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

1. Oliver’s Redemption Of Black Canary

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Whilst the flashback moments of this episode did very few favours to the Laurel Lance character – reverting her back to the whiny, mopey, Ollie-focussed sap of the first two seasons, not to mention tarnishing both her and Oliver’s relationship with Tommy a little – at least she was served well in what closed out the present-day Arrow offering.

Despite Ruve Adams seizing the moment to try and tarnish Black Canary’s legacy, Green Arrow publicly talking down the faux Black Canary from doing anything stupid and Oliver Queen publicly detailing Laurel Lance as the real Black Canary managed to redeem the legacy of both Laurel and Black Canary.

If you took away the flashback moments of this episode, Laurel was actually placed on a high pedestal and given a hero’s send-off, and key to this were the words of Ollie, whether he was under the green hood or not.

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