And thats perhaps the biggest question in regards to this unknown bird of prey.

Yet still, Lance holds out hope for his daughters resurrection.

After all, he already had one daughter brought back to life, so why not two?

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But she leaves him with little else to go to work with.

Theres not always an explanation for lifes worst occurrences.

He follows her until he corners her down an alleyway where he demands answers.

She gives none, instead doling out blame to the Arrow, telling him he has failed this city.

How Oliver deals with Laurel plays out differently than most of those around him.

He, in fact, is acting like the most emotionally stable, all things considered.

The episode opens with a funeral, but its Tommy Merlyns, not Laurels.

Yet they all struggle with the grief and blame in their own ways, some quite unexpected.

Diggle goes commando, deciding to take matters into his own weird helmeted control.

He holds up Ruve Adams limo, planning to kill her as a message to Damien Darhk.

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Oliver stops him, allowing Ruve to escape, which only infuriates Diggle further.

Quentin spends Canary Cry searching for a cure for his daughter.

(Youd think the thing would have come up when he called for Nyssa.)

But he remains vigilant in his search.

And hes lost Laurel.

Theyve both lost Laurel.

The team prepares to strike as Evelyn makes her move for the mayor.

Oliver is able to talk her out of killing Ruve.

That is, until Oliver has the last word.

And it is Olivers speech that helps do so.

But she did more.

Felicity refuses that idea.

One of the things she loved about Oliver was his refusal to give up in his pursuit of solutions.

So she wants him to do the same here because if Darhk wins, Laurel died for nothing.

He always found a solution, and so Oliver has to find one now.

For Felicity, for himself, for their city, and for Laurel.