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| Stephen Amell as Arrow |
Oliver makes a court appearance to have this death certificate
nullified. We get more details about the shipwreck in this scene and towards
the end of the episode.
Oliver’s mother expects him to take over the company. Oliver is
dead set against such a move and even makes a public announcement about his
intentions. Not everything is down in Oliver’s life though. On the upside,
Oliver bonds with his sister, Thea Queen (Willa Holland).
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| Willa Holland and Stephen Amell as Thea Queen and Oliver Queen |
The focus of this
episode is not only on Oliver, but also on his ex-girlfriend, Laurel Lance
(Katie Cassidy). Laurel is prosecuting Martin Somers, a mobster with links to
the Chinese Triad. Things get personal when the mob makes an attempt on
Laurel’s life. Oliver saves the day and goes after Somers.
In one of the secondary plots, Oliver’s friend Tommy Merlyn (Colin Donnell) is up to no good and is quite resentful of Laurel's affections for Oliver.
In one of the secondary plots, Oliver’s friend Tommy Merlyn (Colin Donnell) is up to no good and is quite resentful of Laurel's affections for Oliver.
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| Stephen Amell and Katie Cassidy as Oliver Queen and Laurel Lance in Arrow |
Pros
- Stephen Amell shows strong improvement on the acting front. His facial expressions sometimes reminded me of Christian Bale (as Bruce Wayne). Amell may not be Christian Bale, but he is no Robert Pattinson either.
- If Twilight was the target last week, this episode takes a nice jab at the Kardashians. I love these digs.
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| Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen |
Cons
- Paul Blackthorne (born 1969) and Katie Cassidy (born 1986) do not make a believable father-daughter duo. They are more suited to be a couple!
- Kelly Hu does not have much to do as China White, an assassin with an outlandish hairdo. She appears in just 3 scenes and her total screen time would definitely be just around 5 minutes. Her climactic showdown with Arrow is strangely anti-climactic and is a major letdown. Kelly was way more intimidating and effective as Yuriko Oyama / Lady Deathstrike in X2: X-Men United (2003).
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| Kelly Hu did much better as Lady Deathstrike (R) than as China White (L) |
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Summary
The writers have done some excellent character development and Amell is eminently watchable. Both these factors bode very well for the show’s future.
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