- When Frank Bertinelli is arrested, Oliver knows it's only a matter of time before his daughter, Helena, AKA The Huntress, returns to town. To make matters worse, Laurel is picked to try Frank's case, putting her right in the path of Helena. Oliver tells Sara he will handle his ex-girlfriend, but when Helena takes hostages at the courthouse, including Laurel, the Canary will stop at nothing to save her sister. When The Huntress and Canary meet, an epic battle begins. Meanwhile, Roy realizes he needs to keep Thea safe, but doesn't like the way he is forced to go about it.—John Behring directed the episode written by Mark Bemesderfer & A.C. Bradley.
- Open with Arrow and the Canary watching over Lance while he works. When things get dicey they end up pitching in to help, but aren't able to prevent Lance from being shot. Afterwards he's not happy she threw the guy who shot him out a window.
Frank Bertinelli is in custody, and the sense is that means his daughter Helena will be arriving soon. Felicity has been tracking Helena the past year and she's been carrying out hits for the mafia. She furious with her father for killing her fiancé and will want revenge.
Back on the barge we see Slade torturing Queen. The boat isn't functional and Slade is upset.
We see Laurel at her second AA meeting. She's not sure yet if she can make it in the real world.
Adam calls Laurel to his office and asks her to return to work. He wants her to prosecute Frank Bertinelli.
Thea and Roy seem to be doing well.
Felicity sees that a car has been rented under Helena's fiancé's name. They track down the car. It turns out to be a decoy, but Arrow has trouble keeping Roy from killing the guy.
Roy and Queen talk about the fact he's still very dangerous. Queen wants him to stay away from Thea, but Roy doesn't think he can. Felicity cuts on the TV and they see Laurel is prosecuting Frank.
Sara drops by to see Laurel at work. She references Helena and says she's worried for her safety.
Back on the island we see Sara and the men she escaped the ship with have returned to their former hideout. Slade contacts with her from the barge via walkie and tells her the ship won't sail. He says if she wants Queen to live, she needs to send back the ship's mechanic, Hendrick.
Sara is worried Queen won't kill Helena in order to save Laurel. He feels a responsibility for creating Helena, but says he loves Laurel like she does and won't let anything happen to her.
Queen pays Laurel a visit at the courthouse. Frank is brought through the front door and Laurel looks surprised A smoke bomb is fired into the room and Helena shows up. Quickly the room fills with cops. It was a set-up by Adam to capture Helena. We see that Helena had paid gunmen in the crowd. Queen pushes Laurel to an adjacent room, then takes Frank outside. Outside he realizes they don't know where Laurel is.
Helena ends up taking hostages. She demands her father and threatens if he's not killed she'll start executing hostages.
Queen calls Felicity and asks that his "work clothes" are brought to the courthouse.
Sara arrives at the courthouse as the Canary and helps fight off a few bad guys and gets to Laurel.
Roy tells Thea they need to break up. She won't let him, pointing out that the day before he gave her an expensive gift.
While they're holed up in a room, Laurel makes a grab for a bottle of booze. Laurel says the entire trial was a sham and that her sister was right that she wasn't ready to come back. Not realizing who she's talking to, Laurel tell the Canary how strong her sister is. Laurel doesn't take a drink. The Canary gets a message from Arrow that they have a way out. Laurel won't leave without the rest of the hostages and wants the Canary to help her. Queen doesn't want Sara to engage Helena, telling her "you're not a killer."
This leads to a flashback to the island. Slade puts Queen on the radio and says this is her last chance. Sara tries to say Hendrick drowned, but Slade knows she's lying. Slade gives her one hour before he'll kill Queen. Hendrick points a gun at Sara and says he won't go back to the ship.
Helena and Sara fight. During the battle Laurel moves in to help free the hostages. Helena shoves Sara out a window and is about to kills her before Arrow shows up and shoots the weapon out of Helena's hand. But now Sara's out of the building, with Laurel still inside. Over the phone Helena tells Queen she'll trade Laurel for her father.
Laurel talks to Helena, saying she knows what it's like to lose someone. She tells her about Tommy dying and her plunge into addiction. Helena responds that "once you let the darkness inside, it never comes out."
During the police assault Helena manages to get a police uniform and sneak out with Laurel.
Back on the island Sara knocks Hendrick out with a pipe.
Arrow and Sara meet Helena in a secret location. They have Frank and she has Laurel. Just before Helena is able to kill her father a member of the police tactical team opens fire. This causes everybody to scatter. Helena and Sara end up in another fight. Lance saves Arrow from being shot by the gung ho tactical team leader. Sara is about to kill Helena, but Laurel talks her out of it. Helena walks over and finds her father has been killed, but not by her.
Queen meets with Helena in custody. He tells her he's "trying to be better" than he used to be. She feels alone, now that both her father and fiancé are dead.
Slade has given Queen the same tattoo that Shado wore on her back. Sara calls to say she has Hendrick in custody.
Laurel is told that Adam was not authorized to offer her her job back. Laurel responds by saying if she's not hired back she'll expose the fact one of their ADA's was behind the hostage situation. It works.
Queen finds Thea in tears. She says she and Roy are done because she caught him kissing another girl. Thea thinks he was doing it to push her away and doesn't understand why. She's upset that nobody in her life is capable of telling the truth, especially their mother. Thea thinks Queen is the only one who doesn't keep secrets from her.
Slade picks up Thea in his car as the episode ends.
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