There have been many arguments and fights between Oliver and Diggle. The biggest and most impactful was probably following season 3 when Ollie decided to kidnap Lyla and Diggle's daughter in order to defeat Ras Al Ghul in a rather convoluted matter. But I'm not sure they have had a better scene (acting wise) then they had during this episode.
I went from writing down "this is a stupid fight" in my notes to start the episode, to writing in all caps "WOW!" as the episode drew to a close. It just goes to show you that for as much as I dislike Marc Guggenheim's decisions sometimes, they often have something up their sleeve. In many ways Diggle is right about Oliver not being a good leader, often contradicting himself about retiring/not retiring as the Green Arrow. But on the other hand, Diggle is as much at fault about the rise of Diaz as anyone and to see both characters go mono e mono was a real joy to watch.
Though I will say that the fight itself doesn't necessarily feel earned. In some ways, it feels as though the writers wanted to make Oliver once again work alone and break up the team and they needed a reason to get there. So, they made Diggle jealous of Oliver donning the hood once again. Is that really something his character would ever do? I'm not so sure. But if we had to create that decision in order to get perhaps the most well acted scene between these two gentlemen then I guess I'm okay with that.
So it looks as though we will get a throwback episode next as Oliver and Felicity are doing things on their own while there are two other separate teams doing things as well with Diggle now teaming up with Lyla at ARGUS. Whether or not the final 6 episodes can keep building on the momentum that they have the last few weeks is unclear, but if what Amell said about the finale being something "they will never be ever to undo" is any indication of the last arc, then I'm excited. My prediction has and will continue to be that Oliver is officially outed (or he reveals it himself) as The Green Arrow. No going back from that.
9.0/10
I went from writing down "this is a stupid fight" in my notes to start the episode, to writing in all caps "WOW!" as the episode drew to a close. It just goes to show you that for as much as I dislike Marc Guggenheim's decisions sometimes, they often have something up their sleeve. In many ways Diggle is right about Oliver not being a good leader, often contradicting himself about retiring/not retiring as the Green Arrow. But on the other hand, Diggle is as much at fault about the rise of Diaz as anyone and to see both characters go mono e mono was a real joy to watch.
Though I will say that the fight itself doesn't necessarily feel earned. In some ways, it feels as though the writers wanted to make Oliver once again work alone and break up the team and they needed a reason to get there. So, they made Diggle jealous of Oliver donning the hood once again. Is that really something his character would ever do? I'm not so sure. But if we had to create that decision in order to get perhaps the most well acted scene between these two gentlemen then I guess I'm okay with that.
So it looks as though we will get a throwback episode next as Oliver and Felicity are doing things on their own while there are two other separate teams doing things as well with Diggle now teaming up with Lyla at ARGUS. Whether or not the final 6 episodes can keep building on the momentum that they have the last few weeks is unclear, but if what Amell said about the finale being something "they will never be ever to undo" is any indication of the last arc, then I'm excited. My prediction has and will continue to be that Oliver is officially outed (or he reveals it himself) as The Green Arrow. No going back from that.
9.0/10