Discussion and commentary on the CW television series Arrow and the Green Arrow comic books.
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"Fadeout" for the final time as the Arrow television series comes to a close. Some things have changed in Star City and some things have stayed the same. But the biggest difference that everyone is feeling right now is that Oliver Queen is truly dead. His friends and family have come to mourn his passing. Sara Lance even brings Mia from the future …
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It's 2040, do you know where "Green Arrow and the Canaries" are? Oliver's mantle is left in good hands. Laurel Lance, whose pre-Crisis memory is fully restored, patrols the future and discovers that if Bianca Bertinelli dies, Star City is doomed to plunge back into a crime filled city. She let's Dinah Drake in on the dark destiny and they decide to…
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"Crisis on Infinite Earths" parts 4 and 5 picks up 10,000 years before the midseason finale where we find Mar Novu conducting the time experiment that released the Anti-Monitor and destroyed the Multiverse. The seven Paragons work to find a way to bring back everyone everywhere by traveling back and stopping it before it starts. They will need help…
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Lian Yu means "Purgatory". And that's where Oliver and his team have appeared. Lyla explains that this is where they will need to construct the final piece needed before Crisis begins. Rene, Dinah, and Roy are on their way to deliver plutonium when their plane is shot down by a mysterious enemy. That enemy turns out to be the late Edward Fyers and …
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After discovering Lyla's secret, Oliver experiences a "Reset" of his day until he gets it right. He wakes up each time right before he reunites with Quentin Lance. But each time he tries to save the day once more, Quentin dies. It isn't long before he connects with Laurel, who seems to be having the same experience. Over and over they try to preven…
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Oliver must use all his "Prochnost" as he travels to Russia to work with his children and get the Pulse Wave Generator with the help of his old friend Anatoly. First, they track down a Russian General, but when the Bratva kills him and takes what Oliver is looking for, he and Mia must go in the fight ring to prove their worth. Oleg, who now leads t…
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It tends to make the "Present Tense" when your daughter and her friends appear from the future and let you know that things have gotten even worse. Of course, Mia doesn't let them reveal this right away. But they are encouraged to work together when the Deathstroke gang begins terrorizing Star City. Connor loves seeing his adopted father Diggle, bu…
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Oliver must take a "Leap of Faith" when he travels to Nanda Parbat to find answers about the mysterious Monitor. Once he's there, he runs into his sister Thea who is happy to catch up and help her big brother. She's been busy helping to dismantle the League of Assassins, but has made a dangerous enemy of Athena. Luckily, the pair have Talia helping…
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"Welcome to Hong Kong" where China White rules the triad and Katana fights against them. The Monitor has brought Oliver, Diggle, and Laurel here after the destruction of Earth 2 to find a scientist that is working on redeveloping the Alpha/Omega virus. Oliver is convinced that the last Earth was destroyed because he didn't follow the Monitor's inst…
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Come back to "Starling City" with Oliver Queen. Now in service of the Monitor, he begins his travels on the road to his final destiny by experiencing what life might have been in this alternate reality. Here, Oliver has been missing from the boat tragedy for twelve years. Black Siren and the Hood have been trying to protect the city from the Dark A…
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Relive the seventh season of Arrow in the Blu-Ray collection, available now. We take a look at the special features and presentation of Oliver's toughest year. Is it worth your time and money? And our summer crossover continues as we dive into the comic book origins of this seasons approaching crossover, "Crisis on Infinite Earths." Who was feature…
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Join us as we look at the summer news and much that was revealed at San Diego Comic Con. When will the BluRays be released? Who has been cast for season 7? And how will Oliver's ultimate fate be decided in a Crisis on Infinite Earths? Jay and Josh gush over the possibility of a multiverse of possibilities on our Summer Special of Green Justice: An …
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A year makes a big difference. Oliver became a retired father, only to leave with the Monitor to world's unknown. On the first Summer Special of the year, we discuss possible scenarios for the Emerald Archer as we approach the final season of CW's Arrow. Jay and Josh begin to look for the light at the end of the target on our Summer Special of Gree…
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Green Arrow, "You Have Saved This City"! After Emiko has everything she needs to cause mass destruction and death, Oliver Queen and his team have only a little bit of time to stop her, even if the city has turned against him. Luckily he has a little extra help when Ben Turner, Curtis, and Laurel volunteer to give them a hand. And Oliver is determin…
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Oliver needs "Living Proof" that he can make the right decisions to stop his sister Emiko. The whole team struggles to get out of the rubble left over from the building that the leader of the Ninth Circle has blown up around them. Oliver is held under a concrete slab, but luckily with with wits and a little help from his old friend Tommy Merlyn, he…
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Whose "Confessions" can be trusted? Oliver Queen is brought in to Star City Police Department for questioning after two guards are killed during a mission to stop the Ninth Circle. Captain Dinah Drake herself is in charge of the investigations as all of Team Arrow is questioned. Even Roy Harper is subject to suspicion after Oliver asked him to help…
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Green Arrow and "Spartan" get closer to finding Emiko and the Ninth Circle, but the trail leads them to the head of the DIA General Stewart. Stewart is a tough as nails military man, and someone that Diggle has no respect for. Oh, and he's also his stepfather. John's father died in a military operation that Stewart was a part of. But now that the t…
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The women of Arrow try to save the "Lost Canary". Laurel is has reverted back to her Siren ways and decided to team up with a fellow bad girl named Shadow Thief to score some cash on some high paying jobs. While Oliver and Diggle go out to find something useful to track down the Ninth Circle, Dinah tries to track down the discredited DA. But Felici…
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Emiko's "Inheritance" seems to be on overwhelming sense of vengeance on the Queen family. We witness the tragic origin of Emiko Queen as she is abandoned by Robert. Along the way through her lonely life without her father, she comes across Dante. He teaches her to be tough and ruthless and eventually gives her information she can use to get justice…
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Set a course for the future of "Star City 2040". Mia Smoak has grown up and run away from Felicity. Now she helps William look for her captive mother deep in the heart of the Glades. William tags along and helps to get her into the evil Galaxy One corporation, but she needs extra help from the rest of future Team Arrow. Once they find Felicity, the…
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Welcome to "Training Day" rookies! Oliver and his team are required to go through SCPD training in order to become fully deputized members of the force. But that comes with a price. They will have to give up a lot of the tactics and methods they've used all these years to follow protocol. They try to go along at first, but it proves to be much more…
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"Brothers and Sisters" don't always get along. When Oliver finds out that Emiko is trying to avenge her mother, he uses it as a way to build her trust. Trust is built on truth. And that's why Diggle reveals to Oliver that they are using Diaz in their Ghost Initiative. Oliver takes the news surprisingly well, but Felicity is a little less open. She …
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Who is the "Star City Slayer"? He paralyzes his victims before brutally murdering them. And it looks like he's got Oliver and friends in his sights. After confirming with each other that they've been getting threatening messages, the team begins to track down the dangerous murderer. Oliver tries to be a good father to his troubled son, who's been k…
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Coming soon to a theater near you, "Emerald Archer"! That's the name of the documentary that Oliver has agreed to be a part of, as he tries to clean up his image a little. And it includes a wide variety of appearances and opinions. One opinion that may not skew his way though, is the Mayor. She is still full-on anti-vigilante and wants Oliver to de…
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Your "Past Sins" have a way of coming back make you pay. After an interview on TV about overcoming challenges they've faced, Oliver and Laurel have to confront them before someone gets hurt. Green Arrow helps the SCPD to stop a kidnapper. But Oliver discovers that the man he's after is the son of Robert Queen's bodyguard that was murdered on the ra…
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Hello, "My Name is Emiko Queen" and I have been stopping criminals as the new Green Arrow. With Felicity's help, Oliver has discovered that it has been his sister under the hood all year. She analyzed her DNA and confirmed it. That blood came from a wound that Rene helped patch up. Because of this wound, Wild Dog and Green Arrow will be working tog…
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"Elseworlds Part 2 and 3" pick up the story as Barry, Oliver, and Kara travel to Gotham City to unravel the mystery of their swapped identities. They may not find the mysterious Batman, but they track down some answers to the unknown figure from Cisco's vision. But Gotham is a rough place, and the trio soon finds themselves behind bars. Back in Sta…
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Now that Oliver is "Unmasked" and out of Slabside Prison, he would like to get back to something resembling his former life. Oliver even gives a speech at a charity function that addresses prison reform. But when people begin to get murdered, it looks like the new Green Arrow is to blame, which turns all eyes on Oliver Queen. Because of added press…
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Oliver can achieve "The Slabside Redemption" if he manages to stay alive long enough to be released. Ricardo Diaz has been successfully apprehended, but his admission into Slabside didn't go quite as smoothly. After bribing a guard, he acquires his freedom and begins to infiltrate the prison. First, he threatens Oliver and warns him of the chaos to…
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Will Oliver ever get the "Due Process" he deserves? Now that he's back on Level One of Slabside, he tries to defend his sidekick Stanley, who's been accused of murdering a guard. Ricardo Diaz has eliminated the entire Bratva and brought Anatoly back to Star City to get his ultimate revenge by destroying the city. The old team sees that they will al…
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Oliver finally faces "The Demon" while being held on Level 2. It's a big surprise, since Oliver thought this person was dead. The Demon's been manipulating everything he's dealt with in prison. Having faced that uncomfortable truth, he now just wants to know what kind of horrors are behind the big door of which all the prisoners seem terrified. So …
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"Level Two" poses more challenges for Oliver as the prison doctor tries some extreme ways to 'rehabilitate' him. This rehabilitation includes some mind-altering machinery that makes Oliver face his past and look towards some kind of future with William. But will he ever be the same? Felicity gets an unlikely ally when she goes to Laurel for help cr…
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Our heroes may be "Crossing Lines" to finally stop Diaz. When Oliver tries to collect the information that Brick owes him after getting stabbed, he's told that the real guy he wants is someone called the Demon. Oliver has to wait for the signal to make contact. But when he tries, the devious con double-crosses him and tries to have his goons take c…
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"The Longbow Hunters" are loose in Star City and they are stealing tech for Ricardo Diaz. Diggle and ARGUS are on their trail, but their priority is recovering the goods and not stopping Diaz. Felicity isn't comfortable with that reality and does whatever she needs to to track the man that is destroying her life and family. Oliver wants to know the…
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Oliver Queen's new persona is "Inmate 4587" and right now all he wants to do is lay low and stay out of trouble, so he can get back to his family sooner. But that's not easy when you're in a prison full of people that want to kill you. And the city could really use him, too. The crime rate is up, and newly appointed Captain Dinah Drake doesn't have…
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Arrow Season 6 is now available on Blu-Ray and DVD! In addition to all the episodes, the collection includes all four episodes of the Crisis on Earth X crossover and some extras that examine some of the characters and themes from the latest season. We'll examine everything included and give our review. Jay and Josh dig deep in the quiver and pull o…
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The Longbow Hunters have been tormenting Green Arrow for many years in the comic books, and now they will be a serious threat to Oliver and all of his friends in season 7 of Arrow. We take a look back to the history of the group and its members on our second Summer Special of 2018. Plus, we recount what we learned from San Diego Comic Con as the ac…
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Now that Oliver Queen is in jail, what will the future hold for him, and more importantly, how are the writers going to make it work for season 7? On our first Summer Special of the year, we discuss where the story may go, what villain might he face, and whether we will be seeing an appearance of the Blue Beetle. Jay and Josh try to make the best o…
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Oliver wants Diaz to get his "Life Sentence" after he and the FBI storm the SCPD and defeat parts of his army. But Diaz is nowhere to be found. In desperation, Oliver asks Anatoly for help in locating him. It looks like his Russian friend has really joined the heroes, because he puts his life in danger by giving them all he knows. But Diaz knows th…
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Sometimes "The Ties That Bind" us are stronger than those that separate us. Oliver and all of his friends will need to band together once again if they hope to stop Ricardo Diaz. Now that his goal is to kill Oliver and everyone he loves, everyone will have to use extra caution as they're attacked around every corner. The only option Oliver can thin…
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All rise to hear "Docket No. 11-19-41-73" in which Oliver Queen is on trial for the crimes of being Green Arrow. The sharp lawyer, Alexa Van Owen has many tricks up her sleeve to convince the jury that this man is guilty. And it's really a problem that Ricardo Diaz has everyone from the judge to the jury under his control. Despite calling some witn…
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This week we find "Shifting Allegiances" that could either take Ricardo Diaz down, or be bad for the good guys. Oliver is trying to get Anatoly to see that his allegiance is misplaced, and even gets him an opening back into the Bratva. But Anatoly seems to appreciate his new place with the Dragon, so he delivers Oliver right to him. Curtis and Dina…
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Enter "The Dragon", on this week's Arrow. Ricardo Diaz is out to get even more power by gaining the favor of the most powerful crime syndicate in the country, the Quadrant. At first they send Diaz on a series of doggy errands for them, but he quickly gets tired of that and decides to overtake the son of one of the head members of the powerful group…
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The "Fundamentals" of Oliver's mission has always been to save his city. But the city council is very close to impeaching him and only some strong evidence will help Oliver's case. Fortunately, Felicity has some evidence. Unfortunately, it points to him being the Green Arrow. And that's when Oliver's day really starts to fall apart. After losing hi…
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Count on your "Brothers in Arms" to always have your back. Dinah takes her very small group of honest, loyal cops to begin the hunt for Diaz and his men. They begin by arresting Anatoly, but don't think it's going to be that easy. There are just too many people in the city with ties to Diaz. Even with help from the Mayor himself, Anatoly is not hel…
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"The Thanatos Guild" is after Thea and the knowledge that they think she possesses. The Guild is a branch of the League of Assassins that Malcolm Merlyn started before he died. They're looking for a map that he left behind and only Thea Queen can get it for them. Nyssa al Ghul isn't too keen on letting them get it though, so she goes to warn Thea b…
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A "Doppelgänger" can cause a lot of problems if they pretend to be your daughter and join up with the new criminal boss in town. Laurel goes to the press and claims to be the real Laurel Lance. This insures her protection by Oliver so she won't reveal his true identity to the public. As long as the good Mayor can keep Dinah away from her, that arra…
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Star City is headed for a "Collision Course". Now that Cayden James is dead and can no longer get them all the money back that he extorted, Oliver has 48 hours to find a solution before everything begins to shut down. With a little help from Felicity they discover that it was Laurel that withdrew all the money, but she's currently in hiding with Qu…
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It's a race to save Star City from "The Devil's Greatest Trick". Now that Vince has provoked Cayden James, he promises Oliver that he will detonate his bomb and destroy Star City at midnight. Oliver desperately tries to reason with James and gives him proof that it wasn't Green Arrow that killed his son. Cayden's a smart guy and realizes that he's …
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Will everyone's determination to stop Cayden James and his siege of the city be "All For Nothing"? With Star City's money running out, the time for Oliver to stop the madman is also almost up. But Dinah's team has an ally on the inside. It looks like Vince really is trustworthy, because he's willing to get some information straight from Cayden's ma…
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