Arrow Review: Season 5 Episode 6 "So It Begins"

Arrow Season 5 Episode 6

“So It Begins”

Starring:

Stephen Amell, David Ramsey, Willa Holland, Emily Bett Rickards, Echo Kellum, Josh Segarra, Paul Blackthorne, Rick Gonzalez, Joe Dinicol, Madison McLaughlin, Tyler Ritter, Carly Pope, David Meunier

Synopsis:

When Prometheus ups his killing spree, Oliver searches for connections between the Victims. Felicity and Curtis discover the victims have a mysterious Link to Oliver’s past and this new secret could upend his new team. Meanwhile, Thea has a Heart-To-Heart with Lance, and Felicity considers telling Malone the truth about her work.

Final Thoughts:

With the 6th episode of the season, Prometheus has now taken center stage. With a need to get the attention of Green Arrow and his team, Prometheus begins to attack random individuals that give clues to Oliver about his past exploits as the Hood. This new information begins to drive a wedge between the new recruits and the old team. Everything about this story has been great, I really love how they are slowly brining along Prometheus. We don’t need the big reveal right now and the writers seem to know that, playing the guessing game and even having the end of the episode point toward Lance just make this story that much greater. The only criticism I really have is the continuing issues with the new recruits, I am and I have seen many fans complain about this, the recruits just need to stop complaining already and start working as a team.

Speaking about Quentin Lance, the under used character finally had a little intrigue attached to him this episode with the tie to prometheus. It’s really the only downside to the entire season thus far, the under use of Paul Blackthorne who still doesn’t have much of a story other than the drinking and this growing father-daughter type bond with Thea. Hopefully the second half of the season see his character begin to be used more to his potential.

Finally lets talk about Felicity, the darling of the CW DC Universe just 2 years ago, the same character which took a major fall in the eyes of most fans seems to be back on track. With that being said, I am starting to get tired of all the Negative comments relating to her character. I was just as frustrated with her through most of the last two season, but the character has really gone back to her origins. And I for one am really enjoying it. As for her relationship with Malone, I am not sure how this will play into the remainder of the season. It seems like there is a continuing tease that she will go back to Oliver, I am more interested in how Malone fits in going forward.

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Arrow Review: Season 5 Episode 3 "A Matter of Trust"

Arrow Season 5 Episode 3

“A Matter of Trust”

Starring:

Stephen Amell, David Ramsey, Willa Holland, Emily Bett Rickards, Echo Kellum, Josh Segarra, Paul Blakthorne, Audrey Marie Anderson, Rick Gonzalez, Joe Dinicol, Madison McLaughlin, Tyler Ritter, Carly Pope, Cody Rhodes, Mike Dopud

Synopsis:

Now that Oliver has his new team, they are ready to hit the streets but Oliver doesn’t feel they are ready. Headstrong Wild Dog defies the Green Arrow’s orders and sets out on his own after a new drug dealer, Derek Sampson, who is terrorizing Star City. Sampson proves more powerful than Wild Dog and its up to the Green Arrow to go head to head with Runnels to save his teammate.

Final Thoughts: 

Another solid episode from Arrow, this has proved to be a higher quality season than expected. I’m glad that we have the return of familiar faces in Diggle and Lyla. We get the guest star of Cody Rhodes, who faced Stephen Amell at wrestlemania. I also loved the play on Cody Rhodes WWE character Stardust, which was the name of the drug being pushed in Star City.

If you were searching for any issues with the episode, it seems like the writers have found themselves in a little bit of a rut. Each week it seems like Oliver isn’t progressing as a character as fast you would like. There is a weekly repeating cycle of Oliver is wrong about something, Felicity tells Oliver he is wrong, Some devastating event occurs, Oliver realizes he is wrong and informs everyone he is. I think there is a change that needs to happen. I would like to see Oliver learn and become more of a team member.

As for the new team, we finally get to see them in action together, which means we get to see Curtis Holt in action. I like the name tease of Mister Terrific and can’t wait to see how his character progresses into the hero we know from the comics. Wild Dog seems to be a wild card within the group and looks to be a issue waiting to happen, while I still haven’t figured out Evelyn Sharp. She is like the new Robin to Batman, you know how they keep getting younger and younger.

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Arrow Review: Season 5 Episode 2 "The Recruits"

Arrow, Season 5 Episode 2

“The Recruits”

Starring:

Stephen Amell, David Ramsey, Willa Holland, Emily Bett Rickards, Echo Kellum, Paul Blackthorne, Rick Gonzalez, Madison McLaughlin, Tyler Ritter, Joe Dinicol, Chad L. Coleman, Suki Kaiser

Synopsis:

Oliver recruits Curtis, Wild Dog and Evelyn Sharp for his team, but his training methods prove to be too much for some to handle. In flashbacks, Oliver continues his initiation into the Bratva.

Final Thoughts:

Two weeks in a row Arrow has produced quality Television. In this episode Oliver is trying to set up a free clinic for Star City, during the opening we are introduce to this weeks bad guy who ultimalty turns into the good guy Ragman. This turn happens when a show down with Tobias Church. Before the end of the episode we once again are treated to the Dark Archer. Also throughout the episode we see the training of the new recruits, obviously since this is Arrow, the training doesn’t go as well and lead to Oliver needing to apologies and reveal his true identity to gain the teams trust.

A few thoughts i had on the episode, the recruits came off as whiny and quitters. I think there has to be more trust built in just by training with a man who has been doing the vigilantey thing for many years. If this keeps going this way with no quick resolution the fans will loose interest in these characters. Another thought came to mind when watching this episode, the daytime scenes really change the feeling of the show. I have to say I really enjoyed them as it brought a more up beat feeling to a normally doom and gloom show.

With the inclusion of the Dark Archer AKA Prometheus, there is a new man out to get the Green Arrow. From casting reveals this past summer, we know there is some sort of personal connection between the two. Does anyone else think Tommy Merlin? It actually makes sense especially with the death of the woman he loved Laurel and before anyone says a thing about Tommy dying, really its not the first time someone has been brought back to life. 

Once again it was a great episode and in many ways it was especially nice to see a less drama filled Felicity, she even got back to make some of her more silly jokes which the was the reason fans of the show fell in love with her. As for the show itself it was nice to see the fighting sequences become much smother since last year and the writing in general was much tighter. 

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Arrow Review: Season 5 Episode 1 "Legacy"

Arrow Season 5 Episode 1

“Legacy”

Starring:

Stephen Amell, David Ramsey, Willa Holland, Emily Bett Rickards, Echo Kellum, Paul Blackthorne, Katie Cassidy, Rick Gonzalez, Chad L. Coleman, Tyler Ritter

Synopsis:

After Laurel’s death and the departure of both Diggle and Thea From Team Arrow, Oliver takes to the streets solo to protect Star City’s citizens as the Green Arrow.

Final Thoughts:

First episode from season 5 is here and we pick off with Team Arrow only consisting of Oliver and Felicity. Most of the episode is Felicity trying to convince Oliver that Diggle and Thea won’t be back and that he needs to find new recruits to join the team. The funny thing about this episode, it was the first time in awhile that I didn’t mind Felicity. It worked and didn’t feel forced on us like in past seasons. Sure this is still a CW show and we will ultimately get the relationship drama between the two again, but for the time being it was a nice change of pace.

As for the rest of the episode, there was some similarities between this episode and season two were Oliver actually has another story arc to go along with fighting bad guys and felicity. In this episode we see the dilemma that Oliver faces being the new Mayor of Star City and still trying to keep its citizens safe by running around at night as The Green Arrow. This just might be the most interesting story they had for Oliver since that season two, and it also is giving the character outside conflicts to deal with. Hopefully season 5 continues with these changes and doesn’t rely to heavily on the Felicity/Oliver on and off again relationship to deliver. 

Another aspect of this episode and we will definetely seem more of in the near future is the Recruits. New blood was needed to keep this show interesting, the writes for four season have relied to heavily on the same four people to keep delivering on tired story arcs. With new character to add to the mix at the very least will add new drama to the mix. I am also excited to see that Curtis Holt will be joining Team Arrow. Hopefully soon we will see Mister Terrific.

I feel this was a strong start leading to a fresh season, as long as we don’t get to much of the past Arrow season we should be good, and I truly believe this could be a great season.

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