Kissing, torture, and a major new villain.
‘Arrow’ heats up with a strong episode
I thoughtmyArrowrecap during Hurricane Sandy last weekwas a one-time stint.
They explained the fashion show is in Manhattan and I live in Los Angeles andyadda yaddaIm writing aboutArrowagain.
Credit: The CW
So lets get to it!
Last weeks episode was somewhat disappointing.
Tonights hour really worked.
This is also Stephen Amells best episode so far this season.
Then a group of bad guys capture Oliver.
Fyers wants information about the mysterious cave-dweller.
So Fyers brings in yah!Scary masked man.
As DC Comic fans know, this is Deathstroke the Terminator.
you’re able to just call him Deathstroke.
So thats how he got those scars.
Oliver refuses to give up any information.
Suddenly the islands version of The Hood bursts in and fights The Stroke and rescues Oliver.
This is a rather intensely fun little fight.
Bearded Asian Yoda brings Oliver back to his cave and is impressed that his dumb American pet didnt talk.
I found this out while visiting theArrowset in Vancouver.
Theyre constantly having to replace them.
What about Oliver being arrested?Im getting to that.
I dunno who put that there!
I was just holding it for somebody else!But furious haggard wild-eyed Det.
Quentin Lance isnt buying any of it.
Yes, his ex-girlfriend whos dad arrested him, whose other daughter died on his sunken yacht.
How complicated does he want to make this for himself?
I like that in addition to murder, Oliver is also charged with menacing and trespassing.
I was also charged with misdemeanor glaring.
Anyway, Laurel agrees to defend him.
I knew you couldnt resist saving my ass, he says.
And, nope, shestilldoesnt think hes the vigilante!
Is Olivers best friend Tommy back?Yes!
Hi Tommy … bye Tommy.
Hope that poor actor doesnt get paid by the word.
Is there a party of some kind?Yes!
Thank you for asking that, its perfectly timed for the next plot point I wanted to cover.
The only real point to make about all this is theres still not enough John Barrowman.
So … back to Oliver?Okay.
Quentin lost his wife after their daughter died as if this guy needed another reason to hate Oliver.
That leads to this exchange:
Oliver: Im not crazy.
Something we agree on.
Hes not a nut.
Hes a killing machine.
Oliver: Actually, Im neither.
Quentin: Theres nothing you might say to me that I will believe.
Anyway, Oliver offers to take a polygraph and aces it.
That way hell give Oliver and alibi and stop a crime.
But I like that the issue of Wont people figure out Oliver is The Hood?
is being tackled straight on.
It does make a sort of sense.
He then adds, presumably unintentionally quoting The Joker: All part of the plan.
Oliver and Laurel are up in his bedroom.
Laurel wants to see his scars.
Oliver gladly unbuttons his shirt.
Its a sexy scene.
But of course, it doesnt last.
She says they cannot be together.
Oliver, for his own reasons, agrees.
How does it end?Oliver is free and back in his hoodie.
Stops the arms deal with a cry of, You have failed this city!
What did you think?
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