Listen, I really loved last week's episode. Adrian Chase has proved to be one crazy, maniacal villain. Unlike with "The Flash," they actually decided to reveal the big baddie in "Arrow," which gives us time to have some fun and develop this Oliver vs. Adrian feud. Last week Adrian won. He got in Oliver's head and broke him. Then he sent him on his way, causing Oliver to make some really dumb decisions that in turn makes it so all Hell breaks loose.
The only thing I didn't really like about last week's episode is Oliver announcing to the crew at the end that Team Arrow is being disbanded. Listen. This show is called "Arrow." It's about the Green Arrow. How many times is the show going to try to "retire" the Green Arrow and his team? At this point, it's the boy who cried wolf and I kinda get annoyed every time they go down that route.
But in this case it actually kinda worked. OK, fine. Oliver is going to whine and complain at how awful he is and Diggle is going to talk him out of it. We've seen all this before. It's gone the other way several times, too, as Diggle reminded us. "Arrow" doing "Arrow" things and recycling old story arcs that I grew tired of a long time ago.
Making it more interesting this time around is that Oliver made some really stupid decisions along the way. Let's hire Antoly and the Bratva to come kill Adrian Chase. Because that's going to turn out well. Diggle being in his right mind, while Oliver is still screwed up by Adrian Chase, knows that this is going to be a bad idea and stops the Bratva.
Yikes. Someone just kicked the hornets nest. Now if I'm reading the tea leaves correctly, we're setting up an Oliver vs. Antoly and the Bratva feud and I love it. Especially since Mr. Dolph Lundgreen is still hiding in the shadows.
The thing that makes this so great is that it goes back to a season 2 formula that worked extremely well. Making the flashbacks useful! It's been a long time since I've even cared about the flashbacks, but the last few episodes have been great. I'll admit that I didn't really care for them for most of the season, but now that I know the end goal, it's made me appreciate this whole journey as we've spent time setting up Oliver and Antoly as friends who are both part of the Bratva with Antoly now eventually taking over.
But now we're five years into the future and Antoly and Oliver have gone in two completely different directions, bringing this whole story arc full circle and reminding me of the good ole days when Slade Wilson was our main villain and we were building him up through the flashbacks.
In the meantime, Felicity continues to work for Helix, which has to blow up in her face sooner rather than later, right? But in this instance, they combine forces, with the help of Curtis, to find video evidence that Adrian Chase is in fact Prometheus and they release that to the police and to the world. Being that Adrian Chase is in fact always one step ahead of them, he figures out what is going on just in time to make his escape.
So yeah, I liked this episode! Sure, we had the same recycled story line of Oliver giving up and disbanding the team only to be talked out of it. But in doing so, he kicked the hornets nest and setup what I hope is a season 6 fight against Antoly and the Bratva. They better not wrap that up this season. When we come back in a month, it'll be all about wrapping up Adrian Chase, which I'm also excited for. I'm glad I didn't give up on "Arrow" after a disastrous season 3 and 4 because we're back!
The only thing I didn't really like about last week's episode is Oliver announcing to the crew at the end that Team Arrow is being disbanded. Listen. This show is called "Arrow." It's about the Green Arrow. How many times is the show going to try to "retire" the Green Arrow and his team? At this point, it's the boy who cried wolf and I kinda get annoyed every time they go down that route.
But in this case it actually kinda worked. OK, fine. Oliver is going to whine and complain at how awful he is and Diggle is going to talk him out of it. We've seen all this before. It's gone the other way several times, too, as Diggle reminded us. "Arrow" doing "Arrow" things and recycling old story arcs that I grew tired of a long time ago.
Making it more interesting this time around is that Oliver made some really stupid decisions along the way. Let's hire Antoly and the Bratva to come kill Adrian Chase. Because that's going to turn out well. Diggle being in his right mind, while Oliver is still screwed up by Adrian Chase, knows that this is going to be a bad idea and stops the Bratva.
Yikes. Someone just kicked the hornets nest. Now if I'm reading the tea leaves correctly, we're setting up an Oliver vs. Antoly and the Bratva feud and I love it. Especially since Mr. Dolph Lundgreen is still hiding in the shadows.
The thing that makes this so great is that it goes back to a season 2 formula that worked extremely well. Making the flashbacks useful! It's been a long time since I've even cared about the flashbacks, but the last few episodes have been great. I'll admit that I didn't really care for them for most of the season, but now that I know the end goal, it's made me appreciate this whole journey as we've spent time setting up Oliver and Antoly as friends who are both part of the Bratva with Antoly now eventually taking over.
But now we're five years into the future and Antoly and Oliver have gone in two completely different directions, bringing this whole story arc full circle and reminding me of the good ole days when Slade Wilson was our main villain and we were building him up through the flashbacks.
In the meantime, Felicity continues to work for Helix, which has to blow up in her face sooner rather than later, right? But in this instance, they combine forces, with the help of Curtis, to find video evidence that Adrian Chase is in fact Prometheus and they release that to the police and to the world. Being that Adrian Chase is in fact always one step ahead of them, he figures out what is going on just in time to make his escape.
So yeah, I liked this episode! Sure, we had the same recycled story line of Oliver giving up and disbanding the team only to be talked out of it. But in doing so, he kicked the hornets nest and setup what I hope is a season 6 fight against Antoly and the Bratva. They better not wrap that up this season. When we come back in a month, it'll be all about wrapping up Adrian Chase, which I'm also excited for. I'm glad I didn't give up on "Arrow" after a disastrous season 3 and 4 because we're back!