"This is field crew 237, we're at the star city bank." "We're under attack!" "Immediate assistance!" "The ghosts, they're about to take over" "Yeah, it's just like old times." "There are guards in the back." "We'll get 'em." "Go!" "They burned all the money." "They didn't need it." "Federal government sent this to prop" "Hive just wanted to make sure" "I've heard of having money to burn, but stealing money to burn, that's new." "Darhk's not kidding... he really wants this city to die." "Yeah, but why?" "I mean, what does hive have to gain from any of this?" "A base of operations." "They have to be able to operate" "What better spot than a dead city?" "With almost a dead police department." "Any luck from that tooth we got off the hive member" "Only that the deterioration was most definitely not natural." "Which means it was caused by what?" "Curtis and I have been trying to figure that" "Maybe ray will have better luck." "I will ask." "Hey, you got a sec?" "Yeah." "Where'd you get this?" "I got that from Lance." "Who got it from Damian darhk." "John, this..." "Is pretty definitive evidence that hive had Andy killed because his criminal operations conflicted with theirs." "That doesn't track at all with what you" "Oliver, that doesn't track with what I knew about Andy." "But..." "I guess I really never knew him at all." "There's got to be some explanation." "Maybe he was undercover." "Hey, man, listen, it's all right there." "The facts are the facts." "All I'm saying," "Andy was your brother, and he deserves the benefit" "Trust me." "Things aren't always what they seem." "Yeah, yeah." "Reiter's not going to like this." "Not one bit." "Vlad was a good worker, and they listened to him." "Well, I didn't have a choice." "He was going to kill me." "Doesn't sound like something he'd do." "Maybe... maybe he didn't have a choice, either." "Maybe someone put him up to it." "Maybe it was revenge." "Revenge for what?" "For taiana." "That drug stealing bitch you choked out?" "Vlad was her brother." "Ah, thank you for coming by on such short notice." "Well, happy to have something to do." "To be honest, I'm feeling at a bit of a loss of what to do with my newfound freedom." "And height." "Is everything always this big?" "If you're looking for something to do, why not try, oh, I don't know, declare yourself undead, try getting" "You said you had something that" "Don't change the subject." "I'm not!" "I am a recently undead billionaire ceo." "My time is at a premium." "What can I do for you?" "Thanks, I was wondering where my tooth went." "John pulled this off of a ghost." "It's their cyanide retirement plan." "We tried pulling DNA off of it, but..." "But half of the genetic markers are missing." "You mean like, "a guy who can shrink to the size of a French fry"" "Well, do you have any equipment?" "I'm fresh" "Got that." "Can we circle back to why you won't come back" "Your return is exactly what our stock price needs." "It's incredible." "The genetic code has been selectively" "We know." "We think it's to scramble so they can't be ided." "But how?" "Well, it looks like it was done with" "Like a chemical crispr/cas9." "Lastrapium trioxide." "Wolfman biologics has a patent on it." "Thank you." "Ok, tomorrow night, patrolman's benevolent association gala." "It's black tie, so you need a tux." "Which one?" "He's got like 50." "Uh, ." "Maybe back in the day." "I don't have a tux." "Get a rental." "Doesn't really matter." "of star city has attended the pba." "I secured a spot for you on the dais with the brass, but we need to make sure that your keynote is on point." "Which means, we need to find a way to say need our help without..." "Throwing them under the bus." "Right." "I thought you failed civics class." "A d-minus, thank you." "Alex has a way of making this" "Sorry, uh, wrong number." "What were we saying?" "Um, moving on to Oliver's platform." "I got your email about cleaning up" "Yes!" "You know, with everything this city's facing right now, a hippie, crunchy program like... a hippie, crunchy program that will help gentrify the surrounding and encourage outside investment." "And put voters to sleep." "We need to focus on crime and jobs." "Which this program will address." "Hey, I will put out a press release tomorrow." "I got to take this." "Ok." "I think your brother's onto us." "No." "No, and even if he was, it's not like he's the boss of me." "No, he's the boss of me." "I know." "I'm just glad" "Oh..." "Speedy!" "Speedy, um... thea." "Sorry, it's a nickname." "Felicity called about the thing." "The dental problem." "Uh, yes, yeah, sorry." "Um, our... our friend has, this, uh, tooth issue." "Yeah." "Good work." "Onsite." "We're clear for entry." "John:" "All right, Felicity, what's next?" "We need a sample of the chemical." "With it, ray can unscramble and we can have a shot at iding some of our ghosts." "Where do we find this thing?" "According to their recently second floor, northwest corner." "It's a yellow liquid." "Incoming." "Four ghosts, north entrance." "I'm on it." "Looks good, we're in." "Looking for the compound." "Got it." "Green Arrow and speedy need assistance." "Thanks!" "You should go, get out of here." "And what about you?" "I've got this." "Go." "Felicity, I'm going for an ID on the ghost" "Well, even death's not permanent anymore." "Sorry." "No, no, it's ok." "Nothing seems to make sense" "Andy." "I can't believe this." "Ok, it's obvious that hive faked his death." "Maybe it was part of his recruitment... you saw the file." "You saw what kind of man my brother was, what kind of man he is." "We don't know anything, not until we hear it directly from Andy." "And how are we supposed to do that?" "We get him out of hive." "Oliver, how are you still giving him the benefit" "Because he's your family." "You said he was a good man." "Maybe a part of him still is." "I don't know." "I do." "Last month at the lumber yard, a ghost had a chance to kill you, but didn't." "I remember thinking how weird that was," "So, what, he had a chance to kill me so I'm just supposed to forget" "No, but you should still remember" "I can't square that circle, thea." "That hive member was nothing" "The man that was my brother's dead." "He's dead." "What brother?" "The brother of the prisoner but only because he put him up to it." "You're crazy!" "That prisoner attacked you 'cause what that's a lie!" "It's a hell of a lot more believable than me putting him up to attacking you." "You know what, you have had it ever since you found that knap... enough!" "I have a means of divining the truth." "Why did you kill that prisoner?" "Because he attacked me." "Aww, come on, man, this isn't the place" "Did you have that prisoner attack Mr. queen?" "Hell no." "You're lying." "According to what, a bunch of twigs?" "Reiter, don't do this!" "You got to hear me out!" "It's him!" "He's the problem." "He's the problem!" "Hey!" "What are you going to do to him?" "Nothing." "I believe the wrong should" "So, you wanted to see me." "So polite." "That's a bit atypical." "A guy gets slapped down enough times," "Apparently not." "I'm sorry, what are you talking about?" "After our meeting last week, I had with the green Arrow and his compatriots." "My security personnel are under the opinion that you called that meeting so as to create an opportunity to have me followed." "So your security guys don't trust me," "Trust is an orchid... beautiful but delicate." "Requiring ideal conditions in" "Without those conditions, it dies." "Tread carefully, Quinton." "Believe it or not, the death of is not the most terrible thing that I can threaten you with." "I don't want to talk to you." "Malcolm:" "Then why are you answering the phone?" "Because, I..." "I would have told you I was but you weren't taking my calls." "What do you want?" "To help you." "Those men you killed in nanda parbat, the effects of those deaths must be wearing off by now." "I'm fine." "The blood lust has returned," "I have it under control." "You can't control it, thea." "Who's Lawrence Tanner?" "Pedophile." "Multiple accusations, no convictions." "Lives three blocks down." "The world needs one less pedophile." "And you need at least a month" "Look, I'm going to go out, ok?" "And when I come home, you better not still be here, or I am calling the police." "Hey." "Alex hired a security detail, if you want to sit this one out." "Yeah, I'm going to be at the bar." "Well, this is actually a better way than how you dressing in leather and tying people up." "There he is!" "They're waiting for you on the dais." "You ready for this?" "About to find out." "Evening." "It is our great privilege to be to honor the star city police department." "These are a group of men and women who risk their lives for us on a daily basis." "Never been an easy job, and it has certainly never than it is right now in our city." "These are the people that keep our streets safe;" "who watch over us." "They protect us." "For that, I'm grateful." "And so is the rest of star city." "Not bad." "Not quite as the green Arrow's," "Yeah?" "Maybe I should get him to endorse me." "I need a favor from you." "Need a location of one of darhk's foot soldiers." "Could be a little difficult." "Darhk called me into his office for a little chat about how he doesn't" "Wait, wait, wait, are you in danger?" "I hope not." "But listen, when I was there, I saw something" "Something about slip 52 down" "Now, if the ghosts are there, maybe the one you're looking for" "Ok." "Thank you." "All right." "Hey, honey." "How are you?" "Thank you." "Club soda." "Yeah, it has to be." "Can't have the candidate's bodyguard getting hammered." "Do you want to talk about?" "Resurrected siblings are kind of in my wheelhouse." "It's not quite the same thing, Laurel." "Sara wasn't really... a member of an organization" "I'm sure there are a million things going through your head right now." "make one of them an appreciation for the fact that your brother is actually alive." "Well, i... why, so I can..." "Hold off some kind of false hope that he might be decent?" "He doesn't deserve that." "No, he probably doesn't, but you do." "After Andy died, a part of you" "And now, now is your chance to heal." "How am I supposed to do that?" "When I had to look..." "My nephew in the eye and tell him that..." "He was never going to see his daddy again..." "The months after Andy died were the darkest times" "I would have given anything, anything to get Andy back." "I would have sacrificed my life to have him back with his wife and his son." "I would have traded my life for a stranger." "It's so nice to meet you." "Thank you!" "Do you think you can get more funding for the scpd?" "Well, that's certainly a top priority." "That's great news, thank you." "Mr. queen." "Huge fan." "Thank you." "Mr.?" "Darhk." "I have some ideas of how I might contribute to your campaign." "Do you have a minute?" "Of course." "Well, it's not just about financial support." "I have strong relations in the business circles, media outlets as well." "That's all well and good, but I am running unopposed." "So I don't totally understand how you can help me win." "Oh, it's not about winning." "It's about how much we can accomplish" "Right." "And not to be indelicate, but a lot has changed in star city since your parents held sway here." "The levers of power have changed." "And not understanding that is what doomed" "Hmm." "What do you want, Mr. darhk?" "I read the press release about" "The restoration of starling bay." "Reconsider your plans." "Leave the bay as it is." "What if I refuse?" "Oh, well, then you'll no longer" "Mr. queen." "Mr. darhk." "Leaving to fight ra's on the mountaintop, going undercover with the league of assassins, dating the huntress..." "What are you doing?" "Oh..." "I am just listing all of the terrible ideas you've had over the past three years, of which throwing in with Damien darhk has got to be the worst." "I am not throwing in with Damien darhk!" "I am using him to get at hive." "Isn't Lance already our man on the inside?" "Lance has lost darhk's trust, making this the only way..." "To get yourself killed." "You remember the last time you tried to take down an evil organization" "This is different." "Why?" "Because you'd be doing it as Oliver queen?" "What about your mayoral campaign?" "You cannot be an effective candidate for mayor and darhk's undercover stooge." "Ahem." "Taking down darhk is more important, especially now that we know he has Andy" "First, there is a whole long list of things that" "Second, you didn't decide to run for mayor to take down darhk." "You did it to give the city something that the green Arrow can't give them... hope." "Inspiration." "Don't lose sight of that." "Not even for John." "This man betrayed us." "He sent an innocent man, a useful man to his grave." "He conspired against me, you, all of his brothers." "Baron, please..." "His punishment won't come from me, but from the one he sought to hurt." "Oliver, please." "Don't do this." "I'm begging you." "Come on, queen." "Please." "Look, I'm sorry, I'm sorry for everything!" "Please don't do this!" "Aah!" "Harder!" "Aah!" "Aah!" "So... so, I'm sorry, your friend was reunited with his brother after eight years?" "It's crazy, right?" "Yeah, crazy." "So you have you, uh, given him your crown yet?" "I mean, you held the record with five years thinking Oliver was dead, so." "I can't imagine how tough it must have" "Sorry." "You know, I should probably take this." "Ok." "This is Alex." "Sorry." "Yeah, what's up?" "Hi there." "What are you drinking?" "Maybe I can buy you another." "I don't think my date would" "Well, I don't see him here." "You look like the kind of girl where no means yes." "Come on, baby." "Thea!" "Stop!" "What the hell are you doing?" "Can't do it?" "I can't believe that Andy's back." "How am I supposed to tell Carly?" "She has a right to know, Johnny." "She's better off thinking he's dead." "I'm not sure that's your call to make." "I'm not sure about anything." "You know, when I first found out and the Lazarus pit and what it did" "I began to daydream about Andy being back." "I would just play with that idea." "My brother's back." "I never thought it would" "I know." "I'll get it." "Hi, Lyla." "Hi, Oliver." "May I come in?" "Sure." "I'll, um, give you two a minute." "How you holding up?" "Ah, I guess as good as can be expected, right?" "Nothing really to compare this to." "At least not this week." "Ahh." "Lance has some intel for us." "Hmm?" "Slip 52 at the docks." "Felicity checked it out, and that whole area's been shut down for the entire night." "Think the ghosts have something" "And maybe your brother." "Every time we face the ghosts, it's Russian roulette." "I'm not risking" "You're not." "We're offering." "Ok." "But just us." "Thea and Laurel sit this one out." "Ok." "Gentlemen, you all come here from different walks, different paths." "But all burdened with the same knowledge... that this world is diseased." "Fortunately, there is a cure" "That cure, gentlemen, is hive." "Those little yellow pills you swallowed, they do a few interesting things... including making you cooperative." "Now, I understand you all volunteered" "But I think we can all agree that in there can never be too much compliance." "Perhaps a demonstration." "Kneel." "The people of this city... what's left of them, at any rate... they call you ghosts." "And they have no idea how right they are." "Up there!" "Kill the green one." "This isn't on you, John, it was my call." "Ahem." "I never should have" "Felicity, can you give us a second?" "No, I think I should stay." "I just, uh, remembered," "I got that thing in the whatever" "Oliver, let this go, man." "I have." "You almost got yourself killed." "I've been a lot closer to almost killed." "Andy made his choice." "You don't know that." "John, you saw what was going on tonight." "Those men, they were under the influence" "Whatever pill is scrambling their DNA is also making them susceptible to dark suggestion." "All right, just because you have a blind spot don't expect me to, as well." "That... that's not what this is about." "The hell it's not." "Family is exactly what this is about." "Criminal or not." "Under the influence or not." "Andy let his son and his wife for eight years, Oliver." "Eight years!" "And there's no excuse for that." "None." "John, I'm just... you don't know." "Oliver, you don't know." "You have this of excusing everything just" "It's not inexplicable!" "I'm asking you... ahem." "I'm asking you to hold out hope for Andy, because I need that hope." "I need to believe that no matter what happens in our lives, no matter how much darkness infects us," "I need to believe that we can" "And it was exactly that thinking that led you" "Doesn't seem like you learned" "Felicity told you?" "Getting in bed with darhk, Oliver?" "I don't see how you can even" "We are going to take this guy down, and no idea is off the table." "I thought you're doing things" "Fighting darhk from the inside is just fighting darhk in the shadows." "You want to do things differently?" "Let's take this son of a bitch down" "Hey." "Just in time." "For what?" "Ah, roasted lizard with a little bit of coriander and sea salt." "I've gotten better at removing the skin" "I ate already." "Thank you." "Are you all right?" "It's a hard day." "Taiana..." "I have to..." "I have to tell you something about your brother." "Vlad?" "Is he all right?" "No." "I'm sorry." "What do you mean?" "Is he... taiana..." "I'm very sorry." "Hey." "Hey." "Sorry, I had Curtis grab some more toys so I could keep working on your tooth." "That's ok;" "I don't think we're going for eating tonight, anyway." "Oliver and John are busy fighting over" "John's not-so -dead after all brother." "Do I even want to ask?" "Let's just say you no longer on not being dead as people think." "Though, in John's brother's case, he does have a pretty good excuse... unlike some people." "Have you seen anyone?" "Of course not;" "I've been busy here" "You're stalling." "Ray, when you come you're supposed to start living again." "What's going on?" "I've been catching up on the past six months." "My company, my city, my life." "And I feel like tom Sawyer watching" "Except in my case, nobody really cares." "That is not true, ray." "Renaming starling star city is nice, but then take a look to what's happened" "And my company, this thing I've built that was supposed to outlast me, is now on life support." "Because it needs you." "To do what?" "The same thing I was doing before I died?" "Obviously that didn't amount to anything." "Oh, self-pity is not a good look on you." "Ah, I don't think it's self-pity." "I think it's self-reflection." "If I'm going to come back to life," "I have to figure out what it is that" "Ok." "I played around with your bicuspid a bit." "Ah, the, uh, compound definitely broke down the residual DNA on the tooth." "It's pretty inventive, actually." "Is there any way to reconstitute the DNA so we have a shot at iding these guys?" "No." "Once the alleles are decomposed, they're gone for good." "Yeah." "So since that was a dead end," "I took another look at the polymer the fake tooth was made of." "Uh, I found faint traces of sodium fluoride." "Like from water?" "There's no way that the concentration could be high enough to leave behind" "It would if there was an unusually high sodium fluoride count in the drinking water, like say in the facility that was closed down for that very reason." "Muller psychiatric center." "You got to admire the irony of Damien darhk keeping his army of bad guys in a defunct looney bin." "Not bad for a guy who thinks his life didn't" "Never going to outlive that one." "Everyone clear on the plan?" "You know, I wasn't the first 80 times but now I think I got it." "What's going on, guys?" "Felicity found a probable location for the ghosts' base of operations." "These guys are not going to be easy to take out." "How are you feeling?" "We're not trying to take down the ghosts;" "Going after Andy." "Guys, Oliver nearly got himself killed" "I'm not letting you do the same." "I'm sorry, but it's not really just up to you." "I did everything that I could to bring my sister back, and I think your brother" "No, Laurel, that's just it... i don't think he does." "And I don't know what Oliver told you... he told them the only two things" "Andy's under darhk's influence, and we need to get him out." "I can't let you risk your life for someone who does not deserve it." "That's your call." "But we've made ours." "Let's move." "Oliver:" "We're onsite." "Oh, satellite's reading a hell for 3:00 in the morning." "I'm guessing 50 plus who knows how many recruits." "Hey, wait, if the ghosts their usual Halloween costume, then how are we supposed to tell" "That's what your fancy new cameras are for." "A little gift from Curtis." "Infrared lenses should virtually unmask" "Sick." "Ok, ready?" "I'm in position." "In position." "This isn't just a base of operations." "It looks like a staging area." "For what?" "Equipment." "Military crates marked g6:5." "Does that mean anything?" "Maybe they're playing bingo." "Let's assume that's not it." "Deadly bingo." "Ahem." "We need to get an ID on Andy." "When we do, you wait for my signal" "Yeah, I might not have that option." "Speedy?" "She's been spotted, third floor," "Laurel:" "I've been spotted, too." "I might be able to get a visual" "Waiting on confirmation." "That's him, you got him, the one on your right." "Actually, he's got me!" "Thea:" "I got him." "He looks heavy," "I'm on my way." "It's Merida." "Aren't you out a little bit" "I've seen something of your fighting style." "You were trained by ra's al ghul." "Tell me... how is Malcolm doing these days?" "That usually works." "Black canary's got Andy, but she needs help" "I got this!" "Are you sure?" "Go!" "It's, uh, nice of you to show up." "My brother needed me." "The green one." "Thank you, thank you, thank you, all of you." "Palmer, even you, thank you." "My pleasure." "Feels good to do something useful." "It's been a while." "Does that mean I can expect to see you" "Ah..." "No." "Can't keep doing the same useless, ineffective things." "You know?" "I got to do something different." "I'm going to take some time and figure out what that is." "But, uh, it still include the occasional super heroics" "Where are you going?" "Well, I have a long overdue chat with my brother." "I hope you were right." "Me, too." "You were right." "About what?" "Darhk." "I thought about what you said, and how to fight him." "I'm going to do it" "Good." "What did you have in mind?" "You'll see." "We never should have gotten on" "Reiter's men hijacked the yacht" "I was a dive instructor and vlad was the deckhand." "They killed everyone on our charter and they brought us here." "What happened?" "With vlad?" "Conklin." "I'll kill him, that monster!" "Taiana, wait, wait." "I'm going to kill him for what he did!" "Conklin is... is terrible, but he's not the problem." "He's just a pawn." "Pawn for what?" "For reiter's plan." "What is this?" "This is a map of lian yu, and I think that it leads to whatever reiter is looking for." "Can you follow it?" "Not without a..." "Detailed survey map of the island." "Where would we get something like that?" "Well, I had an idea." "It's a long shot, but it's worth a try." "To get there, I'll need your help." "Thank you for coming." "Are you sure you don't have the scpd waiting for me in the kitchen?" "Don't be so paranoid." "You did threaten me with arrest the last time I popped by." "So..." "Did you reconsider" "Yes." "And I'm still not going to take it." "Look..." "I think I might have found for me to control my blood lust, one that does not include killing people." "What does it include?" "Damien darhk." "Last night, we went after hive, and I ran into Damien." "I've seen what he can do with his powers, but when he tried to use them on me, it completely backfired." "And my blood lust was gone." "I mean, at least for a little while." "So what I want is for you to help me figure out a way to make that permanent." "Andy, I don't even know where to begin." "Andy, I need to understand." "Can you help me understand?" "Is what's in this file true?" "!" "Andy, answer me." "It's true." "All of it." "Well, this is quite a lot of media for a, uh, what'd you call it?" "Hippie, crunchy program." "That's right." "Always happy to admit when I'm wrong." "Good luck up there." "Thank you." "Ok, sorry I'm late." "Ah, you're fine." "We're just getting started." "So, I..." "Haven't been arrested" "I keep thinking..." "You would have killed him if I hadn't stopped you." "I just had a really bad night." "I guess I'm just asking if maybe you could be a little patient..." "With me." "Thank you all for coming." "My, uh, my campaign advisor doesn't think that saving the bay given the state the city is in." "But I'd like everyone to know that I'm not blind to star city's problems." "And I wouldn't be here today if I wasn't confident that this program" "And the reason I chose the bay is because it's in the center of the city." "It's out in the open." "For everyone to see." "The fight to save star city isn't going to be fought in the shadows." "It's going to be fought in the light of day." "And I promise you, all of you, that I will never stop fighting" "Woman:" "We love you!"