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Original Airdate: 01/15/2014
Written by: Jake Coburn & Keto Shimizu
Directed by: Rob Hardy
Starring: Stephen Amell (as Oliver Queen/Arrow), Katie Cassidy (as Laurel Lance), David Ramsey (as John Diggle), Willa Holland (as Thea Queen), Emily Bett Rickards (as Felicity Smoak), Colton Haynes (as Roy Harper), Manu Bennett (as Slade Wilson/Deathstroke), Susanna Thompson (as Moira Queen), Paul Blackthorne (as Quentin Lance)
Guest Stars: Kevin Alejandro (as Sebastian Blood), Caity Lotz (as Black Canary/Sara Lance), Sean Maher (as Mark Scheffer/Shrapnel), Dylan Bruce (as Adam Donner), Jesse Hutch (as Officer Daily), Ana Mercedes (as Maya Resik), Dylan Neal (as Dr. Anthony Ivo)
First Appearance: Mark Scheffer/Shrapnel, Maya Resik
Trivia:
– “Shrapnel” is another character from the DC Comics universe. He first appeared in Doom Patrol vol. 2 #7 in 1988.
Summary:
On the island, Oliver and Sara conceal the truth about Shado’s death from Slade as they bury her. Sara expresses concern about Mirakuru’s potential to alter Slade’s physical and mental state. Slade discovers his enhanced strength when he overreacts to Sara’s request that they lie in wait for Ivo instead of hunting him down. Later, Oliver and Sara awake to hear Ivo on the walkie promising them passage off the island if they return the drug, but Slade has run off with it.
Visiting Sebastian Blood’s office, Laurel learns that his mom abandoned him after she killed his dad and that Blood is paying all of his supposed aunt Maya Resik’s bills while she’s in the mental ward. Laurel asks her father for help investigating Blood, but he insists that Blood is a good guy. Laurel visits Maya, who calls Sebastian the devil and reveals that he killed his own father. Maya is his mother.
With Felicity in Central City, Oliver patrols the streets in search of the man with the stone mask, but comes up empty. He then hosts a party for Blood. Shrapnel blows up a nearby building, so Oliver cuts the night short to save those trapped inside. Detective Lance informs Arrow that someone with training bombed the building and asks an unrelated favor that Felicity dig up the precinct’s phone records for him. Another blast occurs and Felicity, back in town, guides Arrow after the bomber, but he gets away.
Felicity discovers that an anti-government militia group called “the Movement” is responsible and tracks them to a shop where Arrow finds himself in a booby trap. With guidance, Oliver soon manages to shoot himself free. Felicity and Diggle work to disable a bomb’s trigger at Blood’s unity rally. Shrapnel interrupts and shoots Diggle in the shoulder, then Arrow severs the trigger’s tie to the bombs around the city. Roy saves Moira from falling scaffolding with his newfound super strength and discovers he heals quicker than normal. Shrapnel is arrested, and Arrow and Sebastian seal their allegiance.
Quotes:
Oliver: How’s Roy?
Thea: Handsome. Brooding. The usual. Why is my boyfriend such a topic of interest?
Oliver: Well, Thea, his idol put an arrow in him, and I just want to make sure there aren’t any lingering issues.
Thea: Oh my god. Now that I think about it, you know, he did something completely out of character this morning. He showed up for work on time.
Lance: You know, most cops, they meet their informants in the back seat of a cruiser or maybe a coffee shop or something. What’s with the mask?
Arrow: Gift from a friend.
Lance: You’ve got friends?
Oliver: Felicity, your expertise was supposed to trump his.
Felicity: Excuse me. If you have something to say to me, Oliver, say it.
Oliver: People are dying, so I would like you to pull your head out of Central City and get back in the game.
Felicity: Sure, right after you get yours out of your ass.
Diggle: Felicity, be careful. He probably put in a safe guard. Tampering with it will set off a dead-man switch.
Felicity: That’s a thoroughly depressing term. And a little bit sexist.
Oliver: I’m sorry.
Felicity: Were you apologizing to me or were you talking to your quiver.
Episode Guide entry by Stephanie Hall
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