Whether you thought Brendan Fletcher was annoying or off-putting in Slabside early on in the season, after seeing "Star City Slayer", I'm sure all of us can agree on the former. The Slayer wasn't just one of Arrow's best one-off bad guys, but maybe one of the better Arrowverse villains of the week.
A huge part of this episode's success came from Fletcher's performance. It was a whole other league of disturbing, crazed and obsessed. His interactions with the Queen family during the climax was a season highlight.
This also marked Arrow's first time really tackling a horror-style episode, which it did decently enough. It certainly had the atmosphere, but the trailers gave away Dinah's (Juliana Harkavy) ordeal with Stanley, which I was kind of disappointed by. Nevertheless, a little more blood helped further the seriousness of the episode.
By and large, the narrative was placed firmly on Fletcher's maniacal raves and rants to carry it through. Aside from a major player leaving the show and one big flash-forward reveal, it was all drama and little action. The final bunker fight in the post-apocalyptic Star City didn't really impress me.
From what I wrote above, it is evident that with all the slaying going on, Arrow managed to further itself while focusing on a new bad guy from Oliver's (Stephen Amell) not-so-distant past. "Star City Slayer" broke the curse of lame one-off bad guys and delivers on its premise accordingly, despite a little inconsistency.
A huge part of this episode's success came from Fletcher's performance. It was a whole other league of disturbing, crazed and obsessed. His interactions with the Queen family during the climax was a season highlight.
This also marked Arrow's first time really tackling a horror-style episode, which it did decently enough. It certainly had the atmosphere, but the trailers gave away Dinah's (Juliana Harkavy) ordeal with Stanley, which I was kind of disappointed by. Nevertheless, a little more blood helped further the seriousness of the episode.
By and large, the narrative was placed firmly on Fletcher's maniacal raves and rants to carry it through. Aside from a major player leaving the show and one big flash-forward reveal, it was all drama and little action. The final bunker fight in the post-apocalyptic Star City didn't really impress me.
From what I wrote above, it is evident that with all the slaying going on, Arrow managed to further itself while focusing on a new bad guy from Oliver's (Stephen Amell) not-so-distant past. "Star City Slayer" broke the curse of lame one-off bad guys and delivers on its premise accordingly, despite a little inconsistency.