User blog:Konstant888/Arrow 6x20 "Shifting Allegiances" - Review

spoilers for the episode...that's all I have to say.

This episode was boring. Oliver was such a minor character, it was crazy bad. It sucks so much that he was in so little of the episode and it wasn't even that good. I think Anatoly is an interesting character and I hope to get some more of him in the rest of the episodes. Diaz, however, is a bad, BAD villain. After last episode I thought that when I see him in this one, interacting with Oliver, then I would make my mind up about him. And I did. He is awful. He couldn't beat Oliver ad the fact that he even put up a fight was insane. Quentin is one of the most interesting characters on the show right now and Black Siren is OK, she definitely has her moments. That's why all the scenes with them in the episode I didn't mind. But the fact that Diaz made Quenin sign something without even needing the stupid building was so stupid. And Laurel being scared of "The Dragon" really doesn't make sense and Lance knows that. So even tho I am happy to get some scenes with Paul Blacktorn and Katie Cassidy, they were pointless and were all about Diaz, who is a terrible villain.

New Team Arrow teaming up with A.R.G.U.S. and Diggle was the rest of th episode and that was sorta OK. Diggle leaving the team is turning out very bad for him because him working in A.R.G.U.S. is a boring storyline and doesn't work. Also he doesn't have his costume, so he looks bad when he is fighting. And I don't belive that hese guys think they can stop Diaz by themselves. It is crazy dumb. The Recruits, however, I think work as a team. I like their dynamic and when they destroyed those trucks, it was awesome. Curtis' T-spheres are really cool. Rene having PTSD and being afraid for his daughter is awfully similar to Oliver and William's storyline, but I think that draws some good parallels and I like it.

So in general, this episdoe was bad. The villain is bad. The story was boring. Action was ok. Some of the characters were good but most were nothing special. Oliver should get more screen time. The one episode he got a lot of screen time became one of the best episodes of the season...so the writers should take notes from themselves.