Arrow Season 5: 7 Ups And 4 Downs From 'New Recruits'
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7. Oliver’s Training Techniques
It likely doesn’t get any tougher than Russian Bratva training, and those are the harsh methods that Oliver is borrowing from in order to test out his new recruits.
The whole ‘ring the bell’ technique may have certainly been an interesting test, but the most enjoyable element of Ollie testing out his rookies was seeing him just completely take them to school. Even with the three of them against just Oliver, Wild Dog, Evelyn Sharp and Curtis Holt were all made to look like absolute fools as the Emerald Archer disposed of each of them with (often brutal) ease.
One of the main character traits of Oliver Queen is that he doesn’t really tend to enjoy working all that much with others. If he does so, it’s usually reluctantly, and he’s as far away from being a people person as you can get. Regardless of that though, it still makes for hugely entertaining TV to see Ollie attempting to take some rookies under his wing, no matter how much pain and abuse lies ahead under said wing for these new recruits.