The Review at the End of the Universe
“My Name is Oliver Queen” Arrow season 3 comes to an end and with it Arrow’s conflict with the immortal Ra’s Al Ghul while Starling City hangs in the balance…again. At least Quentin Lance makes reference to that. Starling City has been under major threat at the same time of year three years running so…
“This Is Your Sword” Team Arrow continue to struggle on knowing that the Oliver Queen they knew and trusted has been forever lost as they try to stop the destruction of Starling City. What were the Arrow writers thinking by showing us that Oliver’s Al Sah-Him persona was a trick to get close to the…
“Al Sah-Him” Arrow picks up the pieces from Oliver’s acceptance of Ra’s Al Ghul’s offer and begins the long process of ascension to that throne. Having Oliver become the villain of his own story is an interesting twist that I really didn’t expect. From earlier conversations it was set up that once Oliver became the…
“The Fallen” A very strange episode of Arrow that throws a lot of different concepts at the audience and definitely has a lot to keep up with. Turns out I was 100% right about what Oliver’s next step would be. Of course I’d have had that spoiled if I watched trailers but I prefer to…
“Broken Arrow” It’s all a bit of a mess for Team Arrow at this point. Quentin Lance knows his secret and Roy has turned himself in so that Oliver can be free. It’s a pretty Kobayashi Maru situation that’s for sure. First of all I’ll say that Oliver being found innocent because they have a…
Season 3 Episode 18 – “Public Enemy” Things escalate for Team Arrow as the Starling City Police Department begin an all out manhunt for the Arrow. A secret identity is one of the most important things to masked vigilante if they want to keep being effective in their mission to protect the city. Oliver Queen…
Season 3 Episode 17 – “Suicidal Tendencies” Lots going on in this week’s Arrow. We see Lyla and Diggle get married, Ray go into full Atom mode, the return of the suicide squad while still continuing with Ra’s Al Ghul’s plan to discredit the Arrow. It’s a lot to put in a single episode and…
Season 3 Episode 16 – “The Offer” Well Arrow, break’s over and now it’s time to provide us with some answers. Specifically the answer to the very loaded offer made to Oliver by Ra’s Al Ghul at the end of the previous episode. Much of the running time of this episode is devoted to the…
Season 3 Episode 15 – “Nanda Parbat” Arrow goes back to Nanda Parbat and prepares for another hiatus as Oliver prepares to challenge Ra’s Al Ghul for a second time. The majority of the episode was character focused with all of the current characters given some really strong material to play with. Of course Oliver’s…
Season 3 Episode 14 – “The Return” The title of this episode of Arrow works on so many levels this week. We have Oliver returning to Lian Yu which gives us the return of Slade Wilson as well as the flashbacks chronicling Oliver’s return to Starling City for 24 hours. I did appreciate that the…
