Arrow Season 2: Episode 20 - Seeing Red

Going into this episode, one could have guessed that this episode was going to be about Roy as he was heavily focused on in the preview. While this would have been great, Arrow generally does not do well when its focuses on secondary character. Hence it was a great relief that Roy was just a catalyst for other things.

Roy now pumped up with mirakuru was kept in Arrow's cave until he found a way to escape and caused havoc in Starling City. Having realised this, Arrow and Black Canary (Sarah) go after Roy, only to be overpowered and defeated. In the course of their fight Roy manages to break Oliver's leg. Thea having realised what happened to Roy lures him into Verdant (her nightclub) where Arrow stuns Roy using venom arrows. Sarah and Oliver have a fight and Sarah leaves Staling City saying that she cares "too much for him to be with him". It is uncertain as to whether Sarah has left the show for good or is going to come back later on in this season or in the next season.

The main focus of this episode was on Oliver's mother, Moira Queen. She is still struggling with her relationship with her daughter Thea and this struggle is not helped as Thea is sabotaging Moira's campaign for becoming city mayor. A suprising thing that we learnt is that Moira knew that Oliver was the Arrow which not only shocked us, the viewers, but also Oliver.

It wouldn't be Arrow if something shocking didn't happen in the end. When the Queen family finally gets together after the evens of the episode and Moira starts to open up to Thea, their car is ambushed and they crash. It is here that we realise that this was set up by Slade and he wants Oliver to choose who to save, his mother or his sister. Of course, Oliver is unable to choose and so Moira sacrifices herself.

After all that, the episode concludes leaving everyone with their mouths open. With only three episodes till the end of season, we are left wondering as to what is going to happen next. Will Slade get his revenge on Oliver? Will Oliver be able to save Starling City? Will Sarah return? These are questions that will hopefully be answered in the next episode. So tune in!!!!!! A preview of the next episode is available below:

References:
Picture from: http://www.toonzone.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/arr220b.jpg
Information: http://arrow.wikia.com/wiki/Moira_Queen
                      http://arrow.wikia.com/wiki/Mirakuru
Video from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KFw0L_JDEY