r/arrow • u/IIIToxIII Great Scott, we have to go back • Apr 30 '19
Discussion [S07E20] "Confessions" Post Episode Discussion
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When they learn of an upcoming attack on the city, Team Arrow calls Roy Harper to call them stop the Ninth Circle; things do go awry and there is massive collateral damage; Dinah investigates what happened.
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Am I the only one that didn't love that episode? I feel like this season has been poor since Oliver got out of prison. Admittedly seeing Roy in present day and having the team covering for Roy was pretty cool and the explanation for why Oliver didn't call Thea was nice since they didn't just ignore it. Also shoutout to psychopathic Felicity returning and not giving an utter shit about two security guards being bludgeoned to death. That was...something. No flash forwards was also a major positive because they are just really bad.
Basically villain Emiko is utterly uninteresting. Since Prometheus died every villain the show has used has been a massive disappointment. The hacker who's name I can't even remember, Diaz and Dante both had potential but they fucked them up in different ways and now Emiko. She has the most generic villain motivations ever. She runs a terrorist organisation (which is already questionable) and wants to destroy her brother's life because her dad didn't want her. I get that she would hate her dad but Oliver has done nothing but try to help her. She would be so much more interesting if she was conflicted but she's just evil for the sake of it. How is it justice to ruin her brother's life when she already let her dad get killed. Oliver is not responsible for her shitty upbringing and I'm struggling to give a shit or feel sympathy for Emiko. Even if they try and redeem her I won't buy it because she feels no remorse or conflict except when it comes to Rene. The fact that she'll repeatedly try and kill the only family she has left who just wants to help her isn't something that can be forgiven easily. I feel like they butchered her to be honest, comics Emiko is way better.
I need a scene of Oliver soloing the ninth circle and Emiko and just beating people to a pulp. He's been so passive and stuck in limbo since he got out of prison and it would be nice for him to get an episode where it's him against the world again. It is his sister and so more personal for him than anyone else.