Arrow Season 4: 9 Ups And 6 Downs From 'Eleven-Fifty-Nine'

13. Diggle's Dig

Again something that felt not quite right for the John Diggle character, but Digg’s swipe at Oliver in this episode was massively out of order.

Refusing to go along with Ollie’s cautious approach when it comes to trusting Andy, John not only calls out Ollie for his lack of faith in Diggle Jr, he then takes a dig at the Emerald Archer’s approach to things, even going as far as to mention how it’s an attitude like this that led to Felicity leaving Ollie. Yep, Diggle went there.

Even though they started the season at odds, Oliver and John are like brothers, and even though they had a majorly-heated disagreement here, taking the Felicity route in all of this felt like a massive low blow from Diggle and a move that made him look awfully petty.

Authored by Andrew Pollard

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Posted On: 9th Apr 2016

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