ARROW - Season 7.13

ARROW – SEASON 7, EP. 13:  “Star City Slayer”

The 151^st edition of the Emerald Archer features a VERY in trouble William, who now has to answer to both Ollie and Felicity for being expelled from school.  This forces Ollie to have to step back from his duties as Green Arrow, allowing the team to take over and handle taking down a serial killer, who’s popped into town, looking for trouble.

Tonight’s show opens in a darkroom where someone is developing pictures they took.  Pictures of Team Arrow.  They post the pictures up on their wall.  Dinah’s at the station ready to leave for the night, when she gets another mysterious note from our stalker.  Seems like ALL of Team Arrow is getting one.  Whomever this is, they have a little mural of our intrepid heroes.

Ollie is making breakfast, and Felicity tells him that he needs to ask William about why he got expelled.  When Ollie confronts his son, William told him he got into a fight.  They bicker, and William takes off

We jump to the future, when the team is looking at Felicity’s algorithm for the Arrow Program, but it’s not working.  William surmises that the Program was only good for The Glades, but not Star City.  William concludes that maybe the bombs weren’t planted yet.  Roy has an idea of where they might be.  They head to the Arrow Lair, and try to find the bombs, but are ambushed and drugged by Connor and Mia.  Fade to black.

Diggle and Curtis are at ARGUS, talking about the program Curtis developed for the Suicide Squad Program (sorry, THAT is what I’m calling it from now on…screw you WB and the CW).  Curtis says that he’s going to take a job offer in DC, where his tech will help people out.  Diggle tries to convince Curtis that what he’s doing is good work there at ARGUS, but Curtis says that he doesn’t feel that way.

Dinah is training Zoey when Rene shows up.  They chat a little, and talk about the notes that they got sent by their mysterious stalker.  They wonder whom else has gotten them, when we soon see said stalker going after Collins, the man who worked with Diaz.  He apparently got out.  But this assailant kills Collins.

The team converges at the station, trying to figure out about the notes.  Ollie and Curtis are the only ones that did NOT get notes.  They try to figure out who’s committing the crimes, Dinah suggests someone who was committing the same type of crimes in Central City, so she goes to give Captain Singh a call. 

Back on future time, William wakes up to see Mia in his face, who pops him one.  She wants the Archer codes, and he refuses.  She threatens to kill Zoey, but he says, that it doesn’t matter.  He believes that Mia killed Felicity, and will destroy the city.  When Mia says she didn’t, he asks who did, then?

Returning to ARGUS, we see Diggle and Curtis talking some more, and Diggle offers Curtis the head of the entire science and tech department.  Curtis has much to think about.

Dinah’s on the phone with Captain Singh in Central City, talking about The Flash’s recent battle with Cicada.  Dinah’s okay about that, talks about the case she’s working on.  Sing mentions Blockbuster when he was trying to expand his criminal organization from Bludhaven to Central.  Dinah asks for the files on this case.

At home, Ollie and Felicity try to smooth things over, and Ollie wants William to come home.  However, there’s a knock at the door, and it’s William’s grandparents.  Apparently, he doesn’t want to live with dear old Dad.

Ollie has a chat with William’s grandparents.  He assures them that things will be better.  William’s grandparents say they’re filing for custody.  They say it’s what Amanda wanted.  They say that Ollie may be his father by blood, but was never there for him. 

Future time, Connor tells Dinah and Roy that Blackstar is having a talk with Zoey and William…and Dinah recognizes him as Connor Hawke---Diggle’s son.

Ollie and William finally hash it out, and all Ollie wants to do is give William a normal life, but William refuses, and wants to live with his grandparents.

Team Arrow gets a lead on their would be assailant, and find a house registered to a John Doe.  They enter the spooky home, and look for clues as to where to find this person.  Curtis and Rene see something in a closet that looks like it was from Slabside.  They continue looking through the house for clues.  Dinah comes upon the wall where this assailant has pictures of them, tying them together.  She spots a scrapbook of newspaper clippings.  She turns around and sees her assailant….and he slits her throat.  It’s Stanley!

The team finds Dinah, and with the help of an experimental lazer, Curtis cauterizes the wound.  She’s alive, but what are the chances of her being able to speak again, much less have her powers. 

Ollie and Felicity realizes that William probably needs to go be with his grandparents. 

Future time yet again, Mia questions William about the Archer codes once again, and he says that he’s looking for who killed Felicity.  Mia says that Felicity is alive, and he wonders WHY she sent for him.  Mia wonders why he’s slumming it with the others, when he’s looking for Felicity, are they dating or something, to which William replies that he’s gay, and that she’s his step mother.  Mia realizes that he’s Oliver Queen’s son.  Connor comes around, asking if she got anything out of them, and Mia says he’s supposed to keep tabs on Roy and Dinah, but they escape and a fight breaks out.  Roy and Dinah get the upper hand until Mia holds a knife to Dinah, only to have William point a gun at hers.

Back with Dinah, she’s gasping to the guys about Ollie being in danger.  They realize that their assailant is from Slabside, and hunting Ollie.

Ollie, Felicity, and William are at home, when all of the sudden, they find out they’re paralyzed.  Stanley comes in to confront them.

Stanley talks about warning all his friends, and wants Ollie to hear him.  He tells Ollie that his friends are bad for him…that there are people who want to hurt him.  He wants them to go away, so they can start over and be a new team.  Stanley talks about his life, and how his brother would take his punishments for him, and how abusive his parents were. He decided to “correct” them. When Stanley’s brother found out what he did, he was going to commit him to Arkham Asylum, but he had to “correct” him too.  He feels that Ollie is not listening to him.  Felicity goads Stanley more…calling him the Star City Slayer.  Stanley goes off, and Ollie motions to William to push over the bottle to him, which Ollie uses to smash Stanley in the head, knocking him out.  The crisis is over.

At the hospital, they talk about Stanley, as well as Dinah’s condition.  ARGUS rings, and Dig says it’s time to go.  Curtis says that he’s taking the job in DC.  Diggle says that Curtis needs to do what’s best for him, and wishes him luck.  Curtis and Felicity have a somber goodbye, where he tells her that hopefully she’ll find her purpose is.  Ollie talks with William, and asks him if he wants to live with his grandparents or with him.  William wants a normal life.  So, they agree that William will go and be with his grandparents in Central City…for now.  As Ollie tells William about contacting him and whatnot, Felicity takes a call getting an update from the doctor about the toxins in her system.  She figured everything’s okay, but soon receives some news that shocks her, and she turns to look at Ollie. 

Flash forward, we’re back at the Mexican standoff between Mia and William.  William wants her to drop the knife or he’ll shoot her.  Mia drops the knife but says that William won’t hurt her.  When he inquires WHY, she shows him her arm, and says her name is Mia Smoak---Felicity’s daughter!  William and her are siblings!

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WHOA!!!  That was an intense episode!  We got some pretty heavy revelations dropping in this episode, and making the 2nd half of this season even MORE exciting.  I enjoyed tonight immensely!

Okay....did I or did I NOT say that after he escaped Slabside, Stanley would turn up yet again?  I wondered WHEN that would be...but low and behold...he's the Star City Slayer!  And there isn't anything new here...we knew the man was loopy, and it was proven to be true.  Also, we find out that he killed not only his powers, but his brother too for committing him to Arkham.  Nice to know the crazies in Arkham are not just limited to Gotham.  I wonder if the loonies from Central City are sent there as well?

Nice to see the Central City & Star City PD's working together....great guest appearance from Captain Singh tonight.  I love cooperation!  Also, nice of him to name drop Blockbuster and Bludhaven on us tonight as well.  For those that DON'T know...Blockbuster is a crimelord from Bludhaven...Nightwing's stomping grounds, and arch enemy.  What I wouldn't give for a Nightwing appearance...*sigh*

And HEY!!  FINALLY!  We get to see Oliver make his infamous chili!  

Poor Dinah---talk about taking one for the team.  The slit throat from Stanley makes us wonder what the future her can do.  Is she still a meta?  I think that with her throat damage, she may be able to talk again, but it might be the end of her as Black Canary.  And it also seems that while everyone now knows Dinah is a metahuman, and was the Black Canary, it didn't seem to effect her position in the department any.

Diggle trying to sweeten the pot for Curtis in order to keep him at ARGUS fell on deaf ears.  If there is ANYONE who's been the extreme moral compass for the team---it's Curtis.  And this man refuses to get his hands dirty anymore.  So, this was probably our farewell to Curtis for now...and he might make sporadic appearances in the future, but for now...Team Arrow is down a man.

The future storyline seems to have more holes filled once we seen Mia and Connor interact with Dinah, Roy, William and Zoey.  Not sure what Mia wanted with the Archer codes at first, but with the revelation that she is Felicity's daughter (my mistake thinking it was Mia Dearden), and her and William are siblings changes the game BIG TIME...as well as finding our dear old Mom is ALIVE.  This gets more interesting by the second!  And hey...I think we ALL knew Connor would be Diggle's son, as had been mentioned a long time ago.  

Speaking of CURRENT William, we now know HIS outbursts are due to feeling abandoned by Ollie and Felicity.  And wanting a normal life---NOT something he was going to get living WITH Ollie and Felicity.  So, it's better to keep him in Central City for now with his grandparents.  And SHOULD anyone try to go after him again, at least Ollie knows he's got A LOT of friends there to help him out...quickly.

And I think it doesn't take rocket science to figure out the look on Felicity's face at the end of the episode....I wonder how she drops THIS bomb on Ollie?  

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