It’s still all about Arsenal and Black Canary in another action packed edition of Arrow.
Here’s Mike’s review…
ThisArrowreview contains spoilers.
Okay, Midnight City was a pretty damn good episode ofArrow.
Laurel is Black Canary now.
We have to deal with it.
We have no choice.
This is the life that has been chosen for us.
Thats all over, now.
Make your peace with it, and make whatever continuity excuses you deem necessary.
I have to, lest it make me judge future episodes more harshly than is strictly necessary.
Im sure Diggles Laurel, what the hell?
was meant to echo many of our concerns, too.
Thats an awful lot of preamble, though, considering that Midnight City really was solid.
Any way you look at it, though, its rare thatArrowever delivers sustained bursts of truly great episodes.
It usually stumbles ever third or fourth one, as long season shows tend to do.
Have I mentioned yet that I liked Midnight City?
I should probably start with the actual review.
I didnt miss him all that much.
Roy has come into his own.
Arsenal and Black Canary make for a great visual team, and I enjoyed all of their action sequences.
Butespeciallythe big one towards the end.
Ive got a lot of money, were great.
He cant fight worth a damn, though, can he?
Hell fit right inwhen he guest stars onThe Flashlater this season.
But moving Rays story along actually means moving Felicitys story along.
At the risk of sounding like a fanboy, she is now the real driving force on this show.
Shit gets done because Felicity is the one getting it done.
And the helicopter conversation was good fun.
Also, with my help, you might not end up dead.
Thats right.I said it last week, and Ill say it again.
You all work for Felicity Smoak now, boys.
I know I said I wouldnt complain about Laurel, but I have to complain alittleabout Laurel.
Its not about her superheroing.
Its about her being such a bad liar.
For Grodds sake, tell your Dad the truth already, damn it!
My…my heart…my heart cant take it.
(croak)
But back to better/more interesting Laurel things.
Her little abuses of power need to be addressed soon.
Weve seen her torture.
You want to beat up guys on the street, thats cool.
Its more honest than pulling this shady CIA crap.
Theyve accelerated the Black Canary timeline so far, so I think they can get away with it here.
That was a great battle, by the way, with some terrific and tense music.
Thea had limited screentime this week, but Im digging where things are going with her and Malcolm.
Im still a little confused, though.
I still have to wonder if theres some kind of hypnosis or something else at work.
I guess the episodes biggest failing, like last weeks, remains Brick.
For a villain that ties things up for three episodes, hes utterly forgettable.
Maybe Brick being so forgettable is deliberate.
With Oliver, the team took out Slade Wilson and a freakin army of mirakuru zombies.
Without Oliver, well, they cant even get one over on this clown.
As for Oliver, the show sure made up for lost time with the Shirtless Stephen scenes this week.
I dont buy his Lazarus Pit-less resurrection, but whatever.
I can deal with it.
Olivers invitation for Maseo to come back to Starling City with him raised my eyebrows, though.
Hed be an incredibly badass addition to the team, but we all know that isnt happening.
But perhaps his wife in season four?
The confrontation in the club was nicely photographed, and very comic book without going over the top.
But it was also little things like the framing of the shot when Maseo presents the vial of Omega.
That was also the sleeper action sequence of the last few weeks.
Maseo with the drink tray got a whoop out of me.
The most fun weve had in Hong Kong all season, to tell you the truth.
Plus, it felt like a few things got resolved.
We now understand why Tatsu doesnt hate Oliver anymore, for example.
Theres hope for this stuff yet!
DC Universe Watchtower
Thea was reading a Brad Meltzer novel.
He also wrote a longer run onJustice Leaguethat put Roy Harper in the spotlight.
The dude knows his DC lore.
Rating:
3.5 out of 5
