'Arrow' Season 2 Episode 9 'The Climb' Mid-Season Finale Review

Non Spoiler Review- Definitely the best episode of 'Arrow' so far!  It ends on a huge cliffhanger and has solves the murder case, as well as including one of the best fights of the season.

*******There will be Spoilers from this point on*******

Highlights of the episode

1. Is Oliver dead?- The end of the episode has a huge cliffhanger, literally, the death of the protagonist Oliver Queen. My theory is that he is indeed dead but will take a trip to the Lazarus Pit and return to the show. That is the only possible way I think he could survive.

 2. Thea killed Sara- The episode reveals that under hypnotic suggestion and a drug, patura, caused The to kill Sara Lance. Merlin was the one who asked her to do it and he blackmails Oliver so that Oliver can have a trial by combat with Ra's.

3. Atom suit-  Well we now have a better idea of what the atom suit will look like except obviously not a hologram. I think since Oliver probably won't return to Startling for a while. Ray Palmer will wear the Atom suit and become the Atom while he is away.  

4. Ra's vs. Oliver- One of the coolest fight sequences of the show so far has Ra's fight Oliver in a sword battle to the death. I hope if Oliver has the opportunity he will rematch and possibly win against Ra's later this season.

5. Oliver confesses to Felicity- We have waited since the end of the second season for Oliver to finally tell felicity how he feels and I found it interesting both he and Barry confessed their love in their midseason finales. I wonder who Felicity will react when she learns of his death. 

6. Oliver's climb up the mountain- I liked the episode's structure where it shows Oliver climbing the mountain then goes back 48 hours similar to the 'Flash' midseason finale. I like how both shows had that pattern and structure.  

7. Laurel's mother tells her to make Sara's killer pay- I thought it was very interesting that Laurel's mom encouraged laurel to get revenge. I think that will be a driving factor to her becoming Black Canary. 

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