Once more, I defer to the website GreenArrowTV for their in-depth reviews and spoiler-filled summaries of Arrow episodes. Head over there to check out the review for the season 2 episode, "Birds of Prey"!
My Commentary
This episode certainly wasn't what I expected. Based on the title, I assumed we would see Huntress, however reluctantly, working alongside Green Arrow and Black Canary. Instead, she is the villain of the episode, and they take her to extremely dark territory. She's basically psychotic. Her motives aren't to punish criminals and gangsters; they're fiercely personal. She wants to murder her father and she's willing to kill innocent people to do it. I don't know if they can ever bring the character back, but in my opinion she's beyond redemption.
Considering Sara Lance trained with the League of Assassins for years, the first Black Canary vs. Huntress fight should have been a lot more one-sided. As their scuffle goes down, though, Canary gets the drop on Helena, who still manages to fight her off and throw her out a window. I didn't care for that bit of action choreography. The only way Huntress ought to be able to take Black Canary in a real straight-up fight is if Helena was trained by Bruce Wayne.
When the ladies scrap for the second time, Sara "doesn't hold back" but it still takes her a little too long to get the edge.
The other major hangup in this episode is Roy Harper. Ever since he was injected with the superpower serum, he has struggled with this insatiable rage building inside of him. Unfortunately, neither Ollie nor the producers of the show will let him vent that rage. So all that happens with Roy most of the time is him shaking his fists and looking mad but not doing anything. It's effectively ruining his character slowly but steadily.
Beyond those complaints, this episode had as many faults in logic as any episode of the series. There were fun, entertaining parts, but the problems were too noticeable for me to favor this one.
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