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Original Airdate: 01/23/2013
Written by: Gabrielle Stanton
Directed by: Nick Copus
Starring: Stephen Amell (as Oliver Queen/Arrow), Katie Cassidy (as Laurel Lance), Colin Donnell (as Tommy Merlyn), David Ramsey (as John Diggle), Willa Holland (as Thea Queen), Susanna Thompson (as Moira Queen), Paul Blackthorne (as Quentin Lance)
Guest Stars: Ben Browder (as Ted Gaynor), Byron Mann (as Yao Fei), Sebastian Dunn (as Edward Fyers), Christie Laing (as Carly Diggle), Colin Lawrence (as Paul Knox), Emily Bett Rickards (as Felicity Smoak), John Barrowman (as Malcolm Merlyn)
First Appearances: Ted Gaynor, Paul Knox
Trivia:
– The character “Ted Gaynor” was a short-lived member of the Blackhawk Squadron in Blackhawk comic books around 1984. His first appearance was in Blackhawk issue #266. Note the name of his security group in this episode.
– “Arthur King” was the original comic book alter ego of Merlyn the Dark Archer.
Summary:
Oliver connects the robbing of several armored cars to Diggle’s former commanding officer, Ted Gaynor, now a bodyguard at Blackhawk Squad Protection Group. Although Diggle presumes Gaynor is innocent, his name appears on the list and Oliver insists on investigating. Oliver breaks into Blackhawk and steals a flash drive. Felicity Smoak cracks it and says it contains detailed information on how to rob an armored vehicle.
During dinner with Tommy and Laurel, Malcolm reveals that Mrs. Merlyn was shot to death when Tommy was eight years old and that he would now like Tommy’s signature to shut down her free clinic. Malcolm asks Moira to stop a man trying to gentrify the Glades, but she won’t until Malcolm gives her proof that Walter is alive; he soon does.
In the process of swabbing the blood in the getaway car from the man the Hood killed while stopping a heist in progress, Paul Knox, another man with whom Diggle served but never liked, tells Diggle he has taken Carly hostage to force him into helping with the final score. Diggle hinders their efforts and paves the way for Carly to run, but it is the Hood who finishes them and shoots Gaynor, who was in charge the whole time.
At Thea’s 18th birthday party, she receives a car from Oliver and a drug called vertigo from her friends. Thea crashes her car during a late night angry drive and is taken to the hospital, where she is arrested for driving under the influence of narcotics.
On the island, Oliver infiltrates Fyers’ camp and goes off in search of Yao Fei with Fyers and one other. At the cage where Yao Fei is supposedly being held, Oliver is knocked out, locked up, and shown that Yao Fei was not actually a prisoner.
Quotes:
Oliver: I think that you’ve been dropping hints all week, Thea, and mom still isn’t buying you a car for you birthday.
Moira: I could not have said it better myself.
Thea: Oliver got a car when he turned 18.
Oliver: Yeah, but I could back it out of the driveway without hitting a tree.
Tommy: Ah, that’s true, but I do remember you taking the paint off the side of your dad’s Maserati.
Diggle: With all the guys working up top you might want to think about a side entrance for your arrow cave.
Oliver: Diggle, for the past four months I have lied to, hurt, and hid things from all the people that I care about. Do you really think that I would do all of this if I wasn’t sure?
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