Sara


 * For the character this episode is based around, see Sara Lance.

"Sara" is the second episode of the third season of Arrow, and the forty-eighth episode overall. It aired on October 15, 2014.

Synopsis
Quentin calls The Arrow when another archer appears in town and starts skewering businessmen. Diggle uses A.R.G.U.S. to find the archer’s identity; he is a man named Simon Lacroix, who goes by the codename Komodo. However, the team hits a rough patch with the mission and gets help from a surprising source - Laurel. Meanwhile, Oliver begins to worry that he hasn’t heard from Thea, which forces Roy to tell him the truth about why she left town. Ray Palmer pursues Felicity. In the flashback, Maseo tells Oliver that Amanda Waller has ordered his first kill. As Oliver looks down the scope of the rifle, he sees the target is his best friend, Tommy. Despite her promise to her sister, Laurel debates sharing a secret about Sara with Quentin.

Production
Preparation ran from July 10 to July 18, 2014. Shooting ran from July 21 to July 30, 2014.

Trivia

 * Felicity's comparison of Sara to an amazonian warrior may be a reference to Wonder Woman.
 * Qurac is mentioned several times in the episode, described by Felicity as "the largest untapped oil field on the planet" where Amertek was planning on striking a deal to build an oil pipeline. In the comics, Qurac is a small Middle Eastern country on the Persian Gulf, wedged between Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Oman.