Just a Yoko episode. I've loved every episode so far but like someone else here said, I have no interest in Helena's reasons for vengeance or her whole story arc.
Well, Helena's story arc didn't last that long. What was even the point of her? At least she was less cringy in this episode. That's a good thing, I guess.
2 Helena centric episodes in a row
is two too many
After seven good or great episode, here came the first bad episode in my opinion. Helena became even more obnoxious in her second episode even though it was nice seeing Oliver have open conversation without Diggle being present, the overall episode just didn't work for me. I had no interest in her personal vendetta and i gotta admit that i once again missed the flashbacks.
Shout by Darren RennelsBlockedParentSpoilers2022-04-08T14:31:17Z
I like Huntress as a character, but this execution does her no justice. I don't want to be too harsh on Jessica De Gouw's performance, I think she was miscast from the start. She isn't remotely convincing as an ice-cold, vengeful killer. The dialogue in this is doing no one any favours. Worse yet, this story arc would be a lot more compelling if it were so rushed. One episode with her and Oliver's fallen in love? And he's going to change her? It's kind of insulting that he even creates her outfit and weapon of choice.
The relationship drama in this between the various couples in this as melodramatic as ever, and I've largely warmed up to the cheesiness of it--but this specific episode has some poor writing. Still waiting for Diggle being able to do something. We got the one tease of him as the Hood, but now he's just the mopey voice of reason who is right about everything but is framed as a stick in the mud.