This episode of Arrow opens with a brief summary
narration provided by Oliver Queen. He covers the major plot points established
last episode, Name is Oliver Queen, five years in hell, must be someone else,
etc. Oliver as “The Hood” forces another person on his father’s list to admit
their wrong doings and be punished legally. The next day, his family learns
about “The Hoods” antics on the morning news, and then the Queens plus Tommy go
to court to have Oliver resurrect. Legally speaking. After that, Oliver has
another awkward run in with Laurel, and locks onto his next target, Martin
Summers. Summers is the CEO of the local docks, and uses this control to ship
drugs into Starling City for the Triade.
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Oliver ditches Diggle, attacks
Summers, and gives him a day to confess to murdering a dock worker that had
threatened to reveal the drug trade to the Starling City Police. Back with the
Queens, Diggle is chastised for losing Oliver for like the fifth time. Oliver
comes in, and takes some of the heat off Diggle by claiming he was seeing a “lady
friend.” Nice save, Ollie. Detective Lance interrogates Summers, but he remains
tight lipped about being attacked by the Hood, and explicitly threatens Lance
and his lawyer daughter, Laurel.
Back with the Queens, Moira tells
Oliver that she wants to give him a leadership position with Queen
Consolidated. Oliver is less than thrilled, as board meetings and charity
events would cut into his criminal threatening time. Diggle gives him some
pretty unique insight. Diggle is a former soldier, having served three tours in
Iraq. He claims that being away is easy, that “Home is a battlefield.” Summers
calls in a favor with the Triad, and then send a representative. They don’t
mention her name here, but she is Chien Na Wei, aka China White. Wei is a top
level assassin, and her job this time around is to take out Laurel Lance.
Oliver visits Laurel, on advice
from his sister. While they bond over ice cream, Oliver’s…Arrow Senses tingles
and uses his own ninja skills to keep Laurel alive. Wei and her goons nearly
get them, but Diggle steps in and shows he can kick tons of ass. Oliver saves
Diggle, by flinging a butter knife across a room and knocking Wei’s weapon
away. Afterwards, Diggle makes it clear that he knows that Oliver is more than
he appears.
Oliver goes after Summers again.
Oliver gets Summers to confess, by shooting tons of arrows at him. Chien shows
up, and she and Oliver have a Kung Fu fight. They’re interrupted by Detective
Lance and the cops showing up. Lance almost captures Oliver, but he escapes and
gives Lance an arrow with a voice recording of Summers confession. Oliver
decides it’s best to pull a Batman, and play up his drunken billionaire side,
to ensure that he’ll be free to continue his vigilante activities. We learn
that his ploy works really well, enough to convince his mother and her shadowy
companion that Oliver has no idea about Robert’s secrets. The plot thickens.
Arrow
uses a lot of flashbacks. Each episode is essentially a “Now” plot, and a “Then”
plot. The “Then” plot for this one is rather short, just showing Oliver landing
on Lian Yu and his first few days there. He makes a little burial mound for his
dad, discovers his father’s secret book, and then is promptly shot several
times by a hooded archer. The other plot thickens.
Another solid episode. It expands
Oliver’s crusade, and helps show what exactly Oliver is going through. While he’s
committed to his mission, we’re clearly seeing the weight that his vigilante activities
put on him, and how its effecting his personal life. Diggle’s role is expanded,
and we see what a crazy badass veteran he is. He personally takes on several
assassins, and only needs an assist when Wei gets the upper hand. I’m not a huge of Thea Queen or Laurel Lance
in this episode, as both characters come across as whiners. But maybe
that’s just me. The most intriguing character is Moira Queen. She’s pulling double
duty as the caring mother trying to help her son re-acclimate to his life, and yet
on the other hand is clearly up to something sinister. So yeah, a good
continuation.
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