Last week, she made a guest appearance on The Flash. This week, she gets a whole episode focused on her character and back story. Back in college, she was going through a hacktivist goth phase, tapping into government databases just to see if she could. However, when her boyfriend at the time attempts to her super-virus technique to erase a few student loans, it gets him arrested. He takes the wrap for creating her program, and seemingly commits suicide in prison before his sentencing.
Flash forward to present day, and her mother is paying a visit to Starling City. She's the typical embarrassing parent following her daughter wherever she goes, and given her absurdly youthful and well-endowed appearance, has probably has some work done. Apparently, Felicity's father, who was also very intelligent, abandoned them both when she was younger. Some of the drama feels a bit out of left field, especially since Felicity's interaction with her mother begins comically. However, this may have been intentional. She had won a free plane trip to Starling City, because the bad guy needed her there.
As for the bad guy, it turns out to be Felicity's dead boyfriend. He was recruited by the NSA after his arrest, and his death was a cover story. Years later, he's turned Felicity's super-virus into Brother Eye, the name of a sentient satellite in DC Comics which provides the power source for the superhuman OMAC. His master plan was to steal a bank shipment set to arrive thanks to Brother Eye cutting power to the city earlier in the episode, and when bank records go dark, standard procedure is to send them a shipment of cold hard cash to tide it over (something like that). Under duress, Felicity uses Brother Eye to change the destination on the armored car's GPS, sending the bank to their location. Things don't look good for them, but then she remembers the watch Ray Palmer gave to her mom at the start of the episode--a new invention of his, that replaces your computer and has wifi. She uses it to get in touch with Oliver, who promptly shows up to save the day.
Meanwhile, Laurel is still working though her sister's death. She's taken up training with a boxer, and even confides in him about Sara's murder. It's good to see her open up to someone about this, but I really wish she'd tell her father. Captain Lance knows something's up, and I can't imagine how mad he's going to be at her for keeping this from him. Also, Ollie and Thea are beginning to reconnect. She has a place of her own, now that she's back in Starling, but Oliver has some issues that she bought it with Malcolm Merlyn's money, especially now that they both know he's alive. In the end, she decides not to keep her "inheritance", and give it to some earthquake relief charity, and seems to invite Oliver to move in with her. It's nice to see the Queen siblings work things out, and I'm hoping one of these days, as he's trying to be more honest with her, tell her that he's the Arrow.
The plot really thickens at the end with Roy Harper, who's having trouble sleeping. His nightmare seems to reveal that he's the one who killed the Canary. Worth noting is that he wasn't in costume, and instead of using a bow, he threw the arrows into Sara's chest with his bare hands. Could his subconscious still be under the influence of Mirakuru? It's been months since he was cured before Deathstroke's siege on the city. If there were any victims before or since Sara, Oliver probably would have heard about it by now. So we have some questions answered, and some new ones to ponder until next time.
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