08x04 - Present Tense

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My name is Oliver Queen.

For 7 years, I have fought with only one goal to save my city, but now a new thr*at has emerged, a danger so severe, it has forced me to leave my family in order to face it, and it won't be enough for me to just be the Green Arrow.

To prevent the crisis that's coming, I am going to have to become someone else.

I am going to have to become something else.

Previously on "Arrow" Earth-2 is gone.

The destruction of that Earth was a necessary sacrifice.

Mar Novu is not trying to prevent what's going to happen because he's gonna be what causes it.

John Diggle is my adoptive father.

- Thanks, Mr.

Diggles.

- Call me Dig.

We have to take out the Deathstroke.

[GASPS.]

- MIA: Zoe!

- CONNOR: JJ!

[SOBBING.]

Dad?

MIA: Dad?

WILLIAM: Oh, my God.

Dad!

W-William?

William?

[WILLIAM CRYING.]

Hey.

Mia?

Dad!

Well, you're so young.

Dad?

What is this?

How did we get here?

I I don't know.

Those are my kids.

DINAH: Your kids.

Are you are you okay?

H-How is this real?

RENE: Good question.

The last time I checked, you didn't have an adult daughter or any daughter.

We had a daughter And we named her Mia.

Felicity gave birth a few months after we left Star City.

How?

I I didn't even know she was pregnant.

OLIVER: We didn't tell anyone.

We wanted to keep her off the grid to protect her.

That was only a few months ago.

This is Novu.

You called me Dad.

You adopted me.

Remember?

It's Connor.

No.

No.

I I I haven't.

He hasn't because he hasn't yet.

Look.

What are you talking about?

I think we're in the past.

- That is insane.

- Look at this place.

It's new, and them!

No gray hair, no wrinkles, and we are staring at our dad alive instead of at his tombstone.

I'm sorry.

What year is this?

2-2 uh, it's 2019.

What year is it supposed to be?

JOHN: Wait.

So an hour ago, I was just with Ben Turner's 6-year-old child, and now he's an adult, and now I'm his father?

At least you didn't throw up like you usually do.

Just saying.

I'm genuinely sorry that both of you found out this way, about Mia, about the Monitor.

Felicity and I wanted to tell you.

Oliver, as far as excuses go, a cosmic being asking you to sacrifice your life to save the entire universe is a pretty good one.

Look.

Those kids have 20 years of stuff we don't know.

When are we gonna be able to ask them what happens?

I think we should give them their space, and when they're ready, they'll open up.

Okay.

Laurel's on her way to Star City.

DINAH: I can't believe her entire Earth is just gone.

I don't understand.

Why didn't the Monitor bring her here?

Or grown-up JJ or Zoe?

What game is he playing?

I don't know, but we have to stop him.

How do we stop a God?

I'm working on it.

Okay.

How did this happen?

This can't be real.

Well, it is.

Hey.

Are you okay?

I'm fine.

Yeah.

Just please tell me that you were able to get JJ.

I had him, and I was gonna k*ll him, and the next thing I know, I'm I'm here.

So he's still out there.

You mean, out there 20 years in the future unless you're talking about the current JJ, who'd be, like, what, 5?

And you're not gonna thwick him.

Mia?

No, I'm not, okay?

How does this even work, all right?

Because my dad doesn't even know who I am, and if he finds out about JJ, what he did, what I what I almost did, he won't want to.

So don't tell him.

Don't tell anyone anything.

- Are you serious?

- She's right.

This is original Arrow we're talking about.

They are gonna know something's up.

Do you want to tell Rene his daughter's dead or tell John that his son's the one who did it?

What's done is done.

WILLIAM: Wow.

This place looks exactly like it did when I was 13, which makes sense because I guess I still am.

Sorry about the boxes.

Felicity and I left pretty suddenly to get to the cabin, and we had planned to come back here with both of you at some point.

Yeah.

That, um, didn't really work out.

Because I d*ed?

We don't know exactly.

You just sort of disappeared.

So did, uh looks like the two of you got a chance to to grow up with each other.

Um actually, um, Mia and I just found out about each other recently.

I never saw Felicity growing up, and and after I left here, I never saw you again.

Yeah.

After you d*ed, it was, um, just me and Mom at the cabin.

I'm sorry that I wasn't there for the two of you.

However, we are here now.

Um, why don't we sit down, and you guys can catch me up to speed or On 20 years?

It doesn't really work that way.

Even if it did, I'm just I'm tired.

I want to sleep, and I you know?

Yep.

Well, the bedroom is right there.

Just please make yourself at home, okay?

Yeah.

Sure.

Night.

This is gonna be interesting.

Who are you calling?

Felicity.

She needs to know that the two of you are back.

- You can't.

- Why?

Look.

I'm not exactly how sure this time travel thing works.

Maybe we shouldn't bring Mom into this until we have a better understanding of what this is.

That's a good point.

William, tell me something good about the future, please.

Well you know those computer projects that I would work on in my room when I wasn't talking to you?

- Yeah.

- I turned that teen angst into a multibillion-dollar tech empire.

- What?

- Kind of a Mogul.

That's phenomenal.

That's, um I get the feeling I'm gonna be really really, really proud of how you turned out.

Yeah.

Well, um I didn't just turn out.

Um there's something I should tell you.

I'm gay.

Yeah, buddy.

I know.

- You know?

- Yeah.

Felicity and I knew, and we just, um well, we hoped that you were gonna come out to us when you were comfortable.

You clearly didn't get that chance, and that's on me, so I'm sorry.

Dad, we all have the chance to get to know each other now.

If your sister will let me.

Mia will come around.

You know, she can be a little bit a little bit stubborn and hard to reach sometimes.

Shocker.

Where'd she get that from?

- Mom, I guess.

- Ha ha ha My husband needs help.

Um, did you check in at the desk?

We're donors here.

Hold this.

[MOANING.]

I'm just gonna have a look.

[MOANING.]

Run!

b*mb!

[BEEPING.]

BETHANY SNOW: Starling General was att*cked last night after a b*mb was found inside Archroyal Capital CEO MacMillan Fairfield.

Authorities believe the infamous t*rror1st Deathstroke orchestrated the att*ck.

Please tell me the City's better in the future.

Yeah, yeah, definitely.

- You think this is Slade?

- No.

No, no.

I have A. R. G. U. S. keeping tabs.

He's currently in Buredunia, which is nowhere near Star City.

Neither is his son, Kane Wolfman.

So this is someone new?

Yep.

Someone has co-opted the Deathstroke mask, and they're using it to terrorize the City.

We need motive.

Well, the vic is some rich wall street type, and those guys are easy to hate.

We're not all bad.

- He's a billionaire.

- Say what?!

Please tell me Zoe is, too.

How is Zoe?

I mean, are you guys still friends?

Yeah.

She's you'd be proud.

CURTIS: Heh.

Hello, bunker!

Oh, it feels so good to be back.

Wait.

Are those the kids from the future?

Those are definitely the kids from the future!

Oh, my God, and excuse me.

When were you gonna tell me about this, Councilman Ramirez?

This is so cool.

I may have had coffee on the plane, and by "may have", I mean I definitely did have it.

It's candidate Ramirez.

We don't know if I win yet.

Uh, did you miss the part where these kids are from the future?

Okay.

Rene, if you really want to know, you become Mayor.

Seriously?

Hoo hoo hoo!

Oh, that's a text from D.

I will let her know about Slade and gloat that I'm gonna be her boss.

MIA: Uh, William, we should, uh, go, let them work.

CURTIS: Wait.

But I just got here, and I have so many questions, starting with why did nobody say anything about my beard?

It's good to see you, Curtis.

Your beard looks tremendous, okay?

I mean, work or otherwise, I'd like you to stay.

MIA: Yeah.

No.

I just, um I'd rather see the City than the bunker.

Let's go.

CURTIS: I can't believe that's your son, that's William.

I can, however, definitely believe that that is your daughter.

- Okay.

- Yeah.

Speaking of which, I'm a little upset you didn't tell me about her, but that's okay.

I forgive you.

So why'd you call in the big g*ns?

- You know Earth-2?

- Yeah.

Well, yeah.

It was destroyed by a wave of energy.

This fabric was clipped by it, and I would like you to try and help me figure out what it is.

I can track down some equipment.

It might take a bit.

The reason why I would help.

It's a wave of energy that's powerful enough to destroy a planet, so it's probably powerful enough to stop a God, which is what we're doing now.

God.

You said God.

Um, so the fate of the universe is in my hands.

Cool, cool, cool.

Yeah.

You guys I got it.

Ahem.

Hey.

Lyla is still off the grid, but she'll be very happy to see you.

You know, we always wanted a brother for JJ.

- You and he close?

- Yeah.

Best friends.

Glad to hear that.

I didn't know this was Bring Your Kid to Work Day.

Eh.

Thought I might be able to help.

Connor was an agent at an organization called Knightwatch.

It makes A. R. G. U. S. look like a kindergarten class.

The Canaries are comparable, though.

Canaries?

Forget it.

What do you got?

Uh, found this on the vic, what was left of him.

May I?

Yeah.

I've seen this before.

A, um, t*rror1st organization, they use these to deliver messages.

Do you have a black light?

Yeah, but we ran the inks on it already.

Nothing turned up.

That is because you checked it dry.

- Whoa.

Okay.

So that's our motive.

- That's good work, Connor.

Is there something else you recognize?

No.

Uh, that's it.

[CELL PHONE CHIMES AND VIBRATES.]

And that is Mia, so I should probably Go.

Go, go, go.

I'll catch up with you later.

WILLIAM: It can't really be JJ, can it?

Look.

This all started the night we got here.

Maybe JJ came back, too.

What, and the first thing he decides to do is blow something up?

It doesn't make any sense.

It does if you know my brother.

"Star City's cancer is the rich" It's JJ's favorite catchphrase.

Okay.

We should tell Dad and the Team.

Not a chance.

This is our mess to clean up.

But we could use their help.

I mean, maybe if JJ sees John, then Look.

He won't care.

JJ will k*ll Dad if he gets in his way.

This is on us.

It's on us to avenge Zoe.

Well, then first, we need to find him.

All right.

You know him best.

You know the Deathstroke.

Where would he go?

Where it all began.

Are you sure this is the place?

20 years from now, this place is Galaxy One, but 2019, it's where the Deathstroke started.

Oh.

I am getting a case of deja vu in the worst possible way.

You stay out of sight.

Connor and I got this.

WILLIAM: You what?

He's dead.

Something's not right.

[DEVICES BEEPING.]

Don't move Or we all go boom.

Frak!

JJ.

Oh, crap.

CONNOR: Why did you do it, JJ?

Why did you k*ll her?

Damn it, JJ!

Answer me!

Who the hell is JJ?

Grant.

[ALARM BUZZING.]

Incoming.

Evac now!

Oh, great.

Looks like we made it back just in time to walk into a b*mb trap.

[g*nshots.]

- How'd you find us?

- Later.

We have to move.

Might be a bit of a problem.

Buy us a few seconds.

On my mark.

3 2 1 [BEEPING STOPS.]

OLIVER: Go!

[RAPID BEEPING.]

[COUGHS.]

Well, at least we didn't die.

It's a good thing we were tracking the victim, or you would have been in worse shape than that drive.

At least it's still in one piece.

Maybe I can recover the data.

Maybe you can explain to all of us what you were doing there - with no backup.

- MIA: We can take care of ourselves.

That's not the point, Mia.

JOHN: What were you looking for?

CONNOR: In the future, that building is the Deathstroke home base.

The leader's Grant Wilson.

Slade's other son.

Surprise, surprise.

Were you ever planning on sharing that information with the rest of the class?

- No.

- Clearly your daughter.

DINAH: So if you knew it was Grant, then why did you call him JJ?

I heard you yell his name.

What's going on here?

She doesn't know what she's talking about.

Then you tell me, Connor!

We came back, so we thought maybe JJ did, too.

That's why we didn't tell you about the Deathstroke.

Connor, I don't understand what you're talking about.

In the future, Grant trains a new leader, someone who eventually takes over the Deathstroke.

It's JJ.

You told me JJ was fine!

Dad, I'm sorry.

- There's something else.

- William.

Look.

They have a right to know, and I'm done holding onto this.

Future Star City is a terrible place.

It's run by gangs, the cops are corrupt, politicians, too.

Does that include me?

WILLIAM: We were trying to save it, but that meant stopping JJ, and that's what we were doing right before we came here.

We we thought we could, but Zoe was with Mia, and And what?

JJ k*lled her.

WILLIAM: I'm so sorry, Rene.

Rene!

Rene, stop, man.

Let's talk!

Talk about what, huh?

About how your son k*lled my daughter?

Look, man.

I know you're angry, okay?

I'm shook, too.

My son's a m*rder*r, Rene, a m*rder*r, but, man, now that we know what went on, maybe we can do something to change it.

Change it how?

What if what we do today doesn't make a damn difference about tomorrow?

CONNOR: This is my fault.

I'm sorry.

I should have told you sooner.

Then tell me now, Connor!

Everything.

When you took me in, I was angry and rebellious, but you you refused to give up on me.

Man, you straightened me out, made me who I am, a soldier just like you But JJ, he resented it.

You know, it was like I had stole the love that should have been his.

Maybe if I had been a better son JJ would have never broken bad and Zoe would still be alive.

Dad, please say something.

Dad?

Connor, since the moment you got here, you have done nothing but lie to me, to all of us.

What do you want me to say?

Zoe was fighting to fix exactly what her dad helped cause.

That's why she was a Canary like both of you.

You guys had a whole network of them in the City.

And that's what Connor was talking about earlier.

And yet we still couldn't save the City.

After Rene walled off the Glades, the scope was just too big, and ever since the wall came down, we've been fighting the Deathstroke, trying to make things better, but I just still don't understand.

I mean, JJ adores Zoe.

How could he do something like this?

Seemed pretty easy for him, so how about we stop mourning poor, innocent JJ and accept who he actually is?

Look.

All that matters right now is stopping Grant Wilson before he screws up everyone's future.

What else can you tell me about him?

Just the broad strokes.

Grant made a name for himself doing pretty much exactly what he's doing now, targeting the rich, appealing to the disenfranchised.

They became cult heroes, which is how he seduced JJ.

Any more specifics?

Grant's home base just got blown up.

That that never happened before.

We're in new territory now.

How long to access the drive?

Uh, more than a few, less than a year.

I'm gonna go check on Rene.

We should be out there doing something.

We will be once we know Grant Wilson's plan.

Are you crazy?

How can you not like mint chip?

It tastes like toothpaste.

Aunt Dinah?

I didn't know you were gonna be here.

Hey, kiddo.

Give me a squeeze.

You want to talk to my dad, huh?

- I'll go start scooping.

- Hey, hey.

Don't eat all the ice cream.

How am I supposed to wake up every morning knowing how many days we have left together?

By trying to change what happens, trying every single day.

We should talk.

What are you doing?

I'm going to the hospital b*mb site.

Maybe Dinah missed something.

- Mia.

- I'm not gonna stand around and waste time.

Look.

I know what's driving you right now.

You lost a teammate.

I I I've been there.

I I can help.

I'm here to help.

You know, I survived my whole life without you.

I don't need you to play Dad now.

Hey.

I'm not playing Dad.

I am simply telling you that it is not tactically wise to go out there by yourself Fine.

I'll take Laurel.

When you are letting your decisions be driven by your emotions.

Trust me.

I've been there.

You don't get a say.

You gave up that right when you left me and Mom alone in that cabin.

How could you just abandon us?

Because I chose to keep you safe, and I chose right.

You just wanted to be a hero, so you put your mission above your family.

Don't worry.

You'll learn to live without me pretty easy just like I learned to live without you.

Ahem.

I'm not letting you go out there.

Nyssa Al Ghul trained me.

You want to see how well?

I'm not gonna fight you.

I'm your father.

Really?

Because from where I stand, you're just some guy in my way.

LAUREL: Mia I'll go with you.

Let's go.

Uh Dad, I know this is bad timing, but you should see this.

It's live.

GRANT: 6 years ago, my father rained terror down on this City.

He was short-sighted, foolish.

This City has a cancer, the 1% who control industry.

I will excise it.

Our siege of Star City begins tonight.

WILLIAM: This might be how it starts.

This is the beginning of the future.

Why would Grant give us advance warning?

It seems too easy.

That's because it is.

Look.

Grant may be planning an att*ck, but it won't be on the rich.

That video's a mislead.

This kind of deception is a Deathstroke special.

How do you know that?

I was undercover with them for a while, a last-ditch attempt to get through to JJ.

Okay.

So if this is a bait and switch, what's the switch?

What do you think Grant's planning.

Something a whole lot bigger.

I just don't know what exactly.

Everything happening with the Deathstroke is different now.

Well, I've got some good news.

I managed to extract the data from the drive, but, surprise, surprise, it's encrypted, and since I'm not an expert in early 21st-century decryption algorithms, I've called in someone who is Curtis.

Great.

Now what about Mia and Laurel?

We need to focus on tracking down Grant.

Felicity's search algorithm should still be on the computer.

Way ahead of you.

Wow.

Mom really liked playing fast and loose with the Fourth Amendment, huh?

Yeah.

Any chatter from A. R. G. U. S. ?

No.

No, no, no.

They said they'll keep us posted.

Hey.

I spoke to Rene, by the way.

Well, I'm quite sure he's not willing to talk to me.

No, but I do know someone who is.

[JOHN SIGHS.]

Are you avoiding him?

No.

[SIGHS.]

Maybe.

I've never dealt with anything like this before.

My head is still spinning.

I I I want to blame someone.

I just don't know who.

John, we all failed to save this City.

Yeah, Dinah, but I'm his father, so it's on me.

So you did pick who to blame.

All this talk about JJ got me thinking about Andy, how I failed him, so yeah, the blame is definitely on me.

I'm gonna tell you the same thing I told Rene because it's the same thing I've been telling myself.

Knowing what's happened can either destroy us or save us.

We've seen our worst.

Now let's be our best.

LAUREL: In the future, do they still use the phrase "wild goose chase"?

If you're bored, you can go.

I don't need a babysitter.

No, but you might need backup when you try and k*ll Grant Wilson.

How did you know?

Oh.

Well, clearly no one has informed you that I used to play for team villain, and I can spot a murderous intent a million miles away.

So what, are you gonna try and talk me out of it now, tell me to listen to my dad or Oh, God, no.

I would never tell any one to listen to Oliver Queen.

No offense, but I'm not exactly a very big fan of your father's.

He's kind of a d*ck, but you are a grown woman, and if you want to k*ll this guy, then have at it, but I just want to know why.

Because locking him up isn't gonna change anything.

He escapes every time.

It's why he is such a cult hero among all the worst here in Star City.

- Including future JJ.

- Exactly.

Look.

Grant has to die so Zoe can live.

I don't know anything about changing timelines, but I am something of an expert on vengeance, and getting it, it doesn't do anything but cause you more pain.

So, what, you're an expert on talking people out of m*rder?

Kind of.

I had to when Felicity wanted to take down Ricardo Diaz.

My mom tried to k*ll someone?

No, because I talked her out of it.

And, look, I get it.

You and your mom, you're both women who won't allow themselves to be talked out of anything, and I appreciate that, but Felicity, she never regretted changing her approach, so maybe you should try doing things differently, too.

[SIGHS.]

There you are.

Mia's back.

You cr*ck the drive?

Curtis almost has it.

God, you know, it's kind of annoying how good he is.

Plus he's got this perfect husband/life, not that I'm jealous or anything.

Let me know when it's done, okay?

You know, I have been told by several ex-boyfriends that I do this moody, broody thing when I'm problem-solving.

Guess it must be genetic.

It's Mia, right?

I didn't want her to go out there.

Well, then you should have made her stay?

What, put her in timeout?

She's an adult.

Yeah, and like an adult, she makes mistakes.

Look.

She's right.

I chose to go with the Monitor.

I abandoned her.

I haven't earned a say.

Yeah, but that doesn't mean she doesn't want you to have one or or that you shouldn't, and I'm saying that from experience.

You have kids in the future?

Oh, God, no.

I mean, don't get me wrong.

Kids are a miracle or whatever, but I was actually referring to when I left you to go live with grandma and grandpa.

Yeah.

That one's still pretty fresh for me.

- Right.

- I mean I I I thought you hated my guts.

I hated you for abandoning me.

- I tried.

- True, but I wanted you to try harder, push a little more.

I think that's all any child wants from their parents.

I'm sorry.

It's okay.

Dad, I am glad that you're in my life then and now, and Mia will be, too.

Um, I hate to interrupt Father-Son time, but we got something.

So Grant is trying to one-up his father.

The Siege version 2.

0 is tonight, and this time, Mirakuru is out, and coordinated b*mb att*cks are in.

- OLIVER: How many?

- LAUREL: Lots, and Grant has them all connected to a remote detonator, probably a phone.

The good news is and I use that term very loosely is that he set up a relay device underneath downtown.

So we disable the relay device, we turn off the b*mb.

MIA: Okay.

What about Grant?

He's holed up underground, where the lines converge at water street.

History repeats itself.

Well, maybe we can stop the att*ck by running the same play we ran last time.

RENE: No.

Someone told me the only way to change the future is to start doing things differently now.

- Rene, look - John, we're good.

You, too, Connor.

I can't be mad at either of you for something I will never let happen.

OLIVER: All right.

We set up one team to go after Grant, one team to destroy the relay device, but we also need to keep the public calm this time.

Last I checked, the police are still good, and I'm still Captain, future be damned.

RENE: I'll join you.

I got to do something for the Glades from there.

- What about the three of us?

- William, I think it would be best if you stayed and helped Curtis.

Mia and Connor, I'd like for the two of you to come with us.

Rene said it.

We have to do things differently this time.

Agreed?

All right.

This is my favorite part.

Suit up.

Yes!

- Stay close, please.

- Where are we?

CURTIS [ON COMMS.] : You're in the service tunnels underneath the City.

Basically, you all are in "The Shawshank redemption".

"The Shawshank" what?

"The Shawshank Redemption".

It's are there no movies in the future?

- OLIVER: Curtis!

- CURTIS: Oh, right.

Staying on task.

Sorry.

I'm a little bit out of practice, guys.

Spartan, what's your status?

We're at the east end.

Looks like someone b*at us here.

GRANT: Tonight, we take back this City from the cancer which has plagued it.

We will set its citizens free.

We will save this City from itself.

Stand beside me.

Take back what is rightfully yours.

Let's make Star City great again.

Where are his men?

Mia, you should get behind me.

I need 3 units at the docks and another 2 in Pennytown, okay?

- Hey.

- Yo.

Hey.

What's up?

Got a press conference in the Glades in the works.

Great.

Brought you a new addition to the drunk t*nk.

Watch him for a sec?

Hey.

You got the time?

It's 5 to 9:00.

[BEEPING.]

DINAH: What the hell is that?

[PEOPLE SHOUTING.]

b*mb!

We're almost at the relay.

Well, that can't be good.

Mia!

Ohh!

Raise your hand if you know how to disarm a b*mb.

William, it's an intervalometer.

Where'd you learn that?

From you.

CURTIS: It's most likely pulsating in a consistently synchronized pattern.

So it will have a transfer switch embedded into the mainframe.

Look at us Holt and Smoak 2. 0.

There should be two wires plugged into the console.

You're gonna disconnect the red one.

Do not touch the blue one, or else very bad things will happen.

Unh!

What the hell?!

[BEEP.]

[EXHALES.]

The device has been neutralized.

I guess things have never not been tense around here, huh?

Yeah.

I like to cope by stress eating.

- Gummy bear?

- Thanks.

This isn't over.

- Yes, it is.

- Mia!

Get out of my way.

No.

Hate me if you want.

I'm not letting you do this.

Just got off the phone with Gotham City PD.

Grant Wilson is being prepped and transferred to Blackgate, where he will spend the next 20 to life.

We will keep an eye on him.

He's not going anywhere.

OLIVER: Takes the Deathstroke off the board for the foreseeable future.

WILLIAM: Literally.

Let's hope it changes things somehow.

- MIA: For Zoe.

- CONNOR: And for JJ.

RENE: Here's hoping.

Or we make our own hope.

You guys really held your own tonight.

Well, my keyboard warrior skills are strong.

Uh, you know, Curtis when right back to analyzing that fabric, so I'm just gonna go see if he needs help.

Thank you, William.

You okay?

- I would have k*lled him.

- I know, and I know you didn't want to.

Thank you.

Come on.

Hey.

[SIGHS.]

You ready to go home?

You don't have to do that.

I don't want to be a reminder of everything bad that happened to JJ and to your family.

Connor.

You are my family, son.

Look.

I'm sorry, Dad.

- I I really am.

I - It's okay.

It's okay.

I'm sorry, too.

We're gonna figure this out.

DINAH: Are you still giving that speech tomorrow?

Yes.

You really think we changed things tonight in the future?

LAUREL: You mean in like a baby h*tler kind of way, butterfly effect?

- Come on.

- Hey.

If you want me to stop training Zoe, I will.

Nah.

I can't keep her in a bubble just like you can't stop being a cop and I can't stop running for office.

LAUREL: So don't.

Not all of the future was bad, right?

Just do the good stuff.

I mean, the Canary network's not a bad idea.

Could be useful.

Then why wait for a future we can start making now?

So this is what you wanted to show me, Grandpa's grave?

Did your mother ever mention him?

Not really.

I suppose she wouldn't know what to say.

I barely do.

You weren't close?

I didn't really get to know the real him until after he d*ed, and, uh Look.

I don't want that to be us.

You've, um you've lost people, right?

Yeah.

Too many.

Does the guilt ever leave?

No.

You can learn to live with it.

I can help you with that, Mia, if you'd like.

RENE: I've been a part of the Glades my whole life.

Born and raised, and if you're from here, you know we've been counted out a lot.

We've been told we're low-income, we're uneducated, we're a lost cause.

[CROWD MURMURING.]

And if you hear that enough times, all you can do is hope that things will get better later.

Now, I don't know about you guys, but I'm tired of waiting.

I'm tired of waiting for the day when people stop being afraid of the Glades and start coming here to raise their families, to find opportunities for growth and change, to uplift our brothers and sisters to be better than we ever were before.

If we keep waiting, we might run out of time.

That's why from here on out, we don't wait for our future in the Glades.

We make our future now.

Special delivery.

Ohh!

Okay.

This is the best late-night snack you can ever have.

Want one?

Why not?

[CELL PHONE VIBRATING.]

Yes, Curtis.

Do you want the long version or the short version?

Please say the long one because I would love to geek out - on this science.

Did you know that - Curtis.

Short it is.

Whatever it is it is possible to replicate, but there's a catch a couple catches, actually.

- Okay.

- One I don't have the tools to do it.

Two it is superillegal because it requires plutonium, you know, the b*mb-making kind.

Luckily, there's a guy, a m*llitary general.

Okay.

Where is he?

Russia.

You must be the Monitor.

How do you know?

Because no human would actually wear something so ridiculous.

You ache for the world you lost, and I possess the power to restore it.

You can bring back my Earth.

The recovery of your universe will require a single task.

What kind of task?

You must betray Oliver Queen.