This was the comeback that Arrow really needed.
Oliver's story line, while predictable, was a solid one, largely due to the character development for Oliver Queen. It is really cool to see him working with the SCPD. The villain was a bit cliche, but you did really feel for him. Stephen Amell is once again awesome as Oliver Queen, and Juliana Harkavy gave another great performance.
The A.R.G.U.S. story line had a great twist. The character of Ricardo Diaz actually impressed me in this episode and Kirk Acevedo's performace was outstanding. While I hope he doesn't become the main villain this season, I hope he sticks around as a supporting villain.
The standout story line in my opinion, was Laurel Lance's. It provided some much needed depth to her character, and featured a very heartfelt performance from Katie Cassidy. Katie and Emily Bett Rickards' chemistry was great, hope to see more of it in the future.
They just teased a new villain for this season who has an axe to grind with Oliver and his allies. Should be really interesting as to who it is, I have my hopes as to who it is, but I doubt I am correct.
Overall, tonight's episode of Arrow was the comeback that the show desperately needed in my opinion. While it did feature a cliche villain, and a predictable way he would be taken down, it was easily overshadowed by it character development for Oliver Queen and Laurel Lance, humor, well shot action scenes, a huge A.R.G.U.S. twist, teasing a new foe for Oliver and his allies, setting up some intriguing future story lines for A.R.G.U.S., and strong performances from Stephen Amell, Katie Cassidy, and Emily Bett Rickards.
Out of 4 stars I would give it...
3.5 out of 4 stars.
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