Damn it, Zoe. I knew you were involved with the Canaries, but... I didn't think you were one of them. [to Dinah] Not only did you not stay away from my daughter, but you brought Roy into this. I didn't think you were alive.
Nice to see you, too.
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S1 E15Unfinished Business
Was my message not clear? I wanted you both out of Star City, not to come to the Glades.
Wow, really? No "Hey, kids. Thanks for the rescue"?
Those coordinates were not supposed to lead you to me; they are the coordinates of a stockpile of bombs hidden in this building. That's why I told you to give them them to Roy and Dinah.
Well, since we're here, would it be okay if we got you out of there?
Dale plans to pin the blame on a vigilante. I'm guessing that's why they were keeping Felicity.
ZZoe
I can't say I'm surprised. What opened your eyes all of a sudden?
Someone with impeccable genetics reminded me of who I used to be.
And why should we believe you? Aren't you the evil mayor who's been trying to destroy Star City?
And who are you?
This is Mia. These are mine and Oliver's impeccable genetics.
You and Oliver have a kid?
Surprise.
You know, when I first left home, I was so mad at you. I learned everything I could about vigilantes. I-I dug up old news stories about how they destroyed Star City. But I was convinced... I was convinced it was true. That you had lied to me my entire childhood. Your... your stories of the heroism of Team Arrow, because you didn't want me to think badly about you, or about dad. I spent these last years hating vigilantes because I hated you.
Well, I don't blame you.
I understand why you wanted to lie to me; to protect me. I can't even imagine what it was like having an entire city turn on you, and turn on dad.
Mia, you are so much like your father. Out on the field, so badass. I'm so proud of you.
So, um, how did you find me, actually?
It's part of a new project I have been working on. It started off as, like, a home-based security system, and it's turned into, like, a DNA-tracking-based surveillance system. Meet Archer.
Sorry. So you located me using my DNA? When did you collect my DNA?
I know it's a little creepy.
It's more than a little, but it's also impressive.
I've been using it for Team Arrow, but I think if we scaled it up, it could be so much more than that. I mean, we could find missing persons, we could track terrorists, we could do crowd control, we could do anything! I just, I can't do it alone.
I mean, whatever you need, I am game. I am so done telling customers to use the chip in their card when they insist on swiping.
Great! How does CTO of Smoak Technologies sound?
So are you just gonna not ask me about it? You have nothing to say about the fact that I've been secretly working for the Ninth Circle?
I know you well enough not to pry, and you did try to keep me out of your mission when we first met.
I didn't want you to get mixed up with them, but I... I should have told you the truth so you'd know what you were really getting into working with me. I bet you wish you'd listened when I told you to stay away.
If you think I regret teaming up with you, I don't. We're still partners, Emiko, no matter who we're up against.
You want to talk? Not even to the guy who found out his long-lost sibling was secretly an evil double agent?
Being reminded that this has happened before is not... really making things better.
I get that. But I also know that despite what Emiko's done, you're not quite ready to give up on her.
That obvious?
Only to someone who knows you, and who's been there. All I wanted was to bring Andy back over to the light. I don't have to remind you what having that blind spot cost us.
No, you don't. But please, John, trust me when I tell you that I am seeing Emiko more clearly than I ever have.
Oliver, you're still trying to save her.
John, my family is to blame for her current situation. My-my father a-abandoned her and her mother. She was eleven! She was eleven years old. And no one's gonna convince me that... that her life wouldn't be different now if that had never happened.
Andy tried to convince me that I was the reason for his bad choices, too. He made me feel so guilty that I was willing to trust him again even after knowing he worked for Damien Darhk. I held out hope, Oliver, so much hope that I put you, my family, my team at risk.
John, if I abandon her now, I'm no better than my father. If I can help redeem her, selfishly, I feel like I-I help redeem my family. Just a little.
You've been lying this entire time, everything about our father, your debt to Dante?
It was all true, but I never needed you to put me back together. I just knew you'd try. Can't resist playing the hero, can you?
You went looking for a family, and you chose The Ninth Circle?
Better than living as a Queen.
You disobeyed a direct order.
DDante
I gave you that dagger. The weapons test failed because of your brother's involvement. Any more mistakes, and the rest of the Ninth Circle will mutiny.
I am their leader.
DDante
Then lead. Where is your focus at thids critical time? The family you swore to give up to be part of the Ninth Circle. Your absence has been noted.
Thanks to my time with Oliver, I found something even better. The Archer program, cutting-edge surveillance technology.
DDante
We can't stake our future on technology we haven't even seen.
I need you to trust my vision, okay? Trust that you have taught me well, but if you question my authority again, I'll kill you.
Emiko's bullet led me to Andrew Thornton's rifle, which led me to twelve different shell companies, which led me to the buyer.
And it's not weird that she hasn't found the buyer herself with the resources of the Ninth Circle at her disposal?
Okay, well, not to toot my own horn, but Emiko is more of The Karate Kid, Hilary Swank version, and I am more of the Mr. Robot version, but prettier.
Felicity tell you how she tracked the rifle to this apartment?
Just call her a genius and leave it at that.
[After exercising on the salmon ladder, Sara Lance dismounts as Felicity walks in.]
Well. I'm having déjà vu in the best way possible.
Did Dinah read you the riot act?
Nothing I can't handle.
Come a long way from the I.T. girl secretly crushing on Oliver Queen.
Apparently it wasn't much of a secret. Everybody knew. Zero poker face. And I always wondered, you know, were you flirting with me all those times you said I was cute?
Why? Were you into it?
Of course. It's you. [They hug] I missed you.
Missed you, too.
Believe me, there is nothing I would love more than to see those sons of bitches pay for what they did to my girls.
So why don't you?
Because I know I can't do it alone, and neither can you.
Then come with me. Instead of hiding in the shadows, let's take this fight to Galaxy One, make them pay for blood with blood.
Sometimes, I don't know who you sound more like - your mother or your father. Do you know why I started the Canaries, what is represents? This is more than just some rebellion group. It's a support system. This is a way for women to know we have each other's backs no matter what happens, whenever we need it most, something I failed to do for a friend once, but ever since that happened with her, I made a promise to myself that I would never make that mistake again. That's why we wear these. To honor that promise and the bravery and the sacrifice shared with these amazing women, who somehow - no matter how many times they get knocked down - they always find the strength to get back and fight again and that is exactly what the surviving Canaries are going to do together but when the time is right.
It's too bad I'm not a canary.
Look, I don't know what you've heard about me, but basically, I had an affair with my sister's boyfriend, I allowed my family to think that I was dead, and then I became a league-trained assassin.
Wow. That's impressive.
My point is even with someone with a past as checkered as mine can still turn their life around, can be a hero.
I was being a hero. I was the D.A., I got Oliver out of prison, and I was the only one who figured out that his little sister was basically the Devil, and they still turned on me.
So, what, you think you deserve a medal for trying to be good for 5 seconds? Redemption isn't a destination. It's a journey. I wasted years running away from all the bad things that I had done because I didn't want to face the pain that I caused because I didn't want to be that person, and I realized the only way to stop being that person was to come home and own up to things I had done, and, yeah, it was painful, and it took a really long time, but it was the only way to become someone else, someone better than who I was.
Well, that's great for you, but even if I wanted to change, it's a little bit too late because this is who I am.
I wasn't even sure you were keeping tabs on me. Sir, I had my reasons for leaving A.R.G.U.S.
GRGeneral Roy Stewart
You left to protect your wife. I know you better than you think. And I'm sorry to say you lost your way.
I didn't leave A.R.G.U.S. for my career. I left to protect my family. And that's not something you would understand, is it, sir?
John, we should probably go. Again, thank you for your time, General.
SStewart
I always have time for my family.
Excuse me?
SStewart
Oh, John didn't tell you. I'm his stepfather.
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