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Given that Somers is attached to the Chinese Triad, getting out of the business isn't exactly that easy, so in walks China White, who sets out to assassinate Laurel as a means to put an end to the legal proceedings against Somers. Meanwhile, on the less than legal front, Arrow takes swift measures in dispensing justice and affords Somers a chance to make amends, as it were. It's likely no coincidence that Arrow and Laurel (Katie Cassidy) are both taking on Martin Somers (Ty Olsson), since Oliver's last take down was also a corrupt businessman who was dealing with Laurel on the legal front. As such, 'Honor Thy Father' gives Diggle ample opportunity to not only prove his worth, but also be the first to put enough of the pieces together to come to a quiet understanding with Oliver.
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Ollie capitalizes on the emotion of the proceedings to get some distance from the family and once more leave his bodyguard, John Diggle (David Ramsey), without a body to guard.Īs fun as Oliver's maneuvers to evade Diggle are, the series is quite aware that making a primary character look like a fool every episode is probably not the best way to represent him – besides, Arrow already has the ultra-smarmy Tommy Merlyn (Colin Donnell) to look foolish. But first, the family has to gather before a judge to handle the issue of legally bringing Oliver back from the dead. He's only been back a short while, and Moira Queen (Susana Thompson) and her new husband Walter Steele (Colin Salmon) are eager to see Oliver take a substantial role in the family business – which has recently announced it will be breaking ground on a new applied sciences division. It also grants a few moments to further develop Thea (Willa Holland), by having her establish just what life at stately Queen Manor was like when everyone thought Oliver had died alongside his father. Paying particular attention to the Queens affords the narrative time to expand the show's characters and throw in epilogue scenes that connect elements to the larger conspiracy involving Moira that's at play. For Arrow, that is a fairly simple task, which means our hero once more sets his sights on a corrupt Starling City businessman, maybe works out a little, and then attempts to define just who Oliver ( Stephen Amell) is when not wearing a hood.ĭespite the presence of China White (Kelly Hu), 'Honor Thy Father' is really more concerned with addressing some Queen family issues, and the way they balance home life, work and the way the public perceives them handling both. Despite a pretty solid opening for the series, Arrow has decided that much of episode 2 needs to reestablish the basic tenets of the series.