Arrow Season 4: 12 Big Questions We're Asking After 'A.W.O.L.'

4. Can We Have More Of This Felicity? (But 'Overwatch'? Really?)

This episode featured a lot of Felicity - two Felicitys, in fact - which placed a fair bit of heavy lifting on the shoulders of Emily Bett Rickards. Thankfully, as we've seen previously but perhaps not quite to this level, she was up to the task and then some. She spent a lot of the episode struggling to deal with her life-changing injuries, along with having a hallucination of her former self - Goth Felicity - following her around everywhere. But then, when it came down to it, she stepped up to the task and was able to fulfil her role as one of Team Arrow's most important members. She was typically sweet and funny and awkward, but there was also strength and some craziness thrown in there, and it was a reminder of how great Felicity can be. The show last sight of that in Season 3, but started to rectify it this year. Now, she's back to her very best, and hopefully that'll continue. She may be in a wheelchair and think she's not up to the job anymore, but she's more important to Team Arrow - and the show - than ever before. But really, Overwatch? I liked the nod to the fact that they can't use the name Oracle, but surely that's not exactly the best possible alternative?
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