- During an attack on the mayor's office, Ray is critically injured. Felicity is pleasantly surprised when her mother, Donna Smoak, shows up at the hospital to offer her support. With the SCPD out in full force looking for the assailant, Oliver and his team work hard to stay one step ahead of the police to find the man responsible. However, things come to a head when Ra's al Ghul kidnaps Captain Lance.
- We open with a news report of the mayor having been killed and Palmer being in critical condition. Lance says he's issued a murder warrant for the Arrow. Queen tells Digs he knows that Maseo was responsible for the attack.
We cut to a flashback of Queen and Akio still running for their lives on the street. They run into Shado's twin sister and Queen asks for help.
Laurel tries to convince her father to trust her that the Arrow is being framed. He wants her to tell him the Arrow's true identity.
Post-sex Roy and Thea discuss running away together. Roy spots the newscast.
Felicity sits by Palmer in the hospital. He wakes up and the doctor comes in to tell him the arrow created a blood cot in his brain. The prognosis isn't good. Palmer tells him about nanotech he's invented that when injected into the blood will travel to the clot and shrink it. The doctor says he can't help him with anything experimental because of hospital policy. Felicity's mother Donna shows up
Queen meets with Nyssa and asks for her help. She says she won't betray her father, so Queen brings up Sara. She gives up the location of a building the League has been using as a staging ground. The Arrow team goes there and does battle with a team led by Maseo. Arrow gets the jump on Maseo but doest not kill him. Ra's shows up and tells the Arrow he has two choices: Replace him as Ra's or spend the rest of his life in prison. At this moment police helicopters arrive overhead. The Arrow team runs away and manages to escape with help from Digs, who was positioned above with a sniper rifle. In the process Roy injures several cops and Nyssa helps Laurel when she's cornered by her father.
Back at HQ Arrow speaks over the phone with an angry Lance. He wants Arrow to turn himself in. Queen apologizes for putting them in this position, but Thea thinks the blame is with Malcolm.
Back in the flashback we learn Shado's sister is named May. He says he met her sister in medical school. May tells him her father and sister disappeared three years ago. She's holding out hope, though the police have told her they must be dead.
Donna thinks Felicity needs to be the person to inject Palmer. She's scared of taking the chance, but Donna doesn't think there's a choice.
Ra's brings Lance to see him. He tells her about Sara being on the island, then tells him Oliver Queen is the Arrow.
Lance meets with Laurel, who thinks her father is doing this because of Sara. Lance thinks the Arrow is the reason Sara was killed. He tells her if she hadn't been on the boat with Queen she'd never have ended up in the League.
Donna creates a distraction with the doctor so Felicity can inject Palmer with the nanotech.
Roy tells Thea that while he shots the cops part of him felt "relieved" that he might finally go to jail where he belongs. Queen apologizes to Roy. Jus then police break down the doors and Queen takes off.
The doctor shows Felicity a scan which reveals that Palmer's clot has completely disappeared.
Queen goes to Digs' place. The two men watch a televised press conference where Lance tells the city that police are hunting for the vigilante, who is Oliver Queen. Laurel, Felicity and Roy show up and they discuss a plan. Queen's assets have been frozen and Lance is watching every possible exit from the town. Queen knows this is Ra's' plan.
In the flashback May figures out that Queen knows more about her sister than he's let on. She says she's called the police. Two armed men break into the home through the windows. Queen tries to fight them off, but ends up looking at the end of a rifle. At the last moment Maseo and Tatsu rush in and save the day.
Palmer is recovering well and is thankful for Felicity's help. So much so that he tells Felicity he loves her. Felicity goes into the waiting room and confesses to Donna she's not sure why she doesn't love Palmer. Donna guesses the reason is that she still loves Queen. She thinks her daughter needs to make a choice.
Queen turns himself in at the police station. After he's placed in custody Laurel gets them ten minutes with Queen in an interrogation room. Queen tells him he's pushing for a deal where they all get immunity if he goes to prison. They aren't willing to accept that scenario. He wants them to follow him "until it's over."
In the flashback Queen asks for a few minutes alone with May. He tells her that Shado is dead. She is thankful for the information.
At Arrow HQ the team tries to figure out their next move.
On the way to prison Lance sits in the back of a paddy wagon with Queen. He furiously asks him about Sara, Tommy and all the other people who have died. Queen tries to assure him he never wanted everyone to be involved. Lance tells him "you Mr. Queen are not a hero your a villain." At this moment Roy lands on the roof of the vehicle. He tells the officers that they have the wrong man: "Oliver Queen isn't the Arrow -- I am."
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