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With her dark past revealed to Star City, and the SPCD having a warrant on her, Laurel embraces her old identity of Black Siren. Dinah wants to hunt her down, while Felicity wants to save her from falling back into the dark.

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With her dark past revealed to Star City, City and the SPCD SCPD having a warrant on her, Laurel embraces her old identity of Black Siren. Dinah wants to hunt her down, while Felicity wants to save her from falling back into the dark.



* AlternateSelf: Turns out there's an Earth-2 Sara Lance. In fact she's the reason Laurel is so savvy with Felicity being pregnant, as Earth-2 Sara was expecting in the past (with her sister looking out for her).

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* AlternateSelf: Turns out there's an Earth-2 Sara Lance. In fact fact, she's the reason Laurel is so savvy with Felicity being pregnant, as Earth-2 Sara was expecting in the past (with her sister looking out for after her).



* TheAnticipator: Shadow Thief anticipated the probability of Laurel's turning on her and brought a few men as backup.

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* TheAnticipator: Shadow Thief anticipated the probability possibility of Laurel's Laurel turning on her and brought a few men as backup.



** Sara and unlike her last appearances this isn't a cameo, coming back at Felicity's request to help bring Laurel down.
** The Longbow Hunters (or rather specifically, just Kodiak) return having not been seen since "Due Process".

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** Sara and unlike her last appearances appearances, this isn't a cameo, coming back at Felicity's request to help bring Laurel down.
** The Longbow Hunters (or rather specifically, just Kodiak) return after having not been seen since "Due Process".



* CallBack: Much like how Felicity was the first supporter of Earth-1 Laurel becoming Black Canary way back in Season 3, she's also the one who encourages the Earth-2 Laurel to take up the mantle.

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* CallBack: Much like how Felicity was the first supporter of Earth-1 Laurel becoming Black Canary way back in Season 3, she's also the one who encourages the Earth-2 Laurel to take up the mantle.



** Felicity also mentions ''Series/CharliesAngels''. The 2011 reboot series has Creator/VictorGarber (Martin Stein) and Creator/AnnieIlonzeh (Joanna de la Vega) as main cast members, while (Creator/{{Peyton List|1986}}) (Lisa Snart), Creator/NicholasGonzalez (Dante Ramon), and Creator/RichardBrooks (Warden Wolfe) all guest-star. [[note]]Creator/EricaDurance (Alura Zor-El) and Creator/CarlosBernard (Maggie Sawyer's father) are guest-too, but they're from an AlternateUniverse[[/note]]

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** Felicity also mentions ''Series/CharliesAngels''. The 2011 reboot series has Creator/VictorGarber (Martin Stein) and Creator/AnnieIlonzeh (Joanna de la Vega) as main cast members, while (Creator/{{Peyton List|1986}}) (Lisa Snart), Creator/NicholasGonzalez (Dante Ramon), and Creator/RichardBrooks (Warden Wolfe) all guest-star. [[note]]Creator/EricaDurance (Alura Zor-El) and Creator/CarlosBernard (Maggie Sawyer's father) are guest-too, guest-stars too, but they're from an AlternateUniverse[[/note]]



** After Earth-2 Laurel saves her, Mia remembers the ShowWithinAShow documentary she saw from the 150th episode and mistakes her for her late Earth-1 counterpart.

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** After Earth-2 Laurel saves her, Mia remembers the ShowWithinAShow documentary she saw from the 150th episode and mistakes her Laurel for her late Earth-1 counterpart.



* DecompositeCharacter: This episode is a tribute to and ADayInTheLimelight for all the arrowverse characters that make up the ComicBook/BlackCanary.

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* DecompositeCharacter: This episode is a tribute to and ADayInTheLimelight for all the arrowverse Arrowverse characters that make up the ComicBook/BlackCanary.



* EasilyForgiven: Even discounting everything prior and just focusing on what happened this episode, Laurel was sitll an accessory to several murders by Shadow Thief.

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* EasilyForgiven: Even discounting everything prior and just focusing on what happened this episode, Laurel was sitll still an accessory to several murders by Shadow Thief.



** The Conflicted: Earth-2 Laurel, who becomes so disillusioned after being outed for her past crimes that she spends most of the episode in regression despite legitimately wanting to make ammends.

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** The Conflicted: Earth-2 Laurel, who becomes so disillusioned after being outed for her past crimes that she spends most of the episode in regression despite legitimately wanting to make ammends.amends.



** TheCynic: Drake, who ([[CrusadingWidow understandably]]) has a bias against Laurel and dismisses her as a HeroWithAnFInGood.
** The Realist: Sara, who hopes that Earth-2 Laurel really wanted to make a better version of herself but is nonetheless prepared for the worst case scenario of Laurel [[ThenLetMeBeEvil fully embracing the dark side]].

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** TheCynic: Drake, Dinah, who ([[CrusadingWidow understandably]]) has a bias against Laurel and dismisses her as a HeroWithAnFInGood.
** The Realist: Sara, who hopes that Earth-2 Laurel really wanted wants to make a better version of herself but is nonetheless prepared for the worst case scenario of Laurel her [[ThenLetMeBeEvil fully embracing the dark side]].



** TheSpock: Dinah thinks that laurel is just a criminal whose fallen back into old habits and therefore needs to be prosecuted regardless of what they've been through.
** TheMcCoy: Felicity is convinced no matter what that there is still good in her and just wants to talk her out of returning to crime fully prepared to completely forgive her for everything.
** TheKirk: Sara knows Earth-2 Laurel isn't her sister and is aware of her dark past but, while admitting true redemption takes time, having a dark past herself and trusting her dad's judgement she still believes Laurel can be reasoned with.

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** TheSpock: Dinah thinks that laurel Laurel is just a criminal whose who's fallen back into old habits and therefore needs to be prosecuted regardless of what they've been through.
** TheMcCoy: Felicity is convinced no matter what that there is still good in her Laurel and just wants to talk her out of returning to crime crime, fully prepared to completely forgive her for everything.
** TheKirk: Sara knows Earth-2 Laurel isn't her sister and is aware of her dark past but, while admitting true redemption takes time, she still believes Laurel can be reasoned with, having a dark past herself and trusting her dad's judgement she still believes Laurel can be reasoned with.judgement.



* MythologyGag: When discussing what they should call themselves, Felicity suggested "ComicBook/{{Birds of|Prey}} [[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Justice]]". Sara is amused.

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* MythologyGag: When discussing what they should call themselves, Felicity suggested suggests "ComicBook/{{Birds of|Prey}} [[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Justice]]". Sara is amused.



* PutOnABus: At the end of the episode, Black Siren decides if she truly wants to make amends she needs to go back to Earth-2 and make up for all the evil she did there working for Zoom. Only to be {{subverted}}, when she shows up in the last minutes of the FlashForward Arc in full Black Canary gear.

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* PutOnABus: At the end of the episode, Black Siren decides if she truly wants to make amends amends, she needs to go back to Earth-2 and make up for all the evil she did there working for Zoom. Only to be {{subverted}}, {{subverted}} when she shows up in the last minutes of the FlashForward Arc in full Black Canary gear.



* RememberTheNewGuy: Shadow Thief is said to be Earth-2 Laurel's colleague during her stint as TheDragon to Diaz, yet she's nowhere to be seen in Season 6.

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* RememberTheNewGuy: Shadow Thief is said to be Earth-2 Laurel's colleague during her stint as TheDragon to Diaz, yet she's she was nowhere to be seen in Season 6.



** On one side, Felicity believes that Emiko is lying about her mom's murder pointing out that with the Ninth Circle at her disposal finding the bastard who did it shouldn't be a problem for her. Oliver's gut tells him that she's ''not'' lying.
** On the other side, Dinah wants to bring Laurel into custody, but Felicity and Sara believes they should help her and not turn their backs on her. And as Felicity points out that even when Dinah was at her darkest and lowest, Team Arrow didn't kick her out.
** {{Averted}} with Oliver and Diggle over Emiko. Oliver doesn't believe that telling Emiko that Dante killed her mom will change her, but it ''will'' drive a wedge between her and Dante.

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** On one side, Felicity believes that Emiko is lying about her mom's murder murder, pointing out that with the Ninth Circle at her disposal disposal, finding the bastard who did it shouldn't be a problem for her. Oliver's gut tells him that she's Emiko's ''not'' lying.
** On the other side, Dinah wants to bring Laurel into custody, but Felicity and Sara believes believe they should help her and not turn their backs on her. And as Felicity also points out that even when Dinah was at her darkest and lowest, Team Arrow didn't kick her out.
** {{Averted}} with Oliver and Diggle over Emiko. Oliver doesn't believe that telling Emiko that Dante killed her mom will change her, but it ''will'' drive a wedge between her and Dante.



* ThenLetMeBeEvil: Laurel, having lost her DA job and been framed for murder, initially decides to abandon her attempts to be a better person and fall back into a life of crime. Felicity and Sara refuse to let her do it, and Dinah eventually comes around to the same

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* ThenLetMeBeEvil: Laurel, having lost her DA job and been framed for murder, initially decides to abandon her attempts to be a better person and fall back into a life of crime. Felicity and Sara refuse to let her do it, and Dinah eventually comes around to the same same.



** The FlashForward with Galaxy One hunting down the Canaries and New Team Arrow
** Oliver and John trying to find Emiko's mothers murderer hoping to leverage it to stop her.

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** The FlashForward with Galaxy One hunting down the Canaries and New Team Arrow
Arrow.
** Oliver and John trying to find Emiko's mothers murderer mother's murderer, hoping to leverage it to stop her.



* WhamShot: Black Siren now wearing Laurel's wig, mask, and outfit showing up in the last minutes of the FlashForward Arc.
* WhereItAllBegan: Laurel decided to return to Earth-2 since she plans to atone for everything she did and starting it at home.

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* WhamShot: Black Siren Laurel, now wearing Laurel's her Earth-1 counterpart's wig, mask, and outfit outfit, showing up in the last minutes of the FlashForward Arc.
* WhereItAllBegan: Laurel decided decides to return to Earth-2 since she plans to atone for everything she did and did, starting it at home.
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** Felicity also mentions ''Series/CharliesAngels''. The 2011 reboot series has Creator/VictorGarber (Martin Stein) and Creator/AnnieIlonzeh (Joanna de la Vega) as main cast members, while Creator/PeytonList (Lisa Snart), Creator/NicholasGonzalez (Dante Ramon), and Creator/RichardBrooks (Warden Wolfe) all guest-star. [[note]]Creator/EricaDurance (Alura Zor-El) and Creator/CarlosBernard (Maggie Sawyer's father) are guest-too, but they're from an AlternateUniverse[[/note]]

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** Felicity also mentions ''Series/CharliesAngels''. The 2011 reboot series has Creator/VictorGarber (Martin Stein) and Creator/AnnieIlonzeh (Joanna de la Vega) as main cast members, while Creator/PeytonList (Creator/{{Peyton List|1986}}) (Lisa Snart), Creator/NicholasGonzalez (Dante Ramon), and Creator/RichardBrooks (Warden Wolfe) all guest-star. [[note]]Creator/EricaDurance (Alura Zor-El) and Creator/CarlosBernard (Maggie Sawyer's father) are guest-too, but they're from an AlternateUniverse[[/note]]

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* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism:
** On one side, Felicity believes that Emiko is lying about her mom's murder pointing out that with the Ninth Circle at her disposal finding the bastard who did it shouldn't be a problem for her. Oliver's gut tells him that she's ''not'' lying.
** On the other side, Dinah wants to bring Laurel into custody, but Felicity and Sara believes they should help her and not turn their backs on her. And as Felicity points out that even when Dinah was at her darkest and lowest, Team Arrow didn't kick her out.
** {{Averted}} with Oliver and Diggle over Emiko. Oliver doesn't believe that telling Emiko that Dante killed her mom will change her, but it ''will'' drive a wedge between her and Dante.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Laurel spends most of the episode pretending not to care about her friends in the hopes that they'll give up on her redemption, like she has. It falls apart when they show that they'd [[TrueCompanions rather die than give up on her]].



* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Laurel spends most of the episode pretending not to care about her friends in the hopes that they'll give up on her redemption, like she has. It falls apart when they show that they'd [[TrueCompanions rather die than give up on her]].



* RockBeatsLAser: A natural Canary Cry vs. Sara's electronic choker? The natural Cry wins.

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* RockBeatsLAser: RockBeatsLaser: A natural Canary Cry vs. Sara's electronic choker? The natural Cry wins.


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* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism:
** On one side, Felicity believes that Emiko is lying about her mom's murder pointing out that with the Ninth Circle at her disposal finding the bastard who did it shouldn't be a problem for her. Oliver's gut tells him that she's ''not'' lying.
** On the other side, Dinah wants to bring Laurel into custody, but Felicity and Sara believes they should help her and not turn their backs on her. And as Felicity points out that even when Dinah was at her darkest and lowest, Team Arrow didn't kick her out.
** {{Averted}} with Oliver and Diggle over Emiko. Oliver doesn't believe that telling Emiko that Dante killed her mom will change her, but it ''will'' drive a wedge between her and Dante.
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** TheCynic: Drake, who ([[VengefulWidow understandably]]) has a bias against Laurel and dismisses her as a HeroWithAnFInGood.

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** TheCynic: Drake, who ([[VengefulWidow ([[CrusadingWidow understandably]]) has a bias against Laurel and dismisses her as a HeroWithAnFInGood.
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* AbsenteeActor: Rene, Dante and Emiko don't appear this episode. In the future, William and Roy also don't appear.

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* FragileSpeedster: Mia's a naturally gifted fighter trained by an expert combatant, but fighting head-on against a much larger and heavily armoured opponent, her blows do next to nothing and she's quickly overwhelmed.



* RealityEnsues:
** A natural Canary Cry vs. Sara's electronic choker? The natural Cry wins.
** Mia's a naturally gifted fighter trained by an expert combatant, but fighting head-on against a much larger and heavily armoured opponent, her blows do next to nothing and she's quickly overwhelmed.

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* RealityEnsues:
**
RockBeatsLAser: A natural Canary Cry vs. Sara's electronic choker? The natural Cry wins.
** Mia's a naturally gifted fighter trained by an expert combatant, but fighting head-on against a much larger and heavily armoured opponent, her blows do next to nothing and she's quickly overwhelmed.
wins.
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** Felicity also mentions ''Series/CharliesAngels''. The 2011 reboot series has Creator/VictorGarber (Martin Stein) and Annie Ilonzeh (Joanna de la Vega) as main cast members, while Peyton List (Lisa Snart), Nicholas Gonzalez (Dante Ramon), and Richard Brooks (Warden Wolfe) all guest-star. [[note]]Creator/EricaDurance (Alura Zor-El) and Carlos Bernard (Maggie Sawyer's father) are guest-too, but they're from an AlternateUniverse[[/note]]

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** Felicity also mentions ''Series/CharliesAngels''. The 2011 reboot series has Creator/VictorGarber (Martin Stein) and Annie Ilonzeh Creator/AnnieIlonzeh (Joanna de la Vega) as main cast members, while Peyton List Creator/PeytonList (Lisa Snart), Nicholas Gonzalez Creator/NicholasGonzalez (Dante Ramon), and Richard Brooks Creator/RichardBrooks (Warden Wolfe) all guest-star. [[note]]Creator/EricaDurance (Alura Zor-El) and Carlos Bernard Creator/CarlosBernard (Maggie Sawyer's father) are guest-too, but they're from an AlternateUniverse[[/note]]
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** Felicity mentions ''Series/MrRobot''. Its main cast includes Stephanie Corneliussen (Valentina Vostok) and Creator/BDWong (voice of Godspeed).

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** Felicity mentions ''Series/MrRobot''. Its main cast includes Stephanie Corneliussen Creator/StephanieCorneliussen (Valentina Vostok) and Creator/BDWong (voice of Godspeed).
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* IdealismVsCynicism:

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* IdealismVsCynicism:SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism:
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per Trope Repair Shop, Jerkass Facade is being cut in favor of Hidden Heart Of Gold / Jerk With A Heart Of Gold.


* JerkassFacade: While she is legitimately a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, Laurel spends most of the episode pretending not to care about her friends in the hopes that they'll give up on her redemption, like she has. It falls apart when they show that they'd [[TrueCompanions rather die than give up on her]].

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* JerkassFacade: While she is legitimately a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Laurel spends most of the episode pretending not to care about her friends in the hopes that they'll give up on her redemption, like she has. It falls apart when they show that they'd [[TrueCompanions rather die than give up on her]].

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* FourPhilosophyEnsemble:
** The Conflicted: Earth-2 Laurel, who becomes so disillusioned after being outed for her past crimes that she spends most of the episode in regression despite legitimately wanting to make ammends.
** The Optimist: Felicity, the only person who legitimately believes in Laurel's CharacterDevelopment.
** TheCynic: Drake, who ([[VengefulWidow understandably]]) has a bias against Laurel and dismisses her as a HeroWithAnFInGood.
** The Realist: Sara, who hopes that Earth-2 Laurel really wanted to make a better version of herself but is nonetheless prepared for the worst case scenario of Laurel [[ThenLetMeBeEvil fully embracing the dark side]].



* OneDrinkWillKillTheBaby: Laurel stops Felicity from drinking wine during their celebration at the end, citing this very trope. She also mentions having done the same for her sister (Earth-2 Sara) in the past.



* PutOnABus: And the end of the episode, Black Siren decides if she truly wants to make amends she needs to go back to Earth-2 and make up for all the evil she did there working for Zoom. Only to be {{subverted}}, when she shows up in the last minutes of the FlashForward Arc in full Black Canary gear.

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* PutOnABus: And At the end of the episode, Black Siren decides if she truly wants to make amends she needs to go back to Earth-2 and make up for all the evil she did there working for Zoom. Only to be {{subverted}}, when she shows up in the last minutes of the FlashForward Arc in full Black Canary gear.
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** {{TheMCoy}}: Felicity is convinced no matter what that there is still good in her and just wants to talk her out of returning to crime fully prepared to completely forgive her for everything.

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** {{TheMCoy}}: TheMcCoy: Felicity is convinced no matter what that there is still good in her and just wants to talk her out of returning to crime fully prepared to completely forgive her for everything.
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** TheMCoy: Felicity is convinced no matter what that there is still good in her and just wants to talk her out of returning to crime fully prepared to completely forgive her for everything.

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** TheMCoy: {{TheMCoy}}: Felicity is convinced no matter what that there is still good in her and just wants to talk her out of returning to crime fully prepared to completely forgive her for everything.

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