 --> 00:28:30,835 What's unfolding here is larger than I. And it is bigger than my daughter. 503 00:28:31,043 --> 00:28:33,283 It's not just her life that hangs in the balance, Oliver. 504 00:28:33,379 --> 00:28:35,506 For all your dealings with the league, 505 00:28:37,675 --> 00:28:40,386 you still remain ignorant to what it is they do for the world. 506 00:28:40,595 --> 00:28:43,055 Enough about the league. You're a group of assassins. 507 00:28:43,472 --> 00:28:45,224 It is a force of change. 508 00:28:45,683 --> 00:28:48,978 Silently manipulating global events for hundreds of years. 509 00:28:49,145 --> 00:28:51,647 And I cannot, I will not 510 00:28:51,856 --> 00:28:55,484 put that kind of power into nyssa al ghul's hands! 511 00:28:57,320 --> 00:28:58,321 Let me ask you something. 512 00:28:58,529 --> 00:29:02,825 If Damien darhk came to you and told you to lay down your bow, 513 00:29:02,992 --> 00:29:06,662 let him finish his plan for star city, would you do it? 514 00:29:08,331 --> 00:29:10,207 Even if it meant saving William's life? 515 00:29:15,671 --> 00:29:17,506 I know everything about you, Oliver. 516 00:29:19,926 --> 00:29:21,677 I am ra's al ghul. 517 00:29:22,762 --> 00:29:24,388 But back to the matter at hand. 518 00:29:24,597 --> 00:29:27,850 You will never sacrifice your city to save your son. 519 00:29:28,017 --> 00:29:32,021 And believe me when I tell you that I am only making the same choice. 520 00:29:32,188 --> 00:29:33,689 I would look for another choice. 521 00:29:33,856 --> 00:29:37,360 And I wouldn't stop looking until there was a third option! 522 00:29:39,028 --> 00:29:43,866 Malcolm, what if you could have the lotus 523 00:29:45,618 --> 00:29:48,037 - and keep your ring? - I don't see how. 524 00:29:49,538 --> 00:29:52,041 Nyssa's forces are stronger than I care to admit. 525 00:29:52,208 --> 00:29:53,542 Not by herself. 526 00:29:53,709 --> 00:29:56,629 You challenge her to a trial by combat. 527 00:29:56,879 --> 00:29:59,215 You do realize your plan would end in her death. 528 00:30:02,551 --> 00:30:04,637 We're all backed into a corner, Malcolm. 529 00:30:06,472 --> 00:30:07,807 Nyssa made her bed. 530 00:30:14,605 --> 00:30:17,441 This is one of your crazier ideas, and that is a competitive field. 531 00:30:17,650 --> 00:30:20,236 Well, sit tight. I have a crazier one coming. 532 00:30:29,161 --> 00:30:33,082 In deference to good taste, we will forgo the removal of shirts. 533 00:30:34,250 --> 00:30:36,168 Let us be finished with the charade. 534 00:30:37,086 --> 00:30:38,337 As you wish. 535 00:30:50,016 --> 00:30:51,267 Oliver: Hold! 536 00:30:53,102 --> 00:30:54,812 In the eyes of the league, 537 00:30:55,688 --> 00:30:56,981 this woman is my wife. 538 00:30:59,692 --> 00:31:01,527 As your husband, 539 00:31:02,862 --> 00:31:04,822 I wish to fight on her behalf. 540 00:31:14,957 --> 00:31:17,126 I have never allowed anyone to fight my battles for me. 541 00:31:17,334 --> 00:31:19,254 Do you want to become ra's or do you want to die? 542 00:31:19,462 --> 00:31:20,939 - Why are you doing this? - You told me yourself, 543 00:31:20,963 --> 00:31:23,799 you couldn't defeat merlyn. And if I am forced to choose 544 00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:26,302 between your life and his... 545 00:31:29,138 --> 00:31:30,681 Then I will see justice done. 546 00:31:42,068 --> 00:31:43,986 I'm a little disappointed, I must say. 547 00:31:44,153 --> 00:31:46,655 You're the one who put us in this position, Malcolm. 548 00:31:46,822 --> 00:31:51,160 Can I remind you the role you played in putting this ring on my finger? 549 00:31:51,327 --> 00:31:53,079 No, I remember. 550 00:31:54,497 --> 00:31:56,874 - Tonight I correct that mistake. - I can't believe it. 551 00:31:58,709 --> 00:32:01,879 You've grown even more foolish with experience. 552 00:32:02,088 --> 00:32:04,006 Three years! 553 00:32:06,092 --> 00:32:07,551 Let's finish this. 554 00:32:09,512 --> 00:32:11,514 (Both grunting) 555 00:32:27,530 --> 00:32:29,115 (Groans) 556 00:32:31,075 --> 00:32:32,868 (Breathing heavily) 557 00:32:34,870 --> 00:32:36,872 Last chance, Malcolm. Yield! 558 00:32:37,039 --> 00:32:38,916 Never. To end this, 559 00:32:39,875 --> 00:32:41,377 you must kill me. 560 00:32:43,379 --> 00:32:45,089 But you always knew that, Oliver. 561 00:32:45,381 --> 00:32:46,701 I didn't want it to end this way. 562 00:32:46,757 --> 00:32:49,385 Spare me your false sympathy. Just do it. 563 00:32:58,561 --> 00:32:59,645 (Malcolm screams) 564 00:32:59,895 --> 00:33:01,063 (Groaning) 565 00:33:04,775 --> 00:33:05,776 (Screams) 566 00:33:33,429 --> 00:33:35,097 Bring me the lotus. 567 00:33:48,527 --> 00:33:49,987 You are ra's al ghul. 568 00:33:50,487 --> 00:33:52,031 Thank you, husband. 569 00:34:01,457 --> 00:34:03,292 Assassins: Ra's. 570 00:34:17,181 --> 00:34:20,726 What? What is going on? Is everything okay? 571 00:34:21,477 --> 00:34:23,145 That, uh, depends. 572 00:34:24,313 --> 00:34:26,148 - How are you feeling? - Uh... 573 00:34:27,399 --> 00:34:30,569 (Clears throat) I'm a bit tired, but... 574 00:34:32,238 --> 00:34:34,573 - What am I doing here? - Yeah. It's a long story. 575 00:34:34,823 --> 00:34:37,076 - But to shorthand it... - Is that you're gonna be fine. 576 00:34:38,160 --> 00:34:39,703 - The cure worked. - (Gasps) 577 00:34:39,995 --> 00:34:41,330 - No more bloodlust. - (Sighs) 578 00:34:41,705 --> 00:34:44,500 Come on. Let's go get you into some regular clothes. 579 00:34:44,875 --> 00:34:46,252 Yeah. 580 00:34:49,838 --> 00:34:52,675 - (Sighs) - Oliver, you did it, man. Thea's fine. 581 00:34:53,926 --> 00:34:55,594 And nyssa and merlyn didn't have to die. 582 00:34:55,886 --> 00:34:57,155 Ooh, yeah, not to be the buzzkill, 583 00:34:57,179 --> 00:34:59,390 but when are we going to tell thea about Malcolm's... 584 00:35:00,182 --> 00:35:01,684 - Baby steps. - Right. 585 00:35:03,018 --> 00:35:05,521 - What's up? - Something my father said. 586 00:35:09,024 --> 00:35:10,859 I brought you a portable ramp. 587 00:35:11,110 --> 00:35:14,238 So, any time you come across a higher surface, just unfold it. 588 00:35:14,863 --> 00:35:16,699 This'll get you over almost anything. 589 00:35:16,907 --> 00:35:18,450 Look, I have a meeting in a few. 590 00:35:20,077 --> 00:35:22,288 - I just wanted to say goodbye. - "Goodbye"? 591 00:35:23,038 --> 00:35:25,040 We were just starting to get to know each other. 592 00:35:25,207 --> 00:35:27,084 I think I know everything I need to know. 593 00:35:27,418 --> 00:35:28,794 Felicity, what is going on? 594 00:35:29,712 --> 00:35:31,380 I thought we were making progress. 595 00:35:31,547 --> 00:35:34,550 When I was a girl, I hated myself. I thought I was broken. 596 00:35:34,883 --> 00:35:36,885 That no one could or ever would love me. 597 00:35:37,052 --> 00:35:39,930 It's the only way a child can grow up when their father abandons them. 598 00:35:40,639 --> 00:35:43,142 - Felicity. - All I ever wanted to know was why? 599 00:35:43,559 --> 00:35:46,603 What was so wrong with me that you would leave? 600 00:35:46,812 --> 00:35:49,315 There was nothing wrong with you, sweetheart. 601 00:35:50,649 --> 00:35:52,209 But there was everything wrong with me. 602 00:35:52,234 --> 00:35:55,070 The police, the FBI. They were never going to stop looking for me. 603 00:35:56,238 --> 00:36:00,451 I realized a life on the run, that wasn't the life that I owed you or your mother. 604 00:36:01,827 --> 00:36:03,162 So I disappeared. 605 00:36:03,412 --> 00:36:05,372 You thought you were doing the right thing for us. 606 00:36:05,414 --> 00:36:06,582 Exactly. 607 00:36:07,166 --> 00:36:10,627 I have waited my entire life for that explanation. 608 00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:14,840 And the thing is, I don't even know if believe it. 609 00:36:15,090 --> 00:36:16,133 It's the truth. 610 00:36:16,342 --> 00:36:18,761 There is only one part of your story that I know to be true. 611 00:36:19,011 --> 00:36:21,263 And that is that you are wanted by the police. 612 00:36:24,641 --> 00:36:26,852 - Felicity. - I just need you to know one thing. 613 00:36:27,186 --> 00:36:28,354 You were wrong. 614 00:36:29,104 --> 00:36:30,272 I am nothing like you. 615 00:36:30,439 --> 00:36:31,523 Noah: Felicity. 616 00:36:31,774 --> 00:36:33,084 Quentin: Noah kuttler, you're under arrest. 617 00:36:33,108 --> 00:36:35,788 Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. 618 00:36:35,944 --> 00:36:37,988 Noah: No. No, don't. Don't do this. 619 00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:39,281 Felicity. 620 00:36:43,952 --> 00:36:45,454 Thank you both for coming. 621 00:36:46,789 --> 00:36:47,790 How is thea? 622 00:36:47,998 --> 00:36:50,125 - Don't pretend like you care. - I do. 623 00:36:50,626 --> 00:36:52,127 She's my sister-in-law. 624 00:36:52,461 --> 00:36:55,047 And her condition is the result of my father's blade. 625 00:36:55,297 --> 00:36:58,801 You were right. Even after his death, I remained my father's prisoner. 626 00:36:59,176 --> 00:37:02,888 I allowed him to turn me into someone you showed me I don't have to be. 627 00:37:05,891 --> 00:37:08,811 And you showed me as well when you took up the sword to save my life. 628 00:37:10,646 --> 00:37:14,274 You both showed me what needed to be done. 629 00:37:14,608 --> 00:37:15,692 And what's that? 630 00:37:15,943 --> 00:37:17,861 Patience, please. We're waiting for one other. 631 00:37:20,197 --> 00:37:21,824 Thank you for coming, al sa-her. 632 00:37:22,032 --> 00:37:24,326 You're ra's. I had no choice. 633 00:37:24,618 --> 00:37:26,537 And so, you are mistaken once again. 634 00:37:30,791 --> 00:37:32,459 What are you doing? 635 00:37:36,547 --> 00:37:37,548 (Ring clatters) 636 00:37:45,139 --> 00:37:47,724 Earlier today, I disbanded the league of assassins. 637 00:37:48,851 --> 00:37:52,896 I released its forces, much as my father had released you long ago. 638 00:37:55,357 --> 00:37:58,652 No one will be held prisoner by my father any longer. 639 00:38:08,370 --> 00:38:10,205 I thought of you as a son once, Oliver. 640 00:38:11,540 --> 00:38:14,376 I had more in common with you than my own blood. 641 00:38:15,836 --> 00:38:19,047 But that's not the reason why I'm not going to kill you. 642 00:38:19,256 --> 00:38:23,218 Neither the fact that you are my daughter's brother. 643 00:38:23,385 --> 00:38:24,720 The reason you get to live 644 00:38:24,928 --> 00:38:30,184 is because death would be a mercy compared to the debt I now owe you. 645 00:38:31,560 --> 00:38:34,229 Don't you dare threaten me, Malcolm. 646 00:38:34,897 --> 00:38:35,898 (Scoffs) 647 00:38:40,569 --> 00:38:42,446 Taiana. 648 00:38:43,697 --> 00:38:46,074 I promise I will free your friends. 649 00:38:47,534 --> 00:38:50,037 - For vlad. - Vlad is dead. 650 00:38:51,413 --> 00:38:52,748 We do this for them. 651 00:38:54,082 --> 00:38:55,584 Baron: Mr. Queen. 652 00:38:55,959 --> 00:38:58,086 I hope you have regained your strength. 653 00:38:58,587 --> 00:39:01,089 The stone you gave me was the final piece of the puzzle. 654 00:39:01,256 --> 00:39:02,591 The final map. 655 00:39:02,925 --> 00:39:05,093 - We are going to dig. - Dig? 656 00:39:05,260 --> 00:39:09,765 The heaven I seek is not above, but rather beneath our feet. 657 00:39:11,099 --> 00:39:12,768 We dig at daybreak. 658 00:39:19,608 --> 00:39:20,776 Hey. 659 00:39:21,777 --> 00:39:24,446 - You feeling any better? - I don't even know why I'm so upset. 660 00:39:26,448 --> 00:39:29,761 Doesn't every long-awaited father-daughter reunion end with the dad being taken away 661 00:39:29,785 --> 00:39:31,954 - in handcuffs? - You don't have to be funny for me. 662 00:39:33,288 --> 00:39:35,249 - You know that, right? - I know. 663 00:39:37,125 --> 00:39:38,794 And I know I did the right thing, but... 664 00:39:40,462 --> 00:39:42,965 The look on his face when he realized I had turned him in, 665 00:39:43,340 --> 00:39:45,260 that's going to haunt me for the rest of my life. 666 00:39:45,425 --> 00:39:48,238 And I can't help but think he doesn't even deserve that kind of remorse. 667 00:39:48,262 --> 00:39:50,305 I think that remorse is a pretty clear indicator 668 00:39:50,472 --> 00:39:53,183 that you are a very different person than him. 669 00:39:53,433 --> 00:39:56,270 Maybe thea and I could make t-shirts. We could join a club. 670 00:39:58,021 --> 00:39:59,791 Listen to me. Don't make the mistake of thinking 671 00:39:59,815 --> 00:40:01,335 that this thing with your dad is over. 672 00:40:01,483 --> 00:40:04,486 I can tell you from experience 673 00:40:05,362 --> 00:40:07,656 that closure does not come that easily. 674 00:40:08,156 --> 00:40:09,157 (Sighs) 675 00:40:10,367 --> 00:40:11,827 Speaking of closure, 676 00:40:12,035 --> 00:40:14,204 are you punishing yourself for betraying Malcolm? 677 00:40:14,663 --> 00:40:16,331 - Is that insane? - Yes. 678 00:40:17,040 --> 00:40:19,293 But it's part of what makes you the man I love. 679 00:40:19,668 --> 00:40:20,836 John was right. 680 00:40:21,003 --> 00:40:22,683 You were faced with an impossible situation 681 00:40:22,879 --> 00:40:25,007 and you found the best way out of it. 682 00:40:30,178 --> 00:40:31,513 Will you marry me? 683 00:40:32,222 --> 00:40:34,158 I think I already answered that question. (Chuckles) 684 00:40:34,182 --> 00:40:38,854 Thea's better. Andy's better. Things are quiet on the darhk front. 685 00:40:39,021 --> 00:40:41,523 I feel like this might be our window. 686 00:40:41,690 --> 00:40:44,335 And with everything that we have gone through over the past few months, 687 00:40:44,359 --> 00:40:45,736 I want you to tell me, 688 00:40:47,070 --> 00:40:49,698 - why are we waiting? - Well, we'll have to plan it. 689 00:40:49,906 --> 00:40:50,907 Mmm-hmm. 690 00:40:51,199 --> 00:40:54,703 Maybe just a small ceremony with a few of our friends, and no caterers. 691 00:40:54,870 --> 00:40:56,997 My mom will hate that. 692 00:40:58,874 --> 00:41:00,542 - I'm in. Mmm-hmm. - Yeah? 693 00:41:09,718 --> 00:41:12,346 - I don't like to be kept waiting. - My apologies. 694 00:41:13,388 --> 00:41:15,098 I don't have the resources I once had. 695 00:41:15,349 --> 00:41:17,851 Yes. I'm aware of your recent reversal of fortune. 696 00:41:18,060 --> 00:41:19,704 I take it that's why you asked for this meeting? 697 00:41:19,728 --> 00:41:21,396 Well, I haven't come empty-handed. 698 00:41:21,605 --> 00:41:23,065 Soto speak. 699 00:41:25,067 --> 00:41:28,403 I have some information that you might find of particular interest. 700 00:41:29,237 --> 00:41:33,075 I know who Oliver queen cares about more than anyone in the whole world. 701 00:41:33,408 --> 00:41:36,244 Yeah, so do I. We did a pretty good number on her over the holidays. 702 00:41:36,453 --> 00:41:38,246 It's not Felicity smoak. 703 00:41:44,920 --> 00:41:46,046 Who? 704 00:41:46,254 --> 00:41:47,422 His son. 705 00:41:48,632 --> 00:41:50,050 William. 706 00:42:21,456 --> 00:42:22,457 English - sdh