[S5E3] Trust 'LINK'

As a show of the newfound trust with the new team, Oliver brings them into the Arrowcave. He also apologizes to Rene for not trusting his earlier plan to take out Sampson. Things are definitely moving in the right direction for the new team.

[S5E3] Trust

Before Oliver can learn to trust his team, he needs to learn to trust the Bratva, a.k.a. the Brotherhood. Oliver is still upset his success led to the deaths of several innocent men. Anatoli tells him he needs to trust Bratva, and reveals one of those men was a killer and his death was for the mother of one of his victims. Furthermore, the only chance Oliver has to take down Kovar is if he has the Bratva as his army. Basically, his only option is to stick with initiation.

Ollie seethes at Rene. While Rene and the others have to trust Ollie, Ollie additionally needs to confide in them. In the event that he can't, why trouble? Felicity is likewise not excited with Rene, and calls him much more difficult than Ollie.

Felicity chats with Ollie about how being a pioneer implies being liable for everything his group does. In any event, when they rebel. He needs to trust. They are made aware of a break in. Ollie goes to get the group.

Thea discovers Chase informing Ollie regarding Sampson's catch, however what resembles the Green Arrow's new group. Thea attempts to leave, however Ollie demands he needs individuals he can trust. He strolls Thea out to a public interview, where he rehashes Felicity's previous words. He confides in his group, and he is answerable for each choice they make. Counting his new Deputy Mayor, Quentin Lance.

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Louie and Jerome decide to meet up with Black Diamond and Dallas to talk to the strippers and gather intel on Melo. The confront the girls as they are dropping their kids off at school together; and after hiring a dancer to seduce Melo, they reveal to Jerome and Louie that Melo is quite reckless. Jerome doesn't trust Black Diamond and Dallas (they shot Louie and betrayed Khadijah), but Louie holds no grudges. If they can help with this, all is forgiven. Black Diamond even apologizes for shooting Louie.

The big twist is when we cut to the next scene and see the two older siblings, stringing up a zombie road block. It turns out that they're the ones doing this, though we don't clearly know why just yet. They've sent their little brother in as a spy because they don't trust these mysterious new strangers and want them gone as soon as possible.

The new team challenges Oliver at every turn. They are starting to trust each as well as Oliver. Not sure if the team will last but we will see. To show the team he is beginning to trust them Oliver shows them the Arrow cave.

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At the show, policy is that no cell phones be allowed inside. When Blair arrives, she checks in her phone and demands an employee show her where to check in for modeling. The employee, startled by Blair, accidentally turns Charlie's phone in without a name attached to it. Diana and Nate arrive at the party, and they spot the senator Nate is supposed to interview. She reminds him it's a lifestyle piece and encourages him to ask about his and his wife's favorite restaurants, vacations, and to definitely ask about their recent trip to Mykonos. Backstage, Blair spots Charlie. She asks what she's doing there, and Charlie admits she doesn't know but feels like Alice. She also tells Blair that she'll be leaving right after the fashion show and going back to LA since Carol doesn't want her in New York. Blair advises her that she might have a few things to hold over her mother's head, and Charlie realizes she does. When she goes to meet her escort, Blair tells Charlie that it's her life and to do what she wants. While interviewing the senator, Nate accidentally reveals his affair to his wife. She announce she's divorcing him, and the angry senator tells Nate he thought he was the nice one in his family. Nate, suddenly seeing Diana recording the interview, realizes she set him up to reveal the affair. Lily and Rufus arrive at the party, although Lily can't help but notice the whispers and stares behind her back. Rufus assures her that she served her time and has earned the right to move on to a new chapter. The show begins, and Charlie is soon face to face with Rufus and Lily. She begs them not to tell Carol she's there, and Lily tells her that she can tell her herself as Carol emerges from the crowd. When Blair walks, Dan takes over as her escort to confront her about the test. He brings out the ripped up results, which Dorota found and taped back together, and the two argue. The argument only ends when Blair shoves him into a waiter, causing a scene. Nate confronts Diana, and she explains that she wants to launch a tabloid, not a basic newspaper. He accidentally gives her the idea to take everyone's phones to get gossip from, and she tells him to take a risk. He skeptically tells her to meet her at the office in twenty minutes, before piling the phones to take, however, he leaves behind his friend's phones. Backstage, Carol confronts Ivy/Charlie about coming back. Charlie says in all honesty, it's her decision because she can always go to the police and tell them how Carol paid her to pretend to be Charlie to get access to her trust fund. She informs Carol that she came from nothing and that the Van Der Woodsen/Rhodes family have been nicer to her than her real family ever was. She threatens that if Carol tries to take her down, she's taking her with her. Outside, Dan and Blair argue once again over Blair opening the results. He admits that he's been using her problems to avoid dealing with his own, and she admits that she turned to Dan because she knew he would help her no matter what. He explains that when Georgina showed up pregnant (in Last Tango, Then Paris), the last thing he wanted to be was a father but when Milo was born, he fell in love with him. Blair asks if she opens the results, if he'll be able to deal with his problems, and he says if she can do it so can he. He leaves her alone to open the envelope, and she finally does.

After opening the envelope, Blair goes to see Chuck. She tells him she's pregnant, that it's Louis' baby, and that she didn't want him to find out and wonder if it was his. She then meets his dog Monkey, and he tells her that instead of getting rid of him, he decided to get him fixed since that's the responsible thing to do. She leaves, but tells Chuck that a part of her really wanted it to be his baby. Meanwhile, Dan goes to confront Noah at his restaurant meeting. When he arrives, Noah introduces him to his friends and explains that he was the inspiration behind the character Dylan Hunter. Dan announces that Noah didn't write the book, he did. Noah and his friend applaud, and Noah reveals that he set Dan up on purpose to admit he was the author. He invites Dan to join, saying they have a lot to talk about. At the VDW's, Rufus, Lily, Carol, and Charlie toast to new beginnings. They invite Charlie to stay in Serena's old room, and she gratefully accepts. Carol says she's going to bed, and Charlie pulls her aside and tells her that she's going to make sure CeCe reinstates her access to the trust. Carol replies that she's on her own now and good luck. When Dan returns to the loft, a delivery man brings an early release copy of Inside, which has a sticker on the front saying his name and a note from Alessandra telling him to get ready for the ride of his life. At the Waldorf's, Blair tells Louis she's pregnant. He excitedly confesses he can't wait to be a father, and that he only said he wasn't ready to make sure she wasn't on constant baby watch. They get ready to go out, and Blair hides the results of the paternity test in her desk before Louis can see them. Upon hearing the news of Blair's pregnancy, Chuck has begun to feel again and cuddles with Monkey while silently crying.

Ivy: Yeah, it kind of is. What are you going to do about it? Call the police? I'd be happy to tell them the whole story: about how you hired a struggling actress to pretend to be your daughter so that she could gain access to your real daughter's trust fund just so you could take the money for yourself. I think the authorities would have a problem with that. And your family would too.

Ensign Ro is beamed aboard, and Riker immediately orders her to remove her Bajoran earring. There's more hostility to come from the rest of the crew. However, Ro does have insight into the Bajoran refugee situation. She directs them to Keeve, a man who has more influence over the displaced Bajorans than their original contact. Picard tries to negotiate for Keeve's help, but the man has no love for the Federation due to its history of apathy toward Bajoran suffering. Ro barks at the man to listen to what Picard has to say, and the captain offers supplies to the refugees, which goes a long way toward establishing trust.

While tonight's episode didn't appear to have a strong thruline at first blush, it can be argued that this was a turning point for Rick and his crew. In previous episodes, they've been reluctant but willing to bring new people into the group and trust them at their word. Those days are over, since they've taken a shoot first and ask questions later approach. But the question remains as to just how much of their humanity is left intact. Are they on the path to becoming like Gareth's cannibals, or the group of people who took over Terminus originally? Or will they be a beacon of hope for the new world order? Hopefully time will tell, but the pacing of this season has been fantastic thus far and I can't wait to see where it heads next. (Oh, and what's up with Beth? Looks like we'll find out next week.) 041b061a72