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Post by AntiArbitrator on Oct 31, 2012 17:21:44 GMT -5
An Innocent Man
CW’s description: ARROW RECRUITS LAUREL TO HELP WITH A CASE — Oliver still hasn't figured out how to get back in Laurel's good graces, but a late night bonding session with Thea gives him the inspiration he needs. Looking into a suspicious murder case, Oliver realizes an innocent man, Peter Declan (guest star Lane Edwards), was framed by one of the targets on his list. As Arrow, he asks Laurel to help prove Declan's innocence. Meanwhile, Walter (guest star Colin Salmon) asks one of his employees, Felicity Smoak (guest star Emily Rickards), to look into a $2.6 million withdrawal that Moira made without his knowledge. David Ramsey and Paul Blackthorne also star. Vince Misiano directed the episode written by Moira Kirland & Lana Cho.
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Post by AntiArbitrator on Oct 31, 2012 22:29:58 GMT -5
Rated a 4. I enjoyed the episode even though Arrow did not use his fighting and arrow skills as much as he did in previous episodes. He made up for that by using some intimidation techniques. I liked learning a little more about his time on the island and that he was very different then. I already liked Diggles and I might warm up to the stepfather. Laurel’s father is going to be a royal pain, but I can’t hate him because he has good reasons to hate both Oliver and Arrow.
As promised, spoiler summary of the first 30 minutes of the episode
The episode continued directly following Arrow taking Diggles to his hideout. Diggles awakened and recognized Oliver. He slowly realized Oliver must be the vigilante and takes an unsteady step toward him and swings a fist at Oliver. Meanwhile, Oliver is wearing a tight green leather outfit (without the hood) that would make agents beg him to model for them. But Diggles did not seem to notice that as he did another swing and a miss! Oliver helped Diggles to sit down and explained he brought him to the hideout because he wants Diggles to join him in his quest to rid the city of the villains. Diggles considers Arrow to be a criminal and declined.
Oliver went home and (stay away from me) Laurel was there because she wanted to see if he was okay. After seeing he was okay, she scolded him about his thoughtlessness in letting his family worry about him when he did not come home, yada, yada. After explaining how perfect she, herself, is, Laurel left.
Baby sister overheard the last part and was pretty nice about it for a change. Oliver told her he has changed from the man he used to be. Thea suggested he let Laurel see that. While the two of them watched TV later, newscast covered a story about a man who would be executed for the murder of his wife. His wife worked for the company of Debreaux(sp?), one of the names on Arrow’s list.
Arrow broke into Laurel’s apartment. She saw a window open and grabbed a handgun. Arrow assured her he would not hurt her, so she stood there as he slowly and sexily approached and placed his hand on the barrel of the gun. He then told her to investigate the case of the soon-to-be-executed-man-whose-wife-worked-for-a-man-whose-name-is-on-the-list.
Home again. Mother let Oliver know he has a new bodyguard because Diggles quit. Oliver immediately gives the guy the slip. He later approached Diggles in the diner and gave him a real good pitch about why he is doing what he is doing. Diggles declined.
Meanwhile, stepfather is concerned about a $3.6 million discrepancy. At first, mother acted as if she knew nothing about it. Later, she said she had lost the money in an investment three years ago. She was not convincing and stepfather told his best I.T. girl to discreetly investigate.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2012 6:18:38 GMT -5
I see you like this show huh Anti.
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Post by AntiArbitrator on Nov 12, 2012 13:14:41 GMT -5
Hi Jeff  I enjoy this show very much. It has a lot of action that I enjoy. My avatar "Diggles" had a great role to play in the last episode.  They have very interesting characters that they tell us about a little bit at a time too. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2012 21:26:15 GMT -5
Marshall and Aly don't like the show for some reason.
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Post by AntiArbitrator on Nov 14, 2012 13:14:47 GMT -5
Marshall and Aly don't like the show for some reason. Aly said she only watched the first 10 minutes and that they changed stuff from the comics. I am looking forward to watching it tonight.  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2012 4:41:19 GMT -5
They always changed stuff from the comics to try and make it their own.
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Post by darwin on Apr 14, 2013 19:26:56 GMT -5
Having read comics...well...since I could read...
I have always been a little confused by the while "change things for the sake of changing them" routine that they DO with comics.
After all, a comic is simply a storyboard...ready made!
It should be the EASIEST medium to directly translate from...for tv and film.
STILL puzzeld as to why they had the Toby Maguire Spiderman shoot webbing from his body.
THEY said...to make him more of an outcast...
But that would only really work if everyone knew.
So...THAT just seemed like someone trying to justify their "job"...somehow contribute....even if only in a wonky way.
With ARROW...
Different from the comics...different from SMALLVILLE Oliver Queen...
...but different in a GOOD way.
SMALLVILLE Oliver's parents died in a plane crash...ARROW Oliver's father died at sea and his Mom is neck deep in with the bad guys.
Adds more depth to the story....more angst...more conflict...more storylines for a LONG series.
AND...
...we get to see the storylines from a different angle...
From the perspective of his Mom...and perspective of the bad guys with his Mom...etc...
More "games afoot"....as Sherlock would say.
And the flashbacks on the island?
They could make a powerful SECOND series out of just the flashbacks and I would watch it!
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