You know, a lot of people really hated last weeks episode and i don't think that's fair, i think that's just a lot of people still feeling betrayed by season three. Problem is if they didn't like last weeks episode then i doubt this one is going to change it. The Candidate sees an old family friend of Oliver & Thea's decide to run for mayor, Damien Darhk obviously doesn't like that and hires Lonnie Machin also known as The Anarchist to deal with the problem.
So let's talk about Lonnie then...he sucked. Not only was this guy really bad at his job, I mean failed to execute her, went against orders and got his ass kicked by Oliver twice and then once again by Thea, but my god was he whiny. Seriously, did this guy do a single thing right in this entire episode? Oh and the fact that they don't capture him so that means he'll be coming back later on...whoopdy-doo. The real psychopath of this episode was Thea, her violent tendencies are getting worse to the point where she even sets Lonnie on fire and beats the crap out of him, it was awesome to watch, not so awesome for her personally. It's understandable where this all comes from, she was trained by a murderer, was resurrected in the Lazarus Pit and has a lot of repressed rage, honestly i'm surprised it took her this long to go full psycho. Though this leads me to question why Oliver keeps bringing her a long on missions involving combat considering he knows full well how violent she is and that she won't listen to him!
Speaking of Oliver, i have to say I really like where they're going with the character, he's legitimately trying to make an effort to change as a person and as a warrior. Going as far to run for mayor did make me raise an eyebrow at first, mostly because it's kind of hard to be the mayor of a city and be the Green Arrow. I see the logic behind it, Oliver wants to be a shining hero, not a vigilante of the night, but i just thought that meant he would start fighting crime during the day now. After an abysmal season for him last year of constantly making mistakes and being wrong without ever acknowledging it, seeing him make the effort to better himself is nice to see, especially with him implementing a no more secrets rule and starts being honest with his team members...Only for Laurel and Thea to then betray that newly found trust by digging up Sara's corpse...Well there ain't much to say about that except it'll be cool to see Sara again, but seriously this woman has more lives than a Time Lord's cat. Actually no i do kinda have a problem with this, stop resurrecting characters! Once you've cured death suddenly there is no tension in anything anymore because the ultimate sacrifice doesn't seem so ultimate anymore now does it?
That's pretty much all I have to say about this episode, I liked the focus on Oliver and Thea but the villain was weak to the point where he was really pathetic to watch. 6/10.
-Danny
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