Arrow "Haunted" Review

Let's be honest, does anyone care or even remember a damn thing from this episode apart from John Constantine? I thought not, but what the hey, let's talk about it. This is Haunted, where now that the cat is out of the bag with Sara being alive Ollie calls up an old friend John Constantine in a last ditch effort to bring her back. Also Diggle learns the truth about his brother, because that's a storyline we're so invested in it only gets mentioned once a season.

But yeah, let's get to what people care about, Constantine, funnily enough it was a show i was never a big fan of but i loved the character and I loved Matt Ryan's portrayal of him, so i wanted the show to succeed on those merits alone. Sadly it didn't, but because CW of all channels seems to be the only one that knows how to treat superheroes right brought him back for a guest appearance on Arrow and damn was it a good one. Not only was his dialogue funny, particularly with pointing out how Ollie surrounds himself with plenty of attractive young women, but he didn't feel like a forced interaction, this felt like a very natural way to bring him into the story by being the one to restore Sara's soul. If i did have any issues with him it's that I wish he interacted with the rest of Team Arrow some more, particularly Diggle and Lance. But as i always say, the best problem you can have with something is to just want more of it. Hopefully they'll bring him back in later episodes, chances of him getting another show as slim to none but guest appearances are a high possibility.

Also a smaller note but most definitely worth mentioning is Ollie's reaction to Sara's resurrection. Season 3 Oliver would have freaked out, claimed they should have told him and blablabla, he always knows what's best. This Oliver is much more empathetic and understanding, choosing to help the situation than just point out what Laurel already knows, in that what she did was a dumbass idea and even though Ollie is the only one who knows how to solve the problem he doesn't be a dick about it. It's just things like this that show that the show is improving in quality and the writers are actually listening to feedback. So props to you writers for getting better!

And that's really all I have to say, again, all people really care about is Constantine and he was awesome. Really I'm just happy the show is improving in terms of writing and pacing, so not really anything specific in the episode (Apart from Constantine) is great, but the overall feel of this season i am thoroughly enjoying. 8/10.

-Danny