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Review: Arrow S01E13 “Betrayal”

For about five seconds there I thought he said “Wade Wilson” and I was “OMG THIS SHOW GOT A ZILLION TIMES BETTER” then I realized, duh, Slade Wilson.

This episode was actually better than the last few, well, up to a point. Could have done without the continued ‘parental issues’ theme because, come on, haven’t we had enough of that? Now it’s Laurel and Dresden. At least this was ‘somewhat’ reasonable here under the circumstances and therefore somewhat tolerable… until the end. Seriously, the dude just saved your life, risked everything for you, his job, his beliefs, all to save your whiney little butt. That’s how you repay him? Hold still so I can throw my shoe at you.

Diggle continues to be one of the most interesting and fun characters in the show, the voice of reason as well. Of course, Oliver doesn’t take it to well that his mom lied to him about the Queen’s Gambit. Come one, we just went through this with the sister, are these episodes on the wash-rinse-repeat cycle?

Once again the villain is an after-thought and only made interesting because, dude, Dr Whale! There was no real sense of peril, and not because we know Arrow will save her, but because the villain might as well be a fairy-tale character for all we know. The audience is given nothing to work with, it’s all a bunch of soap opera nonsense. Now, I like a little soap in my superhero fun, but I don’t want to drown in it.

The ending was interesting but somehow I doubt we’ll get a good payoff in the next episode… if we do then color me impressed… for the first time in this show.

Also, if that was Slade then who was in the suit? Guess we’ll find out.

Though, you know what I really want to happen in Arrow… I know she’s technically a ‘Batman villain’, but have Harley and some of her clown goons roll into town looking to expand operations for Mr J. No Joker, no Batman, just Harley with her bad-a attitude and big freaking mallet. She’s had to deal with Bats so she would be able to give Oliver a run for his money for at least a three episode arc. It would be epic!