User blog:Konstant888/Arrow 6x22 "The Ties That Bind" - Review

We can do this the easy way, or the hard way. I have a lot of thoughts on this episode. So, I either go in dept and mention a lot of things. Or I do two paragraphs with the things I liked and the things I didn’t. I choose the former. So this is gonna be a long review. Sorry! Enjoy! Also, spoilers, not that anything actually happens this episode.

Long story short, I have very mixed feelings on this episode. Let’s start with the positive, since I would like to keep my rant…rants for the end. The episode was trying to make me nervous. And it succeeded. Every time Diaz attacked with him “army”, it was legit scary. I totally thought that something could happen in all of those occasions. Yet nothing did…ok, I am getting ahead of myself…think positive for not.

The episode had some really badass fights. It was so badass when Oliver fought those guys off by himself, without his suit (that’s at the very beginning, if you are confused what I am talking about). Also, I have so far really enjoyed the Civil War between the two teams, New Team Arrow and OG Team Arrow. And seeing them together again felt satisfying. There didn’t need to be a scene where they apologized or whatever, because I just wouldn’t have believed that. What they did was great. And there were great fights with the entire team. And Lyla and John teaming up on the field was awesome. They are a nice couple. The advice she gave Felicity was legitimately good. Felicity should learn from her…no, I am doing it again. Positives first.

Anatoly was such a good villain. He always was. I really dig his redemption arc. He works so good as a villain, I am sorta disappointed that he wasn’t the main villain. Who am I kidding?! I am VERY disappointed, because Diaz is a garbage villain…OK, I guess it is time for my rant.

OMG, DIAZ IS SUCH A BITCH! I’m sorry, that was a little too much. But he is such I bad villain. Can’t really decide if I dislike him or Ra’s Al Ghul more. All there is to his character is his psychotic breakdowns and tattoos…oh, and the fact that Cayden James did everything for him. He can’t do anything on his own. He is a bad fighter, which is such a disappointment, considering that Richard Dragon is one of the best fighters in DC Comics. And you could say that he overpowered the heroes on a couple of occasions, but I don’t buy it, and that makes it worse. The team were constantly getting beaten by this lame dude. I have at least two times where Oliver just sat there and watched Diaz and did nothing. WTF! I guess you can bring up the fact that he might not be physically threatening, but he is still a smart, persistent person which makes him interesting. But he not only just stole what Cayden James accomplished, but would’ve failed so many times if Anatoly of Laurel weren’t watching his back. Don’t even get me started on personal connections. The best villains have a connection to the main character. Diaz doesn’t. He has no motivation. He just wants to be on top. And I gotta give it to him. And moments throughout the season, I liked him. Like when he killed Cayden James. Even in this episode, he felt really threatening for a couple of moments. Like for example, on that staircase, he totally had the upper hand on Oliver. For a brief moment, he was scary. And then he blew it away! He wanted to kill everybody, and yet killed nobody! Ricardo Diaz is an underdeveloped, boring, lame villain. Shame for the actor, who does a good job playing the character. Now my other complaint.

OMG, FELICTIY IS SUCH A BITCH! I am not sorry, that is the truth. She was so awful. One of the things that “Arrow” and “Flash” do is make it so the main character always ends up doing what their girlfriends tell them. “Oh, I have an opinion”, “But babe, I don’t like your opinion”, “Well, I guess I don’t like it either”, “Yeah babe, and now you gonna do what I tell you!”. In the beginning of the episode, Oliver was totally doing everything Felicity told him to. I bet that the disagreement they had is gonna end with Felicity on top. Also, Felicity is so dumb. She always made the dumbest choices. Why would she just run into battle. Doesn’t she realize that by doing that, she is putting the burden of protecting her on Oliver’s shoulders. She is such a selfish bitch! WTF was she doing asking for marriage advice while on the field. And BTW, the problem with the marriage is on her. There is nothing wrong with Oliver.

I am really sorry that this review is up so late. I couldn’t get it out earlier. Tell me if you read it all. Cause it was long!