S06.E05: Deathstroke Returns

[TrueMyth]

1 hour ago, tv echo said:

It was just stupid for Dinah to change into her Black Canary costume before confronting the Vigilante when FBI Agent Samanda Watson was on site. Dinah's a trained cop. It would've been explainable and less incriminating if she had just fought the Vigilante as Lt. Dinah Drake. He already knew who she was. It was also somewhat laughable that that young cop didn't recognize Dinah as the Black Canary, considering she had the same hair and build. 

....

That one long fight sequence where Slade/Deathstroke mows down the Jackals was mesmerizing, I have to say.

Especially since she just used her cry in street clothes in the previous act, in the middle of a well-lit (for Arrow) street after the team had just faced down a villain known for hacking camera systems, AND we still don't know who dropped off the photo-manipulated image of Oliver as Green Arrow that brought the FBI heat in the first place.  Ugh.

I really, really wanted to like Deathstroke's rampaged, but... do people really recoil quite that hard when shot with a gun?  And if they do, than how is Slade able to fire it one-handed with a bent elbow and still have an arm? And I could be wrong, but his tactical blade looks pretty dull on the tip, like it is intended for slashing way more than stabbing, but he skewered at least three of the mooks (in a way that reminded me of the katana through Moira every time).  Stabbing is a nice finishing move when you are one-on-one, but horrible in a group fight because the second your blade gets stuck in or under a body, you're down one weapon.

Diggle's limo fight is still the tops action sequence of the season for me (and I liked Oliver's crazy leaps in the season opener, too).

When did we first see Vigilante?  Didn't we get a police sketch of him back in season two?  Or was it three? Have the writers forgotten about that?  Can we have some indication about why Vinny is hanging around Star(ling) City?  Does he have (or has he lost) family here? Isn't what Vigilante is doing basically the EXACT SAME THING that Tina/Dinah was doing before Oliver recruited her and taught her how to vigilante the moral way?  If so, why the heck would she want to "bring him down" instead of "bring him over" once she knows who he is?  I really don't get her emotional reaction to the reveal.  Between this and her judgey, secret-keeping with Diggle, Dinah is dancing on the edge of total ruin as a character for me.  And I liked her last season.

[Guest]

I know they're clearly trying to push Dinah/BC as much as they can and involving her in literally everything but using Vigilante for that? LAME. The guy appeared in the season before she did. It's ridiculous.

It would've been so much better if it had been someone from an earlier season. I'm actually with SA on this one. Even McKenna Hall would've been more interesting and a genuine surprise AND it being a woman would've made for a fun twist that no one would've expected.

Honestly, the more they push Dinah, the more she becomes fast forward material. Please dial it back.

[tennisgurl]

17 minutes ago, Angel12d said:

Even McKenna Hall would've been more interesting and a genuine surprise AND it being a woman would've made for a fun twist that no one would've expected.

Thats actually a really cool idea! It would actually fit in pretty well, and would give us more or a tragic character to build from, that was someone that the audience might actually remember, but doesn't have a huge impact, but would actually matter to Oliver. But instead, I had no clue who this guy was, and wouldn't have known if Dinah hadn't been there to explain it. And, most importantly, I dont care. Who cares that it was some guy from Dinah's past we dont know, and who hasn't been mentioned since her backstory? Why are they trying to tie so much crap into Dinah's life? 

Is this how Felicity haters who complain about Felicity and Friends feel about Felicity? Except, Felicity acually has a point on this show? And is a million times more likable? 

[Guest]

6 minutes ago, tennisgurl said:

Thats actually a really cool idea! It would actually fit in pretty well, and would give us more or a tragic character to build from, that was someone that the audience might actually remember, but doesn't have a huge impact, but would actually matter to Oliver. But instead, I had no clue who this guy was, and wouldn't have known if Dinah hadn't been there to explain it. And, most importantly, I dont care. Who cares that it was some guy from Dinah's past we dont know, and who hasn't been mentioned since her backstory? Why are they trying to tie so much crap into Dinah's life? 

I know. I saw people laughing at it but I actually thought it was a good idea! She's connected to Oliver. It's someone from S1 so we'd all recognize her and not be like WHO??? And her being an ex-cop would've essentially been the same as this Vinny dude. Also, it throws in another female vigilante instead of it being another boring white dude. Like, I actually would've been interested to know how on earth McKenna ended up turning into Vigilante in the last 4 years. IDGAF about Dinah's boyfriend. 

I think they're trying to tie everything to Dinah to hype her as BC but for me personally it's just not working. YMMV though.

11 minutes ago, tennisgurl said:

Is this how Felicity haters who complain about Felicity and Friends feel about Felicity? Except, Felicity acually has a point on this show? And is a million times more likable? 

It must be? LOL. Except Felicity has earned her place on the show and doesn't get everything handed to her because comics. Not that I'm bitter or anything! ? ? ?

[arjumand]

2 hours ago, tv echo said:

Picturing all this has entertained me more than the entire episode. Seriously, Black Canary face-planting and the entire crew being like

when faced with a baby skunk (I know why, it's just really funny to picture!) is giving me life.

I mean, this episode was so dull. Except for Slade's incredible MURDER RUN (which makes me raise a reluctant glass, cos I hate the guy), it was just so dull. And Kris Holden Reid and Kris Holden Reid's terrible accent have put me off Kris Holden Reid forever.

Edited November 10, 2017 by arjumand

[johntfs]

15 hours ago, HunterHunted said:

She's a Scooby-Doo villain. She's fixated on proving that Oliver Queen is the Green Arrow, but a sniper is trying to assassinate a councilwoman on city steps and on live TV. She brings a phalanx to the TV station to catch the Green Arrow, but treats the councilwoman's safety like an afterthought. Her priorities are all messed up. And if she gets her way, Oliver is arrested and imprisoned. Does that stop Star City from being a hellscape. Nor does she seem to have any interest in actually dealing with the crime and corruption in Star City. 

Her assignment is to figure out if (and prove that) Oliver Queen is the Green Arrow.  Protecting the councilwoman is the job of Star City PD.  So is dealing with the crime and corruption in Star City.  Her priorities in this case are quite correct.  If Star City PD asked for her help and input regarding the councilwoman and/or crime and corruption in Star City she could offer that (if her bosses signed off).  To my knowledge SCPD hasn't done anything like that.  So she's doing the thing she's here to do.

[HunterHunted]

1 hour ago, johntfs said:

Her assignment is to figure out if (and prove that) Oliver Queen is the Green Arrow.  Protecting the councilwoman is the job of Star City PD.  So is dealing with the crime and corruption in Star City.  Her priorities in this case are quite correct.  If Star City PD asked for her help and input regarding the councilwoman and/or crime and corruption in Star City she could offer that (if her bosses signed off).  To my knowledge SCPD hasn't done anything like that.  So she's doing the thing she's here to do.

Does not matter. This is like Arrow's garbage understanding of business. Even the TV FBI on many other shows wouldn't be so pointlessly fixated when they are conducting an investigation. By limiting her scope to whether Oliver is the Green Arrow, she could miss that Oliver might be a criminal or corrupt. She could miss that Oliver is a member of the Bratva. She could miss that the rest of his friends are a bunch of vigilantes. She could miss that Felicity and Curtis have hacked into all sorts of government and private servers. She could miss that murderers, Slade and Malcolm, are still kicking around or that a woman who looks exactly like Laurel is alive and killing a ton of people.

The FBI frequently does investigations of widespread corruption and criminal malfeasance, especially when a jurisdiction demonstrates that it is incapable of regulating itself. As Star City has demonstrated time after time. I've said from the beginning that I'd have no problem with the FBI getting hip to Oliver being the Green Arrow if it was part of a larger investigation. It could then be framed as an argument about whether Oliver is so invested in being the Green Arrow that he's not really trying to clean Star City up. Investigating public corruption is one of the FBI's highest priorities. In fact it would heighten the irony if the FBI taking Oliver down if he had requested that they assist him in routing out corruption. The writing is so bad on this plot that it undermines whatever they are trying to do. As an audience we are forced to accept that the FBI is so concerned about crime that they would investigate Oliver's illegal vigilante activities, but turn a blind eye to all of the other crimes occurring in front of them.

Edited November 11, 2017 by HunterHunted

[BkWurm1]

20 hours ago, lion10 said:

 

It's also a bit suspicious that the Green Arrow is now a hulking black guy who shoots crossbow bolts instead of a white guy using a conventional bow.  But I guess Black Siren's the only person in Star City with observational abilities.   

 

He doesn't shoot crossbow bolts.  The whole point of the special crossbow they made for Diggle ( aka The Green Monster) is that it shoots regular arrows and sights like a gun.  

[lion10]

2 minutes ago, BkWurm1 said:

He doesn't shoot crossbow bolts.  The whole point of the special crossbow they made for Diggle ( aka The Green Monster) is that it shoots regular arrows and sights like a gun.  

 

Okay, I read a post on the arrow subreddit by a guy who works with crossbows that said that the SPCD forensics team should be able to determine that the Green Arrow is shooting a different time of arrow and is using a different type of arrow-shooting machine, but on a show with T-spheres, expecting realistic physics is too much at this point.  

[BkWurm1]

The whole point of the crossbow was it was a regular arrow.  It was custom made to address the issues of the police noticing the lack of typical arrows so there's no reason to think the SPCD should be able to determine that the Green Arrow is shooting a different type of arrow or using a different type of arrow-shooting machine

[TwistedandBored]

I really loved the Felicity and FBI lady scene. I wish it could have been longer though. However, the way their scene ended makes me think this would lead to Felicity being arrested for that computer hack finger printing thing. Loved the little Delicity and Olicity scenes we got.  I really don't care for Slade anymore because I haven't forgiven him for killing Moira so his scenes just were boring me so much. 

 

Also, the whole Vigilante reveal was such a letdown though. Of all the characters they could have chosen from and they chose him. What a waste of time.

[MissLucas]

Well, I wasn't a fan of Myson! vol. 1 and the sequel did nothing to change my mind. I'm rapidly getting bored by this season. By now Michael Emerson is the one thing that keeps me hooked.

Also: has Willa Holland kicked Guggenheim's favorite puppy?

[Chyromaniac]

On 11/10/2017 at 0:07 AM, quarks said:

Why, why, and WHY did the Jackals decide to make a Vancouver basketball court their main lair? I know that the answer is, as always on this show, budget problems, but really, even for you, show, this is sad.

Wait - so you’re saying you don’t buy that the worlds deadliest mercenaries would be hanging out in a middle school gymnasium?

[quarks]

2 hours ago, Chyromaniac said:

Wait - so you’re saying you don’t buy that the worlds deadliest mercenaries would be hanging out in a middle school gymnasium?

I like to think that they would have at least tried to hold out for the Fake Eastern European Country's version of a La Quinta. 

[AudienceofOne]

Maybe it's because I didn't start watching this season until I had five episodes but I didn't mind this episode at all. I think it's different if you wait an entire week for an episode; you're more likely to get disappointed when the focus is on minor characters or they have random flashbacks. I thought the episode was well-written and cohesive if a bit predictable. Slade's fight scenes are always awesome so there's that.

In my diary of "weird Arrow morality", this show has the notion that the worst thing about being a supervillian is not the endless murder, death and destruction but the fact it makes you a bad father - always to a son. 

Apropos of nothing, I always felt Dyson was an underrated actor and I enjoyed him in this. I hope he gets a new show soon.

PS I still think Myson may be a super villain. Maybe the actor is just super green but he keeps delivering this lines like he's Chase manipulating Oliver. Deliberate? 

[insomniadreams88]

I think one of my main problems with the flashbacks in this episode is that after spending most of the first 5 seasons hating flashbacks and getting used to hating/not particularly looking forward to flashbacks, it’s worse when they’re about a character I don’t like, especially when it’s a character who did everything Slade did and when they seem to be ignoring 314. 

[WindofChange]

You can tell how boring this episode was based on the number of comments in this thread compared to the last one lol

Edited November 11, 2017 by WindofChange

[BkWurm1]

3 hours ago, WindofChange said:

You can tell how boring this episode was based on the number of comments in this thread compared to the last one lol

True.  There wasn't even anything to get super mad about and thus need to comment. It's the first episode since the live thread started that I didn't watch live.  It screamed, forgettable.  

[statsgirl]

It screamed "we have to make it up to Manu Bennett for reasons" to me.

On 11/10/2017 at 3:52 AM, HunterHunted said:

She's a Scooby-Doo villain. She's fixated on proving that Oliver Queen is the Green Arrow, but a sniper is trying to assassinate a councilwoman on city steps and on live TV. She brings a phalanx to the TV station to catch the Green Arrow, but treats the councilwoman's safety like an afterthought. Her priorities are all messed up. And if she gets her way, Oliver is arrested and imprisoned. Does that stop Star City from being a hellscape. Nor does she seem to have any interest in actually dealing with the crime and corruption in Star City. 

I can buy that she's there to do her job and as long as she does it, what happens afterwards doesn't matter.  That kind of narrow thinking is not unknown among members of the law enforcement agencies. (Look at Comey coming public with the information that Anthony Weiner was being investigated again just before the election last  year)

Unless Watson is going to see the light and join the side of Team Arrow as Quentin did, she really is a one note characters.  I think SN is doing a good job of trying to infuse some humor and depth into a very one note character.  The scene with Felicity shows how she could do more if they would just let her.

I think she's doing a better job of portraying "badass" than JH is.

On 11/10/2017 at 9:45 AM, tv echo said:

It was just stupid for Dinah to change into her Black Canary costume before confronting the Vigilante when FBI Agent Samanda Watson was on site. Dinah's a trained cop. It would've been explainable and less incriminating if she had just fought the Vigilante as Lt. Dinah Drake. He already knew who she was. It was also somewhat laughable that that young cop didn't recognize Dinah as the Black Canary, considering she had the same hair and build.

I figured they are hiring visually and IQ challenged rookies at SCPD these days since that cop didn't recognize her.  Or maybe it's because her mask is magic like Kara's and Clark's glasses because there is no way he should have missed someone with the same body type, height hair colour and length and the same voice being Dinah.

[BkWurm1]

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It screamed "we have to make it up to Manu Bennett for reasons" to me.

Yeah.  I'm guessing these two episodes are how they got Manu back last season.

[Hiveminder]

Admittedly, I fast forwarded through some of the Vigilante scenes in this episode, but I still have a poor opinion of him from last season when he told Oliver as GA that he’d never lost anyone. Like, dude, (a) why would he be running around as a masked vigilante if he’s never lost anyone, and (b) way to make assumptions about someone’s personal life when you don’t even know who they are. Dinah must be in to you because of your abs, because you seem pretty dumb. 

[blackwing]

I don't mind the increased focus on Dinah.  More time spent on Dinah means there is less available time to spend on Curtis or Wild Dung.  HOSS.

[BkWurm1]

I think the focus on her was fine in this episode because it was her story.  But I hated it in 601 when it should have been Lance's and hated it in 602 and 603 when it should have been Diggle's.  

[tv echo]

I can't help thinking that the increased focus on Dinah this season is a WB/DC mandate. I wouldn't be surprised if next year they announced that they were doing a big screen Birds of Prey movie, since Arrow seems to be their testing ground for DC characters and they finally got a Black Canary that they seem satisfied with.

[tv echo]

Between 604 and 605, Felicity crossed over to The Flash 405. Therefore, I'm posting transcriptions from that Flash episode as well as this episode...

The Flash 405 (Girls’ Night Out) – Felicity comes to Central City to attend Iris West's bachelorette party:
Felicity: "Hey!"
Cisco and Barry (simultaneously): "Ho! Yo, Felicity!"
Barry: "How'd you get in here?" (Hugs her)
Felicity: "I literally walked in here. You have - you have no security, you have no alarms, you have nothing on your door. You guys might wanna consider something, anything at all."
Barry (seeing the balloons she's carrying): "You came prepared."
Felicity: "Well, yeah, Team Arrow to Team Bride, you know, very excited for that bachelorette party."
Wells: "Yep, getting inebriated with same gender to celebrate an archaic institution? Priceless."
Felicity: "I mean, you only get married once, so - well, actually, pretty much everyone gets divorced these days. 55% to be exact, I mean, that's just statistics. But not you and Iris. That would just - that would never happen to you guys ... (Sees a stretched-out Ralph Dibney) … Whose feet are those?"
Barry: "That's Ralph Dibny."
Felicity: "I'm gonna I'm gonna go meet up with the ladies."

The Flash 405 (Girls’ Night Out) – Felicity and Iris get Caitlin for the bachelorette party:
Felicity: "Well, here you are! Okay, are you ready for the ladies' nights to end all ladies' nights?"
Iris: "And by that, she means a quiet, low-key dinner at a very classy restaurant."
Felicity: "Yeah. That's exactly what I mean. Super low-key, super quiet. Do you want a pink or a blue feather boa?"
Caitlin: "Actually, Iris, if it's okay, I don't think I'm gonna make it tonight. I'm just not feeling up to it."
Iris: "What?"
Felicity: "Aww."
Iris: "Are you feeling okay?"
Caitlin: "No, I'm fine, I just - sometimes life catches up with you, you know?"
Felicity: "It's 'cause you're not wearing the tiara. Put on the tiara. Everything will change."
Iris: "Oh! Wearing the tiara, thank you."
Felicity: "You're welcome."
Iris: "Caitlin, please, come on, we work together every day and we never get to do a dinner just us girls. You have to come."
Felicity: "She's right. Just one dinner, please?"
Caitlin: "Wouldn't miss it."

The Flash 405 (Girls’ Night Out) – Iris' bachelorette dinner at a fancy restaurant with Felicity, Caitlin and Cecile Horton (Joe West's fiancée) is interrupted by Amunet's henchman, Norvok:
Cecile: "So fancy."
Felicity: "Yeah. A toast to the future Mrs. Allen."
Iris: "West-Allen."
Felicity: "West-Allen. Although your life with Barry may be fast-paced, I hope you guys take the time to enjoy the special moments."
Iris: "Aww, thank you guys for coming. It really means a lot."
Cecile: "Cheers."
Felicity: "Yeah."
(Felicity, Caitlin and Iris sip from their glasses.) 
Cecile: "Well, all right, who wants my champagne? Craziest thing I get to do tonight is order two desserts."
Caitlin: "I'll take it."
Felicity: "That's right. Iris told me you were pregnant. How's that going?"
Cecile: "Yeah, it's - it's good. I mean, it wasn't exactly part of my plan, but I just could not be happier."
Felicity: "I know exactly what you mean."
Iris: "Oh, yeah, how is everything with Oliver and William?"
Cecile: "Do I hear wedding bells ringing in your future?"
Felicity: "Oh, no, the last time we did anything that resembled a wedding, Oliver got shot with an arrow, so -"
(Norvok approaches their table.)
Iris: "Uh, did you girls order a stripper?"
Felicity: "Why didn't you tell me? I would've brought all my singles."
Cecile: "No, I -"
Felicity: "Girl, you into some freaky stuff."
Norvok: "Amunet wants you."
Iris: "Uh, Caitlin, do you know him?"
Norvok: "You need to come with me."
Caitlin: "I'm not going anywhere with you."
Cecile: "Please tell me that this is just part of his act."
Felicity: "If it is, it's taking too long. Take it off!" (Snaps fingers)
(Norvok drops his glass eye into champagne glass.)
Felicity: "Gross! I meant take off your pants, not your eye!"
(Norvok's face distorts. The women shriek and back away.)
Felicity: "Oh my God."
(Serpent extends out of Norvok's face.)
*  *  *
Felicity: "Stand back, baby mama, we got this."
(Felicity picks up a chair and bashes Norvok with it. Iris then hits Norvok with a tray. Norvok uses his serpent to push both Iris and Felicity to the floor.)
Caitlin: "Please don't do this."
Norvok: "Didn't have to be this way."
(Caitlin transforms into Killer Frost.)
Norvok: "I was hoping to see you again."
Killer Frost: "Really? So I could give you another scar? (Uses her ice power to push Norvok out the window) Ugh. I hate pink."

The Flash 405 (Girls’ Night Out) – Iris, Felicity and Cecile talk to Killer Frost:
Iris: "They're not picking up."
Cecile: "What the hell just happened? Who was that Medusa Man?"
Felicity: "You know that is not a Cisco-approved name."
Killer Frost: "Don't worry about who that was. Caitlin's taste in clothes is matched only by her taste in men. Both terrible."
Iris: "Wait, how are you you? I thought Caitlin was cured."
Killer Frost: "Caitlin shouldn't be keeping secrets from her friend. You are friends, right?"
Iris: "Yeah, of course we are."
Killer Frost: "Your friend was going out of town tonight."
Iris: "What? Why?"
Killer Frost: "Because she got herself into something she couldn't handle."
Cecile: "Where are you going?"
Killer Frost: "To find Norvok's boss and to kill her."
Felicity: "And you need a change of clothes for that because - (Killer Frost undresses) Whoa! Whoa, okay, apparently somebody doesn't have boundary issues."
Iris: "Uh, okay, girls, can I talk to you in the Cortex?"
(They leave and go to the Cortex.)
Felicity: "Can we take it back for a minute? Since when did her superpowers make her a supervillain?"
Iris: "She is not a villain, okay?"
Cecile: "I remember being kidnapped by her last year."
Felicity: "What?"
Iris: "Okay, yes, but that is because she was being manipulated by Savitar, and in the end, we wouldn't have been able to stop him without her. Look, I know that there is some good in there."
Cecile: "I get it. Technically, Caitlin is underneath all of that somewhere, but she is still dangerous."
Iris: "And she is also our friend, okay? I am not just gonna abandon our teammate."
Cecile: "Fine. I'm coming with you."
Iris: "No, Cecile, you're pregnant."
Cecile: "And your father will kill me if you get killed at your own bachelorette party."
Felicity: "That is some crazy logic and that means I'm in too."
Iris: "Oh, great, Happy Bachelorette."
Killer Frost (entering): "What are you all talking about?"
Felicity: "Oh, nothing, you know, just talking about how cool it is to kill people and such. No pun intended."
Killer Frost: "It's been real, ladies." (Leaves)
Felicity: "I'm gonna use the S.T.A.R. Labs satellite to track her cold signature."
Iris: "Great, I'm gonna try and call for backup again."
Cecile: "And I'll remember that it's Caitlin under there."

The Flash 405 (Girls’ Night Out) – Iris, Felicity and Cecile follow Killer Frost to Amunet's night club:
Felicity: "Alright, are they going to be able to tell that we don't exactly fit in here?"
Iris: "Well, it was your idea to wear boas, so -"
Cecile: "Have we heard from the guys yet?"
Iris: "No. Look. Ladies, okay, we are on our own, okay?"
Drunk Guy (bumping into Felicity): "How about a little love?"
Felicity: "No! No, no, no, no, no. No. No love."
Iris: "Engaged."
Drunk Guy: "Okay, bye."
Iris: "No love."
Cecile: "Is it just me, or does it seem like everybody here already bought what that guy is selling?"
Iris: "Uh, ladies, stay here, okay? I think I know where Frost is."

The Flash 405 (Girls’ Night Out) – Killer Frost explains Caitlin's history with Amunet:
Killer Frost: "You're lucky she didn't kill you, West."
Iris: "Who was that?"
Killer Frost: "That was Amunet Black."
Cecile: "Of the underground market?"
Felicity: "Oh, I'm guessing this chick has a criminal record."
Cecile: "Yeah, she's been linked to the metahuman black market selling stolen technology, but we've never been able to nail her down."
Iris: "And how do you know her?"
Killer Frost: "Through Caitlin. Six months ago, Caitlin thought she had everything under control."
Felicity: "Can't keep a good bad side down for long, am I right?"
Killer Frost: "She felt me becoming much stronger. She found out that Amunet had some tech that would let her stay in charge. She got desperate, so she decided to use it. But it came with a price tag."
Felicity: "Which - which was?"
Killer Frost: "Being her muscle."
Cecile: "Did you kill anyone?"
Killer Frost: "Some people lost their fingers and their toes, but no, no one died."
Iris: "And how are you here now?"
Killer Frost: "While Caitlin sleeps, I am awake."
Felicity: "Oh, my God! You're like The Incredible Hulk! That's - I said that with too much chutzpah."
Iris: "Yeah.
Felicity: "Dialing it back."
Iris: "Look, what are Amunet's plans for the Weeper?"
Killer Frost: "Not my problem."
Iris: "Look, he was on that bus. We helped create him. We need to save him."
Killer Frost: "No. I need to leave and escape Amunet."
Cecile: "And you're just gonna run away?"
Killer Frost: "Listen, there's a reason the CCPD has not caught her. And that you idiots just realized there's a major crime lord living under your noses for the past three years. She's too powerful. We can't stop her." (Leaves)
Iris: "Guys, we have a responsibility to the Weeper and to the city."
Cecile: "What do you suggest we do?"
Iris: "We need to rescue him before Amunet does whatever she's planning, okay? Cecile, you need to gather information on Amunet, and, Felicity, you need to pull up the blueprint to the club. We got this. We're strong women."
Cecile: "Yeah. #Feminism."
Iris: "#Feminism."
Felicity: "#Feminism."

The Flash 405 (Girls’ Night Out) – Felicity analyzes the metahuman's tears and tracks Amunet to an industrial section of Central City:
Felicity: "These tears are more than just water. When ingested, the dark matter inside it alters the brain function like that of a psychoactive drug."
Iris: "So it's like, what, an opioid?"
Felicity: "It's like a love drug. From tears."
Cecile: "If this spreads, Central City's gonna have a massive drug problem on its hands."
Felicity: "Oh, yeah."
Iris: "Okay, well, we need to stop Amunet and save the Weeper before that happens."
Cecile: "How do we find her?"
Caitlin: "I don't know. She's smart. Off the grid, always on the move, never leaves a trail."
Iris: "Okay, well, what about her powers? The metal that she controls. Do you know what it is?"
Caitlin: "Some kind of alnico alloy."
Iris: "Do you think you could use our satellites to track it?"
Felicity: "You mean run a geological scan of the city for small-scale signatures of aluminum, nickel, and cobalt? Girl, please." (Computer beeps)
Cecile: "There. She's headed to Lawrence Hills. That's - that's all industrial out there. That's steel mills, docks, warehouses."
Iris: "Okay, we need to stop her."
Felicity: "Okay."
Caitlin: "Guys, I can't go with you. If I lose control, I could become a liability. I'm sorry, Iris, I can't go."
Iris: "You don't have to. We got this. Okay?"

The Flash 405 (Girls’ Night Out) – Armed with ice guns, Iris and Felicity crash Amunet's meeting with a Japanese buyer, while Cecile runs surveillance from the van:
Cecile (over comms): "Ladies, what's your status?"
Iris (over comms): "We're in position."
Amunet: "I think you'll be pleased." (Shows the Weeper chained in the bus)
Japanese Buyer: "This is him?"
Amunet: "Mm. (Collects tear) Good boy. Sample?"
Japanese Buyer: "I'll take him."
Iris: "On my count, we move."
Felicity: "Okay."
Iris: "One, two -"
Japanese Minion: "Three."

The Flash 405 (Girls’ Night Out) – Iris, Felicity and Killer Frost defeat Amunet with the help of a giant magnet:
Amunet: "I remember you. You are the chick from the bar, hmm?"
Cecile (viewing surveillance screen): "Oh, no."
Caitlin (entering): "Hey, Amunet. This is between you and me. Let my friends go and I'll come back and work for you."
Amunet: "Oh. It's - it's too late for that, Caity. Do you know why no one has ever testified against me over the years, hmm? Well, it's because they're not alive to. Sorry. Take care of them."
Caitlin: "No!" (Transforms into Killer Frost)
Amunet: "Well, hello, Chilly."
Iris: "We gotta get out of here."
Amunet: "And I thought I wasn't going to be able to kill anyone today." (Shoots metal crystals at them)
(Killer Frost creates ice bubble to protect herself, Iris and Felicity.)
Amunet: "Kill them!"
Killer Frost: "I don't think this is gonna hold much longer."
Iris: "Well, this is a steel factory. And you move steel plates with -"
Felicity: "Magnets. Really, really big magnets."
Iris (over comms): "Cecile, turn the crane on."
Cecile (over comms): "What? How?"
Felicity (over comms): "Uh, should be in the schematics, just - just highlight it and turn it on."
Cecile (over comms): "Okay, um."
(Killer Frost destroys her ice bubble.)
Amunet: "You and I could have been gods."
Killer Frost: "I used to work with a god. Over it."
Iris (over comms): "Cecile, now!"
(Cecile activates giant magnet. Amunet's black metal crystals all fly toward the giant magnet and stick to it.)
Killer Frost: "Not so scary without your bling now, are ya, sister?" (Forms ice knife and approaches Amunet)
Iris: "Stop! Caitlin, stop."
Killer Frost: "I'm not Caitlin. And I'll never be free unless she dies."
Iris: "No, it's the opposite. You are free right now. But if you do this, you will always be a killer. Killer Frost, Caitlin - you don't have to be one or the other. You get to decide who you are."
Killer Frost (to Amunet): "Get out of here."
Amunet: "You've ruined this for me today. And one day soon, I promise you I will ruin something for you." (Leaves with Norvok)
Iris: "Hold on. (Unchains the Weeper) It's okay, okay? We're gonna help you."
Weeper: "Get away from me." (Runs off)
Iris: "Wha -"
Cecile: "The police are on their way."
Felicity: "We did it, guys. We really did it."
Iris: "Actually, it's girls."

605 (Deathstroke Returns) - Oliver Queen's voiceover intro:
Oliver (voiceover): "My name is Oliver Queen. After five years in hell, I returned home with only one goal - to save my city. But I couldn't honor that commitment and honor the promise I made to the mother of my son, so I asked the best man I know to help. His name is John Diggle, and he is the Green Arrow."

605 (Deathstroke Returns) – Slade Wilson asks for Oliver’s help in rescuing his son, Kane: 
Slade: "I appreciate the meeting."
Oliver: "You helped me find my son. Least I can is help you find Joe."
Slade: "He doesn't go by that name anymore."
Oliver: "Changed his name?"
Slade: "It was his mother's idea. Her maiden name. He goes by Kane now."
Oliver: "What happened to him?"
Slade: "I tracked him to Calgary, but by then, he'd gone, so I followed him to Ibiza - heh - and then Mombassa."
Oliver: "Mombassa?"
Slade: "The kid took after his father. While we were stuck on Lian Yu, he went out and joined the Australian Intelligence Service. Then a week ago in Kasnia, a mission went south. He was dealing in arms. Some locals caught him. Supposedly, he didn't have a fair trial, and now he's serving a life sentence like a rat in a cage."
Oliver: "Okay, Slade. What do you need?"
Slade: "I need you to help me find my son."
Oliver: "Last we met, you told me that I couldn't live in two worlds."
Slade: "I'm not asking you to come back in. Strangely enough, what I need is diplomacy, which means I don't want Green Arrow. I need Oliver Queen."
Oliver: "For what?"
Slade: "Can I ask you just to trust me on this one, kid? I've organized transport to Kasnia. Wheels up at 2200. I'll understand if you don't want to join me But if you do, I'll meet you out front at 2100, okay, kid?"
Oliver: "Okay."

605 (Deathstroke Returns) – Felicity identifies the sniper who shot at Councilwoman Pollard as the Vigilante:
Felicity: "Got him. Well, I didn't get him get him, but I identified him."
Curtis: "Identified who?"
Felicity: "Our sniper. Thought your T-spheres could track his visor."
Curtis: "Well, that was then. This is apparently now. He must have hacked the tracer."
Felicity: "Or got a new visor."
Curtis: "It's not like they sell them at Walmart, Felicity."
Felicity (over comms): "Guys, update time. I think our Vigilante's back in town."
Dinah (over comms): "He's the shooter?"
Felicity (over comms): "I saw him coming out of the sniper's nest."
Dinah (over comms): "CSU's here. Don't know how much evidence we'll be able to pull."
Curtis (over comms): "Well, why don't we work with what we have, mainly the Vigilante seemed to be targeting Councilwoman Pollard."
Felicity (over comms): "'Seemed to be' being the operative word."
Curtis (over comms): "Well, Pollard's the one who's championing the anti-vigilante bill. Seems like a guy named Vigilante wouldn't like her much."
Diggle (over comms): "Yeah, but martyr her? That would get this bill passed faster than you could say 'obstruction.'"
Dinah: "If it passes, I'm gonna have to consider arresting myself."

605 (Deathstroke Returns) – Felicity returns home to Oliver and William, and finds Oliver packing to go on a trip with Slade Wilson:
Felicity: "Hey, William."
William: "Hi."
Felicity: "How are those quadratic equations going?"
William: "I hate them."
Felicity: Yeah. Those were the days. Where's your dad?"
William: "In his room."
(Cut to Oliver's bedroom)
Felicity: "Ah. Do you remember when our biggest problem in life was solving a quadratic equation?"
Oliver: "Uh-uh. I mean, I never really worried about them, but no."
Felicity: "Well, now we have metas crashing bachelorette parties, so - wow, Slade invited you on a romantic getaway?"
Oliver: "Something like that."
Felicity: "Where? Don't say Aruba. That's our spot."
Oliver: "Kasnia."
Felicity: "Wow!"
Oliver: "His son is in some trouble."
Felicity: "The kind of trouble you need to get in more trouble to fix it?"
Oliver: "Well, Slade says that he has a diplomatic solution that requires my name and not me in a mask. I'm worried that if I don't go, he'll take a more aggressive approach."
Felicity: "So the empty bag - is that second thoughts or can't decide what t-shirt to pack?"
Oliver: "Because I'm out. I made a promise to my son, and I'm out."
Felicity: "It sounds like you made a promise to Slade, too."
Oliver: "You think I should go?"
Felicity: "It's not like you're going back to your old life."
Oliver: "I wanted you to tell me not to go."
Felicity: "Look. Slade is not my favorite person, but, I mean, it's not about Slade. It's about his son."
Oliver: "Yeah."
Felicity: "If you don't go, you're just gonna beat yourself up about it."
Oliver: "If - when it veers from diplomacy and I have to break my promise to William, I will beat myself up over that, too."
Felicity: "Then tell William what you're doing."
Oliver: "What?"
Felicity: "Spare him the details of, you know, Slade being Slade and tell him that you're helping a friend. He'll understand that."
Oliver: "You sure?"
Felicity: "Yeah, I'm sure. He's his father's son."

605 (Deathstroke Returns) – Dinah tells Diggle, Felicity, Rene and Curtis that the Vigilante is Vincent Sobel, her presumed dead ex-partner/lover:
Diggle: "Got your 911. Is everything okay?"
Curtis: "Look at her face. That is not an okay face."
Felicity: "Dinah"
Dinah: "Vigilante made another move on Councilwoman Pollard tonight. I almost got him."
Rene: "It's cool, D. We'll nail that bastard."
Dinah: "I hit him with my cry. I shattered his visor, and he - he took off his mask. I saw his face."
Diggle: "Can you I.D. him?"
Dinah: "His name is Vincent Sobel. He's my old partner."
Curtis: "I'm sorry. When you say 'partner,' do you mean partner, or do you mean 'partner'?"
Felicity: "Both."
Curtis: "Now I'm confused."
Diggle: "Dinah, I thought you said your partner died in the line."
Dinah: "He was shot in the head right in front of me."
*  *  *
Felicity: "Okay. Well, I know you believe you saw what you saw tonight, but it was night and probably dark."
Dinah: "It was him, Felicity. It was Vincent. I know it. I know it sounds crazy."
Diggle: "Dinah, this doesn't change anything. We have to find him before he hurts anyone else."
Dinah: "Yeah, I know. I know. Where are you with, the, uh, shell casing John found?"
Curtis: "The casing appears to be magnetized."
Diggle: "Bullets aren't magnetic."
Felicity: "They can be if they're stored in an environment with a strong magnetic field."
Diggle: "You think it's something you can trace?"
Felicity: "I like your optimism."
Diggle: "It's not optimism, Felicity. It's faith."
Felicity: "Dinah said that you had a chat with our FBI BFF."
Diggle: "Oh, yes. She was tough, but I pushed back pretty hard. Think we put that to bed."
Felicity: "Good. (Cell phone rings) Hello? Special Agent Watson. Yes. Sure. I can come by tomorrow. No problem. All right. See you then. (Ends call) Definitely not put to bed."

605 (Deathstroke Returns) – Felicity meets with FBI Agent Samanda Watson, but has to cut her meeting short:
Felicity: "Eh. Not so big into decoration, are you?"
Samanda: "I'm less enthusiastic for people wasting my time."
Felicity: "Okay."
Samanda: "You're seeing Oliver Queen again."
Felicity: "Yeah. These new prescription glasses are really working wonders. Heh heh. It was just a little FBI interrogation humor, you know?"
Samanda: "You're Mr. Queen's alibi for certain evenings where the Green Arrow was active."
Felicity: "If you say so."
Samanda: "My point is, are you prepared to testify under oath under the pains and penalties of perjury in support of those alibis?"
Felicity: "Yeah, absolutely. 100%. Super-ready." (Cell phone rings)
Samanda: "Everything all right?"
Felicity: "Mm-hmm. Yeah. I'm just late for a coffee date, so I'd like to -"
Samanda: "Go?"
Felicity: "Go. Thank you. This was pleasant."

605 (Deathstroke Returns) – Team Arrow checks out the Vigilante's lair:
Felicity (over comms): "Hey, guys. Sorry I'm late."
Diggle (over comms): "How was it with Watson?"
Felicity (over comms): "Terrifying. We knew she was planning a case against Oliver, but I'm starting to think her net is widening to include us."
Curtis: "She hasn't contacted me yet. Wait. Why hasn't she?"
Rene: "How about we not worry about this while we're in the lair of a psycho killer?"
Curtis: "Sorry."
Diggle: "Here. There's enough ordnance here for a small war."
Curtis: "You don't need this many bullets for one councilwoman."
Dinah: "When you called Vince a psycho killer, you weren't wrong."

605 (Deathstroke Returns) – Diggle and Felicity talk about their concerns over Oliver helping Slade:
Diggle: "Alright, we’re nearly ready to move on the news station. Dinah's already on site."
Felicity (typing): "’Coffee.’”
Diggle: "E-mailing Oliver?"
Felicity: "Yeah. I'm just sending Oliver some info he asked me for, you know, for his adventures with Slade."
Diggle: "Are you having as much trouble with Oliver working with Slade as I am?"
Felicity: "No. I'm having a lot more. Rationally, I know that it was the Mirakuru that make him a jerk, but –“
Diggle: “But he wasn't on Mirakuru when he left us on Lian Yu."
Felicity: "Exactly."
Diggle: "It's ironic that Oliver has more honor than the man he's helping."
Felicity: "'Ironic' isn't the word I would use."

605 (Deathstroke Returns) – Slade compliments Felicity to Oliver:
Oliver: "I asked Felicity for any intel she could find on the Jackals. She hacked the databases of every major intelligence agency in the world."
Slade: "And what did she find?"
Oliver: "Nothing. These guys are ghosts."
Slade: "Well, that's no help."
Oliver: "This is. Using closed circuit cameras in the prison and surrounding areas, she got their escape route, the license plates, and then using keyhole satellite technology -"
Slade: "She tracked them to one location."
Oliver: "Yes, she's did."
Slade: "She's brilliant. How did you get her?"
Oliver: "I ask myself that every day."

Edited March 16, 2020 by tv echo