r/arrow • Boxing Glove • Feb 15 '17

[S05E13] - 'Spectre of the Gun' Live Episode Discussion

Episode Info: A traumatic attack on City Hall triggers painful memories for Rene about his family. Flashbacks reveal how Rene went from simple family man to a hero named Wild Dog. Meanwhile, Oliver must deal with the perpetrator behind the attack and realizes the best way to do so is as Mayor Queen instead of the Green Arrow. Tensions run high in the Arrow bunker.

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u/Char543 Feb 16 '17

"Hi, I'm your daughter's replacement" - Dinah

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u/Jopthebass Feb 16 '17

As long as they keep making valid points on either side of this gun control I'm actually okay with this being so political.

Plus comic Olivier is super political.

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u/FriendLee93 Feb 16 '17

Prometheus descends from the heavens

"Guns are bad."

tosses throwing star into someone's face and ziplines away

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u/the_456_Ambassador Feb 16 '17

But I don't owe it to you

~Badass Oliver

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u/amadoamata Feb 16 '17

That daughter is a whole lot older than I thought she'd be.

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u/the_456_Ambassador Feb 16 '17

Curtis is statistically more likely to be stabbed in the chest, given the universe he lives

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u/Shippoyasha Feb 16 '17

Holy moly. Up front shots of dying civilians. No wonder they had a warning

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u/DevoutJoJo Feb 16 '17

That black reporter dude has been on this show for so long. From since episode 1

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u/RahvinDragand Feb 16 '17

"Here's a mysterious solution to gun violence that we won't describe in any way."

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u/galkardm Feb 16 '17

Tommy was killed cause the Barrowman dropped a building on him. We need earthquake machine control.

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '17 edited Feb 16 '17

Fan: Man Arrow is just a Batman rip-off

Guggie, Wendy, Scimitar and co: (Make an episode tackling political themes like good ol liberal comicbook Ollie)

Fan: Man what is this political bull??

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u/Char543 Feb 16 '17

A list? A LIST? What are you going to do? Fucking kill them??

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u/frenzym80 Feb 16 '17

lmfao green arrow looks baller as hell with a gun

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u/LocoComa Feb 16 '17

I fully anticipated that last bullet to hit Wild Dog's daughter.

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u/Trigger_impact Feb 16 '17

Unpopular opinion: I enjoy Rene

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u/SiliconOverlord27 Feb 16 '17

I know we all hate Felicity here. But anyone else find it odd she hasn't weighed in on the guns matter considering she was paralyzed by a gunshot?

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '17

Damn adrenaline is a hell of a drug. Rene took one to the chest and shrugged it off.

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u/mr_duong567 Feb 16 '17

"Not your call to make"

Couldn't have said it better Ollie

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u/sammylaco Feb 16 '17

Was that the "Oliver queen was found" guy?

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u/TDXNYC88 Feb 16 '17

Hey, guys. There's gonna be some violence.

No shit, Sherlock.

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u/Sonia341 Feb 16 '17

I loving this scene. Mr. Amell's doing a great job of trying to get through the shooter without getting himself, the shooter, or anyone else killed

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u/ArachnoLad Feb 16 '17

Daughter doesn't give a shit about the fight. She put big money on the game.

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '17

Oh no, Weird Al Yankovic is gonna kill his wife!

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u/amadoamata Feb 16 '17

Curtis with the truth bomb. There's nothing wrong with talking as long as you don't take everything personally.

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u/Sonia341 Feb 16 '17 edited Feb 16 '17

"There's nothing wrong with a healthy debate." Agree, but both sides needs to be civil when debating

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