Arrow (TV Series) Trust But Verify (2013) User Reviews

Another great episode that expands on Malcolm a bit more

[gavin-thelordofthefu-48-460297 · 9/10 · 20 April 2020]

Trust But Verify is another great episode that continues to expand on the 1st season particularly on the character of Malcolm Merlyn, played wonderfully well by John Barrowman. His interactions with the other characters including his son Tommy, Laurel, and Oliver's mother are very interesting enough John Barrowman gives a sense of charisma to his role.

Everything else is great. The writing continues to be interesting, the music score from Blake Neely is still great with some good bits of drama here and there, the pacing is very good, the rest of the acting including Stephen Amell is still good, and the production design is still well-made.

Overall, another great episode in this interesting 1st season. :)

Terrible

[kingsx_64 · 7/10 · 28 July 2020]

In the plus column, it was just the first episode I thought wasn't good. Which is hard to do unless your a fan who thinks writers can do no wrong. I'll let them sing the praises of 'EVERYTHING IS GREAT, IT'S JUST SO GREAT THAT IT'S THE GREATEST EVER GREAT THING TO EVER BE GREAT'. and I'll choose to be subjective. If your binge watching like me, you can skip this episode. It was terrible. One childish cliche after another. Most of the crappy writing was in Thea's story line. I get she's supposed to be 17, but the piling on of overdone cliche's went too far this episode. Assuming mom was having an affair. Getting pills for her birthday. Deciding NOT to throw out the pills. Turning her head while driving on a curve, etc.. It still makes me laugh at how stupid it was. And those weren't the only bad writing choices. Diggle suddenly says the list can't be trusted,,,, Because his friends on it. Um really? You never voiced that opinion before. So why know? Oh that's right, your good friend and war buddy is on it.. Eye roll He's my war buddy. He's bad, I can tell. No he's not. He's my friend. Turns out he was bad after all And so was this icky episode

Trust But Verify that it is PERFECT!

[THEARROWFLASH · 10/10 · 19 July 2020]

Yet another PERFECT EPISODE AND EASILY ONE OF THE GREATEST HOUR OF MEDIA I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY ENTIRE LIFE!

Given to a less capable actor & team, Malcolm Merlyn could have been a plain note Bad-Guy but thankfully they have some of the GREATEST OF BOTH on the GREATEST TV SHOW TO EVER EXIST!

And so, the writing is PERFECT & John Barrowman gives such a nuanced & yet somehow charismatic portrayal of this perfectly-written character! Stephen Amell & David Paul Ramsey are ofcourse PERFECT IN THEIR ROLES & THE PLOT, CINEMATOGRAPHY, ACTION, SOUND EDITING, WRITING (to say the least) ARE ALL PERFECT AND ONE OF THE GREATEST TO EVER BE MADE IN HISTORY!

And the flashbacks OH MY GOD THE FLASHBACKS ARE SOO PERFECT! The intensity & the portrayal given by Sebastian Dunn is ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL! The writing is some of the greatest to ever exist in all of history & the PLOT TWIST WAS SOOO WELL DONE! EASILY ONE OF THE GREATEST PLOT TWISTS TO EVER BE MADE IN HISTORY!

And ofcourse the setup given in this episode (Trust But Verify) was so brilliantly done and I won't give it away because you SHOULD WATCH THIS PERFECTION BY YOURSELF!

And ofcourse the moral dilemmas used in this episode were PERFECTLY DONE!

Overall, this episode was PERFECT & one of the GREATEST EPISODES OF TV TO EVER BE CREATED! And as the title goes you should indeed; Trust But Verify.