Welcome back, Arrow-heads, and boy, we got a lot to cover before we get started here. Let’s start with the island flashbacks as our group gets to that sub with the super-serum, and injects Slade with it to save his life…which seems to kill him instead. Things in the present aren’t as rosy either, with Ollie discovering a plot to make more of this compound (that he swears is completely destroyed) with one of Brother Blood’s test subjects doing the grunt work. After telling Roy to back off the bizarre deaths that he knows are being caused by the super-serum’s failures, Ollie traces Blood’s henchman to a storage facility, and promptly gets left for dead. Good thing Felicity has been making cute with visiting forensic guy Barry Allen, because she has him abducted to help a dying Ollie. How does that turn out?
ARROW Season 2×09, “Three Ghosts” recap
12 DecARROW Season 2×08, “The Scientist” recap
6 Dec
Welcome back, Arrow-heads! What you should know before we start: in the island flashbacks, Ollie wants to find that super serum stuff to save Slade’s life. In the present, Moira has been found not guilty of conspiring with the dead Malcolm Merlyn, who we find out after the verdict, is not dead at all. Besides helping keep Moira out of the gas chamber, Malcolm has something else to discuss with Moira, like their lovespawn Thea! So, let’s get down to it… Continue reading
ARROW Season 2×07, “State vs. Queen” recap
22 Nov
Welcome back to the party, Arrow-heads! A quick recap of things to know: Moira is about to go to trial for her involvement in the destruction in the Glades, Laurel assigns herself to the prosecution to “help Moira” (to the gas chamber if her pill popping catches up with her decision making), and Count Vertigo from season one is still in prison, and probably still quite insane. So, let’s jump right in… Continue reading
ARROW Season 2×06, “Keep Your Enemies Closer” recap
14 Nov
Welcome back, Arrow-heads! A little catch up on things pertinent to this episode: Diggle is still looking for Deadshot, and has asked for the help of his government agent friend Lyla to help find him. Roy has sworn off going out to fight crime on his own for Thea, but is still helping Ollie gather intel on his quest to fight crime. And in those island flashbacks, Ollie’s been reunited with Sara Lance, but that reunion involves her kicking him in the face. So, let’s see what’s going on… Continue reading
ARROW Season 2×05, “League of Assassins” recap
8 Nov
Welcome back, Arrow-heads! So, in case you missed last episode (and really, reading this recap before doing that is on you), Sara, Laurel’s sister who supposedly died five odd years ago is very much alive, and fighting crime in Starling City! This would be shocking news for us and for Oliver, except for that little thing he neglected to mention about Sara being on the island and thinking after a fatal encounter, she was for reals dead. She doesn’t want to reveal herself to her family, but with Laurel turning into a pill popper and that pesky mystery league of killers wanting to bring her back into their club, its good money that plan probably won’t last. So, let’s get into it… Continue reading
ARROW Season 2×04, “Crucible” recap
31 Oct
Welcome back, Arrow-heads! So, last time we were in Starling City, Laurel had survived an attack from Hentai-man, I mean, the Dollmaker and Ollie got saved from Laurel by that mystery blonde vigilante. Plus, the show has a legit guy with the last name of Blood running around. And in our flashbacks, Slade is on fire…as in his face and hands are burning, while past Ollie gets locked up on what seems to be a gritty reimagining of The Love Boat. Let’s see if the Isaac on this ship has some wonderful cocktails to serve us while I recap this episode, huh? Continue reading
ARROW Season 2×03, “Broken Dolls” recap
29 Oct
Welcome back! Last time, Ollie was busy setting up his new version of crimefighting while trying to establish himself running the family company. And he’s running into problems on both ends of that: on the public end from pro-Glades boosters like Sebastian Blood, and from Laurel, who has it out for our hooded hero. And in a case of “good idea, wrong timing”, Ollie heads to Laurel’s office to reason with her. Her response is a heavily armed team of cops leaving him with nowhere to go. So, um, we’re about to get an awkward reveal to Laurel, aren’t we? Continue reading
ARROW Season 2×02, “Identity” recap
27 Oct
Welcome back, Arrow-heads! See what I did there? It’s a play on…sigh…you know, I should just recap what happened so far. Diggle and Felicity track down Ollie on the island he was stranded on years ago, who’s in self-imposed exile since the Glades was left in ruins. He’s brought back to save his family’s company from being bought out, by its also to get him back into protecting Starling City. He agrees to, but wants to do it in a new way: one that doesn’t involve killing his enemies. Continue reading
ARROW Season 2×01, “City of Heroes” recap
25 Oct
Welcome to the first of what will (fingers crossed) be a regular thing here at NerdLush as I recap the second season of Arrow! Before we start this up, some quick housekeeping and a brief explanation why this is coming in so late: due to circumstances beyond my control (or “moving and having my internet offline” as they call it), I had no time to review the season premiere (and the following episode) until now. If you read my previous posts on the show, you know the first season ended on a pretty dramatic note for everyone involved. So with that, let’s check in on Starling City and see how things have gone during this hiatus… Continue reading
My Catch-Up on ARROW, Part 2: Thoughts on the first season
7 Oct
Earlier this year, I talked about my thoughts on Arrow during its mid-season hiatus, and with the second season about to premiere this month, I thought it would be fitting to reflect back on some of the pluses and minuses of season one. There are some spoilers, so catch up before you read this: Continue reading
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