Arrow Season 5: 7 Ups And 4 Downs From 'New Recruits'
2. Thea And Quentin
One of the greatest elements of Arrow in its run to date is the dynamics and relationships that it strikes up between some of its core characters.
If you look at the show so far, there’s been so many relationships that have been brimming with natural chemistry, from Oliver and Slade Wilson, to Oliver and Felicity, to Oliver and Diggle, to Thea and Malcolm Merlyn, to Sara Lance and Nyssa al Ghul, to the ever-changing relationship between Oliver and Quentin Lance. And it appears that the series has now struck gold with another new dynamic.
In Season 5’s two episodes so far, we’ve come to see Willa Holland’s Thea Queen and Paul Blackthorne's Quentin Lance strike up quite the bond. We’ve all seen how Thea has had some major daddy issues over the years, and Lance has obviously had much trauma where his daughters are concerned, and so these troubled souls are almost like kindred spirits.
Quentin may be back on the bottle, but New Recruits saw Thea keen to reach out and hand Lance an olive branch. While others may see his alcohol struggles as too much of a problem, Thea instead still sees the good that the man can do, and so looks to help give him some meaning back in his life.
Thentin? Qhea? Okay, so there’s maybe nothing as smooth as Olicity to describe these pair, but their growing relationship has been a thorough highlight of Season 5’s early goings.