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Oliver: The name of the island they found me on is lian yu.

It's mandarin for purgatory.

I've been stranded here for five years.

I've dreamt of my rescue every cold black night since then.

For five years, I have had only one thought, one goal...

Survive.

Survive and one day return home.

The island held many dangers.

To live, I had to make myself more than what I was...

To forge myself into a weapon.

I am returning, not the boy who was shipwrecked...

But the man who will bring justice to those who have poisoned my city.

My name is Oliver queen.

Oliver queen is alive.

The starling city resident was found by fishermen...

In the north China sea five days ago.

Five years after he was presumed dead...

Following the accident at sea which claimed the queen's gambit.

Queen was a tabloid presence...

And fixture on the club scene.

Before his disappearance, he was acquitted of assault...

Stemming from a highly publicized drunken altercation with paparazzi.

Queen is the son of starling city billionaire Robert queen...

Who was also on board but now officially confirmed as deceased.

Lamb: Twenty percent of his body's covered in scar tissue.

Second degree burns on his back and arms.

X-rays show at least 12 fractures that never properly healed.

Has he said anything about what happened?

No. He's barely said anything.

Moira, I'd like you to prepare yourself.

The Oliver you lost might not be the one they found.

My beautiful boy.

I've got it.

Your room is exactly as you left it.

- I never had the heart to change a thing. - Walter: Oliver.

Damn good to see you.

It's Walter.

- Walter Steele. - You remember Walter.

Your father's friend from the company.

- It's good to see you, raisa. - Welcome home, Mr. Oliver.

Mr. Merlyn phoned. He wants to join you for dinner.

Wonderful.

Oliver? Did you hear that?

Hey, sis.

Thea: I knew it. I knew you were alive.

I missed you so much.

You were with me the whole time.

Joanna: Come on, Laurel. We're lawyers, not miracle workers.

We can't win this.

If we can't win a class action against a man...

Who swindled hundreds of people out of their life savings...

We're not fit to be called a legal aid office.

And if we go bankrupt in the process, we won't be a legal aid office.

Hunt has an army of lawyers and they are ready to Bury us.

You and I against an army? I love those odds.

Why do you hate me?

Man : And in other news...

Details as to the castaway story you've all heard about...

The son of a very wealthy billionaire will soon become a legendary story.

Jessica now has more details and the complete castaway story.

Woman : The queen's gambit was last heard from more than five years ago.

Mr. Queen has reportedly confirmed...

He was the only survivor of the accident that took the lives of seven people...

Including local resident Sara Lance, survived by her sister, Laurel...

Oliver: After five years...

Everything that was once familiar is now unrecognizable.

The face I see in the mirror is a stranger.

Storm's a category two. Captain's recommending we head back.

Robert: All right. Inform the crew.

- Are we in trouble? - One of us is.

Where do you keep the bottle opener on this thing?

I'll be there in a minute, Sara.

You know, son...

That is not going to finish well, for either of them or for you.

What did I tell you? Yachts suck.

- Tommy merlyn. - I missed you, buddy.

Okay, what else did you miss? Super bowl winners:

Giants, steelers, saints, packers, giants again.

A black president, that's new. Oh, and lost. They were all dead.

- I think. - What was it like there?

Cold.

Tommy: Tomorrow, you and me do the city.

- You've got a lot to catch up on. - Great idea.

Good. I was hoping to swing by the office.

There's plenty of time for all that.

Queen consolidated isn't going anywhere.

I am so sorry, Mr. Oliver.

- Dude, you speak Russian? - Didn't know you took Russian at college.

I didn't realize you wanted to sleep with my mother, Walter.

- I didn't say anything. - She didn't have to.

Oliver, Walter and I are married and I don't want you to think that...

Either one of us, did anything to disrespect your father.

Walter: We both believed that Robert, like you, was, uh...

Well, gone. Oliver: It's fine.

May I be excused?

Tommy: Hey, don't forget about tomorrow, buddy.

Sara: One, two, three.

- It's getting closer. - That's not very scientific.

What would you know about science, Mr. Ivy league drop out?

I happen to know a lot about science. I know about fermentation.

I know biology.

Laurel's gonna kill me.

- Oh, she's so gonna kill me. - Your sister will never know.

- Come here. - Ha-ha-ha.

- Okay, that one was really close. - Sara, we're gonna be fine.

Sara!

- Sara! - Aah!

Sara.

- Gus: Oliver! Oliver! - Sara!

- No! No! No, dad, she's out there! - She's not there.

Sara!

- She's gone. - Oliver! Wake up. Oliver!

Walter: Oliver!

- I'm sorry. I'm so, so sorry. - No, it's okay, Oliver.

It's all right, sweetheart. You're home.

You're home.

- Thea: Where did you get these? - Roxies. Thank you, daddy's acl tear.

- Ollie. - No one's called me that in a while, speedy.

Worst nickname ever.

What, always chasing after me as a kid? I thought it fit pretty well.

- Maybe it still does? - See you at school, speedy.

- Sorry about her. - I have something for you.

You did not come back from a deserted island with a souvenir.

It's a hozen and in buddhism, it symbolizes reconnecting.

I kept it, in hopes that one day it would reconnect me with you.

A rock. That is sweet.

I want one of those t-shirts that says...

"My friend was a castaway and all I got was this crappy shirt."

Don't let him get you into too much trouble.

You just got back. Take it slow.

Tommy: Ahem. The city awaits.

Have you noticed how hot your sister's gotten?

Because I have not.

- Your funeral blew. - You get lucky?

Fish in a barrel. They were so sad and huggy—...

- No. - And I'm counting on...

Another target-rich environment for your welcome home bash.

- At my what? - You came back from the dead.

This calls for a party. You tell me where and when.

I'll take care of everything.

This city's gone to crap. Your dad sold his factory just in time.

Why'd you wanna drive through this neighborhood anyway?

- No reason. - So, what'd you miss the most?

Steaks at the palm? Drinks at the station?

- Meaningless sex? - Laurel.

Everyone is happy you're alive.

You wanna see the one person who isn't?

Laurel, I just got this from hunt's lawyers.

They filed a change of venue. We're now in front of judge grell.

- Hunt funded grell's re-election campaign. - Mm-hm.

- Grell's in his back pocket. - It's fun being your friend.

I get to say "I told you so" a lot.

Adam hunt is not smarter than we are.

He's richer and willing to commit felonies.

- We don't need to go outside the law... - To find justice.

Your dad's favorite jingle.

Hello, Laurel.

You went to law school.

You said you would.

Yeah. Everyone's proud.

Adam hunt's a heavy hitter.

You sure you wanna get in the ring with him?

Five years and you wanna talk about Adam hunt?

No. Not really.

- Why are you here, Ollie? - To apologize.

It was my fault.

I wanted to ask you not to blame her.

For what? Falling under your spell?

How could I possibly blame her for doing the same things that I did?

- I never meant to... - She was my sister.

I couldn't be angry because she was dead.

I couldn't grieve because I was so angry.

That's what happens when your sister dies while screwing your boyfriend.

We buried an empty coffin.

Because her body was at the bottom of the ocean...

Where you left her.

It should've been you.

I know that it's too late to say this but I'm sorry.

Yeah, I'm sorry too.

I'd hoped that you'd rot in hell a whole lot longer than five years.

How'd you think that was gonna go, Tommy?

We took care of that. Good call. Now we can make up for lost time.

If you're not sick of fish let's find some leggy models...

And eat Sushi off them. What do you say?

What the hell?

Here, son. Drink.

What the hell are you doing? That's all we've got.

If anybody's making it out of here, it's gonna be him.

I'm so sorry, I thought I'd have more time.

I'm not the man you think I am.

I didn't build our city. I failed it.

- And I wasn't the only one. - Man: Mr. Queen?

Mr. Queen?

Did your father survive that accident?

I ask the questions. You give me the answers.

Did he make it to the island? Did he tell you anything?

Yes, he did.

Man: What did he tell you, Mr. Queen?

He told me I'm gonna kill you.