"Previously on "Arrow"..." "I have a village, too, run by a government strongman named Kovar." "You will go to Russia and find my parents and tell them what happened to me and Vlad." "I am sorry." "_" "_" "Tell me who this Prometheus is." "I guess you know what I've been up to, huh?" "Remember, I'm always 10 steps ahead of you." "What's going on?" " Chase is gone." " And so is Oliver." "We have to assume that Chase has him." "Just make sure he suffers." "That was always the plan" "Did you hesitate at all when you killed him, or was he just another name you crossed off your list?" "If you kill me, you'll only really be killing yourself." "...4, 3, 2, 1." "145 seconds." "That's how long my father struggled under the water before he died." "According to my father's autopsy, your arrow pierced his aortic arch, but it didn't kill him." "No." "He was still conscious enough to feel his lungs filling with water for 145 seconds." "And here you were bragging about a plan more intricate than torture." "Did you ever think about why I chose the name Prometheus?" "He challenged the omnipotence of the gods." "You see, because, like you, they play judge, jury, and executioner." "But Prometheus took away their power." "If that's what you're gonna do to me, you'll need to come up with something better than whatever this is." "I did." "And the only way for you to stop it is to confess." "That I killed your father?" "Nothing so pedestrian." "I want you to tell me a secret, Oliver." "I want you to confess to the one thing that you've been afraid to admit to yourself." "How many times am I gonna tell you that I don't know what you're talking about?" "Fine." "You'll come around eventually." "Now, where were we?" "145, 144, 143, 142..." "Bandages and water will not help me." "Before you die, tell us what you meant." "You said if we kill you, we kill ourselves." "Why?" "You will find out soon enough." "You're gonna tell me now..." "Or I'm gonna dig that bullet out of your arm." "Go to hell." "Oliver!" "Oliver!" "What are you doing?" "He will never tell you truth in that much pain." "Does this have to do with your deal with Kovar, yes?" "Samovol'shchnia." "If you knew what it was or what is coming, you will beg Kovar to spare you." "And you..." "Are no one's hero." "Everything and everyone that you love will wither and die at your touch." "Da." "Good riddance." "What do we do about Kovar?" "What does it matter?" "Our Pakhan is dead." "We must swear in a new one." "There are men loyal to us and men loyal to Gregor, all without Pakhan." "How do we choose a new one?" "Pakhan is determined by seniority." "Why is he doing that?" "It's for journey to afterlife." "It makes good gift in heaven but even better bribe for Satan." "Da." "You can get in there, too." "You're one of us." "Viktor." "I think he cut into tendon." "Oh, I don't think he's very happy you're Pakhan." "You think?" "I know." "I wish there was less painful transfer of power in Bratva." "What are we gonna do about Kovar?" "You asking for yourself or you asking for Bratva?" "Anatoly, Gregor made it sound like all of us were gonna be killed." "Samovol'shchnia." "Yeah. "Do as you will," but he made it sound like there was some" "Some deeper meaning?" "Yeah." "It comes from Russian revolution, 1917." "Why is he quoting the Russian revolution?" "Well, I cannot think of any good reason." "Let me ask Kovar when I talk to him." "What?" "You can't meet with Kovar." "Kovar had deal with Gregor." "Gregor is dead." "As the new Pakhan, I--I have to meet with him." "He will suspect something is up." "I could try to talk to Galina." " To who?" " I told you about Taiana." "Oh, yes." "Galina's her mother." "And she works for Kovar." "Maybe she heard something." "Your boss?" "You--you work for Konstantin Kovar." "He said you were enemy." "No, no." "No." " A--a bad man." " No." "No, no." "I'm friends with Taiana." "My precious Taiana?" "W--well, we're friends." "And I--I..." " Mm-hmm." " I could use your help with something." "Hey." "I'm no" " I'm not gonna shoot." "I'm not gonna shoot." "Listen to me." "When Kovar hears about this, you cannot say you saw me, do you understand?" "If you say you saw me, he'll hurt you." "All right?" "All right." "My father once told me do not have a hundred rubles but have a hundred friends." "Fortunately, for us we have both friends and money." "As I assume your presence here means that our, uh, ahem, arrangement has, uh, borne fruit." "The shipment was routed to this location." "The BIC codes are inside." "All you have to do is retrieve it." "Now, as for my compensation, I think that" "Unidac Industries." "Yes, I will make sure you get the, um, information you desire." "Now, if you'll excuse me, I--I have some other business to attend to." "My apologies." "Malcolm Merlyn," "CEO, Merlyn Global Group." "Anatoly Knyazev, gangster." "You undercut you, um-- your new station, Mr. Knyazev." "Pakhan of the Solntsevskaya Bratva, it's, uh, it's no small feat." "Nor is samovol'shchnia." "One of Gregor's last words." "And, um..." "Were his, uh, other last words about who killed him?" "He called the man kapiushon." ""Hood."" "Da." "Reports of man with a bow and arrow are disrupting business, Bratva and otherwise." "That's interesting." "I heard some reports of my own of--of you having trouble with Gregor because of his deal with me." "I questioned it, yes." "Now that I am Pakhan," "I am obligated to live up to commitments that he made, such as samovol'shchnia." "You study history, Mr. Knyazev?" "When the Soviet union was dissolved, many thought that, uh, capitalist opportunities will give rise to a more stronger, a more united Russian people, but many powerful men of the KGB, Communist Party, the Komsolmol," "they decided to cash in on their privileges and, uh..." "Russia became not stronger but..." "Diseased." "And samovol'shchnia was the cure once." "It could be so again." "All right." "W--what does that mean?" "It means Kovar is planning something very big and very terrible." "What is he gonna do?" "Oliver, maybe time is best for you to go back to America." "Anatoly, we're brothers." "What's happening to you is happening to me." "Kovar is going to overthrow Russian government." "Samovol'shchnia is coup." "And--and, I mean, he just told you this?" "Before I got there, he was making deal with American businessman, some secret sensitive shipment." "You think it's a weapon?" "Kovar has many men, but not enough for a coup." "But with weapon." "Luckily, I got a chance to see the file they're working on." "Orekhovo-zuyevo." "It is a--a shipyard in Moscow." "Then we go to the shipyard." "We stop Kovar from retrieving it." "Seeing you take bullet out of Gregor," "I saw him again-- the face of the monster." "This place, it's not good for you, Oliver." "Go home." "I didn't save you from Gregor to stand by while you're murdered by Kovar." "This isn't over for me." "So be it, brother." "♪ Arrow 5x17 ♪ Checkmate Original Air Date on March 22, 2017" "== sync, corrected by elderman == @elder_man" "Do they look familiar?" "What is this?" "Do you even remember their faces?" "These are your victims." "They were people who did terrible things." "They had victims." "And husbands and wives, daughters, sons." "Confess your secret, Oliver, and all this ends." "I'll give you a gift, and you can walk out that door and go back home." "Adrian, you're sick." "And you're a hypocrite." "There is nothing that I've done that compares with you." "You murdered your own wife." "Cecil Adams." "You knew him by his street name, the Count." "You put 3 arrows in him." "He was gonna kill a friend of mine." "Felicity Smoak." "Yeah." "Confess or you get the same 3 arrows." "Go to hell." "I've already been there, Oliver, and I've come back with a message for you." "Agh!" "Unh!" "Are we all clear?" "Clear." "See how easy it is to think first and kill people later?" "What is that?" "Sarin gas, enough to kill thousands." "What's next?" "You said something when I brought you here, about how your friends are your strength now." "She didn't even know I was in her apartment." "Oh, I swear to God, if you hurt her..." "You'll do absolutely nothing because you're here." "You see, until you confess your secret, Oliver, everyone that you love is at play, even your son." "You're bluffing." "He--he's in hiding." "I--I" "I don't even know where he is." "'Cause you haven't really looked." "But for me, we both know it's just a matter of time." "Confess." "I don't know what you want me to say." "Then I guess I should leave you here to think about it and wonder who I might kill while I'm gone." "Adrian!" "Adrian, please." "All you have to do is say the words." "I..." "I..." "That's what I thought." "See you soon." "We have incoming." "The truck!" "Kovar has the sarin gas." "Then we are all going to be dead men." "How's Anatoly?" "Recovering, which is more than I can say for our men." "The sarin gas get 'em?" "Da." "Where were you?" "I was keeping Overwatch, like Anatoly ordered." "You have something to say to me, Viktor, so just say it." "It was your idea to go against Gregor." "Because of Kovar with your vendetta against him." "Now look at the mess we're in." "Well, do you have a better idea?" "We should be honoring Gregor's pact with Kovar, not this." "The moment that Kovar overthrows the government, he is gonna wipe out the entire Bratva." "Where are you going?" "We have one of Kovar's men." "And we need to know where the gas is gonna be used." "Why would he tell you anything?" "He won't be talking to me." "Please." "I don't know anything." "There's no need to hurt me." "Quiet." "A friend of mine recently showed me the skinning technique used by hunters in Mongolia." "They remove all the skin-- and the thing was much larger than you-- in less than 5 minutes, which means you don't have very long to tell me what your boss is planning." "I don't know anything." "I was kind of hoping you'd say that." "What is this monstrosity?" "You should be resting." "I woke up with headache." "I--I came to find you." "I was not expecting this." "This..." "This is not human." "Anatoly, I told you putting on this hood, it helps me direct the darkness inside of me." "It worked, by the way." "I know what Kovar's planning." "But at what cost?" "You're a fool to think a piece of cloth can separate man from monster." "Dividing yourself in two will only make monster stronger until it is stronger than you." "You knew what I was capable of back on Lian Yu." "But this man I see now..." "Bears more resemblance to Slade Wilson or Anthony Ivo." "Tough man." "Clearly withstood a lot before breaking." "He gave up pretty quickly." "The rest was me practicing." "Practicing to become what?" "Something else." "Kovar is inviting key members of the government-- politicians and military mostly-- to the opening of his casino." "Then kill them with sarin gas, even the innocents?" "It's not good for business." "Yes, but being in charge of whole country is good for business." "We need to get into that casino, and we need to stop the attack before it happens." "The place will be fortress, increased security for president and generals." "Impossible to break in." "Then what do you suggest we do?" "We sneak in." "Without the help of someone working for Kovar?" "I know someone." "Well, if you're thinking about house lady, last time it did not go so well." "Give me a second chance." "And if second chance doesn't work?" "Miss Venediktov..." "Eh, he's--he's fine." "Well, he's unconscious, but he--look, I'm sorry that I scared you the other night." "I just--I--I need to speak with you." "I-- well, it's like I said, I knew your-- your children, Taiana and Vlad." "Do you know what happened to them?" "I'm sorry." "They're-- they're dead." "But Mr. Kovar say he's still looking for them." "Kovar is lying." "Before she died, Taiana, well, she told me that he was a monster." "And she made me promise-- she made me swear that I would bring him to justice." "Ohh." "But even what you say is true, what could I do?" "Taiana told me that the same hammer that shatters glass forges steel." "I say to her as a child to make her grow up strong." "Well, she did." "Eh..." "And she helped me grow strong, too." "Would you please, please help me keep my promise to her?" "This gets me into Mr. Kovar's buildings." "Thank you." "Make it right for them." "Uh..." "Tell me..." "Who killed my children?" "A monster." "What did you do to her?" "I made her more..." "compliant." "Get up." "Give yourself a chance." "Um..." "I'm not gonna fight her." "I don't want you to fight her." "I want you to kill her." "I'm gonna leave now." "When I come back, either she's killed you and I let her go or you kill her and I let you go." "No." "Neither one of those things is gonna happen." "If you don't kill her, you're gonna watch me snap her neck." "Adrian!" "What is the point of this?" "!" "You seem to be having a little bit of trouble figuring out what your secret is." "I thought this might remind you." "Good luck." "I'm sorry, Oliver." "I can't take another day here." "Hmm, I think it's, uh..." "Canisters are in a storeroom, southwest corner, second floor." "Copy that." "Ok." "If you would be so kind and let us in now, please." "Alarms and cameras are disabled." "I'll meet you at the target." "I took you into my home." "I gave you food and shelter." "This is how you repay me?" "Now where?" "I studied the map." "I know a shortcut." "Here." "Are you sure this is the way?" "Almost there." "Should be at the turn up ahead." "You sold us out." "We're in a casino, Anatoly." "I like to think of it as playing the hand that I was dealt." "Vrag naroda." "Evely--Evelyn..." "Hey, look at me." "Listen to me." "I need you to--to bring the knife over here." "I want you to get me out of these things." "And when he comes back..." "We will ambush him." "No, we can't beat him." "I didn't know what I was buying into when I sided with him, but I..." "It's ok." "I forgive you." "I, uh..." "I just--I can-- together, we can get through this." "I'm dead." "That's all he kept telling me" "I'm dead because I was a part of your life." "Uh, would you bring me the knife?" "Would you bring me the knife and I can save us?" "No." "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "Oh, my g-- come on!" "Are we serious?" "Oliver, what are you trying to prove, man?" "Evelyn betrayed you." "You've killed people for less." "I'm not gonna kill her." "I won't." "Just let her go." "You just keep forgetting what I told you would happen if you didn't kill her." "Adrian, listen to me, please, ok?" "You have made your point." "Confess, Oliver." "Tell me your secret." "I don't know what you want from me!" "I want you to tell me what you've been too afraid to tell your sister, Felicity, Diggle." "Tell me!" "I don't know." "I don't..." "Wrong answer." "I'm gonna kill you." "Finally we're getting somewhere." "Confess." "Oliver, we've been betrayed." "Viktor, he" "I am so very proud of this casino and what it means for our country." "Well, that's why it saddens me to tell you that there was an attempt by Solntsevskaya Bratva to crash these festivities and assassinate every one of these government officials here tonight." "But don't worry." "We have them all in custody." "I am told they-- they planned to stage a gas attack in this very room..." "But, uh, sadly for them, even though they were successful in launching the attack... it backfired and, uh, killed every single one of them." "Well, at least, uh, that's what the newspapers will report in the morning." "Good evening." "Confess." "You killed my father because he was a name on a list." "But that's not really true, is it?" "No." "It's too late, kapiushon." "The gas has already done its work." "The list was just an excuse." "The hood, the disguise-- just an excuse." "The idea that all this is some heroic crusade is just an excuse." "Excuse for what?" "Huh?" "Tell me!" "You tell me, Oliver." "You tell me." "Kill him." "Oliver Queen." "Who could have imagined?" "I know what's going on through your mind, Oliver." "You're thinking that you can get yourself free from those chains, slam me to the ground, and snap my neck just like I did to Evelyn." "There it is." "There's the look I've been waiting to see." "But it's not just about stopping me, is it?" "No." "There's something else in there." "Confess, Oliver." "When you see Taiana in afterlife--heh heh-- give her a kiss for me." " I'm going to finish this." " No!" "Are you going to let your Pakhan finish this for you," "Mr. Queen, eh?" "You don't have to do this, Oliver." "We both know that I do." "You don't have to, Oliver." "The man will face justice, I promise." "You're right." "He'll face justice." "You've told yourself you kill because you have to." "Confess, Oliver." "You don't kill because you have to." "So why?" "Why do you do it?" "Because I want to." "What?" "I want to." "I want to!" "And I liked it." "How's it feel knowing that I saw the one thing you couldn't admit to yourself?" "I knew he'd break..." "Just like you said he would." "It's 'cause I know him better than he even knows himself." "Give us a moment alone, would you?" "I told you, Oliver." "You infect every life you touch." "And now do you realize why?" "It's because your crusade was based on a lie." "You used your father's memory to justify a killing spree." "There's a price to be paid for that, Oliver." "Your mother paid it." "Your friend Tommy paid it, Laurel." "Do you really want to tell me that John Diggle and Felicity Smoak's lives are better having known you?" "You...promised to let me go." "And I'm a man of my word." "But first I have a gift for you." "This tattoo of yours." "To be an American and named a captain in the Bratva, you must have done something extraordinary." "When you look at it, it must--it must remind you of such a victory." "Now, when you look at it, you'll think about our time here together and the secret that you confessed to me." "Whatever pain I caused you..." "I'm sorry." "I believe you, Oliver." "I just don't care." "You know, I've decided." "You are my favorite American." "How many Americans do you know?" "You and joking are not exactly made for each other, but that looks like it does." "Anatoly, why make me a captain?" "I'm not staying in Russia." "Because now anywhere you go in the world, any Bratva you meet will know what kind of man you are." "Come." "I have another gift for you." "Here." "I recovered it from the casino." "Thank you." "You remember first time we met on the Amazo?" "I was performing surgery on myself." "It's kind of difficult to forget." "Yeah." "What was it I said to you then?" "Living is not for the weak." "I cannot believe scared boy in cell beside me would be one to kill Konstantin Kovar." "Well, that wasn't me." "That was him." "That is a lie you tell yourself, an excuse that allows you to kill." "You kill because you like it." "That's not true, Anatoly." "I hate it." "And I think maybe you've had a bit too much to drink." "Well, that is entirely possible." "But in this case, I am right." "This deal you sold yourself on, that this hood is going to keep this monster of yours at bay, someday is going to fall apart." "And when it does, you're not going to like the man you see underneath." "Well?" "Will take weeks until he's back on his feet, but he'll live." "He gives you his thanks." "Just out of morbid curiosity, who did this to him?" "That's his business." "Well, whoever it is, I'm glad I'm not him." "How much longer?" ""How much longer"?" "We literally had to reroute the electro-optical digital imaging from every reconnaissance satellite I could gain access to." "Then we have to capture data in a 4-dimensional array, which could then be parsed using a real-time algorithm." "Basically, solving cold fusion would have been easier." "Ok." "I'm sorry." "I've just been at this so long," "I don't know which way is up." "And Oliver's been gone for 6 days and..." "And what?" "Oliver?" "Oh, my God." "Oliver?" "Chase had me" "And he let me go." "Go slow, man." "It's over." "Oliver, we're gonna get this son of a bitch for whatever he did to you." "John, it's-- it--it--it's over for me." "I don't want to do this anymore." "I'm shutting everything down." "== sync, corrected by elderman == @elder_man" "Greg!" "Move your head."