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ARROW Season 4×03 recap, “Restoration”

Welcome back, Arrowheads! Team Arrow is facing a new enemy in HIVE, led by mystical baddie Damien Darhk, but also faces their own set of troubles, like Ollie and Diggle still being a bit guarded to each other. But there’s the big problem in Team Arrow of Thea having some murderous impulses thanks to her time in the pit. Laurel suggests taking her away for some rest, but what she doesn’t tell everyone else is she’s taking Thea to Nanda Parbat to get help from Thea’s dad. Oh, and to complete the girls’ vacation out, they dig up Sara’s corpse! It’s like Weekend at Bernie’s with super heroines! But since Sara’s corpse is being taken to be resurrected in the Lazarus Pit, its more like Weekend at Bernie’s 2…with super heroines. Sounds fun! Continue reading →

Tags: Arrow, Black Canary, Damian Darhk, David Ramsey, DC Comics, DCU, Emily Bett Rickards, Felicity Smoak, Green Arrow, HIVE, John Barrowman, John Diggle, JR Bourne, Malcolm Merlyn, Meta Human, Neal Mcdonough, Olicity, Oliver Queen, Paul Blackthorne, Quentin Lance, Ra’s al Ghul, Stephen Amell, Stewart, Television

ARROW Season 4×02, “The Candidate” recap

15 Oct

Welcome back, Arrowheads! Ollie and Felicity head back to Star City after playing happy suburban couple for a while. What they’ve come back to is a reticent Diggle, a slightly vicious Thea, and a new threat in HIVE, led by the not quite human Damien Darhk. Darhk wants to lay waste to the city, and has help…in a maybe reluctant Quentin! Also in the flashback portion of our tour, Ollie gets picked up by Amanda Waller and sent on a secret mission to a familiar haunt…Lian Yu! Also, someone will be in a grave six months down the road. But let’s get to this episode, shall we? Continue reading →

Tags: Arrow, Black Canary, Damian Darhk, David Ramsey, Emily Bett Rickards, Felicity Smoak, Green Arrow, HIVE, Jeri Ryan, John Diggle, Olicity, Oliver Queen, Paul Blackthorne, Quentin Lance, Stephen Amell, Stewart, Television

ARROW Season 4×01 recap, “Green Arrow”

8 Oct

Welcome back from the summer, Arrowheads! As you remember from last season, Oliver Queen decided to leave town with new girlfriend Felicity and rediscover himself (and after the convoluted mess of last season, who would blame him), leaving Starling City in the capable hands of his hero buddies. Since we haven’t had a title change, how is it that Ollie ends up fighting crime once again? Continue reading →

Tags: Arrow, Black Canary, Damian Darhk, David Ramsey, Emily Bett Rickards, Felicity Smoak, Green Arrow, HIVE, John Diggle, Olicity, Oliver Queen, Paul Blackthorne, Quentin Lance, Stephen Amell, Stewart, Television

ARROW Season 3 Review

27 May

Welcome back, Arrowheads, for this look at the good and bad of the third season of Arrow! Considering how much I enjoyed season two, would this season measure up? The short answer is: not really. The long answer we’ll start talking about below, beginning with the good points of season three: Continue reading →

Tags: Arrow, ATOM, Black Canary, Brandon Routh, Colton Haynes, Comics, Dark Archer, David Ramsey, Diggle, Emily Bett Rickards, FanGirl Squee, Felicity Smoak, Geekery, Grant Gustin, Green Arrow, John Barrowman, Malcolm Merlyn, Olicity, Oliver Queen, Paul Blackthorne, Red Arrow, Reviews, Speedy, Stephen Amell, Stewart, Television, The Flash, Thea Queen, Willa Holland

ARROW Season 3×23, “My Name Is Oliver Queen” recap

13 May

Welcome back, Arrowheads, to the end of season three of Arrow! It’s been a long road of twists and turns, but here we are, as the Heir to the Demon, aka Al-Sah-him, aka The Arrow, aka Oliver Queen, is about to cement his place in the League of Assassins. He’s already been married off to a reluctant Nyssa, seemingly gassed his former teammates with a deadly virus, the same virus he fought to stop being unleashed in Hong Kong years ago, and now that he has to unleash on Starling City! Can all the lunacy, betrayals, and tragedy that have happened all season be solved in this season finale? Probably not, but let’s see what happens anyway…

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ARROW Season 3×22, “This Is Your Sword” recap

7 May

Welcome back, Arrowheads! You’re back in time for the wedding no one expected (and all but Ra’s al Ghul didn’t want): the marriage of Oliver Queen aka Al Sah-him to Nyssa! Besides getting a VERY reluctant bride, afterwards, Ollie gets to have his honeymoon in Starling, where he’ll unleash the Alpha/Omega virus on his hometown! Meanwhile, Thea has found out Roy is alive, and Team Arrow is trying to move on without their fearless leader. You think they’re getting wedding invites? Continue reading →

Tags: Arrow, ATOM, Black Canary, Brandon Routh, Colton Haynes, Comics, Dark Archer, David Ramsey, Diggle, Emily Bett Rickards, FanGirl Squee, Felicity Smoak, Geekery, Green Arrow, John Barrowman, Malcolm Merlyn, Olicity, Oliver Queen, Paul Blackthorne, Reviews, Stephen Amell, Stewart, Television, Thea Queen, Willa Holland

ARROW Season 3×21, “Al Sah-him” recap

29 Apr

Welcome back, Arrowheads! So previously, Oliver Queen and Felicity Smoak finally had sex. Yes, I know this is a great thing for shippers, and a questionable plot move (like most of them this season) for many critics. On the other hand, its good to finally get that tension and wishy-washiness both of them have had all season put aside to have that brief break from all this lunacy together. Oh, and in order to save a dying Thea using Ra’s magic health hot tub, Ollie had to finally take that offer to be the next head of the League of Assassins. The main takeaway of this is Ollicity sex, everyone.

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ARROW Season 3×20, “The Fallen” recap

23 Apr

Welcome back, Arrowheads! So, Team Arrow is dealing with all the fallout of Ra’s machinations to get Ollie to be the next League of Assassins president. Quentin has cracked down on everyone, Roy had to fake his death and leave town, and just when things couldn’t get more messed up, Ra’s stabbed Thea with a sword! Some companies refuse to take “no” as an answer when it comes to hiring people. I wonder how Ra’s new sales pitch to Ollie works out this episode. Continue reading →

ARROW Season 3×19, “Broken Arrow” recap

15 Apr

Welcome back, Arrowheads! Previously: things went galactically bad for Team Arrow as Quentin decided to hammer out his betrayal issues by hunting them down. Then he found out from Ra’s (a reliable source, I guess) that Ollie’s the Arrow, and things got not remotely better. To save everyone else, he turns himself in in a plea deal. But the rest of the Team didn’t like that, and so, Roy appears in front of the convoy transporting Ollie…as the Arrow! Way to go, Roy, with lifetime imprisonment?

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Tags: Arrow, ATOM, Black Canary, Brandon Routh, Colton Haynes, Comics, Dark Archer, David Ramsey, Diggle, Emily Bett Rickards, FanGirl Squee, Felicity Smoak, Geekery, Green Arrow, John Barrowman, Malcolm Merlyn, Olicity, Paul Blackthorne, Reviews, Stephen Amell, Stewart, Television, Thea Queen, Willa Holland

ARROW Season 3×18, “Public Enemy” recap

1 Apr

Welcome back, Arrowheads! Ollie is learning that turning down Ra’s offer of becoming the next Demon’s Head is harder than he thought. Ra’s is a persistent headhunter for good employees, because he has pretend Arrows murdering criminals, but now its escalated to murdering the mayor and threatening several people in the room where said mayor gets shafted, like Felicity, Ray, and daddy and Laurel Lance. I’m sure Quentin will take this well and behave in a sane and logical manner… Continue reading →