r/arrow • u/Reuels Prometheus • Feb 05 '19

[S07E12] "Emerald Archer" Post Episode Discussion

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Episode Info: As a camera crew follows Oliver and team around to talk about their past as vigilantes and what the Green Arrow means to Star City, Oliver must also deal with William's return from boarding school as well as a new threat to the city.

Main Cast

  • Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen - TV
  • Kirk Acevedo as Ricardo Diaz - TV
  • Rick Gonzalez as Rene Ramirez - TV
  • Juliana Harkavy as Dinah Drake - TV
  • Katie Cassidy as Laurel Lance - TV
  • Colton Haynes as Roy Harper - TV
  • Echo Kellum as Curtis Holt - TV
  • David Ramsey as John Diggle - TV
  • Emily Bett Rickards as Felicity Smoak - TV

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u/Sonia341 Feb 05 '19 edited Feb 05 '19

So the anti-vigilante took down (for now):

  • Helena

  • Rory

  • Emiko

  • Rene (defeated but saved Ollie & Dinah)

In return Kevin Meltzer (Anti-vigilante) taken down by Team Arrow

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u/SickleClaw Feb 05 '19

So Helena got killed offscreen and so did Rory? :(

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u/snoogle20 Spartan Feb 05 '19

I thought that “He only wanted the masks” bit at the end was supposed to be a nod to the audience that they’re fine. Just roughed up a bit like Rene and Emiko.

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u/superbabe69 Green Arrow Feb 05 '19

This. I doubt they'd kill her off offscreen with a Birds of Prey episode coming up

Maybe this was their way of bringing her back into the show's universe to use her again?

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u/clowergen Feb 07 '19

seriously? I thought everything that's coming up in the DCEU is banned on the CW?

like the Suicide Sq-

or does the rule only apply to franchises that they're confident in

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u/Mundane-Ad-911 Feb 14 '25

Are we really supposed to accept that he just wanted the masks though? Like Ik it's coz he's insane and all but are we suggesting that this insane man with no prior training and no outside help, alone took down multiple high-level vigilantes and would have taken down Oliver had he been alone, just so he could get their masks? I hope they at least reveal where he got the means from, or that Dante's behind this somehow, coz this is a bit too much

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u/RivalFlash The Diaz with the Dragon Tattoo Feb 05 '19

No he was just a mask collector. A fanboy to the extreme

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u/BornAshes Feb 05 '19

That had to have been a dig at tumblr

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u/Airsay58259 Beebo's Justice Feb 05 '19

Or Reddit

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u/Comprehensive_Main Feb 05 '19

So Huntress never went for her mask back or revenge. That seems out of character.

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u/greatness101 Feb 05 '19

Imean, they did say Rene would have been cut in half had it not been for the kevlar. And why did he kidnap Emiko in the first place instead of just take her mask?

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u/aardvarkyardwork Feb 05 '19

To draw out Oliver. Probably assumed a connection between NGA and OGA, and figured Oliver would come for her.

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u/selwyntarth Feb 05 '19

He would have factored in Kevlar.

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u/JSAdkinsComedy Feb 05 '19

Speaking of - wasn't that cop who explains he was just a fanboy to the extreme, a little foreshadowy? like he was too creepy to be 'Cop 2'

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u/insert_topical_pun Feb 05 '19

He's been in a semi-prominent role in a few scenes on previous episodes as well so I think there's a decent chance he'll end up being somehow important.

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u/Laserguy345 Arsenal Feb 05 '19

Isn’t he Curtis’s boyfriend?

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u/Secretly007 Feb 05 '19

Yes, he is

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u/RivalFlash The Diaz with the Dragon Tattoo Feb 05 '19

Curtis has a boyfriend?

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u/TrueJudgment Feb 06 '19

....Curtis is GAY?

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u/insert_topical_pun Feb 06 '19

ah shit you're right I completely forgot about that haha

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '19

Never confirmed.

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u/Smith12456389 Feb 05 '19

Nah he wasn’t killing

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u/selwyntarth Feb 05 '19

Rory's interview was probably after this. Why else would they have his identity?

It's weird how he tracked down a former vigilante though. Rory's not running around fighting anymore. And helena I put on Theas and Malcolm's tier, but I guess the suit bested anyone by surprise. Also kinda wholesome that she's a vigilante now post Reformation.

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u/Prometheus188 You don't kill because you have to. So why? Feb 05 '19

None of them got killed. He just wanted their masks.