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| "Eyes on me and my white hair" |
The episode begins with a Flashback of Oliver arriving to the island on the lifeboat, it then changes to the present and Oliver has just suited up and has taken out another person on the list on top of a roof. The next day, after discussing about the vigilante everyone is calling "The Hood", Walter and Moira would like Oliver to take a position in Queen Consolidated however he is reluctant to do so. Later at court Laurel is trying to build a case against Martin Summers for murder, who is also a target of Oliver's, and runs in to Oliver who is getting his death revoked and is still angry with him. That night Oliver threatens Summers to confess to the murder, he does not however and refuses to give any useful information to Quentin and even threatens Laurel.
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| Hasn't any of those guards got a gun? |
Quentin then visits Laurel and advices her to drop the case however when she doesn't we then see that Summers has hired an assassin from the Chinese Triads named China White (Kelly Hu) to eliminate Laurel. Later Thea shows Oliver his gravestone and admits that she became more rebellious after he and their dad "died", this motivates Oliver to get closer to Laurel instead of pushing her away. He goes to her apartment to patch things up but shortly afterwards China White and several of her men show up to kill Laurel. Fortunately Diggle was there to fight them off but China White escapes, however Oliver was forced to use a knife during the attack and Diggle didn't fail to notice how skilful he was with it.
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| You go Diggle! |
Oliver then tracks down Summers at the docks and forces him to confess that he is guilty of murder but then China White shows up and the two are forced to fight. It is cut short by the arrival of Quentin and the police and the two are forced to flee. Quentin almost corners Oliver but he manages to escape and even leave behind a recording of Summer's confession, which Laurel then uses to convict him. The next day at Robert Queen's memorial Oliver pretends to be selfish and irresponsible so he doesn't have to take a position a Queen's Consolidated and so no one can suspect him as The Hood. Moira is then seen getting into a limo and reveals that the Queen's Gambit was sabotaged by herself and an unknown person. The episode ends with a Flashback which shows Oliver discovering the books with the list of names on it and being shot with an arrow by a hooded figure.
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| Sunglasses; the perfect disguise |
This was a really good episode, the mysteries of the island and what Oliver's mother is involved in just keeps getting more interesting and we actually got a proper villain in this episode. I will say this now that I have not heard of China White before so I don't know if she is adapted from the comics or is an original character but it is still good that we now have a comic book - like villain in the series. Not just a corrupt businessman or gangster we got someone who can put up a fight against the Arrow, who has a villain name and bit of a costume even if its just a white wig. I know that it is only the second episode in the series but I want Arrow to be full of costumed vigilantes and villains.
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| Mortal Kombat |
We also got some great fight scenes not just between Arrow and China White but from Diggle as well. Diggle is a really great character in this and I like how he is figuring out that Oliver is definitely hiding something. Another character I like is Quentin; he may come off as a bit of an ass but that's just who he is and while he may be hunting down The Hood he isn't above using the evidence that is given to him. Like last episode I am really not liking Laurel or Thea that much, there both alright but I just think that there characters are just an annoyance for Oliver at this point, just there to create some conflict in his normal life.
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| "This is MY island rich boy!" |
We also got to big reveals in this, the first one being that Moira helped an unknown person or persons sink the Queen's Gambit and it is somehow related to the list that Oliver has. Whether or not Moira has done this willingly or not is yet to be revealed but I am interested in seeing if the one behind all this is a major DC villain. We also got to see a hooded figure shoot Oliver with an arrow and this person must obviously have a connection to the costume Oliver has chosen and why he uses a bow and arrow.
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| Must be weird seeing your own grave |
Overall there isn't too much to say about this episode, if it wasn't for the character of China White the events of this episode would have felt similar to the second half of the Pilot. However I get the feeling that for the first few episodes of this season it is going to be really episodic with Oliver crossing out names on the list and maybe coming across some DC villains each episode. Also you have probably noticed but I am now putting screen shots of the villains or heroes at the beginning of the review because the first screenshot is the one which everyone sees before they click on the review so I thought it would be better for it to be a relevant/important character in the episode.
SCORE: 7/10
Highlights: China White
The Flashbacks/Moira's secret meeting
The fight scenes in this series so far have just been great
Let - Downs: Laurel and Thea
If not for adding a comic book villain this wouldn't have stood out to much from the Pilot
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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