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| "I am The Fur-.....wait no" |
The episode starts off during a huge fire and one fire fighter shoots accelerant at another one, causing that fire fighter to go up in flames. Meanwhile it has been six weeks since Walter's kidnapping and Diggle thinks that since there has been no updates he is most likely dead. He also wants Oliver to go back to the list but Oliver seems distracted and just wants to watch over his family, he then has a Flashback and he watches Yao Fei being dragged away. Later Quentin is the one who has to tell Laurel's friend Joanna that her brother died in the fire however Joanna later tells Laurel that she thinks her brother was murdered. Thea and Oliver are then seen watching TV and they notice that crime is on the rise thanks to the absence of The Hood.
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| Come on Oliver! This town needs a hero! |
Laurel later brings Joanna's evidence to Quentin but he wants to leave the matter to the fire department after failing to analyse The Hood's phone, Laurel however takes it and asks The Hood for help. Oliver visits Laurel as The Hood but later tells Diggle to let the police handle it much to Diggle's annoyance. Later Tommy wants to raise a fundraiser for the fire department which impresses Oliver and Quentin confronts Laurel about the phone, meanwhile Moira is pressured in to becoming CEO of Queen's Consolidated but she doesn't think she is ready. Diggle then tells Oliver of a pickup truck linked to the fire deaths and Oliver follows it as The Hood to a fire but is too late to stop the killer murdering another fire fighter, during this he has a Flashback where he is chased by a commando. In the present the killer manages to escape but not before Oliver sees a fly tattoo and scars which he tells Laurel about, this angers Diggle who thinks Oliver is abandoning the case and thinks the Dark Archer has gotten to his head.
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| This fight would have been more epic if it was just a tad longer |
Laurel speaks with Fire Chief Raines who tells her of a devastating fire that claimed the lives of many civilians and six fire fighters including Garfield Lynns who was a member of a fire fighter team that tattooed Fireflies onto their wrists. Laurel tells this to The Hood and we have another Flashback and Oliver has killed his purser and back in the present Diggle manages to snap Oliver out of his worries and come to the conclusion that Garfield is dead. At the fundraiser however Garfield arrives to kill Raines but The Hood arrives and offer to help him; though Garfield is thankful for this he kills himself in the end. Later The Hood is hailed as a hero on the news, Moira has accepted being CEO and Quentin bugs the phone Laurel uses to contact The Hood. In a Flashback Oliver has disguised himself as the commando and has found a key and map and the episode ends with Oliver telling Diggle it's time to return to the list.
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| Did a really good job on his burn make up |
You know after the awesome events involving the Dark Archer last episode this felt like it kind of winded down a bit but I will first mention the good points in this episode. Firstly I really like how his run in with the Dark Archer last episode was still affecting Oliver; it was his first major loss and I'm glad they didn't just forget about it and how Oliver had to deal with basically his fear of another loss throughout this episode. This also proves again just how much Oliver needs Diggle (he mentioned this in episode four) because Diggle will always be the voice of reason to Oliver and provide support; he can't do this alone! I also liked the Flashback in this episode because it showed us Oliver's first kill; so far Oliver's just been focused on getting off the island but Yao Fei was right that the bird wasn't the only think he would have to kill.
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| Yep he isn't getting up from that |
Now for what I really didn't like about this was that Firefly, like several other comic characters in this, bore little resemble to his comic counterpart and was really grounded as well. I don't know too much about Firefly but the version I am used to seeing is a pyromaniac equipped with a flamethrower and flying suit (Arkham Origins for example). I didn't like his tragic backstory and revenge plot they gave him; I know it was supposed to mirror Oliver's list but I just didn't buy it and it didn't seem the writers put much thought in to it. Plus we didn't get a real final showdown between Firefly and The Hood which was disappointing because I think it would have made for a great fight if Firefly was at least equipped with his flamethrower. My biggest criticism of this show is that it take a too realistic take on the comic book and characters, it tries to follow in the foot steps of Christopher Nolan's Batman too much. This of course is a strong point The Flash has over Arrow because it doesn't hold back with it's villains because they are Meta Humans and it truly feels like a comic book. However I do think Arrow is still better than The Flash right now for two reasons; The Flash has barely half a season aired so far and I know Arrow defiantly gets better and addressed these issues, especially the epic season two which felt more like a comic book.
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| "Knew this was going to be a bad idea" |
Overall I didn't really like this episode too much because the events with Firefly felt like filler after last episode more than anything. Oliver's attitude and his Flashback was great though and I couldn't believe Quentin bugged the phone at the end, that is just really not going to end well. I know this review seemed short but I don't think too much stuff really happened in this.
SCORE: 5/10
Highlights: Oliver dealing with his defeat by the Dark Archer
Flashback
Let - Downs: Firefly was too grounded and I didn't much care for the events surrounding him which was the majority of the episode
The great screenshots of the episodes where provided by the great site Screencapped. You can look for yourself from the link below;
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