Arrow: Irreconcilable Differences

December 8, 2017 4:49 AM - Season 6, Episode 9

Quentin Lance is kidnapped by Black Siren and Cayden James, who are looking to trade Lance's life for a weapon of mass destruction.

Den of Geek - Oliver is his own worst enemy in the mid-season finale of Arrow.

AV Club - Once again, Arrow pretends to burn it all down

EW recap

IGN - Cayden James is at it again.

posted by oh yeah! (6 comments total)

Ugh, it's pretty out of character for Oliver to go off rails and immediately suspect all the newbies and blaming it on Evelyn Sharp. Then even more out of character of not lying to them that he was tracking them. But I thought this new Oliver would at least do what Dig said and confronted all of them, and then Rene might still have been honest about it.

Also, why hasn't Felicity and Curtis figured out how to make the bunker not get bugged after all the other times they were bugged? Especially after they realized !Laurel didn't take anything in that raid.
posted by numaner at 2:15 PM on December 8, 2017

Actually, I thought it was more out of character for the newbies to get bent out of shape about being spied on. Dinah's and Curtis' departure felt so forced.

I just want to know at what wedding do all the single/single-for-the-night guys dance with each other? A bunch of girls getting together on the dance floor? Sure. Macho super hero dudes? Not what I expected.
posted by sardonyx at 2:41 PM on December 8, 2017

sardonyx, when you live the life of a vigilante, hunted down day and night for taking a stand against injustice and protecting your city, you take any opportunity you can to get down. Plus you know the all the actors have at least dance and movement training.
posted by kittensofthenight at 4:39 PM on December 8, 2017 [1 favorite]

LOL! Well there is that perspective. Maybe that's what the next crossover should be: vigilantes taking a break from standing against injustice and getting down. I think it would be an Internet hit.
posted by sardonyx at 6:03 PM on December 8, 2017

The team breakup seemed more driven by mid-season finale needs ("we need something dramatic to happen") than anything else, which is frustrating. I hope there was a more strategic reason for the breakup and that we are not in for several episodes dealing with Oliver's trust issues again.

Thea misses Roy and does not miss her short-term DJ boyfriend.

Anybody else think Felicity's father is going to play a role in stopping Cayden James?
posted by plastic_animals at 3:32 PM on December 10, 2017 [1 favorite]

I do too, if nothing else, these DC CW shows never waste their Chekhovs.
posted by numaner at 5:10 PM on December 12, 2017 [1 favorite]