Arrow Season 8 Premiere: 12 Easter Eggs & References You Missed In 'Starling City'

7. The Queen Consolidated CEO Has Failed This City

Arrow Season 8 Oliver Queen
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Oliver's deduction that Malcolm Merlyn, the CEO of Queen-Merlyn, was the Dark Archer resulted in him confronting him in his own office.

Smashing through the Queen-Merlyn window, he stood over the terrified businessman and belted his iconic "You have failed this city!" line, and it was hard not to notice how this scene took its cues from Season 1, Episode 13 'Betrayal' (and its continuation in Episode 14 'The Odyssey') during which Oliver crashed through the windows of Queen Consolidated and confronted Moira for her crimes against the city.

Luckily for him, this particular run-in didn't result in him getting shot by his own mother.

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