With this season the battle in Oliver Queen over whether he is a terrible person and dangerous to everyone around him or not peaks and crashes. As a romance buds between Oliver and my absolutely favorite character, Felicity Smoak, builds, so does Oliver’s survivor’s guilt. No wonder Felicity gets upset because certainly such thoughts haven’t stopped Ollie from pursuing a number of other women. So why her?
The leader of the League of Assassins also has eyes for Ollie, especially after Malcolm Merlyn shows back up, with another convoluted plot to manipulate everyone around him, starting with his newly recognized daughter, Thea, Ollie’s little sister.
I really liked the League and Ra’s a Ghul as the show projects them. I can’t help picturing that other vigilante billionaire making a similar voyage through these halls. But show writers also make Ollie’s story separate from what comic fans are aware of transpiring the greater DC world.
And that one scene, deep into the season, between Ollie and Felicity (as well as nearly every scene with Ray Palmer) remain among my favorite t.v. moments ever. This is one of my favorite season of comic book shows and amusingly enough, a lot of it comes from supporting characters more directly affecting the plots.
Contains: violence, mild language, romantic scenes, implied torture