Honor Thy Father
Overview:Oliver heads to the courthouse to get his death certificate repealed and is pleasantly surprised to run into Laurel, who is there prosecuting Martin Somers, a criminal with ties to the Chinese Triad. Oliver recognizes Martin’s name from his father’s book and sets his sights on taking him down. Martin orders the Triad to “take care of” Laurel so they send their top mercenary – China White – after her, an act that culminates in a battle between Arrow and China White. Meanwhile, Moira and Walter ask Oliver to take over the company.
Air date: 10/17/2012
Directed by: David M. Barrett
Guest Stars: Colin Salmon as Walter Steele, Kelly Hu as China White, Annie Ilonzeh as Joanna de la Vega, Ty Olsson as Martin Somers, Emma Bell as Emily Nocenti, Marrett Green as Merritt Davis, David Quinlan as Reporter #4, Babak A Motamed as Reporter #2, Elizabeth Thai as Reporter #3.
The story continues with Oliver adjusting to life back in the city. He has his agenda, his mom has an agenda, and there are expectations on the life he lives. He also needs to finish the work he promised his father he would do. With his former girlfriend going after a drug runner and getting threats for doing so. Oliver figures it is up to Arrow to get things done. His mother thinks he should take his rightful place at the head of the company, but what is her motivation for doing so.
Overall, my complaints with this episode are small. I didn’t really like the undoing the death certificate part. It didn’t seem that someone would have to explain to the detail he was explaining to be able to get that process done. I also struggled a bit with how the character of Arrow feels more and more like a different version of Batman. Still, I didn’t want the episode to end, and that tells me I was really into it.