Penance

"Penance"

Information

Season 5 » Episode 4

Episode number

96 of 170

Airdate

October 26, 2016

Chronology

Preceded by	Followed by
A Matter of Trust	Human Target

"Penance"^[1] is the fourth episode of the fifth season of Arrow, and the ninety-sixth episode overall. It aired on October 26, 2016.

“	I need you, the team needs you, the city needs you. I'm not saying you shouldn't do your penance. You probably should, but do it as Spartan.	”
— Oliver to John Diggle^[src]

Synopsis[edit | hide | hide all]

Oliver and Lyla team up on a secret mission for Diggle. Felicity finds out and disapproves of the plan and opts to stay behind. When Tobias Church launches a deadly assault against the city, Felicity must decide if she wants to send the recruits out without the Green Arrow.

Appearances[edit | hide]

Characters[edit | hide]

Protagonists[edit | hide]

Antagonists[edit | hide]

HIVE (logo)
- Andy Diggle (mentioned)
Konstantin Kovar's Organization (mentioned in flashback)
- Konstantin Kovar (mentioned)
Pyotr Friedkin (flashback)
Tobias Church's Organization
- Sergio Espinoza
- Tobias Church
Langham Military Prison
- Clawdy
- Ferguson
- Gans
- Montes
- Potkins
- Private Jesseman
- Righton
- Sanchez
Prometheus' Team
- Adrian Chase
- Artemis (Evelyn Sharp)

Other Characters[edit | hide]

Alisa Friedkin (mentioned in flashback)
D'Angelo (mentioned)
Dennis (mentioned)
Laurel Lance (mentioned)
Maya Friedkin (mentioned in flashback)
Rory I (mentioned)
Rory Regan's Father
Roy Harper (mentioned)

Teams and Organizations[edit | hide]

A.R.G.U.S. (mentioned)
AmerTek Industries (mentioned)
HIVE (logo)
Konstantin Kovar's Organization (mentioned in flashback)
Kord Industries (logo)
Krasnoyarsk Police (flashback)
- Krasnoyarsk Prison (flashback)
Langham Military Prison
Olympics (mentioned)
Palmer Technologies
Prometheus' Team
Solntsevskaya Bratva (flashback)
Southmoor Road Pawn Shop (mentioned)
City Hall
- Office of the Mayor
SCPD
- Anti-Crime Unit (mentioned)
- SCPD Archival Facility (name seen in file)
- SCPD Evidence Facility
Team Arrow
Tech Village (mentioned)
Tobias Church's Organization
United States Army
United States Navy (mentioned)
USDB Deliveries

Species[edit | hide]

Humans

Objects and Concepts[edit | hide]

Locations[edit | hide]

Earth-1
- Earth
  - Europe
    - Russia (flashback)
      - Krasnoyarsk (flashback)
        Krasnoyarsk Prison (flashback)
  - North America
    - United States of America
      - Havenrock (mentioned)
        Southmoor Road Pawn Shop (mentioned)
      - Langham Military Prison
      - California
        Los Angeles (mentioned)
      - Washington
        Star City
        Adrian Chase's Building
        
        HIVE Headquarters
        
        Campaign Office
        Bunker
        
        Palmer Technologies Building
        Rory Regan's Workshop
        
        SCPD Archival Facility (name seen in file)
        
        SCPD Evidence Facility
        
        City Hall
        Office of the Mayor
        
        Tech Village (mentioned)
        
        Tobias Church's Hideout

Gallery[edit | hide]

Ragman saves Team Arrow

Promotional Images[edit | hide]

References[edit | hide]

↑ Arrow #5.4 "Penance" Official Description

Arrow
Season 1	Pilot (Arrow) • Honor Thy Father • Lone Gunmen • An Innocent Man • Damaged • Legacies • Muse of Fire • Vendetta • Year's End • Burned • Trust but Verify • Vertigo • Betrayal (Arrow) • The Odyssey • Dodger • Dead to Rights • The Huntress Returns • Salvation (Arrow) • Unfinished Business • Home Invasion • The Undertaking • Darkness on the Edge of Town (Arrow) • Sacrifice (Arrow)
Season 2	City of Heroes • Identity (Arrow) • Broken Dolls • Crucible • League of Assassins • Keep Your Enemies Closer • State v. Queen • The Scientist • Three Ghosts • Blast Radius • Blind Spot • Tremors (Arrow) • Heir to the Demon • Time of Death • The Promise • Suicide Squad (Arrow) • Birds of Prey (Arrow) • Deathstroke (Arrow) • The Man Under the Hood • Seeing Red (Arrow) • City of Blood • Streets of Fire • Unthinkable
Season 3	The Calm • Sara • Corto Maltese • The Magician • The Secret Origin of Felicity Smoak • Guilty • Draw Back Your Bow • The Brave and the Bold (Arrow) • The Climb • Left Behind (Arrow) • Midnight City • Uprising • Canaries • The Return • Nanda Parbat • The Offer • Suicidal Tendencies • Public Enemy • Broken Arrow (Arrow) • The Fallen • Al Sah-him • This Is Your Sword • My Name Is Oliver Queen
Season 4	Green Arrow • The Candidate • Restoration • Beyond Redemption • Haunted (Arrow) • Lost Souls (Arrow) • Brotherhood • Legends of Yesterday • Dark Waters • Blood Debts • A.W.O.L. • Unchained • Sins of the Father (Arrow) • Code of Silence • Taken • Broken Hearts • Beacon of Hope • Eleven-Fifty-Nine • Canary Cry • Genesis • Monument Point • Lost in the Flood • Schism
Season 5	Legacy (Arrow) • The Recruits • A Matter of Trust • Penance • Human Target • So It Begins • Vigilante • Invasion! (Arrow) • What We Leave Behind • Who Are You? (Arrow) • Second Chances • Bratva • Spectre of the Gun • The Sin-Eater • Fighting Fire with Fire • Checkmate (Arrow) • Kapiushon • Disbanded • Dangerous Liaisons (Arrow) • Underneath • Honor Thy Fathers • Missing • Lian Yu
Season 6	Fallout (Arrow) • Tribute • Next of Kin • Reversal • Deathstroke Returns • Promises Kept • Thanksgiving • Crisis on Earth-X, Part 2 • Irreconcilable Differences • Divided • We Fall • All for Nothing • The Devil's Greatest Trick • Collision Course (Arrow) • Doppelganger • The Thanatos Guild • Brothers in Arms • Fundamentals • The Dragon • Shifting Allegiances • Docket No. 11-19-41-73 • The Ties That Bind (Arrow) • Life Sentence
Season 7	Inmate 4587 • The Longbow Hunters • Crossing Lines • Level Two • The Demon • Due Process • The Slabside Redemption • Unmasked • Elseworlds, Part 2 • My Name Is Emiko Queen • Past Sins • Emerald Archer • Star City Slayer • Brothers & Sisters • Training Day (Arrow) • Star City 2040 • Inheritance • Lost Canary • Spartan • Confessions • Living Proof • You Have Saved This City
Season 8	Starling City • Welcome to Hong Kong • Leap of Faith • Present Tense • Prochnost • Reset • Purgatory (Arrow) • Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Four • Green Arrow & The Canaries • Fadeout

[1] Arrow #5.4 "Penance" Official Description

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