Board Thread:Arrow episode discussions/@comment-9346948-20150319005845/@comment-26224967-20150320025314

I'm not sure how Shado is alive, and to that point, how did Oliver not remember that Shado is alive? Maybe he gets amnesia later on or what happens after is so traumatic to him. Maseo said something to Oliver about Akio in the past tense, which makes me think that Akio isn't around anymore, which could be the traumatic experience.

Personally, I'm more excited and interested to see Laurel and Nyssa bond as friends. I wonder if they will start to develop a romance on the show. I hope so, because I really want Katrina Law to remain on the show. Plus, it opens up a possibility where they might exhume Sara's body and dump her in the Lazarus Pit, which could explain how Caity Lotz will be in the spinoff show.

Then there's the Roymance (Thea+Roy) going on again. I'm not the biggest fan of their love just because they're both so emotionally unstable that it will never be satisfying to them or the audience. If the rumors are true that Roy will die in Episode 19, then maybe we might get some Roy flashbacks that'll explain why he continues to love her.

Of course, there's Ra's al Ghul and his plan to ruin Oliver's reputation as the emerald-clad vigilante of Starling City. I just didn't feel that scene all too much. I mean, it would've been better if there were like tweny gangbangers that died from Ra's' arrows, but the message would've been the same.

All in all, it was a good episode. More of an exposition episode if you ask me.