Its pretty much the same as before, except that Malcolm has now basically become part of H.I.V.E.
the mysterious Phase 5.
However, Damien Dahrk isnt the only threat Team Arrow faces tonight.
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While the exceptionally choreographed and shot fight goes on, Ruve escapes.
From there Ruve meets up with Damien at what looks like it’s H.I.V.Es main base of operations.
There, Damien meets with several other H.I.V.E.
higher ups, now including Malcolm Merlyn, to discuss their next phase.
By taking care of a loose end, Damien means dropping an entire building on Quentin.
However, the building starts to fall around them right when they arrive.
Actually, lets take a moment to talk about the episodes direction, which was quite good.
Felicity:Because youre a man.
This is particularly frustrating because weve been through this before: Keeping secrets from someone doesnt keep them safe.
Meanwhile, Thea confronts Oliver about Samantha and his son, William.
However, Thea defends Samantha and says that Oliver is doing the right thing by keeping his promise.
The night of the debate arrives.
Another awesome-looking action sequence later, and the bombs are disarmed.
The debate is finally able to go along as planned, much to Ruves dismay.
Quentin shows up and apologizes to Donna for lying, and he comes clean about everything.
In a nice nod to Curtis comic book counterpart, Oliver says hes terrific.
Although the party isnt ruined, we know things will only getdarhkerfrom here.
Meanwhile on the Island…
Reiter puts Oliver to work on digging for his heaven.
Eventually, Oliver gets the upper hand and kills him.
Before he dies, Conklin says that Reiter plans on killing them all.
