And so the title of the episode is telling even in these opening moments.
Restoration is about the attempts to restore the shows core friendship.
But its about more than that.
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And its also about a metahuman who can create deadly playing cards from his tattoos.
So maybe theres a little room for some non-restorative plot points.
(It doesnt hurt that Felicity was once an aspiring dental hygienist.)
But Diggle is paid with a surprise visitor at his apartment from an A.R.G.U.S.
agent Lyla called in a favor with months ago.
Hes found the woman who hired Floyd Lawton years ago.
Shes here to see Damien Darhk, having brought him a tattoo-toting metahuman for his latest job.
This meta ambushes Oliver at a crime scene while Diggle is also hot on the tail of the H.I.V.E.
woman, Mina, who hired the cardslinger.
But both members of Team Arrow almost face death while going at their respective missions alone.
And Diggle is caught in a firefight as the H.I.V.E.
The two dejected vigilantes return to base, only to be met with the fire of Felicitys fury.
She heads upstairs to enlist Curtis help while the two hash out their friendship.
While Diggles feelings are completely understandable, Oliver doesnt let his friend off easily.
Theyre able to track her phone to a location where she sits waiting for them.
Yes, Damien was displeased with Double Downs initial efforts and with Minas lack of respect for him.
So while two-thirds of OTA are chasing down a literal dead end, the other third comes under threat.
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Curtis and Felicity flee into her private elevator and head down to the Arrow lair.
So Felicity improvises by grabbing a gun and blindly firing at their pursuer.
Looks like it might be time for Lair 3.0, and Oliver has a surprise in that department.
Laurel and Thea interrupt Nyssa and Malcolm sparring to ask for use of the Lazarus Pit.
But Malcolm refuses, and Nyssa detests the very idea of her former love being forced back into existence.
She warns Laurel that whatever would come out of the Pit would not be the Sara they knew.
All it takes, apparently, is his daughter.
Thea confides in him about her bloodlust, which was borne of her Pit revival.
So despite Nyssas protests, Sara is lowered into the pit and rises, restored to life.
Laurel is happy with the result, but shes been warned that they must prepare for the worst.
This very well may not be the Sara she believes it to be.
On the Island
Oliver continued to ingratiate him into his new platoon on Lian Yu.
