'Arrow' Season 4 Episode 10 'Blood Debts' Review

Non Spoiler Review- A terrific return to 'Arrow' after it's midseason break. The episode was filled with interesting subplots developing the core team members, some great action, and a intriguing mixture of a dark and light tone. The episode has me even more curious for what will come during the remainder of the season. 

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

Highlights of the episode

1. Another Flash forward- This episode showed a little more of the flash forward from the beginning of the season. We see that shortly after Oliver's conversation with Barry over the grave, Oliver enters a limo with Felicity inside. This had few interesting implications. First of all, she's not wearing her engagement ring so something must happen between her and Oliver, maybe she learns about his son and is enraged he didn't share that information with her. Second of all, it eliminates all speculation that Felicity is the one in the grave since she is obviously alive in the flash forward. That helps to slightly narrow down the character who dies but at the same time leaves a lot of potential candidates for the grave.

2. Darhk's wife- At the end of the episode when Darhk is reunited with his family, his wife speaks to him and tells him he shouldn't have spared Green Arrow and also we learn she's involved with the Project Genesis, which seems to involve wiping out the world or something along those lines. I was very surprised to learn she's involved in his grand scheme and is quite knowledgable about his plan.

3. Oliver is relentless- One point made clear in this episode is that Oliver will not hold back to defeat Darhk and will do whatever is necessary to get to him. Unfortunately Darhk almost defeated him but then he spared Oliver since Team Arrow saved his wife and daughter. It was interesting that even Darhk will hold back though since he seemed to be a very unsympathetic villain.

4. John begins to repair his relationship with his brother- Another interesting subplot from this episode was the beginning of the resolution of the relationship between John Diggle and his brother. I liked how John came to the realization that maybe he should repair the relationship instead of straining it. I hope that the Team can find a way tot bring Andrew back and restore him since he's still brainwashed.

5. Anarky idolizes Thea- Another interesting aspect of the episode was that Anarky wasn't angry with Thea for scarring him bit rather he seems to have genuine respect for her. I was surprised by this because I assumed he would want revenge but instead it seemed that he wanted to drive her insane as well, because he is aware to an extent that she has the bloodlust and that he can possibly activate it to make her insane, etc. It seems that she has control over the bloodlust now but that of course could change at anytime.

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