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| Blood for President! |
The episode begins with Arrow trying to find more information on Brother Blood but is unsuccessful and we find out Felicity is visiting Barry who is in a coma, in a Flashback Slade has buried Shado (also giving Oliver her green hood) and Sara tells Oliver to keep what really happened a secret or Slade will kill him. Oliver is later supporting Sebastian's bid for Mayor at The Verdant however elsewhere a government building is blown up by serial bomber Mark Scheffer AKA Shrapnel (Sean Maher). In a Flashback Slade wants to gear up and kill Ivo but then starts to choke Oliver when he tries to dissuade him from it, in the present Felicity returns and Laurel starts to investigate Sebastian more by first asking him of his connection to Gold. Thea later notices Roy has been acting strangely and when Arrow meets with Quentin another building is blown up nearby however he loses Shrapnel when Felicity loses his signal. Oliver later has a falling out with her about this and in a Flashback Slade has come to his senses but Oliver says it must be the Mirakuru affecting him.
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| "I could snap your neck like a twig boy!" |
Laurel later asks Quentin for help in finding out more about Sebastian and Arrow later visits Sebastian to convince him not to hold his next rally as it would be a target for Shrapnel however Sebastain refuses. Felicity later finds the address of Shrapnel however Arrow is then trapped there when he is surrounded by beams connected to explosives however he manages to shoot out the power box meanwhile Diggle and Quentin are at the rally keeping an eye out but Moira, Thea and Roy are in attendance. Diggle and Felicity manage to diffuse the bomb and Arrow stops Shrapnel who is later arrested, while this happens Roy manages to stop a light platform falling on Moira however he evades questioning by Thea later. Felicity and Oliver later make up for earlier and Oliver visiting Sebastian (as Arrow) agreeing to work with him to help Starling City, in a Flashback Ivo contacts the group over the radio and says he will get them off the island for the Mirakuru samples however Slade then disappears. The episode ends with Laurel visiting Sebastian's aunt, Maya Resik, in a mental hospital however Maya reveals that she is Sebastian's mother and says Sebastian killed his own father and locked her up here.
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| "Yeah I can use guns too" |
Finally we get some more background on Sebastian/Brother Blood and he is really becoming an intriguing villain who I am liking more and more. He is kind of like the opposite of Oliver because they are both leading double lives to fix Starling City in their own way, Sebastian's however includes teaming up with Slade and creating an army of super soldiers. He also has a really good, tragic backstory when he was talking with Laurel however we don't know just how much of that is true from what we got at the end. Sebastian does really seem to hide a dark side if he is capable of killing his father and imprisoning his mother and I guess that side of him comes out when he puts on the skull mask. I am glad Sebastian/Brother Blood was introduced in this series because Sebastian could have been a great character by himself but his Brother Blood persona is making him out to be one of the best Arrow villains. Plus when he is the good Sebastian running for Mayor it is just hard to believe that he is a bad guy but that is because of the great actor who plays him.
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| "Miss Lance are you trying to seduce me?" |
We also get some more insight into Mirakuru as well because it looks like it affects the users mind as well as his body because of what has been happening with Slade and Roy. It is interesting seeing Slade deal with the side affects and I am guessing he is going to find out the truth about Shado's death sooner or later because that is probably the reason he wants to get back at Oliver in the present. As for Roy he has always been one of my favourite Arrow characters and I am glad he is going to deal with Mirakuru which will kind of mirror how Slade had to deal with it. Since Roy has been on a one man quest to fix the Glades this season I wonder if he will now continue to do that with his new powers.
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| "I am in quite the pickle now" |
As for the rest of the episode I didn't like the conflict between Felicity and Oliver because it felt really forced in more than anything. Since they have been working together for so long I just get that they can fall out over a petty fight however at least it was done with quick. I also didn't like the villain of the week this episode because he just didn't leave much of an impression and just seemed like a diversion away from Mirakuru and the Flashbacks. Plus he barely shared anything in common with his comic counterpart who had actual powers so that was a real shame. However I did like the trap he set for Oliver because it was badass how he had to stay completely still in the beam and Felicity and Diggle diffusing the bomb at the rally cool.
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| Now that has got to hurt |
Overall it was a good episode because that should have made Sebastian and Mirakuru the sole focus.
SCORE: 7/10
Highlights: More background on Sebastian
The Flashbacks
Roy dealing with Mirakuru
Let - Downs: Oliver and Felicity conflict
Shrapnel wasn't that great
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