My name is Oliver Queen.
After 5 years in Hell, I returned home
with only one goal-- to save my city.
Today, I fight that war on two fronts.
By day, I lead Star City as its mayor,
but by night, I am someone else.
I am...Something else.
I am the Green Arrow.
Previously on "Arrow"...
Traitor! I'm taking you to hell with--
Sorry you didn't get to know your father.
I guess you're stuck knowing me.
What I saw in her is what I see here.
Sounds crazy, but if there is,
there's--there's some way to get through to her.
We have a massively huge problem.
- What is it? - The nanothermite when combined
with the explosive creates a thermobaric weapon.
Cayden James could do it,
and he'd probably detonate it in a populated area.
Maximize casualties.
Your city's entire infrastructure
is under my control--
buildings, institutions, even people
all under my dominion.
These are innocent people.
And you can save them by wiring $10 million
into that offshore account no later than 11:30 tonight
and every night.
Wire the money.
All right. We're all set here.
Captain Hill, thank you for stepping up
to lead the department.
I wish it was under better circumstances.
After tonight, they will be.
All right. Take me through the details.
We know Cayden James is monitoring traffic
in and out of the city--airports, highways, ports,
but the shoreline might be the blind spot.
Specifically, right here, there's no satellite
flyover for about 10 minutes.
- That's our window. - And SWAT has the perimeter,
so no one's getting in or out without us knowing it.
Good. When do we make contact?
Should be any minute.
Mr. Mayor, I'm Alex Scott, A.R.G.U.S.
- Good to meet you. - We're good to move?
Yes.
All clear on shore. Exit, exit.
- Ugh! - What's wrong?
No. Just some weird feedback.
Are your comms line of sight?
No. We're patched in.
You got to get those things off!
Aah!
Got to get the other divers out of the water!
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$70 million.
Ahem. At this point, we've got maybe another day or two.
What about the federal government?
I mean, don't they have plans for this kind of stuff?
A.R.G.U.S was our best shot,
and Cayden James was ready for it.
I--I think that we are on our own.
So does that mean I go forward
with the emergency bomb shelters?
Yeah. We need a contingency.
It--it won't save everyone,
but it's a-- it's a start.
How's William holding up?
Doing as well as can be expected.
He's holed up at an A.R.G.U.S. safe house
with Raisa and a PlayStation 4.
You look like you could use some rest.
I'll get some if you will.
Like brother, like sister, I guess.
Hey. Don't worry, ok?
Cayden James is not the first guy to try to take our city hostage.
We will figure it out.
Cayden James' hold on Star City has reached 8 days
and counting now with all routes
in and out of the city under James' control.
Though Mayor Queen has urged for calm,
tensions are running high as the threat
of the thermobaric bomb continues to loom.
With supplies running low and desperation growing,
many are left wondering,
how long will the city last before it implodes?
That's a damn good question.
You're late.
Sorry. SCPD's been dealing with the fallout
from last night's debacle.
I didn't know about the A.R.G.U.S. team
until after Cayden killed them.
You believe me, right?
Cayden James likes to play things close to the vest,
even with the people he's supposedly in league with.
Which makes finding the location
of the thermobaric bomb very difficult.
You believe me, right,
about not knowing about the A.R.G.U.S. divers?
I already told you I do.
I guess what I'm asking is
do you trust me?
Does that answer your question?
- Sorry I'm late. - Don't be sorry.
Just don't be late.
Vincent Sobel, meet Dinah Drake.
Tina Boland is my cover name.
Tina Boland? You got quite the rep.
No idea you were a cop.
That's the idea, isn't it?
Vince has spent the last 8 months
in Sean Sonus' operation.
And he is smart.
He makes sure that no one person ever sees
enough of the whole picture.
Sounds like you could use an extra set of hands.
And eyes and ears.
I got to tell you,
Sonus isn't just smart.
He's unpredictable.
This could go south fast.
When do we start?
Didn't know we were having a clubhouse meeting.
Only boys allowed today or what?
Ms. Lance is en route.
This is less a meeting than it is a wake
for Mr. Sheck.
He bought the farm a week ago.
I didn't think we were sentimental like that.
It's not sentimental.
Surprised.
Oliver would not kill man this way.
None of his team would.
The place wasn't lacking for cops.
One of them probably took him out.
What's really behind this sudden paranoia?
Mr. Queen was obviously able to get word
outside the cordon we placed around the city.
To A.R.G.U.S., you mean?
- He seems more than capable. - Agreed,
but it was unexpected,
I don't like surprises,
and I like even less the feeling
that I can't trust my comrades.
It sounds like it's just me you don't trust.
If I didn't, you wouldn't be drawing breath right now, Mr. Sobel.
Oh. Oh, I love your face,
but that is just not a good face.
What's up?
Just spent the past two hours trying
to convince the city council
that we will get out from underneath Cayden James' thumb.
I'm not sure even I believe that at this point.
Hey.
You know what I'm looking forward to
once we put Cayden James away?
- What's that? - Our honeymoon.
Heh.
We are going on a honeymoon, right?
- Aruba. - Aruba. Ooh.
Mm-hmm. Any news here?
We split the city in half with the other team.
Divide and conquer is not getting us any closer
to finding Cayden James.
Our sector has been quiet for a few hours.
"Has been" being the operative phrase.
Ok. Facial recognition picked up vigilante.
Despite his mask having no face,
Cayden James' people don't ordinarily walk around like that.
We might have caught a break.
Let's text John the location.
I'm headed your way.
You going somewhere?
Where's Cayden James?
You're making a mistake.
You've got 3 seconds.
- Oliver, listen. - 1...
- I'm trying to stop Cayden. - 2...
- I can't blow my cover. - 3.
Hold your fire! Don't shoot, don't shoot!
- He's a friendly! - What?!
He's here for a meet with us.
He's undercover with James' group.
We were gonna tell you guys...Eventually.
I can't believe that you had time
to secretly put all this together
and continue starting our startup.
Well, being single does wonders for your time management.
Ok. On your next date, you are not allowed to lead with that.
How do you know you can trust him?
He saved my life last week.
Killed one of James' men to do it.
And he's in love with Dinah.
Just stating facts.
Vince is working on locating the thermobaric bomb.
We take that out of play,
and we got the situation handled.
What kind of progress are you making
locating the bomb?
Not much. Cayden keeps the bomb
on the move constantly
and has become especially paranoid
since I killed one of his men.
Your stunt with A.R.G.U.S. last night didn't help matters.
So why don't you just take us to where Cayden and his men are hiding?
Because the second you show up, he'll detonate the bomb.
With the amplifier he has,
he'll take out the city.
He's right, and until we find out
where that bomb is, we've got no moves.
Ok. Well, then we just-- we find out where the bomb is.
Last year, we used a sniffer device
to pull information from Prometheus' mother's house.
You want to use the same device for Cayden James?
That's exactly what I want to do.
We can gather all his ones and zeroes.
There's got to be a scrap of data left in there somewhere.
Then we have someone to plant Felicity's toy for us.
Yeah. There's just one small problem.
- Just one? - Well, two, actually.
The sniffer needs to be manually implanted into Cayden's server.
No. No, no. There's no way he can do that
without Cayden noticing, Felicity,
especially now that he's circling the wagons.
I knew what I signed up for.
I didn't expect this to be easy.
- What else? - Ok. Cayden's server is deep
within the building, so while our comms will be working,
transmitting a data pull that large, it requires line of sight.
Which means you have to install the sniffer,
then wait for it to download the content of Cayden James' server.
Making sure Cayden doesn't see you or the sniffer.
- That would be bad, very bad. - And then get it outside
so you can transmit the files.
Yeah. That sounds like more than two problems.
Sounds like a good way of getting yourself killed.
Then it's a good thing I heal fast.
Vince...May I speak with you, please?
Ms. Queen, I'm telling you there is nothing liquid,
and we have no way of borrowing capital.
Jay, that's just not gonna work for us,
so I need you to try to find more money.
I might be able to pull a few hundred thousand, but that--
That's not gonna be enough money for Cayden James,
so I just-- I need you to try and find some more.
Sorry. Sometimes, he just needs to be pushed a little bit.
Quentin, what's up?
Uh, she's been following me.
- Laurel? - Yeah.
It--it started a couple of days ago.
Ok. Have you talked to her?
Not quite.
Every time I turn around, she disappears.
What do you think it means?
I think maybe we made some kind of connection.
She wants to reach out, but...she's afraid.
Does that sound crazy?
No. Not after everything we've seen lately. No.
- So what do we do? - If it seems like
she's trying to reach out to you,
then--I don't know-- maybe we just got to find
a way for you to reach out to her.
What's on your mind?
Dinah, Curtis, and Rene trust you.
I'm not there yet.
I want you to try to imagine
how little I give a damn.
You've taken a shot at me.
Matter of fact, you've taken a shot
at nearly everybody in that room,
so I will be convinced that you are not
playing us the way that you claim
to be playing Cayden James.
I don't have to convince you
because you're not stopping me from doing this.
- Are you sure? - I am,
because you know saving this city means
doing whatever's necessary,
and you know that means using me.
Did Oliver push you to do this?
He didn't have to, D. It's the right play.
Hey. It's gonna be ok.
I'm not so sure. Something just doesn't feel right,
you know, the same way it did for you
when everything went bad with Sonus.
That was my call, D.
Don't you wear that guilt.
I don't want to lose you again.
I'm so happy to hear that,
and you won't.
Aces and queens.
Got me.
And you are in the black barely.
- Thanks. - Yeah. This cash inflow
coming from San Francisco was huge,
but it wasn't very efficient.
You know, if I knew more, I might be able
to maximize the revenue stream.
Sorry. I know I'm not supposed to ask specifics.
Just we need a little more of it, that's all I'm saying.
I'll take that under advisement.
All right.
Well, I'm going to go home for the night.
Good night, boys.
I'll walk with you.
Ahem. Can't let a lady walk home alone, hmm?
That was subtle. What, you didn't have a neon sign?
It's fine. No one noticed.
So what'd his books say?
He's got a boatload of money floating around
neither of us have eyes on,
and seriously, Vince,
Sonus should not see us together.
They all think I'm just trying to get in your pants.
Hmm. Well, if only wishing made it so.
Nice. Love what you guys haven't done with the place. Heh.
Let's get this over with.
We, uh, turned your room into a home gym because--
because this extremely awkward situation
needs to be masked with humor.
I think what she means to say is welcome back.
We have the inside man. You have the tech.
That's the only reason we're back, Hoss.
- Is Vince on site? - Should be as of 5 minutes ago.
That is if everything goes according to plan.
You sound like it might not.
Vince said he doesn't have access to the server room,
so if anyone spots him in there, he's gonna have
a lot of explaining to do.
We've got eyes.
- Can I talk to him? - Yeah.
Hey, Vince. You get any kind of bad feeling here at all,
you abort, you hear me?
Don't worry. I'll see you soon.
He's at the server.
The door to the server room's locked.
You guys have a solve for this?
Try 06141998.
- Try? - It's his son's birthday.
If you're wrong, he's dead.
I'm not gonna be wrong.
Phew.
Ok, Vince. You're in the red zone.
Just let the sniffer do its thing.
Whew. 80 terabytes of data. You guys can get comfortable.
This is gonna take a minute.
Mr. Sobel?
Frak.
I think we need to talk.
All of my people have specific domains.
I don't believe that I.T. Is one of yours,
which means you would not have
a proper passcode to enter.
How much data's been copied?
20%.
No, but Mr. Sheck did.
He was a little more loose-lipped than you'd like.
Rest in peace.
Still doesn't explain what exactly you're doing in here.
We got to pull him out.
- Dinah, not yet. - Oliver!
Ok, wait. Vince, if you want to stay alive,
repeat exactly what I say.
You think just...
Because I can handle a gun
doesn't mean I know the difference
between a trans-polymer hybrid
and a fiber optic cable.
I'm just impressed.
I wanted to know
how you maximized the data throughput.
Sorry. I should have asked first.
Perhaps.
I may have underestimated you.
It seems that you have more skill than I gave you credit for.
I keep telling people I'm more than just a pretty face.
Keep him talking. We're at 80%.
Funny thing is I underestimated you, too.
- Is that right? - When you recruited me
to help you take this city from Oliver Queen,
I didn't think you'd have the resolve
to do what was necessary to make him fear you.
- I was wrong. - Does that mean that you
also fear me, Mr. Sobel?
I'd be a fool not to.
Such flattery.
Are we done here?
Yeah. We're good. Take the sniffer and leave.
After you.
It appears that Mr. Knyazev has returned from the port.
- Join us in 5. - Absolutely.
- You were amazing. - Yeah, we'll engrave
your Oscar when you're out of the building.
Phew. Heading out now.
- That's our final offer. - Oh, please.
Your final offer is never really final, Sean.
You got a vise under there?
You want me to just gently put my nuts in it for you?
So we gonna celebrate or what?
I think she's gonna drop half the product
and leave us with our asses hanging out
- like she did last time. - I'll make good on my end.
You don't need to worry about me.
I'd take a look at your own house first.
What the hell are you talking about?
The Darbinyans rooted out a mole last month,
an OCB operative.
A few fingernails later, he got very chatty.
According to him, you have a cop on your payroll.
Hold up.
Mr. James wants to see you.
Huh!
Did I teach you that move?
I taught you that move.
All right. Transmitting now.
It's coming through. Man, this is the mother lode.
We're gonna need Alena on this to help us process.
Now get your ass back to Helix.
On my way.
We need to call Singh,
roll this thing up right now.
We don't even have Sonus yet.
We've got enough.
If the Alvarez buy falls through,
we have got nothing.
Vince, we need Sonus in the room.
We need money changing hands.
I know, but what we don't know
is which one of us is made.
Oh, baby. If Sonus knew anything at all,
one of us would already be dead.
We've been working at this for months.
We're close. You know, we're so close.
Can't pull the pin on this now.
All right.
We'll play it your way.
Mr. Sobel.
Sorry. I got a text from my girlfriend.
She's at the hospital. Thinks it's appendicitis.
Well, I'm sure the doctors are doing everything they can.
I need you here for a rather important assignment.
Yeah? What's that?
Rooting out a traitor.
Cayden sure has a lot of junk in his server
for someone who's as type "A" as you say he is.
Well, brilliant people are often slobs,
or so I tell myself and my dates.
Show-off. I can't even get a date.
- Anything yet? - Well, if by anything, you mean
the location of the bomb,
no, not yet.
Ok. How much longer is this gonna take?
Yeah. How much longer do I got to be here,
because I'm starting to get PTSD.
- Maybe an hour. - Hopefully, less.
I'm gonna head back to Helix.
I should have heard from Vince by now.
I'll go with you.
Sorry, boys. Guess I'm just lucky.
More like pretty women make smart men dumb.
Speak for yourself, Declan.
Hey, Tina. Can I borrow you for a sec?
Yeah. What's up?
I got the Alvarez buy coming up.
I wanted your expertise on the numbers.
Yeah. Sure. You want me to dive in now?
Yeah. You can start on page 12.
I noticed something a little concerning.
Looks like your luck is up.
You were always the enigma, Mr. Sobel,
the vigilante willing to ally himself
with criminals to take out other vigilantes.
I must confess I never totally bought into it.
Given your background as an undercover operative,
I would have been a fool to.
I don't strike you as a fool, do I?
No. You are coming off a little crazy, though.
I've done good work for you.
I got no love for Oliver Queen. You know that.
I don't know anything for certain.
That's what this is for.
Unh!
I must admit that is fascinating.
You can torture me all you want.
You'll keep getting the same answer.
I didn't do anything.
I admire your tenacity,
but even a man who's difficult to kill
cannot withstand torture, at least not forever.
Hmm. In my country, we do things a little--
how do you say-- dirtier.
We'll give the two of you some privacy.
Okey-dokey.
Where shall we begin?
Ok, Thea. I'm inside. Are you sure she's still following?
She's right behind you. Keep moving.
All right.
Laurel.
Wait, wait, wait, wait. Don't--don't go, please.
- This was a mistake. - If you really thought that,
you wouldn't have spent the past few nights following me.
I think you want to talk.
There's nothing to talk about.
Then don't. Just-- just--just listen
and watch.
You see her? This is Laurel.
This is my Laurel.
Oh, she was incredible.
When I look into your eyes,
I see the girl I raised.
I see the same warmth, kindness,
the love,
and I see a hero.
You just need to see it, too.
Please.
This isn't me. This isn't--this isn't me!
- Are you ok? - Yeah, I'm fine.
You know, I know it sounds crazy,
but I think I just saw my daughter in her eyes.
I saw her.
Vince didn't make it back to Helix.
Did he reach out to any of you?
No.
Boom goes the dynamite!
- Oh, yeah! - Maybe not the best choice
of words considering the circumstances.
Oh. If by circumstances you mean locating
Cayden's bomb, then, yes, we just did.
- Where? - Warehouse district,
10th and Valley.
What exactly are we walking ourselves into here?
We have no idea. It's a surveillance dead zone.
- We can't really see a thing. - No surprise there.
The place is massive.
Then we need everybody.
Agreed?
- What's that? - That's Vince.
He just activated his comms.
The pain stops once I have my answers.
Vince. Oh, my God. We need to help him.
Hey. Look. Like Vince said,
James is constantly moving the bomb.
This might be our only chance.
He is being tortured.
And he can handle it.
With his healing abilities, they can't do anything
to hurt him permanently.
As far as we know, this could be a trap.
Once the bomb is rendered safe,
we go back in, we get Vince.
He has already been made. By the time we get there,
that bomb is gonna be long gone!
- You don't know that. - Yes, I do.
Look. We all got him into this.
We should all be getting him out!
- Fine. I'll do it myself. - Dinah.
Vince would not want you to do it this way.
Don't you dare!
You know damn well if it was Felicity out there,
if it was Lyla, this wouldn't even be up for debate.
Vince is my family,
and I am not letting him die, not again.
Dinah.
You're not talking me out of this, Curtis.
We know.
That's why we're coming with you.
You're our family, too.
We'll save Vince.
You guys save the city.
We're not gonna be able to cover the bomb's location
with half the manpower.
Looks like you're gonna have to figure out a way, Hoss.
Unh! Arr!
Agh!
How much further?
About 100 yards or so, give or take.
That might as well be a mile away at this rate.
Not if you draw their fire.
Follow the T-sphere. Go!
Unh!
Looks like your little buddy's finally found us.
Took longer than expected.
Good for us. Bad for him.
No sign of the bomb. You?
Nothing. This place is too big to search,
and we are gonna run out of time.
I've got movement, east corridor.
Huh!
Hello, kapiushon.
No need for me to explain choice here, yes?
I thought you were an honorable man.
I am. Why else I give you choice?
Find bomb or save--
Go. I'll take care of them.
Vince?
Oh, thank God.
Smart work activating your comms.
I didn't.
Hang on.
- Vince. - I'll get you free.
Oh, I highly doubt that.
Ugh.
Your ability to withstand extreme punishment
is impressive.
But we all have our limits.
Let's find Mr. Sobel's.
Don't make me doubt your loyalty, too, Ms. Lance.
No. No, please. Please. Please.
Don't.
Hey, Tina.
You're not looking too good,
but I got something here that might put
a smile on your face.
- Look who we got here. - Oh, my God.
Vinnie.
I am begging you.
Please.
No.
Oh, my God.
- Hey! - Dinah!
Hey!
Baby. Baby. Baby, wake up.
Oh, babe, please. Baby, please wake up.
- Wake up. - He's gone, Dd.
No. Oh, my God.
No, baby, not again. No. Oh, no.
Baby, no.
She hasn't moved or said a word in over an hour.
After my wife was murdered,
it took me days.
What do we do?
Nothing. I'm fine.
You're definitely not fine.
How can we help you, Dinah?
You already have...
By having my back.
Did they get the bomb?
Tell me.
Felicity called.
There was nothing they could do.
Vince died for nothing.
- I'm sorry. - We needed more numbers.
We didn't have them.
Any word from the other team?
I wish it was better news.
Vince?
He didn't make it.
How is Dinah?
I'm guessing as good as she can be.
It was a choice between an entire city
or one man.
You made the right call.
I know it feels like this was all for nothing,
but it's not entirely true.
Alena found something.
I've been working on the data haul from Cayden's servers.
Mm-hmm. What'd you find?
Evidence he received while in Corto Maltese--
video of his son's murder.
It's Cayden's son, Owen Post.
Guess we know why he hates you so much.
This is fabricated. It didn't happen.
This could not have been you.
- You were in Hub City. - Yeah, but Owen Post
was still murdered supposedly
by the Green Arrow.
Wouldn't the SCPD be all over this, the FBI?
Records in the case were wiped clean.
Right. So Cayden wanted me all to himself
and didn't want anyone to get in the way.
How do we prove that this is fake?
Well, we're working on that, but there is something
super interesting about this.
The digital alteration of this is consistent
with that of the bogus surveillance photo
of you in the Green Arrow suit.
We thought Cayden James leaked that image.
Whoever doctored this leaked that photo.
To make James think you killed his son.
Whoever planned this
knew exactly how Cayden would react.
Which means that person has to be close to Cayden.
If that's true,
Vince wasn't the only traitor that Cayden has to worry about.
Hey. You know what? Laurel--she needs to see this, right,
because the video worked, it got through to her
a little bit, but this is gonna--
what is it? You all right?
I think we might have been wrong about Laurel.
- What are you talking about? - Felicity just called.
Uh, D-Dinah's former partner, her--her boyfriend...
Right.
- He's dead... - Ohh.
And, um...
Laurel killed him.
I know how badly you want to believe in this
and believe in her, and--and seriously, Quentin, I really do, too.
I'm so sorry.
You shouldn't be here.
Dinah, please give me a chance to explain.
You lost that right when you decided
to leave Vince on his own to die.
I'm truly sorry about what happened to Vince
because I know what he meant to you,
but this was his call,
and he knew what he signed up for.
Wow. You are really bad at apologies.
I'm not here to apologize.
Of course you're not.
I'm here to explain that
this wasn't all for nothing.
Felicity's been going through the data that Vince pulled out,
and for the first time, Dinah, for the first time,
we have some viable options.
Viable options?
You know, I used to tell Vince
his way of seeking justice wasn't viable.
I convinced him to change
just how you convinced me,
but you know what, Oliver?
Vince was right.
The only way to bring justice to this city
is with a bullet.
No, Dinah. I need you to listen to me.
I'm going to make sure Vince didn't die for nothing.
I'm going to kill
every last one of them...
Starting with Laurel.
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