(Pulling Laurel away from her husbands trial probably doesnt hurt, either.)
Too much ease, as far as Oliver is concerned.
If Oliver wanted a challenge, he should have stayed back at base.
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Malcolm eventually gains the upper hand, seizing the idol and fleeing as Laurel fends off his foot soldiers.
Laurel has her own concerns in deciding whether or not to take the DA job.
Laurel keeps her decision-making largely to herself, though, while the team fights to retrieve the idol.
to track Merlyn down.
Olivers cautiousness brings him to follow Andy as they all head into the next leg of the plan.
(Laurel, meanwhile, heads to the jail to search Darhks cell.
now that they may know hes working with Arrow and John.
Oliver doesnt buy the line, though, demanding Andy reveal what he knows about Merlyn and Darhk.
John walks in on the scene, furiously pointing his gun at Oliver to let his brother go.
Ollie begrudgingly does so but refuses to believe Andy no matter how much John trusts him.
Again their friendship looks like it’s breaking apart as Diggle accosts Oliver for his actions.
Oliver may claim he is who his experiences have made him, but Diggle refuses to accept that.
(And he digs the knife deeper by saying that is exactly why Felicity left him.)
And whos there to help Oliver address his feelings again?
He nudges her along the path of accepting the DA job.
And so his reign of Darhkness in the prison begins with the other inmates killing the guards for him.
That means hes vulnerable, and requires a few sacrifices to fully heal and regain his magical powers.
(Why is Malcolm playing along with Damien?
Darhk always keeps his promises, and he does so by stabbing Laurel with one of Olivers arrows.
The rest of the team (including Felicity) arrives while Laurel is in surgery.
Everyone but Oliver leaves to give her time to rest because he plans on ensuring her safety.
He was granted that leave but arrives at the hospital too late to say goodbye.
Before escaping, they seal off the entrance to the catacombs with an explosion.
But Reiter has bigger plans, enacting a spell after taking the lives of two of his own soldiers.
What that plan is, however, will have to wait to find out.
