.Let’s recap! We open with some shirtless torture time. Rene’s trussed up, and Church and his men have worked him over so much he periodically dribbles blood onto his chest while his captors discuss Church’s philosophy on information extraction.
“It’s not the pain that breaks people. It’s fear. Fear of the pain. Of what that pain brings. Of what happens next,” Church says. (I’m sorry, did I accidentally turn on The Walking Dead?)
But no, we now jump to the Arrow Cave, where Oliver shocks everyone with his optimism about finding Rene. He skips off to be Mayor Handsome while John meets the rest of the team and Felicity screens a call from boyfriend Billy (and tells Curtis it’s a telemarketer). That’s cold, Fi……………………..