Per
last episode's cliffhanger, Thea is dying because she won't succumb to the
Lazarus Pit's bloodlust hangover. Rather than just calling
John Constantine - who saved the similarly afflicted Sara, and thrilled viewers with his appearance - Oliver has, as he always does, decided to do things the hard way. Nyssa has a cure called the Lotus, which she will only surrender if Oliver kills Malcolm Merlin. Tired yet? We haven't even started.
Nyssa keeps bringing up that Oliver is her husband, almost to the point of nagging. It makes me wonder how legally binding such a marriage would be. Should Felicity be worried? Should she ask Laurel if she knows a good lawyer? Both
Jean Loring and
Kate Spencer are dead, so I suspect it's dangerous for lawyers in Star City. A side note should be mentioned here that in the
Arrowverse, as shown on a recent episode of "
DC's Legends of Tomorrow," Jean is the mother of Anna, Ray Palmer's late fiancée. In the comics, Jean was his wife.
Speaking of Felicity, she has her own problems, and her own subplot this episode. Not only is her estranged father the
Calculator, but he confessed to it in order to win her love back. Her mom insists that he can't change, of course conjuring parallels to Oliver, but Felicity wants to try anyway. I was okay with Felicity and dad going for coffee, but I think bringing him to Palmer Tech and letting him see a T-sphere was a bit much. Good thing it was only a test.
Although Oliver tries to negotiate, Nyssa and Malcolm go to war. Again, distance and logistics are a problem. The League of Assassins is headquartered in Pakistan and Star City is on the US west coast, and yet the war is in the streets of Star City? How many times do members of Team Arrow and other cast go back and forth in what seems like no time at all??
Dr. Lamb, the Queen family doctor dating back to
the first episode, gets a callback in this one. I did some Google fu thinking the name rang a bell and was maybe some forgotten evil scientist from Green Arrow's past, but he's not. I was however reminded of Green Arrow for
Dr. Davis again. Wasn't there a Davis on The List? Could our campaign manager be related?
In the end, the villains were all wrapped up far too nicely and quickly I thought. How long really will the Calculator remain behind bars or the League of Assassins remain disbanded? And there are a hundred different hand jokes, with and without "
Doctor Who" and "Torchwood" references, that I could make about Malcolm, but I won't. I'm just sad that we're obviously in for more Darhk, the story arc that never ends…
Next: Code of Silence!
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