Arrow Recap: This Is Your Sword

Its hard times in Starling City. John Diggle is teaming up with Laurel to take down villains man. He leads a couple of perps into a corner (they think they’re leading him to a trap to the rest of their gang) and they get snuck by the Canary Cry. John loses his cool with one too many mounted punches on one dude. Why John STILL isn’t wearing a mask is beyond me. Back at his place, he explodes over being upset at Oliver for taking Lyla. Felicity is the only one that believes he isn’t who he once was. Over at Nanda Parbat Oliver learns that Maseo is the one that brought the Alpha and Omega virus to Ra’s. Things also get a bit tense at the family dinner table as well. Oliver looking like a dude that took a course in women’s studies having to hold his tongue at the dinner table. Looking like he just trying to eat his grits in peace and patriarchy ruining the party. He excuses himself to leave stating that he has to think to himself about the marriage. In actuality he meets up with Merlyn and they discuss their plan to take the league down from the inside. Man Merlyn shoulda been on The Wire with the way he keep snitching for AYEBODY. I woulda checked his quiver for a wire as well. They dicuss stopping the Alpha and Omega Virus which is going to be on a plane headed to Starling City. Ollie tells Merlyn to get the crew together, and he’ll send someone to back his story that they can trust. Maseo then comes by to see Ollie by himself by a camp fire. They start talking about assassin f…