Although it’s never fun to watch Oliver get beaten half to death, he needed to be confronted with the reality that his narrow-minded way of thinking just isn’t working anymore.Īrrow - “Shifting Allegiances” - Image Number: AR620a_0065.jpg - Pictured (L-R): David Ramsey as John Diggle/Spartan, Juliana Harkavy as Dinah Drake/Black Canary and Echo Kellum as Curtis Holt/Mr.Terrific - Photo: Jack Rowand/The CW - © 2018 The CW Network, LLC. Even if Oliver were to put an arrow through his head, that wouldn’t banish the Quadrant or root out the widespread corruption in the SCPD. At this point, his stranglehold over Star City is effectively systematic. No matter how you slice it, it was dumb of Oliver to think he could take down Diaz alone. In turn, Anatoli knocked out and imprisoned Oliver to give to Diaz.Įven though Oliver said that he intended for Anatoli to turn him over to Diaz, it was nice to see the gangster point out flaws in his old friend thinking. Oliver went to Anatoli and revealed that he settled his debts in Russia so he could finally return home. Speaking of, the Dragon met with recently appointed Mayor Quentin Lance to try and strong arm into serving his agenda with Black Siren in tow. ![]() Back in Star City, Rene was finally released from the hospital and he made it clear that he was ready to finish Diaz (Kirk Acevedo). The episode opened with Oliver in Russia, turning over a hostage to the Bratva to fulfill an unstated bargain. Other than coming earlier in the season, I really have no issues with this installment of Arrow, which is a nice change of pace. I don’t know if this payoff was worth dedicating so much of this season’s wheel spinning but it was undeniably great to see the dominoes finally fall. ![]() And it saw Rene (Rick Gonzalez) get back in the saddle after being on the shelf for two months. It had Quentin (Paul Blackthorne) finally come to terms with who Black Siren (Katie Cassidy) really is. It finally brought about Oliver (Stephen Amell) much deserved downfall. To start, “Shifting Allegiances” was a deeply satisfying episode of television. After a spate of lukewarm installments, Arrow got back on track with an episode that featured Oliver’s long-awaited reckoning.
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