Arrow lian yu episode8/14/2023 You'd think one of these guys would have died right? Well, I don't think we'll officially find that out until the premiere, but I don't think it really matters at this point. Of course, Talia & Nyssa was fun (and hopefully not the last we'll see of them together), Slade had some great dialogue & action, Malcom had a heroic moment, there was some impressively shot long-takes of action, and overall it's always fun when this many cast members are on screen at once. Amidst all of the brilliantly poignant drama, there was a whole lot of fun to be had tonight. Even though we know, Oliver doesn't know if his friends will make it out alive, but he's finally allowing himself to have trust in his team to get the job done. At the same time, Oliver proved to Chase and finally to himself that he can rely on others to take care of themselves. In his mind, he proved Oliver is a killer and all of his friends and family get hurt. Kill Chase and in turn kill all of his friends, or not kill Chase and in turn allow him to kill Oliver's son. Instead, he kept the conflict at a fittingly personal level and left Oliver with an impossible choice. And I love that he actually saved something big for the last episode and it wasn't just a city-wide attack. But in reality, shooting himself in the head in order to blow up an entire island worth of Oliver's friends was probably exactly the way for it to go down. It has been such a pleasure watching Josh Segarra all season and it's a shame that tonight may have been the last time we ever see him. Slade was great for many reasons in S2, but I'm not sure any villain has truly gotten inside Ollie's psyche like Adrian Chase has. How could the writers possibly fit in an Al Ghul showdown? Or just enough screen time to suffice a proper return for Slade? I'm not sure how they did it, but they sure did it. I kept finding myself checking the clock to make sure there was enough time for everything to pan out and it almost didn't. The returns of Nyssa, Malcom, and Slade were big last week but how can that all fit into one island adventure? Well, the writers managed to just about squeeze everything in. There was a lot riding on this finale, and it sure seemed like a lot was being built up. They have made one cohesive season for the first time in years, and easily secured the second best overall season (right behind S2). This finale was important for many reasons, but the most important one being that this show is officially back. There hasn't been a great season finale since season 2, and not since season 1 have we gotten a true cliffhanger ending, if you call the glades exploding a cliffhanger. With everything this series has gone through over the years, I'm glad to say that they've finally nailed a season finale.
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