Arrow season 1 ep 21 how to#

Slade acknowledges her bravery, laments that her son lacks this trait, and then runs her through with his sword, killing her.ДЄnd now you know why we saved the flashback for last. Slade isn't having it, and neither is Moira, who bravely places herself between Slade and her children. We all know how that ended, including Oliver, who chooses to sacrifice himself this time instead. Ivo pointing a gun and forcing Oliver to choose whether Sara or Shado got to live. It seems that Slade has orchestrated a very similar scenario, one that saw Dr. Oliver wakes up in a daze, seeing the faces of Shado, Slade, Moira, and Thea swimming before him. Now, back to THAT THING THAT HAPPENED! After Roy's sedated (and Felicity gets her dumplings), the Queen family appears to be on the mend until a vehicle broadsides their limo. It feels telegraphed, but time will tell if I'm right.

It smacks more of plot convenience, ie Sara abandoning the team in their darkest hour so that she can swoop in from the shadows at a future time when they need it most. It was a bit out of left field for me when Sara decided to up and leave towards episode's end.

Arrow season 1 ep 21 how to#

While the conflict in this case is how to handle Roy (to kill or not to kill), the disagreement speaks more to the irreconcilable difference between Sara and Oliver (even though Sara managed to resist killing Helena in an earlier episode, and Ollie steps in before she puts Roy down in 'Seeing Red'). Things started off all nice and sweet, but as we've seen before, the two team leaders have very different ideas about how they should go about things: Sara tends to jump to the extreme option while Ollie wants to give people the benefit of the doubt.

Speaking of character depth, the relationship between Oliver and Sara took a major dive this week. I will say, however, that the repercussions Roy will have to face in the future should be an interesting exploration and opportunity to deepen his character. There's just a more interesting way of doing it. He's flipping out, and seeing 'Kill, kill, kill!' visions I get it. I wish they would have done a bit more with Roy's arc in this episode, something more along the lines of a Jekyll and Hyde (or a Banner and Hulk) than simple rage tantrums. He's beaten up a bunch of random guys, given Sin ( Bex Taylor-Klaus) a black eye, broken Oliver's leg in a one-sided fight against Arrow and Canary, and nearly choked Thea to death by episode's end. Haynes doesn't have much to do in the way of dialogue in this episode as he's been reduced to a rage monster. Even though Thea is still pissed off at basically anyone and everyone that comes across her path in this episode, she still has a soft spot for Roy. Oliver talks her out of it, saying that it will go a long way toward showing that she's changed if she does good for the city as Mayor. Meanwhile, Moira ( Susanna Thompson) has pulled ahead of Sebastian Blood ( Kevin Alejandro) in the polls, but is considering dropping out of the race to focus on patching up the crumbling bonds with her remaining family members. Unfortunately for Oliver and Sara, it interrupts a rare moment of sweet silence they get to share together, where it seems as if they're both ready to take things to the next level in their relationship. This necessitates the entire team going out to find and subdue him before he can get into trouble. While the gang is trying to cure Roy, he reacts rather poorly to their attempts, tossing a surgical table and shoving Diggle out of the way before escaping. You'll remember that Slade had previously used Roy (and the powerful serum that flowed within his veins) to make his mini army of Mirakuru soldiers. When first we see the team this week, they're tending to Roy in the Foundry. We'll save that sequence until the recap's end since it ties in well with the episode's final shocker. No 'Island Time' this week, but we do get to spend a bit of time with mopey, dopey, pre-island Oliver.