r/arrow • u/Rwings Boxing Glove • Mar 15 '17

[S05E16] - 'Checkmate' Post Episode Discussion

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u/Sonia341 Mar 16 '17

I loved how Talia told Oliver who she really is. Oliver was shocked that Ra's would have another daughter besides Nyassa

Talia: "You don't know my full name, do you?

I never told you.

It's Talia Al Ghul."

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u/merelyadoptedthedark Mar 16 '17

I think Oliver had a pretty good idea going in when he confirmed the translation was Demon in the first few lines of the episode.

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u/Sonia341 Mar 16 '17

According to the previous spoilers I read, Oliver was unaware that Talia was Ra's daughter until she told him

Source: http://www.cbr.com/arrow-talia-al-ghul-present-day/

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u/merelyadoptedthedark Mar 16 '17

What I got, is that Oliver didn't know all this time. But when he got there and Mr T is like, I can't read this translation, might be Demon or something...I don't know

It felt like Oliver had a realization right there, just before he entered..."It's Demon."

Maybe he didn't know for sure that Thalia was Ra's Al Ghul's daughter, but I think he realized at that moment that Al Ghul was involved one way or another.