User blog:Konstant888/Arrow 6x16 "The Thanatos Guild" - Review

I was excited when I heard that Roy Harper will be returning to the show. But after the last episode I was pretty disapointed and this one did nothing to fix it. Roy's return has been nothing but disapointing! And I didn't mind that they were doing a storyline with Thea, but now I think that they should have wasted two episodes. Last episode, 6x15 "Doppelganger", was OK, but this one is barely even that. Spoilers for the episode!

First of all, I want to address the B-plot with Curtis and Dinah. That was the most interesting part of the episode. I was the only plot that actually mattered to the overall story of the season. Curtis getting a boyfriend I didn't really care for, but the two of them with Dinah leading an investigation to find out who are the corrupted cops was good. It was interesting to see them do some detective work and I am SO disapointed that it was such a small part of the episode. But like...really small! Too small!

The rest of the episode was barely OK. Nyssa's returs was good, Katrina Law is a good actor, but she didn't do anything great. Athena, the leader of the Thanatos Guild, was really annoying, because the actress was bad and she was a generic, boring villain. The entire plot with that guild was pretty uninteresting, although I did like the idea of Malcolm forming a secret League of Assassins, it gives him a presence it the show, even though he is dead. I aslwo thought that the fight scenes were OK, nothing too exciting, although it was funny that The Guild managed to take down everybody except Oliver, he managed to hold his own, as he should, he should be the best fighter.

The storyline that Thea had was OK. I think that convo that she had with Oliver was great. Really nice scene. Those two have always had a great chemistry. I do think Thea deserves that send-off, especially because lately she hasn't had much to do and she shouldn't just be standing around if she doesn't have anything to do. I think they made a good choice not to actually give her that normal life, but to make her go with Nyssa, because that feels like it fits her character more. With that in mind, what she did this episode was boring and kinda annoying. She was just complaining a lot and was kinda just getting dumb excuses to stay. I thought that they really tried to stretch her story so they made her stay, even though it didn't feel like it actually made sence. But whatever.

Another thing that I want to mention real quick is the thing with Diggle. I don't get why he wants to be the Green Arrow, I definitely understand why Oliver wants it, but Diggle? I gotta say tho, after watching the promo for the next epidoe, I think it looks pretty good.