In this episode of Arrow we see sort of a repeat of what we've been seeing over the past couple of episodes, Team Arrow takes on a base that Damien Darhk works out of and beats up a bunch of faceless bad guys, except the difference here is one of those faceless bad guys is actually...Diggle's Brother Andy! (Dun Dun Duuuuuuun!) huh. Let's get to reviewing!
So Diggle's brother is alive, a character who has been nothing but a plot point up until this time...actually he still kinda is nothing more than a plot point. See this is why i'm conflicted, this show brings too many people back from the dead, but at the same time this isn't a character whose death has any kind of impact on the audience, just motivation for one of the characters, motivation that is now defunct so there are no major issues plot wise or character wise in bringing them back...but seriously death has become less meaningful here than in Dragonball Z. But bringing him back might allow for some more character development and motivation for Diggle than it would have done by keeping him dead, making him question why he ever loved his brother in the first place if he is a willing bad guy, what's he going to do about his brother's family? Or Andy himself? I'm actually fairly interested to see where they could take this.
Then there's Thea who might have found a solution to quench her thirst for blood, especially after she nearly beat a man to death on her date in possibly one of the most rushed scenes in the show's history "sup, how about i buy you a drink, i'm gonna rape you" *punch*. I hesitate to even describe that as a nutshell, that's pretty much exactly how it went down.
But while we're speaking of Thea can we just acknowledge how phenomenal that one shot action take of her was? This show has some of the best action on television to the point where we've almost forgotten to acknowledge it, and this episode brings that back with a bang, a one shot action scene between Thea and a guard that goes from the hallway, into an elevator, onto a second floor and then smashes through a door, and it's not just stunt doubles, it is very clearly Willa Holland doing those stunts. Simply brilliant.
Also Ray was here i guess, having issues about how the world has moved on from him but the episode decided to make that a C plot and give it almost no focus. Also the flashbacks finally started to tie-in, i guess, both stories are to do with brothers...that counts.
So yeah, this episode was pretty functional but has a damn amazing action sequence in it that made it quite enjoyable to watch. 8/10.
-Danny
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