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| Now that is a creepy mask! |
The episode begins with Felicity covering for Oliver who is busy as Arrow stopping an arms shipment to the Glades, when he does arrive at the party he agrees to work with Sebastian and sponsor a "Guns for Cash" event in the wake of a mob boss called The Mayor taking over the Glades. Laurel is also there and seen abusing drink (*shaking head*) and is later watched by Black Canary who is then tied up by Arrow (Felicity having told him earlier that she is following Laurel). Black Canary escapes but not before Arrow realizes it was Sara Lance (Caity Lotz), Laurel's supposedly deceased sister. Oliver tells Diggle and Felicity that he knew she didn't die on the Queen's Gambit but saw her die a year later, Sara is then talks to Sin about seeing her dad and sister. Laurel then abuses drink in front of her boss and is pulled over for drink driving (*shaking head again*) which prompts Quentin to warn her about addiction however she doesn't listen. Sara then visits Oliver to ask him not to tell her family she is alive and then Quentin shows up (Sara hides) and asks Oliver for help with Laurel, in a flashback Oliver is shot by the pirates but is helped by another prisoner Anatoly Knyazev (David Nykl).
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| Bet you thought it couldn't get worse than Fyers |
Oliver tries to talk to Laurel about her recent troubles but again she does not listen and we have a Flashback and Oliver is questioned about the skeletons. The Mayor attacks the "Guns for Cash" event where Sin is injured and Oliver, Sebastian, Thea and Roy where all there however Felicity manages to get his location after this. Arrow and Black Canary team up to take the Mayor down but Arrow has to talk her out of killing him, later Oliver and Sebastian decide to work together to help Starling City. Oliver then meets Sara at the hospital and even though she doesn't want to reveal she is alive to her family she agrees to work with him, while this is happening Quentin is at his AA meeting and Laurel is seen abusing drugs with drink (*bloody hell*). The episode ends with a Flashback and Oliver finds out Sara is alive on the Amazo and in the present the Mayor is brought before a skull - masked man named Brother Blood (revealed to be Sebastian) who injects him with a green substance but dies.
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| "Now this is a change from my staff" |
We got quite the reveal that Sebastian is one of the antagonists of the season called Brother Blood, when I first watched this it was quite the surprise because I didn't expect it; Sebastian seemed like such a good guy! His mask was pretty damn cool if I say so myself and I like the way he uses a voice filter to make himself sound more menacing. I don't know what he injected the Mayor with but it seems like death wasn't what he was hoping for but since Sebastian is obviously a major character this season I'm sure we will find out more in time. For those who don't know Brother Blood is a minor villain in the comics some I'm glad a less known one is having the spotlight in live action.
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| "I got the guns now where is my cash?" |
I didn't really care that much for the other antagonist, The Mayor, since he was just the villain of the week however at least we got to see Arrow and Black Canary team up (I just like team ups!). Again I was surprised to find Black Canary was Sara because apart from supposed to being dead Laurel is Black Canary in the comics (her mother also is but I doubt she will be in live action). Of course since she was already in previous episodes I thought it was someone new who would train Laurel at first but anyway I glad we got her identity now and the Flashbacks are getting better and interesting now that she will be apart from them. I can't wait to see what happens which makes Oliver thinks that she died again after the sinking of Queen's Gambit?
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| Shouldn't a secret meeting be at night? |
As for everything else in this episodes I liked how Sebastian and Oliver want to work together to help Starling City (of course at the end it is revealed they both have duel identities lol) and Roy, Thea and Sin got some good scenes together. However what really ruined this for me was the direction that Laurel is going in now and that is being a drink and drug abuser; hated this decision the second I saw it because we had to go through this with Thea in season one and now again? I know she has recently been through a lot but why did it have to be drink and drugs? Are they trying to make build sympathy for her because honestly I don't feel that to anyone who does drink and drugs and it just makes her out to be an incredibly weak character. Plus her stupid attitude with her father and Oliver doesn't help because if she keeps ignoring them (Did she admit to Quentin last episode she got Tommy killed for being too stubborn?) it is going to take her ages to get over this; after seeing her not do much in season one and now seeing what the writers are doing with her she is unworthy of ever being Black Canary.
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| "Now this is a change from my bow" |
Overall we had some great reveals in this but it is the weakest episode so far largely thanks to that b***h Laurel.
SCORE: 6/10
Highlights: Arrow and Black Canary team up
Sara Lance back and the Flashbacks
Sebastian as Brother Blood
Let - Downs: Laurel really ruined this
Didn't care for the Mayor
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