Arrow

Previously, on "Arrow"...

Curtis: Dr. Palmer got miniaturization to work.

Felicity: Do it!

I'm not dead.

This is field crew 237, we're at the star city bank.

We're under attack! Immediate assistance!

The ghosts, they're about to take over the armored cars.

Yeah, it's just like old times.

There are guards in the back.

We'll get 'em. Go!

They burned all the money.

They didn't need it.

Federal government sent this to prop up star city bank.

Hive just wanted to make sure that didn't happen.

I've heard of having money to burn,

but stealing money to burn, that's new.

Darhk's not kidding...

he really wants this city to die.

Yeah, but why? I mean, what does hive

have to gain from any of this?

A base of operations.

They have to be able to operate out of somewhere.

What better spot than a dead city?

With almost a dead police department.

Any luck from that tooth we got off the hive member that we took down?

Only that the deterioration of the DNA markers

was most definitely not natural.

Which means it was caused by what?

Curtis and I have been trying to figure that out for the past month.

Maybe ray will have better luck.

I will ask.

Hey, you got a sec?

Yeah.

Where'd you get this?

I got that from Lance.

Who got it from Damian darhk.

John, this... Is pretty definitive evidence

that hive had Andy killed

because his criminal operations conflicted with theirs.

That doesn't track at all with what you have told me about Andy.

Oliver, that doesn't track with what I knew about Andy.

But...

I guess I really never knew him at all.

There's got to be some explanation.

Maybe he was undercover.

Hey, man, listen, it's all right there.

The facts are the facts. All I'm saying,

Andy was your brother,

and he deserves the benefit of the doubt.

Trust me.

Things aren't always what they seem.

Yeah, yeah.

Reiter's not going to like this.

Not one bit.

Vlad was a good worker,

and they listened to him.

Well, I didn't have a choice.

He was going to kill me.

Doesn't sound like something he'd do.

Maybe... maybe he didn't have a choice, either.

Maybe someone put him up to it.

Maybe it was revenge.

Revenge for what?

For taiana.

That drug stealing bitch you choked out?

Vlad was her brother.

Ah, thank you for coming by on such short notice.

Well, happy to have something to do.

To be honest, I'm feeling at a bit of a loss

of what to do with my newfound freedom.

And height.

Is everything always this big?

If you're looking for something to do,

why not try, oh, I don't know,

declare yourself undead, try getting your company back.

You said you had something that you needed help on?

Don't change the subject.

I'm not!

I am a recently undead billionaire ceo.

My time is at a premium.

What can I do for you?

Thanks, I was wondering where my tooth went.

John pulled this off of a ghost.

It's their cyanide retirement plan.

We tried pulling DNA off of it, but...

But half of the genetic markers are missing. That's impossible.

You mean like, "a guy who can

shrink to the size of a French fry" impossible?

Well, do you have any equipment? I'm fresh out of chromatographs.

Got that.

Can we circle back to why you won't come back to Palmer tech?

Your return is exactly what our stock price needs.

It's incredible.

The genetic code has been selectively degraded.

We know. We think it's to scramble the DNA markers

so they can't be ided. But how?

Well, it looks like it was done with a synthetic compound.

Like a chemical crispr/cas9.

Lastrapium trioxide.

Wolfman biologics has a patent on it.

Thank you.

Ok, tomorrow night,

patrolman's benevolent association gala.

It's black tie, so you need a tux.

Which one? He's got like 50.

Uh, .

Maybe back in the day. I don't have a tux.

Get a rental. Doesn't really matter. Every mayor in the history

of star city has attended the pba.

I secured a spot for you on the dais with the brass,

but we need to make sure that your keynote is on point.

Which means, we need to find a way to say that the police

need our help without...

Throwing them under the bus. Right.

I thought you failed civics class.

A d-minus, thank you.

Alex has a way of making this interesting.

Sorry, uh, wrong number.

What were we saying?

Um, moving on to Oliver's platform.

I got your email about cleaning up star city bay.

Yes!

You know, with everything this city's facing right now,

a hippie, crunchy program like...

a hippie, crunchy program that will add hundreds of jobs,

help gentrify the surrounding neighborhoods,

and encourage outside investment.

And put voters to sleep.

We need to focus on crime and jobs.

Which this program will address.

Hey, I will put out a press release tomorrow.

I got to take this. Ok.

I think your brother's onto us.

No. No, and even if he was,

it's not like he's the boss of me.

No, he's the boss of me.

I know. I'm just glad your brother's not a killer.

Oh... Speedy!

Speedy, um...

thea. Sorry, it's a nickname. We have to go.

Felicity called about the thing.

The dental problem.

Uh, yes, yeah, sorry.

Um, our... our friend has, this, uh,

tooth issue.

Yeah. Good work.

Onsite.

We're clear for entry.

John: All right, Felicity, what's next?

We need a sample of the chemical.

With it, ray can unscramble the DNA markers

and we can have a shot at iding

some of our ghosts.

Where do we find this thing?

According to their recently hacked computers,

second floor, northwest corner.

It's a yellow liquid.

Incoming.

Four ghosts, north entrance.

I'm on it.

Looks good, we're in.

Looking for the compound.

Got it.

Green Arrow and speedy need assistance.

Thanks!

You should go, get out of here.

And what about you?

I've got this. Go.

Felicity, I'm going for an ID on the ghost that shot at us. Stand by.

Well, even death's not permanent anymore.

Sorry.

No, no, it's ok.

Nothing seems to make sense anymore.

Andy.

I can't believe this.

Ok, it's obvious that hive faked his death.

Maybe it was part of his recruitment...

you saw the file. You saw what kind of

man my brother was, what kind of man he is.

We don't know anything,

not until we hear it directly from Andy.

And how are we supposed to do that?

We get him out of hive. Oliver, how are you

still giving him the benefit of the doubt?

Because he's your family.

You said he was a good man.

Maybe a part of him still is. I don't know.

I do. Last month at the lumber yard,

a ghost had a chance to kill you, but didn't.

I remember thinking how weird that was, unless that ghost was Andy.

So, what, he had a chance to kill me and he didn't,

so I'm just supposed to forget he's a killer?

No, but you should still remember he's your brother.

I can't square that circle, thea.

That hive member was nothing like my brother.

The man that was my brother's dead.

He's dead.

What brother?

The brother of the prisoner that stole the drugs,

but only because he put him up to it.