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* CharacterDevelopment: Inverted as we see just how shallow pre-island Oliver was compared to the man he is now. He gets a woman pregnant while cheating on his fiancée, copes by running to Mommy for help, allows the supposedly grieving Samantha to brush him off with a phone call, then having apparently dodged the bullet [[AesopAmnesia he learns nothing from the experience]] and returns to his hedonistic ways with consequences that we all know.

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* CharacterDevelopment: Inverted as we see just how shallow pre-island Oliver was compared to the man he is now. He gets a woman pregnant while cheating on his fiancée, Laurel, copes by running to Mommy for help, allows the supposedly grieving Samantha to brush him off with a phone call, then having apparently dodged the bullet bullet, [[AesopAmnesia he learns nothing from the experience]] and returns to his hedonistic ways with consequences that we all know.



* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Instead of shooting Moira and letting her have an instant death, Slade stabs her with his katana, leaving her to bleed out and die much more slowly, inches from Oliver's face. Though another interpretation is that [[MoralMyopia from Slade's point of view]] the sword was a more honorable death.

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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Instead of shooting Moira and letting her have an instant death, Slade stabs her with his katana, leaving her to bleed out and die much more slowly, inches from Oliver's face. Though another interpretation is that [[MoralMyopia from Slade's point of view]] view]], the sword was a more honorable death.



** Oliver convinces his mother not to drop out of the mayoral race, putting her right back in Slade's sights as her death is therefore necessary to advance Blood's agenda.
** Right after he saves Roy as the Arrow, Oliver comes back into the club and gets chewed out by Thea for not being there when needed. Fortunately Moira gives him an alibi.

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** Oliver convinces his mother not to drop out of the mayoral race, putting her right back in Slade's sights as her death is therefore more necessary to advance Blood's agenda.
** Right after he saves Roy as the Arrow, Oliver comes back into the club and gets chewed out by Thea for not being there when needed. Fortunately Fortunately, Moira gives him an alibi.



** Roy runs off after killing a police officer, and begs Sara to kill her after he attacks Thea.

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** Roy runs off after killing a police officer, and begs Sara to kill her him after he attacks Thea.



* EveryManHasHisPrice: Unknown to Oliver, his child is still alive and living in Central City after the mother was bribed with $2 million to fake a miscarriage and relocate to break off contact with Oliver. Moira softens the crude bribe by asking her to ThinkOfTheChildren and presenting it as a [[MamaBear sacrifice she would make to ensure the child's future]].

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* EveryManHasHisPrice: Unknown to Oliver, his child is still alive and living in Central City after the mother was bribed with $2 million to fake a miscarriage and relocate to break off contact with Oliver. Moira softens the crude bribe by asking her Samantha to ThinkOfTheChildren and presenting it as a [[MamaBear sacrifice she would make to ensure the child's future]].



* InelegantBlubbering: Thea in the end scene. Very understandable, as within a few minutes' time a madman threatens to shoot her, her mother offers herself to protect her, and her mother is then killed.

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* InelegantBlubbering: Thea in the end scene. Very understandable, as within a few minutes' time time, a madman threatens to shoot her, her mother offers herself to protect her, and her mother is then killed.



* KindRestraints: After Team Arrow recaptures Roy he's back on the table, this time sedated and with his hands and feet bound.

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* KindRestraints: After Team Arrow recaptures Roy Roy, he's back on the table, this time sedated and with his hands and feet bound.



* MamaBear: Moira proves in this episode she's willing to do absolutely anything to protect her children, whether it's providing hush money to the mother of Oliver's child or [[HeroicSacrifice giving up her life]] to protect Thea.

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* MamaBear: Moira proves in this episode she's willing to do absolutely anything to protect her children, whether it's providing hush money to the mother of Oliver's illegitimate child or [[HeroicSacrifice giving up her life]] to protect Thea.



* MoralityChain: Turns out Sara views Oliver as this for her. Tragically that only makes her break up with him, because she's worried that she will end up corrupting him.
* NeckLift: Roy does this to Thea. [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep This is not the first time Willa Holland has been subject to this by a former friend.]]

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* MoralityChain: Turns out Sara views Oliver as this for her. Tragically Tragically, that only makes her break up with him, because she's worried that she will end up corrupting him.
* NeckLift: Roy does this to Thea. [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep This is not the first time Willa Holland has been subject subjected to this by a former friend.]]

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