“ The Secret Origin of Felicity Smoak , ” give us a technically stark superhero blood line narration . It ’s so beautiful , so graceful , that I want to enter it in the Superhero Origin Story Olympics .
Mommy Hottest
We open with Felicity Smoak , in her jim - hole , getting quick for her day . Her mean solar day get a jump on her when Ray Palmer read up . No , not a “ real ” jump . Yet . He just wants to talk to her about generating ability with Queen Consolidated ’s wasteland heat and giving it to the metropolis . He ’s interrupted by the unexpected arriver of Felicity ’s mamma , Donna , who is , as far as I can tell , five long time onetime than her girl , bubbling over with enthusiasm , in a skin - tight see - through white meat - cup dress , and beatify to find a billionaire in her daughter ’s apartment . Ray and Donna interchange pleasantries , and Ray strolls off to show up on some other employee ’s doorstep being sexy and creepy-crawly in equal measure .
A Long Time Ago , in a University Far aside
Here ’s what you have to understand : this part of the chronicle is kind of a period objet d’art . You know how Batman origin stories are nominally set up only 15 long time ago , but all the car in them have that bulbous smell and all the men have a sure cut to their cause ? That ’s to give you the flavor of Batman ’s rootage in the 1930s . Same with how Superman ’s Kansas always seems just a bit like it ’s from the 1950s , with beat - up trucks and old - fashioned parents . ( Do n’t tell me Superman is also from the 1930s . It ’s true , but his move to Kansas came after . The original Kent farm was in Rhode Island . )
Anyway , this is formally five years ago , but it ’s clearly set up in the 1990s . ( In fact , now that I ’ve seen how the Smoak women age , I could consider that Felicity went to college in the 1990s . ) It was a time before churl and grunge had all separated . you may enjoin this by looking at Felicity , who expend the total flashback looking , from the waist up , like she ’s try out for the part of the Goth lady friend from Blair Witch 2 : Book of Shadows , and from the waist down like she ’s commit up fliers for her band at a fresh - give Starbucks . We first see her heavily - lined eyes and jet black hair when she ’s smooch up a boyfriend and hacking into a bank . The bank hack , as far as Felicity is concerned , is only meant to show they can hack into a bank ’s organisation . The boyfriend grabs the laptop computer , and decides to erase all student debt . Felicity , tempestuous , shut the hack down , at which point the boyfriend let on that felonizing in the name of hacktivism was his architectural plan the entire clock time .
Meanwhile , Back at the Ranch !
A cyber - terrorist named Brother Eye is keep out off lights in Starling City , and threatening to re - set everyone ’s money box calculate to zero . Oh golly ! I wonder who it could be . Felicity , clearly mortified by her ma ’s behavior , prevent ditching her mom to address with the situation .
Long Ago and Far aside !
Felicity and her boyfriend are walking on their college campus . Felicity is wearing army - greenish pant that do n’t go all the way down to her shoe , and are hold back up with a thin black knock . Also , she has purple highlights in her tomentum . Her young man , Cooper , tell her they should be doing more hacktivism , as the virus she created to break into the systems is absolutely untraceable . She tells him it can be hunt , just before a turgid number of men roll up in a van , cuff Cooper , and drop behind him by .
Donna and Felicity
Donna foregather Ollie , batting her centre and delightedly necessitate Felicity how many billionaires she knows . You know what ? I require this forever . I do n’t even need Barrowman any longer . I want this show to be call Felicity and Donna , and Felicity can struggle cyber crime and babble and thieve up with Ray , and Donna can be Black Canary and lift up with Ollie and he can play all his Felicity - issues and his sly - mommy issues in one fell swoop . ( That really works , because the original Black Canary and Green Arrow relationship was Ollie romancing Dinah ’s mom , an senior womanhood . ) Donna get ditch again , and Ollie asks who could perpetrate the political hack . Felicity confesses to create the virus , but says only the roommate , Myron , could be using it now . Cooper is “ out of the picture . ” Sure , Arrow . Sure .
Back Down at the Bottom of the Old Well !
happiness meets Cooper in prison . People , she is wearing imperial lipstick and an ankh necklace . I could kiss the screen . He tells her that he “ confess ” to creating the virus so she wo n’t get in trouble . I know that Felicity is front at him through the eyes of love , but that ’s hardly noble . He used her instrument , without her license , to stupidly perpetrate felonies . All of this is his fault .
The Battle of the Smoaks
It turn out that Myron did n’t do it . Felicity reveals that it could n’t be Cooper , because he “ hung himself ” just before sentencing . First of all , it ’s hanged himself , and second , it ’s not even that , because he did n’t do it . The show is n’t even really trying to convert us . It knows we know .
While we ’re waiting , we , and Ray , find the larger-than-life fight of the Smoaks . It ’s a good competitiveness , both because they each say some mean things , and because it begin out with each woman being raging and end with each charwoman being sad . Felicity start out being furious that Donna ca n’t accept that she has responsibilities , and ends up scream , tell that Donna never does anything other than pick on her clothes and singleton status . She feels like a constant letdown . Donna , meanwhile , shout at Felicity for never appreciating that she stayed when Felicity ’s dada depart , and ends up say that she does n’t see any of herself in Felicity . Felicity seems so entirely like her father that Donna always knew Felicity would leave her , just like he did .
I accept that the two women ca n’t see how alike they are , but — we all do , right ? I mean , the demeanor , the style of attire , the make - up . Anyone would be capable to blemish them as mother and daughter in a crowd of M .
Donna reveals that she only came because she got a free just the ticket to Starling City , Felicity knows something is up , and the two promptly get kidnap .
What ? Cooper ? But It Ca n’t Be Him ! He ’s Dead !
Of course it ’s Cooper . He made a raft with the NSA and they faked his death . Now he ’s liberal , and this was his luxurious plan to get a gang of armored cars full of cash . He was break down to share with Felicity , but when he mother out he establish out she was a “ corporate lapdog . ” Ugh , what an industrial - effectiveness , lubed - up shaft .
Anyway , he wants Felicity to hack the tracking organization on the armoured railway car , or he ’ll kill her mom . Felicity does it . He go out with thugs to shoot the armored car number one wood , and that ’s when the watch Ray throw Donna beeps . Why did n’t I mention the watch before ? Because I wanted everyone to have the same “ Oh yeah , ” minute that I had ! Oh yeah ! Ray did give Felicity ’s mom a watch that ’s “ essentially a estimator . ” I remember that ! And it comes in ready to hand now ! Well done , Arrow ! Perfectly placed and time !
And , when Felicity use the sentinel to signal the Arrow squad , it sets up the best struggle ever date anywhere , include other planets . Ollie is tap dancing around motion sore machine throttle ! Roy scud an pointer through a bazooka ! And Felicity elbows her former boyfriend in the stomach , catch his gun , and handgun - strap him !
Oh , Arrow . Ooh la la . Magnifique ! C’est si bon ! Je suis Americaine ! And all the other French praise that I learned in high school !
And In the End
The last two installments of the Felicity Smoak history we see one after another . The flashback express Felicity ’s churl - grunge wearing apparel piled in a food waste udder , and her coming out of the bathroom , bespectacled , blonde , and preppy . She ’s swear off cyber heroism forever , she cogitate !
In the present tense , Felicity tells her mamma , mirthfully , that she did get something from her — her toughness . They go out to enjoy each other ’s company , and giggle over Ray Palmer . They even cease with an classic superhero - style gag . What did Donna think of the watch ? It ’s a real living - saver ! Har har har !
What else happened in this episode ? Well , it turns out that Thea is financing her lifestyle with Malcolm Merlyn ’s money . She moved into a “ dulcet loft , ” will get her club off the ground , and once she ’s rich again , she swears she ’ll donate the leftover money to an “ Earthquake Relief Charity Thing . ” Polemonium caeruleum thing . I intend we discover the forward-looking 24-hour interval , “ countenance them eat cake . ” Oh , and Ollie is move in with her . They baby-sit down to watch the pitch-black - and - blank movie possess on a screen the size of a wall . You love what ? When the peasants come in to chop off their chief , I will be there with pitchforks and torches . They merit to get slapped down hard .
Also , Roy is having dreams that he killed Sara . I doubt he did it . And you ?
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