ARROW 'TRIBUTE' REVIEW
Season 6 Episode 2:
We are back with a new episode Arrow with more Batman references and an interesting ending. So spoilers ahead for the episode, let's recap.
From the cliffhanger of last weeks episode, Oliver walks into the mayor's office and is greeted by a wave of reporters. Oliver says that he is not the Green Arrow, as he already has his hands filled with being the mayor. Oliver goes on to say anyone's face could have been on the Green Arrow's body, it could have been "Bruce Wayne" for all we know. Oliver heads to his office where he is greeted by an FBI agent, Samanda Watson, who is starting an investigation on Oliver being the Green Arrow. Rene did some digging and found that the image of Oliver was from someone inside the news network.
At the Arrow cave, Felicity and Cirtus are hard at work trying to discover where the photo of Oliver as the Green Arrow came from. Meanwhile, Oliver, Quentin and some business people of Start City are looking at an old warehouse which Oliver is planning to do something with. The group is ambushed by a gang with guns, so Oliver, Quentin, and some surviving guest get in the van and drive away until they are stopped by the gang with guns. Oliver opens up his door and finds Anatoly greeting him. Anatoly asks Oliver for some business men in the van he had a deal with, so with no choice, the men are abducted by Anatoly and his gang, the Bravata.
Back at the mayor's office, Oliver and the team believe that Anatoly leaked the image of Oliver to the news, and they have a discussion about what to do. Oliver gets a text from Raisa to take care of William, so he immediately goes to pick up William. In the car, Oliver asks William what happened, and William says he got bet up. Oliver gives advice to William on fighting which does not help him at all. Oliver gets a message from Felicity that she got a location on the hostages Anatoly took, so Oliver leaves and suits up. Outside an abounded restaurant, team Arrow meet up ready to take down the Bravata. Breaking into the building, Oliver and the team fight the criminals with Oliver roasting someone on a grill. Oliver opens up a freezer to free the hostages, however, one of them is missing.
At the mayor's office, Felicity is trying to find the other hostage, which she is unsuccessful with. Meanwhile, Rene and Quentin are being investigated by Samanda, which Oliver was supposed to show to. Oliver goes back home and finds William kind of upset with him. Oliver speaks with him and learns that William is afraid of losing his dad, as he is the only person he has. Oliver gets a call and it is from Anatoly, who offers asks Oliver for 20 million dollars in exchange for the last hostage who has been infected with a type of disease. At the Arrow cave, Felicity and Cirtus try to track the call and discover the disease that the hostage has. They find the disease that the hostage has and they send Diggle and Dinah to go visit Doctor Schwartz to get the cure. There the doctor asks Diggle how he is holding up from his injury. With Dinah in the room, Diggle tells her on Lian Yu, he was hit by shrapnel which he is slowly recovering from; that is why Diggle's aim has been off.
Back at the Arrow cave, Felicity is obsessing with the job that Cirtus has, which he told her about earlier. The two try to find where the photo of Oliver came from as well as trying to find the hostage. Meanwhile, at the Mayor's office, Rene tells Oliver that Samanda wants to interrogate William on Oliver being the Green Arrow, which he doesn't want to happen, after everything that has happened, and the fact that everytime Oliver dresses up as the Green Arrow, he runs the risk of William's fear coming true. Rene has a talk with Oliver about taking care of kids until Oliver gets a text from Felicity of Anatoly's location.
At an abandoned shipyard, team Arrow is out to find Anatoly. The team is ambushed by the Bravata. In the fight, Black Canary gets strangled and Diggle saves her without his gun. Oliver finds Anatoly alone with the hostage. Oliver shoots an arrow with an antidote into the hostage and he has an arrow ready to fire at Anatoly; who tells Oliver that he won't fire at him. Anatoly kills the hostage, which shocks Oliver, who tells Anatoly that even Gregor was better. Anatoly goes on to say that he is a good man, as he did not involve William. Oliver asks Anatoly why he leaked the image of him as the Green Arrow, which Anatoly says that he did not.
Athe FBI office, Oliver meets with Samanda who tells Oliver that she is onto him. An agent walks in and turns the tv on for Samanda which is the news, a report on the image of Oliver as the Green Arrow being fake. Samanda dismisses Oliver, however, she is not dropping her investigation on Oliver as the Green Arrow.
At Felicity's apartment, Cirtus and her celebrate for discovering that the image of Oliver is faked, and then Felicity purposes the idea of her and Cirtus starting a business together. At the Arrow cave, Diggle apologizes to Dinah for keeping the secret of his injury from her. At Oliver's apartment, Oliver has a talk with Willaim telling him that he will do his best for William to not be alone in this world and to be the best father that he can be. William and Oliver go on to play video games together.
The episode ends with Oliver in the Arrow cave. Diggle walks in and Oliver offers him the position of being the Green Arrow, as Oliver needs time to deal with William and to have the heat of the photo leak off his back. Diggle accepts to be the Green Arrow.
Let's talk about the ending as that was the big take away from the episode. Oliver seems to be taking a step back from being the Green Arrow as he was nearly caught red-handed and to be there more for William. So Diggle taking over will give Oliver a break. But we know that Oliver is going to be back as the Green Arrow soon, before episode eight, the crossover. But speaking of crossover, Diggle being the Green Arrow will be like the Arrow episode in the crossover last year when Diggle was the Arrow, however, this Diggle has some PTSD.
The image leak of Oliver, that was not done by Anatoly, however by someone else. Most likely the main villain of the season, some tied to Black Siren, such as Richard Dragon or Michael Emerson's character. It will be exciting to see. But one flaw in the image leak. Wouldn't Oliver's facial hair look identical to the Green Arrow's?
In the episode, we got the big Bruce Wayne easter egg. There have been a few sprinkled throughout all the shows. But this is by far the biggest. So we know that there is a Gotham City with a Bruce Wayne, who maybe Batman. We don't know if he is Batman or not, but we can speculate.
In the episode, there was also the new flashy title, which had everyone's logo. If you were wondering, the order we saw them in was the order of newest member to the oldest member of the team, so we started at Black Canary to Green Arrow. The eye logo in the sequence was for Felicity's code name, Overwatch. But that title sequence was awesome to see.
Overall, this episode of Arrow had an interesting story tied with Anatoly and a larger force trying to expose Oliver. The acting in the episode was great, which brought some great character development. I am excited for the rest of the season. I will give this episode of Arrow an 8.5 out of 10. Comment below your thoughts on the episode down below, I would like to know. As always thanks for reading, take care.
We are back with a new episode Arrow with more Batman references and an interesting ending. So spoilers ahead for the episode, let's recap.
From the cliffhanger of last weeks episode, Oliver walks into the mayor's office and is greeted by a wave of reporters. Oliver says that he is not the Green Arrow, as he already has his hands filled with being the mayor. Oliver goes on to say anyone's face could have been on the Green Arrow's body, it could have been "Bruce Wayne" for all we know. Oliver heads to his office where he is greeted by an FBI agent, Samanda Watson, who is starting an investigation on Oliver being the Green Arrow. Rene did some digging and found that the image of Oliver was from someone inside the news network.
At the Arrow cave, Felicity and Cirtus are hard at work trying to discover where the photo of Oliver as the Green Arrow came from. Meanwhile, Oliver, Quentin and some business people of Start City are looking at an old warehouse which Oliver is planning to do something with. The group is ambushed by a gang with guns, so Oliver, Quentin, and some surviving guest get in the van and drive away until they are stopped by the gang with guns. Oliver opens up his door and finds Anatoly greeting him. Anatoly asks Oliver for some business men in the van he had a deal with, so with no choice, the men are abducted by Anatoly and his gang, the Bravata.
Back at the mayor's office, Oliver and the team believe that Anatoly leaked the image of Oliver to the news, and they have a discussion about what to do. Oliver gets a text from Raisa to take care of William, so he immediately goes to pick up William. In the car, Oliver asks William what happened, and William says he got bet up. Oliver gives advice to William on fighting which does not help him at all. Oliver gets a message from Felicity that she got a location on the hostages Anatoly took, so Oliver leaves and suits up. Outside an abounded restaurant, team Arrow meet up ready to take down the Bravata. Breaking into the building, Oliver and the team fight the criminals with Oliver roasting someone on a grill. Oliver opens up a freezer to free the hostages, however, one of them is missing.
At the mayor's office, Felicity is trying to find the other hostage, which she is unsuccessful with. Meanwhile, Rene and Quentin are being investigated by Samanda, which Oliver was supposed to show to. Oliver goes back home and finds William kind of upset with him. Oliver speaks with him and learns that William is afraid of losing his dad, as he is the only person he has. Oliver gets a call and it is from Anatoly, who offers asks Oliver for 20 million dollars in exchange for the last hostage who has been infected with a type of disease. At the Arrow cave, Felicity and Cirtus try to track the call and discover the disease that the hostage has. They find the disease that the hostage has and they send Diggle and Dinah to go visit Doctor Schwartz to get the cure. There the doctor asks Diggle how he is holding up from his injury. With Dinah in the room, Diggle tells her on Lian Yu, he was hit by shrapnel which he is slowly recovering from; that is why Diggle's aim has been off.
Back at the Arrow cave, Felicity is obsessing with the job that Cirtus has, which he told her about earlier. The two try to find where the photo of Oliver came from as well as trying to find the hostage. Meanwhile, at the Mayor's office, Rene tells Oliver that Samanda wants to interrogate William on Oliver being the Green Arrow, which he doesn't want to happen, after everything that has happened, and the fact that everytime Oliver dresses up as the Green Arrow, he runs the risk of William's fear coming true. Rene has a talk with Oliver about taking care of kids until Oliver gets a text from Felicity of Anatoly's location.
At an abandoned shipyard, team Arrow is out to find Anatoly. The team is ambushed by the Bravata. In the fight, Black Canary gets strangled and Diggle saves her without his gun. Oliver finds Anatoly alone with the hostage. Oliver shoots an arrow with an antidote into the hostage and he has an arrow ready to fire at Anatoly; who tells Oliver that he won't fire at him. Anatoly kills the hostage, which shocks Oliver, who tells Anatoly that even Gregor was better. Anatoly goes on to say that he is a good man, as he did not involve William. Oliver asks Anatoly why he leaked the image of him as the Green Arrow, which Anatoly says that he did not.
Athe FBI office, Oliver meets with Samanda who tells Oliver that she is onto him. An agent walks in and turns the tv on for Samanda which is the news, a report on the image of Oliver as the Green Arrow being fake. Samanda dismisses Oliver, however, she is not dropping her investigation on Oliver as the Green Arrow.
At Felicity's apartment, Cirtus and her celebrate for discovering that the image of Oliver is faked, and then Felicity purposes the idea of her and Cirtus starting a business together. At the Arrow cave, Diggle apologizes to Dinah for keeping the secret of his injury from her. At Oliver's apartment, Oliver has a talk with Willaim telling him that he will do his best for William to not be alone in this world and to be the best father that he can be. William and Oliver go on to play video games together.
The episode ends with Oliver in the Arrow cave. Diggle walks in and Oliver offers him the position of being the Green Arrow, as Oliver needs time to deal with William and to have the heat of the photo leak off his back. Diggle accepts to be the Green Arrow.
Let's talk about the ending as that was the big take away from the episode. Oliver seems to be taking a step back from being the Green Arrow as he was nearly caught red-handed and to be there more for William. So Diggle taking over will give Oliver a break. But we know that Oliver is going to be back as the Green Arrow soon, before episode eight, the crossover. But speaking of crossover, Diggle being the Green Arrow will be like the Arrow episode in the crossover last year when Diggle was the Arrow, however, this Diggle has some PTSD.
The image leak of Oliver, that was not done by Anatoly, however by someone else. Most likely the main villain of the season, some tied to Black Siren, such as Richard Dragon or Michael Emerson's character. It will be exciting to see. But one flaw in the image leak. Wouldn't Oliver's facial hair look identical to the Green Arrow's?
In the episode, we got the big Bruce Wayne easter egg. There have been a few sprinkled throughout all the shows. But this is by far the biggest. So we know that there is a Gotham City with a Bruce Wayne, who maybe Batman. We don't know if he is Batman or not, but we can speculate.
In the episode, there was also the new flashy title, which had everyone's logo. If you were wondering, the order we saw them in was the order of newest member to the oldest member of the team, so we started at Black Canary to Green Arrow. The eye logo in the sequence was for Felicity's code name, Overwatch. But that title sequence was awesome to see.
It was great to see David Nykl back as Anatoly. Last we saw of him was back in season 5 episode 18, when Oliver and the Bravata parted ways on sketchy terms. We knew Anatoly was coming back this season, but I didn't expect it to be this soon. The rest of the cast in the episode was great as well, we had Stephen Amell (Oliver Queen/Green Arrow), Emilly Bett Rickards (Felicity Smoak), David Ramsey (John Diggle), Juliana Harkavy (Dinah/ Black Canary), Echo Kellum (Curtis/ Mr. Terrific), Jack Moore (Willaim Queen), Rick Gonzalez (Rene/ Wilddog), Paul Blackthorne (Quentin Lance), and Sydelle Noel (Samanda Watson).Can you name all of the symbols? #Arrow pic.twitter.com/oY1l4sA2YV— Arrow (@CW_Arrow) October 20, 2017
Overall, this episode of Arrow had an interesting story tied with Anatoly and a larger force trying to expose Oliver. The acting in the episode was great, which brought some great character development. I am excited for the rest of the season. I will give this episode of Arrow an 8.5 out of 10. Comment below your thoughts on the episode down below, I would like to know. As always thanks for reading, take care.
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