Arrow
Season 2
episode 18 - Deathstroke
CW Network
TV Rating-TV-14
Starring Stephen Amell, Katie Cassidy, David Ramsey.
Recap Of episode 18 'Deathstoke' contains spoilers go here ---http://feed-thegeek.blogspot.com/2014/04/arrow-season-2-episode-18-deathstroke_3.html for review of episode
All secrets we’ve been anticipating since the beginning have
been revealed, leaving the world of Arrow in pieces. Every lie and secret in last
night’s episode of Arrow is given light, casting a dark shadow on our
characters.
Nothing is safe from Slade ‘Deathstroke’ Wilson’s path of
rage and destruction in Arrow’s season 2 episode 18 ‘Deathstroke.’ We see all
secrets get their share of light in tonight’s episode, and an example of what’s
to come from what seems to be a difficult adversary with more than a few cards
up his sleeves. Death stroke has no sympathy as he uses his kidnapping of Thea
Queen to not only pose a threat against Oliver Queen but as a mere distraction
to get exactly what he wants.
In last week’s episode we last see Thea Queen getting into
Slade Wilsons limo, things seems like it might play out safe for Thea until we
see events pick right up from where we left off as Slade Wilson and Sebastian
Blood kidnap Thea Queen. Everyone is clueless to Thea being taken as Oliver and
Roy mark it off as an emotional fit after their forced break up.
In the episode Deathstroke we also see the long awaited
return of possible adversary isabelle Rochev, (Summer Glau) Firefly’s River,
respectively. Her major role doesn’t come into play until later, but we do see
her appearance demanding Oliver Queens role in an important meeting at Queen
consolidated.
Theas absence is questioned when she doesn’t show up for the
starling city mayor election. A frantic and flustered Oliver Queen is given the
answer of his sister’s state of being as the mayor debate cuts to footage of
Deathstoke and a frightened Thea Queen.
During the commotion of Theas kidnapping, Oliver signs over
temporary CEO rights to Isabelle before rushing off to find his sister, which proves
to be easier than expected. The trio of vigilantes track down an unwilling
slade Wilson. After not being able to get the information they want, arrow
indulges Deathstoke by giving him what he wants. The Arrow insists on giving
officer Lance a call to bring in Wilson for the kidnapping of Thea.
Slades arrest proves as nothing but a distraction as he is
soon released which Roy takes as a big mistake and sabotage from Oliver Queen
as Oliver Queen can’t seem to make the right decision. In an uproar Roy decides
to leave and find Thea on his own.
Once Slade Wilson makes his way back to his safehouse he
releases Thea to go, but before she escapes her captor Slade shares with her
the one secret Oliver and moira have been hiding from her, the identity of her
real father, Malcom Merlyn.
Things start to pick up as we see our group find out about
Isabelle’s hostile takeover at Queen consolidated. Oliver rushes to Queen
consolidated after Isabelle has the board appoint her permanent CEO. A
confrontation between the two leads to Isabelle making a snide comment about
his “evening activities.” After realizing Isabelle has been working for Slade
the two face off in combat. Oliver gets the upper hand on Rochev and forces her
to tell him the whereabouts of Thea. As Oliver follows Isabelles lead he isn’t aware
that Thea had walked into the starling police precinct five minutes prior to
him finding the empty building she was being held. Theas reappearance proves as
another distraction for Deathstroke to then hijack a prisoner bus from the
starling prison, aiding him in building himself an army.
When Oliver and Moira find Thea she is shaken and upset,
considerably by the fact that not only Moira who kept the secret that Malcolm
was her father but, that so did Oliver.
By the end of the episode we see the gang back together in
support for Oliver except for Roy which leaves Starling City once he finds out
that Thea was safe. Sara is also absent as she attends to her father who is
arrested on suspicion for working with the vigilante. We also get to see our
trio of adversaries, slade, isabelle and Sebastian in the dark with their evil plots
that they have in store for Oliver and starling city. Slade mentions having one
more thing to do in his efforts of destroying Olivers life when we see Slade
Wilson appear at Laurels front door.
Laurel is shocked by the news of Slade Wilson kidnapping
Thea Queen before getting a knock at her door, foreshadowing the identity of
the man awaiting her. Slade makes it appoint not to her laurel but to reveal
Arrows secret identity. After Slade makes his exit you can see by the emotional
and ‘eureka’ look on Laurel face that she has finally come to the reality that
has been in front of her the entire time.
The episode seemed more like a catalyst for what is to come
as it doesn’t seem like there is very much action to be seen except for the
long anticipated clash between, Black Canary, Roy (Speedy?) and Arrow which all
we get to see there is a very reluctant to fight Slade Wilson. I believe things
will pick up more once Death Stroke and Arrow are able to clash 1 on 1. This
episode, besides the kidnapping of Thea was mainly drama filled and had some
Gossip Girl tactics used by Slade and his ‘band of other rich folk’. We do get
to see Slade in his costume a couple times, and in action once. The episode
itself was done very well and holds a lot of importance as a lot of secrets
comes to surface by the end of the episode. For the most part though the episode
had seemed only like the catalyst for something much bigger setting the last
few episodes for Arrow to hopefully go out with a bang leaving us jaw hung at
the very end. I see the episode to be an example that Oliver has understated
Slade Wilson and has been misdirected at every turn which catches up to him, I
believe teaching him a lesson he will not take lightly next time around.
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