Arrow Season 4: 20 Most Shocking Moments (So Far)

8. Laurel Pulls A Gun

Urgh, the horrible characterisation of Laurel Lance continues. Throughout Arrow€™s run to date, Laurel has been the most poorly written character on the show. Considering how vital Dinah Laurel Lance is in the comic book world, it€™s such a huge shame to see the character bastardised in this largely-excellent series. During Season 4, Laurel has done little of note, and what she has done has largely been clumsy, selfish or flat-out d*ckish. But in terms of the most shocking thing that she€™s done this season, if bringing her dead-and-buried sister back from the dead wasn€™t bad enough, if keeping her feral sister chained up her basement wasn€™t bad enough, she then proceeded to pull a gun on her when things maybe weren€™t working out all that great! Not only was this a shocking move on Laurel€™s part, it was also a ridiculous one that capped off a resurrection that came across as purely self-serving and plain stupid.
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