Arrow Season 4: 14 WTF Moments From 'Beyond Redemption'

DC's Lady Cop turns up, Team Arrow get an upgraded home, and just what exactly is going on with the resurrected Sara Lance?!

by Andrew Pollard

Following on from Sara Lance€™s resurrection in Restoration, Laurel Lance has to deal with the unhinged, feral, zombie-like version of her back-from-the-dead sister, although she shares the apparent good news with daddy dearest Captain Lance. Of course, Quentin doesn€™t exactly share in Laurel€™s happiness. Elsewhere, we see Ollie€™s mayoral campaign finally start to get underway, even if he has to deal with a serious case of corruption in the Star City Police Department as Liza Warner, aka DC's Lady Cop, comes into the picture. And then there€™s his discovery of Captain Lance€™s working relationship with uber-rogue Damien Darhk. Where poor Felicity€™s concerned, Beyond Redemption sees her technology getting compromised as she has to face up to the death of former beau Ray Palmer. But at least she gets to do all of this from the comfort of a shiny new Arrowcave. All of that and more provided this latest Emerald Archer offering with plenty of WTF moments, and here€™s the best of the bunch.

14. Police Brutality

If some apparent SCPD troops instantly shooting some no-good villain types during the episode€™s first few moments wasn€™t bad enough, things only got more shocking when these trigger happy agents, led by Liza Warner, proceeded to off two of their own who turn up at the wrong place at the wrong time. This would set the tone for the rest of Beyond Redemption as corruption was shown to be running wild amongst Star City€™s finest.
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