Arrow Season 4: 5 Ups And 6 Downs From 'Canary Cry'

After the shocking death of Laurel Lance in the previous episode, the aptly-titled Canary Cry was certainly an entry brimming with sadness.

With all of the show’s key characters mourning the loss of Laurel in their own different ways, there’s conflict, there’s anger, there’s an over-spilling of emotion, and interestingly there’s a new Black Canary on the streets of Star City.

As Ruve Adams puts this new Canary in the crosshairs of Star City’s finest, it’s down to Team Arrow to get to this newly-arrived vigilante before the newcomer gets herself killed courtesy of Ruve’s orders. For the first time in a long time, it appears that anybody under a hood is once again Public Enemy #1, which is something that regularly happened to the Emerald Archer and Co. during the show’s first few seasons.

Following the hard-hitting reality of the last episode, the finality of what happened to Laurel continued to play out in Canary Cry, even if the episode itself wasn’t quite as impressive as its predecessor.

Regardless, there was still plenty that this latest Arrow episode got right in amongst its missteps. So with that said, let have a look at Canary Cry’s “ups” and “downs”.

Spoilers

This is seemingly a constant theme of many a show, particularly The CW’s DC-based shows, but as long as it keeps happening then I’ll keep on trying to pull the shows in question up on it.

Yes, I’m talking about the annoying decision to list surprise guest stars in a show’s opening credits.

This time out, the return of Alex Kingston as Dinah Lance was spoiled within the episode’s first few minutes. Granted, this isn’t a particularly huge character, but her turning up at the graveside of her deceased daughter would’ve had more of an emotional impact if we hadn’t seen her inclusion ruined already.