Geekscape Recaps: ‘Arrow’ – Beyond Redemption
Note: Catch up on our recap of The Flash and last week’s Arrow!
Arrow is back this week and this episode gave us some moments we here at Geekscape have been looking forward to. This week, we also learned that Star City is in a much worse state than what was previously let on. I mean, even their cops are committing crimes. So let’s get to it!
Warning: Spoilers Ahead!
Unfortunately, this episode seemed to have been created to get some plot details out of the way, namely Oliver’s confrontation with Lance over the Damian Darhk relationship. Just as we all predicted, Oliver had a speech ready for Lance detailing how disappointed he was in him. It was great, and it was necessary. By the end of the episode, Oliver sort of forgives Lance for working with Darhk for over two months and now wants him to act as a double agent in favor of Team Arrow.
We also got our first look at the new lair Oliver mentioned last week. With the help of The Flash‘s Cisco, Team Arrow now has some more space, tech, and a new lair to call home. Felicity also mentioned that the computers are all monitored to notify the team of anything major going on in Star City.
The other thing worth noting is Sara Lance’s escape. There’s really no telling where she went since she has no memory of who she was. Still, I have an inkling Laurel will have no choice but to tell Oliver what’s been done next week. I wouldn’t be surprised if the clocktower is the first place Oliver looks. In any case, Sara’s going to have to get her act together by the time Legends of Tomorrow rolls around, and from the looks of it, we’ll be getting another dose the mysticism surrounding her next week.
Neal Adams
Early in the episode, Mr. Terrific playfully guesses at who the Green Arrow actually is. This is a direct shout out to DC Comics Writer/Artist, Neal Adams. Adams has contributed much to DC Comics, but mainly responsible for much of Green Arrow’s development as a character.
During the 1970’s Adams and his partner, Denny O’Neil, paired the Green Lantern and the Green Arrow over a fairly large story arc that also served as a platform for social and political commentary going on at that time.
Ray Palmer Messages
It was easy to peg Ray Palmer as the sole reason behind the messages Felicity was receiving on her phone. Mr. Terrific does the thinking for her in figuring out that the coding belonged to Palmer. However, the messages didn’t exactly lead to the discovery of a tiny Palmer. Instead, the trail lead Felicity to the last recorded message before the explosion at the end of last season.
We only saw Felicity listen to the first part of the message. Hopefully next week, as a stinger, we’ll finally see Palmer show up.
Damian Darhk
Darhk earned some brownie points this week when he had some fahter-t0-father advice to give to Lance regrading Sara’s situation. Aside from that, we also saw Darhk receive a box toward the end of the episode.
The box had some designs on it and it’s anyone’s guess as to what’s inside it. If I had to take a stab at it, I’d say it’s probably what’s left of the Lazarus Pit water he took from Nanda Parbat.
Who’s in the Grave?!
Stemming from a mystery that was spawned in the season premiere, we all have our guesses as to who dies this season. While some believe it’s Felicity, the episode this week seemed to build up a relationship between Oliver and Lance.
For the first time, Oliver came out with how he sees Lance as a person and even compared him to a sort of father figure. If this relationship continues, it would be a major blow to Oliver if Darhk killed Lance because of his set up with Team Arrow.
That’s it for this week! Thanks for reading!
