We finally know what genesis is! well...kinda
The episode starts off well with Oliver bringing a tactical plan in finding a method of countering Darhk's magic. Through making contact with Constantine he decides to going to Hub City to train. He states that everyone should lay low but be available.
Flaw 1: Constantine? How could have gotten in contact with him? isn't he in hell? It would have been more believable had it been Vixen because it was who show team Arrow the Primordial Energy maps. It could have transitioned viewers to information about light and dark energy.
Felicity follows Oliver to Hub City and leaves John, Lyla and Thea without back up and thus makes them exposed and fracture because she wants to help Oliver.
Flaw 2: I thought she wanted to be a beacon of hope through Palmer Tech? She's the CEO, shouldn't she be doing that and developing as a character on her own?
Upon meeting Oliver's Dark Arts Magic trainer, Felicity says Oliver would never kill anyone to defeat Darhk. Felicity's presence throughout the entire sequence was pointless as her statements either were not necessary or contradictory to series so far.
Flaw 3: Oliver has killed people throughout the entire series. Just moments ago, he said he would do everything no matter what it took so that Darhk could not hurt anyone ever again.
Thea wakes up in a strange place, thinking that Alex might be in trouble in where ever she is.
Flaw 4: Thea was trained by her dad who was trained by the league of assassins. Why did she act like the damsel in distress at that moment?
Flaw 5: Alex works with Rueve Darhk, the yellow pills are expected
John went through an emotional roller-coaster in this episode and admits he isn't thinking with logic but emotion. This evident by his choice to follow Andy rather than calling it in for a joint venture. Lyla calls him out for it - which is good. John endangers his family, and knows that Andy has placed his family in the cross-hairs.
Flaw 6: Despite everything, John wants to save his brother, but Andy has proved time and time again that they are not brothers in the symbolic sense. John even almost killed him just moments before.
John kills his brother by accident and mourns the man that said he would never stop hunting Lyla and Sara. He tells Lyla that Sara is safe because she is with Dinah but HIVE knows all of you, they are probably monitoring all your families and therefore no one is safe. Sara could be dead then and there and no one would know.
Thea is in the Darhk's Ark but they know that she is Speedy, why let her roam free in there, she could sabotage the ark from the inside. They should have keep her subdued in a Virtual environment (her mind being in the empty city, but her body being in a tank with her arm cut off). Merlyn gets a needed hand through the use of genetic tissue.
Overall, the episode was one of better in the season so far. Diggle was the strongest part of the episode and the primordial energy training was interesting but there were too many flaws and inconsistencies in the writing of the episode to warrant a high rating.
The episode starts off well with Oliver bringing a tactical plan in finding a method of countering Darhk's magic. Through making contact with Constantine he decides to going to Hub City to train. He states that everyone should lay low but be available.
Flaw 1: Constantine? How could have gotten in contact with him? isn't he in hell? It would have been more believable had it been Vixen because it was who show team Arrow the Primordial Energy maps. It could have transitioned viewers to information about light and dark energy.
Felicity follows Oliver to Hub City and leaves John, Lyla and Thea without back up and thus makes them exposed and fracture because she wants to help Oliver.
Flaw 2: I thought she wanted to be a beacon of hope through Palmer Tech? She's the CEO, shouldn't she be doing that and developing as a character on her own?
Upon meeting Oliver's Dark Arts Magic trainer, Felicity says Oliver would never kill anyone to defeat Darhk. Felicity's presence throughout the entire sequence was pointless as her statements either were not necessary or contradictory to series so far.
Flaw 3: Oliver has killed people throughout the entire series. Just moments ago, he said he would do everything no matter what it took so that Darhk could not hurt anyone ever again.
Thea wakes up in a strange place, thinking that Alex might be in trouble in where ever she is.
Flaw 4: Thea was trained by her dad who was trained by the league of assassins. Why did she act like the damsel in distress at that moment?
Flaw 5: Alex works with Rueve Darhk, the yellow pills are expected
John went through an emotional roller-coaster in this episode and admits he isn't thinking with logic but emotion. This evident by his choice to follow Andy rather than calling it in for a joint venture. Lyla calls him out for it - which is good. John endangers his family, and knows that Andy has placed his family in the cross-hairs.
Flaw 6: Despite everything, John wants to save his brother, but Andy has proved time and time again that they are not brothers in the symbolic sense. John even almost killed him just moments before.
John kills his brother by accident and mourns the man that said he would never stop hunting Lyla and Sara. He tells Lyla that Sara is safe because she is with Dinah but HIVE knows all of you, they are probably monitoring all your families and therefore no one is safe. Sara could be dead then and there and no one would know.
Thea is in the Darhk's Ark but they know that she is Speedy, why let her roam free in there, she could sabotage the ark from the inside. They should have keep her subdued in a Virtual environment (her mind being in the empty city, but her body being in a tank with her arm cut off). Merlyn gets a needed hand through the use of genetic tissue.
Overall, the episode was one of better in the season so far. Diggle was the strongest part of the episode and the primordial energy training was interesting but there were too many flaws and inconsistencies in the writing of the episode to warrant a high rating.