I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire
Director: Kevin Tancharoen
Writers: Speed Weed & Jenny Lynn
Air Date: May 16, 2016
*This review contains SPOILERS! Score and Non-Spoilers at the bottom!*
We are reaching the end of our journey into Arrow’s year of magic and Damien has begun moving his pieces to finish his master plan. Last time, we learned what H.I.V.E.’s Genesis plan is. Using an algorithm called rubicon(created by Amanda Waller), H.I.V.E. will activate all the nuclear warheads to wipe out humanity with the exception of a small group under the Earth’s crust. This would put H.I.V.E. in control of what little population is left and Damien Darhk gaining more power for his totem, making him practically a god. So how will our favorite group of vigilantes, whose biggest threat has been an army of super soldiers, go up against their first real world threat? Let’s dive in and find out...
We open with Russia learning that their warheads are being armed as Team Arrow is finding out more about the algorithm they are dealing with. Felicity comes to the conclusion that they need her father, the Calculator who has escaped when Darhk escaped, is their best chance to break the code to stop the warheads. However, they aren't the only ones who know this. Darhk knows that the Calculator is his biggest threat so he sends Murmur after him… with BRICK! God, It’s good to see him again!
While the team tries to find the Calculator, we have two major character development arcs. The first one is with Diggle, who has lied to Lyla about the death of Andy, to which Oliver gives a little heart to heart. I liked this because of the fact it touches on the major fact that Diggle really has changed a lot this season, and with the start of his lying to those he holds close, he understands a little of what Oliver has been going to. The other I wasn’t big on due to the fact it just felt shoehorned in for the last of Laurel’s death arc. Plus with all the pressure that’s going on with the nukes, finding the Calculator, and Thea’s situation, it just felt unnecessary.


While this is going on, Thea learns WHY Lonnie has come down to the safe zone: #$%^ over Darhk. How? Destroy the CO² supply to suffocate everyone down there, including Dahrk’s wife. Thea and Malcolm head over to the cover house as Lonnie prepares to blow it up. When Thea tries to convince him to stand down, Malcolm shoots him, which makes Lonnie realize the flaw of his ‘woman’... She lets men control/drives her. YUP! The psychopathic man is telling her she doesn’t need a man in her life. The MAN is telling her what SHE needs, which just so happens to be that she NEEDS NO MAN… See the problem here? If they wanted to tackle this topic, it would be better if he tormented her over the fact she’s just a tool of a man. First Malcolm, now Oliver. Then she stands up saying she doesn’t need them to kick his ass. Boom! So much more badass! He then decides to remove the man from her life, and tases Alex to death, much to the shock(no pun intended) of Thea.

The episode ends with Thea holding Alex’s tased corpse, Felicity breaking down knowing she couldn’t save Havenrock, and Oliver finding Damien with Diggle… The problem? Damien is now empowered by the tens of thousands that just died thanks to his totem… and by that count, our vigilantes are going to be added to that list.
Bits and Pieces:
$#%^ that promise for a lighter season! This episode was dark, but friggin awesome! While there was some unnecessary cutaways such as the one with Lance and honestly Thea as well, but the tension and stakes have never been raised this high. It’s action packed, dark, and sets up the final conflict perfectly.
$#%^ that promise for a lighter season! This episode was dark, but friggin awesome! While there was some unnecessary cutaways such as the one with Lance and honestly Thea as well, but the tension and stakes have never been raised this high. It’s action packed, dark, and sets up the final conflict perfectly.
9/10
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