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* ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder: A variation; when Oliver tells Felicity to take him to the former Queen factory, Felicity says he needs a doctor not a steelworker.

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* CaptainObvious: Justified as Felicity is understandably flustered with the course of events.
-->'''Felicity:''' You're bleeding!
-->'''Oliver:''' I don't need to be told that!



* DangerTakesABackseat: A nonlethal version when Felicity finds her wounded boss in the backseat of her car.

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* DangerTakesABackseat: A nonlethal version when Felicity finds her wounded boss in the Hood lying on the backseat of her car.car, requiring urgent medical attention.



* InternalReveal: Oliver is forced to open his secret to Felicity, though she had her suspicions.

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* InternalReveal: Oliver is forced to open reveal his secret to Felicity, though she already had her suspicions.
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* DefiantToTheEnd: At his 'execution', Oliver delivers TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Wintergreen for betraying his country that gets him a savage pounding, though he does make a futile attempt to buy Wintergreen off by offering the mercenary triple what Fryers is.

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* DefiantToTheEnd: At his 'execution', Oliver delivers TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Wintergreen for betraying his country that gets him a savage pounding, though he pounding. He does make a futile attempt to buy Wintergreen off by offering the mercenary triple what Fryers is.is paying him, but as Slade pointed out earlier, there's no buying his way out.
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* IHaveAFamily: Used for DramaticIrony when Moira begs the Hood not to kill her, while holding a picture of Oliver and Thea. When Oliver lowers his bow, [[RealityEnsues she takes the opportunity to grab and gun a shoot him]].

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* IHaveAFamily: Used for DramaticIrony when Moira begs the Hood not to kill her, while holding a picture of Oliver and Thea. When Oliver lowers his bow, [[RealityEnsues she takes the opportunity to grab a gun and gun a shoot him]].

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* DefiantToTheEnd: At his 'execution', Oliver delivers TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Wintergreen for betraying his country that gets him a savage pounding, though he does make a futile attempt to buy Wintergreen off by offering the mercenary triple what Fryers is.



* DefiantToTheEnd: Oliver delivers TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Wintergreen for betraying his country that gets him a pounding from Wintergreen, though he does make a futile attempt to buy Wintergreen off by offering the mercenary triple what Fryers is.
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* DefiantToTheEnd: Oliver delivers TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Wintergreen for betraying his country that gets him a pounding from Wintergreen, though he does make a futile attempt to buy Wintergreen off by offering the mercenary triple what Fryers is.
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-->'''Slade:''' There is no giving up to these guys! No crying or begging your way out of it!

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-->'''Slade:''' There is no giving up to these guys! No crying or begging buying your way out of it!it! You have two choices--escape or die. So choose!
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Slade has only a short time to turn Oliver even a passably good soldier, so can't afford to be gentle with him.
-->'''Slade:''' There is no giving up to these guys! No crying or begging your way out of it!

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* TheAtoner: Diggle tells Felicity that he joined Oliver because of his service in Afghanistan where he had to defend a warlord who was worse than the people they were fighting.



* MagicalDefibrillator: Diggles has to restart Oliver's heart with little idea of how to use a defibrillator. Felicity has to remind him to tell her to get clear, and when Oliver's heartbeat appears to stop realises the problem is only a loose wire.

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* MagicalDefibrillator: Diggles Diggle has to restart Oliver's heart with little idea of how to use a defibrillator. Felicity has to remind him to tell her to get clear, and when Oliver's heartbeat appears to stop realises the problem is only a loose wire.



* TemptingFate: Felicity is asked to join their vigilante crusade but refuses, saying she'll only stay long enough to find Walter Steele and then go back to her boring life in IT. She spends the rest of the series as a core member of Team Arrow.

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* TemptingFate: TemptingFate:
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Felicity is asked to join their vigilante crusade but refuses, saying she'll only stay long enough to find Walter Steele and then go back to her boring life in IT. She spends the rest of the series as a core member of Team Arrow.Arrow.
** Diggle became a vigilante because he thinks it would not have the morally grey areas of his military service. No such luck.
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* IHaveAFamily: Used for DramaticIrony when Moira begs the Hood not to kill her, while holding a picture of Oliver and Thea. When Oliver lowers his bow, [[RealityEnsues she takes the opportunity to grab and gun and shoot him]].

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* IHaveAFamily: Used for DramaticIrony when Moira begs the Hood not to kill her, while holding a picture of Oliver and Thea. When Oliver lowers his bow, [[RealityEnsues she takes the opportunity to grab and gun and a shoot him]].
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* DangerTakesABackseat: A nonlethal version when Felicity finds her wounded boss in the backseat of her car.


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* IHaveAFamily: Used for DramaticIrony when Moira begs the Hood not to kill her, while holding a picture of Oliver and Thea. When Oliver lowers his bow, [[RealityEnsues she takes the opportunity to grab and gun and shoot him]].


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* MagicalDefibrillator: Diggles has to restart Oliver's heart with little idea of how to use a defibrillator. Felicity has to remind him to tell her to get clear, and when Oliver's heartbeat appears to stop realises the problem is only a loose wire.


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* TemptingFate: Felicity is asked to join their vigilante crusade but refuses, saying she'll only stay long enough to find Walter Steele and then go back to her boring life in IT. She spends the rest of the series as a core member of Team Arrow.

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-->''"Oliver brought me a laptop riddled with bullet holes, had me trace a black arrow, and research a company involved in armored car heists. I may be blone but-not that blonde."''

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-->''"Oliver brought me a laptop riddled with bullet holes, had me trace a black arrow, and research a company involved in armored car heists. I may be blone blonde but-not that blonde."''



** The emphasis put on Shado and Oliver's dragoon tattoo.

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** The emphasis put on Shado and Oliver's dragoon dragon tattoo.



* ModestyBedsheet: In the flashback, Oliver dreams of him and Laurel talking to a bed presumably after sex before Slade wakes him up.

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* ModestyBedsheet: In the flashback, Oliver dreams of him and Laurel talking to on a bed presumably after sex before Slade wakes him up.



%%* RuleOfCool: Slade's BigEntrance (see above).
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* FreezeFrameBonus: When Fyers is talking with Yao Fei in his command tent, a copy of TheOdyssey can be seen on his desk.

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* FreezeFrameBonus: When Fyers is talking with Yao Fei in his command tent, a copy of TheOdyssey ''Literature/TheOdyssey'' can be seen on his desk.
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* PublicExecution: Fryers drags Oliver, who was already knocked onto the floor and helpless, into the middle of his camp, has all his men surround the twenty-year old civilian, and then orders Billy Wintergreen to execute Oliver with his bare hands, which amuses the soldiers.

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* PublicExecution: Fryers drags Oliver, who was already knocked onto the floor and helpless, into the middle of his camp, has all his men surround the twenty-year twenty-two year old civilian, and then orders Billy Wintergreen to execute Oliver with his bare hands, which amuses the soldiers.



* {{Sadist}}: When Bill Wintergreen decks Oliver, one of the soldiers behind Fryers is visibly bouncing back and forth, seemingly in excitement over getting to see this armed mercenary execute a scared, shipwrecked twenty-year old. It goes to show that it's not just Fryers and Wintergreen who are evil, the men that work under them are just as callous and exploitive. This, along with their [[FacelessMooks constantly masked faces]], makes it easy for audiences to sympathize with Slade moments later when he mows down the soldiers.

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* {{Sadist}}: When Bill Wintergreen decks Oliver, one of the soldiers behind Fryers is visibly bouncing back and forth, seemingly in excitement over getting to see this armed mercenary execute a scared, shipwrecked twenty-year twenty-two year old. It goes to show that it's not just Fryers and Wintergreen who are evil, the men that work under them are just as callous and exploitive. This, along with their [[FacelessMooks constantly masked faces]], makes it easy for audiences to sympathize with Slade moments later when he mows down the soldiers.

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* BigEntrance: Slade swoops in to fight Wintergreen while there are StuffBlowingUp in the background.

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* BigEntrance: As Fryers' men scatter after bullets and explosions start flying around the camp, Slade swoops in to fight Wintergreen while there are StuffBlowingUp in walks out of a tent and faces the background. camera just as a huge explosion takes out two men directly behind him.



* EyeScream: Billy Wintergreen gets a sword in the right eye...from Slade Wilson, no less.

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* DumbBlonde: Felicity uses "blonde" as a synonym for "stupid" when explaining how bad Oliver was at lying to her whenever he tried to cover up his superhero antics.
-->''"Oliver brought me a laptop riddled with bullet holes, had me trace a black arrow, and research a company involved in armored car heists. I may be blone but-not that blonde."''
* EyeScream: Billy Wintergreen gets a sword in the right eye... from Slade Wilson, no less.



** The aforementioned EyeScream.

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** The aforementioned EyeScream.Slade stabs his old partner through the right eye while said partner is wearing the Deathstroke outfit. In season 2, [[spoiler:Oliver puts an arrow through Slade's right eye in the season's last flashback]].



* InternalReveal: Oliver is forced to open his secret to Felicity, though it's revealed that she had her suspicions.

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* InternalReveal: Oliver is forced to open his secret to Felicity, though it's revealed that she had her suspicions.



* LiteraryAllusionTitle: To ''Literature/TheOdyssey''.

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* LiteraryAllusionTitle: To ''Literature/TheOdyssey''.''Literature/TheOdyssey'', the long journey of a man to return home. While all the flashbacks throughout the first season deal with Oliver's attempts to get off the island, this episode is one of a few to be almost exclusively made up of flashbacks since it details Oliver and Slade's first real attempt to challenge the soldiers occupying the island and steal one of their planes off the island.



* RuleOfCool: Slade's BigEntrance (see above).

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* PublicExecution: Fryers drags Oliver, who was already knocked onto the floor and helpless, into the middle of his camp, has all his men surround the twenty-year old civilian, and then orders Billy Wintergreen to execute Oliver with his bare hands, which amuses the soldiers.
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RuleOfCool: Slade's BigEntrance (see above).above).
* {{Sadist}}: When Bill Wintergreen decks Oliver, one of the soldiers behind Fryers is visibly bouncing back and forth, seemingly in excitement over getting to see this armed mercenary execute a scared, shipwrecked twenty-year old. It goes to show that it's not just Fryers and Wintergreen who are evil, the men that work under them are just as callous and exploitive. This, along with their [[FacelessMooks constantly masked faces]], makes it easy for audiences to sympathize with Slade moments later when he mows down the soldiers.



* TrainingMontage: Slade and Oliver at the beginning.

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* TrainingMontage: Slade and Oliver at start the beginning.episode [[{{Flynning}} smacking bamboo sticks against each other like their swords]], with Slade outdoing Oliver each time and snapping the stick against Oliver's neck. Eventually, Oliver gets sick of failing and questions how sticks will help him fight armed mercenaries, only for Slade to let Oliver stick a gun in his face and promptly disarm him in half a second.



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Thea tells Oliver he should get a land Line at the club after he says he gets no cell reception there. Not a Brick Joke


* BrickJoke: At the final scene of the episode, Thea tells Oliver that he should invest in a landmine so he wouldn't have to leave the house. Oliver stepped on a landmine earlier in the episode during the flashback.



* FreezeFrameBonus: When Fyers is talking with Yao Fei in his command tent, a copy of TheOdyssey can be seen on his desk.



* IHaveYourWife: Fryers have Yao Fei's daughter Shado to ensure his cooperation.

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* IHaveYourWife: Fryers have Fyers has Yao Fei's daughter Shado to ensure his cooperation.
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* ADeathInTheLimelight: In some ways, to Billy Wintergreen. We find out his name and backstory from Slade before the latter offs him.
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* AbsenteeActor: Tommy does not appear in the episode.
* BigEntrance: Slade swoops in to fight Wintergreen while there are StuffBlowingUp in the background.
* BrickJoke: At the final scene of the episode, Thea tells Oliver that he should invest in a landmine so he wouldn't have to leave the house. Oliver stepped on a landmine earlier in the episode during the flashback.
* CallBack: Felicity recounts all the terrible lies [[BadLiar Oliver and Diggle]] made to her up to this point.
* ChekhovsSkill: The counter move that Slade did to Oliver at the beginning of the episode becomes useful near the end when Oliver himself uses it on a {{Mook}} while he and Slade are escaping.
* DamselOutOfDistress: A "villainous" example is when Moira shoots the Arrow when he had her at [[strike: gun]] arrow point.
* DebutQueue: The episode marks Shado's debut.


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* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** The aforementioned EyeScream.
** The emphasis put on Shado and Oliver's dragoon tattoo.
* IHaveYourWife: Fryers have Yao Fei's daughter Shado to ensure his cooperation.
* InternalReveal: Oliver is forced to open his secret to Felicity, though it's revealed that she had her suspicions.
* KirkSummation: Oliver attempted to do this to Wintergreen. [[ShutUpKirk He gets beaten up for the trouble]].


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* ModestyBedsheet: In the flashback, Oliver dreams of him and Laurel talking to a bed presumably after sex before Slade wakes him up.


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* OutOfFocus: Both Quentin and Thea only appeared at the closing scene, while Laurel appeared twice in short scenes (one in a dream, the other when Oliver called her) in a flashback.
* RuleOfCool: Slade's BigEntrance (see above).


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* StuffBlowingUp: When Slade raided Fryers' camp to rescue Oliver and fight Wintergreen.
* TookALevelInBadass: Oliver has come a long way since he was stranded in the island. Slade notices and appreciates it.


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* TrainingMontage: Slade and Oliver at the beginning.
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On the island, Slade Wilson teaches Oliver combat. Slade mentions that there is one supply plane every three months, and they must take action soon. While running through the forest with Slade, Oliver steps on a mine. Unable to move as Fyers’ men approach, Oliver disguises himself as one of them. Slade takes the men down and shoves Oliver off the mine; it does not explode.

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On the island, Slade Wilson teaches Oliver combat. Slade mentions that there is one supply plane every three months, and they must take action soon. While running heading through the forest with Slade, Oliver steps on a mine. Unable to move as Fyers’ men approach, Oliver disguises himself as one of them. Slade takes the men down and shoves uses one’s corpse to shove Oliver off the mine; it does not explode.
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Oliver and Slade take over Fyers’ watch post. Oliver uses the phone to call Laurel, but he cannot muster up words to say. Slade and Oliver argue about what will happen to Yao Fei once they leave. Slade wants to blow up the island, but Oliver wants to protect Yao Fei. Oliver follows Yao Fei into a tent, but Fyers enters and takes Oliver to be executed. In his Deathstroke mask, Billy Wintergreen beats up Oliver, but is interrupted by an explosion. Slade stabs Wintergreen. The plane leaves the island without them onboard. Fyers allows Yao Fei five minutes with his daughter, Shado.

The Hood faces off with Moira and she soon shoots him in the chest. Oliver, having snuck into Felicity’s car, orders her to take him to the warehouse. Diggle sews up Oliver’s bullet wound and shocks him back to life when Oliver begins seizing. Felicity expresses her disapproval of Oliver killing, even bad guys. As Oliver wakes up, Felicity hacks into the police system and tells them to destroy Oliver’s blood sample taken from Moira’s office. Oliver asks her to join the team; Felicity only wants Walter back and then she will resume her normal life.

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Oliver and Slade take over Fyers’ watch post. Oliver uses the phone to call Laurel, but he cannot muster up words to say. Slade and Oliver argue about what will happen to Yao Fei once they leave. Slade wants to blow up the island, but Oliver wants to protect rescue Yao Fei. Oliver heads to the main camp and follows Yao Fei into a tent, but Fyers enters and takes Oliver to be executed. In his Deathstroke mask, Billy Wintergreen beats up Oliver, but is interrupted by an explosion. Slade stabs Wintergreen. arrives and fights Wintergreen, fatally stabbing him in the eye. The plane leaves the island without them onboard. aboard. Fyers allows Yao Fei five minutes with his daughter, Shado.

Shado.

The Hood faces off with Moira and she soon shoots him in the chest. Oliver, having snuck sneaked into Felicity’s car, reveals himself and orders her to take him to the warehouse. Diggle sews up Oliver’s bullet wound and shocks him back to life when Oliver begins seizing. Felicity expresses her disapproval of Oliver killing, even bad guys. As Oliver wakes up, Felicity hacks into the police system and tells them to destroy Oliver’s blood sample taken from Moira’s office. Oliver officially asks her to join the team; team, but Felicity only wants Walter back and then back, after which she will resume her normal life.



* EyeScream: [[spoiler:Billy Wintergreen gets a sword in the right eye... from Slade.]]

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* EyeScream: [[spoiler:Billy Billy Wintergreen gets a sword in the right eye... eye...from Slade.]]Slade Wilson, no less.



** In the flasback, Oliver comments "I’m trapped on an island and [[Film/CastAway my only friend is named Wilson.]]"

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* {{Troll}}: Slade watches Oliver trying and failing to light a fire when he has a lighter in his pocket. He watches for ''two hours''.
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* WholeEpisodeFlashback: Nearly, anyways; only a handful of scenes take place in the present day, the rest of the episode is a flashback to Oliver's time on the island.
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** “Wintergreen” was an associate of Slade Wilson’s in the comics. William Randolph Wintergreen first appeared in The New Teen Titans #2, the same comic book that introduced Deathstroke as his butler.

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** “Wintergreen” was an associate of Slade Wilson’s in the comics. William Randolph Wintergreen first appeared in The New Teen Titans #2, the same comic book that introduced Deathstroke Deathstroke, as his butler.
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** In the flasback, Oliver comments "I’m trapped on an island and [[Film/CastAway my only friend is named Wilson.]]"

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** In the flasback, Oliver comments "I’m trapped on an island and [[Film/CastAway my only friend is named Wilson.]]"]]"

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* “Wintergreen” was an associate of Slade Wilson’s in the comics. William Randolph Wintergreen first appeared in The New Teen Titans #2, the same comic book that introduced Deathstroke as his butler.
* Slade Wilson mentions a son named Joe. Joseph Wilson is the Teen Titan named “Jericho.”
* Shado is a major figure in Mike Grell’s seminal Green Arrow story "The Longbow Hunters".
* In the flasback, Oliver comments "I’m trapped on an island and [[Film/CastAway my only friend is named Wilson.]]"

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* EyeScream: [[spoiler:Billy Wintergreen gets a sword in the right eye... from Slade.]]
* LiteraryAllusionTitle: To ''Literature/TheOdyssey''.
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“Wintergreen” was an associate of Slade Wilson’s in the comics. William Randolph Wintergreen first appeared in The New Teen Titans #2, the same comic book that introduced Deathstroke as his butler.
* ** Slade Wilson mentions a son named Joe. Joseph Wilson is the Teen Titan named “Jericho.”
* ** Shado is a major figure in Mike Grell’s seminal Green Arrow story "The Longbow Hunters".
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** A quote of ''Literature/TheOdyssey'' becomes an important line as a safe phrase.
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In the flasback, Oliver comments "I’m trapped on an island and [[Film/CastAway my only friend is named Wilson.]]"

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* Slade Wilson mentions a son named Joe. Joseph Wilson is the Teen Titan named “Jericho.” I
* Shado is a major figure in Mike Grell’s seminal Green Arrow story The Longbow Hunters.

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* Shado is a major figure in Mike Grell’s seminal Green Arrow story The "The Longbow Hunters.
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On the island, Slade Wilson teaches Oliver combat. Slade mentions that there is one supply plane every three months, and they must take action soon. While running through the forest with Slade, Oliver steps on a mine. Unable to move as Fyers’ men approach, Oliver disguises himself as one of them. Slade takes the men down and shoves Oliver off the mine; it does not explode.

Slade reveals that his partner was Billy Wintergreen. They were assigned to find out why Fyers was interested in Yao Fei. Fyers took Slade and Billy hostage, and Billy agreed to join Fyers’ camp, but Slade did not.

Oliver and Slade take over Fyers’ watch post. Oliver uses the phone to call Laurel, but he cannot muster up words to say. Slade and Oliver argue about what will happen to Yao Fei once they leave. Slade wants to blow up the island, but Oliver wants to protect Yao Fei. Oliver follows Yao Fei into a tent, but Fyers enters and takes Oliver to be executed. In his Deathstroke mask, Billy Wintergreen beats up Oliver, but is interrupted by an explosion. Slade stabs Wintergreen. The plane leaves the island without them onboard. Fyers allows Yao Fei five minutes with his daughter, Shado.

The Hood faces off with Moira and she soon shoots him in the chest. Oliver, having snuck into Felicity’s car, orders her to take him to the warehouse. Diggle sews up Oliver’s bullet wound and shocks him back to life when Oliver begins seizing. Felicity expresses her disapproval of Oliver killing, even bad guys. As Oliver wakes up, Felicity hacks into the police system and tells them to destroy Oliver’s blood sample taken from Moira’s office. Oliver asks her to join the team; Felicity only wants Walter back and then she will resume her normal life.


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* “Wintergreen” was an associate of Slade Wilson’s in the comics. William Randolph Wintergreen first appeared in The New Teen Titans #2, the same comic book that introduced Deathstroke as his butler.
* Slade Wilson mentions a son named Joe. Joseph Wilson is the Teen Titan named “Jericho.” I
* Shado is a major figure in Mike Grell’s seminal Green Arrow story The Longbow Hunters.

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