Frank the Great
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Amazing.
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Arrow S5 |OT| You thought you were out, but Manu Bennett pulls you back in.
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TheMasterThief
Neo Member
One of the best scenes of the season!
Nope. Guggenheim wrote this.
MikeBreezy92
Member
I thought they were gonna have him kill himself anyways.
But I'm kinda glad they let Ollie be the hero.
But I'm kinda glad they let Ollie be the hero.
DangerMouse
Member
And there it is 
And they just hung up on him...ouch.
Yeah, they just left him with the gun.
And they just hung up on him...ouch.
Yeah, they just left him with the gun.
DangerMouse
Member
Wild Dog's origin story.
Oh man, Curtis.
Oh man, Curtis.
broncobuster
Banned
Wild Dog is safe! Hope I don't regret posting this in 3 minutes.
And Curtis needs his husband back.
And Curtis needs his husband back.
Freddy=Legend
Member
13/13?
13/13.
13/13.
broncobuster
Banned
Next week
?
Star City Sirens
MikeBreezy92
Member
Dope Speech Oliver.
But dammmn next episode
But dammmn next episode
bringing back side villains? China White? Cupid? SuperCop?
Jorok Goldblade
Member
I don't think Wild Dog is going to die anymore.
He's going to hang up the mask to raise his daughter.
He's going to hang up the mask to raise his daughter.
Frank the Great
Banned
One of the best episodes in the Arrowverse.
MikeBreezy92
Member
Damn S5 Arrow has been on point. It won't top the Arrow crossover episode but damn that was good.
Bravo.
Bravo.
DangerMouse
Member
Another fantastic ep this season. Whew.
gundamkyoukai
Member
Another good ep .
So good that arrow is back in top form .
This season has been so good and i hope they don't fuck up the later half.
So good that arrow is back in top form .
This season has been so good and i hope they don't fuck up the later half.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
Yay Wild Dog made it!
I enjoyed the social commentary and Wild Dog's backstory. It was pretty solid even if it's delaying the inevitable showdown episodes with Prometheus. I was concerned that Wild Dog was going to die so I'm glad to see that he made it and once again got a reminder that he has a family in Team Arrow. It reminded me of Christopher Priest's standalone Deathstroke Rebirth issue that delves into gun violence/gun control in Chicago.
MikeBreezy92
Member
I think I stopped worrying when I realized that it was more his origin story and his position towards guns but you never know after what they did to Moira.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
I didn't unclench my sphincter until the Berlanti logo came up. They could have easily thrown a cliffhanger at the final speech.
Exploratory
Banned
Who's cutting onions in here?!
Jesus was that Arrow? As in Arrow Arrow? CW's "Arrow"? Fuck. That was top tier.
Jesus was that Arrow? As in Arrow Arrow? CW's "Arrow"? Fuck. That was top tier.
MikeBreezy92
Member
I take you missed the crossover episode lol
Exploratory
Banned
I saw it I'll up to date on everything but still. That was an episode that dealt with one of the most politically charged topics of our time, with near perfect grace.
And we're talking about Arrow here. I mean any comic book show tackling that sort of subject matter is unexpected.
Irobot82
Member
Yeah I got the feeling too and I don't like it.
Jorok Goldblade
Member
It's a CW show. Everybody gives off unintentional sexual tension with characters they'll never hook up with, and have a complete lack of smolder with their actual love interests.
No lies detected.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
Yeah, I think the Dinah/Diggle scenes were just to have them bond. Expect similar scenes with Felicity and the others.
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
A+ Episode. Up there with the best the show has ever done. It juggled a lot and did it all masterfully. You got the gun debate aspect, Rene's backstory, the shooter on the loose, Diggle & Dinah, and Oliver doing mayor stuff for once. Tons of great character moments throughout the whole episode.We even got some introspection about how being vigilantes might just feed into the cycle of violence they're supposed to protect.
- Bertinelli Family name drop, its been awhile. Maybe a recast Huntress return?
- Wild Dog had 3 pizza boxes stacked up at the end there haha
- I know Dinah and Diggle are just bonding...but damn, my CW SEX ALERT alarm was going off the entire episode.
- I've officially come to like Adrian Chase. He's a bit of a dick but they're really doing a good job of not just making him just a bad guy hiding in plain sight. I like that we met his wife here.
- Bertinelli Family name drop, its been awhile. Maybe a recast Huntress return?
- Wild Dog had 3 pizza boxes stacked up at the end there haha
- I know Dinah and Diggle are just bonding...but damn, my CW SEX ALERT alarm was going off the entire episode.
- I've officially come to like Adrian Chase. He's a bit of a dick but they're really doing a good job of not just making him just a bad guy hiding in plain sight. I like that we met his wife here.
MHWilliams
Member
Watching the episode now.
- Thea and Chesthair!
- Wild Dog backstory, plus Thea and Chesthair returning? Feeling bad about this.
- Renee, buddy, your daughter is like 10-12. She knows what a fight sounds like.
- Adrian is clearly unhinged, but I feel him.
- Oh shit! Curtis going on in being the black dude on the team.
-"Everything's fine." Once again, your daughter is nearly a teenager. She knows everything is not fine.
- Oh. I see. This episode is about Arrow vs. Vigilante in ideology. Which doesn't make much sense, because the Green Arrow and team are all about killing some random folks.
- Dinah and Diggle's subplot just feels like making time.
- "I take confidentiality seriously." Few seconds later: "Here you go."
- Accurate representation of certain situations involving self-defense. Surprising.
- Shit. They took his daughter. More real shit. Damn, Wild Dog.
- Renee is much improved. I feel death flags everywhere!
- Dinah is a cop. Good. This whole subplot was waste, but this is good.
- Ollie looked like he had a epiphany there.
- Thea and Chesthair!
- Wild Dog backstory, plus Thea and Chesthair returning? Feeling bad about this.
- Renee, buddy, your daughter is like 10-12. She knows what a fight sounds like.
- Adrian is clearly unhinged, but I feel him.
- Oh shit! Curtis going on in being the black dude on the team.
-"Everything's fine." Once again, your daughter is nearly a teenager. She knows everything is not fine.
- Oh. I see. This episode is about Arrow vs. Vigilante in ideology. Which doesn't make much sense, because the Green Arrow and team are all about killing some random folks.
- Dinah and Diggle's subplot just feels like making time.
- "I take confidentiality seriously." Few seconds later: "Here you go."
- Accurate representation of certain situations involving self-defense. Surprising.
- Shit. They took his daughter. More real shit. Damn, Wild Dog.
- Renee is much improved. I feel death flags everywhere!
- Dinah is a cop. Good. This whole subplot was waste, but this is good.
- Ollie looked like he had a epiphany there.
I'm surprised so many people like this episode, I don't really like it when a show that hasn't really had any sort of political message just goes and shoves one in your face for one episode, even if it's one I agree with, like in this episode.
I did like having Wild Dog's backstory in this episode.
I did like having Wild Dog's backstory in this episode.
Razgriz-Specter
Member
WB needs to sell the Wild Dog jersey, i'd be all over it.
Episode was great, I was worried about Rene and the political message.
thankfully Rene was safe and the message was handled pretty well.
Episode was great, I was worried about Rene and the political message.
thankfully Rene was safe and the message was handled pretty well.
Read the post mortem. They're aware of and will be addressing the hypocrisy(?).
And the Jughead hat. Easiest Halloween costumes.
A good episode on the whole but I felt like I was being beaten to an inch of my life with its themes. The writers tried very hard to make their agenda sound natural from the characters (both Curtis and Rene's positions make perfectly good sense) but it still felt jarring. Definitely happy Wild Dog stayed alive and has his own arc now. Was disappointed his flashbacks weren't more extensive and hard-hitting. They felt distanced.
For those concerned about the show going political, they said if 22 episodes were candy, this would be the 1 vegetable. So it sounds like this is a once a season kind of deal.
Also it's well within Green Arrow's comic purview and Oliver's the mayor. He has to get at least a little political.
Also it's well within Green Arrow's comic purview and Oliver's the mayor. He has to get at least a little political.
Razgriz-Specter
Member
I don't even mean specifically for a costume, I'd just wear it like I do Batman, etc t-shirts.
I have the Red Hood Arkham Knight jacket but its too tacky to wear casually often.
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
I like my veggies. I'd rather have an episode like this over some Robot Bee Man throwaway episode. I've been waiting for an episode where Oliver had to accomplish something as mayor rather than the Green Arrow. If you don't play around with that at least once, there isn't even a point to him getting the job.
So he's going to stop killing for the fifth time, until they fight another baddie they have to kill.