1 00:00:02,044 --> 00:00:03,796 Oliver: My name is Oliver queen. 2 00:00:03,963 --> 00:00:05,214 After five years in hell, 3 00:00:05,381 --> 00:00:08,885 I returned home with only one goal, to save my city. 4 00:00:09,051 --> 00:00:11,262 Today, I fight that war on two fronts. 5 00:00:11,429 --> 00:00:13,723 By day, I lead star city as its mayor. 6 00:00:13,890 --> 00:00:15,683 But by night, I'm someone else. 7 00:00:15,850 --> 00:00:18,019 I am something else. 8 00:00:18,186 --> 00:00:20,438 I am the green arrow. 9 00:00:21,147 --> 00:00:22,398 Oliver: Previously on arrow... 10 00:00:22,565 --> 00:00:24,025 - You want to help? - Yeah. 11 00:00:24,192 --> 00:00:26,736 - Stay off the streets. - It's my city, too. 12 00:00:26,986 --> 00:00:29,322 I came here to work with the guy who killed Damien darhk. 13 00:00:29,488 --> 00:00:31,782 - So, you ex-Navy, right? - Dishonorably discharged. 14 00:00:31,949 --> 00:00:35,661 - Reason? - Because I screwed up. Again. 15 00:00:36,996 --> 00:00:38,623 That's my life, man. 16 00:00:38,789 --> 00:00:41,626 I'm wearing this suit again because I think it's a path to redemption. 17 00:00:41,792 --> 00:00:43,294 And it could be for you, too. 18 00:00:43,461 --> 00:00:46,547 Look, finding a new black canary isn'tjust about reviewing resumes. 19 00:00:46,714 --> 00:00:49,050 Curtis: Tina boland, formerly of the ccpd. 20 00:00:49,217 --> 00:00:51,302 She's a kickass woman who appears out of nowhere 21 00:00:51,469 --> 00:00:52,553 and saves crime victims. 22 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:53,721 She even has a cry. 23 00:00:56,307 --> 00:00:59,185 Oliver: Our Tina is trying to avenge her former partner. 24 00:00:59,602 --> 00:01:02,146 How do you keep living with so much pain? 25 00:01:02,313 --> 00:01:04,148 I can tell you it helps to not be alone. 26 00:01:04,315 --> 00:01:06,567 My real name is dinah. Dinah Drake. 27 00:01:38,140 --> 00:01:39,284 Felicity: I've got something! 28 00:01:39,308 --> 00:01:41,727 Well, not "something" something, but something. 29 00:01:44,272 --> 00:01:45,523 That's good work. 30 00:01:45,898 --> 00:01:48,901 Didn't know they taught Bo staff at the central city police academy. 31 00:01:49,068 --> 00:01:50,861 They don't. My first undercover assignment 32 00:01:51,028 --> 00:01:53,364 was with a street gang called the pilgrims. 33 00:01:53,531 --> 00:01:54,891 They liked to mess around with it. 34 00:01:55,866 --> 00:01:57,535 - I'm gonna head home. - Yeah. 35 00:01:57,702 --> 00:01:59,120 You found a place to stay already? 36 00:01:59,578 --> 00:02:02,206 No, I'm, uh, just staying where you guys put me up. 37 00:02:02,373 --> 00:02:05,001 Hive? That's not a home. It's barely livable. 38 00:02:05,293 --> 00:02:07,461 It's fine. I don't need much. 39 00:02:08,838 --> 00:02:09,880 See you, man. 40 00:02:11,757 --> 00:02:12,883 What've you guys got? 41 00:02:13,050 --> 00:02:15,886 Well, I have been working on a location for claybourne's mistress. 42 00:02:16,053 --> 00:02:17,847 Prometheus' mother, we find her... 43 00:02:18,014 --> 00:02:20,016 We find the name for this son of a bitch. 44 00:02:20,182 --> 00:02:22,518 Unfortunately, the son of a bitch's father went dark 45 00:02:22,685 --> 00:02:24,871 after he met with the pointy head of an arrow four years ago, 46 00:02:24,895 --> 00:02:26,355 and mommy went off the grid. 47 00:02:26,522 --> 00:02:28,899 - Why would she do that? - Probably because she knows 48 00:02:29,066 --> 00:02:31,902 that he turned into a serial-killing psychopath nutjob. 49 00:02:32,611 --> 00:02:35,215 Point being, I have been looking for her for the past three months, 50 00:02:35,239 --> 00:02:38,409 but whatever witness protection program she put herself into, it is damn good. 51 00:02:38,576 --> 00:02:40,911 - What changed in three months? - I've had a breakthrough. 52 00:02:41,078 --> 00:02:42,556 I've narrowed her new home down to Illinois. 53 00:02:42,580 --> 00:02:46,667 I just need a couple more days to narrow that down into an address. 54 00:02:49,503 --> 00:02:51,505 - That's fantastic work. - Thank you. 55 00:02:51,672 --> 00:02:53,752 Curtis is coming in, he's gonna help with the search. 56 00:03:00,890 --> 00:03:02,250 It's really nice to have you back. 57 00:03:02,350 --> 00:03:03,934 Well, I could say the same to you. 58 00:03:04,101 --> 00:03:07,313 I mean, hub city and Russia? You're really racking up those miles. 59 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:08,606 Lot to catch up on. 60 00:03:09,023 --> 00:03:11,275 Yeah, like you and Susan Williams? 61 00:03:13,986 --> 00:03:18,949 People talk, Ollie. And, uh, some people vomit a little. 62 00:03:19,116 --> 00:03:22,620 Thea, you're kind of insulting someone that I'm getting pretty serious about. 63 00:03:22,787 --> 00:03:25,456 Did I mention people vomit a little? 64 00:03:25,623 --> 00:03:27,708 You don't like Susan because of how she does herjob. 65 00:03:27,875 --> 00:03:30,503 She's good at herjob and she's a good person. 66 00:03:31,587 --> 00:03:32,588 So, there. 67 00:03:34,173 --> 00:03:35,174 Uh-huh. 68 00:03:40,096 --> 00:03:41,180 Quentin! 69 00:03:42,139 --> 00:03:43,182 Quentin: Hey. 70 00:03:43,682 --> 00:03:46,310 - Oh, so good to see you. - You, too. 71 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:49,563 God, I saw your interview with the dragon lady. You nailed it. 72 00:03:49,730 --> 00:03:51,810 Uh, that's his girlfriend you're talking about there. 73 00:03:52,191 --> 00:03:54,777 Yes. Uh, don't remind me. 74 00:03:56,987 --> 00:03:58,155 What are you doing here? 75 00:04:00,866 --> 00:04:03,327 Are you prosecuting him for something? 76 00:04:03,661 --> 00:04:06,497 Actually, Quentin was just introducing us. 77 00:04:06,831 --> 00:04:08,749 I'm the new deputy mayor's assistant. 78 00:04:11,669 --> 00:04:14,213 I, uh, never should've left. 79 00:04:15,506 --> 00:04:17,174 Well, uh, talking of leaving, 80 00:04:17,341 --> 00:04:19,510 I got to get across town for an alderman meeting. 81 00:04:19,844 --> 00:04:20,928 You need me to come with? 82 00:04:21,220 --> 00:04:25,683 Nice try, but those regulatory forms are not gonna fill themselves out. 83 00:04:40,364 --> 00:04:43,242 I'm just saying that maybe you could get Susan Williams to back off. 84 00:04:43,409 --> 00:04:46,162 Bottom line, I'm not comfortable leveraging a personal relationship 85 00:04:46,328 --> 00:04:47,413 for political gain. 86 00:04:48,831 --> 00:04:51,375 The media's right, man. You're not much of a politician. 87 00:04:51,542 --> 00:04:54,211 As it is, I'm not comfortable covering up the circumstances 88 00:04:54,378 --> 00:04:56,046 behind the death of detective Malone. 89 00:04:56,505 --> 00:04:58,191 - So, maybe if Susan... - Security: Mr. Mayor! 90 00:04:58,215 --> 00:04:59,401 There's a shooter in the building. 91 00:04:59,425 --> 00:05:01,665 We need to get you to a secure location. 92 00:05:42,259 --> 00:05:45,054 Laura: Rene Ramirez, you are a dead man. 93 00:05:45,429 --> 00:05:48,516 Zoe's gonna totally kill you if you guys are late to the game. 94 00:05:51,018 --> 00:05:52,102 What? 95 00:05:52,937 --> 00:05:56,023 No way we'll be late, not the way I drive. 96 00:05:56,190 --> 00:05:58,025 Laura: Ooh. 97 00:05:58,609 --> 00:06:00,402 Ooh, okay. 98 00:06:03,614 --> 00:06:05,574 Whoa, what do you think you're doing? 99 00:06:05,741 --> 00:06:07,034 Stadium's in the glades, babe. 100 00:06:07,201 --> 00:06:09,870 In, like, the worst part of the worst part of town. 101 00:06:10,746 --> 00:06:12,623 I brought it with me last time I took Zoe. 102 00:06:13,123 --> 00:06:15,084 So, you're admitting you broke the rule? 103 00:06:15,459 --> 00:06:16,794 Kind of what I do, babe. 104 00:06:16,961 --> 00:06:19,481 The only reason I agreed to let you keep that thing in the house 105 00:06:19,630 --> 00:06:21,750 was because you said we needed it for home protection. 106 00:06:21,840 --> 00:06:24,343 - Right, but... - As in, stays in the home. 107 00:06:25,427 --> 00:06:27,638 Now, hurry up. You guys are gonna be late. 108 00:06:28,055 --> 00:06:29,807 I thought we were going as a family. 109 00:06:30,808 --> 00:06:32,851 I have a headache. 110 00:06:33,394 --> 00:06:37,314 Oh, yeah? You taking something stronger than aspirin for the headache? 111 00:06:38,816 --> 00:06:40,693 You got something you wanna say to me, Rene? 112 00:06:40,859 --> 00:06:41,944 Guess I do. 113 00:06:43,737 --> 00:06:44,863 Using again? 114 00:06:51,829 --> 00:06:52,989 Man: We cleared the building. 115 00:06:53,038 --> 00:06:54,641 - Shooter isn't here. - Alert scpd and ac... 116 00:06:54,665 --> 00:06:57,793 Drop a five-block net around city hall. Let's get ambulances here immediately. 117 00:06:57,960 --> 00:06:59,628 And has anyone seen my sister? 118 00:07:01,922 --> 00:07:03,802 - Ollie. - Hey, are you all right? Are you okay? 119 00:07:19,315 --> 00:07:20,399 You're gonna be okay. 120 00:07:20,733 --> 00:07:22,401 Just catch that son of a bitch. 121 00:07:22,568 --> 00:07:24,361 Yeah. Go on. 122 00:07:36,665 --> 00:07:37,708 How many casualties? 123 00:07:37,875 --> 00:07:41,879 There's five dead, 24 injured, and eight in critical condition. 124 00:07:42,046 --> 00:07:43,339 Bastard was wearing kevlar, 125 00:07:43,505 --> 00:07:46,634 but I think one of my shots winged his shoulder with a nine-mil slug. 126 00:07:46,884 --> 00:07:49,053 Might be a good idea to alert all emergency rooms. 127 00:07:49,219 --> 00:07:52,097 - Do it. - What were you doing with a gun in here? 128 00:07:52,264 --> 00:07:55,768 Judging by how I tagged the guy, I got to go with saving people's lives. 129 00:07:56,226 --> 00:07:59,188 Your security detail said the shooter dropped his primary weapon. 130 00:07:59,355 --> 00:08:02,107 - We need to get it before the police do. - I took care of it. 131 00:08:04,652 --> 00:08:06,570 This is military-grade hardware. 132 00:08:06,737 --> 00:08:10,240 Ar-15 assault weapon. Fires 5.56 NATO rounds. 133 00:08:10,491 --> 00:08:13,911 It's an m16. It's literally the same gun as an m16. 134 00:08:14,078 --> 00:08:16,997 Seems like some of Tobias church's ordnance got into the wrong hand. 135 00:08:17,164 --> 00:08:18,707 Wronger hands. So... 136 00:08:18,874 --> 00:08:22,294 Not necessarily. It's an ar-15. It's available on the open market. 137 00:08:22,461 --> 00:08:24,880 In fact, it's the most popular gun in america. 138 00:08:25,089 --> 00:08:28,092 Land of the free, home of the incredibly stupid. 139 00:08:28,384 --> 00:08:30,719 We are not having this conversation now or ever, guys. 140 00:08:30,928 --> 00:08:32,596 - Where are we with the gun? - Nowhere. 141 00:08:32,763 --> 00:08:35,182 It hasn't been used in any prior crime. 142 00:08:35,432 --> 00:08:37,410 Fingerprints. Shooter wasn't wearing gloves. 143 00:08:37,434 --> 00:08:38,936 AFIS didn't kick back anything. 144 00:08:39,103 --> 00:08:40,288 I don't think he's ever been in the system. 145 00:08:40,312 --> 00:08:42,981 Or he was smart enough to have himself erased from it. 146 00:08:43,273 --> 00:08:44,358 Security cameras. 147 00:08:44,525 --> 00:08:45,565 He knew how to avoid them. 148 00:08:45,693 --> 00:08:48,779 And before he opened fire, he upgraded to a ski mask. 149 00:08:48,946 --> 00:08:51,156 That looks like a utilityjumpsuit. 150 00:08:51,532 --> 00:08:53,551 Felicity: Forefather repair, it went belly-up six years ago. 151 00:08:53,575 --> 00:08:54,803 I ran through the employee list, 152 00:08:54,827 --> 00:08:57,621 but I think our shooter just bought a uniform off the Internet. 153 00:08:57,788 --> 00:08:59,164 So he could walk into city hall. 154 00:08:59,373 --> 00:09:02,013 This guy's real good at covering his tracks, whoever he is. 155 00:09:02,334 --> 00:09:03,460 So, who is he? 156 00:09:04,878 --> 00:09:06,598 Quentin: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 157 00:09:07,089 --> 00:09:09,967 Yeah, that's the guy. Run him through the system for me, would you? 158 00:09:10,134 --> 00:09:12,177 Hey. This is where you've been. 159 00:09:12,428 --> 00:09:15,264 Good thing I got a look at the shooter before he put his ski mask on. 160 00:09:16,098 --> 00:09:18,684 I let that son of a bitch walk right past me. 161 00:09:18,851 --> 00:09:20,352 Hey, you couldn't've known, hoss. 162 00:09:20,519 --> 00:09:22,079 I've been police most of my adult life. 163 00:09:22,146 --> 00:09:24,314 I should've been able to spot that guy 1,000 yards out. 164 00:09:24,481 --> 00:09:25,983 Hey, don't go there, man, all right? 165 00:09:26,567 --> 00:09:28,694 What happened wasn't your fault. 166 00:09:29,069 --> 00:09:30,654 I heard you got a few shots off. 167 00:09:30,821 --> 00:09:33,425 Yeah, and iwould've put him down, too, if he wasn't wearing body armor. 168 00:09:33,449 --> 00:09:35,200 Listen, weren't you dishonorably discharged? 169 00:09:35,367 --> 00:09:36,869 Not for my aim, hoss. 170 00:09:37,244 --> 00:09:41,039 My point is it's illegal for someone such as yourself to carry a firearm. 171 00:09:41,206 --> 00:09:42,958 But it's pretty easy to buy one, though. 172 00:09:43,459 --> 00:09:45,711 Wow. 173 00:09:54,219 --> 00:09:56,722 Am I using again? 174 00:09:57,473 --> 00:09:59,600 How could you even ask me something like that? 175 00:09:59,767 --> 00:10:02,686 Actually, I've been working up the nerve to ask you for a while now. 176 00:10:07,399 --> 00:10:10,027 Ever since I found this taped behind your dresser drawer. 177 00:10:10,861 --> 00:10:12,196 You searched our bedroom? 178 00:10:12,362 --> 00:10:15,073 Yeah, 'cause it looks like my wife's a freaking junkie! 179 00:10:19,536 --> 00:10:20,537 I just... 180 00:10:21,914 --> 00:10:23,165 I just don't get it. 181 00:10:23,749 --> 00:10:25,083 We got out, Laura. 182 00:10:25,375 --> 00:10:26,543 We got out of the glades, 183 00:10:26,710 --> 00:10:30,214 and here you are, bringing it back into our home. 184 00:10:31,048 --> 00:10:33,509 You are the last person who can get on their high horse. 185 00:10:33,675 --> 00:10:36,011 No matter what I've done, I've never done drugs 186 00:10:36,178 --> 00:10:38,096 and I've never done it in our baby girl's home! 187 00:10:38,263 --> 00:10:39,431 Screw you, Rene. 188 00:10:39,765 --> 00:10:41,391 We're gonna be late for the game. 189 00:10:41,725 --> 00:10:42,893 Hey. 190 00:10:43,393 --> 00:10:44,561 Hey, sweetheart. 191 00:10:44,853 --> 00:10:47,481 I'm sorry, dada and mommy were just talking. 192 00:10:47,981 --> 00:10:49,149 You were fighting. 193 00:10:49,566 --> 00:10:51,443 No, we're just talking loudly. 194 00:10:51,610 --> 00:10:55,113 Daddy's just disappointed that mommy's not coming with us to the game. 195 00:10:57,115 --> 00:10:59,952 Go get your coat, honey. It's gonna be cold tonight. 196 00:11:07,584 --> 00:11:08,919 I'm throwing this away. 197 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:13,173 When I get home, either there's no more drugs in this house 198 00:11:14,424 --> 00:11:16,051 or there's no more you in this house. 199 00:11:21,306 --> 00:11:23,546 Two of the victims who were in critical condition 200 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:24,977 just passed away on the table. 201 00:11:25,769 --> 00:11:26,770 Who? 202 00:11:27,020 --> 00:11:29,773 Kyle in commerce, and Paula in accounting. 203 00:11:34,152 --> 00:11:36,071 I need phone numbers for their next of kin. 204 00:11:36,238 --> 00:11:37,906 I've already emailed them to you. 205 00:11:39,241 --> 00:11:41,952 Look, you are gonna find whoever did this. 206 00:11:42,494 --> 00:11:44,997 I know. I have to. Before he does it again. 207 00:11:45,163 --> 00:11:47,708 What makes you so sure this isn'tjust a one-time thing? 208 00:11:47,875 --> 00:11:50,478 If it was a one-time thing, he wouldn't have concealed his identity 209 00:11:50,502 --> 00:11:52,546 and he wouldn't have fled the scene. He's... 210 00:11:55,924 --> 00:11:57,259 Uh, Adrian? 211 00:11:57,426 --> 00:11:58,468 What are you doing? 212 00:11:58,635 --> 00:12:00,238 Can you talk some sense into him, please? 213 00:12:00,262 --> 00:12:02,556 Mr. Mayor, thea, meet my wife, Doris. 214 00:12:03,098 --> 00:12:05,392 - Hi. - He's gonna get himself killed. 215 00:12:05,559 --> 00:12:07,769 I'm tougher than I look, and I need to be in the office. 216 00:12:07,936 --> 00:12:09,136 You need to be in bed, Adrian. 217 00:12:09,229 --> 00:12:10,981 - You were shot. - I'm fine. 218 00:12:11,148 --> 00:12:12,774 You look like you're about to pass out. 219 00:12:12,941 --> 00:12:17,446 Hey, listen, come on, buddy. Take a seat, at least. Please. 220 00:12:23,994 --> 00:12:25,354 What do we know? 221 00:12:26,163 --> 00:12:27,331 We don't know much. 222 00:12:27,748 --> 00:12:30,250 It was a single shooter. Ar-15 assault rifle. 223 00:12:30,417 --> 00:12:33,253 And it doesn't appear that I was his primary target 224 00:12:33,420 --> 00:12:36,798 because he just blasted his way through city hall. 225 00:12:36,965 --> 00:12:40,010 If he wasn't going after you, then there's a larger agenda here. 226 00:12:40,385 --> 00:12:43,263 Ar-15's are the bertinelli family's weapon of choice. 227 00:12:43,847 --> 00:12:46,433 Over 90% of the hits they were involved in last year used them. 228 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:48,393 Why would the bertinellis target city hall? 229 00:12:49,061 --> 00:12:51,647 Because your office oversees the anti-crime unit. 230 00:12:51,813 --> 00:12:53,690 And it is a softer target. 231 00:12:54,024 --> 00:12:57,819 All right, we're gonna look into it under one condition. 232 00:12:57,986 --> 00:13:01,990 You listen to your wife and you stay here. Let yourself get better. 233 00:13:03,408 --> 00:13:04,409 Fair? 234 00:13:06,328 --> 00:13:07,371 Fair. 235 00:13:08,372 --> 00:13:09,873 Just stop this guy. 236 00:13:16,338 --> 00:13:18,178 Quentin: Whoever he is, he's not in the system. 237 00:13:18,298 --> 00:13:20,884 What if instead of tracking him, we track the assault weapon? 238 00:13:21,051 --> 00:13:24,054 Rifle. And Oliver took it. Said he was following up a lead. 239 00:13:24,221 --> 00:13:26,701 There's no gun ownership database for me to go through, anyway. 240 00:13:26,765 --> 00:13:28,976 Yeah, why wouldn't we want something like that? 241 00:13:29,142 --> 00:13:30,787 So the government doesn't know our business, hoss. 242 00:13:30,811 --> 00:13:32,288 Guys, can we please... just not right now. 243 00:13:32,312 --> 00:13:34,332 I don't have any problem with your right to bear arms, 244 00:13:34,356 --> 00:13:37,067 so long as it doesn't conflict with my right to, you know, live. 245 00:13:37,234 --> 00:13:39,403 Are you kidding me? Look at what we do, man. 246 00:13:39,569 --> 00:13:40,904 Our whole life is violence. 247 00:13:41,071 --> 00:13:43,151 I'm not talking about what we do to protect the city. 248 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:44,884 I'm talking about the fact that, as a black man, 249 00:13:44,908 --> 00:13:47,744 I am three times more likely to be killed by a gun than you. 250 00:13:47,911 --> 00:13:49,830 - He's got a point, Rene. - Seriously? 251 00:13:50,038 --> 00:13:51,039 You were a cop, man. 252 00:13:51,206 --> 00:13:54,143 And cops would kind of like it if there were less people out there with guns. 253 00:13:54,167 --> 00:13:55,252 Not this cop. 254 00:13:55,502 --> 00:13:57,671 I mean, people have a right to protect themselves. 255 00:13:58,296 --> 00:13:59,297 Dinah Drake. 256 00:14:01,925 --> 00:14:04,925 You guys are really serious about this recruitment drive you got going, huh? 257 00:14:05,053 --> 00:14:07,814 Dinah and I tried to get more information on the shooting out of es... 258 00:14:07,931 --> 00:14:08,932 We struck out. 259 00:14:09,099 --> 00:14:11,560 We started trying to track the shooter by using the gun, 260 00:14:11,727 --> 00:14:14,771 but then we got a little distracted, again, with our gun control debate. 261 00:14:14,938 --> 00:14:16,773 - Gun violence debate. - Here we go again. 262 00:14:17,107 --> 00:14:19,252 - Felicity: Guys, stop. - Actually, this could be cathartic, 263 00:14:19,276 --> 00:14:20,420 in light of what's happened... 264 00:14:20,444 --> 00:14:22,404 No, I mean, "stop, I have something" stop. 265 00:14:23,238 --> 00:14:24,406 Quentin: What've you got? 266 00:14:24,614 --> 00:14:26,533 - Wait. That... - That doesn't make sense. 267 00:14:28,285 --> 00:14:33,749 This is the ar-15 assault rifle that was used in the attack on city hall! 268 00:14:34,374 --> 00:14:36,209 Which one of your guys did it? 269 00:14:36,376 --> 00:14:38,962 You're crazy. None of my guys would... 270 00:14:39,129 --> 00:14:41,548 Your guys used this exact weapon! 271 00:14:41,715 --> 00:14:44,509 Yeah, but why would we shoot up the mayor's office? 272 00:14:44,718 --> 00:14:45,969 The ac... 273 00:14:46,636 --> 00:14:49,514 We'd have to be crazier than you to go to war with anti-crime. 274 00:14:49,723 --> 00:14:53,060 And if any of my guys went off the reservation like that, I'd know it. 275 00:14:53,643 --> 00:14:54,936 And that man would be dead. 276 00:14:56,354 --> 00:14:59,566 Now, are you gonna let me down, or shoot me? 277 00:15:09,493 --> 00:15:10,994 Don't move! 278 00:15:11,161 --> 00:15:15,123 I just did you a favor. One less criminal on the street. 279 00:15:15,290 --> 00:15:17,793 Cold-blooded murder. You're the criminal! 280 00:15:17,959 --> 00:15:24,841 I'm you. The only difference between us is I use a more efficient weapon. 281 00:15:31,014 --> 00:15:32,174 Felicity: Arrow? 282 00:15:32,682 --> 00:15:34,684 - Go. - I've got the name of our shooter. 283 00:15:34,851 --> 00:15:36,853 - Who is he? - Well, that's the thing. 284 00:15:37,020 --> 00:15:39,773 He's a 44-year-old systems analyst with no criminal record. 285 00:15:39,940 --> 00:15:43,110 He's absolutely nobody. 286 00:15:50,575 --> 00:15:54,704 James edlund. Husband and father of two daughters, ages nine and 11. 287 00:15:54,955 --> 00:15:56,248 Until 16 months ago. 288 00:15:56,414 --> 00:15:57,582 What happened 16 months ago? 289 00:15:57,749 --> 00:15:59,042 Crosspoint mall shooting. 290 00:15:59,668 --> 00:16:03,004 Reporter: Coming to you live at the mass shooting at crosspoint mall today. 291 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:05,440 Felicity: Edlund lost his whole family. 292 00:16:06,258 --> 00:16:09,427 Online, edlund was a pretty vocal proponent of the scgr. 293 00:16:09,719 --> 00:16:12,889 - What's that? - It's the star city gun registry. 294 00:16:13,431 --> 00:16:15,559 The previous city leadership shot it down. 295 00:16:15,725 --> 00:16:17,060 No pun intended. 296 00:16:17,561 --> 00:16:19,604 So, city hall doesn't pass a gun law, 297 00:16:19,771 --> 00:16:23,900 this guy loses his whole family and then takes revenge. 298 00:16:24,693 --> 00:16:25,735 Where is he now? 299 00:16:26,236 --> 00:16:28,613 That's the thing. After the funeral, he quit his job 300 00:16:28,780 --> 00:16:29,966 and his house is in foreclosure. 301 00:16:29,990 --> 00:16:31,825 He's between the cracks now. 302 00:16:31,992 --> 00:16:33,618 Well, I mean, he's somewhere. 303 00:16:33,785 --> 00:16:37,122 Ollie, I can't hold them off any longer. 304 00:16:37,581 --> 00:16:39,708 Okay. Quentin, we have to make a statement. 305 00:16:39,875 --> 00:16:42,169 Share the edlund information with the scpd 306 00:16:42,335 --> 00:16:45,255 and then we hit the streets and we find this guy! 307 00:16:48,842 --> 00:16:50,468 - Eighteen people, by the way. - What? 308 00:16:50,635 --> 00:16:54,264 The mail shooting. 18 people killed, 12 injured. One's a quadriplegic now. 309 00:16:54,431 --> 00:16:55,825 Look, I know where you're going with this, 310 00:16:55,849 --> 00:16:58,569 but the feds had an assault weapons ban for years and it did nothing. 311 00:16:58,602 --> 00:17:00,145 - Actually, it did... - Sorry, hoss, 312 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:03,440 but if the bad guys got guns, then I'm strapping up, too. 313 00:17:05,859 --> 00:17:09,029 Rene and Zoe: Go, go! Whoo! Whoo! Whoo! Go, go! Whoo! Whoo! Whoo! 314 00:17:09,196 --> 00:17:12,616 - Yeah! Did you have fun, peanut? - So awesome. Thanks, daddy. 315 00:17:12,782 --> 00:17:13,867 Of course. 316 00:17:18,121 --> 00:17:19,122 Daddy? 317 00:17:19,497 --> 00:17:21,291 Everything's fine, sweetheart. Um... 318 00:17:21,625 --> 00:17:25,128 Go get your pjs on and get ready for bed. I'm gonna go check on mommy, all right? 319 00:17:35,680 --> 00:17:37,599 At this time, our thoughts and our prayers 320 00:17:38,350 --> 00:17:42,812 are with the injured and the loved ones of the fallen. 321 00:17:44,481 --> 00:17:48,485 This office is working tirelessly with the scpd and the anti-crime unit 322 00:17:48,652 --> 00:17:50,862 to make sure that Mr. Edlund, 323 00:17:51,529 --> 00:17:55,951 the perpetrator of this heinous act of violence, 324 00:17:56,868 --> 00:18:00,956 is apprehended and swiftly brought to justice. 325 00:18:02,165 --> 00:18:03,667 I will be taking questions now. 326 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:07,254 Do you have any comment on rumors that this shooting was in retaliation 327 00:18:07,420 --> 00:18:10,507 for the preceding administration's failure to pass a gun control ordinance? 328 00:18:10,674 --> 00:18:14,427 Mr. Edlund is a clearly disturbed individual, 329 00:18:14,594 --> 00:18:18,306 but I can't comment on his motivations at this time. 330 00:18:18,473 --> 00:18:21,851 What is your administration's position on the star city gun registry? 331 00:18:24,354 --> 00:18:26,022 That we will be looking into it further. 332 00:18:26,189 --> 00:18:28,525 What's your administration's position on gun control? 333 00:18:30,068 --> 00:18:32,195 Er... 334 00:18:32,696 --> 00:18:34,364 We're gonna examine all sides of that. 335 00:18:34,531 --> 00:18:36,533 What is your personal opinion? 336 00:18:39,202 --> 00:18:40,328 That it's complicated. 337 00:18:40,495 --> 00:18:43,206 Excuse me, Mr. Mayor, but seven of your staffers are dead 338 00:18:43,373 --> 00:18:44,541 and others severely injured. 339 00:18:44,708 --> 00:18:47,308 Don't you think you owe them a response beyond "it's complicated"? 340 00:18:47,419 --> 00:18:49,004 I do, I owe it to them. 341 00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:54,050 I don't owe it to any of you. 342 00:18:55,176 --> 00:18:56,511 We're done here. Thank you. 343 00:18:59,723 --> 00:19:02,100 Okay, well, that probably could have gone better. 344 00:19:03,476 --> 00:19:05,757 - Vultures. All of them. - No, I appreciate that, Quentin, 345 00:19:05,854 --> 00:19:08,398 but they're right. I don't know how to deal with this. 346 00:19:08,565 --> 00:19:11,818 You are dealing with this. And edlund, we will find... 347 00:19:11,985 --> 00:19:13,236 And then what? He goes to jail. 348 00:19:15,113 --> 00:19:18,533 Seven people that we lost are still dead. 349 00:19:21,786 --> 00:19:23,997 My mission has always been to save this city, 350 00:19:24,164 --> 00:19:27,500 and my first instinct has almost always been to use violence. 351 00:19:27,834 --> 00:19:29,836 You didn't bring this on. 352 00:19:30,003 --> 00:19:31,755 I know. I know. 353 00:19:33,506 --> 00:19:36,885 It's a violent world and sometimes it only responds to violence, 354 00:19:37,052 --> 00:19:41,806 but we cannot dismiss the idea that we are just feeding into a vicious cycle. 355 00:19:46,770 --> 00:19:50,690 You ask me, this is a problem that the green arrow can't solve. 356 00:19:51,941 --> 00:19:53,901 I mean, sure, you can find him, you probably will. 357 00:19:54,110 --> 00:19:55,278 But this... 358 00:19:56,821 --> 00:19:59,783 This is bigger than one nut-bar with a bag full of guns. 359 00:20:00,450 --> 00:20:01,576 He's right. 360 00:20:02,410 --> 00:20:04,996 The solution here is not with you as the green arrow, 361 00:20:05,163 --> 00:20:06,456 it's with you as the mayor. 362 00:20:06,623 --> 00:20:08,208 I just showed the entire city 363 00:20:08,458 --> 00:20:10,668 that I don't know how to handle this as the mayor. 364 00:20:10,835 --> 00:20:12,170 So you try again, 365 00:20:12,462 --> 00:20:14,547 and if that doesn't work, damn it, you try again. 366 00:20:15,173 --> 00:20:18,885 Nobody said being mayor of this city was ever gonna be easy, Oliver. 367 00:20:23,932 --> 00:20:25,141 We need a list. 368 00:20:25,642 --> 00:20:27,977 Every alderman, councilman and community leader 369 00:20:28,144 --> 00:20:30,164 that was involved in the previous gun-control ordinance, 370 00:20:30,188 --> 00:20:33,191 I want them in here, I want to meet with them today. 371 00:20:35,652 --> 00:20:37,237 We're not gonna solve this right away. 372 00:20:37,404 --> 00:20:40,156 Are you sure that you wanna open that can of worms? 373 00:20:41,991 --> 00:20:45,995 I just mean that gun control is a big political third rail, 30... 374 00:20:46,162 --> 00:20:48,706 - Thea, come on. - Thea, I understand. 375 00:20:49,165 --> 00:20:50,875 This shouldn't be about politics. 376 00:20:51,209 --> 00:20:55,797 This should be about safety and security. Everyone's safety and security. 377 00:20:55,964 --> 00:20:57,715 Whether they own a gun or not. 378 00:20:59,509 --> 00:21:01,386 - Now, let's get to work. - Okay. 379 00:21:16,860 --> 00:21:19,154 Councilwoman, thank you very much for meeting with me. 380 00:21:19,571 --> 00:21:21,691 Well, from what I hear, you've been making the rounds. 381 00:21:21,823 --> 00:21:22,991 Well... 382 00:21:23,158 --> 00:21:25,660 For someone without a lot of political capital, 383 00:21:25,827 --> 00:21:29,247 you're certainly making an interesting choice as to how to spend it. 384 00:21:29,414 --> 00:21:32,054 I have seven dead staffers who wouldn't find it interesting at all. 385 00:21:32,208 --> 00:21:34,043 And it's a terrible thing that happened here. 386 00:21:34,586 --> 00:21:35,712 It is terrible. 387 00:21:36,546 --> 00:21:40,049 - Police make any progress locating edlund? - No, unfortunately. 388 00:21:40,216 --> 00:21:42,153 But they're fairly confident that he targeted city hall 389 00:21:42,177 --> 00:21:44,679 because of our inability to enact the scgr. 390 00:21:45,555 --> 00:21:47,891 You implying I'm somehow responsible for what happened? 391 00:21:48,057 --> 00:21:52,312 No. But, councilwoman, you did kill the ordinance. 392 00:21:52,562 --> 00:21:54,314 You really have been making the rounds. 393 00:21:54,731 --> 00:21:57,734 Yes. I'm against any registry that gives the government 394 00:21:57,901 --> 00:22:00,904 the opportunity to keep tabs on specific sectors of the population. 395 00:22:01,070 --> 00:22:03,156 The dmv keeps a list of driver's licenses. 396 00:22:03,323 --> 00:22:06,034 It's not a constitutional right to drive a car, Mr. Mayor. 397 00:22:06,201 --> 00:22:08,703 You know, people such as yourself oppose limitations 398 00:22:08,870 --> 00:22:10,580 on things like abortion, freedom of speech. 399 00:22:10,747 --> 00:22:13,416 Why is the second amendment somehow less important in your eyes 400 00:22:13,583 --> 00:22:15,293 than the other nine in the bill of rights? 401 00:22:15,460 --> 00:22:19,422 Because people are dying, councilwoman. Right here in this building! 402 00:22:20,965 --> 00:22:25,929 And there are limitations on abortion and freedom of speech. 403 00:22:28,139 --> 00:22:29,641 Both of my parents are dead. 404 00:22:30,975 --> 00:22:32,435 My friend Tommy was... 405 00:22:33,728 --> 00:22:36,564 He was one of the 503 killed in the undertaking. 406 00:22:37,315 --> 00:22:38,942 Laurel Lance was my friend. 407 00:22:40,360 --> 00:22:44,280 Nobody respects the rights of someone to protect themselves 408 00:22:44,531 --> 00:22:47,408 and the people that they care for, more than me. 409 00:22:47,617 --> 00:22:50,828 But everything in life comes with limitations. Everything. 410 00:22:51,287 --> 00:22:52,497 Why are you telling me this? 411 00:22:52,664 --> 00:22:55,750 Because you and I are gonna sit in this office 412 00:22:55,917 --> 00:22:58,628 until we figure out a reasonable set of limitations 413 00:22:58,795 --> 00:23:00,797 that respects everyone's rights. 414 00:23:05,552 --> 00:23:08,263 Are you hungry? Should I order something in? 415 00:23:09,138 --> 00:23:10,473 We might be here a while. 416 00:23:18,481 --> 00:23:21,526 - I don't know anything! I don't... - Get up! Get up! 417 00:23:22,986 --> 00:23:25,989 I know you've seen this scumbag. He lives in this neighborhood! 418 00:23:26,155 --> 00:23:28,491 I don't know everybody, dude! I don't! 419 00:23:40,086 --> 00:23:41,254 Another dead end? 420 00:23:42,422 --> 00:23:44,090 Let's just call it a long shot. 421 00:23:45,091 --> 00:23:48,011 I'd be taking out my frustrations on these lowlifes at this point. 422 00:23:48,177 --> 00:23:49,512 Yeah, it happens. 423 00:23:49,721 --> 00:23:50,930 Let's call it a night, huh? 424 00:23:51,347 --> 00:23:53,391 Get you back to your not-so-homey home. 425 00:23:53,558 --> 00:23:55,184 Seriously, John, it's fine. 426 00:23:56,519 --> 00:23:58,999 Then, I just don't know why you don't want better for yourself. 427 00:24:02,525 --> 00:24:03,965 There was one place I kind of liked. 428 00:24:05,278 --> 00:24:07,363 It's a studio apartment off canal. 429 00:24:08,698 --> 00:24:11,659 It had this nice little backyard garden. 430 00:24:12,702 --> 00:24:15,913 I went to go fill out a lease application. I don't know. 431 00:24:16,205 --> 00:24:17,206 But what? 432 00:24:19,042 --> 00:24:20,376 Nothing. It's stupid. 433 00:24:25,214 --> 00:24:28,551 It asked questions, okay? It asked questions about the last three years. 434 00:24:28,926 --> 00:24:31,054 Jobs and residencies, that sort of thing. 435 00:24:31,220 --> 00:24:34,557 Yeah, and I guess there was no box to check for "vendetta." Right? 436 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:37,727 - Yeah, not so much, no. - Yeah. 437 00:24:37,894 --> 00:24:40,772 And it's not even just that. I... 438 00:24:43,232 --> 00:24:44,984 You know, just forget it. It's so stupid. 439 00:24:45,151 --> 00:24:47,820 Dinah, I work with Oliver queen. 440 00:24:49,447 --> 00:24:50,448 Please, try me. 441 00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:56,287 Applying for an apartment is... 442 00:24:58,081 --> 00:24:59,916 It's something normal people do. 443 00:25:01,167 --> 00:25:04,754 I haven't had normal in a very long time. 444 00:25:10,218 --> 00:25:12,345 I don't know who I'm supposed to be anymore. 445 00:25:12,512 --> 00:25:15,932 I remember I felt that way the first time I was discharged from special services. 446 00:25:17,642 --> 00:25:22,689 But, dinah, I realized that I don't have to be anybody. I'm already me. 447 00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:26,800 I guess I had to give myself permission to get back to that. 448 00:25:27,902 --> 00:25:29,445 And how do you do that, exactly? 449 00:25:29,654 --> 00:25:30,974 It starts with the little things. 450 00:25:31,364 --> 00:25:35,451 Like a small studio apartment with a garden. 451 00:25:37,704 --> 00:25:38,705 Yeah. 452 00:25:40,248 --> 00:25:41,528 Let's get out of here. 453 00:25:46,254 --> 00:25:47,463 You got something? 454 00:25:48,881 --> 00:25:51,300 - Nothing but strikeouts. You? - Same. 455 00:25:51,509 --> 00:25:53,094 Isn't Rene back yet? 456 00:25:53,469 --> 00:25:54,512 Nope. Why? 457 00:25:54,804 --> 00:25:56,407 You wanna go a couple more rounds at him? 458 00:25:56,431 --> 00:25:58,099 Why don't you like us talking about this? 459 00:25:58,266 --> 00:26:00,977 I just don't like you guys arguing while I'm trying to work. 460 00:26:01,144 --> 00:26:03,905 Why not? There's nothing wrong with a little healthy debate, Felicity. 461 00:26:03,980 --> 00:26:05,874 It's not healthy if it doesn't accomplish anything, 462 00:26:05,898 --> 00:26:08,276 and it's not going to accomplish anything. 463 00:26:12,989 --> 00:26:14,824 Actually, I disagree. 464 00:26:15,283 --> 00:26:17,785 Not about the part of it not accomplishing anything, 465 00:26:17,952 --> 00:26:20,329 but this idea that it's not healthy. 466 00:26:20,955 --> 00:26:23,666 We used to talk about things as a society, you know. 467 00:26:24,167 --> 00:26:25,960 We'd debate and we would argue 468 00:26:26,127 --> 00:26:28,337 and we would still respect each other after. 469 00:26:28,504 --> 00:26:30,715 Yeah. Somewhere along the line, that just became... 470 00:26:30,965 --> 00:26:32,341 - Rude. - Rude. Yeah. 471 00:26:32,508 --> 00:26:35,052 - It became impolitic to talk politics. - Hmm. 472 00:26:35,219 --> 00:26:37,013 Can't help but wonder that maybe that's why 473 00:26:37,180 --> 00:26:38,723 our country is the way it is today. 474 00:26:41,142 --> 00:26:42,894 - Got something? - Maybe. 475 00:26:45,271 --> 00:26:47,311 Name of a support group edlund used to be a part of. 476 00:26:47,356 --> 00:26:49,501 Maybe somebody there still knows how to get in contact with him. 477 00:26:49,525 --> 00:26:51,003 Text Rene the address and have him meet me there. 478 00:26:51,027 --> 00:26:52,153 Yeah. 479 00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:56,115 I didn't care. It was just a necklace. 480 00:26:56,616 --> 00:26:59,577 But, Steve, he got in front of the man and... 481 00:27:01,329 --> 00:27:03,956 Every time I close my eyes, I see the gun. 482 00:27:04,332 --> 00:27:05,333 Every time. 483 00:27:06,167 --> 00:27:08,878 Counselor: It gets better, Monica. We get better. 484 00:27:09,045 --> 00:27:12,006 I'm afraid we're out of time for today, but get some coffee on the way out, 485 00:27:12,173 --> 00:27:14,550 and I sprung for the good donuts this week. 486 00:27:15,343 --> 00:27:16,344 Thank you. 487 00:27:21,974 --> 00:27:23,059 Hey, man. 488 00:27:23,226 --> 00:27:25,394 Name's Rene Ramirez, I work for the deputy mayor. 489 00:27:25,561 --> 00:27:27,897 - This is my assistant. - In his dreams. Er... 490 00:27:29,398 --> 00:27:30,733 I mean, yeah, kind of. 491 00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:33,528 Can we ask you some questions about James edlund? 492 00:27:34,362 --> 00:27:36,280 Participation in this group is confidential. 493 00:27:36,572 --> 00:27:37,782 You know what edlund did? 494 00:27:37,949 --> 00:27:40,743 I watched the mayor's press conference and I wish I could help, 495 00:27:40,910 --> 00:27:44,872 but you have to understand, I take confidentiality seriously. 496 00:27:45,039 --> 00:27:48,584 Sir, confidentiality doesn't apply when there's the possibility of future harm. 497 00:27:50,461 --> 00:27:53,172 Hey, we just want to find this guy before anyone else gets hurt. 498 00:27:53,339 --> 00:27:55,508 - Why aren't the police doing this? - Don't worry. 499 00:27:55,883 --> 00:27:58,123 We'll make sure the information gets to the right people. 500 00:27:59,220 --> 00:28:00,888 I heard he was staying with a friend. 501 00:28:01,764 --> 00:28:03,558 Let me see if I can get you the address. 502 00:28:05,852 --> 00:28:07,603 Felicity said you wanted me here. 503 00:28:09,146 --> 00:28:11,440 Was it 'cause you wanted me to hear that woman's story? 504 00:28:11,774 --> 00:28:13,943 No. But since you did... 505 00:28:14,527 --> 00:28:16,279 Doesn't change how I feel, man. 506 00:28:17,947 --> 00:28:20,283 Guns save lives. Period. 507 00:28:20,616 --> 00:28:23,828 - You just want to think that. - No, that's what I know. 508 00:28:23,995 --> 00:28:28,499 'Cause if! Had my gun, my wife would still be alive. 509 00:28:30,626 --> 00:28:33,421 Here you go. I don't know if it's still good. 510 00:28:34,338 --> 00:28:35,339 Thank you. 511 00:28:40,303 --> 00:28:41,888 I didn't even know you were married. 512 00:28:42,471 --> 00:28:45,600 Not something I like to talk about. Let's call this in. 513 00:28:53,316 --> 00:28:54,650 Laura: Let go! Let... 514 00:28:54,984 --> 00:28:55,985 Get away... 515 00:28:56,444 --> 00:28:59,780 Back off. Your bitch wife here owes me for her last high. 516 00:28:59,947 --> 00:29:02,909 - Rene. - Yeah, okay. Okay, fine. How much? 517 00:29:03,659 --> 00:29:05,369 Money's right there in the safe. 518 00:29:06,787 --> 00:29:08,080 Let me hook you up. 519 00:29:08,372 --> 00:29:10,625 - $500. - No problem. 520 00:29:16,839 --> 00:29:18,174 - Mommy? - Zoe? 521 00:29:18,341 --> 00:29:19,800 Zoe, get back in your room! 522 00:29:40,863 --> 00:29:41,864 Daddy! 523 00:29:42,949 --> 00:29:45,201 - Daddy! - Sweetheart, are you okay? 524 00:29:45,868 --> 00:29:48,204 Are you all right? Are you okay? Huh? 525 00:29:48,704 --> 00:29:49,789 Mommy! 526 00:29:52,041 --> 00:29:54,210 It's okay, sweetheart. It's okay. 527 00:30:07,556 --> 00:30:08,724 Wild dog: Clear. 528 00:30:10,476 --> 00:30:12,019 But edlund was here. Look. 529 00:30:14,689 --> 00:30:16,065 This is his family. 530 00:30:18,567 --> 00:30:22,071 Wild dog: Yo, check it out. Floor plan. 531 00:30:24,323 --> 00:30:25,783 He planned out his attacks. 532 00:30:26,534 --> 00:30:30,246 Yeah, but this, this doesn't match city hall. This is... 533 00:30:31,914 --> 00:30:33,207 Oh, damn. 534 00:30:33,791 --> 00:30:35,084 I know what he's gonna hit next. 535 00:30:35,251 --> 00:30:38,587 I am still failing to understand why a simple registry would... 536 00:30:38,754 --> 00:30:41,340 Okay, first of all, registries are never simple. 537 00:30:41,716 --> 00:30:45,803 They're bureaucracies, tying up second amendment rights in red tape, 538 00:30:45,970 --> 00:30:48,806 you know, and it's not just the owners who'll be affected. 539 00:30:48,973 --> 00:30:51,910 It's the sellers who're gonna see a substantial decline in their businesses. 540 00:30:51,934 --> 00:30:54,414 Well, I don't think that it's unre... 541 00:30:56,355 --> 00:30:57,356 Excuse me. 542 00:30:59,734 --> 00:31:02,111 - Yeah. - Rene and Curtis found edlund's crib 543 00:31:02,528 --> 00:31:04,238 and a plan to shoot up starling general. 544 00:31:04,405 --> 00:31:07,241 Assemble the team, tell Lance to bring in the acu. I'm on my way. 545 00:31:07,450 --> 00:31:08,951 I have to go. 546 00:31:09,994 --> 00:31:13,456 - I thought we're staying till we're done. - I'm terribly sorry, but I have to go. 547 00:31:25,843 --> 00:31:27,470 We're in position. Northeast corner. 548 00:31:29,764 --> 00:31:31,057 I'm on the southwest. 549 00:31:34,435 --> 00:31:35,603 Overwatch? 550 00:31:36,270 --> 00:31:37,313 No sign of the bastard. 551 00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:39,648 But remember, he's good at avoiding security cameras. 552 00:31:45,905 --> 00:31:48,908 Hey, don't! Don't! Get out of here. Go, go. 553 00:31:49,366 --> 00:31:50,534 Boy: Mommy. 554 00:31:54,163 --> 00:31:56,332 - Don't do this. - Get back. 555 00:31:56,832 --> 00:31:59,418 You had another chance to shoot me at city hall. 556 00:32:01,337 --> 00:32:02,505 You didn't do it. 557 00:32:04,256 --> 00:32:06,842 Because you need me to enact the star city gun registry. 558 00:32:08,344 --> 00:32:10,304 I mean, that's what this is all about, right? 559 00:32:11,514 --> 00:32:16,393 You wanna punish the city because we failed to protect your family. 560 00:32:17,394 --> 00:32:18,479 But... hey, hey! 561 00:32:25,986 --> 00:32:27,154 Mr. Edlund... 562 00:32:28,697 --> 00:32:30,366 I... I checked. 563 00:32:31,534 --> 00:32:33,369 The man who killed your family, 564 00:32:35,079 --> 00:32:37,206 he acquired those guns illegally. 565 00:32:39,125 --> 00:32:41,544 There's nothing that we could've done. No... no... 566 00:32:41,836 --> 00:32:45,714 No registry would've helped us protect them. 567 00:32:46,549 --> 00:32:47,550 I know. 568 00:32:49,051 --> 00:32:50,636 I was supposed to protect them. 569 00:32:51,929 --> 00:32:54,765 Isn't that a man's job? To protect his family? 570 00:32:55,558 --> 00:32:57,017 Isn't that why we have guns? 571 00:32:57,476 --> 00:32:59,937 My wife and daughters were innocent. 572 00:33:01,272 --> 00:33:03,858 - I can understand why you're angry. - We're all angry! 573 00:33:05,067 --> 00:33:08,404 We're all so angry all the time. 574 00:33:10,030 --> 00:33:11,574 So, why shouldn't I use this? 575 00:33:11,991 --> 00:33:15,244 Why shouldn't I kill everyone? Put us all out of our damn misery! 576 00:33:15,411 --> 00:33:18,581 Mr. Edlund, that's not your call to make. 577 00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:26,046 Yeah, I mean, people are angry and we're hurting and we're lashing out 578 00:33:26,213 --> 00:33:29,508 and I can understand that it feels like it's getting worse every day, 579 00:33:29,675 --> 00:33:32,887 but what you're doing is not the answer! 580 00:33:34,263 --> 00:33:35,681 The people that you hurt, 581 00:33:38,100 --> 00:33:39,810 the seven people that are dead, 582 00:33:42,396 --> 00:33:44,231 my friend, they were innocent, too. 583 00:33:48,694 --> 00:33:49,904 You're right. 584 00:33:53,741 --> 00:33:55,618 And I deserve to be punished. 585 00:33:55,784 --> 00:33:58,245 Hey, hey, hey. Look, James, 586 00:33:59,330 --> 00:34:01,370 you got to think about your wife and your daughters. 587 00:34:01,457 --> 00:34:03,334 I am thinking about them. 588 00:34:03,876 --> 00:34:05,794 I know that you want this pain to go away, 589 00:34:08,255 --> 00:34:10,382 and I know that you wanna be with your family again, 590 00:34:10,549 --> 00:34:12,343 but if you want them to live on, 591 00:34:14,011 --> 00:34:15,471 it has to be through you. 592 00:34:17,514 --> 00:34:18,891 That's the only way. 593 00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:25,147 James, give me the gun. 594 00:34:26,315 --> 00:34:27,316 Please. 595 00:34:53,259 --> 00:34:55,678 When you ran out on me last night, you neglected to mention 596 00:34:55,844 --> 00:34:57,564 that it was to go help people at a hospital. 597 00:34:57,680 --> 00:34:58,973 I'm forgetful that way. 598 00:34:59,139 --> 00:35:00,140 Shooter in custody? 599 00:35:00,307 --> 00:35:02,588 Da chase says that he is gonna plead guilty to everything. 600 00:35:02,726 --> 00:35:05,562 Councilwoman pollard, this is Rene Ramirez. 601 00:35:05,729 --> 00:35:07,606 He works very closely with deputy mayor Lance, 602 00:35:07,856 --> 00:35:12,444 and he is a very, very vocal proponent of gun ownership rights. 603 00:35:13,445 --> 00:35:16,282 Freedom isn't free. Not even the freedom to bear arms. 604 00:35:16,699 --> 00:35:20,494 So, Mr. Ramirez and I got together and came up with this. 605 00:35:20,661 --> 00:35:21,704 What is this? 606 00:35:21,954 --> 00:35:23,706 Citywide gun control ordinances. 607 00:35:24,039 --> 00:35:27,543 Nothing that makes it harder to buy or own or carry a gun. 608 00:35:27,710 --> 00:35:32,381 It also doesn't prohibit people from protecting themselves from gun violence. 609 00:35:35,050 --> 00:35:37,720 Okay, I'm gonna back you on this. If for no other reason 610 00:35:37,886 --> 00:35:40,597 than the optics of fighting this after what happened are lousy. 611 00:35:40,764 --> 00:35:42,367 There are other reasons, too, councilwoman. 612 00:35:42,391 --> 00:35:44,310 But I wanna be perfectly clear about something. 613 00:35:45,227 --> 00:35:47,354 Not today, not tomorrow, but eventually, 614 00:35:47,521 --> 00:35:49,523 I'm going to extract a political prize for this. 615 00:35:49,690 --> 00:35:50,858 You can count on that. 616 00:35:52,234 --> 00:35:53,569 Sounds like a yes. 617 00:35:54,153 --> 00:35:55,571 I can live with what you got here. 618 00:35:56,155 --> 00:35:59,199 Good, because living is the whole point. 619 00:36:04,204 --> 00:36:05,414 Just listen... 620 00:36:06,790 --> 00:36:13,088 I messed up, I know that, but Zoe already lost her mother. 621 00:36:14,048 --> 00:36:16,842 "Unsafe environment"? What's that even mean? 622 00:36:17,092 --> 00:36:18,302 I'm so sorry. 623 00:36:19,261 --> 00:36:20,346 I'm so sorry. 624 00:36:22,639 --> 00:36:24,391 Ma'am, I can get counseling. 625 00:36:25,601 --> 00:36:27,436 I just wanna see my daughter. 626 00:36:28,103 --> 00:36:29,897 Please, I just wanna see her. 627 00:36:31,065 --> 00:36:35,069 Ma'am, ma'am, please don't do that. Don't hang up the phone on me. 628 00:36:35,444 --> 00:36:38,530 Ma'am, please. Hello? Hello? 629 00:36:41,617 --> 00:36:43,285 Son of a bitch! 630 00:36:44,244 --> 00:36:47,623 Reporter: Damien darhk, the man behind tonight's siege of star city, 631 00:36:47,790 --> 00:36:51,126 was killed by the masked vigilante known as the green arrow. 632 00:36:51,293 --> 00:36:54,254 Amateur cell phone video captured this very moment, 633 00:36:54,546 --> 00:36:57,216 putting an end to the chaos that has gripped the city. 634 00:36:57,633 --> 00:36:58,926 Before darhk was killed, 635 00:36:59,093 --> 00:37:02,679 the citizens of star city demonstrated there is strength in numbers, 636 00:37:03,097 --> 00:37:06,975 as they fought against their attackers alongside the green arrow, 637 00:37:07,351 --> 00:37:08,852 leading darhk's allies to retreat. 638 00:37:30,374 --> 00:37:32,376 Oh, yo. Can I talk to you for a second? 639 00:37:32,668 --> 00:37:33,836 Yeah. What's up? 640 00:37:34,044 --> 00:37:38,340 I just wanted to apologize for getting in your face earlier about guns and stuff. 641 00:37:38,507 --> 00:37:40,926 Hoss, do I seem like I can't handle tough talk? 642 00:37:41,093 --> 00:37:47,599 No, but I didn't know about your wife and your daughter. 643 00:37:47,766 --> 00:37:49,810 I may have done a little googling. 644 00:37:56,650 --> 00:37:58,193 I don't like to talk about it, man. 645 00:37:59,111 --> 00:38:01,989 I mean, Zoe's in a foster home. 646 00:38:02,739 --> 00:38:04,158 A good one, it looks like. 647 00:38:05,409 --> 00:38:08,328 Cps is right. She shouldn't be anywhere near me. 648 00:38:08,579 --> 00:38:11,248 I don't agree with that, Rene, 649 00:38:12,124 --> 00:38:13,964 and I have a lawyer friend who doesn't, either. 650 00:38:15,711 --> 00:38:17,171 How about we get your daughter back? 651 00:38:22,718 --> 00:38:24,261 Hey. Just checking on you. 652 00:38:25,387 --> 00:38:27,055 You, uh, going somewhere? 653 00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:31,059 A studio apartment with a garden. 654 00:38:31,351 --> 00:38:32,478 You applied for the lease. 655 00:38:33,437 --> 00:38:34,730 I got the lease. 656 00:38:35,606 --> 00:38:38,734 Yes. Small steps, huh? 657 00:38:39,067 --> 00:38:42,404 Well, the apartment is not the only thing I applied for. 658 00:38:42,696 --> 00:38:44,823 - Hmm. - You're looking at the latest recruit 659 00:38:44,990 --> 00:38:46,450 into the scpd. 660 00:38:46,742 --> 00:38:50,412 - Congratulations, detective Drake. - Thank you. 661 00:38:50,579 --> 00:38:52,998 Well, you did it. I just gave you a little push. 662 00:38:53,916 --> 00:38:58,545 Well, uh, I needed the push. So, thank you. 663 00:38:58,921 --> 00:39:00,047 Congrats. 664 00:39:03,842 --> 00:39:05,427 Oliver: Thank you, all, for being here. 665 00:39:06,970 --> 00:39:09,598 In light of what's happened, I thought it important 666 00:39:10,766 --> 00:39:15,187 that we gather as a city and remember those that we've lost. 667 00:39:16,772 --> 00:39:20,150 After everything that star city has endured in the past several years, 668 00:39:21,443 --> 00:39:24,530 it would be easy to become immune 669 00:39:24,696 --> 00:39:30,077 or desensitized to the violence that pervades our lives. 670 00:39:30,661 --> 00:39:35,123 And it would be human to want to respond to that violence with violence. 671 00:39:37,668 --> 00:39:39,962 When I think of all the people that I've lost, 672 00:39:42,631 --> 00:39:46,468 I remember the choices that I was forced to make in light of those tragedies. 673 00:39:50,472 --> 00:39:51,974 Some choices were easy. 674 00:39:54,309 --> 00:39:57,312 But the important choices, the choices that were worth making, 675 00:39:57,479 --> 00:39:58,522 they were hard. 676 00:39:59,856 --> 00:40:01,984 And hard choices require bravery. 677 00:40:02,651 --> 00:40:06,530 Fortunately, we live in the home of the brave. 678 00:40:07,155 --> 00:40:09,408 We don't run from hard choices. 679 00:40:09,575 --> 00:40:13,161 We rise up and we face tomorrow together. 680 00:40:15,622 --> 00:40:19,459 This afternoon, councilwoman pollard and I 681 00:40:20,085 --> 00:40:25,340 met with the city council to pass the star city firearms freedom act, 682 00:40:25,549 --> 00:40:28,176 a policy that respects our freedom 683 00:40:30,387 --> 00:40:31,680 and our lives. 684 00:40:35,058 --> 00:40:36,727 It shows that we can do both. 685 00:40:41,732 --> 00:40:44,526 And now we just have to be brave enough to do it. 686 00:41:24,149 --> 00:41:25,150 English - sdh