Arrow: Thanksgiving

November 25, 2017 4:41 PM - Season 6, Episode 7

Oliver celebrates Thanksgiving with his family but the happy moment is interrupted.

Den of Geek - This uneven Thanksgiving episode of Arrow is stuffed with surprises.

AV Club - A crowded Arrow will make you thankful for good actors

EW recap

IGN - Team Arrow doesn't have much to be thankful for this year.

posted by oh yeah! (8 comments total)

Felicity, stop embezzling. Angel investments aren't gifts, your investor is a co-owner.

You own a minimum 51% of Palmer tech, you're rich. (I would still like an explanation as to how you inherited the position of CEO, do you still own the company outright?)
posted by FallowKing at 11:13 PM on November 25, 2017 [1 favorite]

I'd read the spoiler report about Billy Joel appearing on Arrow this week and I guess I was expecting, like, a cameo where he interacts with Oliver or something, not an appearance via stock concert footage. But, hey, whatever, it's great to see him on TV and his B-side "No Man's Land" was used for the stadium scenes in the background. It would've been an easy choice to use "Pressure" for those but they went with something more interesting.

I'm very close to declaring that Michael Emerson as Cayden James is one of Harold Finch's evil identities. Or possibly a Ben Linus alias since he's mad about his child.
posted by Servo5678 at 8:40 AM on November 26, 2017

Also, I'm sharing this because I know you all will appreciate it. My girlfriend had an Arrow-related piece of art commissioned for our anniversary earlier this month.
posted by Servo5678 at 8:41 AM on November 26, 2017 [1 favorite]

Embezzlement aside, Curtis's actions of performing untested and unauthorized human experiments (injecting John) position both founders for some serious criminal charges. Although it today's American that just probably means it will be a highly successful company.

I did appreciate Felicity's trench coat wardrobe this episode, especially the deep rose one.
posted by sardonyx at 9:05 PM on November 26, 2017

Injecting people with chemicals is fine in comic book universes. It would be irresponsible to not inject Diggle with random chemicals. There's a 50% chance it will cause superpowers and a 50% chance it will cure any problem or disease.
posted by FallowKing at 10:22 AM on November 27, 2017 [1 favorite]

You're right, although I think the math is slightly off. I think there's something like a 15% chance it will drive the person mad enough to become a super villain, too.
posted by sardonyx at 10:33 AM on November 27, 2017

I think there's something like a 15% chance it will drive the person mad enough to become a super villain, too.

Maybe this is what happened over on Earth-X.
posted by Servo5678 at 11:03 AM on November 27, 2017

Already feeling that Michael Emerson may be a little wasted on this show. He needs more scenes to establish his character! Also what was with the weird Thomas Szasz psychoanalyst reference? Given the name I'm immediately thinking Victor Zsasz. But Szasz is a real person. Kind of a high brow academic reference for low-rent-Batman.

The Billy Joel appearance was pretty lame. Imagine if he were the villain, a-la Liberace-as-Chandell. Really more of an Elton John part though.
posted by Nelson at 7:58 AM on November 30, 2017