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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....

Collision Course Arrow 614 Review

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           True  to the  title OTA and NTA collided in ways that right  now look unrecoverable.  Oliver as mayor has to  confront the various city mangers that the 70 million dollars that Cayden James extorted from them lies in a bank account  in Corto Maltese, and he has 48 hours to get it. Oliver and team find out that the Black Siren stole the 70 million, so now the chase is on to find her. A  lot happened in this episode, so I'm  breaking it  down in smaller bits.               Olicity:   After Oliver leaves the meeting  with the city managers, he returns  home, his place of  rest and safety, and he finds Felicity and William cooking in the  kitchen.  I enjoy the home scenes  with our  hero.  Felicity in an  apron making cookies with William gave us another glimpse  of what a good mom she  is.  William...