06x15 - Doppelganger

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Spoiled billionaire playboy Oliver Queen is missing and presumed dead when his yacht is lost at sea. He returns five years later a changed man, determined to clean up the city as a hooded vigilante armed with a bow.
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06x15 - Doppelganger

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Oliver: 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 w*r on two fronts.

By day, I lead Star City as its mayor, but by night, I am someone else.

I amSomething else.

I am the Green Arrow.

Previously on "Arrow" The new police captain-- she's on my payroll along with a few other city officials.

See, guys like you never understand.

Why destroy a city when you can take it over?

[Grunting]

Dr.

Schwartz: Mr.

Ramirez suffered a traumatic hemothorax.

The injury caused his lung to re-collapse.

Oliver Queen, you're under arrest.

On what charges?

m*rder, as*ault, burglary, and kidnapping, all stemming from your activity as the Green Arrow.

I think I just found something.

There's a record on how Watson found out you were Wild Dog.

There's an audio recording.

The FBI's provided definitive proof that Oliver Queen is the Green Arrow.

I'm gonna release the defendant on bail.

[Breathing heavily]

What's your name?

Laurel Lance.

- Ollie?

- Yeah.

Jean here has some good news for you.

I'm only used to good news if it's accompanied by bad news.

Well, this news is unequivocal, Oliver.

I can get the case against you dismissed.

Uh, have--have a seat.

Tell me--tell me more.

I pored over the discovery documents produced by the district attorney.

Apparently, the FBI leveraged Rene Ramirez to testify against you based on surveillance that was leaked by a known criminal.

- Cayden James.

- Fruit of the poisonous tree.

It's a legal metaphor positing that if the source of the evidence is tainted, the evidence itself is tainted.

Mr. James' actions were not only illegal, but his death makes it impossible to corroborate the evidence against Mr.

Ramirez.

So if there's no case against Rene, there's no case against me?

We're going before Judge McGarvey on my motion to dismiss this afternoon.

Jean, are you sure?

You--you can just make this go away?

Ollie, she's positive.

Ok.

I know you're not used to getting good news, but this is what it sounds like.

[Door opens]

Quentin: Mr. Mayor, we got an emergency at SCPD.

Like I said, it was accompanied by some bad news.

Jean, this is wonderful.

I will see you at the courthouse this afternoon.

Ok.

What's up?

Laurel just walked into police headquarters.

- What, to surrender?

- Not exactly.

She told them she's Laurel Lance, our Laurel Lance!

Ok.

Why is she claiming to be Laurel Lance?

Well, Dinah's out for blood, and Laurel Lance, public figure, is a much more difficult target thanBlack Siren.

Except it's a lie.

It's all one big lie.

Well, we need to get to her before she gets to the press.

Laurel: I woke up in a cell And I managed to break down the door, and I just--I ran.

They held you for two years?

I don't remember.

They kept me drugged.

Female reporter: The Black Canary was reported dead, k*lled in a prison riot.

Laurel: Damien Darhk-- he stabbed me, and the next thing I knew, I was-- I was in-- I was in that cell.

I don't know how, but this is really, really bad.

Bad that we should have seen this coming.

Should have known that she'd eventually try to pull something like this.

Why would Damien Darhk do this to you?

Female reporter: Why would he fake your death?

I don't know why he would want to fake my death.

Maybe--maybe to t*rture the Green Arrow.

So you know who the Green Arrow is?

Ollie!

Ollie!

Ohh!

I never thought I'd see you again.

Daddy.

Daddy!

Oh, Dad.

Can you tell us any more information on where you've been?

You notably outed Ms.

Lance as the Black Canary at her funeral.

That now seems a little suspicious in light of the recent allegations that you are the Green Arrow.

It doesn't, and it's not.

I have made no secret of the fact that when necessary I have been in contact with Green Arrow and his team.

He told me about Laurel Lance.

Well, I wasn't talking to myself.

Is that true, Ms. Lance?

Ms. Lance, is Oliver Queen the Green Arrow?

I really do think that Ms.

Lance could-- could use some time with her family and some privacy.

Quentin: Let's go.

- Ms.

Lance - Ms. Lance [Reporters clamoring]

Arrow 6x15 Doppelganger What do you think you're doing?

What?

You said you wanted me to be more like Laurel, so I thought I'd give it a try.

Ohh.

I really wish I believed that.

Where's the money you stole from the city?

Yeah.

About that, slight hiccup.

So I went to where I stashed it, and it's been cleaned out.

It's gone.

Poof.

So without the money, you what-- decided to become Laurel Lance because she's a public figure and harder to k*ll?

You're really that afraid of Dinah Drake, aren't you?

Not just afraid of Dinah.

Afraid of whoever manipulated Cayden James into thinking I k*lled his son.

Because that's probably who k*lled James, too.

Oliver: Who did it-- Anatoly or Diaz?

Thea: Or you.

I mean, she could have just easily k*lled both of them.

While I don't exactly have an airtight alibi for Cayden, I believe his son was k*lled when I was incarcerated at A. R. G. U. S.

Oliver: Who did it?

Anatoly or Diaz?

Talking out of school will get me in trouble.

Look.

Whoever went after James is clearly coming for you next, so why don't you cooperate with us?

Help us find the money, and maybe we can just protect you.

Little trivia.

There's a Thea Queen on the earth that I come from, too, only she's not as pathetically naive as you.

Laurel: Look.

This is a lot simpler than you're making it.

You're gonna protect me, and you're going to help protect me by going along with this story that I'm the real Laurel Lance.

Yeah?

Why would we do that?

I don't know.

Maybe because of all the reporters that are just in the next room, you know it's only a matter of time before they ask me who the Green Arrow is again.

What would you like me to tell them?

We're done here.

Mr.

Mayor, may I speak to you for a minute?

Yes.

What's all the fuss?

Laurel Lance just turned upAlive.

Believe it or not, she's actually-- I know who she is.

Sorry to pull you away, but payday's Friday, and my officers aren't gonna get their checks.

Captain Hill, I'm still working on recovering the money that was extorted.

And I have an idea to buy us time that I wanted to run past you.

Let's hear it.

The department has years of seized assets-- sports cars, mansions, even a stuffed polar bear, if you can believe it.

- Mm-hmm.

- At least 2/3 of the property has cleared the court process for sale.

If we auction it off, we can raise as much as 30 million.

30?

Set that in motion.

That's--thank you.

- Hello.

- Don't talk to me.

- Captain Hill.

- Mm-hmm.

Can I talk to you for a minute?

It's about Laurel Lance.

That's a hell of a thing, isn't it?

She said they faked her death and then she was held c*ptive for two years.

Yeah, it sure is.

Anyone catch that case yet?

You want it, it's yours, but right now, she's going to the hospital for a GSW.

I'm patient.

[Knock on door]

- C-dawg!

- Hey, Zoe!

Great.

Love that that name's sticking around.

That's amazing!

The babysitter had to go home two hours ago.

Where's my dad?

Have a seat.

Something happened.

He's gonna be ok, but I need to tell you about it.

Jean: This is inappropriate.

My motion should be heard in open court.

Armand: I requested it be heard in chambers.

Jean: Oh, to what, hide the embarrassment of having your case dismissed?

Actually, we're taking Mr.

Ramirez off our witness list.

Considering he was your sole witness against Mr.

Queen, I renew my motion to have this case-- - He's not our sole witness.

- What?

No, no, no, no.

Discovery on this case is closed.

This is newly discovered information, your honor.

We'll make the witness' proffer available to the defense in accordance with "Brady v.

Maryland.

" Who is the witness?

Someone with enemies on both sides of the law.

McGarvey: That's why we're doing this in chambers and why I granted the district attorney's request for a suppression order.

Right.

I get it.

It's sensitive.

What is the witness' name?

Roy Harper.

Felicity: How did they even find Roy?

We didn't know where he was.

We didn't even know what name he was working under.

I didn't think anybody did.

Did-- - Did you?

- No, no.

God.

I couldn't even find him for you guys' wedding reception.

John: Doesn't matter how they did it.

They did.

Now we have to figure out what to do next.

He's definitely not cooperating voluntarily.

Well, it's been two years.

I mean, there might be some pressure points that we don't know about, some people he cares about, some-- it's been a long time.

Oliver: Either way, we need to know what Roy is going to say in court, which means we need to know where he is right now.

Oliver, he's a state witness.

I know our whole thing is extralegal, but maybe we should let your lawyer deal with this.

The DA's office does not have the capabilities of finding Roy, which means this was either Diaz or Anatoly.

You think whoever's pulling strings on this is still tugging them?

Felicity: Well, if you're in the mood for some witness tampering, I think I have a line on where the DA is holding Roy.

They've rented out several rooms of the top floor of a hotel downtown.

Hotel--easily guarded position with lots of civilians.

We break in, get spotted, Oliver, we make their case for them.

Guys, if Ollie is right and Roy is in trouble with Diaz or Anatoly, we need to be protecting him.

So we wait until dark to do recon and then find possible points of entry.

No exertion or sudden movements.

Don't want to risk reopening the wound.

Quentin: Ahem.

Hey.

Uh, could--could you give us a minute, please?

[Sighs]

What, is mom coming to visit or something?

Ok.

Firstly, she's not your mom, and second, no.

I caught her right after your little performance for the cameras and told her to hold off for a bit while I checked you out.

That poor woman's been b*rned enough by this sort of thing.

More of Laurel's stuff.

And I was just getting used to the last outfit.

Well, forensics has that one.

Anyway, you want to pass for the real Laurel, you better get used to her style.

You call thisStyle?

Look.

Are you here just to make sure my health insurance is up to date, or are you here to protect me from her?

Just get dressed.

Hey.

Laurel Lance--she d*ed in this hospital.

I pronounced her.

There was an autopsy.

Of course, I've seen my share of things I once would have considered miraculous.

I mean, in a world where a man can run faster than light, I suppose anything's possible.

That's why I need to rule out the chance that this person could be an imposter.

The DNA test will tell us that.

Man on P. A. : Code blue, room 317.

Excuse me.

- Hey.

- Hey.

Look.

I know what you're doing here, all right?

You're going after Laurel because of what happened to your friend, and I get that, ok?

It's what I would do if someone I loved was dead.

You mean, it's just what you'd do with a criminal, Quentin, which, by the way, is what she is.

Yeah.

Well, you and I both know that, but, you know, she's turned herself into a beloved public figure.

She's also said that she's got no compunctions about outing Oliver, and [Sighs]

I don't think she'll stop with him.

Oh.

So you're doing this for my sake?

No.

For all of our sakes.

I've been making progress with her, Dinah, ok?

I'm not finished, but if she lives as my Laurel-- she is not your Laurel.

Your Laurel wouldn't have m*rder*d Vince or anyone else.

She did, and you are delusional if you think you can change her.

No.

I'm telling you I've been changing her, ok?

All I'm asking from you is just a chance.

Please.

What's taking her so long?

Where'd she go?

The police officer took her, said something about a safe house.

No, no.

I am the lead detective on this case.

You did this.

What are you talking about?

I want to know where she is, too, you know.

Is my father not coming?

Where are you taking me?

To see Mr.

Diaz.

[Car starts]

[Communicator beeps]

Oliver: Guessing Roy's in the room with the police outside.

Yeah, reading the wrong end of a phone book.

It's risky terrain.

You just told me he's getting beaten on.

You still not sure we should do this?

Two-man team on the balcony.

If we can get past them, that's our best bet.

John, he's in there because of me.

He's been on the run for 3 years.

Oliver, that's his choice.

I know that, but did I learn anything from it?

Roy put on the hood.

He sacrificed himself for me, and I asked you to do the same thing at the expense of your safety and your family.

Difference was I wanted to put on the hood, Oliver.

Listen.

I've been good for the past two months-- good--but instead of giving me back the hood, you've had Cisco make me a new suit.

There it is.

There's a 15-second opening.

That is our window.

[Door opens]

We got her from here.

Head back to SCPD before you're missed.

Anatoly: Laurel, s vozvrashcheniyem.

Is it Laurel or Laurel these days?

So confusing this doppelganger business, but you seem to figure it out.

- Diaz k*lled Cayden.

- He told me.

No honor among thieves or crime lords, I guess.

Oh, well.

Diaz manipulated the both of us, lied to the both of us.

This whole time, he's had his own agenda.

That doesn't bother you?

I'm not sentimental.

I am Russian.

I am in this city for two reasons only.

One is revenge against Oliver Queen, and two is money.

I'm happy to work with whoever can get me either.

You're in this city because the Bratva cast you out.

Well, there's that, too.

[Snaps fingers]

Oliver: There is a 15-second window where neither roof guard is watching the HVAC vent.

- We can get in that way.

- All right.

Well, did you see him?

Is he ok?

We can get him out.

I know, and I'm coming with you.

[Sighs]

I thought you didn't do this anymore.

Ollie, it's Roy.

Right, but, Thea, you shouldn't do this, and I understand it's hypocritical pointing out that you have a personal involvement.

Doesn't make me wrong.

More importantly, you have not been field ready since you got out of your coma.

I'll be fine, ok, and did you guys even measure the vents?

Because you should be asking if I'm the right size to fit through them.

Don't think either of you two can.

Where are you guys keeping my suit?

You ok?

It's just like riding a bike.

It really isn't.

I can buy you a few extra seconds.

- I'm ready.

- All right.

[Fireworks exploding]

What's that for?

There's not a home game tonight, is there?

Unh!

Agh!

Want to keep going, or you gonna testify?

You know, I'm not a lawyer, but I'm pretty sure torturing your witness isn't gonna be great for your case.

You don't think we know how to put you in a world of hurt without leaving a mark?

No.

Ohh!

Unh!

[Groaning]

Ugh!

Agh!

[Thud, Roy groaning]

[Whispering]

Are you getting this?

I'm enhancing their badge numbers.

Just when you thought Oliver took down all the crooked cops last year.

Thea: I'm going in.

Felicity: I wouldn't.

They got 6 more guys in the hall.

Stand down.

I know it's hard, but you have to wait.

Roy: Unh!

Ugh!

[Coughing]

I'm working up an appetite here.

Hey.

We're gonna get some Big Belly Burger.

You decide to play nice, I might give you the fries.

Is that my hood?

It looks good on you.

I--I'm sorry if you're seeing someone-- I'm not.

I didn't take your advice.

No kids, no wife, and I really, really hate minivans.

How did they find you?

I was in St.

Roche, and the Star City cops, they tased me, and they threw me in the back of a Van.

They knew everything.

They knew about Oliver, they knew about me faking my death, they--they knew it all.

SCPD SWAT incoming.

John: Speedy, you want to get out of there now.

Speedy, move!

Ok.

We're leaving.

Roy: No.

You're leaving.

I'm in no shape to be swinging from rooftops.

- Ohh.

- I'm not leaving without you.

Agh.

They're coming in hot!

You got to go right now.

Damn it, Speedy!

Get out of there!

- I'm getting you out of here.

- No, no, you can't.

- You have to go.

- No.

I'm not leaving you.

Oliver: Speedy, they're right outside the door!

[Communicator beeps]

I'm not losing you again.

Man: SWAT team in position.

- Just go sit.

- Thea!

[g*ns cocking]

What the hell do you think you're doing?

I needed some air.

You're gonna need air.

[Grunts]

What the hell did you just do?

I just saved your life!

There was too many of them in there.

They would have k*lled you both.

Look.

We will get Roy back.

I am promising you.

We will get him back.

They're really circling the wagons now.

They've upped security tenfold.

He was bleeding internally, so if we don't get to him soon, - they're going to k*ll him.

- They will not because they need him alive to testify against me.

John: Not they.

Diaz.

Felicity: I pulled financials on both the police officers that were torturing Roy.

They both receive generous dividend payments from stocks in a Corto Maltese-based shell corporation.

It financed a company that was manufacturing the drug I used to treat my injury, Ricardo Diaz's company.

Felicity: Both officers were on duty when Cayden James was k*lled, and all the officers that were there tonight, we have reason to believe, are working with Diaz, too.

So Diaz has been playing us since the beginning.

Or he's just been playing you.

She's upset.

She's worried about Roy.

Yeah.

So am I.

I had to pull you out of there.

No.

You--you could have come in.

I come in there, and it's you and me against a SWAT team in a tight space.

Nobody comes out of there, especially not Roy.

You know, there are times that I feel like my life completely fell apart when Roy left-- from my bloodlust to Malcolm to the coma.

Knowing he was out there, that he was ok, it made my life just a little bit easier.

Ever since mom d*ed, I haven't known much of anything other than the fact that I want to make sure he is safe, and I will do whatever it takes to make sure that happens.

We all will, Speedy.

John: Felicity may have just found something.

SCPD just requisitioned a transport prison Van.

They're moving Roy to a new safe house.

We just don't know when.

That's it.

That's when we get him.

There's something else.

Dinah: No, no, no, no.

Ok.

You know what?

Who can tell me where Laurel Lance is?

Can you tell me that?

And when will he be available?

No, no, no, no.

No, thank you.

I'll call back.

I swear this isn't me, all right?

I need to speak with you.

You, too.

Turn the cameras off.

Cayden James was m*rder*d right there by Ricardo Diaz.

Oh, my God.

And it was covered up by the SCPD.

I thought Cayden James was k*lled by another inmate on his transfer to Iron Heights.

Felicity found out what actually happened.

Never made it to Iron Heights.

The cops on duty are on Diaz's payroll.

They faked the transfer.

- Doing that would take-- - A systemic breach of the police department, worse than last year's corruption.

I didn't think that was even possible.

Neither did I.

Dinah, I know that you don't believe in me right now, and I know the two of you don't trust each other for good reason, but the both of you believe in the badge.

I need you working together.

I need to know how deep this goes.

I need to know who in that room we can trust, which means you got to put your vendetta on hold.

[Sighs]


- Ok.

- We can work out of my place.

Walls here got ears.

And this is why I couldn't find Laurel because those bent cops sprung her.

Or they took her someplace worse.

Anatoly: Diaz's feelings were so hurt when you tried to run.

It's as if you don't trust him or something.

I'm still trying to figure out why you do.

Hmm.

For me, it's more matter of money than trust.

Either way, Diaz better.

Why blow up city when you can, uh, control it, yes?

[Men grunting]

You're as good as they said you were.

But you know that fighting for trophies-- not the same as fighting for your life.

We'll break you of your bad habits.

Welcome to the team.

That's a lot of money for man with bad foot.

I didn't break it.

I just had to break him.

Building a family, Anatoly.

Family.

Isn't that what, uh, Bratva means, brotherhood?

Da.

See, family, they rely on one another.

Family trust each other.

See, when the family does well, each member prospers, but if just one person betrays that family Give us the room!

Move!

Anatoly: Udachi.

The money that you stole from Cayden was also my money.

I earned it just like you except I didn't take more than my share.

Well, you've got it all back, obviously, so why am I here?

It's because our business has not concluded.

You might have convinced Anatoly that you're worth staying in bed with, but I have a psycho vigilante coming after me.

Dinah Drake.

Hmm?

I see all.

I know all.

I control it all.

I've been working on this for months.

See, Cayden, he's just a small piece of a much larger puzzle, and so are you.

I just want to get the hell out of this city.

Where do you want to go?

Hmm?

Do what?

Live without always having to look over my shoulder.

I don't want you to worry about Dinah Drake.

I don't want you to worry about Oliver Queen or any of those chumps who can't see two inches past their face.

Anatoly said that you had a plan to take control of this city.

Now, isn't that something Worth staying in bed for?

I don't know, Felicity.

Maybe it's a little soon bringing up taking back the mantle from Oliver, but it's been two months.

A hell of a two months, though, and Oliver's just not ready to step down, not with everything that's going on.

It's too much.

It's crazy-- [computer chimes]

They're moving Roy in 10 minutes.

[Tires squealing]

[Cocks g*n]

Don't move.

Roy, back away from the door!

It's a decoy.

They faked Cayden James' transfer.

They faked this one, too!

So where is Roy?

Mr. Harper, it's good to meet you.

Thea: You said that they were moving him.

Yeah.

They must have put Roy into a different vehicle when they were in the underground and I didn't have eyes on them.

John: Which means he could have been picked up at any point last night.

Oliver: How many cars left the hotel in that timeframe?

Nearly 300.

I'm tracking license plate numbers, but it's gonna take some time.

If it takes more than an hour, I'm gonna start breaking fingers.

There's that Queen temper.

I'll contact Lyla, see if A. R. G. U. S. can help with finding Roy.

How are you holding up?

- I've been better.

- Yeah, I know.

It's because you're blaming yourself for Roy's situation instead of accurately blaming Ricardo Diaz.

Well, Roy wouldn't be in this situation if he didn't fall on his sword for me 3 years ago.

That was his choice, Oliver, and I believed then-- and I still believe-- it was the right one.

I'm worried that I didn't rescue him from that hotel room because I wouldn't have been able to bear the responsibility if things went bad.

You didn't go into that hotel room because your gut told you things would go bad, and that gut's kept you alive for 11 years, and it kept Roy alive last night.

Maybe.

How do I know?

I could ask Cisco to find a parallel universe in which you did, but in the meantime, if you could just stop finding ways to blame yourself, that would be so great.

Is that what I'm doing?

That's what you're always doing.

- Well, maybe you have a point.

- Hmm.

Last night, John basically asked me why I haven't given him the hood back.

Yeah, I know.

He told me.

I told him you probably just thought it wasn't the right time.

Am I on the money?

I don't know.

Diaz: You have a strength one doesn't see much.

You want to join my team?

Sure.

Do you offer medical and dental?

You know, my police friends are telling me you're not cooperating.

You're not playing ball!

You won't testify against Queen.

If you actually think that I would do that, you're an idiot.

Yeah.

One of us is.

See, but I'm not the type of guy that believes giving a b*ating is the only way to cause some pain.

How's Speedy?

She came out of retirement.

Why would she do that?

Why the hell would Queen let his baby sister dress up like will Scarlet?

I mean, I got to ask-- eh, it's a moot point.

You see, the real question is Who do I got to bring the pain to?

Do I got to bring it to you Or her?

Shift sergeant was definitely in on it.

Look at this.

Diaz has got his fingers in deep.

Listen.

Thanks for doing this, all right, backing off Laurel.

It's temporary until we can get the department back under control.

[Knock on door]

- Hi, daddy.

- Hi.

Speak of the devil.

Can I talk to you?

Yeah.

I've got a lot I'd like to say.

Can we not do the whole screaming thing?

Because the only thing that's gonna happen is my father's gonna have to renovate his apartment, plus I'm here about Ricardo Diaz.

I'd ask how you're doing, but Felicity and A. R. G. U. S. are working on locating Roy.

You know, it's been a while since I offered you a little big brother advice.

Do you mind?

[Sighs]

This should be good.

When we find Roy-- not if but when we find Roy I think maybe you should go with him.

- Where?

- Wherever he's going.

I mean, I-- Thea, I'd miss you like--like crazy, but you said that you haven't been the same without him, so maybe you shouldn't be without him.

You really think I should go?

I don't want you to go, obviously, but you've seen what-- what having Felicity in my life has done for me.

You deserve that same kind of happiness, Speedy, wherever it is.

John: Got news!

Location on Roy?

Laurel.

She showed up at Lance's apartment with Intel on Ricardo Diaz.

Laurel: He has some plan to take over the city, whatever that means.

I don't exactly have details.

No.

He just let you leave after you stole all that money, let you come over here and tell us all of this.

Well, I'm rather charming, don't you think?

So where's Roy?

They had him brought to some run-down casino.

I heard some guys talking about it on my way out.

I can take you there.

So Diaz can take these guys out?

Is that part of the plan?

Thea: Look.

We really don't have a choice, ok?

We need to take this chance.

Quentin: All right.

Why are you doing this, huh, going against Diaz?

Because it occurred to me that if I'm gonna be Laurel, I should probably start acting like it.

[Sighs]

Yeah.

John, we have a location on Roy.

Let's get ready to move.

All right.

Fine.

Just this once.

No.

You don't trust me, I don't trust you, so I'd rather be in the field short-handed.

Oliver: Only two guards.

Diaz clearly wasn't expecting us.

Black Siren didn't warn him.

Thea: Let's go.

John: Wait.

If we go in there without knowing our primary objective, no one is coming out.

Our primary objective's to get Roy.

What about Diaz?

He's in there, too, and we just found out that he's the one that's behind everything bad that's been happening in the city for the past 6 months.

So let's get them both.

Oliver: Overwatch, you in yet?

Felicity: UplinkingNow.

Huffing and puffing and blowing all those firewalls down, but before I finish, if he's a smart guy-- and we know that he is-- this will definitely tip him off that you're there.

- We need to know where Roy is.

- Copy that.

I pulled up the blueprints of the casino from the city.

I'll guide you through.

Head up the escalator.

3 vigilantes, including your red girlfriend, just showed up.

It's time for a change of scenery.

You know what to do.

4 hostiles with full autos right in front of you.

[Beeping]

[b*ll*ts ricocheting]

[Arrows whoosh]

- Which way?

- According to thermals, Diaz has Roy through the door on the north wall.

Unit 545 requesting backup.

sh*ts fired.

Arrows.

Make that arrows fired.

Oliver: Get away from him!

[Arrows scraping]

On the ground!

Now!

I love it when you visit me, Mr. Mayor.

I love it even more when you leave.

No k*ll sh*ts.

I need him alive.

[g*nf*re]

Speedy, no!

Unh!

[Grunting]

Agh!

We have a problem.

One of Diaz's cops alerted the legitimate cavalry.

The SCPD is headed your way en masse.

[Arrow whooshes]

Agh!

So you're just a hired hand?

I used to be Pakhan.

You cost me that.

John: I've got him.

Go help Speedy.

[Grunting]

Oliver: Ergh!

You ok?

[Sirens]

Don't move.

Not all those guys are on my payrollYet, but even the ones who aren't, they find the antivigilante bill very motivating.

Speedy, get in the van and drive Roy away.

- What about Diaz?

- I got Diaz.

No, you don't.

You know that, right?

You stay here, you're gonna get yourself a collar, and it's not like you could just take me away with you, right?

But you already knew that.

That's why you let your sister drive off.

You made your choice.

[Tires squealing]

Officer: Freeze!

- How do you feel?

- Ugh.

Like I've been beaten within an inch of my life with a telephone book.

John: Two broken ribs, pulmonary contusion.

You'll have to take it easy for a few days, Roy.

Well, that's the good part about being a fugitive.

There's nowhere else I have to be.

How's Anatoly?

SCPD.

I had to bail.

What about Diaz?

Same.

How are Quentin and Dinah doing with their investigation into the SCPD?

They're working on it.

I'm not a lawyer, but what are the effects of us having the government's star witness in our protection instead of theirs?

- Not as much as you would think.

- Oh.

They'll add witness tampering and obstruction to their very long list of charges.

Hmm.

Cherry on top.

Heh.

Well, you did it all for Thea.

And for Roy.

I would have done it for any of you guys.

[Sighs]

My father's asleep.

I came to see you.

Ok.

[Sighs]

You didn't set us up.

Gee, Ollie, you sound surprised.

So I came by to say thank you.

And yet still unconvinced.

You're not Laurel, not our Laurel, and saying that you are to a bunch of press, no, that does not make it so.

You're right.

I'm not, but I'm willing to try, and I can't make any promises.

I am who I am, but I'm willing to try if you're willing to give me the space to.

That sounds fair.

You're staying here.

Quentin--he-- my father offered me his couch.

He was pretty on point with the whole rescue Laurel Lance story, so Yeah.

I'll be checking in.

Looking forward to it.

[Cell phone vibrating]

- Home, sweet home.

- Nice.

Heh.

For the past 3 years, I've been sleeping with the cockroaches.

- Heh.

- Heh.

I--I feel like I should have been there with you.

Is that too presumptuous or confusing?

I--I know that last time we saw each other, I said that we should probably see other-- No.

Master, I've located the heir of Ra's al Ghul.
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