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MY NAME IS OLIVER QUEEN. FOR 5 YEARS,

I WAS STRANDED ON AN ISLAND WITH ONLY ONE GOAL--

SURVIVE.

OLIVER QUEEN IS ALIVE.

NOW I WILL FULFILL MY FATHER'S DYING WISH--

TO USE THE LIST OF NAMES HE LEFT ME

AND BRING DOWN THOSE WHO ARE POISONING MY CITY.

TO DO THIS, I MUST BECOME SOMEONE ELSE.

I MUST BECOME SOMETHING ELSE.

PREVIOUSLY ON "ARROW"... MOM?

IT'S ABOUT SARAH. WHAT ABOUT HER?

I THINK SHE MAY BE ALIVE.

[VOICE DISGUISED I'M NOT HERE TO HURT YOU OR YOUR FATHER.

WHY SHOULD I TRUST YOU?!

BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS HAVE.

THIS IS MY DAUGHTER, HELENA.

WHEN HER FATHER KILLED HER FIANCÉ,

SHE CHANGED INTO SOMETHING DARK AND TWISTED.

I HAVE BEEN ALONE IN MY HATE FOR SO LONG.

WHAT IS THIS? PAYBACK.

THE POLICE HAVE HIM IN CUSTODY.

HE'S GOING TO JAIL AND THEN ONTO PRISON.

I'M NOT GOING TO STOP.

[CROWD CHEERING, DANCE MUSIC PLAYING]

HEY, MISTER.

YOU FEEL LIKE A DANCE?

ABSOLUTELY.

TONIGHT YOUR FIRST NIGHT?

FIRST, AND LAST.

GUS.

HELENA!

I'M LOOKING FOR MY FATHER.

I FIGURE IF ANYBODY KNOWS WHERE HE IS,

IT'D BE HIS ATTORNEY.

I DON'T.

OHH! HELENA, I SWEAR...

I'D TELL YOU WHERE THE FBI'S KEEPING FRANK,

BUT AFTER YOUR FATHER AND I MADE HIS PLEA DEAL TO TESTIFY,

THE FEDS, THEY STOPPED TELLING ME ANYTHING.

PLEASE.

YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE ME.

I DO.

HEY, GUS, SONG'S OVER, MAN. YOU STILL IN THERE?

OH, MY GOSH!

IT LOOKS AMAZING!

YEAH.

STEVE AOKI'S GOING TO DEEJAY. RIGHT THERE.

WHAT? HOW DID YOU GET STEVE AOKI?

I DATED HIS SISTER.

OH.

A MILLION YEARS AGO, A MILLION YEARS AGO.

OK.

SO, WILL YOU BE MY DATE TOMORROW NIGHT?

IS A CLUB OPENING A PROPER DATE?

I CERTAINLY HOPE SO.

IS THAT A "YES?"

NO.

THAT'S A "YES."

LAUREL.

I'M GLAD YOU CALLED.

TOO MUCH... IT'S TOO LONG

FOR US TO GO WITHOUT TALKING.

DAD, I HAVE TO TELL YOU--

NO, NO, LISTEN, BEFORE YOU SAY ANYTHING,

I GOT TO APOLOGIZE.

I SHOULD NEVER HAVE USED YOU

TO CATCH THE ARCHER, AND I'M SORRY.

LAUREL, I'M JUST-- I'M SORRY.

THANK YOU.

I OWE YOU AN APOLOGY, TOO.

FOR WHAT?

HELLO, QUENTIN.

HOW ARE YOU?

YOU LOOK WELL.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

WHY--WHY ARE YOU HERE?

I'M HERE BECAUSE I BELIEVE SARAH'S STILL ALIVE.

WHAT?!

DAD. SIT-- WHAT IS GOING ON?

JUST HEAR MOM OUT. SIT.

WHAT'S GOING ON?

START FROM THE BEGINNING.

OLIVER WAS FOUND ON AN ISLAND

CALLED LIAN YU IN THE NORTH CHINA SEA.

THERE ARE HUNDREDS; THOUSANDS OF DESERTED ISLANDS IN THIS CHAIN.

WHAT IF SARAH HAD SURVIVED, TOO?

AND NOBODY WOULD KNOW IF SHE'D WASHED UP IN ANY ONE OF THOSE.

SO YOU DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE ANY PROOF THAT SHE'S ALIVE?

I HAVE PROOF.

A TOURIST TOOK THIS.

COULD BE ANYBODY.

DOESN'T IT LOOK JUST LIKE SARAH?

OUR DAUGHTER'S A SURVIVOR, QUENTIN.

AH, YOU HAVE SOME NERVE.

THREE YEARS, NO PHONE CALLS, NO EMAILS, NOTHING.

YOU JUST SHOW UP WITH AN OLD PHOTO--

DAD, PLEASE. NO.

PLEASE, YOU LISTEN TO ME, OK? SARAH DIED ON THAT BOAT.

WHY--

WHY ARE YOU MAKING ME RE-LIVE THIS?

I'M NOT DOING THIS.

DAD...

NO.

SO I TOLD CHRIS AND SHANE THEY COULD BE OUR PLUS ONES TONIGHT

TO OLIVER'S CLUB-- IF THEY'RE LUCKY.

WE BOTH HAVE PLUS ONES, RIGHT?

UH, I-I DON'T KNOW.

HANG ON JUST A SECOND.

I DIDN'T KNOW PURSE SNATCHERS TOOK COFFEE BREAKS.

YOU KNOW, FOR A STUCK UP, RICH BITCH,

YOU SEEM TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME HERE IN THE GLADES.

MY JOB'S AROUND HERE.

YOU? HAVE A JOB? YEAH.

YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULD TRY IT SOME TIME.

INSTEAD OF HANGING OUT ON A STREET CORNER,

WAITING TO BOOST SOMEBODY'S HANDBAG.

SOUNDS GOOD.

KNOW ANYONE WHO'S HIRING HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS

WITH A COUPLE OF PRIORS, NO REFERENCES

AND A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE?

ACTUALLY, I MIGHT.

YOU KNOW THAT NEW CLUB OPENING IN THE GLADES?

VERDANT? MY BROTHER OWNS IT.

I THINK HE MIGHT BE HIRING VALET ATTENDANTS.

DO YOU THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA?

ME, TAKING THE KEYS TO STRANGER'S CARS?

I THINK IT'S TIME YOU PUT UP OR SHUT UP.

TALK TO YOUR BROTHER.

Oliver: YO.

HEY.

WHERE YOU BEEN?

OH, I THOUGHT I'D GIVE MYSELF A RARE MORNING IN.

DON'T LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT. THE CLUB IS OPENING, FINALLY.

McKENNA AND I ARE GOING ON DATE NUMBER SIX TONIGHT,

WHICH IS... IT'S SIGNIFICANT.

AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW.

IT SEEMED LIKE A GOOD DAY TO GIVE THE BAD GUYS A REST.

WELL, IT'S THE BAD GIRLS THAT I'M WORRIED ABOUT.

HELENA.

YES, OR AS I LIKE TO CALL HER,

YOUR PSYCHO EX-GIRLFRIEND.

THIS WAS TAKEN AT ALLEY CATS,

THE STRIP JOINT. THE POLICE REPORT

LISTS THE STIFF'S NAME AS GUS SABATONI.

THAT'S BERTINELLI'S LAWYER.

WHY WOULD SHE COME BACK TO STARLING CITY JUST FOR HIM?

IT'S NOT LIKE HE DID A GOOD JOB.

HER FATHER'S SERVING CONSECUTIVE LIFE SENTENCES WITHOUT PAROLE.

COME ON, OLIVER, WE BOTH KNEW THIS WAS JUST A MATTER OF TIME.

YOU TRIED TO HELP HER, YOU COULDN'T.

NOW THE ONLY QUESTION IS, HOW LONG BEFORE SHE DROPS THE DIME ON YOU,

ME, THIS WHOLE OPERATION.

LOOK, I WANT YOU TO GET IN TOUCH WITH HER CONTACTS IN THE BRATVA.

TALK TO ANYONE ON THE STREET, FIGURE OUT WHERE HELENA IS,

WHY SHE'S BACK.

OK. BUT OLIVER--

DIG, IF SHE'S HERE, SHE'S HERE FOR A REASON.

IF THAT'S NOT FRANK BERTINELLI,

WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT SHE HAS PLANNED.

OK.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER AND LAUGHTER]

SPEEDY? Thea: OH, WE'RE IN HERE.

LOOK WHO'S BACK.

SHE WAS JUST TELLING ME ABOUT YOUR GUYS' FIRST DATE--

AT RUSSO'S.

HELLO, OLIVER.

OH, OLLIE, I KIND OF HAVE THIS PSEUDO FRIEND

THAT'S LOOKING FOR A JOB.

I WAS WONDERING IF THE CLUB'S STILL HIRING?

YES. OF COURSE. TALK TO TOMMY.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, YOU CAN GO UPSTAIRS AND CALL TOMMY, RIGHT NOW.

GREAT.

YOU ROCK.

WHERE YOU BEEN?

UM...

BARCELONA.

MONACO, BUDAPEST.

I JUST NEEDED TO FORGET WHO I WAS.

AND HOW MUCH I MISSED YOU.

DO YOU MEAN LIKE YOU MISSED GUS SABATONI?

I THOUGHT YOU WERE DONE WITH YOUR FATHER'S ORGANIZATION, HELENA.

BECAUSE HE'S SERVING CONSECUTIVE LIFE SENTENCES

IN IRON HEIGHTS PRISON.

YOU GOT YOUR REVENGE.

HE JUST CUT A DEAL

WITH THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO TESTIFY

AGAINST THE EAST COAST FAMILY.

IN 48 HOURS, WITNESS PROTECTION

WILL GIVE HIM A NEW NAME, A NEW LIFE,

AND HE'LL BE OFF THE GRID FOREVER-- UNTRACEABLE!

I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY.

MY FATHER DOESN'T DESERVE A SECOND CHANCE--

A SECOND LIFE. AND I CAN'T.

I CAN'T TAKE ON A PHALANX OF U.S. MARSHALS.

NOT WITHOUT HELP.

NO.

IT'S MURDER.

IT'S NOT JUSTICE.

OH, THERE YOU ARE.

I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT YOUR OPENING TONIGHT.