With the events happening from previous episode, Arrow has
entered a very tangled mess of plot. With Ra’s resolve to have Oliver take over
his place, Starling City faces a terrifying nightmare. And with all the forces
endangering Arrow’s team, the light at the end of the tunnel seems so far off. Here
are the main events from Arrow’s episode “Suicidal Tendencies”:
Evil Arrows strike.
Ra’s is at an all-out attack against the bad guys in Starling City, putting an
arrow in them during the process. Oliver recognizes this as the League of
Assassin’s ploy to get him. But Oliver is in much more surprise when he finds
out that there is more than just one impersonator. In a raid against a narcotic gang,
Arrow encounters three evil Arrows with Maseo leading the deadly pack. It seems
an offer’s rejection is not an option for Ra’s. Trouble is screaming big for
Oliver as the League is yet to strike the people closest to him.
The Honeymoon. For
some happy news, John “Dig” Diggle and Lyla Michaels (code name “Harbinger”)
finally ties the knot, with Ray Palmer officiating the ceremony (the supposed
minister suddenly goes to South Sudan). But the bad news is, instead of heading
to Fiji for some cozy vacation, they fly to the Republic of Kaznia as ordered
by Amanda Waller (despicable b***h!). They are not flying alone as the Suicide
Squad joins them, comprising of Floyd Lawton AKA “Deadshot” and Carrie Cutter AKA “Cupid”
(Arrow’s psychotic stalker). Their mission is to save Senator Joseph Cray who
is taken hostage along with some civilians in a hospital.
Fall of Deadshot.
The Kaznia mission takes a sudden ugly turn. Just when the Suicide Squad is
about to bring the hostages out of the scene, Sen. Cray reveals he staged the
crisis in order to become “hero” in the people’s sight and possibly win the
next election. Worse, the team discovers the bombs planted around the vicinity.
To save the hostages and the team, Deadshot offers to cover them as they
escape. At the end, the hospital blows along with Deadshot, with the grieving
Cupid watching him (poor girl, just when she finds another hero). Along the
episode, there are flashbacks on Floyd’s life, before he becomes Deadshot and
works for the H.I.V.E. that ordered him to take down Andrew Diggle, his first
target. As it is, Floyd is an ex-military who, after coming home, finds it hard
to adjust to a peaceful normal life with his wife and daughter. As he loses
sense of reality, he endangers his family, reason that they leave him. So at the
Kaznia mission, he sacrifices himself in order for Dig and Lyla to go back to
their daughter. That is really a touching moment, as there is still humanity in
the meanest people. With all the pains he’d gone through, Deadshot has these
words to live on: “Love is a bullet in the brain.”
The Atom vs. Arrow. The
biggest event of the night must be Ray Palmer’s discovery of Arrow’s true identity.
As Arrow is busy capturing his evil versions, Ray Palmer AKA “The Atom” flies
in the scene, does an X-ray scan and makes a facial recognition, and voila!
Oliver Queen registers an almost perfect match. As a result, a rift comes
between Ray and Felicity as a question of trust rises. So now, to behold his
own personal crusade for Starling City, Ray devises a trick to capture Arrow, only
to be beaten. Yeah, he lacks physical training and his supersuit’s beams and
whatever are not enough to save him. However, the incident brings some sense
into him, and he and Felicity are good again.
FINAL THOUGHTS. Before
the show ended, a massive OMG moment just hit Starling City. Evil Arrow, in the
person of Maseo now, buries an arrow into the mayor’s chest (just as Ray is
about to clear issues against the Arrow). Oh hell, the League are taking
innocent lives now. And the biggest shock is when Maseo directs his arrow to
Felicity Smoak. In the show’s closing credit, there is a sound of bow snapping
as an arrow is released. Will Felicity’s be the next death in the show? What will
be the repercussions? Oliver finally succumbing to the League? Or “The Atom”
joining the Arrow’s team? Or worse? Damn those consequences, don’t let Felicity
die. Though earlier this year, there have been rumors running around the
Internet that the character Felicty Smoak is leaving the show. Please no, there
will be no steamy computer geek in the team.
And another thing, what
happened in Hong Kong? Who is the mystery lady who resembles Shado? Or is it
really Shado? And who brought her back to life? Amanda Waller? Well, “Arrow”
indeed leaves us a lot of questions. With these cliff-hangers, it will be a very
long week to wait for the next episode.
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