Public Enemy
- Episode aired Apr 1, 2015
- TV-14
- 42m
During an attack on the mayor's office, Ray is critically injured. Felicity is pleasantly surprised when her mother, Donna Smoak, shows up at the hospital to offer her support. With the SCPD... Read allDuring an attack on the mayor's office, Ray is critically injured. Felicity is pleasantly surprised when her mother, Donna Smoak, shows up at the hospital to offer her support. With the SCPD out in full force looking for the assailant, Oliver and his team work hard to stay one st... Read allDuring an attack on the mayor's office, Ray is critically injured. Felicity is pleasantly surprised when her mother, Donna Smoak, shows up at the hospital to offer her support. With the SCPD out in full force looking for the assailant, Oliver and his team work hard to stay one step ahead of the police to find the man responsible. However, things come to a head when Ra... Read all
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIn the Starling City hospital, there is an Ebola awareness poster behind where Felicity and her mother are talking.
- GoofsCaptain Lance issues an arrest warrant for Oliver Queen, following the recent murders of the "Arrow". However, given that Ra's told Lance Oliver was the Arrow with no solo proof, Captain Lance should have not been able to issue an arrest warrant, let alone doing that without evidence.
- Quotes
Quentin Lance: Lian Yu.
Oliver Queen: What about it?
Quentin Lance: This, uh, Ra's character, he told me that Sara made it to the island with you. You didn't feel like sharing that with me? Huh? I mean, I'm only her father. Well, I was. When did you decide that you knew what was best for my family?
Oliver Queen: I love your family.
Quentin Lance: [slugs Oliver] You got to right to remain silent. Take it!
Oliver Queen: Just ask me what you want to know.
Quentin Lance: [scoffs] What do I want to know? Well, was it worth it? All that pain and misery you brought back from the island? Merlyn, Slade Wilson? Wouldn't it be better if you just died there?
Oliver Queen: The reason I came back was to try and save the people of the city.
Quentin Lance: I hate to break it to you, but saving people isn't your specialty. Tommy. Hilton. Your mother. My daughter. And now you're set on killing Laurel, too.
Oliver Queen: I didn't want her to be involved in this. I didn't want anyone to be involved in this.
Quentin Lance: But you involved me. You spent a year making me look like a fool. You spent a year making me your accomplice. You have any idea what you've done, huh? What you've done to all of us, to the people you claim to care so much about? You've made us criminals! You've made us liars and victims. You, Mr. Queen, are not a hero. You're a villain. But you know that, don't you?
- ConnectionsFeatured in Nanda Parbat: Constructing the Villain's Lair (2015)
Of course we didn't know that Lance would find out about Oliver's identity this week. Though it seemed like an obvious fit before watching an episode entitled Public Enemy with the cops going after the Arrow. I thought it was pretty much guaranteed that by the end of the show Lance and Oliver would shake hands in agreement that the city needed him. Not only was I wrong, but there were plenty of other surprises along the way as well. This week saw the return of Celina Jade, although this time she played Shado's twin sister 'Mei'. I will say it was nice to see the actress back in the show but I don't know how necessary her inclusion was other than to further the character arc of "you don't know how powerful the truth can be". I did think the flashbacks were better than they have been in the past month or so but I just feel like they are delaying the Yamashiro storyline to the finale.
This week's ATOM subplot gave us a little bit of a break from the depressing nature of the rest of the episode. Brandon Routh has brought so much joy and charm to the series and has become a good compliment to Felicity. It also seems as though we may finally get the real ATOM powers with this new symbiote type thing he has in his blood. Felicity's mother had a random appearance this week but I enjoyed her presence as much as I did the first time around. Her personality may be different than Felicity's but I can see where she gets her quirkiness. Even with all that going on I would like to think that Felicity was definitely needed back on Team Arrow. Especially during the escape from the cops scene.
Paul Blackthorne had probably his best performance this week with the incredible amount of range he displayed. Whether it was the disgusted "I knew it" look on his face when Ras told him who Arrow was or the last scene in the truck with Oliver. That was one of the best scenes of the entire show with Quentin telling Oliver exactly what he needed to hear. I was surprised Oliver turned himself in without a plan but I also thought Ras would somehow break him out and save him if he still really wants him to become his heir. Speaking of his heir, Nyssa made a brief appearance. I don't know if it was just that I never noticed it or just how she looked this week but wow Katrina Law was stunning.
Roy took all of us by storm in revealing himself to the cops as the 'true' Arrow. That was a big moment for his character and although I don't necessarily believe that the cops would once again let Oliver go. Especially because I thought by turning himself in, Oliver signed documents to let the rest of his crew go without any consequences. Overall a great episode even if the logic doesn't quite add up.
+Blackthorne's performance
+Intense drama & chase sequence
+ATOM's powers
+Lance vs Queen scenes
+Roy steps up
-Some logic issues
9.0/10
- ThomasDrufke
- Apr 2, 2015
Details
- Runtime42 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 16:9 HD