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Shifting Allegiances Arrow 620 Review

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           Diggle's allegiance shifted to ARGUS, NTA shifts to Diggle, and  Oliver shifts his to Anatoly, so I clearly get the title. However, I wonder have the writers had amnesia since Oliver and  Felicity's wedding?  For me there's been very little character growth, or cohesiveness in the story since then. There are only 3 episodes left, yet I'm still not clear where the story takes me.  Shouldn't it be winding down and guiding us to a season 7?  Normally, I watch the episode when they air, and then the next morning, rewatch on the CW app to see  if I can glean more details, or to see if I had missed an important element.  I'm sorry, but I couldn't bring myself to do that this morning.  I don't think the episode to be as bad as Tweets and Facebook comments made it seem, but for me, it's not the best either.         Oliver and Anatoly: Abandoned  by all his  team members, Oliver...

The Dragon Arrow 619 Review

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        Arrow certainly  took a departure in this episode, but they forewarned  us in the opening title by  showing a dragon  instead of the typical arrowhead.  This, my readers, was a clue we would not see  much  of  the Green Arrow, or Oliver Queen. I have mixed feelings about this episode.  At first I found myself bored, but upon re-watching and rethinking, I found this episode to set  up the villain, and Earth two Laurel Lance, however, it  came too late in  the season to be effective for most of Arrow's viewers.          Darkness embodies  the scenes  with Diaz and BS, even  when they  happen in the daytime.  Both  are dressed in  black, Laurel wears a black wig; all this symbolizes the darkness that resides in Diaz.  Ricardo Diaz, well acted by Kirk  Acevedo, is cool, calculated, with a bit of psychotic mixed  in....