<Tr> <Td_colspan="8"> The Queen family friend Jessica Danforth decides to run for mayor . During her announcement, she is attacked by Lonnie Machin, an anarchist for hire working for Damien . Queen explains to his sister that her aggressiveness is a result of being in the Lazarus Pit . Diggle tells Laurel about H.I.V.E. The team successfully stops Machin, but Speedy sets him on fire in the process . Later, Machin escapes police custody . Laurel decides to take Thea back to Nanda Parbat both to find a way to stop the aggression and to bring Sara's body to the pit . Queen decides to run for mayor after Danforth backs out of the race . Meanwhile, Felicity takes over for Ray at the company and tasks an operative named Curtis Holt to find a way to save the financial crisis . In flashbacks, Oliver kills the soldier and is tasked by Waller to infiltrate the local military operation run by an officer named Reiter . Reiter decides to recruit Oliver for his cause instead of killing him . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 72 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Restoration" </Td> <Td> Wendey Stanzler </Td> <Td> Wendy Mericle & Speed Weed </Td> <Td> October 21, 2015 (2015 - 10 - 21) </Td> <Td> 3J5803 </Td> <Td> 2.40 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="8"> Laurel and Thea arrive in Nanda Parbat and request Merlyn to use the Lazarus Pit for Sara . He initially refuses and tells Thea that she needs to kill some people once in a while to suppress the lust . In order to appease her, he eventually agrees to revive Sara . When Sara returns feral, Nyssa destroys the Lazarus Pit in retaliation, and Merlyn has her imprisoned . Meanwhile, an A.R.G.U.S. operative delivers Diggle information on a H.I.V.E. operative, Mina Fayad . Fayad meets with Damien about the growing issue with the vigilantes in Star City . She brings in a metahuman named Jeremy Tell, who can turn his playing card tattoos into physical projectiles . After Tell's initial failure, Damien kills Fayad for challenging him . Felicity reveals to Holt that she is aiding Green Arrow . Diggle and Green Arrow team up and take down Tell, who refuses to talk because of fearing Damien more . He is imprisoned in Iron Heights . In flashbacks, in order to impress his handler, Queen uses torture techniques to interrogate the prisoners who are being used to harvest heroin - cocaine hybrid plants . He secretly frees a woman . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 73 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Beyond Redemption" </Td> <Td> Lexi Alexander </Td> <Td> Beth Schwartz & Ben Sokolowski </Td> <Td> October 28, 2015 (2015 - 10 - 28) </Td> <Td> 3J5805 </Td> <Td> 2.64 </Td> </Tr>

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