S2 E1
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Network
The CW
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Season 2  "City of Heroes"  2x1

Aired 11 years ago - Oct 09, 2013

Diggle and Felicity travel to Lian Yu in search of Oliver who left Starling City after The Undertaking. Convinced to return home, Oliver finds that things are in worse shape than he thought – Isabel Rochev is preparing a hostile takeover of Queen Consolidated, Thea refuses to visit Moira in jail, Roy is trying to fill the void left by the Arrow’s absence, and Laurel is working with the District Attorney’s office to take down the vigilante. Meanwhile, flashbacks to the island show Slade, Shado and Oliver in a desperate situation.

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- I only have a second. - That's all right.
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Who hasn't been seen since the earthquake, which means he did get buried alive...
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It was time for a change.
#11
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I'm very sorry about this, folks. Uh, we'll have this sorted out in just a minute.
#12
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Well, as a parent, you're welcome to stay. But as a beat cop, you're more than free to go.
#14
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After the funeral, I think we both needed time to figure things out.
#15
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When I brought your sister on the Queen's Gambit.
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Diggle. I don't like being played.
#17
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then that family has to pay for the suffering it's caused us.
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Still, I'd be glad to see them.
#20
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I doubt your trust fund is that large. No investor will go near the company...
#22
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Look, there's a part of being the Hood that neither one of you are considering.
#25
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It's not like you've killed every guy you've faced.
#26
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I'm sure she'd be happy to teach you too.
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- for the rest of my life. - You don't have to.
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to you taking your rightful place at the company was its demise...
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I'm just as happy to kill this Queen as her brother. Let's go!
#32
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just in case, you know, you decided to come back.
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Cross-checking by race and age.
#34
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Your sister wasn't killed. She was murdered.
#38
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There was no justice for people like the Queens till you showed us how to get it.
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Before the Hood, we didn't have earthquake machines or copycat vigilantes.
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- So... - How've you been?
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If I died...
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I'm willing to risk it if you are.
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- Just came back from visiting my mom. - Really?
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