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Arrow 6X14: Collision Course
🕑 Added 2025-02-12 21:00:09 +0000 UTCOkay, I've sort of had it with all the in fighting between OTA and NTA. They either need to get back together, or get NTA off the show. I don't want to watch half the episode be them fighting each other instead of the bad buys.
So, we find out that Laurel has taken the money out of the bank account in Corto Maltese and now we've got conflicting plans. Dinah wants to kill her, and Oliver wants to convince her to give them back the money. But right now she'll holed up with Quintin at a cabin, who still believes he can turn her into his Laurel, and he's lying to everyone claiming he also doesn't know where she is.
Eventually, Thea follows him to the cabin and calls Oliver to tell him where Laurel is. NTA, who has bugged Oliver (come on, there is zero chance Felicity isn't checking them all constantly for bugs) also shows up and surprise, surprise, a fight ensues. (But, you know, not before Curtis hacks John's implant and pain of the tremors brings him to his knees)
Anyway, at the cabin, Oliver demands the money and Laurel says if he can help her get out of the country and away from Dinah, who is trying to kill her, she'll wire him back the money. Quintin says he'll go with her and is confident that she'll do it. Oliver says if Quintin trusts her, he does too and he'll help them get out.
While they are escaping, they run into NTA who is sort of trying to catch her. Well, Dinah certainly is. Curtis and Rene are less sure, but backing Dinah's play nonetheless. However, during the fight the team starts fighting themselves and Oliver hurts Rene pretty badly. And this Laurel ends up escaping. So no one gets what they wanted. (See what happens when we don't work together? First we lose both Vince and the bomb and now we lose both Laurel and the money).
Turns out Rene is not in good shape. They need to move him out of state (?) to a specialty facility. Right after we learn this, Felicity and Dig show up to see how he is and Curtis and Dinah kick them out of the hospital claiming they are not only no longer on the same team, but they are no longer on speaking terms.
And then, at the end of the episode, Laurel is found wandering around in a great deal of pain (remember she's been shot) and when a bystander asks if she's okay, she claims she was kidnapped and escaped. And that her name is Laurel Lance. Do we think this is a third Laurel? I don't know. Something seemed different about her.
Comments
Dana Licciardello
Oh good. It's not just me. Also, I embarrassingly tend to feel validated when I find myself on the same side as the fandom. 🤣 I used to like Curtis just fine. Rene sort of grew on me. Dinah never really did. Yes. I was happy when we were finished with Laurel. But then we just kind of got worse Laurel. I thought Cayden James was going to be a match for Felicity and it might end up being her vs him to save us at the end of the season, but then he's just beaten by one of his henchmen? I mean, we've still got half the season to go so I'm keeping an open mind, but I'm not loving where we are right now.
Heather
I dislike this storyline. I can't decide which of them is more insufferable. I hate them all, Curtis, Rene and Dinah. Plus, I don't like the villains, Laurel is annoying in every iteration and William is a brat.
sandrinegeller
Yeah this stupid fight is so annoying. I can tell you as someone who was watching the show as it aired and a part of the fandom, no one liked this. Like we all couldn’t stand NTA at this point. It honestly was such awful character regression for Curtis, Rene, and Dinah. I was neutral on them before but couldn’t stand them as we watched this stupid fighting. And them blaming Oliver for what happened to Rene is dumb. Rene initiated the fight, Oliver told him to stay down, and then Rene attacked him with an ax. Like what was Oliver supposed to do? Not fight back??
