Things are officially gearing towards a crazy and emotional conclusion for Arrow Season 3. This week's episode, "Public Enemy", was one of the best of the season. Not only did it further the League of Assassins conflict, it gave us some great character moments and some amazing action.
The beginning of this episode didn't waste anytime, as it got to the action right away. This episode left off right where the last ended, with Ray Palmer taking Maseo's arrow intended for Felicity. Then we get a random appearance for Felicity's mom. Her role in the episode seemed kinda odd and out of the blue, but she provided some very emotional scenes, especially towards the end when she puts tow and two together and figures out that Felicity loved Oliver.
The whole Ray in the hospital sub-plot seemed kind forced, and I found myself not really caring considering Ray, you know, is going to star in the spin-off and appear on The Flash in two weeks, but his recovery may have given us an explanation for his inevitable shrinking abilities. The injection of the nano-tech removing his clot is a little too on the nose given the Atom's comic book shrinking powers.
The confrontation with the League further cemented the fact that Ra's al Ghul will do whatever it takes to make Oliver his heir. Oliver's fight with Maseo was a really cool and a well-executed fight scene. That whole scene was amazing, with Team Arrow battling the League of Assassins on top of a building, only to have it cut short by the police. This then lead to a really cool police chase, with the three running through the maze of alleys and warehouses.
I'm also glad Lance finally found out the truth about Oliver. The fact that he didn't know, after so many confrontations with both the Arrow and Oliver is just sad. Ra's is definitely not messing around, as his revelation to Lance shows us that he has no boundaries. And Lance revealing to Starling City that Oliver Queen is the Arrow really made think, What choices does Oliver have left? He's really screwed this time around.
And as we were probably all thinking that, with Oliver in the back of a van, Roy jumps down in the Arrow costume and declares himself to be the Arrow. The scenes before, with the team going to Oliver in the precinct after he turned himself in and their discussion back in the Arrow Cave, were really touching and Roy's determination to exonerate Oliver is truly heart-warming. Roy has really been a background character this season, with few emotional arcs. "Guilty" and the three episodes in which Oliver was gone were the only episodes with some truly emotional scenes for Roy. If Roy does end up dying this season, then this would be an amazing and heart-breaking departure for this character that has been under-developed this season.
The flashbacks this episode were pretty entertaining as well. I'm not totally sure what the flashbacks are leading to, as it's just some goons chasing after Oliver and the gang, but it paralleled well with this episode with its emphasis on getting told the truth and its implications. Too bad it wasn't actually Shado, but her sister instead.
The season finale's plot doesn't seem clear at the moment, as last year's episode 18 revealed to us what the real endgame was. If Ra's wants Oliver alive, then what will the conflict be? Especially considering the fact that Oliver will most likely take up the mantle of Ra's al Ghul. We'll just have to wait and see, and April 15th's episode, "Broken Arrow", promises to be an emotional episode, with the high possibility of a major death...
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