Can the arrow ever been the ordinary Oliver Queen again? just when he thought the battle against crime has been minimized to the lowest level, a new enemy is born.
The Arrow writers this week... are counting on viewers not caring about things like "time" or "believability," which, I guess, is a time-honored comics tradition, too.
The scene in which Detective Lance recognizes Roy in the Arsenal gear despite his voice changer and hood is absolutely hilarious, and I was glad to see Roy take lead in the assault on Brick.
Given how crazy a journey the flashback Malcolm has to go on in just a few short scenes... it's to the episode's great credit that the moment of transformation feels as plausible as it does.
While this season has been spinning its wheels a bit, in retrospect I enjoyed the departure from the usual and the opportunity to let some of the secondary characters steal a bit more screentime.