

Laurel stops by to chat about how he wasn’t there after they made the beast with two backs. I just love the scenes between Moira and Oliver. Then he tells her he is going to stop the Undertaking, no matter the cost. Oliver takes that moment to tell her how Robert really died. She insists there is no stopping what is going to happen and that she just wants to keep her family safe. Oliver goes to his mom and begs her to help him stop Malcolm. Really? This costs him his badge? All of his screw-ups and misuses of police resources and this gets him canned? He even confesses to his boss that he’s covertly been in contact with the vigilante. Lance shocks me to my core by believing The Hood. Tommy responds saying, “I wish you had died on that island.” He instead tries to distract Tommy by letting him know his daddy is a big ol’ crazy person. Oliver doesn’t really defend his failure to acknowledge bros before hos. That is to say, Oliver’s nailing of Laurel. He shows up at the club and confronts Oliver about his former friend’s violation of the bro code. The scene ends with a wonderful little plea from Felicity that actually seems to put a dent in Lance’s bitterness. He more or less begs Lance to get people out of the danger zone.

Oliver rings up his frenemy to let Lance know about the imminent destruction of the Glades. Happily it gets aborted by a call from The Hood. I mean, the inestimable Felicity Smoak having her computer kung fu tracked back to her by a computer tech at the local cop shop? I am not really on board with this plot point. She’s then taken into custody by Detestable Detective Lance, who inexplicably has managed to pin all of her hacking activities on her. They let Felicity know of the jailbreak, who is pleased.

I think this is like microchipping a beloved pet in case they end up lost. Oliver had the foresight to put a tracker in his boot. But even better, Diggs arrives a second later. So he’s basically giving Oliver a time-out while he completes his Evil Master Plan. Malcolm is still trying to keep his promise to not hurt Moira’s family. This is a rare case where the villain not killing the hero makes sense. I may or may not have that picture as my desktop background. Malcolm responded with a total kicking of Oliver’s ass. Previously, Oliver confronted Malcolm Merlyn ( John Barrowman) about how he failed Starling City. How appropriate that it’s Fyers who gets to be his first. But we had to have this moment because this was the very first time Oliver kills someone with a bow. Seriously, show, Shado is no one’s helpless prisoner, especially not Fyers’. Shado also survived, and because she’s female she naturally gets to be the hostage. Slade survived, making some snarky comment to Oliver and promising celebratory snuggles. Oliver goes running through the wreckage looking for the rest of the Super Friends. Anyway, the missile changes course and heads straight for Magical Ninja Island. This show gets a little fuzzy on details sometimes. How? I have no idea and if I try to figure it out I think my brain might explode. He stabs (and presumably kills) one of the cronies and then frees Shado and the ass-kicking gets underway.Īfter some fisticuffs, the missile launcher is seized and the endangered airliner is saved. Then he leaps into action with a moderate amount of competence. Oliver finally saws through his bonds, after like hours of working on it. When last we left our trio of Super Friends, they had been caught by the nasty little jerk Fyers who then proceeded to murder Yao Fei in front of them. We have lots to cover, so let’s start with Magical Ninja Island. So, season one of Arrow has ended, bringing with it shocks and twists and turns and, for this recapper, about two liters of tears.

The season finale is here! Will Malcolm’s evil scheme succeed? Will all of Team Arrow survive? Will Roy take off his shirt?
