Arrow Episode Guide: “State v. Queen” (Season 2, Episode 7)

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Original Airdate: 11/20/2013
Written by: Marc Guggenheim & Drew Z. Greenberg
Directed by: Bethany Rooney

Starring: Stephen Amell (as Oliver Queen/Arrow), Katie Cassidy (as Laurel Lance), David Ramsey (as John Diggle), Willa Holland (as Thea Queen), Emily Bett Rickards (as Felicity Smoak), Colton Haynes (as Roy Harper), Manu Bennett (as Slade Wilson/Deathstroke), Susanna Thompson (as Moira Queen), Paul Blackthorne (as Quentin Lance)

Guest Stars: Kevin Alejandro (as Sebastian Blood), Celina Jade (as Shado), Caity Lotz (as Black Canary/Sara Lance), Jimmy Jean-Louis (as the Captain), Michael Eklund (as Barton Mathis/the Dollmaker), Dylan Bruce (as Adam Donner), Chelah Horsdal (as Kate Spencer), Jesse Hutch (as Officer Daily), Dylan Neal (as Dr. Anthony Ivo), Teryl Rothery (as Jean Loring), Graham Shiels (as Cyrus), Seth Gabel (as the Count), John Barrowman (as Malcolm Merlyn)

First Appearance: Cyrus

Trivia:

– Cyrus Gold is the alter ego of the DC Comics character Solomon Grundy.
– Although Malcolm Merlyn appeared dead after the Season 1 finale, John Barrowman did appear at the Arrow panel for Comic-Con 2013.

Summary:

On the island, Ivo’s men fire on Slade and Shado’s hideout, but they remain unharmed. The group from the ship finds the skeleton room, but Ivo is displeased that the hosen is missing. Slade and Shado ambush them, leading Oliver to grab Sara and run off with his friends. Shado has the hosen and on the back finds coordinates to a Japanese submarine containing something to save the human race.

When Diggle passes out, Felicity finds that there is vertigo in his blood without him taking it and that the Count escaped from prison in the Glades’ earthquake. Donner also shows signs of infection in the middle of Thea’s time on the stand during Moira’s trial. The Count takes Donner captive and hacks into the city’s news feed to boast about his doings. Felicity tracks his location to an abandoned city building. Arrow arrives, fights, and escapes with Donner.

DA Kate Spencer makes Laurel lead council. Laurel discovers Donner’s trump card and confronts Moira about it. Despite initially not wanting to testify, Moira takes the stand and reveals she once cheated on Robert with Malcolm. With Diggle’s help, Felicity tracks down the roaming flu shot van responsible for covertly spreading vertigo. She’s taken hostage by the Count. Although Moira’s verdict should come shortly, Oliver confronts the Count, who figured out his identity. When the Count moves to inject Felicity, Oliver shoots him, sending him out the Queen Consolidated window. Felicity is fine, and Diggle gets an antidote.

Sebastian Blood arranged for the Count to take on the Arrow. Blood is informed of a development: Brother Cyrus is the only one to have survived the testing and become stronger. Moira’s verdict is “not guilty.” On her way home, Moira’s driver takes her to an abandoned lot where Malcolm Merlyn mentions that he helped with her acquittal and he’s Thea’s father.

Quotes:

Felicity: Don’t take this the wrong way, but you look disgusting.
Diggle: Yeah, well I don’t feel great, Felicity. Is there a right way to take that? …
Felicity: Did you get the flu shot? Personally, I never do. I know that I should. I just, I have this thing about needles, all pointy things, really. Which is ironic considering who we work with.

The Count: I’m Count Vertigo, and I approve this high.

Roy (to Thea): You wonder why I used to go out at night looking to throw down with bad guys. Part of it was to help the city. And the other part was to help me.

The Count: I heard you developed an allergy to killing.

Felicity: Oliver, don’t. Not for me.
The Count: Quiet please, I’m threatening.

Felicity: Oliver, I just wanted to say, “Thank you,” and “I’m sorry.”
Oliver: For what?
Felicity: I got myself into trouble again, and you killed him. You killed again, and I’m sorry that I was the one who put you in a position where you had to make that kind of choice.
Oliver: Felicity, he had you, and he was going to hurt you. There was no choice to make.

Moira: They said you were dead.
Malcolm: There are parts of the world where death is an illusion. I’ve been to one. I learned to be very convincing. But, I returned because you needed my help.

Episode Guide entry by Stephanie Hall

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