Slade knocks Oliver out (appearing to betray him) and the first note of the Deathstroke motive plays as he hands Oliver over to Black Siren. Oliver, Nyssa and Slade arrive at the Retreat site and split up. Malcolm was a selfish villain and had a twisted sense of love but he gets a chance for redemption for finally putting Thea first. Crutales (a callback to “ Like Father, Like Daughter” - 3x03 when they trained together) play over an electronic repeated note before Thea steps on a landmine (with the Lian Yu sound.) Malcolm pushes her off and sacrifices himself as his theme in the harp plays with a new theme in strings. Malcolm tries to initiate conversation with Thea, who wants nothing to do with him. During this scene, strings and horn (Hero theme 2) plays. The only way to move forward is to forgive himself. Slade tells Oliver it all comes down to his Father’s suicide and the guilt he carries from it. Meanwhile, Oliver and Slade talk about his past coming to haunt him. Men’s choir (often used for religious spaces) sings as Diggle and Quentin are brought through the Chinese Holy Retreat by Black Siren to where Dinah and Rene are chained up. (Thanks to Blake Neely who helped clarify this for me!) He will always love Felicity with this depth, strong and loyal. The other woman that he loves this much is Felicity. His love is strong, loyal, and faithful and he will always believe the best in her. Oliver will always love Thea, no matter what.
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This returns several times throughout the series as Oliver expresses his love as her brother and how much he needs her: 3x03, 3x20, 4x12. Oliver gives Felicity a tablet containing imagery of the Island: “Just in case.” Harp (Felicity’s instrument) and piano (Oliver’s instrument) plays “ Purest Heart” as Felicity kisses him: “Just in case.” “ Purest Heart” is from 2x21 as both Walter and Oliver tell Thea how much Oliver loves her. Hammered dulcimer (Oliver’s instrument) plays as he asks her for help regardless of the situation. The fight that ensues with Talia and Evelyn (and Harkness) has an almost techno feel in the syncopated electronic and percussive beats.įelicity and Thea are not happy to see Oliver teaming up with Slade and that he wants them to leave so Thea brings Oliver to the side to talk. The electronic Deathstroke sound plays as Slade punches Harkness. The same timpani hit with brass plays for both times he says that line.
Slade at first appears to help the enemy but then gives a clue to Oliver: “There is no giving up to these guys” - a reference to their training in 1x14. (This was one of my favorite new music moments.) The cimbalon plays as Oliver flashbacks to his agreement with Anatoly that the boat would arrive soon.īack in the present day, Slade, Oliver, and Harkness discover part of Team Arrow in cages accompanied by a repeated pizzicato pattern (pizzicato was also used for the trap set for Thea and Quentin in 5x22). Meanwhile, in the flashbacks, Kovar discovers that Oliver has escaped and the music has a sense of urgency as Oliver runs with a repeating string pattern, cimbalon, electronics, and percussion.
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The Deathstroke motive (low brass tri-tone - 1x09 “ Deathstroke”, again first with Wintergreen then Slade) plays as he appears with Oliver and Harkness in his full gear. He offers redemption to find their sons and then gives him the Deathstroke mask accompanied by the electronic Deathstroke sound (1x05 - “ Deathstroke” - first with Billy Wintergreen, then Slade later on.) Slade recognizes that Oliver should have killed him but Oliver says that this could be the reason he didn’t. Oliver is literally facing his demons and one of the worst nights of his life to defeat Prometheus and find his son. It is eerie and reminds us (along with Slade) of the man and monster Slade had become in Season 2. As Slade explains that he is sane again, the music “ Promise Kept” plays (2x20 - Slade kidnaps Oliver, Moira and Thea before Moira dies).
The episode begins with the opening line from the Pilot about Lian Yu (Purgatory) with the Lian Yu sound (” Five Years” 1x01) as it transitions to Oliver recruiting Slade to help him. However, the episode is so intertwined with returning themes, new themes, and the Flashbacks that I will point out important themes and characters as the episode unfolded. Usually, I divide the episode review up into characters or places. Meanwhile, Oliver races against Kovar and time to get to the boat to return home in the Flashbacks bringing the 5 seasons full circle back to the pilot. The end of this season brings Team Arrow (plus a few former enemies) against Team Prometheus with many epic fights and small character moments as Oliver deals with the residing guilt over his father’s suicide as he fights for his own son.
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