Disbanded
- Episode aired Mar 29, 2017
- TV-14
- 42m
IMDb RATING
8.3/10
2.9K
YOUR RATING
Diggle and Felicity are shocked by Oliver's decision to ask the Bratva for help in taking down Prometheus.Diggle and Felicity are shocked by Oliver's decision to ask the Bratva for help in taking down Prometheus.Diggle and Felicity are shocked by Oliver's decision to ask the Bratva for help in taking down Prometheus.
Willa Holland
- Thea Queen
- (credit only)
Raresh DiMofte
- FSB Bratva #1
- (as Raresh Dimofte)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaKORD Industries which appears in this episode was the company owned, in the comics, by Ted Kord who was the superhero Blue Beetle! LC. Bruce Wayne and Jason Todd aka Robin are also linked to KORD.
- Quotes
Curtis Holt: That sounds like Russian. Bros'te Oruzhiye.
Anatoly Knyazev: Look, this one's accent has not improved. Still sounds horrible.
John Diggle: Anatoly.
Anatoly Knyazev: John Diggle, my favorite American.
- ConnectionsReferences The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
- SoundtracksA Beautiful Morning
Performed by The Rascals
Written by Felix Cavaliere and Edward Brigati
(uncredited)
Featured review
Let My Crusade Die
It's frustrating to watch Ollie consistently get down on himself from week to week and always need a "pep talk" from someone else on the show, but I've kind of accepted this storytelling as official Arrow canon. It's almost a checkmark that the writers feel the need to cross of their list every single time they write an episode. Is it annoying at this point? Yes. But was it at least handled well tonight? I'd have to say yes to that as well.
The subtly brilliant thing about this episode, which may be unintentional on the writer's end, is that Oliver created his own conflict tonight because of the situation with Prometheus. In other words, even when Chase isn't going after Oliver, he's still in his head and creating problems around Star City. The one undeniable positive this season has been Josh Segarra as Adrian Chase. Much like Slade, some of his most unhinging work is done in the shadows, and not suited up as Prometheus. That's when you know you have a truly terrifying villain.
Ollie hired the Bratva this week to kill Chase in exchange for them stealing some diabetes related drugs they were going to use to sell another drug. Just as we suspected, Ollie realized after a few sit- downs with Diggle that this approach wasn't the right way. And it was those talks that really fueled tonight's episode. I've been missing those 1 on 1/heart to hearts with Ollie & Dig, and we had no shortage of them tonight. Hopefully, this will be the last time Dig has to get Ollie out of a funk (wishful thinking).
The action was great as per usual and the overall flow was superior to weeks prior. All in all, there was a lot to like about "Disbanded". That is, if we push aside all of the Helix material, which still seizes to amaze me how pointless it's been so far. It seems like next episode we are getting a Team Arrow vs Team Helix (which is just downright obnoxious) so perhaps we can be informed as to why this is even a part of this season. But as a whole, this show continues to impress. Chase's plan is no doubt succeeding, and now that he's officially on the run from the law, perhaps the Prometheus conflict will get even more interesting.
+Chase still succeeding
+Dig & Ollie
+Ollie vs Team only last one episode
-Why do we care for Helix
8.1/10
The subtly brilliant thing about this episode, which may be unintentional on the writer's end, is that Oliver created his own conflict tonight because of the situation with Prometheus. In other words, even when Chase isn't going after Oliver, he's still in his head and creating problems around Star City. The one undeniable positive this season has been Josh Segarra as Adrian Chase. Much like Slade, some of his most unhinging work is done in the shadows, and not suited up as Prometheus. That's when you know you have a truly terrifying villain.
Ollie hired the Bratva this week to kill Chase in exchange for them stealing some diabetes related drugs they were going to use to sell another drug. Just as we suspected, Ollie realized after a few sit- downs with Diggle that this approach wasn't the right way. And it was those talks that really fueled tonight's episode. I've been missing those 1 on 1/heart to hearts with Ollie & Dig, and we had no shortage of them tonight. Hopefully, this will be the last time Dig has to get Ollie out of a funk (wishful thinking).
The action was great as per usual and the overall flow was superior to weeks prior. All in all, there was a lot to like about "Disbanded". That is, if we push aside all of the Helix material, which still seizes to amaze me how pointless it's been so far. It seems like next episode we are getting a Team Arrow vs Team Helix (which is just downright obnoxious) so perhaps we can be informed as to why this is even a part of this season. But as a whole, this show continues to impress. Chase's plan is no doubt succeeding, and now that he's officially on the run from the law, perhaps the Prometheus conflict will get even more interesting.
+Chase still succeeding
+Dig & Ollie
+Ollie vs Team only last one episode
-Why do we care for Helix
8.1/10
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- ThomasDrufke
- Mar 29, 2017
Details
- Runtime42 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 16:9 HD
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