Arrow

My name is Oliver Queen.

After five years on a hellish island,

I have come home with only one goal--

to save my city.

But to do so, I can't be the killer I once was.

To honor my friend's memory, I must be someone else.

I must be something else.

Previously on "Arrow"...

I could save you, or I could kill you.

Slade has the Mirakuru in his system now.

The ones who survived, they became someone else.

Whoa!

This Mirakuru, it's messing with your head.

I know you and your new friends

have the Mirakuru. In exchange,

I'll promise you and your friends

safe passage off this island.

Slade's gone, and he took the Mirakuru with him.

You know who he is under that hood, don't you?

Once he has lost everyone and everything he values...

I will drive an arrow through his eye.

Welcome to St. Walker's, alderman.

Or should I call you Mayor?

Thank you for letting me come by so late.

Well, I can imagine how busy your schedule is.

It's really great of you taking the time

to come and visit your aunt.

Her health has taken a bad turn.

Of course.

She's family.

Maya, look who came to see you.

It's your nephew, Sebastian.

Don't go.

Please.

We'll be fine.

Thank you.

Still worshipping the old Gods, I see.

They're the last thing I have from your father's.

They protect me.

You were supposed to protect you.

A friend of mine, Laurel Lance, came by to visit you

a couple days ago. Do you remember her?

She's muy Linda.

Yes, she is.

What did you both talk about?

Nada. Nothing.

You know I don't like it when you lie to me.

I told her the truth.

That you-- you kill him.

Your father.

Mi esposo!

I don't know what came over me.

I am so, so sorry.

I hurt you, mijo.

Esta bien.

No te preoccupes.

But you are my child, my son.

And I hurt you.

I forgive you, mama.

I forgive you for everything.

La luz de dios me rodea, amor de dios me envuelve,

El poder de dios me protege,

la presencia de dios vela por mí.

Los dioses están muertos.

== sync, corrected by elderman == @elder_man

Oh! Ah!

Oh, please!

I don't know anything.

The man in the skull mask. Where is he?

I don't know what you're talking about.

He's been experimenting on people in the Glades.

He's leaving a trail of corpses

with blood running from their eyes.

No, no, no, no, no.

I deal in stolen merchandise, that is it.

Ah, ooh, please!

Ask him what color his shoes are.

What?

You want this guy to take a polygraph

via Bluetooth, cool, but I need to hear him

establish a base line. I need to hear him tell the truth

just once.

What color are your shoes?

What?

They're blue!

He's not lying.

Please...

He's out there.

Somewhere.

Come home.

We can't do any more tonight.

Slade?

Slade!

Thought maybe he'd come back here.

He has the Mirakuru serum in his bloodstream.

He's not thinking clearly. So what do we do now?

I don't know, Sara.

The sensor grid is still active.

So at least we're going to know if Ivo

and his men come back to the island.

So we just sit here and wait?

Well, do you have any other ideas?

'Cause right now, I'm open to suggestions.

We find Slade, and...

Maybe we consider Ivo's offer.

What?

Look, if we get the serum back from Slade,

then we can go home.

And I can try to talk to Ivo. I can get him to listen to me.

Like he listened before he shot Shado in the head?

He's just tired, and he's frustrated.

You don't understand what finding

the Mirakuru serum has meant to him.

You're right, Sara, I don't understand.

And I don't get how you can even consider

trusting him after what he did.

He's not evil.

He kept me safe on that ship for over a year.

And I mean, not just safe, he taught me things.

And I learned a lot.

I learned a lot, too.

This island taught me that you can't trust anyone.

Ms. Lance?

I have a call for you on line two.

Thank you, Katherine.

Laurel Lance.

This is nurse Downey from St. Walker's.

You asked me to call if there was any changes Inaya Resik's condition.

I'm sad to report she passed away.

What?

Her heart gave out on her, poor soul.

You think Sebastian Blood, the saint of Starling City,

killed his own mother?

He was the last person to see her alive.

That isn't a coincidence.

He's a devoted nephew visiting a sick relative.

You're right, that's very, very suspicious.

He didn't go there to visit her.

He went there to kill her;

to cover up the fact that as a child,

he killed his father.

Maya Resik told me what happened.

From inside a padded room, right?

Which he had her forcibly committed.

She tells me the truth and then two days later has a heart attack.

You don't find that strange? Well, for one thing,

there's no record that Maya Resik was even Blood's mother,

and according to the hospital,

she was in the late stages of heart disease.

I need you to call in a favor with Judge Carlin.

Get a search warrant for Sebastian's campaign headquarters,

his phone records; I--I have to start somewhere.

Laurel, this isn't some casual request.

I'm the ADA who took Vertigo on live TV.

I take a shot at Sebastian Blood and miss,

my career is done.

Adam!

Please.

I'm sorry, Laurel.

You're on your own.

Hello, Roy.

Lurking in an ally.

That's not at all creepy.

When I ran the club,

I learned all the secret entrances.

I never got a chance to thank you

for saving my mother's life.

Thea told me.

She said that you were very brave.

I did what anyone would have done.

Not anyone.

It takes a lot to run towards danger,

not away from it.

That sounded like praise.

I thought where I was concerned, you didn't approve.

Thea said that you also got hit by some falling debris.

How are you feeling?

Actually, it mostly missed me.

I'm fine. Look, I got to get back to work.

Has Roy mentioned anything about the man

in the skull mask who injected him?

Roy is not the kind of guy

who is comfortable discussing his feelings.

Not like you and me.

Don't yell at me, but I really think we need a new plan

on how to find this creepy mask guy.

Scaring the crap out of low-lifes isn't yielding results.

Felicity, I am open to any and all suggestions.

Oliver, maybe we're over thinking this.

What if the mask simply got wind that you were after him

and decided to skip town?

He didn't go to all the trouble

of recreating the serum and testing it on people

just to walk away.

He is still out there, and we need to locate him.

Lance, for the Arrow.

Yes, Detective? Can we meet?

What is it?

Someone wants to talk to you.

Hello, Laurel.