Original subtitles

Previously on "Arrow"...

So I think I finally figured out a plan B

to keep us hidden from Archer while we try to destroy it.

We'd have to steal it from Keven Dale's computer

in his office at Galaxy One.

Something's come up which requires my immediate attention.

We should get out of here.

KEVEN: Seize them.

- Where is William? - Mom, what's wrong?

Frak!

ZETA: By the authority of Galaxy One, you are under arrest.

Emiko!

RENE: She has the weapon.

ROY: And we have no idea where she's gonna use it.

We'll find her.

MAN ON P.A.: This is SCPD aerial support. Hold your positions.

Stop right there!

We are not the enemy, Lieutenant. The enemy is still out there,

and we should be working together, not wasting time.

Six arrows and six dead cops say otherwise.

Talk to Sergeant Bingsley.

- He'll tell you we didn't do this. - Sergeant Bingsley is unconscious

in the back of an ambulance right now.

- Lieutenant. - LIEUTENANT: Turn around.

Put your hands behind your head!

All of you, do it now!

[SIRENS]

[GUNSHOTS]

What do you think is worse, Emiko being in possession of a bioweapon

or the team being Star City's most wanted?

RENE: Can I choose both?

I'm going to go with the warrants out for our arrest.

The real us, not the vigilante us,

which means our lives in this city are over.

ROY: Been there before.

OLIVER: Guys, this team always finds a way to come through.

JOHN: Yeah, but this feels different. Emiko has a personal vendetta against you

and your whole family. She has a bigger ax to grind than Adrian chase or Slade.

Fine. But there has to be a way to get through to her.

ROY: And she knows we're alive now.

That'll make her even more determined to destroy the city.

RENE: Which means we need to figure out where in the city

she's planning on deploying the Cygnus.

FELICITY: Yeah. Well, easier said than done, because Emiko must've found out

that I was tracking the Cygnus by using its chemical signature because she's

figured out a way to block me, which brings us back to square one.

CURTIS: Sounds like you all could use some help.

It's a good thing you called for backup.

In accordance with Star City penal code 10101971, you are all under arrest.

Turn around. Put your hands behind your head.

Ohh. Smoak Tech flex-restraints.

Nice to see another one of my creations being used against me.

And what if we don't want to go quietly?

Failure to comply will result in summary execution.

Wrong answer. Hyah!

[CIRCUITS CRACKLING]

- Alena! - Uh!

They know what we're gonna do... Even before we do it.

Archer's predictive algorithm! Hyah!

- Hey, troublemaker. - I had him.

You're welcome.

We have to find William.

Not from here. This place is burned.

I know somewhere that isn't.

What are they gonna do with us?

You mean before they torture us to find out

what you stole off Keven Dale's computer or after?

I'm gonna stop asking questions now.

- Look, I'm sorry I blew your cover. - It's not your fault.

Dale's been suspicious ever since I questioned what they did to Felicity.

On the bright side, I did manage to steal Galaxy One's secret evil plans for Star City.

They plan to use the zetas to establish martial law

and remake Star City in The Glades' image.

Which means they're gonna hunt down everyone with a record

no matter how minor and kill them on the spot.

Which is basically everyone on that side of the wall.

It will be a bloodbath.

[ELEVATOR CHIMES]

Duck.

[SIGHS]

Dad, I was so worried.

We're okay, peanut.

We need to get out of here.

You're back just in time for the fun stuff.

CURTIS: I'm so happy Roy's back.

I love a good reunion.

You seem awfully positive about the stuff with your sister.

I know how to break my family's

- cycle of violence. - Ooh, I hope it goes something

along the lines of stopping Emiko from destroying the city and killing us all.

That's part one, but...

it needs to be more than that. Felicity, I... I want to help her redeem herself.

If I don't break this cycle of violence,

I just don't ever see us being able to provide a secure future for our family.

JOHN: Hey. We just got some strange chatter over the SCPD scanners.

Someone called in a bomb threat at a shopping complex downtown.

Somebody using a signal-bounced untraceable number.

Suspicious.

Why would Emiko give an advance warning on her own attack? It doesn't make sense.

ROY: So that the whole complex will evacuate into

the Plaza outside, where she'll deploy the Cygnus.

RENE: Maximizing the casualty count.

DINAH: Well, we can't let that happen.

We won't. Let's move out.

[EXCITED CHATTER, SIRENS]

This place is jammed.

Cops, too. This could get messy.

That's exactly what Emiko wants. Overwatch, do you have eyes on?

Okay. Still no sign of Emiko, but we are tracking what is most likely a

detonation signal to a package on the northeast corner of the Plaza.

It's got to be the Cygnus X-1.

All right. We need to get these people clear and find that device now.

JOHN: Copy that. We're focused on the weapon.

Let's get all these people out of here.

RENE: Listen up! Everybody move now!

We have to go!

DINAH: Move. Hey! If we don't evacuate this building right now,

all these people are gonna die.

You're the vigilantes who killed those transit workers. You're under arrest.

[GUNSHOT]

All right. Enough. We don't have time for this. Stand down.

You should still be in jail... All of you. We're not gonna stand for this...

He's trying to save you, dumbass.

Questions later. How can I help?

Clear a path.

[CROWD MURMURING]

[BEEPING]

[PEOPLE SCREAMING]

Aah!

Overwatch, what happens to the Cygnus if I shoot it down?

An accelerant will augment the effects. You need to freeze them.

It worked! The Cygnus didn't spread.

- You got all of them. You contained it. - Not fast enough.

Star City is reeling tonight following a horrific terrorist attack

perpetrated by its own heroes, which injured hundreds.

The vigilantes' motives are still in question.

DINAH: I cannot believe they still think we're behind this

after everything we've done for this city.

Well, not everyone. I'm out on parole thanks to you guys.

OLIVER: Look, I know tonight didn't go as planned.

- RENE: That's an understatement. - That doesn't mean it's over.

JOHN: You can't possibly think Emiko could have a change of heart.

LAUREL: Oliver's right.

What? I'm happy that you two are on the same side finally.

But how can you be siding with the woman who tried to destroy your life?

She actually did me a favor.

If I hadn't had toyed around with being Black Siren again, then I never would have realized

that that's not the life that I want to live. Maybe Emiko will have the same realization.

If people were correct in their thinking that Laurel and I couldn't change,

well, we wouldn't be here helping you.

CURTIS: I hope you guys are right because Emiko only used a fraction of the Cygnus.

She has a lot of scary nightmare bacteria left.

Any idea where she may be targeting next?

At the moment, everywhere.

FELICITY: The detonation signal's been purposely scrambled, which means the

- target keeps moving. - Yeah. It's like a whack-a-Cygnus.

Ha ha! Ohh, I missed you.

Our descrambling algorithm is working, but it's going to be slower than normal.

ROY: Even if you find the targets, we still need to find a way to contain the drones at each site.

Are you all familiar with the term "Optimized Cryogenic Chambers"?

- Oh, no, they aren't. - Yeah. It's just us? Okay.

Basically I was able to modify an old portable freezing device

so that it can contain the Cygnus on the drones.

Good thing you guys didn't toss all of my old tech equipment when you

did the new bunker upgrades, which, by the way, are very cool.

- FELICITY: Right? - RENE: Okay, look...

Uh, it's not that I don't have faith in this team, but if this scary

bacteria gets all over the city, I got to get Zoe somewhere safe.

JOHN: Okay. Well, Lyla took J.J. to a secure A.R.G.U.S. location. She can pick up Zoe as well.

You have a son, right? Connor?

- Yeah. - We'll bring him as well.

Thank you.

Jackpot. I got two detonation sites.

OLIVER: Okay, Digg, Turner, and I will go to the water treatment plant.

Roy, Dinah, Laurel, you go to the convention center.

All right. And I will stay here with Felicity. All right. No one die.

- FELICITY: "No"... wow. What? - CURTIS: Uh, I'm rusty. Sorry.

FELICITY: Well, I'm glad everyone is safe to say the least.

Does anyone need anything? Do we need any water? It's very important to hydrate.

No. And we don't need any snacks either.

DINAH: According to the information William got on Dale's computer,

the ZETAs are marching into Star City tonight.

We have to disable Archer before they start their mass execution.

RENE: That won't be easy. Archer doesn't have a server room.

Its server is the actual wall outside of The Glades.

Wait. The ZETAs use Archer to track our DNA.

They'll know the second we get anywhere close to that wall.

- Mom... - Hmm?

- Why are you making that face? - I am not making a face.

This is my face. I might have put a backdoor into Archer that

utilizes Queen/Smoak DNA so that you wouldn't be in the system.

- So you basically just erased me. - I...

- You know, just add that to the list of lies. - I was protecting you.

WILLIAM: Wait. Hold on. Yes, what she did may be overprotective

- and overbearing... - Yeah.

But it could be the break that we've been waiting for.

I mean, if Archer doesn't recognize Mia's DNA, she could be the key to shutting it down.

You're right. If Archer inputs your DNA, it theoretically creates an

opening for a virus to be uploaded. I mean, I don't know if it would work.

ALENA: Well, even if it did, Archer only inputs data to its main server

at one location... The checkpoint between Star City and The Glades.

That's where Dale plans to march the zetas into Star City.

So we go there, we scan Mia's DNA, we upload the virus.

Even with the Archer blindspots put in place, we're way too

publicly recognizable to get anywhere near that checkpoint.

WILLIAM: I mean, you can't, but we can.

- No. - Uh, the... the public doesn't

- even know who we are. - No. It is much too

- dangerous. - Mom,

you've trained me my whole life for this.

Trust me.

Got to hand it to you, Curtis. Your containment chamber worked like a charm.

Nice to know you still think I'm terrific. Heh! Heard it. That was bad.

Any luck unscrambling the detonation signal?

FELICITY: Dinah started transmission at the convention center. Her data

plus your data should do the trick and help us identify the targets.

Okay, perfect. If we can neutralize the rest of the

Cygnus, then we can turn our focus back to Emiko.

Uh-oh.

[COMPUTER BUZZING]

What's happening?

FELICITY: Okay, so we have a good news/ bad news situation going

on here, guys, the bad news being we just got 15 new targets.

We don't have time to neutralize that many.

We might not have to. All the Cygnus devices are linked up to the same detonator.

- That was the good news, right? - Uh-huh.

Ok, well, if we destroy the detonator, we can neutralize the rest of the targets.

I'm working on a location for you now.

Oh, double frak.

It's at Palmer Tech.

Formerly Queen consolidated, our father's company.

She wants to tear down our family's legacy.

This is her target.

Call the team.

Two of the Cygnus dispersement sites have been compromised.

The circle, they're concerned.

Look, they want to detonate the remaining devices now.

That isn't the plan.

The plan was only to profit on the destruction of Star City.

I mean, this extra chaos is unnecessary,

especially now with the D.I.A. closing in.

Chaos is the point.

Without terror, there is no profit.

The Circle respectfully disagrees, and they worry that your focus on your brother

has led to our exposure. Your personal vendetta is only drawing more attention to us.

I think you...

And the circle

have forgotten who their leader is.

My brother deserves to suffer

just like I have suffered all of these years. And when he sees his city burn

with his family to blame,

he will.

Overwatch, we're on-site. We're in the telecom suite.

B.C., Laurel, and Wild Dog are still en route. I'm picking up over a hundred heat

signatures in the building, including the penthouse that is still

under construction. One guess as to where your sister is.

ROY: She really knows how to maximize collateral damage, doesn't she?

If we try to evacuate the civilians, we'll blow our cover.

We need to find that relay trigger before the ninth circle knows we're here.

Actually, just the device relaying the signal. There's a power surge

coming from the room you're in, so the relay must be somewhere nearby.

We shut down Emiko's ability to detonate, we save the city.

Find the relay device and then evacuate the building.

You going after Emiko?

- JOHN: I've got your back. - Got to go alone.

Communication is mission critical. The last thing

we need are comms failing while we're out there.

While we're out there?

Sounds like you still haven't budged on Mia and William taking the reins.

We are about to stop a small army from infiltrating Star City.

I can't be the only one worried about the kids.

Of course I'm worried,

but I taught Zoe everything she knows about being a hero.

Almost everything.

And now my little girl's a grown-ass woman and one of the Canaries.

I know she can handle herself.

And your kids, they're no slouches either, Felicity. They're like their parents.

This is not the life

that Oliver and I wanted for them.

They're supposed to be living happy, normal lives right

now. That was the only thing that Oliver asked me to do.

It was the only thing that I promised him I would do.

And I failed.

Some mother I turned out to be.

It's time.

Be safe. I love you.

I love you, too, dad.

- I'm going to be watching over both of you. - We'll need you.

ROY: Mia...

Thought you might need these.

[GUNSHOT]

[YELLING]

[SIREN SCREAM]

What happened to us being public enemy number one?

BINGSLEY: I told pollard the truth about what really went down.

You guys are heroes.

Is the relay down, Overwatch?

Oh, so down, it's in Australia.

Emiko can't trigger the devices now.

Every remote device. There's still an active one in the building.

Enough to take this place down?

And then some.

We need to evacuate this building now.

You heard the captain. Move!

JOHN: Oliver, the relay's deactivated, but the

building is still armed. Do you have Emiko?

I do now.

I have been waiting for you.

Emiko, it's over.

This was his view, wasn't it?

Your father.

His perch above the city, above everyone.

I'm glad you'll get to see it all fall.

Not tonight.

What did you do?

I'm giving you a second chance...

Before it's too late for both of us.

I don't need bombs to kill you.

ARCHER: Welcome to Galaxy One.

Proceed to checkpoint.

This couldn't be creepier.

Just keep your heads down.

Once the scan starts, it'll only take a few seconds to upload the virus.

ARCHER: Proceed.

Prepare for identification.

[CIRCUITS CRACKLING]

Done. Let's get out of here.

Mr. Clayton. What a surprise.

I thought you'd be smarter than this.

Turns out you're just like your father.

Looks like you're having technical difficulties.

No, no, no.

Don't tell me you actually liked that creep.

No, it didn't work.

The virus didn't destroy Archer.

It's rebooting itself. We failed.

You have every right to be angry.

I was angry, too,

because you let our father die.

And that led to a ripple effect in my life of loss.

I lost Tommy, my mother, Laurel, Quentin.

And I wanted to kill you for all of it.

Hyah! Hyah...

I know his death affected you, too.

Instead of finding the hero that I really believe is inside of you,

you went down a dark path.

And it killed your mother.

- Dante killed my mother. - No, he didn't, Emiko.

Your allegiance to the Ninth Circle killed your mother.

Your hatred of our father killed your mother.

His worst impulses drove you away,

and it led to every terrible moment in both of our lives.

I think that together, we can be better.

So if you're gonna kill me, do it.

VIRGIL: Well, if you're not gonna kill him,

we'll gladly oblige.

FELICITY: Galaxy One must have found a weak spot and modified the system.

Okay. How long until the ZETAs are back online?

Uh, best-case scenario, 5 minutes?

Dad, you said the brain of Archer is in the wall, so if we destroy the wall?

When we built the wall, we installed explosives inside of each control tower.

They're linked together electronically,

but they can only be detonated from inside one of the towers.

Yeah, but there's no way anyone can make it up there.

- 4 minutes. - An Archer could.

FELICITY: No way, Mia. Look. Even if you got up there, you

wouldn't be able to make it back down in time. You'll die.

Once I'm inside the tower, can you talk me through it?

You know it's the only way.

If you can get inside, I can access the system remotely.

- Mia, listen to me! - Sorry, Mom. I have to do this.

EMIKO: Beatrice, you don't have the authority to be here.

The council was promised the total destruction of Star City,

not a sibling spat. And for the first time in history,

the world knows of our existence.

The Ninth Circle answers to me.

Not anymore.

Finish them.

Almost in position.

Ready when you are.

[HIGH-PITCHED TONE] [SCREAMING]

- You're still here. - Yeah. I don't leave my family.

Detonate the building.

Aah!

[EXPLOSIONS]

Aah!

Aah!

Okay. The device is installed.

Now all I have to do is bypass the encryption protocols,

reconfigure the detonation commands, and voila.

[COMPUTER BEEPING]

Ready when you are.

Take care of mom.

She's already lost so much.

Here goes nothing.

I just started getting used to having a sister. I'm not losing you now.

You have 60 seconds until that wall goes boom. Get out of there.

I'm sorry.

I know. It's okay.

You need to hide.

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

Your family's gonna die. I made sure of it.

You need to hide Felicity and the baby.

[STRAINING]

Emiko.

I... I...

I wanted to be a Queen.

[EXPLOSION]

Aah!

Uh-oh. The ZETAs are back online.

You think?

WILLIAM: You have 20 seconds.

[SCREAMING]

So this is what it feels like to save a city,

minus Palmer Tech becoming a crater.

No civilian casualties. That's a win.

OLIVER: We really couldn't have done this without your help.

Thank you.

Laurel, thank you.

FELICITY: That last-minute SCPD assist really helped turn the tide.

Oh, well, I'm just relieved the department's back on our side and we can show our faces

- in the city again. - Yeah.

TURNER: Because you proved this is a team of heroes.

I'm sorry about Emiko.

Thank you. I... I know I tried to save her.

Oliver, I know this wasn't how you wanted her story to end.

CURTIS: Hey. I'm sorry. I hate to save and run.

- Ohh. - But I have to go back to D.C.

The jeweler called. The ring I picked out for Nick is ready.

Oh, my God. Oh, my God. You're popping the question?

Yeah. The holtnastases are gonna make it official, assuming he says yes.

Of course he'll say yes! He'd be a fool not to. Oh! Congratulations.

Any thoughts about what you're gonna do next?

A man with your set of skills, a lot of people will be looking. Lyla...

well, she's always looking.

I just want to spend time with my son,

who I need to get back to.

- Copy that. - All right.

And then there were six.

Actually, five. I can't stay.

You're gonna catch up with Thea?