Arrow (2012–…): Season 5, Episode 16 - Checkmate - full transcript

Previously on "Arrow"...

This laptop contains
40 million rubles

worth of bank transfers
from Kovar

that Gregor hasn't disclosed.

This is most disappointing.

I liked many of you.

Prometheus
surprised me

with a very specific,
unique move.

It was taught to me
by a woman that I met in Russia.

You think you and Prometheus had
the same teacher?

You're accepting
the invitation to join Helix.



Full throttle.

What do I do with your secret?

I keep it. I care about the city,

and... and you're working
double-time.

Can you talk some
sense into him, please?

Mr. Mayor, Thea,
meet my wife Doris.

I thought we could talk.

Can we set up
a meeting tomorrow?

I'm late for a dinner.

It's important.

You could call it life or death.

You sure this is the place?

I don't see any other
monasteries on this mountain.

Felicity's note said
something about a demon...



oh, wait, maybe
that says, "lemon."

Anyway, I... I texted her,
but she has not hit me back.

It says, "demon."

Oliver, I'm losing you!
I'll see you back in Star City.

Where is she?

Who are you?

I'm a former student.

Former, which means
you are not welcome here.

No!

Leave us.

I would apologize
for my students' enthusiasm,

but you should not
have come to this place.

Well, Talia, it was
difficult to find.

Our business together
concluded 5 years ago.

No. One of your
former students

is trying to kill me.

Oh, he doesn't want
to kill you, Oliver.

He means to destroy you utterly.

You knew?

If you knew, then why
would you train him?

Why wouldn't you warn me?

Two years ago, he sought me out.

He'd already learned
much about you.

He's a man
of remarkable capacity.

Talia, enough!
If you knew what he wanted,

then why would you train him?

You killed his father,

and I helped him
in his pursuit of vengeance

because by then
you'd killed mine!

I never told you
my full name, did I?

No, you didn't.

It's Talia al Ghul.

Ra's al Ghul was your father.

Yes.

My father and I came
to be at odds,

so I forged my own path...

But he was still
my father when you put

a sword through his chest.

So that's why you're
not gonna help me.

That's why you won't
tell who this...

Prometheus is.

Of course I will, Oliver,

because I want you to suffer.

He calls himself...

Adrian Chase.

*ARROW
Season 05 Episode 16
"Checkmate"

Everything ok?

Yes. Peachy. Heh.
Let's do this.

- Whoa.
- Yeah. It's lit, right?

All these people,
they're just...

You sound surprised.

Yeah. I mean, I guess
I just thought

that a secret hacker
organization would be

a little bit more, well,
I don't know, intimate. Heh.

Well, Helix is
a worldwide operation,

kind of like the U.N.

If it actually
accomplished things.

You have 3D
nanoelectrics designed

to interface
with a neural network.

We were working
on something like this

at Palmer Tech, and...

Who do you think we stole
the prototype from?

What is that?

Real-time feed from
every cell phone camera in the world

running through
a pattern recognition algo.

Holy...
that's...

So much bigger than
anything the NSA is doing. I know.

That's a lot of power for someone
to have who's not government.

Well, the fact that
we're not government's not the point.

Power to the people, right?

Yeah.
Power to the people. Heh.

Welcome to Helix, Felicity.

We're gonna change
the world together.

Mr. Queen, I've been

- trying to reach you...
- I need Captain Pike

and Quentin Lance in my office,

and I need to know
where D.A. Chase is right now.

Right now, Mr. Chase is in
the conference room.

Treatment for drug addicts
over incarceration.

Mr. Mayor, I didn't think
you'd be joining us this morning.

I guess you know
what I've been up to, huh?

- Yeah.
- I've been working

on addressing our
sentencing policy

for drug offenses.

Care to join?

I'd like to see you
in my office, please.

Actually, can it wait?

The councilmen
and I are on a clock.

Besides, you're looking
a little ragged.

You tired...

Or is it that you've actually
been asleep this whole time?

All the captains are dead.

Da. Gregor will promote
new ones loyal to him,

and they will kill us all.

Gonna try it this way now.

I got to tell you,
I don't know how

that mask is gonna play here,

especially since
the city's not too fond

of your alter ego these days.

I'll give them
the Throwing Star Killer,

see how they feel.

Wait. That's
your big plan,

arresting me?

Oh, man, that's a bit of a letdown,
I have to say.

Well, I'm not gonna kill you,

if only because that's
what you want me to do.

But you've done
everything I've wanted so far.

Did you really think I'd let
all this end in a parking garage?

What did you do?

I gave your girlfriend
an exclusive.

Wait. Are you still
dating Susan Williams?

I got to tell you, buddy.

It's been a little
hard to keep track.

What did you do to her?

She's fine. Don't worry.

As long as I'm around to make sure
she gets some food and water.

Starvation and dehydration...

terrible way to go.

Bottom line... I die,
she dies.

I don't make it back
to her in time,

she dies.

Now you could try torturing me
for her location.

We both know what
you're capable of

in that department, but...

I think that we both
know what I'm capable of,

so, Ollie, who do you
think can last longer...

Susan or me?

Ohh. I'm 10 steps ahead
of you,

and you haven't even figured out
what game we're playing yet.

Quentin:
That son of a bitch.

Yeah, I'd say
that pretty much covers it.

This is a hell of a city
you got here.

District attorney's
a serial killer.

He's way worse that that.

Infiltrating
the government like that

at the highest level
right next to Oliver?

We underestimated this guy.

I underestimated him.

I trusted him.

Where is Felicity?

I've been texting her like crazy,
but her phone's off.

You don't think that
Prometheus has...

No.

No. His game is Susan.

For now.

We have to make sure
Thea's safe.

Lyla and J.J. are
secure at Argus.

I got in touch with Thea.
She's fine...

B-but we have to
find Susan.

We cannot make a move on Chase

until we know she's safe,

until we have her here.

Keep looking for Felicity.

You GPS her phone
if you have to.

We should go to Pike,

tell him Chase is
the Throwing Star Killer.

And then he asks for evidence,
and you say what?

Look. Quentin's right.
Dinah, we keep the SCPD

out of this until we
have something.

This guy has us in check.

Yeah, for now.

Sent Curtis
and Dinah to Opal City.

- For Chase's mother.
- He has leverage,

- we need some of our own.
- That's not gonna work.

This guy always seems
to be 10 steps ahead.

Well, Oliver, it's pretty easy,
you confronting him

in public like that.

What the hell were you thinking?

I wasn't thinking.

Where you going now?

According to city records,
Chase's house

has a subbasement.

Chase does everything
sideways, man.

I doubt he has Susan
someplace obvious.

I don't know what's
obvious anymore.

Oh, no. I can't let you
go out there alone.

- I'm going with you.
- I can handle it.

Never said you couldn't.

3 of us cannot defeat Gregor.

We need more men.

No. We need a way
to convince the Bratva

that Gregor sold them out.

We had way.

Well, we don't have
anyone that can pull

data off a bullet-ridden
laptop, so...

Without proof, Gregor will say
we are traitors.

Rest of Bratva
will believe them.

And then they will kill us.

So we've got to kill him first

before he tells anyone.

Ok. You've had
enough to drink already.

Where would Gregor go...

I mean, where would
he go right now?

He'd go to ground.

Bratva stronghold is
hockey rink,

but it's heavily protected.

Hmm. We wouldn't
even get through the door.

I think I know someone who can.

I guess Norma Bates got
the hell out of Dodge.

Chase anticipated this play.

I never said that
he wasn't clever.

So am I.

Um... What's
your toy doing?

It's detecting
resonance frequencies upstairs.

It's not a toy.
It's a T-sphere.

Wait. Every horror movie
ever has basically said

that you do not go upstairs

at a creepy serial killer's
mother's house.

Help!

Unh!

Excellent.

Now give us another scream.

So, what, we're supposed to just
go to work like things are normal?

Because newsflash...
they ain't.

Tell me something
I don't already know.

Ho ho! I did
think of one or two things.

This is nice, everything being out
in the open now,

all the cards on the table,
as it were.

You got some nerve
showing up here.

Why wouldn't I?
I take my job very seriously.

Speaking of, I thought my office

had requested your verifications

on the latest ComStat reports
from the SCPD.

What you been doing?

I'm gonna kill you

in ways that will hurt.

Threatening a city
official's a felony, Mr. Ramirez.

You think you're so clever.

This isn't over,
you son of a bitch!

I agree. In fact,
I think we're just getting started.

I want those ComStat
verifications on my desk

by tomorrow morning, Dog.

We can't just let that son of a bitch
walk around here.

- We got to do something.
- We are doing something.

Yeah. Rene and I
have got eyes on Chase.

He's at city hall.
You got a green light

to move on his house.

Roger that.

Ok, Spartan.
You check the upstairs

and work your way down.

I'll sweep the basement.
We can meet in the middle.

Roger that.

- Please don't hurt me.
- Mrs. Chase.

What are you doing in my hou...

Mrs. Chase, I'm not
gonna hurt you.

Get away from me.

Your husband isn't
who you think he is.

Get out of my house.

Mrs. Chase, your husband
is the Throwing Star Killer.

He's holding
an innocent woman hostage,

and I need your help
to find her.

- You're insane.
- Doris, please.

You need to understand
the truth.

You have to know at some level

that your husband has been keeping
something from you.

And police and the mayor
say that you're the killer, you.

On the floor.
On the floor!

Get down on the floor!

On the floor.
Get down on the floor!

You all right,
Mrs. Chase?

I'm... I'm fine.

We got a call from your husband.

Don't worry.
We got this handled.

Get her out of here.

Tell me what you want me to do.

I am not getting
into a shootout with the SCPD.

Copy that. I'm out.

Smart move, douchebag.

I wasn't talking to you.

Drop the bow and get
on the ground!

Whole thing's about
30 seconds long.

I've been over every frame,

and there's nothing
to indicate a location.

At least it's proof of life.

Yeah. She was alive
when this video was made,

but we don't know
how long a... sorry.

It's fine. He'll...

he'll keep her alive
to keep me in check.

I never should have
gotten involved with Susan.

I don't know
what I was thinking.

You were thinking
you were lonely, man.

Everyone needs somebody.

Yeah? Well, maybe
I gave up that right

when I put on the hood.

Hi! Oh! Hi!
I'm sorry.

I know I'm late.
I'm sorry.

I got Curtis' messages.
I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.
I'm here now. Sorry.

Can you give us
the room, please?

Heh. Much appreciated.
Yeah. I usually like

my tongue lashings to be done in private,
so thank you. Heh.

I'm... Sorry.

I'm not angry.

You don't... you don't
work for me.

You...

I'm worried.

Right. Of course,
for all you know,

Prometheus could have
kkhhk... ooh.

Not...

I'm worried about you.

Oh.

Because you're into something,

and you don't want to
tell anyone about it,

or maybe you just don't
want to tell me.

I think we can both agree

that keeping secrets
doesn't end well,

so...

Yeah, you're right.

It's just that right now
is not really a good time

with everything going on.

You just have to
trust me on this one, ok?

- Ok.
- But speaking of the something

that I'm into,
it actually helped me go

through the petabyte
of data we took off

of Chase's mother's computer.

- This
- Who's Simon Morrison?

- Adrian Chase.
- What?

Simon Morrison is
his birth name.

That's his real identity.

But his mother's name
is Amanda Westfield.

Yes. Well, she changed
her name when she went off the grid,

so it runs in the family.

Well, if Adrian Chase
is an alias...

then the proof that
his background is fake

would be enough
for the ACU to arrest his ass.

- However you did it, good work.
- Thank you.

Let's put this all on the drive.

- I've got to get to city hall.
- Wait. Oh.

Now? I mean,
it's past 10:00.

Yeah. Before
the 11:00 news,

I have to make a statement
on the Green Arrow

breaking into
the D.A.'s house.

Obviously, this is
a horrifying development.

Uh, we believe
the Green Arrow was

retaliating against this office

for speaking out
against his recent crimes.

Mr. Mayor.

Ahem.

This office is
in complete agreement

with D.A. Chase.

This situation
has become untenable...

And I am determined to bring it

to a just and successful end.

I will not let anyone, anyone...

Terrorize this city...

And so I am demanding
that the Green Arrow turn himself in.

He has 24 hours

before I am ordering
the SCPD to shoot on sight.

That's all. Thank you.

Thanks for seeing me.
I know it's late.

Uh, I think we both know our jobs
don't recognize late and early.

What can I do for you?

What's this?

That is evidence

that Adrian Chase is
a false identity.

His real name is Simon Morrison.

In the midst of an investigation,
you will learn

that he is
the Throwing Star Killer.

Oh. That's one hell
of an accusation.

That's why I'm giving you that.

And this evidence comes
from where?

An investigation that
I've been conducting off the books.

With what personnel?

Work the lead, Captain Pike.

Consider that an order
if it helps.

One last thing.

You didn't get that from me.

I serve at the pleasure
of the Mayor.

There you are.

Viktor has confirmed
Gregor's location,

but tell me, why
did you want him gone

and why are you
playing Robin Hood?

I met a woman.
She taught me how to

give my darkness an identity

so that it doesn't consume me.

And you believed her?

Oliver, whatever you
think is inside you

is inside you.

You... you cannot name it
like that

and keep it apart from you.

This woman's taught
me differently.

This woman does not
know what she is talking about,

and if you're not
careful, Oliver,

one day she will be
the source of your greatest pain.

Oh, my God.
And this is...

We've been calling
him Prometheus,

but you helped me I.D.
him as Simon Morrison.

I've been striking out at getting
a location off this,

but someone with a cell phone
at some point

must have entered this room,

which means there should be pictures
of it on your database.

If I can cross-reference
the images

of your database
with this video,

I should be able to help
the police find her.

And that's, like, really
cool and noble and all.

I mean, she definitely
needs your help...

But?

But, Felicity, we gave
you Pandora.

We helped you sort
through that data pull,

and now, well, people are starting
to ask what you're doing for us.

I mean, we didn't invite
you in just so you could check items

off your to-do list.

Sorry. It feels gross
saying...

No. Uh, no.
You're right. Ok.

So quid pro quo.
I help you, you help me.

I was kind of hoping
you'd say that.

We've been trying to
break the encryption

on a certain
Homeland security drone.

- Why?
- Need to know, I'm afraid.

Question is

what are you willing
to quo in exchange for your quid?

Uh, can you check
some files for me?

Any legal records you
can find on a Simon Morrison.

Thanks.

Hey.

Hey. You ok, buddy?

Need some medical
attention or something?

Unh!

- What happened?
- Some lowlife attacked him

outside the precinct.

SCPD's canvassing,
but the security cameras,

they did not get
a shot of his face.

But...

How's Pike?

He's comatose.

This was Chase.

I don't know, Oliver.

Murder by lowlife
is not exactly his style.

Earlier tonight,
I gave Pike a lead

connecting Chase to Prometheus.

I thought we didn't
have any leads.

Felicity resurfaced
with something.

Is Pike's family in there?

Nope, but somebody else is.

Life's just so fragile,
isn't it?

Decades of hopes and dreams,

and in one moment,
one little mistake,

and it all just goes away.

I'm not gonna let you
hurt anyone else.

Really? Because so far, you haven't
been able to do much to stop me.

Susan's fine by the way.

Well, alive at any rate.

Me and my team
are gonna find her,

and when we do,
the second that we do...

I'm gonna put an arrow
right through your heart.

You do realize how impotent
you sound, right?

You think this is a game?

I don't feel like
playing anymore.

You don't have a choice, Oliver.

If you kill me, you kill Susan,

and she will be
as dead as your mother,

as Tommy, as Shado, as Laurel,

as your friend Pike
here probably...

all dead because of you.

So go ahead. Kill me.

Let's find out how much more loss
you can take

because I don't think it's much.

I think that you're one loss away
from being destroyed.

I guess we'll have to find
another way to handle this then.

You see, that's
the beautiful thing

about all of this, Oliver.

If you kill me, you'll only really
be killing yourself.

Thanks for the assist.

What is thing you are
doing with your voice?

Ok.

Ok.

Ok. Oh, oh! I'm in.

Whoo! We're in. Yes.

Whoa! Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Did we just accidentally
hack a DHS drone system?

Well, I wouldn't exactly
say accidentally.

- Tch. Am I right?
- Uh-uh, uh-uh.

Felicity, please explain to me

why we're hacking
Homeland security drones

instead of finding
Susan's location

like you told me we would be!

Because hacking
the drones is what's

gonna lead us to Susan.

It's... it's...
So complicated.

Holy crap. You just
sent the receiver false data,

and now you are
spoofing the GPS system.

There's nothing slight
about this.

This is just
straight-up illegal.

Spill 100% deets right now.

- Right now!
- Ok, ok.

So I've... I've kind of
made some... heh... new friends.

Surprise.

And they have access to unaccessible
amounts of data and Intel,

tons of it.

They helped me get John
out of prison,

and now they're willing
to help us find Susan. That's all.

If you redirect a few
U.S. border control drones.

Hey. Don't look
at me like that.

Ok. I've already gotten chapter
and verse from John and Oliver.

Please don't, please.

I can't imagine them
signing off on you

hacking Homeland Security.

They don't know, do they?

All they need to know

is that I am
a grown woman making

my own grown-up
decisions.

Hey. Got anything
for me?

Oliver.

What is it, man?

Is it Susan?

Not yet,

but it's just a matter of time.

I don't know what
I can do to stop it.

Well, Oliver, there are
always options,

and you're not alone.

Do you think that's the problem?

You've done a wonderful job

of convincing me
that I'm changing for the better...

With the recruits and the...

The transparency, more optimism,

more... more trust.

You think none
of this would have happened

if you hadn't
trusted Chase, right?

Trusted anyone.

Because I... I can't see
anything

past me just creating
more targets.

Oliver.

We're not targets, man.

We're your teammates.

We're your strength.

You give me strength

until Chase turns it
into a weakness.

Look what happened with Susan.

I let myself get close to Susan,

and in so doing,
I gave Chase a way to get to me.

That could happen with you,

with...

with Felicity...

with my son.

All of you make me
vulnerable, John.

Maybe.

Maybe we do...

But caring about people, Oliver,

that makes you human.

Being human's a luxury
I might not get to have.

Yeah.

Ok. Got it.
Tell Dinah and Rene.

Felicity found out
where Chase is keeping Susan.

- Let's go!
- John.

There's something
I need you to do for me.

If I'm gonna beat this guy,

it'll be by playing his game...

And I know someone who
makes him vulnerable.

This is where Prometheus
is holding Susan?

Or at least he was when
he shot that video.

I'm reading a few dozen
heat signatures inside.

Chase brought backup?

Or he's using decoys.

It's decoys.
Prometheus works alone.

Problem is Susan could
be any one of those heat signatures.

We should split up,
canvass floor by floor.

Agreed.

Overwatch, any word on Spartan?

Uh, package is en route.

- ETA 5 minutes.
- Package?

Oliver's got something
up his green sleeve.

These puppies should
help double our search capabilities.

Next time, I get to
kick the door in.

Yeah. Whatever floats
your boat, Lassie.

Get back!

What was that?

Some sort of explosion.

Dinah, Rene, do you copy?

Ow. Yeah. We copy.

But we're trapped in here.

- Oh. Son of a bitch!
- Yeah.

What if those heat signatures are
incendiary devices?

I think we can
pretty much confirm that.

We got 5 minutes
for search and rescue

before this whole place
comes down.

You get Dinah
and Wild Dog out of here.

- I will find Susan.
- Assuming she's still here.

Which I'm totally
sure she still is.

Unh! Oliver!

Hey. Are you ok?

- Yeah. A-Adrian Chase is...
- I know!

Don't worry.
I'm gonna get you out of here.

What's happening?

Chase is controlling
the elevator.

Susan, we need to
get you out of here.

- This building is gonna explode.
- What about...

Chase wants me.
You're no longer his target.

I was gonna say what about you?

I'm gonna finish this.

Get to safety.

Hello, Oliver.

Can you guys hear me in there?

Yeah. Just waiting
on that rescue.

Good. Step back!

I'm glad Talia told you.

I prefer it this way,
face to face.

There's an honesty to it.

Well, honestly...

I'm gonna keep both of us here

until this building
comes down on top of us.

Then you'd be dead.

So would you.

Really? You really
think I'd let that happen, Oliver?

Remember, I'm always
10 steps ahead of you.

You know, if that were true,

you probably would have
seen this coming.

Adrian?

You shouldn't be here.

How else was I supposed
to find out the truth?

You killed all those people.

It's not that simple.

You killed them.
It's simple.

I know, baby.
This can't be you.

It's not you.

I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry.

Why did you make her come here?

To get you to stop.

You have to stop.

You have to... you have
to turn yourself in.

I can't do that.

Please. Whatever this is,
whatever you're doing,

it's over.

You'd tell the police?

No. You tell them.

You're right.

I'm gonna take care of this.

John!

Rahhh!

I've got an ambulance
en route to your position.

Oh, my God.

Oliver's in there with Chase.

Go help him now!

Go!

Agh!

Rah!

I told you, Oliver.

I'm not gonna kill you,

and you can't kill me.

Yes, Adrian.

Yes, I can!

What's going on?

Guys, some sort of sitrep.

Chase is gone.

And so is Oliver.

Where's Oliver?

- Guys!
- We have to assume

that Chase has him.

What about Susan
and Chase's wife?

Susan's
at the precinct.

Quentin is with her,

um, but Doris passed away
en route to Starling General.

We've got to work
on finding Oliver.

Felicity, you found Susan.

You can find him.

You're right.

Felicity, please tell me
you're not going to see them again.

Dinah's right. They're the ones
that found Susan.

Agh!

Gregor!

Unh!

Oliver, is that you?

No.

It's the man who's
gonna kill you.

Agh!

You up for making a statement?

Yeah, I'm up for anything that puts
Adrian Chase in the electric chair.

Actually, we only got
lethal injection in this state,

but I like your thinking.

Hello, Ms. Williams.

Long time, no see.

You get away from her.

Please don't threaten me.

I'm in mourning.

Haven't you heard?

The Green Arrow
killed my wife earlier tonight,

and apparently,
the mayor's missing.

You wouldn't happen
to know where he is, Quentin?

Honestly, it doesn't look good,

Oliver disappearing
under these circumstances.

You give me one good reason

why I shouldn't have
you arrested right now.

Because you don't
want your friend back in pieces.

Right?

Everyone's megaimpressed
with the DHS hack you did for us.

That's great.

You've also been chosen
as the first woman to go to Mars.

Sorry.

A friend of mine is missing.

The information
we gave you didn't help?

Different friend.

You have a lot
of missing friends.

Yeah, and this time,
I have no leads whatsoever.

You guys have better
resources than I do,

and I have to use
everything that I can to find him

and do whatever you
need me to do for you.

I don't believe
I taught you

how to escape
from shackles, Oliver.

Your father was
an honorable man.

You've allied with a psychopath,

and he'd be ashamed of you.

Well, when it comes
to the shame of fathers,

I shall bow to your
superior expertise.

Just make sure he suffers.

That was always the plan.

My friends will find me.

They're my strength.

That's sweet,

but I'm running out
of ways to tell you, Oliver.

I'm not interested
in killing you.

Then what the hell
is this game that we're playing?

When I had Susan as my guest,

I confessed to her
that you'd helped me

discover who I really am.

That's what I'm gonna
help you do, Oliver.

Greg!
Move your head.