There was no debate last season, Arrow season 5 was the best DC TV had to offer last season, and if this season goes anywhere like this episode, Arrow will be topping the list yet again.
I loved this episode, not just as a premiere episode but as an episode overall. Out of all the premiere episodes, this one by far had the most meat to chew on. Without going deep into them we got the William/Oliver relationship, Diggle and his PTSD, the Black Siren/Lance situation, Thea, Slade finding his son and the reveal of Oliver as the Green Arrow.
Most of these things will be plot lines that I think will go through majority of the first half of the season and I'm excited for that. I really like when we have situations that deal with a mental side of a person and I think those things is going to play on our characters mental side.
As always, the action in this episode was spot on. No matter the overall quality of the episode, the action sequences are always flawless and this episode was no different.
To touch on the flash backs, I really liked how they used them to go back to the island. I know they are going to be trying something different this season with the flash backs and so far I like what they have done with them. I'm sure they can't be on the island the whole time so it will be interesting to see if they just follow what happened in those 5 months.
Something I want to talk about is a complaint I know a lot of people will have and this is that no one died except for Williams mum. To be honest, I never really expected any of our main character to die on the island and if someone was going it, my money was going to be on Thea. I think this season going forward they are going to play around with Thea's life for a bit before she eventually dies or decides to move away.
Overall, I loved this episode. It set us up extremely well for the season ahead and laying a solid foundation for the season to build off. By far the best premiere of the CW DC shows.
10/10
I loved this episode, not just as a premiere episode but as an episode overall. Out of all the premiere episodes, this one by far had the most meat to chew on. Without going deep into them we got the William/Oliver relationship, Diggle and his PTSD, the Black Siren/Lance situation, Thea, Slade finding his son and the reveal of Oliver as the Green Arrow.
Most of these things will be plot lines that I think will go through majority of the first half of the season and I'm excited for that. I really like when we have situations that deal with a mental side of a person and I think those things is going to play on our characters mental side.
As always, the action in this episode was spot on. No matter the overall quality of the episode, the action sequences are always flawless and this episode was no different.
To touch on the flash backs, I really liked how they used them to go back to the island. I know they are going to be trying something different this season with the flash backs and so far I like what they have done with them. I'm sure they can't be on the island the whole time so it will be interesting to see if they just follow what happened in those 5 months.
Something I want to talk about is a complaint I know a lot of people will have and this is that no one died except for Williams mum. To be honest, I never really expected any of our main character to die on the island and if someone was going it, my money was going to be on Thea. I think this season going forward they are going to play around with Thea's life for a bit before she eventually dies or decides to move away.
Overall, I loved this episode. It set us up extremely well for the season ahead and laying a solid foundation for the season to build off. By far the best premiere of the CW DC shows.
10/10