Arrow 403: Restoration
by Bobby Doherty @thehorndogg

Diggle, Oliver are hunting Ghost trying to find answers about the information about H.I.V.E. The Ghost eventually escape. When they do it lead Diggle to ask Oliver where Laurel and Speedy are. We now cut Nyssa and Malcolm sparing on Nanda Parbat. Nyssa is really trying to kill Malcolm. Malcolm is enjoying the fight. Malcolm uses the pit to heal a wound from Nyssa’s blade. Speedy and Laurel walk into the room and Laurel demands they bring her sister back to life. Malcolm refuses. Malcolm said no one has been brought back in ages and that’s only legend. That they don’t know who or what would come out of the pit.

Back to Arrow’s Lair Felicity is excited that it’s just the three of them again. She suggest that they go get drinks. Diggle refuses and leaves. Oliver then turns to Felicity and says he’s done trying to make this better.

Flashback to the island. Oliver is patrolling the fields as the slaves are harvesting. One of them goes for a run and Oliver stops them.

Diggle gets back to his house and finds his door open. There is a man standing by the window. Diggle questions him which leads to the man showing him an ARGUS badge. The man has the info on the person who hired Deadshot to kill his brother back in 09, a Nina Fayad. We find out she just flew in last night on a light from Markova.

We now see Darhk in front of his shrine as Nina Fayad and another man walk in. Darhk says the man isn’t needed but Nina says his partners in H.I.V.E asked her to take steps in solving the vigilante problem. We find out the man plays cards. Darhk brings one of the Ghost from the fight earlier in the show and wants to see what the man can do. He throws cards at the man and kills him. He lets Darhk know that one was for free. That the Green Arrow and his friends will cost. Darhk says they have a deal

Back on Nanda Parbat Laurel and Nyssa are talking about the issues of bringing back Sara. Laurel says she has to try, Nyssa reminds her that she could come back a monster. Laurel says that she believe Sara’s spirit will come back. Nyssa says she has accepted Sara’s death and Laurel should to.

Felicity is trying to find some answers on the tooth that Diggle brought her. The crime computer goes off and Oliver goes to respond. Felicity tries to contact Diggle but he’s not answering his phone. Diggle is off following Nina, and ignoring the phone calls. Oliver assures Felicity he will be fine on his own.

Flashback to the island. We find out that the drug on the island is called slam one part herion one part coca leaf. We find out that someone stole some of the drugs. They are going to round everyone up and make them talk.
Oliver is now in the garage looking over some dead bodies. The man from before walks in and peels cards off his skin and throws them at Oliver. Oliver blocks them with an arrow. The man runs. Arrow and the man start fighting through out the garage. The man’s card throwing becomes too much and Oliver flees the scene with a card stuck in his arm. While this is going on Diggle is being attacked by one of Nina’s Guards. Diggle disarms the man and starts to shoot at Nina. Nina gets away.

Back on Nanda Parbat, Malcolm and Speedy are talking about the bloodlust that she is feeling. It’s caused by all the souls of the men who have bathed in it before her. Malcom says she’s needs to give in to the impulse that it was subside if she kills. Speedy doesn’t want to hear it. Malcom says there maybe another way. He starts to tell a story about a man in the mountains that maybe able to help her. That they will go at first light to meet him.

Felicity is putting Oliver back together at HQ. Felicity finds out from Cisco that they are dealing with a meta from Central City called Double Down. The man got is power when he was getting tattooed during the explosion. Felicity starts to lecture both Diggle and Arrow about going to find criminals on their own without backup. Felicity says they need to bury the hatchet and leaves them both to work it out. Diggle tells Oliver he doesn’t know how to get over this. Oliver just wants another chance and Diggle won’t give that to him. They start to talk about the people that they encountered and they figure out that they are linked. Diggle says they need to go. Oliver says where Diggle lets him know its a place they he hopes he can trust him again.

Flashback to the island. All the slaves are on their knees, one of the soldiers is looking for answers and starts to execute people to make the other talk about the lost product. Oliver says there maybe another way. Instead of killing people he wants to torture.

Felicity takes the card to Curtis Holt and wants a full workup done on it to see if he can find anything strange. Curtis starts to question why, Felicity uses a ton of poker terms incorrectly and Curtis knows she’s lying.

Oliver and Diggle are now back at Diggles place. Diggle starts to explain how his brother was killed by HIVE. Diggle shows Oliver a book of his investigation over the two years. Diggle lets him know that he needs to find Nina.

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Darhk is lecturing Nina and Double Down about phase three and Genesis. Darhk wants Double Down to kill him Double Down throws a card at Darhk and Darhk stops it. Then turns it to Nina and kills her with it. He warns Double Down that the demonstration was for him.

Back on Nanda Parbat Speedy is getting attacked by Malcolm’s men. She kills both of them and we find out there is no Sage or cure. That she must kill to feed her blood lust and Malcolm send his men up there for her to kill. Malcolm lets her know that there’s nothing he wouldn’t do to help his daughter.
Felicity is searching the city for Nina. She uses Nina’s cell phone signal to track her.

Flashback, Oliver is torturing the slaves. It works we find out they are using the drugs to help the people that are overworked. Oliver suggest that he takes the woman who confessed about taking the drugs and losing her in the island never to be scene again.

Back on Nanda Speedy is waking up Laurel and tells her it time to go. That Malcolm will not help Sara and will not be any help to fixing her. Malcolm walks in and Speedy yells at him to get out. Malcolm tells them he wants to bring back Sara to clear the conscience of his daughter. Malcolm says it’s time to prepare Sara’s body for the ceremony.

Diggle and Oliver go to the location of the cell phone and find Nina tied up with a card in her mouth dead. Oliver apologises and Diggle says it’s his fault. That he should have trusted Oliver they could have got answers.

Curtis Holt lets Felicity know everything he could get from the card. He lets her know that the man can find out where the cards are. Double Down appears and ask where the Green Arrow is. Felicity and Curtis escape only to be tracked down and attacked by Double Down. During the fight Curtis is knocked out. Diggle and Oliver get back to the Arrow Lair just after the fight. Felicity tells them about her coworker knowing her secret now and that he helped her figure out how to track down Double Down. Felicity finds the location of the man and Oliver and Diggle are on there way to find him.

Back on Nanda the ceremony has begun. Nyssa barges in and makes one last plea to Laurel to stop. They continue to lower Sara in the pit. Sara rises from the dead and freaks out. Malcolm gets her something to calm down. You can see the look of regret in everyone’s face.

Diggle and Oliver stop Double Down. Double Down will not give up the leader of HIVE because Diggle and Oliver don’t scare him as much as Darhk does. He tosses a card at Diggle and Oliver takes the bullet for him. Diggle beats down Double Down.

Team Arrow are now enjoying drinks They are worried about Lair 2.0 being compromised. Oliver says he has a surprise for them.

Flashback Oliver helps the lady escape the other guards and tell her that she needs to trust him.

Felicity is thanking Curtis for keeping the lair quiet. While this is going on Felicity’s phone is having issues again. The screen slowing starts spelling out her name.

Back on Nada. Sara is chained up and acting like an animal. While they are tending to Sara Nyssa destroys the pit. Nyssa tells Laurel that everything that is happening to Sara now is on Laurels hand.
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