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Hmm I guess a bunch of sources are saying Malcolm isn't dead. I could've sworn I thought Ollie killed him and just lied to Tommy. I guess it would make sense to keep him around as the physical archer rival to Ollie.
 
What kind of sources?

I guess it's unfair to say a bunch of sources. I just checked the Arrow wiki and it stated that Oliver didn't actually kill him. Maybe they are just speculating or some clown threw it up without confirmation, but I assumed whoever keeps that up to date knows more than me. I guess we won't know officially know until season 2. I coulda sworn he died, but I could see them keeping him around.

edit: Amell did say in some interview that Ollie's reasons for being the Hood end in season 1, he fulfilled his father's wish or what not, and if he were to resume being a vigilante in season 2 it would have to be for completely different reasons. Kinda makes me think Malcolm is a goner.
 
So does this episode confirms Malcolm is Ollie real dad?
I mean they both took a arrow to the chest and probably survived.

Tommy got a piece of iron through its chest and didn't survived. If only he lifted he could have lifted that stone from laural and be out within 5 secs. I just blame it on roy like i always do.

Dam feels rip Tommy it should have been laural or roy :'(
You were alpha as fuark this episode.
 
I thought this was a meh finale.

Leave good guy around in chains in a room with no one directly watching him with a gun pointed to his head... check

Have good guy not kill bad guy despite everything he has done... check (If above rumors turn out true)

Let a character that was interesting and not an annoying cast member die... check

Sure all cliches you can ignore (and many more not listed) I just hoped for more. Still will check out S2 only for more Manu.
 
Killing off Tommy seemed counter-productive to me, given that the character is one of the more engaging and is probably the best actor in the cast. Other than that, I greatly enjoyed this finale (although not as much as the last episode, which I watched just before). John Barrowman's raving scene was my favorite, totally unhinged. Never knew the guy had it in him.

But seriously. Why couldn't it have been Roy? Or Thea? Or Laurel? Or Laurel's dad?
 
But man, what an ending that was! The heroes... failed. Villain succeeded. He blew up half the Glades. So many potential directions for Season 2 to go in.

Hey man, if we're keeping score here the heroes only half failed! I imagine if both of the devices went off the damage would have been insane, probably spilled out past the glades a bit. Oddly enough I figured there would be 2 devices in the end simply because based on how big that city is shown to be it seemed like it would make more sense to have one on each side.

Thought the season was pretty awesome overall, I'm not a comic book guy or anything so I am not approaching it from that angle, but I enjoyed what I saw. I think looking back at all the episodes I only have 2 complaints really. The first one being with Diggle, I think he's a cool character but he literally did jack shit the entire season, I am not sure if he is a character from the comic series or anything but I never felt like he had a purpose through the season, even in the "final fight" where they team up to take Malcolm on together all he really did was miss like 3 shots, throw about 3 punches, and then got stabbed. That pretty much sums up his relevance through the entire season imo.

Other thing is just how much bs romance crap is in the show. I am not openly against romantic subplots or anything (I will go as far as to say I am a softy for it when done correctly) but ohhhh myyyyy goddddd it's all so forced in this show. The only genuine relationship all season was Tommy and Laurel which I thought was really good but everything else just felt like it existed to cross off some checklist somewhere on trying to reach some tween female demographic or something, blech. I can't blame them for having it but it's annoying how much time gets wasted on it.
 
Damn....ballsy finale. Making Malcom live while Tommy dies. Not going the cliche Osborn route? Actually destroying half of the glades?

So damn good.

I just wish it was Laurel who died instead of Tommy :(

Also...we need the soundtrack... Malcom's theme is so awesome.
Thanks for that, the UK is a week behind America.
 
argh way to kill off the most interesting character

Tommy went through some dumb script shit in show, they completely forgot after first episode what doing with him. The guy was wide awake during the ambush in first episode even showing him with eyes open but was never brought up or mentioned again. Then they turn him into a moody baby for basically no reason during olivers reveal to be the archer.

Iam glad they avoided the green goblin route but man felt they could have used him much better doesn't help they still have unlikable characters like Thea walking around.

Still manu is a regular next season hopefully we get Deathstroke rolling in Sterling City not just confined to more Island flashbacks
 
Hey man, if we're keeping score here the heroes only half failed! I imagine if both of the devices went off the damage would have been insane, probably spilled out past the glades a bit. Oddly enough I figured there would be 2 devices in the end simply because based on how big that city is shown to be it seemed like it would make more sense to have one on each side.

Thought the season was pretty awesome overall, I'm not a comic book guy or anything so I am not approaching it from that angle, but I enjoyed what I saw. I think looking back at all the episodes I only have 2 complaints really. The first one being with Diggle, I think he's a cool character but he literally did jack shit the entire season, I am not sure if he is a character from the comic series or anything but I never felt like he had a purpose through the season, even in the "final fight" where they team up to take Malcolm on together all he really did was miss like 3 shots, throw about 3 punches, and then got stabbed. That pretty much sums up his relevance through the entire season imo.

Other thing is just how much bs romance crap is in the show. I am not openly against romantic subplots or anything (I will go as far as to say I am a softy for it when done correctly) but ohhhh myyyyy goddddd it's all so forced in this show. The only genuine relationship all season was Tommy and Laurel which I thought was really good but everything else just felt like it existed to cross off some checklist somewhere on trying to reach some tween female demographic or something, blech. I can't blame them for having it but it's annoying how much time gets wasted on it.
Its a little much at times but I still like that we get it. its not something we would get much in a cartoon, comic or movie.
 
I was thinking this was what was going to happen. As soon as it was revealed there was a backup Earthquake machine I thought something would happen that would expose people in the Glades and give them superpowers somehow with Laurel finally becoming Black Canary. Pleasantly surprised they didn't go that direction though. I don't really think this show needs to go that route quite yet.

Calm yourself dude. It's never going that way at all.

This is Nolan Verse Green Arrow we are being given.


Not even budget-wise. More like...I'm more accustomed to CW being 90210, Gossip Girl, etc. I know Supernatural is CW too, but I always associate the channel with the terrible teen girl shows. Haha.

CW's previous incarnation did Buffy, Angel. ...and 7th Heaven.

They Arrow does fit into the type of shows they do when you think about the family drama and romantic plots.
Laurel was so fucking useless this episode. I hope Tommy's death does us all a favor and puts a kibosh on that relationship cause now we have the shadows of Tommy and Sarah's deaths overlooking this relationship. It's ridiculous.

I hate to break this to you but they are going to hammer us to death with "we can't be together" romantic plot. I would be happy if Felicity or Shadoo quickly put an end to that tripe.


I'm glad Tommy went out the way he did, the only other route for him was Harry Osbourne,

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I don't buy the theories that Barrowman and Tommy will somehow live. Barrowman clearly died in front of Ollie before telling him about the second bomb,

Tommy becoming a villain wasn't a gimme. It was nice the writers had the balls to not copy Spiderman.

Barrowman is alive. Ollie stabbed himself to stab Barrowman and Ollie lived. The only thing that makes Barrowman living ambiguous is that the arrow only pierced Ollie's midsection while it was angled upward near Merlyn's heart.
 
I don't buy the theories that Barrowman and Tommy will somehow live. Barrowman clearly died in front of Ollie before telling him about the second bomb, and Ollie would never let him live. He has no remorse, he's going to kill the people on the list, and he's going to make sure a psychopath that blew up half the city and nearly killed him twice will never see the light of day again. He just straight up lied to Tommy to ease his suffering I guess. And Tommy is clearly dead, I don't see how anyone can think he's coming back, he got crushed and stabbed right through the fucking heart, he's gone.
Tommy still alive theories? Yeah that's stupid. But Malcom should still be alive. By the time Oliver told Tommy he didn't kill his dad, they were both suffering from the same injury. If he dies, it would be post-finale.
 
To all the people thinking Malcolm is alive and:

Tommy asked him if he killed his dad and he said no

That was clearly just a lie so Tommy could die easier. Malcolm is clearly stabbed through the heart. I guess they did it in a way where they could bullshit bringing him back but to me it seems his death was intended based on just this episode. Not that I wouldn't mind him back as Barrowman is great, I just really think the dude is a goner.

Thanks for that, the UK is a week behind America.

Why are you in this topic the day it premieres then? Moreover, why single out that one post when pretty much every post is saying the same thing, many in more detail?

Calm yourself dude. It's never going that way at all.

This is Nolan Verse Green Arrow we are being given.

I hope you're right, this show doesn't need superpowers. Just with them seemingly setting up Laurel to be Black Canary it seems sort of inevitable. I am happy with them never introducing them though if they go that route.


Barrowman is alive. Ollie stabbed himself to stab Barrowman and Ollie lived. The only thing that makes Barrowman living ambiguous is that the arrow only pierced Ollie's midsection while it was angled upward near Merlyn's heart.

I don't know how you can say this definitively. It piercing Ollie's midsection and Merlyn's heart is exactly how I interpreted it also. That isn't the same injury. An arrow in the heart = dead.
 
Its a little much at times but I still like that we get it. its not something we would get much in a cartoon, comic or movie.

I don't mind it, I am all for more romantic plots if they want to use them, I just want it to be believable. Literally every scene with Roy and Thea was terrible, and I actually don't have a problem with either of those characters outside of when they are together. Thea just seemed like a tool to get Roy involved with the main plot somehow but nothing about their relationship felt real.

And Oliver + every girl except Helena was pretty terrible too, though, not as bad as Roy and Thea. It actually bothered me a little how they would seemingly throw a love interest at Oliver only to remove her a few episodes later with a new replacement.
 
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Arrow: chain climb, deep throat, I Took an Arrow in the Chest, roof top shoot out, ;(

Det. Chesthair: sigh

Diggle: hand shake

Felicity: sit down

Laurel: kiss

Roy: fight, shock

Shado: cry, breakin' neck

Speedy: shock

Tommy: punch

It's amazing that without eye make up you can clearly see his face.

Nice finale, plenty of amusing bits.
 
To all the people thinking Malcolm is alive and:



That was clearly just a lie so Tommy could die easier. Malcolm is clearly stabbed through the heart. I guess they did it in a way where they could bullshit bringing him back but to me it seems his death was intended based on just this episode. Not that I wouldn't mind him back as Barrowman is great, I just really think the dude is a goner.



Why are you in this topic the day it premieres then? Moreover, why single out that one post when pretty much every post is saying the same thing, many in more detail?



I hope you're right, this show doesn't need superpowers. Just with them seemingly setting up Laurel to be Black Canary it seems sort of inevitable. I am happy with them never introducing them though if they go that route.




I don't know how you can say this definitively. It piercing Ollie's midsection and Merlyn's heart is exactly how I interpreted it also. That isn't the same injury. An arrow in the heart = dead.
If it would hit him in the heart he would die instantly, instead of talking few sentences before collapsing
 
Still manu is a regular next season hopefully we get Deathstroke rolling in Sterling City not just confined to more Island flashbacks

I don't think this is what's going to happen. Ollie was on that island for 5 years. Do we have any idea of the passing of time so far? It can't have been more than a year.
 
I don't mind it, I am all for more romantic plots if they want to use them, I just want it to be believable. Literally every scene with Roy and Thea was terrible, and I actually don't have a problem with either of those characters outside of when they are together. Thea just seemed like a tool to get Roy involved with the main plot somehow but nothing about their relationship felt real.

And Oliver + every girl except Helena was pretty terrible too, though, not as bad as Roy and Thea. It actually bothered me a little how they would seemingly throw a love interest at Oliver only to remove her a few episodes later with a new replacement.

Yeah I kinda dislike Roy & Thea too.

Laurel I put up with because of Black Canary. Shado is a different type of love interest.
They really screwed Huntress up. guess Felictiy will stay as is.
 
I don't think this is what's going to happen. Ollie was on that island for 5 years. Do we have any idea of the passing of time so far? It can't have been more than a year.

He's been there for 2-3 inches of hair growth. When he finally gets rescued he has a full beard and long hair. Basically all we have to base island time on is beard time.
 
For a show I intended to skip it did very well entertaining me the whole season. I have to say the ending was ballsy as hell. Kill Tommy & level the Glades. Didn't even see it coming and I'm usually good at seeing those types of things coming from a mile away. Should be interesting in Season 2 where they take this other than the no duh of Thea, Roy & Laurel learning what Oliver does and in one way or another joining the team. Season 2 is going to be a long wait for my next Felicity fix. GATDAMN!!


I'm dying over here!! And with E3 coming up I need to gather the GIF army. Thank You!
 
I wanted to give props to the choreography team. This series has fantastic fights. Nolan's movies don't even come close to how awesome these fights are (though the Bane Sewer fight was indeed very awesome, but for other reasons). Seriously, the rooftop battle was great.

Did someone say Moira prison fanfic? You can all bet it's coming.

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At least Ollie learns from his mistakes.

But I mean, Malcolm survived a bomb going off in his hand. He probably survived a measly arrow to the chest.

I guess with Tommy's death, it gives Oliver his "My Biggest Failure" moment.
 
I'm interested to see what they do next season with this. IMO, if they're not careful, S02 could be the last if they go too cheesy.

I must agree though in saying I'm happy they did actually level half the glades and they killed Tommy. Shows they are trying to break cliches.
 
Loved the finale, badass! This is getting a second season, right?
It was the first CW show to be renewed this year (together with Supernatural and The Vampire Diaries) so The CW has a lot of confidence in the show. And honestly they should, it is in their top 3 and their first hit debut since they launched The Vampire Diaries.
 
The next time someone has me in a choke hold I'm going to find a long, sharp object and stab myself with it in order to stab that person as well.
 
From io9 review

The second moment of glory belongs to hurricane Thea. She provides the one moment of hilarity in this episode. She watches her mother confess to being an accomplice to multiple murders, being part of a conspiracy to commit thousands more murders, and doing all this under the threat of family annihilation. She watches her mother get arrested. Her mother comes up to her and says, "I love you." And Thea says, "I love Roy!" Moira's confused delivery of "Roy?" is a delight. Thea then yells that Roy is in the Glades, and as Moira helplessly screams after her not to go to the Glades, she goes stomping off to the Glades. Into an evacuation zone. With no practical skills of any kind. For a boyfriend with a functional pair of legs and an ability to steal cars. To summarize my reaction to this, I have to turn to Tai from Clueless. What, exactly, are you going to do, Thea?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=x6JMscoL5Zo


That youtube link is ICE COLD.
 
I hate to break this to you but they are going to hammer us to death with "we can't be together" romantic plot. I would be happy if Felicity or Shadoo quickly put an end to that tripe.

I really hope they don't waste 500 episodes on shit like this, I swear to god half of Smallville's runtime was occupied by "WE CAN'T BE TOGETHER FOR REASON X,Y,Z,B,D,F." There's only so much you can take before it becomes stupid and an obvious attempt to drag out an uninteresting romance/storyline.
 
To all the people thinking Malcolm is alive and:



That was clearly just a lie so Tommy could die easier. Malcolm is clearly stabbed through the heart. I guess they did it in a way where they could bullshit bringing him back but to me it seems his death was intended based on just this episode. Not that I wouldn't mind him back as Barrowman is great, I just really think the dude is a goner.

Ollie's wound is in the same place as Malcolm's if you look. Id assume it was meant to hit closer to the shoulder than the heart, they just didn't pay close enough attention when detailing the wounds. I am pretty confident that Malcolm is alive.
 
Malcolm is alive and presumably in jail. Season 2 or 3 will introduce a bad guy that releases him for an evil team-up forcing Ollie to kill him; or a villain that evil emerges that Malcom confronts him and he one-shot kills him. They can still use him.
 
Tommy still alive theories? Yeah that's stupid. But Malcom should still be alive. By the time Oliver told Tommy he didn't kill his dad, they were both suffering from the same injury. If he dies, it would be post-finale.

Malcom is dead. Tommy is dead. I don't understand why people think differently. Also I don't get people saying that Tommy was the best actor on the show. I thought he was horrible, even for CW standards.
 
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