Diggle, Thea, and Laurel continue fighting crime in Star City, recently renamed in Ray's honor. City leadership, which includes Captain Quentin Lance, meet to discuss a group of criminals named the "Ghosts", who are terrorizing the city. Damien Darhk shows up, claiming to control the Ghosts and warning the city leaders to stand aside and let the city die. After they refuse, Darhk systematically begins assassinating each of them, but fails to kill Lance. Laurel and Thea contact Oliver, asking him to return to help them stop the Ghosts, much to the disagreement of Diggle. The team tracks the Ghosts, where they witness Darhk using some form of mystical energy manipulation. Working together, the team stop his plot to kill hundreds at a train station. Afterward, Oliver takes the name "Green Arrow" and broadcasts a message to the city vowing to be a beacon of hope, while Lance is revealed to be working with Darhk. In a flashforward to six months later, Oliver and Barry stand at a freshly filled grave; the name is not revealed. In flashbacks, Amanda Waller finds Oliver and forces him back on Lian Yu to assess a new threat.