Of course, this reveal raised many questions: What does Emiko want?
Why did she become the Green Arrow?
Who is her mother?
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Why are we just finding out about her now?
As the episode title suggests, the winter premiere, thankfully, starts to answer these questions.
Unfortunately, Oliver definitely isn’t prepared to learn just how messed up the present situation is.
Through some more computer stuff, Felicity finds an old storage unit paid for by Moira.
They have all of the items delivered to their apartment and find a letter Robert wrote to Walter.
That obviously didn’t happen because Moira kept all of this stuff locked in a storage unit.
So what happened to Emiko and her mother?
The episode sets up a very interesting distinction between Oliver and Emiko.
In other words, we’re dealing with a redemption vs. revenge dichotomy here.
Even though their goals are different, they do share some similarities.
(The episode ends with him approaching her while she’s visiting her mother’s grave).
Next: Rene teams up with Emiko
The other similarity is in their personalities.
Emiko eventually corners Glenmorgan and demands to know why he killed her mother.
Old Man Rene), who wants nothing to do with Star City or Dinah.
He relents and hands over the codes.
Of course, there’s more going on than meets the eye.
In other words, Rene is involved in the Undertaking 2.0, because history repeats itself.
I’m actually pretty interested in seeing how this shakes out.
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