
My name is Oliver Queen
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This review is filled with SPOILERS
Another week, another Arrow review. Last week we had the awesome premieres of both Flash and Arrow, and it seems they have switched up their approaches. Where Flash got a little darker, Arrow got a little brighter, which could be good after seasons of being a TV equivalent to BatmanWe last left Star City with the reveal of the Green Arrow and the team swears to take down the Ghosts and Damien Darhk. So how is that new mission going? Lets find out...

After a long night of fighting the ghosts, Oliver notices something: his red-hooded sidekick was going too far...sound familiar? It should because we dealt with the storyline nearly 2 seasons ago! Thea's storyline with the Lazarus Pit after effects is becoming too much like Roy's with the Mirakuru, except she isn't seeing Roy...yet. I get that the pit is supposed to make you unhinged, like Ras, but maybe have it less rage and more explanation. Thea could kill a criminal, then explain that it was self defense, and it could build from there.

With the exception of the recycled Sidekick plot and Joker wannabe, the episode was pretty solid when it comes to storylines, though I lean towards liking Felicity's more. She returns to Palmer Tech as the president...and immediately has to begin firing people. I liked this as this was whole new territory for her, and it was clear it was causing her distress. This is Felicity Smoak, one of the sweetest characters we've met in the Flarrowverse and now she has to ruin people's lives. Thankfully she found a solution at the same time Oliver found a solution in helping the city during the day: HE'S RUNNING FOR MAYOR! You know that job position that keeps opening up because every season a mayor dies...wait...WELL GOOD LUCK OLLIE!
This season is going great so far and hopefully it keeps going.
KEYPOINTS
+ Oliver Character development
+ Palmer Tech Storyline
+ Team Arrow synchronization in combat.
- Anarky just a poor man's Joker
- Roy Harper Story 2.0
8.5/10
I wasn't keen on his Mafia backstory at first but this is a show whose Black Canary was trained by the league of assassins. I'm guessing there's a potential history with him and the Huntress as well, since he's worked for her family. My impression was working for Darhk was always a means to an end, much like many of his early stories in the comics.
ReplyDeleteI dont know...him ripping a tooth from a cronies mouth ddn't seem very anarky.
Deletei've been thinking about it since the episode and if he were to come back later in the season, now against Darhk and the government i'd be okay.Plus he could wear a variant of his costume to hide the burn scars
You guessed more or less accurately. He's very much become an anti-villain opposing both Darhk and Team Arrow. No signs of him opposing the government, as he's still more or less a masochistic Joker wanna-be. However, there's room for more character development. I remember at one point in my life I was enthralled in the Dark Knight Joker's ideas about chaos and anarchy and whatnot, despite it just being nihilistic bullshit. However, it was the start of me actually studying anarchy as a political ideal, getting rid of my edgy nihilistic views, and actually giving a shit about helping the oppressed fight against corrupt systems. Anarky could go through a similar character arc. I hope
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