Non Spoiler Review- This week's episode of 'Arrow' is not only one of the season's best but also one of the series' best episodes. I really liked the addition of Constantine and how that was able to slightly resolve the issues with Sara. I really like how 'Arrow' and 'The Flash' are not only progressing their own storylines but setting up 'Legends of Tomorrow' as well by bringing back Sara and next week they are supposed to save Ray Palmer. This episode was able to incorporate progression of multiple character arcs through the main plot with one or two subplots and it all worked together quite well. I can't wait for next week's episode and really hope this trend of getting a better episode each week will continue throughout the season given how Season 3 of 'Arrow' was a mixed bag.
*******There will be Spoilers from this point on*******
Highlights of the episode
1. Sara's soul is saved- The crucial core of the episode focused on restoring Sara's soul and I was glad that the show decided to resolve this quickly as it would have felt like it was being dragged on if the subplot was left alone a bit longer. I liked how Oliver and Laurel were both crucial to save her and how that helped resolve their conflict which I will discuss further as well as the inclusion of Constantine. I'm glad to see Sara slightly fixed and see her progress towards becoming the White Canary before 'Legends of Tomorrow' and how her character will be developed.
2. Constantine- One of the aspects I really liked was the inclusion of the John Constantine character not only in the current story but the flashbacks of the episode as well. I liked how naturally he fit into the episode and didn't feel like his character was forced in the episode. I haven't seen any episodes of the 'Constantine' series that was cancelled last year after 13 episodes
but now I'm genuinely very interested in watching the series as I quite enjoyed the character I would love to see the character return in a future episode of 'Arrow' or 'The Flash' or even make an appearance of 'Legends of Tomorrow'.
3. Felicity learns Ray is alive- This wasn't too surprising to me given the nature of his disappearance. Ray disappeared in an explosion while working on his Atom suit, and the character is supposed to shrink so I suspected he accidentally shrunk himself and caused an explosion as well. I was happy to see that Team Arrow and Felicity now know he's alive and can't wait to see the next episode which will focus on finding and saving him.
4. Diggle learns why H.I.V.E. targeted his brother- An interesting reveal was that one of the subplots of the episode featured a Diggle and Lance team up. This was due to Darhk asking Lance to break into a military installation and connect a USB that wiped information about people, one of which was Diggle's brother. Lance asks Darhk about this and Darhk tells Lance that HIVE hired Headshot to kill Andrew Diggle because he was a crime lord competitor for HIVE. Lance brings this information to John Diggle and Diggle reacted quite well to the news given that his brother was a crime lord. I'm curious to see how this affects Diggle's quest for revenge by learning his brother wasn't quite the man he thought he believed him to be.
5. Oliver and Laurel resolve conflict- In this episode there is tension between Laurel and Oliver as they both are frustrated that they both are consistently keeping secrets from one another and to save Sara have to work together and trust in one another. I liked that the conflict didn't seem to come out of nowhere and was resolved quickly before dragging on across future episodes.
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