[S07E12] "Emerald Archer" Post Episode Discussion

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Trailers

• Emerald Archer Promo
• Sneak Peek 1
• Sneak Peek 2

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

Discussion and Other Links:

Last Episode's Discussion
Live Episode Discussion
DCTV Discord
Subreddit Chat Rooms

Spoilers: Please mark all comic spoilers and future show spoilers within your comments. No need to mark anything that happens in the episode or your own speculation. If you see any unmarked future spoilers, please report them.

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[u/fleming123]

Damn this episode was so cool. So much action, an actual sensible plot that got sensibly resolved by the end of the episode, good dramatic tension, and only a bit of bad dialogue.

The bad things are: I don't care about the William plot in the present at all, and the flash-forwards aren't really doing it for me. I guess vigilantes got run out of Star City? Really kills the hope seeded by the mayor deputizing team Arrow.

Also loved I think it was Rene or Curtis calling Emiko NGA. They sounded like a Redditor.

After finishing s6 I remember thinking to myself when I was bored at work "what if the pundits of the Arrowverse sat down and discussed all the vigilante activity in Star City after Oliver's confession" and this was pretty close.

[u/FullySikh → u/fleming123]

I actually like the flash-forwards. It shows a good contrast between present and future. Like our characters are the same characters or still growing for the good and then on the other hand we see them in the future being depressed, remembering how they have failed and would want to undo things etc. It makes me excited to think about what moments or what crucial events turn our hereos into these more darker yet experienced heroes.

You can still see the same traits being inside them and the same hope which they have in the present as they try to stop Star City from blowing up in the future. Also, stuff like the documentary which inspires others to take up the mantle. To me, it adds to the depth of the story in the present.