12/11/2023 0 Comments Lian yu review arrowWhen the music's over: But all is not well. She does bring out the best in Oliver, and partly through her inspiration he decides to don the hood and pick up the bow and finally, finally come out and rename himself the Green Arrow. (I'm still not a fan of turning the show into a romance, but.)īut. ![]() It's nice to see Felicity all happy and not crying and freaking out every five seconds. Oliver and Felicity actually seem really good. ( You can read my screed on Lance's idiocy here.) And treating Oliver like a "monster" and claiming that he brought the darkness with him from Lian Yu, conveniently forgetting that if Oliver hadn't shown up Malcolm Merlyn would have destroyed half the city. Oh well.Īnd Lance is still treating Laurel like a child. Nope, Diggle is mad and throwing a big temper tantrum and stomping his feet. Even his wife has forgiven and understands. Meanwhile, Diggle is still being a big, whiny cry-baby about Oliver kidnapping his family last season. She's just annoyed when Oliver chastises her for taking things too far with her aggression. Thea has a dark side which we should probably blame on being resurrected in the waters of the Lazarus Pit. I look forward to finally seeing how he becomes the fighting machine he is now.īack in black/green: A lot of the relationship drama that existed last season remains. One big one is in the flashback segments, where Oliver is kidnapped by ARGUS and sent back to Lian Yu ("purgatory" in Mandarin.) Pretty much every flashback segment since the island has been a huge letdown so I'm glad he's back. What a hypocrite.īack to the island: Many things are coming full circle this season. This isn't the first time he's helped the bad guys. I suspect he's working with Darhk because of some threat to his family, but still. I've been pissy about Lance's character for a while now, and things don't look to be changing. Captain Lance takes a bullet, but we find out later that's because he's working with the enemy. Either way, right off the bat the Ghosts take out most of the city leadership. Very Ra's al Ghul-esque I suppose, though perhaps there's a twist. Darhk claims he wants to destroy the city because only from death can new life grow. ![]() Once again Star(ling) City is under attack. I've said for a long time that Arrow is the mystical show while The Flash is more traditionally super-hero.Ī new threat: Well, okay, not a new threat. Gives me the creeps.ĭarhk, like Ra's, has mystical powers (rather than meta-human powers.) I like this. ![]() Seriously, anyone who experienced his character on Justified will know what I'm talking about. Better yet, he's played by the marvelous Neal McDonough who can pull off creepy like no other. Ra's should be the villain of villains but he was just a joke last season.) Indeed Darhk good very well be the best villain since Malcolm Merlyn. So much better and more ominous and mysterious than Ra's al Ghul. Oliver is a little more wary of returning, but he falls in line.Ī new villain: Damien Darhk is the show's new uber-villain, and he's a pretty excellent choice. ![]() So Thea and Laurel go to pay a visit to the lovebirds, and Felicity jumps at the chance to go help. The "Ghosts" are too well trained and they commit suicide when defeated rather than being captured. Only this time, months after the departure of Oliver and Felicity, the remaining team can't handle it. Her conversation with Oliver, while he's on the boat home from Lian Yu in the final flashback, is incredibly poignant and tragic, considering Moira's fate in Arrow Season 2.Trouble in hell: Meanwhile, in the hellish city-scape that is Starling City-er, Star City now as it's been given a comic book rebranding-is in trouble again. But while the other characters each have well-fitting and important roles in the episode's events, Moira's scene is perhaps the most emotional of the whole season. The same care given to Slade is also given to the episode's other returning guest stars - Laurel Lance's doppelganger Black Siren, Nyssa al Ghul, Captain Boomerang, Malcolm Merlyn and Moira Queen. The return of Slade could have very easily been mishandled, wasting the character yet again after his disappointing return in Season 3, but great care is given to show that the mercenary truly is Oliver's brother, deep down. Over the course of the episode, Slade consistently proves himself to be a trustworthy ally, and the audience feels their brotherhood slowly being re-established following years of absence. Despite their antagonistic past, the two are able to put their differences behind them and come together to stop Prometheus. The episode starts off with a bang, depicting the reunion of Oliver Queen and Slade Wilson/Deathstroke.
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