1 00:00:02,174 --> 00:00:03,926 My name is Oliver Queen. 2 00:00:04,092 --> 00:00:05,344 After five years in hell, 3 00:00:05,510 --> 00:00:09,014 I returned home with only one goal, to save my city. 4 00:00:09,181 --> 00:00:11,400 Today, I fight that war on two fronts. 5 00:00:11,558 --> 00:00:13,856 By day, I lead Star City as its mayor. 6 00:00:14,019 --> 00:00:15,817 But by night, I'm someone else. 7 00:00:15,979 --> 00:00:18,152 I am something else. 8 00:00:18,315 --> 00:00:20,568 I am the Green Arrow. 9 00:00:21,276 --> 00:00:22,528 Previously on Arrow... 10 00:00:22,694 --> 00:00:24,162 - You want to help? - Yeah. 11 00:00:24,321 --> 00:00:26,870 - Stay off the streets. - It's my city, too. 12 00:00:27,115 --> 00:00:29,459 I came here to work with the guy who killed Damien Darhk. 13 00:00:29,618 --> 00:00:31,916 - So, you ex-Navy, right? - Dishonorably discharged. 14 00:00:32,079 --> 00:00:35,800 - Reason? - Because I screwed up. Again. 15 00:00:37,125 --> 00:00:38,752 That's my life, man. 16 00:00:38,919 --> 00:00:41,763 I'm wearing this suit again because I think it's a path to redemption. 17 00:00:41,922 --> 00:00:43,424 And it could be for you, too. 18 00:00:43,590 --> 00:00:46,685 Look, finding a new Black Canary isn't just about reviewing resumes. 19 00:00:46,843 --> 00:00:49,187 Tina Boland, formerly of the CCPD. 20 00:00:49,346 --> 00:00:51,440 She's a kickass woman who appears out of nowhere 21 00:00:51,598 --> 00:00:52,690 and saves crime victims. 22 00:00:52,849 --> 00:00:53,850 She even has a cry. 23 00:00:56,436 --> 00:00:59,315 Our Tina is trying to avenge her former partner. 24 00:00:59,731 --> 00:01:02,280 How do you keep living with so much pain? 25 00:01:02,442 --> 00:01:04,285 I can tell you it helps to not be alone. 26 00:01:04,444 --> 00:01:06,697 My real name is Dinah. Dinah Drake. 27 00:01:38,270 --> 00:01:39,271 I've got something! 28 00:01:39,438 --> 00:01:41,861 Well, not "something" something, but something. 29 00:01:44,401 --> 00:01:45,653 That's good work. 30 00:01:46,027 --> 00:01:49,031 Didn't know they taught bo staff at the Central City Police Academy. 31 00:01:49,197 --> 00:01:50,995 They don't. My first undercover assignment 32 00:01:51,158 --> 00:01:53,502 was with a street gang called the Pilgrims. 33 00:01:53,660 --> 00:01:55,003 They liked to mess around with it. 34 00:01:55,996 --> 00:01:57,669 - I'm gonna head home. - Yeah. 35 00:01:57,831 --> 00:01:59,253 You found a place to stay already? 36 00:01:59,708 --> 00:02:02,336 No, I'm, uh, just staying where you guys put me up. 37 00:02:02,502 --> 00:02:05,130 HIVE? That's not a home. It's barely livable. 38 00:02:05,422 --> 00:02:07,595 It's fine. I don't need much. 39 00:02:08,967 --> 00:02:10,014 See you, man. 40 00:02:11,887 --> 00:02:13,013 What've you guys got? 41 00:02:13,180 --> 00:02:16,024 Well, I have been working on a location for Claybourne's mistress. 42 00:02:16,183 --> 00:02:17,981 Prometheus' mother, we find her... 43 00:02:18,143 --> 00:02:20,145 We find the name for this son of a bitch. 44 00:02:20,312 --> 00:02:22,656 Unfortunately, the son of a bitch's father went dark 45 00:02:22,814 --> 00:02:24,862 after he met with the pointy head of an arrow four years ago, 46 00:02:25,025 --> 00:02:26,493 and Mommy went off the grid. 47 00:02:26,651 --> 00:02:29,029 - Why would she do that? - Probably because she knows 48 00:02:29,196 --> 00:02:32,040 that he turned into a serial-killing psychopath nutjob. 49 00:02:32,741 --> 00:02:35,210 Point being, I have been looking for her for the past three months, 50 00:02:35,368 --> 00:02:38,542 but whatever witness protection program she put herself into, it is damn good. 51 00:02:38,705 --> 00:02:41,049 - What changed in three months? - I've had a breakthrough. 52 00:02:41,208 --> 00:02:42,551 I've narrowed her new home down to Illinois. 53 00:02:42,709 --> 00:02:46,805 I just need a couple more days to narrow that down into an address. 54 00:02:49,633 --> 00:02:51,635 - That's fantastic work. - Thank you. 55 00:02:51,802 --> 00:02:53,520 Curtis is coming in, he's gonna help with the search. 56 00:03:01,019 --> 00:03:02,316 It's really nice to have you back. 57 00:03:02,479 --> 00:03:04,072 Well, I could say the same to you. 58 00:03:04,231 --> 00:03:07,451 I mean, Hub City and Russia? You're really racking up those miles. 59 00:03:07,609 --> 00:03:08,735 Lot to catch up on. 60 00:03:09,152 --> 00:03:11,405 Yeah, like you and Susan Williams? 61 00:03:14,115 --> 00:03:19,087 People talk, Ollie. And, uh, some people vomit a little. 62 00:03:19,246 --> 00:03:22,750 Thea, you're kind of insulting someone that I'm getting pretty serious about. 63 00:03:22,916 --> 00:03:25,590 Did I mention people vomit a little? 64 00:03:25,752 --> 00:03:27,846 You don't like Susan because of how she does her job. 65 00:03:28,004 --> 00:03:30,632 She's good at her job and she's a good person. 66 00:03:31,716 --> 00:03:32,717 So, there. 67 00:03:34,302 --> 00:03:35,303 Uh-huh. 68 00:03:40,225 --> 00:03:41,317 Quentin! 69 00:03:42,269 --> 00:03:43,316 Hey. 70 00:03:43,812 --> 00:03:46,440 - Oh, so good to see you. - You, too. 71 00:03:46,690 --> 00:03:49,694 God, I saw your interview with the dragon lady. You nailed it. 72 00:03:49,860 --> 00:03:51,862 Uh, that's his girlfriend you're talking about there. 73 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:54,914 Yes. Uh, don't remind me. 74 00:03:57,117 --> 00:03:58,289 What are you doing here? 75 00:04:00,996 --> 00:04:03,465 Are you prosecuting him for something? 76 00:04:03,790 --> 00:04:06,634 Actually, Quentin was just introducing us. 77 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:08,883 I'm the new Deputy Mayor's assistant. 78 00:04:11,798 --> 00:04:14,347 I, uh, never should've left. 79 00:04:15,635 --> 00:04:17,308 Well, uh, talking of leaving, 80 00:04:17,470 --> 00:04:19,643 I got to get across town for an alderman meeting. 81 00:04:19,973 --> 00:04:21,065 You need me to come with? 82 00:04:21,349 --> 00:04:25,820 Nice try, but those regulatory forms are not gonna fill themselves out. 83 00:04:40,493 --> 00:04:43,372 I'm just saying that maybe you could get Susan Williams to back off. 84 00:04:43,538 --> 00:04:46,291 Bottom line, I'm not comfortable leveraging a personal relationship 85 00:04:46,458 --> 00:04:47,550 for political gain. 86 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:51,509 The media's right, man. You're not much of a politician. 87 00:04:51,671 --> 00:04:54,345 As it is, I'm not comfortable covering up the circumstances 88 00:04:54,507 --> 00:04:56,180 behind the death of Detective Malone. 89 00:04:56,635 --> 00:04:58,182 - So, maybe if Susan... - Mr. Mayor! 90 00:04:58,345 --> 00:04:59,346 There's a shooter in the building. 91 00:04:59,554 --> 00:05:01,181 We need to get you to a secure location. 92 00:05:42,389 --> 00:05:45,188 LAURA". Rene Ramirez, you are a dead man. 93 00:05:45,558 --> 00:05:48,653 Zoe's gonna totally kill you if you guys are late to the game. 94 00:05:51,147 --> 00:05:52,239 What? 95 00:05:53,066 --> 00:05:56,161 No way we'll be late, not the way I drive. 96 00:05:56,319 --> 00:05:58,162 Ooh. 97 00:05:58,738 --> 00:06:00,536 Ooh, okay. 98 00:06:03,743 --> 00:06:05,711 Whoa, what do you think you're doing? 99 00:06:05,870 --> 00:06:07,167 Stadium's in the Glades, babe. 100 00:06:07,330 --> 00:06:10,004 In, like, the worst part of the worst part of town. 101 00:06:10,875 --> 00:06:12,752 I brought it with me last time I took Zoe. 102 00:06:13,253 --> 00:06:15,221 So, you're admitting you broke the rule? 103 00:06:15,588 --> 00:06:16,931 Kind of what I do, babe. 104 00:06:17,090 --> 00:06:19,593 The only reason I agreed to let you keep that thing in the house 105 00:06:19,759 --> 00:06:21,807 was because you said we needed it for home protection. 106 00:06:21,970 --> 00:06:24,473 - Right, but... - As in, stays in the home. 107 00:06:25,557 --> 00:06:27,776 Now, hurry up. You guys are gonna be late. 108 00:06:28,184 --> 00:06:29,936 I thought we were going as a family. 109 00:06:30,937 --> 00:06:32,985 I have a headache. 110 00:06:33,523 --> 00:06:37,448 Oh, yeah? You taking something stronger than Aspirin for the headache? 111 00:06:38,945 --> 00:06:40,822 You got something you wanna say to me, Rene? 112 00:06:40,989 --> 00:06:42,081 Guess I do. 113 00:06:43,867 --> 00:06:44,993 Using again? 114 00:06:51,958 --> 00:06:53,005 We cleared the building. 115 00:06:53,168 --> 00:06:54,636 - Shooter isn't here. - Alert SCPD and ACU. 116 00:06:54,794 --> 00:06:57,923 Drop a five-block net around City Hall. Let's get ambulances here immediately. 117 00:06:58,089 --> 00:06:59,762 And has anyone seen my sister? 118 00:07:02,052 --> 00:07:03,929 - Ollie. - Hey, are you all right? Are you okay? 119 00:07:19,444 --> 00:07:20,536 You're gonna be okay. 120 00:07:20,862 --> 00:07:22,535 Just catch that son of a bitch. 121 00:07:22,697 --> 00:07:24,495 Yeah. Go on. 122 00:07:36,795 --> 00:07:37,842 How many casualties? 123 00:07:38,004 --> 00:07:42,009 There's five dead, 24 injured, and eight in critical condition. 124 00:07:42,175 --> 00:07:43,472 Bastard was wearing Kevlar, 125 00:07:43,635 --> 00:07:46,764 but I think one of my shots winged his shoulder with a nine-mil slug. 126 00:07:47,013 --> 00:07:49,186 Might be a good idea to alert all emergency rooms. 127 00:07:49,349 --> 00:07:52,228 - Do it. - What were you doing with a gun in here? 128 00:07:52,393 --> 00:07:55,897 Judging by how I tagged the guy, I got to go with saving people's lives. 129 00:07:56,356 --> 00:07:59,326 Your security detail said the shooter dropped his primary weapon. 130 00:07:59,484 --> 00:08:02,237 - We need to get it before the police do. - I took care of it. 131 00:08:04,781 --> 00:08:06,704 This is military-grade hardware. 132 00:08:06,866 --> 00:08:10,370 AR-15 assault weapon. Fires 5.56 NATO rounds. 133 00:08:10,620 --> 00:08:14,045 It's an M16. It's literally the same gun as an M16. 134 00:08:14,207 --> 00:08:17,131 Seems like some of Tobias Church's ordnance got into the wrong hand. 135 00:08:17,293 --> 00:08:18,840 Wronger hands. So... 136 00:08:19,003 --> 00:08:22,428 Not necessarily. It's an AR-15. It's available on the open market. 137 00:08:22,590 --> 00:08:25,013 In fact, it's the most popular gun in America. 138 00:08:25,218 --> 00:08:28,222 Land of the free, home of the incredibly stupid. 139 00:08:28,513 --> 00:08:30,857 We are not having this conversation now or ever, guys. 140 00:08:31,057 --> 00:08:32,730 - Where are we with the gun? - Nowhere. 141 00:08:32,892 --> 00:08:35,315 It hasn't been used in any prior crime. 142 00:08:35,562 --> 00:08:37,405 Fingerprints. Shooter wasn't wearing gloves. 143 00:08:37,564 --> 00:08:39,066 AFIS didn't kick back anything. 144 00:08:39,232 --> 00:08:40,279 I don't think he's ever been in the system. 145 00:08:40,441 --> 00:08:43,115 Or he was smart enough to have himself erased from it. 146 00:08:43,403 --> 00:08:44,495 Security cameras. 147 00:08:44,654 --> 00:08:45,655 He knew how to avoid them. 148 00:08:45,822 --> 00:08:48,917 And before he opened fire, he upgraded to a ski mask. 149 00:08:49,075 --> 00:08:51,294 That looks like a utility jumpsuit. 150 00:08:51,661 --> 00:08:53,538 Forefather Repair, it went belly-up six years ago. 151 00:08:53,705 --> 00:08:54,797 I ran through the employee list, 152 00:08:54,956 --> 00:08:57,755 but I think our shooter just bought a uniform off the Internet. 153 00:08:57,917 --> 00:08:59,294 So he could walk into City Hall. 154 00:08:59,502 --> 00:09:02,051 This guy's real good at covering his tracks, whoever he is. 155 00:09:02,463 --> 00:09:03,589 So, who is he? 156 00:09:05,008 --> 00:09:06,635 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 157 00:09:07,218 --> 00:09:10,097 Yeah, that's the guy. Run him through the system for me, would you? 158 00:09:10,263 --> 00:09:12,311 Hey. This is where you've been. 159 00:09:12,557 --> 00:09:15,401 Good thing I got a look at the shooter before he put his ski mask on. 160 00:09:16,227 --> 00:09:18,821 I let that son of a bitch walk right past me. 161 00:09:18,980 --> 00:09:20,482 Hey, you couldn't've known, hoss. 162 00:09:20,648 --> 00:09:22,116 I've been police most of my adult life. 163 00:09:22,275 --> 00:09:24,448 I should've been able to spot that guy 1,000 yards out. 164 00:09:24,611 --> 00:09:26,113 Hey, don't go there, man, all right? 165 00:09:26,696 --> 00:09:28,824 What happened wasn't your fault. 166 00:09:29,199 --> 00:09:30,792 I heard you got a few shots off. 167 00:09:30,950 --> 00:09:33,419 Yeah, and I would've put him down, too, if he wasn't wearing body armor. 168 00:09:33,578 --> 00:09:35,330 Listen, weren't you dishonorably discharged? 169 00:09:35,496 --> 00:09:36,998 Not for my aim, hoss. 170 00:09:37,373 --> 00:09:41,173 My point is it's illegal for someone such as yourself to carry a firearm. 171 00:09:41,336 --> 00:09:43,088 But it's pretty easy to buy one, though. 172 00:09:43,588 --> 00:09:45,841 Wow. 173 00:09:54,349 --> 00:09:56,852 Am I using again? 174 00:09:57,602 --> 00:09:59,730 How could you even ask me something like that? 175 00:09:59,896 --> 00:10:02,820 Actually, I've been working up the nerve to ask you for a while now. 176 00:10:07,528 --> 00:10:10,156 Ever since I found this taped behind your dresser drawer. 177 00:10:10,990 --> 00:10:12,333 You searched our bedroom? 178 00:10:12,492 --> 00:10:15,211 Yeah, 'cause it looks like my wife's a freaking junkie! 179 00:10:19,666 --> 00:10:20,667 I just... 180 00:10:22,043 --> 00:10:23,295 I just don't get it. 181 00:10:23,878 --> 00:10:25,221 We got out, Laura. 182 00:10:25,505 --> 00:10:26,677 We got out of the Glades, 183 00:10:26,839 --> 00:10:30,343 and here you are, bringing it back into our home. 184 00:10:31,177 --> 00:10:33,646 You are the last person who can get on their high horse. 185 00:10:33,805 --> 00:10:36,149 No matter what I've done, I've never done drugs 186 00:10:36,307 --> 00:10:38,230 and I've never done it in our baby girl's home! 187 00:10:38,393 --> 00:10:39,565 Screw you, Rene. 188 00:10:39,894 --> 00:10:41,521 We're gonna be late for the game. 189 00:10:41,854 --> 00:10:43,026 He'!- 190 00:10:43,523 --> 00:10:44,695 Hey, sweetheart. 191 00:10:44,983 --> 00:10:47,611 I'm sorry, Dada and Mommy were just talking. 192 00:10:48,111 --> 00:10:49,283 You were fighting. 193 00:10:49,696 --> 00:10:51,573 No, we're just talking loudly. 194 00:10:51,739 --> 00:10:55,243 Daddy's just disappointed that Mommy's not coming with us to the game. 195 00:10:57,245 --> 00:11:00,089 Go get your coat, honey. It's gonna be cold tonight. 196 00:11:07,714 --> 00:11:09,057 I'm throwing this away. 197 00:11:10,049 --> 00:11:13,303 When I get home, either there's no more drugs in this house 198 00:11:14,554 --> 00:11:16,181 or there's no more you in this house. 199 00:11:21,436 --> 00:11:23,564 Two of the victims who were in critical condition 200 00:11:23,730 --> 00:11:25,107 just passed away on the table. 201 00:11:25,898 --> 00:11:26,899 Who? 202 00:11:27,150 --> 00:11:29,903 Kyle in Commerce, and Paula in Accounting. 203 00:11:30,236 --> 00:11:31,283 Oh... 204 00:11:34,282 --> 00:11:36,205 I need phone numbers for their next of kin. 205 00:11:36,367 --> 00:11:38,040 I've already emailed them to you. 206 00:11:39,370 --> 00:11:42,089 Look, you are gonna find whoever did this. 207 00:11:42,623 --> 00:11:45,126 I know. I have to. Before he does it again. 208 00:11:45,293 --> 00:11:47,842 What makes you so sure this isn't just a one-time thing? 209 00:11:48,004 --> 00:11:50,473 If it was a one-time thing, he wouldn't have concealed his identity 210 00:11:50,631 --> 00:11:52,679 and he wouldn't have fled the scene. He's... 211 00:11:56,054 --> 00:11:57,397 Uh, Adrian? 212 00:11:57,555 --> 00:11:58,602 What are you doing? 213 00:11:58,765 --> 00:12:00,233 Can you talk some sense into him, please? 214 00:12:00,391 --> 00:12:02,689 Mr. Mayor, Thea, meet my wife, Doris. 215 00:12:03,227 --> 00:12:05,525 - Hi. - He's gonna get himself killed. 216 00:12:05,688 --> 00:12:07,907 I'm tougher than I look, and I need to be in the office. 217 00:12:08,066 --> 00:12:09,192 You need to be in bed, Adrian. 218 00:12:09,359 --> 00:12:11,111 - You were shot. - I'm fine. 219 00:12:11,277 --> 00:12:12,904 You look like you're about to pass out. 220 00:12:13,071 --> 00:12:17,577 Hey, listen, come on, buddy. Take a seat, at least. Please. 221 00:12:24,123 --> 00:12:25,249 What do we know? 222 00:12:26,292 --> 00:12:27,464 We don't know much. 223 00:12:27,877 --> 00:12:30,380 It was a single shooter. AR-15 assault rifle. 224 00:12:30,546 --> 00:12:33,390 And it doesn't appear that I was his primary target 225 00:12:33,549 --> 00:12:36,928 because he just blasted his way through City Hall. 226 00:12:37,095 --> 00:12:40,144 If he wasn't going after you, then there's a larger agenda here. 227 00:12:40,515 --> 00:12:43,394 AR-15's are the Bertinelli family's weapon of choice. 228 00:12:43,976 --> 00:12:46,570 Over 90% of the hits they were involved in last year used them. 229 00:12:46,729 --> 00:12:48,527 Why would the Bertinellis target City Hall? 230 00:12:49,190 --> 00:12:51,784 Because your office oversees the Anti-Crime Unit. 231 00:12:51,943 --> 00:12:53,820 And it is a softer target. 232 00:12:54,153 --> 00:12:57,953 All right, we're gonna look into it under one condition. 233 00:12:58,116 --> 00:13:02,121 You listen to your wife and you stay here. Let yourself get better. 234 00:13:03,538 --> 00:13:04,539 Fair? 235 00:13:06,457 --> 00:13:07,504 Fair. 236 00:13:08,501 --> 00:13:10,003 Just stop this guy. 237 00:13:16,467 --> 00:13:18,094 Whoever he is, he's not in the system. 238 00:13:18,428 --> 00:13:21,022 What if instead of tracking him, we track the assault weapon? 239 00:13:21,180 --> 00:13:24,184 Rifle. And Oliver took it. Said he was following up a lead. 240 00:13:24,350 --> 00:13:26,728 There's no gun ownership database for me to go through, anyway. 241 00:13:26,894 --> 00:13:29,113 Yeah, why wouldn't we want something like that? 242 00:13:29,272 --> 00:13:30,774 So the government doesn't know our business, hoss. 243 00:13:30,940 --> 00:13:32,283 Guys, can we please... Just not right now. 244 00:13:32,442 --> 00:13:34,319 I don't have any problem with your right to bear arms, 245 00:13:34,485 --> 00:13:37,204 so long as it doesn't conflict with my right to, you know, live. 246 00:13:37,363 --> 00:13:39,536 Are you kidding me? Look at what we do, man. 247 00:13:39,699 --> 00:13:41,042 Our whole life is violence. 248 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:43,202 I'm not talking about what we do to protect the city. 249 00:13:43,369 --> 00:13:44,871 I'm talking about the fact that, as a black man, 250 00:13:45,037 --> 00:13:47,881 I am three times more likely to be killed by a gun than you. 251 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:49,963 - He's got a point, Rene. - Seriously? 252 00:13:50,168 --> 00:13:51,169 You were a cop, man. 253 00:13:51,335 --> 00:13:54,134 And cops would kind of like it if there were less people out there with guns. 254 00:13:54,297 --> 00:13:55,389 Not this cop. 255 00:13:55,631 --> 00:13:57,804 I mean, people have a right to protect themselves. 256 00:13:58,426 --> 00:13:59,427 Dinah Drake. 257 00:13:59,927 --> 00:14:01,144 Hi. 258 00:14:02,054 --> 00:14:05,024 You guys are really serious about this recruitment drive you got going, huh? 259 00:14:05,183 --> 00:14:07,902 Dinah and I tried to get more information on the shooting out of ESU. 260 00:14:08,060 --> 00:14:09,061 We struck out. 261 00:14:09,228 --> 00:14:11,697 We started trying to track the shooter by using the gun, 262 00:14:11,856 --> 00:14:14,905 but then we got a little distracted, again, with our gun control debate. 263 00:14:15,067 --> 00:14:16,910 - Gun violence debate. - Here we go again. 264 00:14:17,236 --> 00:14:19,238 - Guys, stop. - Actually, this could be cathartic, 265 00:14:19,405 --> 00:14:20,406 in light of what's happened... 266 00:14:20,573 --> 00:14:22,541 No, I mean, "Stop, I have something" stop. 267 00:14:23,367 --> 00:14:24,539 What've you got? 268 00:14:24,744 --> 00:14:26,667 - Wait. That... - That doesn't make sense. 269 00:14:28,414 --> 00:14:33,887 This is the AR-15 assault rifle that was used in the attack on City Hall! 270 00:14:34,504 --> 00:14:36,347 Which one of your guys did it? 271 00:14:36,506 --> 00:14:39,100 You're crazy. None of my guys would... 272 00:14:39,258 --> 00:14:41,681 Your guys used this exact weapon! 273 00:14:41,844 --> 00:14:44,643 Yeah, but why would we shoot up the mayor's office? 274 00:14:44,847 --> 00:14:46,099 The ACU. 275 00:14:46,766 --> 00:14:49,645 We'd have to be crazier than you to go to war with Anti-Crime. 276 00:14:49,852 --> 00:14:53,197 And if any of my guys went off the reservation like that, I'd know it. 277 00:14:53,773 --> 00:14:55,070 And that man would be dead. 278 00:14:56,484 --> 00:14:59,704 Now, are you gonna let me down, or shoot me? 279 00:15:09,622 --> 00:15:11,124 Don't move! 280 00:15:11,290 --> 00:15:15,261 I just did you a favor. One less criminal on the street. 281 00:15:15,419 --> 00:15:17,922 Cold-blooded murder. You're the criminal! 282 00:15:18,089 --> 00:15:24,973 I'm you. The only difference between us is I use a more efficient weapon. 283 00:15:31,143 --> 00:15:32,235 Arrow? 284 00:15:32,812 --> 00:15:34,814 - Go. - I've got the name of our shooter. 285 00:15:34,981 --> 00:15:36,983 - Who is he? - Well, that's the thing. 286 00:15:37,149 --> 00:15:39,902 He's a 44-year-old systems analyst with no criminal record. 287 00:15:40,069 --> 00:15:43,243 He's absolutely nobody. 288 00:15:50,705 --> 00:15:54,835 James Edlund. Husband and father of two daughters, ages nine and 11. 289 00:15:55,084 --> 00:15:56,381 Until 16 months ago. 290 00:15:56,544 --> 00:15:57,716 What happened 16 months ago? 291 00:15:57,878 --> 00:15:59,175 Crosspoint Mall shooting. 292 00:15:59,797 --> 00:16:03,142 Coming to you live at the mass shooting at Crosspoint Mall today. 293 00:16:04,010 --> 00:16:05,478 Edlund lost his whole family. 294 00:16:06,387 --> 00:16:09,561 Online, Edlund was a pretty vocal proponent of the SCGR. 295 00:16:09,849 --> 00:16:13,023 - What's that? - It's the Star City Gun Registry. 296 00:16:13,561 --> 00:16:15,689 The previous city leadership shot it down. 297 00:16:15,855 --> 00:16:17,198 No pun intended. 298 00:16:17,690 --> 00:16:19,738 So, City Hall doesn't pass a gun law, 299 00:16:19,900 --> 00:16:24,030 this guy loses his whole family and then takes revenge. 300 00:16:24,822 --> 00:16:25,869 Where is he now? 301 00:16:26,365 --> 00:16:28,743 That's the thing. After the funeral, he quit his job 302 00:16:28,909 --> 00:16:29,956 and his house is in foreclosure. 303 00:16:30,119 --> 00:16:31,962 He's between the cracks now. 304 00:16:32,121 --> 00:16:33,748 Well, I mean, he's somewhere. 305 00:16:33,914 --> 00:16:37,259 Ollie, I can't hold them off any longer. 306 00:16:37,710 --> 00:16:39,838 Okay. Quentin, we have to make a statement. 307 00:16:40,004 --> 00:16:42,302 Share the Edlund information with the SCPD 308 00:16:42,465 --> 00:16:45,389 and then we hit the streets and we find this guy! 309 00:16:48,971 --> 00:16:50,598 - Eighteen people, by the way. - What? 310 00:16:50,765 --> 00:16:54,395 The mall shooting. 18 people killed, 12 injured. One's a quadriplegic now. 311 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:55,812 Look, I know where you're going with this, 312 00:16:55,978 --> 00:16:58,572 but the Feds had an assault weapons ban for years and it did nothing. 313 00:16:58,731 --> 00:17:00,278 - Actually, it did... - Sorry, hoss, 314 00:17:00,650 --> 00:17:03,574 but if the bad guys got guns, then I'm strapping up, too. 315 00:17:05,988 --> 00:17:09,162 Go, go! Whoo! Whoo! Whoo! Go, go! Whoo! Whoo! Whoo! 316 00:17:09,325 --> 00:17:12,750 - Yeah! Did you have fun, peanut? - So awesome. Thanks, Daddy. 317 00:17:12,912 --> 00:17:14,004 Of course. 318 00:17:18,250 --> 00:17:19,251 Daddy? 319 00:17:19,627 --> 00:17:21,425 Everything's fine, sweetheart. Um... 320 00:17:21,754 --> 00:17:25,258 Go get your PJs on and get ready for bed. I'm gonna go check on Mommy, all right? 321 00:17:35,810 --> 00:17:37,733 At this time, our thoughts and our prayers 322 00:17:38,479 --> 00:17:42,950 are with the injured and the loved ones of the fallen. 323 00:17:44,610 --> 00:17:48,615 This office is working tirelessly with the SCPD and the Anti-Crime Unit 324 00:17:48,781 --> 00:17:51,000 to make sure that Mr. Edlund, 325 00:17:51,659 --> 00:17:56,085 the perpetrator of this heinous act of violence, 326 00:17:56,997 --> 00:18:01,093 is apprehended and swiftly brought to justice. 327 00:18:02,294 --> 00:18:03,796 I will be taking questions now. 328 00:18:04,130 --> 00:18:07,384 Do you have any comment on rumors that this shooting was in retaliation 329 00:18:07,550 --> 00:18:10,645 for the preceding administration's failure to pass a gun control ordinance? 330 00:18:10,803 --> 00:18:14,558 Mr. Edlund is a clearly disturbed individual, 331 00:18:14,724 --> 00:18:18,445 but I can't comment on his motivations at this time. 332 00:18:18,602 --> 00:18:21,981 What is your administration's position on the Star City Gun Registry? 333 00:18:24,483 --> 00:18:26,156 That we will be looking into it further. 334 00:18:26,318 --> 00:18:28,662 What's your administration's position on gun control? 335 00:18:30,197 --> 00:18:32,325 Er... 336 00:18:32,825 --> 00:18:34,498 We're gonna examine all sides of that. 337 00:18:34,660 --> 00:18:36,662 What is your personal opinion? 338 00:18:39,331 --> 00:18:40,457 That it's complicated. 339 00:18:40,624 --> 00:18:43,343 Excuse me, Mr. Mayor, but seven of your staffers are dead 340 00:18:43,502 --> 00:18:44,674 and others severely injured. 341 00:18:44,837 --> 00:18:47,386 Don't you think you owe them a response beyond "it's complicated"? 342 00:18:47,548 --> 00:18:49,141 I do, I owe it to them. 343 00:18:51,969 --> 00:18:54,188 I don't owe it to any of you. 344 00:18:55,306 --> 00:18:56,649 We're done here. Thank you. 345 00:18:59,852 --> 00:19:02,230 Okay, well, that probably could have gone better. 346 00:19:03,606 --> 00:19:05,825 - Vultures. All of them. - No, I appreciate that, Quentin, 347 00:19:05,983 --> 00:19:08,532 but they're right. I don't know how to deal with this. 348 00:19:08,694 --> 00:19:11,948 You are dealing with this. And Edlund, we will find... 349 00:19:12,114 --> 00:19:13,366 And then what? He goes to jail. 350 00:19:15,242 --> 00:19:18,667 Seven people that we lost are still dead. 351 00:19:21,916 --> 00:19:24,135 My mission has always been to save this city, 352 00:19:24,293 --> 00:19:27,638 and my first instinct has almost always been to use violence. 353 00:19:27,963 --> 00:19:29,965 You didn't bring this on. 354 00:19:30,132 --> 00:19:31,884 I know. I know. 355 00:19:33,636 --> 00:19:37,015 It's a violent world and sometimes it only responds to violence, 356 00:19:37,181 --> 00:19:41,937 but we cannot dismiss the idea that we are just feeding into a vicious cycle. 357 00:19:46,899 --> 00:19:50,824 You ask me, this is a problem that the Green Arrow can't solve. 358 00:19:52,071 --> 00:19:53,948 I mean, sure, you can find him, you probably will. 359 00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:55,412 But this... 360 00:19:56,951 --> 00:19:59,921 This is bigger than one nut-bar with a bag full of guns. 361 00:20:00,579 --> 00:20:01,705 He's right. 362 00:20:02,540 --> 00:20:05,134 The solution here is not with you as the Green Arrow, 363 00:20:05,292 --> 00:20:06,589 it's with you as the mayor. 364 00:20:06,752 --> 00:20:08,345 I just showed the entire city 365 00:20:08,587 --> 00:20:10,806 that I don't know how to handle this as the mayor. 366 00:20:10,965 --> 00:20:12,308 So you try again, 367 00:20:12,591 --> 00:20:14,685 and if that doesn't work, damn it, you try again. 368 00:20:15,302 --> 00:20:19,023 Nobody said being mayor of this city was ever gonna be easy, Oliver. 369 00:20:24,061 --> 00:20:25,278 We need a list. 370 00:20:25,771 --> 00:20:28,115 Every alderman, councilman and community leader 371 00:20:28,274 --> 00:20:30,151 that was involved in the previous gun-control ordinance, 372 00:20:30,317 --> 00:20:33,321 I want them in here, I want to meet with them today. 373 00:20:35,781 --> 00:20:37,374 We're not gonna solve this right away. 374 00:20:37,533 --> 00:20:40,286 Are you sure that you wanna open that can of worms? 375 00:20:42,121 --> 00:20:46,126 I just mean that gun control is a big political third rail, so... 376 00:20:46,292 --> 00:20:48,841 - Thea, come on. - Thea, I understand. 377 00:20:49,295 --> 00:20:51,013 This shouldn't be about politics. 378 00:20:51,338 --> 00:20:55,935 This should be about safety and security. Everyone's safety and security. 379 00:20:56,093 --> 00:20:57,845 Whether they own a gun or not. 380 00:20:59,638 --> 00:21:01,515 - Now, let's get to work. - Okay. 381 00:21:16,989 --> 00:21:19,287 Councilwoman, thank you very much for meeting with me. 382 00:21:19,700 --> 00:21:21,794 Well, from what I hear, you've been making the rounds. 383 00:21:21,952 --> 00:21:23,124 Well... 384 00:21:23,287 --> 00:21:25,790 For someone without a lot of political capital, 385 00:21:25,956 --> 00:21:29,381 you're certainly making an interesting choice as to how to spend it. 386 00:21:29,543 --> 00:21:32,171 I have seven dead staffers who wouldn't find it interesting at all. 387 00:21:32,338 --> 00:21:34,181 And it's a terrible thing that happened here. 388 00:21:34,715 --> 00:21:35,841 It is terrible. 389 00:21:36,675 --> 00:21:40,179 - Police make any progress locating Edlund? - No, unfortunately. 390 00:21:40,346 --> 00:21:42,144 But they're fairly confident that he targeted City Hall 391 00:21:42,306 --> 00:21:44,809 because of our inability to enact the SCGR. 392 00:21:45,684 --> 00:21:48,028 You implying I'm somehow responsible for what happened? 393 00:21:48,187 --> 00:21:52,442 No. But, Councilwoman, you did kill the ordinance. 394 00:21:52,691 --> 00:21:54,443 You really have been making the rounds. 395 00:21:54,860 --> 00:21:57,864 Yes. I'm against any registry that gives the government 396 00:21:58,030 --> 00:22:01,034 the opportunity to keep tabs on specific sectors of the population. 397 00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:03,294 The DMV keeps a list of driver's licenses. 398 00:22:03,452 --> 00:22:06,171 It's not a constitutional right to drive a car, Mr. Mayor. 399 00:22:06,330 --> 00:22:08,833 You know, people such as yourself oppose limitations 400 00:22:08,999 --> 00:22:10,717 on things like abortion, freedom of speech. 401 00:22:10,876 --> 00:22:13,550 Why is the Second Amendment somehow less important in your eyes 402 00:22:13,712 --> 00:22:15,430 than the other nine in the Bill of Rights? 403 00:22:15,589 --> 00:22:19,560 Because people are dying, Councilwoman. Right here in this building! 404 00:22:21,095 --> 00:22:26,067 And there are limitations on abortion and freedom of speech. 405 00:22:28,268 --> 00:22:29,770 Both of my parents are dead. 406 00:22:31,105 --> 00:22:32,573 My friend Tommy was... 407 00:22:33,857 --> 00:22:36,701 He was one of the 503 killed in the Undertaking. 408 00:22:37,444 --> 00:22:39,071 Laurel Lance was my friend. 409 00:22:40,489 --> 00:22:44,414 Nobody respects the rights of someone to protect themselves 410 00:22:44,660 --> 00:22:47,539 and the people that they care for, more than me. 411 00:22:47,746 --> 00:22:50,966 But everything in life comes with limitations. Everything. 412 00:22:51,417 --> 00:22:52,634 Why are you telling me this? 413 00:22:52,793 --> 00:22:55,888 Because you and I are gonna sit in this office 414 00:22:56,046 --> 00:22:58,765 until we figure out a reasonable set of limitations 415 00:22:58,924 --> 00:23:00,926 that respects everyone's rights. 416 00:23:05,681 --> 00:23:08,400 Are you hungry? Should I order something in? 417 00:23:09,268 --> 00:23:10,611 We might be here a while. 418 00:23:18,610 --> 00:23:21,659 - I don't know anything! I don't... - Get up! Get up! 419 00:23:23,115 --> 00:23:26,119 I know you've seen this scumbag. He lives in this neighborhood! 420 00:23:26,285 --> 00:23:28,629 I don't know everybody, dude! I don't! 421 00:23:40,215 --> 00:23:41,387 Another dead end? 422 00:23:42,551 --> 00:23:44,224 Let's just call it a long shot. 423 00:23:45,220 --> 00:23:48,144 I'd be taking out my frustrations on these lowlifes at this point. 424 00:23:48,307 --> 00:23:49,650 Yeah, it happens. 425 00:23:49,850 --> 00:23:51,067 Let's call it a night, huh? 426 00:23:51,477 --> 00:23:53,525 Get you back to your not-so-homey home. 427 00:23:53,687 --> 00:23:55,314 Seriously, John, it's fine. 428 00:23:56,648 --> 00:23:58,901 Then, I just don't know why you don't want better for yourself. 429 00:24:02,654 --> 00:24:04,076 There was one place I kind of liked. 430 00:24:05,407 --> 00:24:07,501 It's a studio apartment off Canal. 431 00:24:08,827 --> 00:24:11,797 It had this nice little backyard garden. 432 00:24:12,831 --> 00:24:16,051 I went to go fill out a lease application. I don't know. 433 00:24:16,335 --> 00:24:17,336 But what? 434 00:24:19,171 --> 00:24:20,514 Nothing. It's stupid. 435 00:24:25,344 --> 00:24:28,689 It asked questions, okay? It asked questions about the last three years. 436 00:24:29,056 --> 00:24:31,184 Jobs and residencies, that sort of thing. 437 00:24:31,350 --> 00:24:34,695 Yeah, and I guess there was no box to check for "vendetta." Right? 438 00:24:35,729 --> 00:24:37,857 - Yeah, not so much, no. - Yeah. 439 00:24:38,023 --> 00:24:40,902 And it's not even just that. I... 440 00:24:43,362 --> 00:24:45,114 You know, just forget it. It's so stupid. 441 00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:47,954 Dinah, I work with Oliver Queen. 442 00:24:49,576 --> 00:24:50,577 Please, try me. 443 00:24:54,289 --> 00:24:56,417 Applying for an apartment is... 444 00:24:58,210 --> 00:25:00,053 It's something normal people do. 445 00:25:01,296 --> 00:25:04,891 I haven't had normal in a very long time. 446 00:25:10,347 --> 00:25:12,475 I don't know who I'm supposed to be anymore. 447 00:25:12,641 --> 00:25:16,066 I remember I felt that way the first time I was discharged from Special Services. 448 00:25:17,771 --> 00:25:22,823 But, Dinah, I realized that I don't have to be anybody. I'm already me. 449 00:25:24,570 --> 00:25:26,868 I guess I had to give myself permission to get back to that. 450 00:25:28,031 --> 00:25:29,578 And how do you do that, exactly? 451 00:25:29,783 --> 00:25:31,000 It starts with the little things. 452 00:25:31,493 --> 00:25:35,589 Like a small studio apartment with a garden. 453 00:25:37,833 --> 00:25:38,834 Yeah. 454 00:25:40,377 --> 00:25:41,594 Let's get out of here. 455 00:25:46,383 --> 00:25:47,600 You got something? 456 00:25:49,011 --> 00:25:51,434 - Nothing but strikeouts. You? - Same. 457 00:25:51,638 --> 00:25:53,231 Isn't Rene back yet? 458 00:25:53,599 --> 00:25:54,646 Nope. Why? 459 00:25:54,933 --> 00:25:56,401 You wanna go a couple more rounds at him? 460 00:25:56,560 --> 00:25:58,233 Why don't you like us talking about this? 461 00:25:58,395 --> 00:26:01,114 I just don't like you guys arguing while I'm trying to work. 462 00:26:01,273 --> 00:26:03,947 Why not? There's nothing wrong with a little healthy debate, Felicity. 463 00:26:04,109 --> 00:26:05,861 It's not healthy if it doesn't accomplish anything, 464 00:26:06,028 --> 00:26:08,406 and it's not going to accomplish anything. 465 00:26:13,118 --> 00:26:14,961 Actually, I disagree. 466 00:26:15,412 --> 00:26:17,915 Not about the part of it not accomplishing anything, 467 00:26:18,081 --> 00:26:20,459 but this idea that it's not healthy. 468 00:26:21,084 --> 00:26:23,803 We used to talk about things as a society, you know. 469 00:26:24,296 --> 00:26:26,094 We'd debate and we would argue 470 00:26:26,256 --> 00:26:28,475 and we would still respect each other after. 471 00:26:28,634 --> 00:26:30,853 Yeah. Somewhere along the line, that just became... 472 00:26:31,094 --> 00:26:32,471 - Rude. - Rude. Yeah. 473 00:26:32,638 --> 00:26:35,187 - It became impolitic to talk politics. - Hmm. 474 00:26:35,349 --> 00:26:37,147 Can't help but wonder that maybe that's why 475 00:26:37,309 --> 00:26:38,856 our country is the way it is today. 476 00:26:41,271 --> 00:26:43,023 - Got something? - Maybe. 477 00:26:45,400 --> 00:26:47,323 Name of a support group Edlund used to be a part of. 478 00:26:47,486 --> 00:26:49,488 Maybe somebody there still knows how to get in contact with him. 479 00:26:49,655 --> 00:26:50,998 Text Rene the address and have him meet me there. 480 00:26:51,156 --> 00:26:52,282 Yeah. 481 00:26:54,409 --> 00:26:56,252 I didn't care. It was just a necklace. 482 00:26:56,745 --> 00:26:59,715 But, Steve, he got in front of the man and... 483 00:27:01,458 --> 00:27:04,086 Every time I close my eyes, I see the gun. 484 00:27:04,461 --> 00:27:05,462 Every time. 485 00:27:06,296 --> 00:27:09,015 It gets better, Monica. We get better. 486 00:27:09,174 --> 00:27:12,144 I'm afraid we're out of time for today, but get some coffee on the way out, 487 00:27:12,302 --> 00:27:14,680 and I sprung for the good donuts this week. 488 00:27:15,472 --> 00:27:16,473 Thank you. 489 00:27:22,104 --> 00:27:23,196 Hey, man. 490 00:27:23,355 --> 00:27:25,528 Name's Rene Ramirez, I work for the Deputy Mayor. 491 00:27:25,691 --> 00:27:28,035 - This is my assistant. - In his dreams. Er... 492 00:27:29,528 --> 00:27:30,871 I mean, yeah, kind of. 493 00:27:31,488 --> 00:27:33,661 Can we ask you some questions about James Edlund? 494 00:27:34,491 --> 00:27:36,414 Participation in this group is confidential. 495 00:27:36,702 --> 00:27:37,919 You know what Edlund did? 496 00:27:38,078 --> 00:27:40,877 I watched the mayor's press conference and I wish I could help, 497 00:27:41,039 --> 00:27:45,010 but you have to understand, I take confidentiality seriously. 498 00:27:45,168 --> 00:27:48,718 Sir, confidentiality doesn't apply when there's the possibility of future harm. 499 00:27:50,590 --> 00:27:53,309 Hey, we just want to find this guy before anyone else gets hurt. 500 00:27:53,468 --> 00:27:55,641 - Why aren't the police doing this? - Don't worry. 501 00:27:56,013 --> 00:27:57,890 We'll make sure the information gets to the right people. 502 00:27:59,349 --> 00:28:01,022 I heard he was staying with a friend. 503 00:28:01,893 --> 00:28:03,691 Let me see if I can get you the address. 504 00:28:05,981 --> 00:28:07,733 Felicity said you wanted me here. 505 00:28:09,276 --> 00:28:11,574 Was it 'cause you wanted me to hear that woman's story? 506 00:28:11,903 --> 00:28:14,076 No. But since you did... 507 00:28:14,656 --> 00:28:16,408 Doesn't change how I feel, man. 508 00:28:18,076 --> 00:28:20,420 Guns save lives. Period. 509 00:28:20,746 --> 00:28:23,966 - You just want to think that. - No, that's what I know. 510 00:28:24,124 --> 00:28:28,630 'Cause if I had my gun, my wife would still be alive. 511 00:28:30,756 --> 00:28:33,555 Here you go. I don't know if it's still good. 512 00:28:34,468 --> 00:28:35,469 Thank you. 513 00:28:40,432 --> 00:28:42,025 I didn't even know you were married. 514 00:28:42,601 --> 00:28:45,730 Not something I like to talk about. Let's call this in. 515 00:28:53,445 --> 00:28:54,788 Let go! Let... 516 00:28:55,113 --> 00:28:56,114 Get away... 517 00:28:56,573 --> 00:28:59,918 Back off. Your bitch wife here owes me for her last high. 518 00:29:00,077 --> 00:29:03,047 - Rene. - Yeah, okay. Okay, fine. How much? 519 00:29:03,789 --> 00:29:05,507 Money's right there in the safe. 520 00:29:06,917 --> 00:29:08,214 Let me hook you up. 521 00:29:08,502 --> 00:29:10,755 - $500. - No problem. 522 00:29:16,968 --> 00:29:18,311 - Zoe? 523 00:29:18,470 --> 00:29:19,938 Zoe, get back in your room! 524 00:29:40,992 --> 00:29:41,993 Daddy! 525 00:29:43,078 --> 00:29:45,331 - Daddy! - Sweetheart, are you okay? 526 00:29:45,997 --> 00:29:48,341 Are you all right? Are you okay? Huh? 527 00:29:48,834 --> 00:29:49,926 Mommy! 528 00:29:52,170 --> 00:29:54,343 It's okay, sweetheart. It's okay. 529 00:30:07,686 --> 00:30:08,858 Clear. 530 00:30:10,605 --> 00:30:12,152 But Edlund was here. Look. 531 00:30:14,818 --> 00:30:16,195 This is his family. 532 00:30:18,697 --> 00:30:22,201 Yo, check it out. Floor plan. 533 00:30:24,453 --> 00:30:25,921 He planned out his attacks. 534 00:30:26,663 --> 00:30:30,384 Yeah, but this, this doesn't match City Hail. This is... 535 00:30:32,043 --> 00:30:33,340 Oh, damn. 536 00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:35,217 I know what he's gonna hit next. 537 00:30:35,380 --> 00:30:38,725 Lam still failing to understand why a simple registry would... 538 00:30:38,884 --> 00:30:41,478 Okay, first of all, registries are never simple. 539 00:30:41,845 --> 00:30:45,941 They're bureaucracies, tying up Second Amendment rights in red tape, 540 00:30:46,099 --> 00:30:48,943 you know, and it's not just the owners who'll be affected. 541 00:30:49,102 --> 00:30:51,901 It's the sellers who're gonna see a substantial decline in their businesses. 542 00:30:52,063 --> 00:30:53,906 Well, I don't think that it's unre... 543 00:30:56,485 --> 00:30:57,486 Excuse me. 544 00:30:59,863 --> 00:31:02,241 - Yeah. - Rene and Curtis found Edlund's crib 545 00:31:02,657 --> 00:31:04,375 and a plan to shoot up Starling General. 546 00:31:04,534 --> 00:31:07,378 Assemble the team, tell Lance to bring in the ACU. I'm on my way. 547 00:31:07,579 --> 00:31:09,081 I have to go. 548 00:31:10,123 --> 00:31:13,593 - I thought we're staying till we're done. - I'm terribly sorry, but I have to go. 549 00:31:25,972 --> 00:31:27,599 We're in position. Northeast corner. 550 00:31:29,893 --> 00:31:31,190 I'm on the southwest. 551 00:31:34,564 --> 00:31:35,736 Overwatch? 552 00:31:36,399 --> 00:31:37,446 No sign of the bastard. 553 00:31:37,609 --> 00:31:39,782 But remember, he's good at avoiding security cameras. 554 00:31:46,034 --> 00:31:49,038 Hey, don't! Don't! Get out of here. Go, go. 555 00:31:49,496 --> 00:31:50,668 Mommy. 556 00:31:54,292 --> 00:31:56,465 - Don't do this. - Get back. 557 00:31:56,962 --> 00:31:59,556 You had another chance to shoot me at City Hall. 558 00:32:01,466 --> 00:32:02,638 You didn't do it. 559 00:32:04,386 --> 00:32:06,980 Because you need me to enact the Star City Gun Registry. 560 00:32:08,473 --> 00:32:10,441 I mean, that's what this is all about, right? 561 00:32:11,643 --> 00:32:16,524 You wanna punish the city because we failed to protect your family. 562 00:32:17,524 --> 00:32:18,616 But... Hey, hey! 563 00:32:26,116 --> 00:32:27,288 Mr. Edlund... 564 00:32:28,827 --> 00:32:30,500 I... I checked. 565 00:32:31,663 --> 00:32:33,506 The man who killed your family, 566 00:32:35,208 --> 00:32:37,336 he acquired those guns illegally. 567 00:32:39,254 --> 00:32:41,677 There's nothing that we could've done. No... No... 568 00:32:41,965 --> 00:32:45,845 No registry would've helped us protect them. 569 00:32:46,678 --> 00:32:47,679 I know. 570 00:32:49,180 --> 00:32:50,773 I was supposed to protect them. 571 00:32:52,058 --> 00:32:54,902 Isn't that a man's job? To protect his family? 572 00:32:55,687 --> 00:32:57,155 Isn't that why we have guns? 573 00:32:57,606 --> 00:33:00,075 My wife and daughters were innocent. 574 00:33:01,401 --> 00:33:03,995 - I can understand why you're angry. - We're all angry! 575 00:33:05,196 --> 00:33:08,541 We're all so angry all the time. 576 00:33:10,160 --> 00:33:11,707 So, why shouldn't I use this? 577 00:33:12,120 --> 00:33:15,374 Why shouldn't I kill everyone? Put us all out of our damn misery! 578 00:33:15,540 --> 00:33:18,714 Mr. Edlund, that's not your call to make. 579 00:33:20,170 --> 00:33:26,177 Yeah, I mean, people are angry and we're hurting and we're lashing out 580 00:33:26,343 --> 00:33:29,643 and I can understand that it feels like it's getting worse every day, 581 00:33:29,804 --> 00:33:33,024 but what you're doing is not the answer! 582 00:33:34,392 --> 00:33:35,814 The people that you hurt, 583 00:33:38,229 --> 00:33:39,947 the seven people that are dead, 584 00:33:42,525 --> 00:33:44,368 my friend, they were innocent, too. 585 00:33:48,823 --> 00:33:50,040 You're right. 586 00:33:53,870 --> 00:33:55,747 And I deserve to be punished. 587 00:33:55,914 --> 00:33:58,383 Hey, hey, hey. Look, James, 588 00:33:59,459 --> 00:34:01,427 you got to think about your wife and your daughters. 589 00:34:01,586 --> 00:34:03,463 Lam thinking about them. 590 00:34:04,005 --> 00:34:05,928 I know that you want this pain to go away, 591 00:34:08,385 --> 00:34:10,513 and I know that you wanna be with your family again, 592 00:34:10,679 --> 00:34:12,477 but if you want them to live on, 593 00:34:14,140 --> 00:34:15,608 it has to be through you. 594 00:34:17,644 --> 00:34:19,021 That's the only way. 595 00:34:21,690 --> 00:34:25,285 James, give me the gun. 596 00:34:26,444 --> 00:34:27,445 Please. 597 00:34:53,388 --> 00:34:55,811 When you ran out on me last night, you neglected to mention 598 00:34:55,974 --> 00:34:57,647 that it was to go help people at a hospital. 599 00:34:57,809 --> 00:34:59,106 I'm forgetful that way. 600 00:34:59,269 --> 00:35:00,270 Shooter in custody? 601 00:35:00,437 --> 00:35:02,690 DA Chase says that he is gonna plead guilty to everything. 602 00:35:02,856 --> 00:35:05,700 Councilwoman Pollard, this is Rene Ramirez. 603 00:35:05,859 --> 00:35:07,736 He works very closely with Deputy Mayor Lance, 604 00:35:07,986 --> 00:35:12,583 and he is a very, very vocal proponent of gun ownership rights. 605 00:35:13,575 --> 00:35:16,419 Freedom isn't free. Not even the freedom to bear arms. 606 00:35:16,828 --> 00:35:20,628 So, Mr. Ramirez and I got together and came up with this. 607 00:35:20,790 --> 00:35:21,837 What is this? 608 00:35:22,083 --> 00:35:23,835 Citywide gun control ordinances. 609 00:35:24,169 --> 00:35:27,673 Nothing that makes it harder to buy or own or carry a gun. 610 00:35:27,839 --> 00:35:32,515 It also doesn't prohibit people from protecting themselves from gun violence. 611 00:35:35,180 --> 00:35:37,854 Okay, I'm gonna back you on this. If for no other reason 612 00:35:38,016 --> 00:35:40,735 than the optics of fighting this after what happened are lousy. 613 00:35:40,894 --> 00:35:42,362 There are other reasons, too, Councilwoman. 614 00:35:42,520 --> 00:35:44,443 But I wanna be perfectly clear about something. 615 00:35:45,356 --> 00:35:47,484 Not today, not tomorrow, but eventually, 616 00:35:47,650 --> 00:35:49,652 I'm going to extract a political prize for this. 617 00:35:49,819 --> 00:35:50,991 You can count on that. 618 00:35:52,363 --> 00:35:53,706 Sounds like a yes. 619 00:35:54,282 --> 00:35:55,704 I can live with what you got here. 620 00:35:56,284 --> 00:35:59,333 Good, because living is the whole point. 621 00:36:04,334 --> 00:36:05,551 Just listen... 622 00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:13,223 I messed up, I know that, but Zoe already lost her mother. 623 00:36:14,177 --> 00:36:16,976 "Unsafe environment"? What's that even mean? 624 00:36:17,222 --> 00:36:18,439 I'm so sorry. 625 00:36:19,390 --> 00:36:20,482 I'm so sorry. 626 00:36:21,059 --> 00:36:22,060 I, um... 627 00:36:22,769 --> 00:36:24,521 Ma'am, I can get counseling. 628 00:36:25,730 --> 00:36:27,573 I just wanna see my daughter. 629 00:36:28,233 --> 00:36:30,031 Please, I just wanna see her. 630 00:36:31,194 --> 00:36:35,199 Ma'am, ma'am, please don't do that. Don't hang up the phone on me. 631 00:36:35,573 --> 00:36:38,668 Ma'am, please. Hello? Hello? 632 00:36:41,746 --> 00:36:43,419 Son of a bitch! 633 00:36:44,374 --> 00:36:47,753 Damien Darhk, the man behind tonight's siege of Star City, 634 00:36:47,919 --> 00:36:51,264 was killed by the masked vigilante known as the Green Arrow. 635 00:36:51,422 --> 00:36:54,392 Amateur cell phone video captured this very moment, 636 00:36:54,676 --> 00:36:57,350 putting an end to the chaos that has gripped the city. 637 00:36:57,762 --> 00:36:59,059 Before Darhk was killed, 638 00:36:59,222 --> 00:37:02,817 the citizens of Star City demonstrated there is strength in numbers, 639 00:37:03,226 --> 00:37:07,106 as they fought against their attackers alongside the Green Arrow, 640 00:37:07,480 --> 00:37:08,982 leading Darhk's allies to retreat. 641 00:37:30,503 --> 00:37:32,505 Oh, yo. Can I talk to you for a second? 642 00:37:32,797 --> 00:37:33,969 Yeah. What's up? 643 00:37:34,173 --> 00:37:38,474 I just wanted to apologize for getting in your face earlier about guns and stuff. 644 00:37:38,636 --> 00:37:41,059 Hoss, do I seem like I can't handle tough talk? 645 00:37:41,222 --> 00:37:47,730 No, but I didn't know about your wife and your daughter. 646 00:37:47,896 --> 00:37:49,944 I may have done a little googling. 647 00:37:56,779 --> 00:37:58,326 I don't like to talk about it, man. 648 00:37:59,240 --> 00:38:02,119 I mean, Zoe's in a foster home. 649 00:38:02,869 --> 00:38:04,291 A good one, it looks like. 650 00:38:05,538 --> 00:38:08,462 CPS is right. She shouldn't be anywhere near me. 651 00:38:08,708 --> 00:38:11,382 I don't agree with that, Rene, 652 00:38:12,253 --> 00:38:13,800 and I have a lawyer friend who doesn't, either. 653 00:38:15,840 --> 00:38:17,308 How about we get your daughter back? 654 00:38:22,847 --> 00:38:24,394 Hey. Just checking on you. 655 00:38:25,516 --> 00:38:27,189 You, uh, going somewhere? 656 00:38:28,770 --> 00:38:31,193 A studio apartment with a garden. 657 00:38:31,481 --> 00:38:32,607 You applied for the lease. 658 00:38:33,566 --> 00:38:34,863 I got the lease. 659 00:38:35,735 --> 00:38:38,864 Yes. Small steps, huh? 660 00:38:39,197 --> 00:38:42,542 Well, the apartment is not the only thing I applied for. 661 00:38:42,825 --> 00:38:44,953 - Hmm. - You're looking at the latest recruit 662 00:38:45,119 --> 00:38:46,587 into the SCPD. 663 00:38:46,871 --> 00:38:50,546 - Congratulations, Detective Drake. - Thank you. 664 00:38:50,708 --> 00:38:53,131 Well, you did it. I just gave you a little push. 665 00:38:54,045 --> 00:38:58,676 Well, uh, I needed the push. So, thank you. 666 00:38:59,050 --> 00:39:00,176 Congrats. 667 00:39:03,972 --> 00:39:05,565 Thank you, all, for being here. 668 00:39:07,100 --> 00:39:09,728 In light of what's happened, I thought it important 669 00:39:10,895 --> 00:39:15,321 that we gather as a city and remember those that we've lost. 670 00:39:16,901 --> 00:39:20,280 After everything that Star City has endured in the past several years, 671 00:39:21,572 --> 00:39:24,667 it would be easy to become immune 672 00:39:24,826 --> 00:39:30,208 or desensitized to the violence that pervades our lives. 673 00:39:30,790 --> 00:39:35,261 And it would be human to want to respond to that violence with violence. 674 00:39:37,797 --> 00:39:40,095 When I think of all the people that I've lost, 675 00:39:42,760 --> 00:39:46,606 I remember the choices that I was forced to make in light of those tragedies. 676 00:39:50,601 --> 00:39:52,103 Some choices were easy. 677 00:39:54,439 --> 00:39:57,443 But the important choices, the choices that were worth making, 678 00:39:57,608 --> 00:39:58,655 they were hard. 679 00:39:59,986 --> 00:40:02,114 And hard choices require bravery. 680 00:40:02,780 --> 00:40:06,660 Fortunately, we live in the home of the brave. 681 00:40:07,285 --> 00:40:09,538 We don't run from hard choices. 682 00:40:09,704 --> 00:40:13,299 We rise up and we face tomorrow together. 683 00:40:15,752 --> 00:40:19,598 This afternoon, Councilwoman Pollard and I 684 00:40:20,214 --> 00:40:25,471 met with the city council to pass the Star City Firearms Freedom Act, 685 00:40:25,678 --> 00:40:28,306 a policy that respects our freedom 686 00:40:30,516 --> 00:40:31,813 and our lives. 687 00:40:35,188 --> 00:40:36,861 It shows that we can do both. 688 00:40:41,861 --> 00:40:44,660 And now we just have to be brave enough to do it.