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* OldShame: Even though over a decade has passed, and it only happened the one time, Samantha still feels deeply guilty about the fact that she slept with Oliver, [[YourCheatingHeart even though she knew he was with Laurel at the time]].

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* OldShame: [[invoked]] Even though over a decade has passed, and it only happened the one time, Samantha still feels deeply guilty about the fact that she slept with Oliver, [[YourCheatingHeart even though she knew he was with Laurel at the time]].
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* OldShame: Even though over a decade has passed, and it only happened the one time, Samantha still feels deeply guilty about the fact that she slept with Oliver, [[YourCheatingHeart even though she knew he was with Laurel at the time]].
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*CallingTheOldManOut: Thea gives Malcolm a ''vicious'' one in this episode.
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* IdiotBall: For some reason Darhk and Malcolm decided it would be a good idea if Malcolm--the man who's conspicuously missing a hand--is the one to kidnap William.

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* IdiotBall: For some reason Darhk and Malcolm decided it would be a good idea if Malcolm--the man who's conspicuously missing a hand--is hand-- to be the one to kidnap William.
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* ShoutOut: The title of the episode is likely a reference to the [[Film/{{Taken}} film series of the same name]], which has a similar premise to this episode.

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* ShoutOut: The title of the episode is likely a reference to the [[Film/{{Taken}} film series of the same name]], which has a similar premise to this episode.episode and also featured Laurel's actress.

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* NoodleIncident: Laurel and Mari apparently have met offscreen.

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* NoodleIncident: NoodleIncident:
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Laurel and Mari apparently have met offscreen.offscreen.
** John Constantine is literally in Hell. Oliver isn't explaining why.
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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Oliver describes his previous encounter with Vixen as [[WesternAnimation/{{Vixen}} "animated."]] Bonus points for Stephen Amell looking like he's struggling to not crack up.

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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Oliver describes his previous encounter with Vixen as [[WesternAnimation/{{Vixen}} "animated."]] Bonus points for Stephen Amell [[{{Corpsing}} looking like he's struggling to not crack up.up]].
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* ItsALongStory: Said word-per-word by Mari when Samantha questions how magic will help find William.
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* ChekhovsGun: The tattoo bestowed by Constantine has helped Oliver disperse the mystical apparition of Conklin.


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* ShutUpHannibal: Thea had enough of Malcolm's bullshit and gave him a piece of her mind once she discovered that Malcolm abducted William.

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** After Felicity finds out about William, her resulting argument with Ollie is nearly identical to the one in ''[[Recap/ArrowS4E8LegendsOfYesterday Legends of Yesterday]]'s'' erased timeline.

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** After Felicity finds out about William, her resulting argument with Ollie is nearly identical to the one in ''[[Recap/ArrowS4E8LegendsOfYesterday Legends of Yesterday]]'s'' erased timeline.timeline (with the bonus of appearing rather more reasonable given how long Oliver had been sitting on the secret this time).
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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Oliver describes his previous encounter with Vixen as [[WesternAnimation/{{Vixen}} "animated."]] Bonus points for Stephen Amell looking like he's struggling to not crack up.
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* NotHyperbole: When Oliver mentions that Constantine can't help them deal with Darhk's magic because he is in Hell, he has to specify that he is being literal.
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* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: As part of the plan to track down where Darhk is keeping William, Mari has to sniff a Flash action figure. Mari makes everyone promise to never let Barry know about this.

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* IdiotBall: For some reason Darhk and Malcolm decided it would be a good idea if Malcolm the man who's conspicuously missing a hand to kidnap William.

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* IdiotBall: For some reason Darhk and Malcolm decided it would be a good idea if Malcolm the Malcolm--the man who's conspicuously missing a hand hand--is the one to kidnap William.


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* MookHorrorShow: Mari is introduced by means of a group of armed gunmen running in panic as they are picked off one by one from offscreen.
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* GateGuardian: Some kind of mystical ghost-thing that looks like a zombie Conklin blocks access to the cave Reiter was trying to enter.


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* OnlyTheWorthyMayPass: The Conklin-ghost GateGuardian intends on killing everyone present in order to prevent access to the cave. The tattoo Constantine gave Oliver makes it consider Oliver worth of passing and it disappears.
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* MythologyGag: When Oliver is explaining who Mari is to the rest of the team, he says he and Barry had met her in an [[IncrediblyLamePun animated]] adventure.
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* AmuletOfConcentratedAwesome: According to Mari, almost all the magically empowered foes that she has faced derived their power from one talisman or another, in a similar manner to her own totem. Sure enough, the source of Dahrk's dark magic is reveal to be an idol.
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* ShoutOut: The title of the episode is likely a reference to the [[Film/{{Taken}} film series of the same name]], which has a similar premise to this episode.
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** Oliver ends his mayoral campaign in order to save William.

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** Oliver ends his mayoral campaign in order due to save William.Darhk threatening his son.
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** Oliver ends his mayoral campaign in order to save William.
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* ForegoneConclusion: The flash-forward at the end of "Blood Debts" showed that Felicity was ''not'' wearing her engagement ring, and WordOfGod says this was intentional. Sure enough, the engagement is broken off in tonight's episode.


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* InternalReveal:
** Samantha learns that Oliver is the Green Arrow.
** Team Arrow ultimately learns that it was Malcolm who abducted William.
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* {{Crossover}}: With Vixen.

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* {{Crossover}}: With Vixen.''WesternAnimation/{{Vixen}}''.
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* IronicEcho: Felicity mentioned how she hoped the implant will work so she can walk down the aisle for her wedding. Near the end of the episode, she finally got out of her wheelchair, but only after she decided to call off her wedding engagement with Oliver.
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* VillainousBreakdown: When Thea confronts Malcolm over his kidnapping William, he responds that he's the man who taught her how to fight and how she's incapable of seeing the bigger picture and how he would rather have her hate her and be alive than love him and be dead.

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* VillainousBreakdown: When Thea confronts Malcolm over his kidnapping William, he responds that he's the man who taught her how to fight and how she's incapable of seeing the bigger picture and how he would rather have her hate her him and be alive than love him and be dead.
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** Constantine is named dropped to help fight against Darhk, only for Ollie to reply that
* Crossover: With Vixen.

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** Constantine is named dropped to help fight against Darhk, only for Ollie to reply that
that he's in Hell, literally.
* Crossover: {{Crossover}}: With Vixen.



* TheReveal: Darhk's magic is fueled by an idol. No idol no magic

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* TheReveal: Darhk's magic is fueled by an idol. No idol no magicmagic.

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Darhk ups the ante by kidnapping William, so Oliver calls in a friend from [[WesternAnimation/Vixen Detroit]] to help out.

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Darhk ups the ante by kidnapping William, so Oliver calls in a friend from [[WesternAnimation/Vixen [[WesternAnimation/{{Vixen}} Detroit]] to help out.


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* NoodleIncident: Laurel and Mari apparently have met offscreen.

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ContinuityNod: After Felicity finds out about William, her resulting argument with Ollie is nearly identical to the one in ''[[Recap/ArrowS4E8LegendsOfYesterday Legends of Yesterday]]'s'' erased timeline.

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ContinuityNod: Darhk ups the ante by kidnapping William, so Oliver calls in a friend from [[WesternAnimation/Vixen Detroit]] to help out.
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* ContinuityNod:
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After Felicity finds out about William, her resulting argument with Ollie is nearly identical to the one in ''[[Recap/ArrowS4E8LegendsOfYesterday Legends of Yesterday]]'s'' erased timeline.timeline.
** Constantine is named dropped to help fight against Darhk, only for Ollie to reply that
* Crossover: With Vixen.
* IdiotBall: For some reason Darhk and Malcolm decided it would be a good idea if Malcolm the man who's conspicuously missing a hand to kidnap William.
* TheReveal: Darhk's magic is fueled by an idol. No idol no magic
* VillainousBreakdown: When Thea confronts Malcolm over his kidnapping William, he responds that he's the man who taught her how to fight and how she's incapable of seeing the bigger picture and how he would rather have her hate her and be alive than love him and be dead.
* WhamEpisode:
** Mari smashes the idol that fuels Darhk's magic leading to his arrest.
** Felicity ends her engagement with Oliver because of his refusal to tell her about William.

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CallBack: After Felicity finds out about William, her resulting argument with Ollie is nearly identical to the one in ''[[Recap/ArrowS4E8LegendsOfYesterday Legends of Yesterday]]'s'' erased timeline.

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CallBack: ContinuityNod: After Felicity finds out about William, her resulting argument with Ollie is nearly identical to the one in ''[[Recap/ArrowS4E8LegendsOfYesterday Legends of Yesterday]]'s'' erased timeline.
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CallBack: After Felicity finds out about William, her resulting argument with Ollie is nearly identical to the one in ''[[Recap/ArrowS4E8LegendsOfYesterday Legends of Yesterday]]'s'' erased timeline.

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