Post — Aaron Ngo

Major Spoilers are included in this episode review. Pleas Read With Caution.

The darkness looms. Oliver is suffering and vulnerable. Felicity is less annoying. Diggle has issues with Lyla. Everyone else feels out of place.

Team Arrow is a mess, the Longbow Hunters and Diaz continue onward with their mysterious plans, and John+Lyla are doing other things with Curtis. There are no flash forwards in this episode, but that’s okay, we got great scenes with Oliver and Bronze Tiger.

Bronze Tiger was a favorite villain of mine since season two. The problem? He disappeared after season two. So, having him back in the prison arc gives us the chance to flesh him out and to explore a dynamic with kindred spirit Oliver. He worked alongside China White, almost sold the machine that destroyed half the Glades, but there is some goodness in him.

He saved Lyla during the Suicide Squad episode. Something Oliver didn’t know about. It also makes him consider Bronze Tiger’s words about them being similar. Oliver is struggling with staying true to his hero nature, but all the rules in prison are forcing him to reevaluate how far he’d go to protect his family.

The intense fight scene with Sampson was also showing how brutal he’ll go to survive. Oliver, wounded, gives Sampson every chance to yield, but the villain refuses, resulting in broken bones. It also sends him to attack guards to gain access to the demonic level two, a place no prisoner leaves alive. It’s the only way to The Demon. It sounds like a League of Assassin name, but whatever.

Laurel E2 is absent in this episode. Boo! Give her more episodes, not less!

Team Arrow is out of place. Rene, Dinah, and Curtis are struggling to find a place on this show. Curtis is the most expendable in my opinion. Rene and Dinah are forming acceptable arcs I can roll with, but Curtis at ARGUS needs to go somewhere beyond tagging along with John and Lyla. Dinah and Rene are going to inevitably clash with their different methods, which I’m looking forward to.

Felicity and Agent Watson. It ended before it began. The cliffhanger didn’t go anywhere but cost Watson her job. It shows how dark Felicity is willing to go for her family because she damned the consequences and secretly captured Silencer.

Longbow Hunters and Diaz are shaping up to become formidable foes. Diaz ‘s plans involve revenge against Laurel and Team Arrow for the season 6 finale, and how he’s injecting himself with a serum that gives him super strength. Wonderful.

Silencer has the best fight scenes out of the Longbow Hunters. I hope they don’t kill her off or discard her. She’s the best one out of the three. How does Ricardo Diaz have power over these legendary assassins?

Comment and share theories for what’s ahead. I’d like to hear them.

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