Lone Gunmen
Overview:Oliver is surprised when someone shoots and kills one of his targets. As his plan is to bring people to justice vs. outright killing them, Oliver doesn’t appreciate the help and searches for the gunman. He soon learns that the man, Deadshot, is taking out businessmen who are scheduled to bid at an auction on an energy company and Walteris one of the bidders. Realizing he can’t protect his family and stop Deadshot at the same time, Oliver enlists Detective Lance’s help, but his plan has dire consequences. Meanwhile, Laurel and Tommy get caught in an awkward situation with Oliver.
Air date: 10/24/2012
Directed by: Guy Norman Bee
Guest Stars: Colin Salmon as Walter Steele, Roger Cross as Det Lucas Hilton, Bryron Mann as Yao Fei Gulong, Annie Ilonzeh as Joanna de la Vega, Eugene Lipinski as Alexi Leonov, Tobias Slezak as James Holder, Emily Bett Rikards Felicity Smoak, Marrett Green as Merritt Davis, Michael Rowe as Deadshot.
In this episode, we learn a little bit more about what happened to Oliver on the Island. It is just enough to keep leaving you hanging, but I would guess we will get little snippets all season. In the present, Oliver is after another corrupt rich guy on his list, but someone takes him out before he can get what he wants out of him. Now he has to figure out who the killer is and why he killed the guy. He also decides on a plan to better hide his identity.
Overall, this was a good episode. It is still a step-down from the previous ones. Hopefully the decline ends, and the series starts to get back to the amazing first couple of episodes.