Arrow Season 4: 7 Ups And 4 Downs Of 'Monument Point'

by Andrew Pollard

1. Not Calling For Help

The Flash Barry
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I get the fact that each of The CW’s DC heroes exist in their own show for the most part, with them only occasionally crossing over from their respective Arrow, The Flash, or DC’s Legends of Tomorrow shows, respectively, but it felt massively off in Monument Point for Team Arrow to not call for further help.

Granted, the Legends team could be anywhere in actual time itself, whilst Barry Allen is tackling Zoom, but this latest episode of Arrow saw millions of people at risk of being wiped out by nuclear weapons. Is that not something that’s worth maybe popping out a quick text message: “Yo Barry, we could really do with a hand here, dude”.

And other than the Legends and the Scarlet Speedster, there are still plenty of other names out there who could help, most definitely John Constantine or possibly even Vixen, not to mention Roy Harper or literally anyone who has helped out Team Arrow in the past.

When the lives of millions are at stake and nuclear carnage is the order of the day, it just felt like a massive down point to not have the notion of calling in others even be addressed.

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