Due Process promo: - YouTube
LAUREL STEPS IN TO HELP OLIVER - Slabside becomes even more dangerous after a guard is murdered and everyone is a suspect. Felicity enlists help from a surprising source in her pursuit of Diaz, and Laurel flexes her muscles as the District Attorney.
So is anyone still watching? I feel like I’m just posting to a blog here.
I’m glad Diaz didn’t kill Anatoly. He may be a son of a bitch, but he’s our son of a bitch.
I like the Silencer’s device. It’s a great counter to not just one, but two sonic screams. The muting sound effect is rather cool, plus it’s the only thing that can shut up Felicity.
I’m still watching the thread, but I haven’t watched an episode of any CW DC shows this season.
I’m still watching (though I fell asleep somtime during last night’s episode – this is more on me and less on the excitment level of the episode).
Will watch it online soon.
Brian
OK, watched the Nov 19 episode. (I fell asleep just before the battle with Diaz)
I assume Oliver’s friend actually did kill the guard.
Any over/under for how many episodes before Diaz escapes? (I presume he has guards in his payroll)
Brian
Previews for the next episode show Diaz instigating a prison riot, so I presume he’s going to escape in the ensuing chaos.
That alone makes her a hero in my book.
The Slabside Redemption promo: - YouTube
JAMES BAMFORD DIRECTS AN EPIC EPISODE - Oliver makes a choice that will affect his entire life, as well as the lives of everyone he cares about.
I would have thought that choosing to go to prison would have done this, but what do I know?
OK, I guess I should have picked “Diaz escapes before even getting into prison”. I was right about having a guard on his side.
Brian
Kirk Acevedo as Diaz made for a really good villain. I’m going to miss him (the actor, that is), but I’m really glad the Dragon is finally gone. I’m going to guess that Oliver’s “friend” in prison is going to be the next Big Bad. He transformed from mousy inmate to straight-up psycho. Pretty good setup by the writers.
Are we SURE Diaz is gone? because he was (barely) alive when we last see him. Unless we see him unquestionably* dead I’m not counting him out (and maybe not even then)
Brian
*like his head and vital organs removed from his body and cremated separately. throw some into the sun and some into volcanoes
Unmasked promo: - YouTube
FELICITY MAKES CERTAIN DECISIONS FOR HER FAMILY - Felicity stands by her recent decisions regarding her family. Meanwhile, Diggle and Lyla continue to look into the Dante painting that Curtis found.
Well, Diaz is alive and at the moment seems reasonably secured. Will he required to be outside (even shackled) to provide the help John and Lyla want? And will he escape?
Brian
You were right, Diaz isn’t dead. And now A.R.G.U.S. wants to recruit him, possibly to form another Suicide Squad. This isn’t going to end well, is it?
It turns out the new Green Arrow is Oliver’s half sister. They haven’t revealed her name yet, but if they’re more or less sticking to the comics, she would be Emiko Queen. In the comics, she is Shado’s daughter; the TV show probably won’t go with that origin.
Next week is the Elseworlds three-way crossover between The Flash, Arrow, and Supergirl. In case you haven’t seen it yet, I’ve started a separate thread for the crossover here.
At some point, the episode title changed from “Shattered Lives” to “My Name is Emiko Queen”. The original promo released before the mid-season hiatus still has the original name. The new extended promo released last week has the new name. The following episode synopsis remains the same though.
Shattered Lives promo: - YouTube
My Name is Emiko Queen extended promo - YouTube
OLIVER RETURNS TO HIS REGULAR LIFE IN STAR CITY - Oliver is ready to get back to work with the SCPD and to focus on his marriage with Felicity. However, when Dinah tasks Oliver with tracking the new Green Arrow (Sea Shimooka) things take a surprising turn. Meanwhile, Diggle and Lyla must answer to ARGUS about Diaz.
Great callback to season 1. I am fairly certain that Blake Neely busted out the season 1 music, while Emiko was working on her list, the same theme music used for Oliver while he was working on his list. Was Emiko’s monologue the same as Oliver’s as well? It was, at least, quite similar. I quite enjoyed Emiko’s storyline and her teaming up with Rene. The A.R.G.U.S. stuff, not so much.
Rene will stop shaving his head at some point in the future. Rene with hair is not a good look. Also, isn’t the Glades just a neighborhood or district of Star City? I wouldn’t think it would be large enough to be sustainable as a relatively independent entity. Or maybe future Star City will go to pot and the Glades (with Mayor Wild Dog in charge) takes over the good stuff. They’ll still care enough about it to blow it up.
It appears I was right about them assembling another Suicide Squad, although Lyla didn’t seem to be too happy about it. Remind me, who is Dante and why does A.R.G.U.S. care so much about him?
Past Sins promo: - YouTube
DAVID RAMSEY DIRECTS HIS FIRST EPISODE OF ARROW - *The past comes back to haunt both Oliver and Laurel. Curtis is upset when he discovers that Diggle and Lyla have restarted The Ghost Initiative with Diaz (guest star Kirk Acevedo), China White (guest star Kelly Hu), Kane Wolfman (guest star Liam Hall) and Carrie Cutter (guest star Amy Gumenick). *
I commented in the Supergirl thread how the various season arcs well integrated with the episode plot. Even in The Flash, you can see how the various season plot threads are being woven together. This show, on the other hand, is meandering hither and yon with no apparent intention of consolidating the different plot elements.
Not to say that this was a bad episode. Curtis pulling the virtual reality trick with Diaz actually showed him to be Mr Terrific rather than Mr Terrible. We finally got to see some of Laurel-2’s backstory. The Felicity/Laurel-2 teamup is unexpectedly good. Hopefully in the future they’ll get together with Dinah again and we’ll see the Star City Sirens.
Emerald Archer promo: - YouTube
ARROW FILMS THEIR 150TH EPISODE AS A DOCUMENTARY ENTITLED “THE HOOD AND THE RISE OF VIGILANTES” NARRATED BY KELSEY GRAMMER - The 150th episode of “Arrow” showcases a documentary entitled “The Hood and the rise of vigilantism” starring Oliver Queen, Felicity Smoak, and the rest of Team Arrow. As a camera crew follows Oliver and team around to talk about their past as vigilantes and what the Green Arrow means to Star City, Oliver must also deal with William’s return from boarding school as well as a new threat to the city. The episode will feature “documentary footage” captured by the BTS crew and interviews from those who have worked alongside the Green Arrow. The documentary is narrated by Kelsey Grammer.
I rather liked the faux documentary. It had a different opening, complete with theatrical WB logo, and shot in a different style than the typical episode. They even brought back Quentin and Thea. I wish the episode had been like that, though I understand that there were some scenes where the documentary cameras wouldn’t have been present.
The future segment showed us Conner Hawke, A.K.A John Diggle, Jr., whom we saw dressed as the Green Arrow in the “Star City 2046” episode of Legends of Tomorrow.