So one of the reasons that I loved this episode was how seamlessly Felicity's storyline and team Arrow's storyline merged together. This episode did the exact thing that I've been begging the Flash to do for seasons now. Surprise a female love interest can have something to do outside of being the love interest and can also have her own thing be a part of the bigger thing. I've been saying forever that Iris should dig into her journalist routes and start hunting a mystery that she doesn't know but is related to whatever mystery the Flash is working on so that everyone has something to do without taking away from anyone else.
Felicity's HELIX storyline from last season was perfectly linked to this week's episode and possibly going forward while also linking to Black Siren and Team Arrow's problems. I loved that Alena came back and that she worked with Felicity to find Cayden James who was working with Black Siren who was a thorn in Team Arrow's side. It was the perfect connection! I loved that this episode allowed Felicity to kick more ass and how this was a villain that the team couldn't just punch. I loved that he escaped because that means we'll get more of James in the future and now that we know that he's teamed up with Black Siren, he's no longer just a Felicity problem. I am pretty curious as to how he knew to go to Lian Yu and why he saved Black Siren but also how he did that cause it looked like he resurrected her.
Seeing Oliver and Felicity back together was also precious. I still die every time Curtis fangirls over them and that woman in the restaurant slayed me too. She was so excited that they were back together and I love that. You know Star City has an Olicity watch in some gossip magazine cause the Queens are royalty. It was hilarious seeing Felicity constantly rush off to do something and Oliver being like so this is how you feel whenever I ran off. I also loved how he's struggling to stay away from the field and how he can't help but follow Felicity or go to the bunker to be on comms. I snorted at the part where Oliver was directing Felicity through the Vault and how he told her the wrong direction. It was amazing.
There was also a great ending scene with Alena who helped Felicity figure out what she should do with her company and what their name should be. I didn't even think about the spinal chip being marketable but if they do it, Felicity and Curtis are going to be billionaires soon! Also side note, what is Palmer Tech even doing now? They're going to rue the day they let Felicity go. I don't know if I like Helix Dynamics for their company name but I guess a company with co-CEOs can't exactly be called Smoak Tech yet. Eventually she'll get her big company!
We didn't get much story from the other characters. John used the crossbow tonight but Black Siren broke the arrow in a pretty awesome shot. Curtis invented a way to track Black Siren's Canary Cry but Cayden ruined that by the end of the episode. I also liked the quick drop that the anti-vigilante vote was underway and that 70% of Star City supported them. As I suspected, Team Arrow has helped a lot of people so why wouldn't Star City support them?
Next week is the Deathstroke episode and can I just say how thrilled I am that Slade is back on this show?? He's still my favorite villain though now he's more of an anti-hero I suppose. It looks like Joey got into some bad shit so it'll be fun to see what happens!!!
I'll see you all Monday for my Supergirl review!
xoxo Allie
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