Season 7 Episode 21 “Oliver finds himself in a precarious position; SCPD shows up with a warrant for Felicity.”
The Good & The Bad
The Good
1. Arrow returns with an explosive start to the episode, even Colin Donnell returns this week as a vision for Oliver while he’s trapped beneath the rubble. As the episode progresses, we see the real reason why Tommy is back. It’s Oliver’s sub-conscience, ensuring he doesn’t go through with plan of killing Emiko. There was a few emotional moments between the pair throughout, more so understanding why Tommy died. Although it wasn’t real, it felt real. It was a nice surprise to see Tommy again, it’s always a pleasure when he returns no matter what the circumstance is.
2. Emiko is shaping up to be an incredible villain, and a force to be reckoned with. At the start she fulfills her promise and sends the SCPD the footage of Roy killing the guards, prompting a search warrant to Felicity’s apartment. They even go to arrest her until she activates a Canary like cry and knocks them all out.
Later on, we see Emiko go face to face with Felicity. Felicity pleads for life, and let’s Emi know she’s pregnant. You could see from a mile off Emiko didn’t care, and was there for something. Later on we find out it’s Oliver’s arrows.
At the end of the episode she attacks the SCPD dressed as the Green Arrow. Oliver and his team intercept but the damage is already done. As Oliver chases her to the roof, she tell him to kill her, but he doesn’t and she manages to escape. Emiko promised she was going to destroy his legacy and she’s already half way there.
3. The flash forwards finally got a bit interesting after being severely boring all season. William goes to Galaxy One, and attempts to hack the systems whilst Renee is sitting next to him. This is compromised very early, and both of them are arrested. It shapes it up for the finale, because the flash forwards have been the worst part of this season, and I’m hoping with one fell swoop, it changes my perspective on the ark as a whole.
The Bad
1. William the whiny whinge is back. I thought we were passed this. We aren’t. While he had a good scene in being arrested, the rest of it was awful. When he was a child, all he did was moan. I let off a small celebration when he left. He wanted to leave after all, right?
Queue, “you left me” styled conversations throughout, then moans about it again. You can’t win the guy. Safe to say this annoyed me.
2. Let me run this down for you. The team eventually meet up as Oliver escapes the rubble, and they stumble across Emiko and her team. An epic fight scene transcends, it was so good. We then get to see Oliver vs Emiko, free-for-all time. Oliver ends up winning, and fires a double arrow shot into her chest. Basically killing her. I was at the edge of my seat as I love unpredictability. John stumbles up behind him asking what he’s done, then he, and the rest of the team have Green Arrow arrows in their chests and seem to be dead, or dying.
Ready for this?
It was ALL A VISION. Typical. Lazy writing. And completely ruined the entire episode for me. Every time Arrow goes to make a severe impact they bottle it, and they seem scared to run with it. Overall the scene was good, just the concept behind it was awfully constructed.
Holy Shit Moment
My Holy Shit Moment was Oliver firing the shots into Emiko. It was a vision and I understand, however before I realised it was just a vision, I was at the edge of my seat. Therefore, this moment does deserve a thumbs up.
Verdict
Arrow continues to impress on all cylinders, giving us another incredible episode. With the exception of a scene plagued with lazy writing, the rest of it was impressive. It maintains a high rating as the flash forwards got interesting, and Emiko is just incredible.
Rating: 8.5/10
