Arrow

Previously on "Arrow"...

I'm the one who's testifying against you.

In a shocking fall from grace,

the Star City council has voted to impeach

mayor Oliver Queen and remove him from office.

I'm thinking about moving up your trial.

I got a lot of friends at the courthouse.

Speculation that the former mayor is

secretly the Green Arrow has multiplied

in recent weeks after his decision

to terminate two city officials investigating him

led to his impeachment.

If convicted, Oliver Queen could face

a life sentence.

His fate now rests in Star City's justice system.

John.

I'm getting you out of here.

Ha ha! What the hell are you doing here?

I need your help in Star City.

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Mr. Queen, do you know who the Flash is?

What about the identities

of the other vigilantes working with the Green Arrow?

Mr. Queen, how long will this trial last?

Will you be acquitted?

And the media wonders why everyone hates them.

Thank you, officer.

You can wait outside.

I'm right where Mr. Diaz wants me.

I need to have a privileged conversation

with my client.

Nobody's stopping you.

Since you fired district attorney Armand,

the D.A.'s office has brought an outside counsel

to prosecute.

Ok, well, that could be a good thing.

I mean, someone who's not in Diaz's pocket.

Have you heard of Alexa Van Owen?

Should I have heard of her?

She took down Intergang and Bruno Mannheim.

She's prosecuted CEOs and serial killers,

and she has CIA-caliber investigators that say

they can find anything and everything.

Her conviction rate is 99%.

She called me last night,

and she offered a plea.

Single count of first-degree manslaughter.

That doesn't sound so bad.

With a 15-year minimum sentence.

That sounds bad. We're not taking that, right?

We're not taking any deal.

Look, Van Owen isn't in Diaz's pocket,

but we have every reason to believe

that Judge McGarvey is.

I mean, this whole system is against you.

No deal.

Get me an acquittal.

I'm not doing it, Rene.

I'm not playing make believe with you.

It's a mock trial, not make believe,

and we got to get our stories straight.

Well, I'm planning on pleading the fifth.

Did you have a different amendment in mind?

We can't plead the fifth without looking guilty.

We are guilty, we are vigilantes,

and we know Oliver is the Green Arrow.

Which is why we got to lie through our teeth,

and we got to be convincing.

We got to have our stories straight.

Hoss, you want to weigh in on this?

You've been real quiet.

Why? It's not like I'm gonna have to testify.

Curtis, please don't tell me you have FOMO

because you weren't subpoenaed.

Yeah, I have major FOMO. Don't I rate?

You know, maybe you are just so much better

at maintaining your secret identity than the rest of us.

Guys, can we be real for a second here?

I mean, Oliver's facing life in prison.

Yeah, and I guess

I'm just a little bit surprised

that you care, not that I think

you actually want Oliver to go to prison, Rene, but come on.

Oliver's a jerk. My position on that hasn't changed.

But what also hasn't changed is the position

that he's in right now.

He's in it because of me.

You're right.

And I think we can all agree

no matter what our feelings are about Oliver,

none of us want him to go to prison.

Am I right?

Damn right.

From where I'm sitting, it's pretty simple.

They've got the wrong guy.

Oliver Queen isn't the Green Arrow

any more than I am.

And for the record, I'm not the Green Arrow.

There appears to be a fair amount of evidence

to suggest the former mayor is guilty.

What evidence?

That photo from several months ago, that was doctored.

And I don't know who they're gonna find

to say "Oliver's the Green Arrow," but they'll be lying.

- You sound pretty sure of that. - I am.

I'm the guy that arrested Oliver 6 years ago, remember?

I watched him pass a polygraph.

He's not the Green Arrow.

Do you know who is?

I got a few guesses.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

You're welcome.

Oh, hey.

Sorry. They told me I could come in here.

Uh, no, that's fine, right? We're finished.

Actually, maybe we could just get some b-roll.

As the Black Canary,

you have to know who the Green Arrow is.

I do.

And I'll testify to it if they subpoena me.

Happy? Got your sound bite? Good.

This looks bigger than the O.J. trial.

How would you know? You were in, like, fourth grade.

Yeah, but I watch "American Crime Story."

I guess John decided not to show.

I knew he was pissed,

but I didn't know he was that pissed.

Guys. Hey.

Thank you so much for coming.

Well, you know, they were subpoenaed.

But we also wanted to show our support.

Yeah, we have your back.

Thank you. Really, thank you.

Hey.

So many reporters outside.

Yeah, I know. I'm sorry. You ok?

I always thought the worst thing that could happen to dad

is he'd get hurt.

I know.

Ok. He's been through something like this before.

I mean, not exactly like this, but something and...

It's gonna be ok.

All rise. Docket number 11-19-41-73,

"The People vs. Oliver Jonas Queen."

Status of the parties?

Ready for trial.

Ready for trial.

Then let's begin.

Oliver Queen is a hero.

He is.

He's saved this city

more times than anybody can count,

but he's done it all from behind a mask

so that he could take the law into his own hands.

In fact, he's taken as many lives as he's saved.

So, yes, Oliver Queen is a hero,

but that doesn't mean he's not also a criminal.

3 weeks ago,

Oliver Queen was mayor of this city.

In that time, he has gone from being under indictment

to impeachment to being on trial.

How? How could everything go wrong so quickly for him?

I think intuitively you know the answer.

Corruption. It runs through this city like a cancer,

compromising some city officials while discrediting others,

like...like the defendant.

Even the anti-vigilante law that he's being charged under is

the work of the corrupt men and women

who are holding our city in their grip.

This may sound like a conspiracy theory,

but at the conclusion of this trial,

I'm going to ask you what is most likely,

that our city's government has been compromised

or that we elected a superhero as our mayor?

Ms. Van Owen, please call your first witness.

The people call John Diggle.

Where is he?

A bench warrant will issue for Mr. Diggle.

If he's not made to appear within one hour,

he'll be held in contempt of this court.

Is your next witness ready?

Yes, your honor.

Please state your name and occupation

for the record.

Dr. Elisa Schwartz.

I'm an attending physician

at Starling General Hospital.

Thank you, Dr. Schwartz.

And you've had an occasion to treat the defendant?

Yes.

For various suspicious injuries. Is that correct?

I can't say without violating

doctor-patient confidentiality.

I understand.

Then let me direct your attention, please,

to an incident when Mr. Queen was not a patient.

On the night of April 6, 2016,

the Green Arrow brought in the Black Canary.

And according to your records,

she had been stabbed.