How About That ‘Arrow’ Twist?! Breaking Down the Big Reveal & Maya’s First Episode
Spoiler Alert
[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for the Season 7, Episode 8 of Arrow, “Unmasked.”]
The new Green Arrow is… a she?!
Yeah, that was actually becoming sort of expected, since the hooded vigilante who had taken over in Oliver’s stead seemed to be more balletic and fluid in action than our previously scheduled bow-hunk. I mean, the pointed toes? The delicate body rolls? Plus, given the recent rise of girl power on the show, it makes total sense that the latest iteration of the Emerald Archer be a woman.
But damn, that last-minute twist was rich!
In the final seconds of “Unmasked,” the aforementioned femme fatale (Sea Shimooka) was seen on the grounds of the burnt-out Queen Mansion addressing the grave of her “dad,” saying that Oliver (Stephen Amell) was “more like you than I thought… and more like me, too.” Pan around to reveal that the headstone is that of the late Robert Queen, which means we’re dealing with Emiko Queen, Ollie’s half-sister! Apparently she has no plans on “giving up,” which seems to imply that Miss Thing is intent on saving the city that her bro has failed.
In the comics, Emiko is the daughter of Robert and the assassin Shado, but Arrow fans will recall Shado as the woman who taught Oliver to use a bow and arrow during his days on Lian Yu. Given that she was killed on the island after helping Ollie and Slade (Manu Bennett), it’ll be interesting to see how closely they stick to Emi’s backstory of being kidnapped and raised as his own by villainous Komodo. Plus, we’re waiting to see where they’ll tweak the timeline and whether or not we’ll be seeing flashbacks between Celina Jade and Jamey Sheridan, who played Robert.
And speaking of timelines taking turns, we also finally got some of the goods on Katherine McNamara’s cage-fighting character, Maya. Or should we say Blackstar? Now that it’s out there that the Shadowhunters actress is connected in some way to the mystery surrounding Felicity Smoak’s demise in the future, there is a good possibility that Kat is playing a baddie. And we’re into it.
What did you think about the Queen family surprise and McNamara’s debut? On board or just plain bored? Tell us in the comments!
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A disappointing episode. I can't believe I waited through 7 episodes of Oliver in prison for this.
First, there was far too much Dinah. Last season ruined all of the Not Team Arrow for me and while Rene is better now, Curtis and Dinah are still on my hate list and Dinah not only being in the flash forwards but the one to go with Oliver on his missions is both boring and makes me wants anything else.
There was half a minute of good Oliver and Felicity interactions when she told him that she had changed but no one talked about the fact that EVERYONE abandoned Felicity which is why she had to have her own gun to defend herself. For that, I still haven't forgiven Diggle and even more now for visiting Diaz because I was so hoping he was gone for good.
Fandom guessed that the new Green Arrow was Robert's daughter months ago so no surprise there.
I was hoping that Back Star is Oliver and Felicity's daughter but if William didn't recognize her, then that's out. What a paltry way to reunite the show's main couple.
I keep waiting for something great to happen this season but nothing so far.
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I've never read the comics, so I have no idea who the young woman is/was. It really doesn't mean anything to me except that it's a new twist on the Queen family, and will complicate future Christmas get-togethers. Unfortunately, the "secret baby" or "surprise sibling" thing has gotten to be a real cliche, so it's no longer an earth-shakiing surprise, but I guess the writers really don't have a choice when they want to bring in a new character with a "twist."
As for the flash forwards, Ii don't know what the purpose of it is. Nothing that happens in the future is going to change the past.* So is it a way to foreshadow how the action in the present leads to the future? (i.e., Felicity having started down a dangerous path while Oliver was in prison) ANyway, I don't care much about the flash forwards, although I guess hey're of more interest to me than seeing what happened when Oliver was on the island, or anything else that happened before he returned to Starling City.
* Nothing from the future can change the past... unless they bring The Flash in to travel back in time to warn Felicity. 😛
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yep all the dc shows are way too pc now