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1.16 – Dead To Rights

February 27 2013
Directed by: Glen Winter| Written by: Greg Berlanti,Marc Guggenheim, Andrew Kreisberg  

The plan to kill Malcolm Merlyn goes into operation. Arrow kills one assassin who has just arrived in the city and retrieves his cellphone. It’s up to Felicity to break into it and find out just who the target is. A birthday dinner for Tommy Merlyn is interrupted by his father who brings him a present. Tommy makes it clear that he is not welcome and does not want a relationship with him. Malcolm is to receive an award at a civic gala and after a heart to heart with Oliver, Tommy decides to attend. When Oliver learns that Malcolm is the target, he races to save Tommy. Once the attack begins, Malcolm and Tommy takes refuge in his office and Malcolm is about to reveal that he is the Dark Arrow but is seriously wounded before he can do so. Arrow arrives on the scene and to convince Tommy that he is there to help, reveals his identity.

1.17 – The Huntress Returns 
March 20 2013
Directed by: Guy Norman Bee| Written by: Greg Berlanti,Marc Guggenheim, Andrew Kreisberg

Helena is back to seek vengeance, but Oliver still has feeling toward her. The Arrow must stop and kill her, but at what costs? Now that several of his closest friends know about his true identity, no one is safe.

1.18 – Salvation 
March 27 2013
Directed by: Nick Copus | Written by: Greg Berlanti,Marc Guggenheim, Andrew Kreisberg

After a major fire, Oliver decides it’s time to eliminate real estate developer and slumlord John Nicol, another person on his father’s list. He’s beaten to the punch when another vigilante, The Savior, who kidnaps Nicol and ultimately executes him – broadcasting the whole thing over the Internet. The new vigilante is identified as a man whose wife was killed in a bodega robbery in the Glades district. When he kidnaps Thea’s new boyfriend, Roy Harper, Oliver decides to stop him. Meanwhile, Laurel is upset to find that her father has come around to her mother’s belief that her sister may still be alive. In a flashback to his days on the island, Oliver learns why Yao Fei refused to leave.