was playing her, but she still ended up employed again. I know we've seen them together before, but that shot of Team Arrow standing together struck me this time. Huntress has also been a fairly central character as well, essentially filling in for Black Canary when she left for a time. It's a primarily all female group with Barbara Gordon (as Oracle) and Black Canary as the central characters. The Birds of Prey are a kind of continuing legacy title that has had several mini-series, series, and specials since the mid-90's. Otherwise it wasn't a big Island flashback episode. Not too thrilled about the torture though, but I loved the shout out to Spartacus. I'd always assumed it was in tribute to Shado, and in a way it is. That entire situation was so awkward, but at least we know how Oliver got that tattoo on his back now. I'm pretty sure if she lives through this one, he's not going to be able to let go again.Īnatoly continued to be a good friend, this time to Sara. Poor Roy, you could see his emotions so clearly, and even Thea knew what he was doing. Enough that the stuff with Roy was not fun to sit through. And Oliver might have to reveal himself to Thea during her rescue. Are both Laurel and Thea on a path towards finding out about their family's true identities? I swear it looked like Sara was about to come clean to Laurel. I'm just glad it isn't being written off as one sided here. I'll admit I'm from the group of nerds who don't buy into the 'superhero lying for their loved one's own good' trope. Yet, it's cool that the emotional toll of these kinds of lies are being explored. I know I've said this before, but it just doesn't feel like the right way to deal with things. Because they 'need' to be protected, they are subjected to confusion and pain. Neither learned anything, but in both situations the truth might've been advantageous. Laurel and Thea are still the only two characters in the cast that are completely in the dark (except for Moira who has other kinds of information so she doesn't count). The rest of the episode that wasn't focused on Huntress, which was a surprising amount, centered around siblings to our two superheroes. Unfortunately it looks like that spin-off idea is gonna be set in the year where she was killing mobsters. As a character choice it isn't necessarily a bad one, especially for someone that has to be stoic to some degree. For someone hell bent on revenge, she should be angry. The basic problem with Huntress up till now has been her total lack of emotion. It gives me hope that perhaps the actress is strong enough to pull off the lead. I think she did much better with the emotional stuff after her father was dead. Sure this was a marked improvement over the last time she showed up.

I don't know how viable that idea is though. There was an interview earlier this week with a producer of Arrow that floated the idea of doing a Huntress spin-off. Was this a Huntress episode that didn't suck? Maybe that whole Huntress spin-off idea isn't totally silly after all. Thea: 'Why is so hard for everyone to just tell the truth?'

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