It seems like a yearly thing for Arrow to have an episode centered around a prison break-out. This time it was breaking Diggle out of prison, who is serving his "penance" for his missteps in the latter half of last season. Some fun moments here and there, but the episode fell victim to a few too many moving parts.
I don't normally mention flashbacks first in my reviews, but I felt like they were completely unnecessary this week. I haven't minded the Russia material this year, in fact it's been a million times better than anything last season had to offer, but taking a week off tonight probably would have been the best move. I get that they wanted to have a link to the prison scenes in the present, but sometimes less is more.
I was on board with Diggle's wishes to stay in prison for a while because of last year, but I'm also excited to have him back in Star City. Lyla and Oliver are right though, his family and the city need him. Looks like he will be serving his penance as Spartan while hiding out from the law. It will definitely be interesting to see how that pans out.
The other big character arc came from Ragman as he quit the team and then in a huge unexpected shock, rejoined the team merely a few segments later. I understand Arrow wasn't likely to include him in one episode, only to have him quit, but I'm just not a fan of his character. Of course, that can change, considering I'm coming around on Wild Dog as of late. He seems to be stepping up his game. Perhaps next week, when it looks like Team Arrow will break him out of Church's grasp, will be when he earns his stripes the most.
Quentin and Adrian Chase had some time together this week as they worked with each other to investigate Church a little more, while Oliver is gone. There were a few moments where Chase specifically mentioned vigilantes that I feel like solidifies him as the new favorite to be Prometheus. There's still some other possibilities, but I have to believe he's the new big-bad.
So in all, it was an okay week for Arrow. I'm still excited for this season but I would like to get some more movement on the Prometheus front, considering it's been two straight weeks without him. Here's hoping.
+Diggle is back
+Oliver beating his team up
+Quentin & Thea
+Wild Dog is growing on me
-Ragman please leave
-Flashbacks were unnecessary
7.5/10
Prometheus Possibilities
Adrian Chase 45%
Billy Malone 10%
Susan Williams 15%
Someone else 30%
I don't normally mention flashbacks first in my reviews, but I felt like they were completely unnecessary this week. I haven't minded the Russia material this year, in fact it's been a million times better than anything last season had to offer, but taking a week off tonight probably would have been the best move. I get that they wanted to have a link to the prison scenes in the present, but sometimes less is more.
I was on board with Diggle's wishes to stay in prison for a while because of last year, but I'm also excited to have him back in Star City. Lyla and Oliver are right though, his family and the city need him. Looks like he will be serving his penance as Spartan while hiding out from the law. It will definitely be interesting to see how that pans out.
The other big character arc came from Ragman as he quit the team and then in a huge unexpected shock, rejoined the team merely a few segments later. I understand Arrow wasn't likely to include him in one episode, only to have him quit, but I'm just not a fan of his character. Of course, that can change, considering I'm coming around on Wild Dog as of late. He seems to be stepping up his game. Perhaps next week, when it looks like Team Arrow will break him out of Church's grasp, will be when he earns his stripes the most.
Quentin and Adrian Chase had some time together this week as they worked with each other to investigate Church a little more, while Oliver is gone. There were a few moments where Chase specifically mentioned vigilantes that I feel like solidifies him as the new favorite to be Prometheus. There's still some other possibilities, but I have to believe he's the new big-bad.
So in all, it was an okay week for Arrow. I'm still excited for this season but I would like to get some more movement on the Prometheus front, considering it's been two straight weeks without him. Here's hoping.
+Diggle is back
+Oliver beating his team up
+Quentin & Thea
+Wild Dog is growing on me
-Ragman please leave
-Flashbacks were unnecessary
7.5/10
Prometheus Possibilities
Adrian Chase 45%
Billy Malone 10%
Susan Williams 15%
Someone else 30%