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A Good Teacher. Team Arrow took a vacation this week as Oliver, Dig and Roy travelled to Corto Maltese to bring Thea home in an episode which was entertaining, if a bit empty. The core plot was thin, as clearly the main push in this episode was the reintegration of Thea (Willa Holland). To validate a trip to Corto Maltese, the showrunners devised the concept of a rogue A.R.G.U.S. agent attempting to sell agents identities (a plot thoroughly well tread, in films such as Mission: Impossible ), however the whole event feels rushed and unnecessary. The only benefit of this adventure was watching Diggle take centre stage once more, a position he consistently thrives in. No, the most important aspect of this episode was Oliver and Roy reconciling with Thea, who has spent five months on a remote island training with Malcolm Merlyn, who Team Arrow still believe is dead. I liked that for once it was Thea withholding secrets from her brother, rather than the other way around, and the...

Now You Know What It Feels Like. The sixth episode of Arrow season two takes its foot off the pedal slightly as Team Arrow take a detour to Russia. Diggle takes centre stage as he attempts to rescue Lyla, his ex-wife who went missing searching for Deadshot. The set up for this plot comes when ARGUS, who we see in action for the first time, take Dig in to brief him, which results in a debut appearance from Amanda Waller (previously seen as a pair of legs in the first season flashback story). Waller is underwhelming here and has few lines of dialogue, but it's nice to see larger aspects of the DC Universe coming into play. Speaking of, we get the return of Deadshot in this episode, one of my personal favourite characters in the series. The assassin is further fleshed out in this episode, revealing a humorous side which is undoubtedly setting up his inclusion in Task Force X later this season. He and Diggle have some great fight scenes in the prison which are also worthy of note...