So Felicity isn’t in the grave, which was obvious khổng lồ anyone paying attention lớn dates, và we’re still no closer lớn finding out it’s true occupant. Our enjoyment of Blood Debts relied on how much we cared about that cliffhanger, & with the combination of obvious writer trickery khổng lồ throw us off the scent over the break và an episode that was busy with several non-Felicity plotlines khổng lồ set up và pay off, it’s hard to lớn know how khổng lồ feel about the outcome.
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The attack in the mid-season finale has consequences, which is nice, but it’s again very unlikely that Felicity will actually remain paralysed for the rest of her time on the show. Sadly, primetime US dramas just aren’t there yet (but they’re miễn phí to prove me wrong) & I worry that this is just going lớn serve as an excuse to mess with ‘Olicity’ và for Oliver to go dark & broody again.
The small glimpse we got of the Felicity at the end goes some way lớn easing my mind on that because, depending on who’s actually dead, it appears khổng lồ be Felicity driving the revenge train in four months time. Again, that’s assuming that the writers have even decided on who they’re going khổng lồ kill yet. Sadly, that’s not a given, & so I’m taking the clues we’ve been given so far with a pinch of salt.
Although we don’t ignore this part of the plot during the episode, it’s not the focus. Instead, we spend time on the return of Machin – the guy who Thea mix alight a few weeks back – và it’s a better hour for it. Thea’s post-Lazarus Pit bloodlust has not been my favourite part of the season and, aside from her finally suiting up & joining the show’s inner circle of heroes, it’s been generally quite hard lớn connect to anything Thea has dealt with.
But a struggle against becoming a monster, infused more by who Thea is than by that one thing that happened khổng lồ her, is something I could get behind. It helps that her storyline here is in no way influenced by Malcolm, because when he’s around there’s a tendency for it lớn become more cartoony than grounded in things that we know about the world and about Thea as a character. Having Thea turn dark would be an interesting way khổng lồ go, & would have ramifications for pretty much everyone.
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As Oliver – avoiding the hard realities of his fiancé being in hospital – và Thea struggle with inner demons, Diggle is still dealing with his brother’s betrayal. It becomes part of the main narrative here due lớn Andy’s convenient knowledge about Darhk, but so far the whole thing has been pleasingly Diggle-centric. We even get a scene with Lyla, and it’s just refreshing lớn see Diggle get any kind of solo story in an episode that doesn’t explicitly revolve around him.
Damien Darhk remains a very immediate threat, & the mirror is held up to Oliver again with that scene between Darhk & his wife. There is a husband and wife team on either side of this war, and that gives both parties a lot lớn lose. Felicity is the first casualty, & that automatically makes the battle far more personal than that between two shady politicians. And, if anything, Dhark’s wife appears to be the brains behind their ‘Genesis’ project.
This was a hard episode khổng lồ come back to, with so much of the mid-season chatter based on what happened lớn Felicity & not on all the other balls Arrow is currently juggling. But a busy show is better than one that’s focused on just one storyline that’s not working (here’s looking at you, season 3). Blood Debts proves that, flashbacks and forwards aside, the show has a strong idea of what it’s doing this year.