S4E1

Green Arrow

Arrow · 2015-10-07 · 42 min

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what happens

Oliver and Felicity's blissful getaway is cut short when Thea and Laurel pay them a visit and tell Oliver they need his help back in Star City. The city has been attacked by Ghosts, assassins led by a dangerous man named Damien Darhk. However, when Oliver returns, Diggle makes it very clear that he doesn't want Oliver on the team.

how it went

Left to right is this episode — its opening to its closing minutes. This is the one span the comments were always describing.

FUN

how good a time it was

MEANINGFUL

how much it moved you

Read from 16 comments — 7 said when.

Not enough to put a number on. The shape below is drawn from what there is, with the widest uncertainty band we use — it is the start of an answer, not one.

Not enough people said when to name this shape. The line is what the evidence draws, not a finding.

Hover the curveDrag across the curve to see what people said at any point.

height: how intense it got, 0–100
gold above: how tender it felt. violet below — what it cost. Thick on both at once means it was doing both.
tension rail: how much was still unresolved
grey haze: how sure we are — wider means fewer people described it

openingending

what people actually wrote

Grouped by where it was written, because a considered review and a reaction typed an hour after the credits are different things. Every quote links to its source.

Reddit18 read

“This was a great setup episode with a bunch of storylines - Oliver and Diggle trying to figure out their friendship, Oliver and Felicity figuring out their happiness, Thea looking a little off-kilter, Damian Dahrk, the Hive, and the big bad stuff. It was great.”
dresdenologist▲ 466about 0–85% inread it ↗
“I was fine til the last 10 minutes. Then they pulled the Lance is a mole thing. And THEN they pulled the "someone dies in six months" thing and it's obviously someone very close to Oliver for him to shed those tears. That means it's gonna be one of the regulars we've come to know and love. Good Lord, Arrow, you're gonna give me the equivalent of TV blue balls with all those teases. I can't wait.”
dresdenologist▲ 466about 85–100% inread it ↗
“loved that opening line with all my geek heart”
Kipple_Snacks▲ 229about 0–15% inread it ↗

who made it

directed: Thor Freudenthal
written: Beth Schwartz, Greg Berlanti

guest cast

Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.

Neal McDonough as Damien Darhk
Cynthia Addai-Robinson as Amanda Waller
Luke Roessler as Young Boy (uncredited)
Enid-Raye Adams as Laura Hoffman
Matt Hamilton as A.R.G.U.S. Agent
DDanielle Kremeniuk as District Attorney
Paolo Maiolo as Alvarez

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