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| Deathstroke and Arrow team up |
The episode begins with a still stunned Oliver wondering what Slade is doing here and Moira says he has made a donation to her campaign, in a Flashback Oliver is training with a bow to get ready for their attack. The group later decides to burn the rest of the Mirakuru samples and then have a toast to Shado meanwhile on the boat Ivo has received an update on his wife's poor condition and decides to experiment on Knyazev by preparing to remove one his eyes. Oliver then allows himself to get captured by the pirates so he can get on the boat, he is then interrogated by Ivo who injects truth serum into him. In the present Oliver tries to stab Slade while Moira briefly leaves the room however he is too quick for him, Thea then comes in and Slade then introduces himself and expresses his love for the art work the Queen's possess. Back on the boat Oliver tells Ivo that Sara and Slade are in the engine room however we then see that earlier Oliver was given a drug by Sara to counteract the truth serum. Sara and Slade are actually paragliding to the boat and when they make it on Slade goes to kill the pirates while Sara frees Oliver and the other prisoners.
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| Just like in the first episode |
In the present Oliver manages to discreetly call the Arrowcave where Sara recognizes Slade's voice and asks Diggle to bring a sniper rifle so they can kill him. In a Flashback Oliver finds Ivo but doesn't kill him but Slade walks in and Ivo tells him the truth of Shado's death which causes Slade to attack Oliver. The prisoners and pirates are in a furious fire fight however Sara along with several prisoners which include Knyazev and priest named Flynn jump overboard. Oliver prepares to as well but is caught by Slade who throws him in a cell and has even taken command of the ship. In the present Roy even goes to Queen Manor and Slade notices that he has Mirakuru as well before leaving however Diggle is knocked out by someone before he can take a shot, Slade then tells Oliver he will full fill his promise from five years ago. In a Flashback Slade cuts off Ivo's hand and then promises Oliver that he will know true despair, in the present Oliver and Moira fall out even more because Moira believe Oliver was being rude to Slade to ruin her campaign. The episode ends with Slade watching the Queen Manor through numerous camera, having planted them while he was there.
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| "You going to learn true despair boy" |
Just like in season one we got an episode that was heavily focused on the Flashbacks and just like the one last season it was so great! There was so much action when the group stormed the boat and the prisoners fought the pirates and again Slade proved just how awesome he is by taking on so many enemies with his new Mirakuru powers and donning his Deathstroke mask (It was such a great scene when those pirates where afraid of him). The gunfights that happened on the deck as well was cool as well as Oliver donning the green hood and proving to be a better archer with a great training montage and we got a fight between Oliver and Slade; all in all it was pretty action packed. Slade also learned what Oliver had done so this was the point where he turned into his enemy, so this does shed some more light on that. It is kind of sad though because throughout season one we see that Slade really came to value Oliver's friendship after fighting together with him and now that is gone forever. I thought Ivo would be killed in this episode but that hand cutting scene was damn gruesome, guess Ivo still has a part to play. Lastly we now have more survivors on the island with Sara and I wonder how they are going to get Oliver back from Slade, their roles have been reversed now.
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| "You've got no more secrets from me boy" |
As for the moments in the present they where really good as well because we got some intense scenes with Oliver trying to hide his hatred for Slade from his family. Slade proved that he can be quite the good actor by fooling both Moira and Thea and finding time to plant cameras all around the manor. We also see that Diggle is knocked out at the end so I wonder if it is just that or whether he is captured by Brother Blood's followers?
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| "I'm always the sniper on FPS games" |
Overall this was a great episode, this review may have seemed short but that is because it largely focused on just the one plot.
SCORE: 9/10
Highlights: Great action packed Flashbacks (Slade wearing his Deathstroke mask!)
The episode where Slade truly became an antagonist
Great moments in the present as well
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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