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The slow build coming off the winter hiatus has not been in vain! Season 3 episode 18, entitled "Public Enemy", brought the heart-racing, heart-wrenching, action-drama we have come to love from Arrow. At its heart, Arrow presents very real characters dealing with very raw situations in a slightly unorthodox fashion. While the goings-on in Starling City might not be as far-fetched as those going on in Central City, the show still centers around three masked vigilantes running around in leather.
The truth is, we all wear masks. We all conceal our identities in some ways to avoid embarrassment or to avoid hardships, the degree to which this is done varies greatly, but it certainly doesn't require a mask to do it. Captain Lance wears his pride as a mask, we might say. Going back to season one when he was drinking heavily and being a jerk all the time, his vice was the sauce and because of one he was the other. Just because he isn't drowning in alcohol doesn't mean pride isn't having the same effect. We spend quite a bit of time going into this idea on the podcast because we know that Cpn Lance's behavior has been frustrating to a lot of fans. Sometimes it takes a well conceived episode, like this one, to look passed the annoyances of his character and really see what the core problem is. Read more...
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