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| DEATHSTROKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
The episode begins with a gangster named Cyrus Vanch being released from Iron Heights and kills his former lawyer so he can take his mansion. At the Arrowcave Oliver doesn't want to believe his mom has anything to do with the list of names and we then get a Flashback to where Oliver has found a downed plane but is attacked by an Australian man (Manu Bennett) who holds a sword to his throat. At the SCPD Quentin hates that support for The Hood is growing and at the Queen Manor Moira refuses to answer any questions about the book and burns it which to Diggle is proof she is involved in something. Meanwhile Laurel is angry with the release of Cyrus and calls The Hood on the phone she got and Oliver agrees to meet with her, both are unaware that Quentin is listening in thanks to the bug. Cyrus wants to get rid of The Hood to strike fear into his rivals and when Laurel meets with The Hood, after ditching Tommy, Quentin arrives but Oliver manages to quickly get away after knocking him out. Laurel expresses her outrage later at this but Quentin insists The Hood must be stopped and asks for the phone back which disgusts her.
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| "There's no room for vigilantism in this town......until my daughter's kidnapped" |
Diggle has meanwhile been following Moira which angers Oliver at first but he then agrees to it, elsewhere Tommy tells Laurel that he thinks The Hood is just a killer. In a Flashback after the man says he has been working with Yao Fei for months to get off the island he and Oliver spar but Oliver is easily overpowered and knocked out while in the present Laurel is kidnapped by Cyrus when he learns from his police mole that Laurel met with The Hood. Diggle continues to follow Moira and uses a listening device to hear her talking to Malcolm about something called The Undertaking and moves the Queen's Gambit (Diggle however does not know she is talking to Malcolm). When Tommy finds Laurel's apartment trashed and a message from Cyrus he tells Quentin who then asks The Hood for help because he can't trust his fellow officers, we then get a Flashback and Oliver has escaped from being tied up which impresses his captor who introduces himself as Slade Wilson. The Hood and Quentin rescue Laurel however she wants nothing to do with Quentin because she cannot trust him anymore. We get another Flashback and Oliver finds a black and yellow mask and Slade says that he and his best friend, Billy Wintergreen, where part of a special forces team that used the masks and they became stranded on the island while trying to rescue Yao Fei; Wintergreen joined Fyers but Slade didn't. The episode ends with Oliver going over the recording Diggle had made again and then deciding to break into her office as The Hood to question her.
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| "You have failed this city mom!" |
YES!! We got the introduction to the real Deathstroke; Slade Wilson. I knew they had to introduce the real one sooner or later and I'm glad its when we still got a lot of episodes to go in season one. First of Manu Bennett is a great choice to play Slade because the guy just looks so damn intimidating and I also glad that we got a bit of backstory to his connection with Wintergreen, I'm sure he will elaborate more on it soon. We also got a cool scene of him kicking Oliver's ass but I am glad that he decided to work with Oliver in the end; it would be cool to see them plan, train and take the offense to Fyers. So no complaints here it was a perfect casting of a character who I am sure will be a great addition to the Flashbacks and if they stick closely to his comic book counterpart when he is on action he is going to be a one man army.
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| Be great to see more sword fighting in this |
Besides from the Flashback we had some interesting events in the present with it focusing more on Quentin and Laurel. I said before that I like Quentin but he can be a bit of an jerk, well that is an understatement in this episode. Hated that Quentin bugged that phone because it was a really bad move, especially when he followed Laurel on the roof and tired to arrest Oliver and then he turned in to a complete hypocrite and worked with him in the end. In contrast I liked Laurel in this episode because she is cooperating more with The Hood and I am glad he cold shouldered Quentin because he really deserved it and I'll guess we'll see how long it lasts. Plus I think her working and meeting with The Hood made makes more sense than Iris meeting The Flash and that's probably because they did a better job of Laurel slowing appreciating what The Hood does and building it up than Iris just starting some stupid blog just to cause a problem for Barry and S.T.A.R labs. Even though I said that I didn't like Quentin in this episode I do like the whole conflict between him and Laurel it is a highlight.
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| "If I can't be Arrow maybe I'll be James Bond" |
As for the rest of the episode I didn't care at all for the supposed main villain Cyrus because out off all the villains shown he is the most forgettable and mediocre. The only good thing about him was that it was cool seeing Quentin and The Hood fighting through the guards to get to him. He is obviously just a villain of the week but they didn't really make Cyrus interesting at all in my opinion. However like always Diggle is a standout and it was cool seeing him spying on Moira and he is always right Oliver has a blind spot where his family is concerned.
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| "Try to act more scared, I got a rep to maintain" |
Overall this episode was probably just as good as the previous one and it was really the Flashbacks with Slade and the moments with Diggle that was the best parts. and I'll wonder if The Hood will be able to get any answers out of Moira. Oh yeah if you haven't noticed I am also trying to squeeze the plot explanation into two large paragraphs from now on.
SCORE: 6/10
Highlights: Slade Wilson introduction and the Flashbacks
Quentin and Laurel conflict
Super Spy Diggle
Let - Downs: Lacklustre villain
Oliver was a tad hard headed for not listening to Diggle
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