Life Sentence
- Episode aired May 17, 2018
- TV-14
- 42m
With a new ally on his team, Oliver engages Diaz in an epic final battle.With a new ally on his team, Oliver engages Diaz in an epic final battle.With a new ally on his team, Oliver engages Diaz in an epic final battle.
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaCalling the assassins the Long Bow Hunters is a nod to the limited series "Green Arrow, the Long Bow Hunters" from 1987. The Arrow show owes a lot to this series as it moved the Green Arrow character in a darker direction moving away from trick arrows and gimmicks to traditional arrows, just like the show. It also introduced Shado and Eddie Fyers also key characters in the Arrow series.
- GoofsFelicity is clearly just tapping her fingers on her keyboard at one point, not even pressing the keys while typing.
- Quotes
Reporter: Mr. Queen, why are you being arrested again?
Oliver Queen: I have voluntarily, uh, handed myself over to the FBI.
Reporter: Can you comment any further?
Oliver Queen: Yes, I can.
[looks at the TV camera]
Oliver Queen: I am the Green Arrow. I realized that I denied that claim with the same conviction with which I'm speaking now. I have let good people stand accused of things that I've done. Roy Harper is not the Green Arrow. Tommy Merlyn is most certainly not the Green Arrow. These are two names on a long list of people who hav given so much and sacrificed everything in the name of my crusade. Some of them gave their lives in the pursuit of one simple objective - to save our city. Star City still needs saving. Last night, we dealt our enemy a critical blow, but there is still work to be done, so I'm looking to the people of this city, I'm looking to my allies, to my friends, to my partners... and asking them to continue, to keep fighting. I'm asking them to complete our mission... to save our city.
- ConnectionsReferences Old Yeller (1957)
Anyone that thinks that the current quality of Arrow is acceptable is the reason that so many series that should be awesome aren't - *because they don't have to put in an effort to keep fans happy!*
Arrow should be rebooted. All the characters are unlikeable, as they've deviated so much from their original identifiers.
Ollie, who is supposed to be our hero, is a criminal, you can't deny that. He's perjured himself under oath, so "his word" can never be trusted, he allowed a murderer (Laurel) to escape justice, and was complicit in the illegal harbouring of her by Quentin (another corrupt politician using his office for personal use).
This perpetual garbage with the bad guy never being finally stopped is boring, too. Every season! On, and on. "Woops, that didn't work, let's try this, that, the other thing! Felicity! Quickly! Pretend to type really fast on the keyboard and give me another unsuccessful solution!"
And, the biggest detriment to this series is the soap opera drama. That can work with other shows, but as I said, these characters are unlikeable, *so who cares!*
Reboot! They do it in the comics, they did it with Spider-Man movies, they can do it with Arrow television.
Oh, yes -- fire the writers!
- rsvp321
- May 19, 2018
Details
- Runtime42 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 16:9 HD