Arrow

My name is Oliver Queen.

After five years on a hellish island,

I have come home with only one goal--

to save my city.

But to do so, I can't be the killer I once was.

To honor my friend's memory,

I must be someone else.

I must be...something else.

Previously on "Arrow"...

It's a hozen.

In Buddhism, it symbolizes reconnecting.

And now that Malcolm's dead, there's only one archer left.

And I'm going to help my boss catch him.

Let the kid go.

It's like you have a death wish. And guess what?

It's going to come true.

Yeah, well, someone has to do something.

Stand up for what's right, like he did.

Faster!

Foot's on the floor, man.

Call it in. This is FEMA truck 52.

We're being pursued by two armed bikers.

We're heading south on Third Street, requesting immediate assistance.

Come on, get us out of here.

Get us out of here!

Who the hell was that?

Just so you know,

the real bad guys are getting away!

We're going to need more sparring dummies.

I'll start ordering them in bulk.

This mean you're ready to launch crusade 2.0?

I'm ready, I just don't know where to begin.

Last year, I had the list.

Getting justice was as simple as crossing names out of a book.

This is Starling City. You never have to look far

to find someone engaged in illegal activity.

Yesterday Big Belly Burger got robbed.

Was Carly there? She ok?

Yeah, she was, um,

it was her day off.

Good. Well, the three of us should get dinner.

I haven't seen her since I got back.

Why the sudden interest in my love life?

If it's important to you, it's important to me.

Hey! I didn't see you come in.

I had a secret entrance installed when I ran the club.

Kidding.

Hello?

Yes, yeah, this is Thea Queen.

Of course that's where he is.

Who is he, Roy?

I already told you, I don't know.

So you just happen to have one of his arrows.

I hear he likes green ones.

Do you think this is funny?

Because I can charge you with obstruction right now!

Look...

I used to feel the same way as you.

He has this way of...

seducing you.

Making you feel like he's some kind of guardian angel.

But he's not.

He causes chaos and death.

And you trying to emulate him

just makes the situation worse.

Half the city fell into a hole.

I'd say the situation's already worse.

Look, some of us are just trying to make it better.

Who, like you and the Hood?

Look, there--

There are others.

Others out there who are willing to do what's right.

I've seen them. I've seen her.

I'm not interested in anyone else.

Just him.

What happened?

Are you hurt? Fender bender.

He totaled his car playing hood junior.

At least it wasn't my car.

Don't say anything! I already called you an attorney.

That won't be necessary, we're not pressing charges.

So long as he gives up looking for trouble.

Might as well tell him to give up breathing.

I'll talk to him.

Ask him if he knows anything about the Vigilante.

Roy has obviously forged some sort of connection to him.

Maybe it goes both ways.

Doesn't sound like the Vigilante to have a groupie.

That's just it-- we don't know anything

about the Vigilante.

Except for every time that he shows up,

all hell breaks loose.

It has to stop, Ollie.

He has to be stopped.

Thea.

Can you ask Mr. Diggle to bring the car around, please?

I'll always think of you fondly.

Save the speeches.

Your ex-girlfriend already laid one on me.

Still, no effect.

I used to be a lot like you, Roy.

I doubt that.

I spend more time in the back of cop cars than limos, so...

The world doesn't work anymore.

It broke a long time ago,

but it was like you were the only one who noticed.

That makes you angry.

And you're afraid that that anger

is going to burn you up inside

if you have to live in the world one second longer

knowing that you could do something to fix it.

That anger's going to put you in the hospital, kid.

Or worse.

Well, I'll take worse.

It's better to be dead than in a hospital these days, right?

What do you mean?

Been to the Glades Memorial, lately?

No, but I didn't read that it was damaged by the quake.

It wasn't.

The medicine that FEMA's been sending the hospital

is being hijacked.

So, if they don't re-supply,

they'll be forced to close. By who?

I don't know!

The doctors and nurses are already bailing on the place.

And the cops? The cops rarely venture that deep into the Glades,

so I guess that leaves only me!

What's it take to make you angry?

Others will come.

They won't be happy we killed their men.

All the more reason to figure out why they're here.

It's a map.

Of the island chain, containing Lian Yu.

This is similar to the recon shots that A.S.I.S. gave me

before I came here to rescue your father.

Whatever they're looking for, it must be here, on this island.

I've seen men in war with that look in their eyes.

What look?

The one that says he's split into someone else.

Someone he doesn't even recognize.

If someone doesn't talk to him, it'll tear him up.

Come on.

Let's get away from this place.

They survived the quake and ended up here.

From one hell to the next.

Yeah, whoever's stealing from here, they won't be for much longer.

This city is failing on all accounts.

Who's that in the spotlight?

Sebastian Blood, the local alderman that I told you about.

Not too shy about sharing his opinions.

Which are?

Which are that the Glades have been abandoned.

And no one gives a damn about these people.

He hasn't met us yet.

We cannot stand by while the doctors

on the other side of those doors are working with

the bare minimum of resources

because the police department

already sees us as a lost cause.

Meanwhile, thieves are seeking to make a quick buck

off the misery of the Glades.

Oliver Queen, isn't it?

Alderman.

What brings you to Glades Memorial, Mr. Queen?

I assume someone of your means

can afford the best medical treatment money can buy.

And I can assure you, you're not going to find that here.

That's wrong, sir.

The people of the Glades have suffered too much

not to have access to basic medical services.

Well, that's very compassionate of you to say.

Although I wonder

where your family's concern for its fellow citizens was

when they ordered the construction

of the earthquake machine that killed 503 people.

Ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, please!

I will be doing everything in my power

to atone for my family's culpability in this tragedy.

Well, I'm sure the people of the Glades that I represent

will sleep better knowing that--

if they still had a place to sleep.

If their homes hadn't crumbled around them.

If their stores and their businesses hadn't been condemned.

You did this to us!

Go back to your mansion, rich boy!

Spare us your mercy visits, Queen!

You've done enough for this city already.

Excuse us. Pardon us.

* Arrow 2x02 * Identity

I quit.

No, you don't. Yes, I do.

Not my old job in the I.T. Department,

but my new job as your executive assistant,

which you think I'm going to accept.

Your thinking could not be more wrong in this matter.

I need a girl Wednesday. It's...Friday,

and the answer is no!

These computers have been upgraded.

Far more processing power than your typical secretary.

Did you know I went to M.I.T.?