Oliver, let this go man, I have. You almost got yourself killed.
I've been a lot closer to almost killed.
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.
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.
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.
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!
It was exactly that thinking that led you to the League last year. It doesn't seem like you learned much from that.
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.
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!
Leaving to fight Ra's on a mountaintop, going undercover with the league of assassins, dating the huntress...
Oh... I am just listing all of the terrible ideas you've had over the past 3 years, of which throwing in with Damien Darhk has got to be the worst.
I am not throwing in with Damien Darhk. I am using him to get at H.I.V.E.
Isn't Lance already our man on the inside?
Lance has lost Darhk's trust, making this the only way.
To get yourself killed. You remember the last time you tried to take down an evil organization from the inside?
Why? Because you'd be doing it as Oliver Queen?
What about your mayoral campaign? You cannot be an effective candidate for Mayor and Darhk's undercover stooge.
Taking down Darhk is more important, especially now that we know he has Andy under his thumb.
First, there is a whole long list of things that we don't know about Andy. Second, you didn't decide to run for Mayor to take down Darhk. You did it to give the city something the Green Arrow can't give them– hope. Inspiration. Don't lose sight of that, not even for John.
Ray, when you come back from the dead, you're supposed to start living again. What's going on?
I've been catching up on the past six months. My company, my city, my life. And I feel like Tom Sawyer watching his own funeral, except in my case nobody really cares.
A bunch of superheroes in a farm house? I feel like I've seen that in a movie before.
We need a secure location.
CCaitlin
What's wrong with S.T.A.R. Labs?
Well, absolutely nothing, if you forget about the revolving door you guys installed so the bad guys can come and go as they please.
CCaitlin
Remind me again what happened to your old lair, or the one before that...
VSVandal Savage
[to Barry] Turn over Prince Khufu and Priestess Chayera within twenty-four hours, or I will lay waste to this city, killing everyone that you hold dear. [goes over to Oliver] And after that, I will travel to your home and do the same thing there.
All right, I'm just curious. Did you rehearse that speech in a mirror this morning, or is this just all off the cuff?
Everyone's waiting for you.
Sorry, just something I had to take of.
So I guess you're off the secret-keeping wagon.
I think Damien Darhk has someone operating in Central City, so I sent Barry to run down a lead.
This kind of lead? [shows him the DNA results revealing he has a son] He didn't know what he was giving me. But I've run enough tests on your blood to recognize your DNA sequence anywhere.
You had him run a paternity test, didn't you?
Stop! I cannot hear another lie.
It's more complicated than that.
God, Oliver, you are the only person on this planet who considers the truth "complicated." Just to be clear, I don't care that you have a child. I can't believe that you have a child that you didn't tell me about. I care that you lied to me just now.
Do you know that my whole world just exploded? And I think that I'm entitled to a minute to process that by myself.
You somehow managed to go to CCPD to track down Barry. You didn't keep it to yourself. You kept it from me. When were you planning on telling me?
If you loved me, if you trusted me, telling me this wouldn't be such a burden. It would be a relief. But you don't trust me. You never will. And how can I be with someone who doesn't trust me? [walks away]
Well, you did it, Barry. Everyone's alive. Our guardian angel.
That's what you told me I could be when I told you about my powers.
Meant it then and I know it now.
[Later, Barry goes in to hug Oliver, but he begs off.]
Yeah, tell me something I don't know. But the thing is, I am fast enough to just hug you with out you knowing, so you might as well let me.
[They hug. Afterwards, Oliver walks away shaking his head in disbelief.]
[to himself, amused] Nice.
[calling after Oliver] Wasn't so bad, right?
Excuse me. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. What's going on?
Inasmuch as that he's the reason that Laurel and Thea showed up on our doorstep 3 months ago. Right before you were going to propose. Before you say anything you should know that my mom found the ring in the decorations box.
Well, that depends on whether or not you think that I think that you were gonna propose and then that you changed your mind.
Everything changed. Where we live, what we do, who we are. I was gonna propose.
But then we came back to Star City and then I just needed some to rethink things.
Because you thought I wasn't going to say yes?
Because what we're doing is dangerous and I–
But I chose this life and I chose you. And I don't understand why we can't have both. [guns shot revealing Damien Darhk crashing the Christmas party]
Are John and Thea alright?
Yeah, I think so. Please don't tell that you traded your life for ours because that would be extremely Old Oliver.
I had to turn myself in. It was the only way to know where you were being held.
One little problem , two if you think that Darhk is gonna keep up his end of the bargain. But what happens when the cavalry shows up and the Green Arrow is not present. Darhk is evil, not stupid.
I have that handled, Felicity. It had to be this way.
Why? Because you think we're in this situation because of your decisions? Look, I really hate to be the one to break this to you, Oliver, but you are not the boss of me. And I'm the one who decides if I need anyone's protection.
Back at the Christmas party from hell, you said you were going to propose and you didn't because you said you weren't sure our relationship could survive this kind of life.
I had more to say, but we were attacked.
And here we are, fighting, Fighting our way through the danger instead of running away from it. Isn't that the whole point of marriage? To get through the hard times because we are together, not in spite of it?
Just so you know. If you had asked me, I would have said yes.
Not even the ghosts know where they are. Did you learn anything from the hotline?
Only how many crazy/bored people there are in the city. Don't go there.
Your go-to place. Where you sit there and say that's all your fault.
Well, it is my fault. I'm the one who outed Darhk.
I know. I seem to remember us all being there when you did.
I ran for Mayor because I can protect myself and that all of you could, too.
And you were right, we can.
I know, but you didn't sign up for this.
Oliver, we can take care of ourselves and that's including Felicity. You inspired a lot of people.
Well, Thea, and John, and Felicity, inspiration is not what they need tonight. But somewhere, someplace there is a ghost that's going to talk to me.
Then I'm going to take great pleasure in trying to make them.
