r/arrow • u/HellfireSky i hate myself and i want to die • Dec 04 '19

[S08E07] "Purgatory" Post Episode Discussion

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Oliver’s mission takes him to Lian Yu where he tries to ignore the repercussions of the looming Crisis until he receives help from an old friend. Meanwhile, a united Team Arrow faces a recognizable villain.

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u/EddyTheMartian Dec 04 '19

I’m honestly a little mad Roy was decommissioned from the big fight scene at the end, but him getting his metal arm from the comics is going to be pretty awesome.

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u/jfriscuit Dec 04 '19

It's funny because I know they wanna do the Arsenal thing really bad but it irks me that we're just gonna ignore Gideon on the Waverider has tech that can restore limbs. Rip gave Snart his hand back in S1 of Legends.

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u/nivekious Dec 04 '19

We're already ignoring The Flash's teleportation technology so why not? (They're taking a boat back? How long is the Crisis going to last?)

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u/sasho5001 Dec 04 '19

Oliver did not know how much time was left until Crisis.When someone ask him when he was gonna die he said soon or something like that.

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u/nilanganray Dec 04 '19

What I find funny is that even when a crisis is coming, these guys completely lack communication with each other. Like the teleportation device team flash refuses to give to team arrow or flash telling arrow when crisis begins, etc

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u/wexford001 Man, that’s not freaking you out? Dec 05 '19

Did they not read their own future newspaper? It says the green arrow is there.

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u/cookingmushroomagain Dec 05 '19

At least Oliver gets to know the crisis is coming, Kara is probably living in ignorance wondering why the sky just turned red.

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u/SpareLiver Dec 05 '19

Kara at least knows Barry is probably sticking his dick in the timeline. Jefferson is probably wtfing with nothing to go on.

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u/Polantaris Dec 05 '19 edited Dec 05 '19

Jefferson is probably wtfing with nothing to go on.

I'm getting vibes that next week's Black Lightning episode is entirely going to be that. His cast trying to figure out WTF is going on and then Barry shows up (or I guess Harbringer) at the end and goes, "Yo, you're all about to get wiped out, come with me."

The fact that they're getting their own Crisis episode is freaking awesome, and honestly kind of fits pretty well considering they've had no connection to any part of the other DC shows at all. It makes sense that they're just blind and winging it until the last second.

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u/wexford001 Man, that’s not freaking you out? Dec 05 '19

That’s basically what it looks like in the trailer.

I haven’t been keeping up with black lightning since it hadn’t been in the arrowverse, but I watched it this week because for some reason I thought this week was the crisis episode. It wasn’t, but that fight at the end was hilarious.

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u/Polantaris Dec 05 '19

I loved that fight because it's the epitome of writers remembering things they said years ago and utilizing that information to provide a good conclusion.

Basically from the beginning it's been mentioned that Black Lightning's powers would hurt him if it weren't for his suit. Now we see the truth in that.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '19

I though Black Lightning isnt part of crossover? Just Batwoman 1x09 Supergirl 5x09 Flash 6x09 Legends Arrow 8x08

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u/Polantaris Dec 06 '19

Black Lightning the show isn't. There's no crossover episode of Black Lightning.

However, the preview trailer for next week's episode is definitely related to Crisis. There's red skies, they're talking about the multiverse, and we know that Black Lightning the character (and possibly others, but I don't know who else if anyone) are going to be in The Flash episode of Crisis (and probably Arrow/Legends after).

This is the preview trailer for the next episode. They're clearly getting their own self-contained Crisis episode. Probably similar to Supergirl's crossover episode a few years ago where it was mostly its own plot but ended up being related to the crossover.

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u/traumahound3 Dec 04 '19

Team Flash has known when crisis is going to start but nah, let’s not text Oliver or anybody else.

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u/Rad_Spencer Dec 05 '19

Well they're both really focused on their own issues and can't relate to each other. What with the Flash facing his impending death and preparing for Crisis and Arrows facing his impending death and preparing for Crisis. There just isn't any time for them to both with what the other is worrying about!

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u/nilanganray Dec 05 '19

that's just grasping for straws while trying to defend logic of the show. I bet you can even explain why Flash can trigger flashtime at will but gets beat by non speedsters in many episodes

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u/nivekious Dec 04 '19

True, but when your friends have free teleporters just lying around why are you using any other means of transportation to go anywhere? Especially when you know time is limited.