DiggleOliver, let this go man, I have. You almost got yourself killed.
I've been a lot closer to almost killed.
Diggle
Andy made his choice.
You don't know that. John, you saw what was going on tonight. Those men, they were under the influence of something. Whatever pill is scrambling in their DNA is also making them susceptible to Darhk's suggestion.
Diggle
All right, just because you have a blind spot for family, don't expect me as well.
That– that's not what this is about.
Diggle
The hell it's not. Family is exactly what this is about. Criminal or not. Under the influence or not. Andy let his son and his wife believe he was dead for 8 years, Oliver. 8 years! And there is no excuse for that. None.
John, I'm just– you don't know.
Diggle
Oliver, you don't know. You have this inexplicable way of excusing everything just because it's family.
it's not inexplicable! I'm asking you– I'm asking you hold out for Andy, because I need that hope. I need to believe that no matter what happens in our lives, no matter how much darkness infects us, I need to believe we can come back from that!
Diggle
It was exactly that thinking that led you to the League last year. It doesn't seem like you learned much from that.
Diggle
Getting in bed with Darhk, Oliver? I don't see how you can even consider it.
We are going to take this guy down, and no idea is off the table.
Diggle
Look, you're doing things differently, Oliver. Fighting Darhk from the inside is just fighting Darhk in the shadows. You want to do things differently? You want ideas? Fine. Let's take this son of a bitch down in the light of day!
Ollie, what are you thinking?
That I should have done a better job keeping an eye on her. She told me the blood-lust came back two months ago and I didn't even know. I've been focused on the campaign, and I've been running back and forth to Central City, and I...
How is it that you always manage to blame yourself for everything?
Diggle
That's his superpower. Guilt Arrow.
[about Felicity] Laurel, she's not Voldemort, and I'm fine. That's a good idea. [to Thea] You should tell Alex to talk to Felicity.
[suppressing a smile] Mm-hm.
Nothing. It's just... it's shocking that you know who Voldemort is.
Well, I mean, I'm not immune to pop culture. I read a few of the Harry Potter books.
Diggle
Really? I was gonna bet Thea that you just saw the movies.
[Team Arrow is looking at Darhk's idol.]
Diggle
Why does that thing creep me out the way it does?
There's something I haven't told you guys.
Shocker. [Oliver gives her a look] Sorry.
I've seen this idol before.
You really love not talking about that place, don't you?
[incinerates incoming arrows] Cool. You know, I didn't even mean to do that. [Diggle fires pistol at Darhk] I turn steel arrows into dust and you thought lead would do the trick?
Diggle
He's not human anymore.
Oh, I'm still human. Just better.
Still doesn't give you the right to remake the world.
Why not? It's been done before. Noah and the Flood. People even worship the responsible party.
Do you really think that maybe Darhk has a point?
Diggle
Well, Darhk is psychotic. Everyone down here is.
Are they? He's not wrong [the man they're holding prisoner]. The world is coming apart. Just like Star City. I mean, it is worse than it has ever been.
Diggle
That's because Darhk's been spending the past year trying to kill it.
Then why is he giving these people more hope than we ever could?
Six of hearts, c'mon six of hearts, where are you? My kingdom for a six of hearts!
Diggle
Why don't you just shut up for five minutes and I won't have to kill you?
Whooo, there's that temper. Good thing your kid won't have to grow up with it like your brother did.
Diggle
What'd you say to me?
How's all that going anyway? You ever find that group that paid me to off him?
Diggle
They didn't.
Diggle
They didn't want him dead. He was alive.
Like I said, hell of a world, ain't it? I mean... Wait, did you just say he was alive, just now? Huh? Hello, John? Anybody home?
Diggle
'Cause I killed him! [flashes back to the moment of killing Andy]
So all that hate you poured into me for killing your brother, you really should've been pouring it into yourself.
Diggle
[walks into the Arrow cave] Wow, this place just got really crowded. Hey. [embraces Felicity]
Do people just walk into your secret base of operations?
FCFelicity and Curtis
Yes.
Diggle
You guys must be the new kids on the block.
More like the Backstreet Boys. [chuckles] It was funny in my head.
[Oliver is shooting tennis balls with his arrows]
Where's Felicity with the list of potential targets?
Diggle
She's working on it, it's a big city.
Diggle
Something tells me it's not the only thing weighing on you.
Diggle
Taking a little time out.
I expected them to be upset with me, and that's fine, but John, they seemed horrified.
Diggle
I wouldn't call it that, just a bit surprised. Look on the bright side, it does show how far you've come. I haven't seen that guy in a long time. And the way the kids reacted, I think it proves how much you've changed.
Except I haven't. I killed Damien Dahrk, and I haven't stopped since. [shoots a tennis ball]
Diggle
Yeah well, don't forget who you're talking to man. I know firsthand what it's like to be a murderer. I know the difference between a good kill and one made out of pure rage. You killed Damien Dahrk, Oliver, because you had to. You took down Church's men because you had to. The list was something different. You were targeting lawyers, stockbrokers. You were killing as a first resort, not a last.
Now Prometheus is just dredging all that up again. I want to move forward. I'm trying to move forward. But I... [takes a deep breath] I feel stuck.
Diggle
I think you're being hard on yourself, which is a bit annoying 'cause it's usually mine and Felicity's job. But Oliver, in that official capacity, I think you are moving forward. I think you're evolving. I think you're growing.
Diggle
Because that guy with the list wouldn't have even thought to ask the question.
John
Oliver, I thought you didn't want anything to do with the Bratva.
I don't. But if it's a choice between me crossing a line and the two of you crossing one, that is a very easy choice.
John
[to Felicity] What did you do?
Doesn't matter. Here's what does: I am who I am. Now I'm trying to work past that. Maybe I do. Maybe I don't. But I can not, I will not, have the two of you make the same mistakes.
Oliver, you were the one who taught us that sometimes you have to get in the muck to make things right.
Well, then Prometheus wins. Because he'll be right. I need the two of you to prove to him, and quite frankly, to prove to me, that he's not. I need the two of you to be better than me. Because you are.
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