User blog:Nobody700/Arrow Reviews: Episode 11; My name is John Crichton...

In today's episode, I get to reference Farscape! You may be asking, what the frell Farscape is, and I say... GO WATCH IT!

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So we have a serious discussion of jazz over rap that is interrupted by a armor car robbery. I may be silly, but don't most armor car transports tend to have more then... The armor car? Well, they die and get robbed. Oliver talks about how women suck at driving, and Tommy comes in. Oliver sees the news where Lance reports of the heist, and Ollie checks it out, seeing their moves. Diggle calls the base arrow cave, where I prefer the Quiver. Diggle wants to set Ollie up on a date, but Ollie says he wants to take down criminals. He says that the robbers are ex soldiers due to how they took down the bus, and we see... BEN BROWDER, THE MAIN CHARACTER FROM FARSCAPE! Oh my god, I love that show!

Points: 11

Wait, I can't do that?! Well fine.

Points: 5

Diggle explains how Crichton... I mean... Nah, I'm calling him Crichton. Crichton was Diggles former boss, and saved his life. Oliver however, says the man is on his list. Oliver uses evidence, while Diggle believes Crichton can't be evil. I mean, a superior human can't be evil! Unless they are a peace keeper... Well, Ollie has a flashback. He goes out as his newest cosplay, random soldier guy, and meets up with a squad of soldiers. Thank god they always wear masks! Oliver finds out where Yaoi Fei is, and heads to him with the soldiers. However, Fyers comes in, and sits right behind Ollie. Oh man, he so screwed if they talk about recent torture victims.

Tommy fixes up the club, while his dad calls. Tommy calls his dad a bastard, while his dad wants to hire him. He also lives in a room with a giant fan wall. Weird. So at Moya... I mean Crichtons base, Ollie breaks into it, and kicks ass. Ollie beating up Crichton? Oh man, can't wait for his friends to come in. But instead of D'Argo, Aeryn, or even Rigel... It's Diggle?! Et Tu, Diggle. The two face off, with Ollie deciding to escape rather then face the wrath of Diggle. Diggle asks Crichton if he is okay, but come on, he survived Rygels farts. He can take the Arrow.

So Crichton hires Diggle, and tells him that he isn't evil. Only Morally gray. Oliver and Diggle argue over catching him, and... Oh dear god, the show actually mentions something that will happen in season 3. Holy shit, this show had plans that far?! Okay, here you go.

Points: 6

Damn... Now if only they made Season 3 any good! Oliver explains that he was 100% of everything he does. See, evil bodyguards! Diggle explains he wants to make double dog sure Crichton isn't a bad guy. He deserves it after saving earth. So in flashback land, Fyers tries to trick Ollie, but Ollie actually remembers it was a plane. Good job flashback Oliver.

Points: 7

Moria and Thea have a nice talk about Robert, who seems like a swell guy past the murdering a guy and failing a city. Moria gets a call from Malcolm, and she goes to see him. Tommy heads to Laurel, telling her his dad called, and he fears his dad is trying to kick him down again. But Laurel thinks his asshole dad turned a corner. Malcolm tells Moria to stop a friend from making the glades a good place. In return, Moria wants Malcolm to prove her husband is okay. He agrees, but Thea is there, hiding! Dun dun dun!

Crichton tells some funny stories of his journey in space, where he asks why Diggle didn't tap his sister in laws ass. Hey, Crichton was able to seduce Aeryn, he knows the ladies. Crichton explains how an old bad soldier turned his life around, but Diggle has problems believing that guy would. Thea goes to Ollie, and tells him that Moria is banging Malcolm. Pfft, like that would happen. Besides, why would Thea care? Not like she knows Malcolm. Oliver says that Moria would never cheat on Robert with Malcolm, like he would never cheat on Moria with a Russian.

Moria finds the idea scary, probably remembering how Malcolm ba... I mean met her, and she tells Ollie that Robert cheated on her. Course... By now, it's unknown who cheated on who first, but it doesn't matter. They both cheated on each other, and that's bad. Oliver asks why Moria knows Malcolm, and she tells him 'meh'. Back in la flashbacks, Oliver finds that Yaoi Fei is Caged. But Fyers beats up Ollie. He knows! But how? His cologne! Nah, I don't know. Malcolm tells Tommy how he is not Merlyn the wizard.

He also has no care that his wife was murdered. Harsh. So Ollie checks in with Felicity, Olivers computer geek. She also outs herself as an alchoholic, which makes a lot of sense. She is seduced by alcohol to break the law. Malcolm cuts to the chase, wanting Tommy to shut down a clinic. Tommy, like any reasonable person who learns his mother's memory has been shit on, pretty much treats his dad like garbage. Because Malcolm is human garbage. Malcolm goes by some bull about how her death means the clinic is dead, but in reality, he's going to turn it into a crack den.

Crichton and Diggle talk about the bad soldier, with him saying he gave the guy life. But Diggle is still suspicious. Felicity calls Oliver, and tells him how the Black Hawk guys are robbing armor cars. Oliver, pissed, goes after the next armor car. With the robbery going down, Ollie kicks their ass. WITH SLOW-MO! Also, a trash lid. They get away, and we see Crichton's friends are robbing armor cars. Hey, easier then Shadow Depositories. So at a party, Thea and Oliver party, while Diggle and Oliver talk about the robberies. Then, Thea's friends give her a present. Drugs. Thea has shit friends.

Malcolm shows Moria a selfie of Walter, and Thea thinks Moria was making out with Malcolm. Thea is pissed, and says Moria should have died. Ouch. So Thea, like any teenager, uses drugs. At Blackhawk down filming studio, Diggle finds blood in a van. Oh man, Velma's period! Knox catches Diggle, and Diggle learns Crichton is evil! Oh man, not again! D'Argo, fix him. So Crichton explains that Moya messed him up so bad, he robs armor cars.

Crichton asks Diggle to become a thief. Diggle uses no. Crichton replies with bringing Diggles love interest in as a hostage. Oliver hears over a bug though, and heads out. Diggle is ready to rob, but decides against it. Just when the bad guys are about to be evil, Diggle reminds them of Something. He has a grenade launcher. He proceeds to kick ass.

Points: 8

Diggle takes them down and runs off, but before he is killed, Ollie comes in, all arrow like. Crichton and Diggle face off, with Crichton stating Diggle won't kill him. But Ollie will! He may love Farscape, but he hated Ben Browder in Stargate. He explains that sadly, he knew things would end up like this. The police arrest Diggle for being black. Meanwhile, Thea as high as Kiteman, hits her car at a tree. Kitemans weakness. Oliver and Moria head to the one hospital in Starling because everyone goes there. Thea doesn't want to see her moms stupid face.

Laurel and Tommy talk about Malcolm being the worst, with Tommy refusing to see his dad as a good guy. Makes sense, he is awful. He states his dad left for years, and he seems to... Care for Tommy, still. Huh. Diggle tells Ollie he wasn't killed for being black, and was thus able to calmly talk to the police. Oliver tells Diggle that he has problems trusting people, but now he trusts Diggle. Aww, now kiss. No, really, kiss. OliverXDiggle forever! So Thea is arrested by the police for using drugs. Fyers, in the flashback, explains that he knew Ollie by his eyes. He then states that in reality... YAOI FEI IS ON HIS DIE! DUN DUN DUN!

Score: 8, Pretty good with some flaws. https://youtu.be/w6MBuh3Es_8

Thoughts: I LOVE FARSCAPE! But okay, this episode was great. Any episode starring Diggle is good, and his conflict with Oliver is a driving force in this episode, with more framework set up for the entire series, as a whole.

In loving memory of John Crichton. You died the way you lived... In pain.