- The League of Assassins give Oliver 48 hours to find Sara's killer, or Starling City citizens will die. Oliver then has an epic confrontation with Ra's al Ghul.
- Tonight's episode begins with Oliver Queen scaling a sheer Cliffside in the snow. Because, well, of course it did. What's going on? Well....
48 HOURS EARLIER
Arrow is grabbed by the League of Assassins, who think he's been dragging his feet finding Sara's killer. Ra's and Nyssa tell him if he doesn't produce a name soon they will start killing citizens of Starling City. And the person in charge of said killing is Queen's old buddy Maseo.
Laurel runs into Thea at the cemetery and tells her that Sara is dead.
In Hong Kong flashbacks we see Oliver and Maseo talk about torture and tracking China White. They've learned that she's after a crazy-strong Bioweapon called Omega. They go to the lab and find Omega is already missing. China White had somebody on the inside.
Felicity finally gotten DNA results back from the arrow that killed Sara. The killer is .... Oliver? There are enough similar markers that Queen assumed Malcolm is setting him up. They track plan flights that appear to indicate Malcolm flew to town the night before Sara's death. They track down the pilot, who confirms he flew Malcolm and gives Arrow security footage. To their surprise the footage shows that both Malcolm and Thea were on the plane.
Felicity and Palmer have their first post-kiss conversation. It's awkward, and he eventually has to explain that he feels guilty because she's the first person he's kissed since the death of his fiancé.
Queen asks Thea about her visit to town. She denies it, but Queen is convinced she's telling the truth.
Dinah is in town and the second Sara's name comes up she suspects something is wrong based on Laurel's reaction. Laurel has to admit that Sara is dead.
Ra's orders Maseo head to Starling City and begin killing.
After Queen confronts Thea as the Arrow, he and Malcolm have a conversation. He shows him video evidence of Thea killing Sara. He gave Thea a special drug that makes people susceptible to suggestion and makes them forget what they've done. Malcolm says if Queen hurts him the video will be sent to the League and Thea will be killed. Malcolm has done this because he wants Queen to kill Ra's and knows that saving his sister is the only way he'd ever do that. Oliver is supposed to tell to Ra's he was the one who killed Sara, then ask for a trial by combat. This would wipe out the League's vendetta against both Thea and Malcolm.
Back in the Hong Kong we see that China used the same mind-controlling drug to get the Omega. Maseo is worried China White will come after him. He's exactly right, as we see her break into Maseo's home and go after Tatsu. The two women begin to fight.
Queen goes to Ra's and says he killed Sara at her request because she didn't want to join the League. He asks for his trial by combat. Ra's accepts.
When Felicity demands to know why Palmer purchased Queen Consolidated in the first place, he shows her a special super hero-looking suit called ATOM. It his will be his way of helping people in Starling.
Before Queen leaves to face Ra's, Felicity warns not to let his humanity be a weakness. She begs him to actually kill Ra's. He then drops an "I love you" bomb before walking out.
Queen battles Ra's. It doesn't go well. Like, not at all. Ra's sticks his sword completely through Queen's body, then kicks him off the side of mountain.
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