Arrow Season 2: Episode 19 - The Man Under the Hood

Well after last week's explosive episode, one could have hoped for a slowdown in the action. However, this being Arrow, action and drama doesn't stop. Last week we were left wondering what Laurel will do with the information that Oliver was the vigilante Arrow. What Laurel did was something most didn't predict. We were expecting Laurel to react badly to the fact that Oliver has been running around the city for a year as the Arrow, however, her reaction was surprisingly one of grace and acceptance.

Also in last week's episode, Thea learns that Merlyn was her father and as many expected she is not coping well with the situation. When Oliver brings some papers for her to sign in order to save their business, she rejects Oliver saying that she isn't a Queen. Even when Oliver tells her that her father (Oliver's dad) knew that she was Merlyn's daughter, he didn't care and still loved her, Thea wasn't moved by this information and stated that her father "was just a liar".

Slade infiltrates the Arrow's stronghold in order to obtain a skeleton key (a key that unlocks any door) in order to gain a device that will allow him to create an immortal army after Oliver and his gang destroyed the one in his possession at the start of the episode. A battle occurs in which Slade overpowers all of Oliver's gang and gets away without a scratch.

The last important detail we find out is that Oliver had the chance to save Slade on the island (flash backs) but he chose to kill him instead and that everything that is happening is his fault. So that's that. Another episode done, more secrets revealed and everything is building up to an explosive end to the season. How will Oliver and his crew defeat the immortal army of Sladse? Well in order to find out, you just have to tune in to the next episode!! A preview of episode 20 "Seeing Red" is available under:

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Video from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPR0uZWh6Vs

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