Demolition Team, one of the sillier characters pulled from the original DC comics, provided a decent amount of action on this week’s Arrow, but it’s the heartfelt moments between Quentin Lance and Donna Smoak that really anchor the episode.
The Plot
As the mayoral debate approaches, H.I.V.E. brings in Demolition Team – first to kill Captain Lance, then to attack the debate itself. Laurel saves her father from the first attempt and Lance pushes Donna away because he fears for her safety. Donna, in turn, breaks it off completely because he won’t be honest with her. Team Arrow beats Team Demolition, Oliver beats Ruve in the debate, and Curtis gives Felicity his latest invention: An implantable bio-stimulant that will effectively cure her paralysis. Thea, meanwhile, discovers Oliver’s son, William, but not in time to stop Damien Darhk from kidnapping him.
The Flashback
The other workers now view Oliver as “Reiter’s pet” and force him to prove he’s on their side by killing Conklin. He doesn’t want to for fear of becoming the monster that Amanda Waller made him back in Hong Kong, but he does anyway. Reiter keeps him alive because the rock and map Oliver gave him has led him to the mystical object he seeks.
Again, Pointless Secrets
The Arrowverse has a real weak spot when it comes to secrets. Everybody’s protecting everybody else by keeping secrets, which inevitably turn out to hurt more than help. Quentin breaks that trend by — after an entire episode of hemming and hawing — being honest with Donna about why he’s pushing her away. Oliver doesn’t get the point and still thinks hiding his son from Felicity is a good idea. And Thea, inexplicably, agrees with him despite having “secret daddy” issues of her own. The only way this gets resolved satisfactorily is if Felicity reveals that she’s known about William all along. If Thea, who has zero detecting skills whatsoever, can find out about William, how can Felicity — master hacker and queen of a thousand surveillance cameras — not?
The Plot
As the mayoral debate approaches, H.I.V.E. brings in Demolition Team – first to kill Captain Lance, then to attack the debate itself. Laurel saves her father from the first attempt and Lance pushes Donna away because he fears for her safety. Donna, in turn, breaks it off completely because he won’t be honest with her. Team Arrow beats Team Demolition, Oliver beats Ruve in the debate, and Curtis gives Felicity his latest invention: An implantable bio-stimulant that will effectively cure her paralysis. Thea, meanwhile, discovers Oliver’s son, William, but not in time to stop Damien Darhk from kidnapping him.
The Flashback
The other workers now view Oliver as “Reiter’s pet” and force him to prove he’s on their side by killing Conklin. He doesn’t want to for fear of becoming the monster that Amanda Waller made him back in Hong Kong, but he does anyway. Reiter keeps him alive because the rock and map Oliver gave him has led him to the mystical object he seeks.
Again, Pointless Secrets
The Arrowverse has a real weak spot when it comes to secrets. Everybody’s protecting everybody else by keeping secrets, which inevitably turn out to hurt more than help. Quentin breaks that trend by — after an entire episode of hemming and hawing — being honest with Donna about why he’s pushing her away. Oliver doesn’t get the point and still thinks hiding his son from Felicity is a good idea. And Thea, inexplicably, agrees with him despite having “secret daddy” issues of her own. The only way this gets resolved satisfactorily is if Felicity reveals that she’s known about William all along. If Thea, who has zero detecting skills whatsoever, can find out about William, how can Felicity — master hacker and queen of a thousand surveillance cameras — not?
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