History Recap / ArrowS5E2TheRecruits

-->'''Felicity''': Some could [[IncrediblyLamePun say the same of you]]. (''laughs'') I've been waiting five years to make that joke.

* RealityEnsues: Since Oliver wasn't forcing them to stay, the recruits [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere decide to leave him once he goes too far with his attitude.]]

** Though perhaps it was to him an advantage as it's easier to catch someone by snagging onto their shirt. It also would be hard to get a grip on a shirtless target if they were Squick covered in sweat. So this might actually be a case of CombatPragmatist.

* CallBack: Felicity mentions the multiple times Oliver has put arrows into people who later teamed up with him.

** Prometheus' "fight" with Church last's only about 3 seconds.

** There's also a subtle one when Felicity informs him that Green Arrow isn't the leader others followed, ''Oliver'' is, a reminder of [[Series/TheFlash2014 Barry Allen]] stating that [[ArrowS3E8TheBraveAndTheBold Oliver was someone who could inspire people while the Arrow was kind of a douche]].

* WoundedGazelleGambit: Believing Ragman to be good, Oliver does this by purposely making it look like Church was going to kill him, even though he's curbstomped Church before. This forced Ragman to release the =[AmerTek]= CEO and attack Church.

* WoundedGazelleGambit: Believing Ragman to be good, Oliver does this by purposely making it look like Church was going to kill him, even though he's curbstomped Church before. This forced Ragman to release the AmerTek CEO and attack Church.

* AssholeVictim: By the time Ragman comes for her, it's revealed Janet Carroll has been accepting money from crime syndicates and covered up [=AmerTek=] being the builder of the nuke that landed on Havenrock. Clearly, Rahman couldn't have picked a nicer target.

* ContinuityNod: Oliver has converted the abandoned HIVE base into a training facility.

* CruelToBeKind: How Oliver justifies his behaviour. He wants them to learn how to work together and get better.

* HiddenPurposeTest: Oliver puts his new team through an exercise where they have to get past him to ring a bell. The point is to teach them teamwork. The problem is he's so brutal and abrasive they don't realize that. That and it's an excise used by the Russian Mob too ...

** Diggle's SO killing a fellow soldier and trying to put the blame on John.

* WhatTheHellHero: Both Felicity and Curtis give Oliver a serious condemnation for his outright abusive behaviour.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Believing Ragman to be good, Oliver does this by purposely making it look like Church was going to kill him, even though he's curbstomped Church before. This forced Ragman to release the Amertek CEO and attack Church.

** Though perhaps it was to him an advantage as it's easier to catch someone by snagging onto their shirt. It also would be hard to get a grip on a shirtless target if they were [[Squick covered in sweat.]] So this might actually be a case of CombatPragmatist.

** There's also a subtle one when Felicity informs him that Green Arrow isn't the leader others followed, ''Oliver'' is, a reminder of [[TheFlash2014 Barry Allen]] stating that [[ArrowS3E8TheBraveAndTheBold Oliver was someone who could inspire people while the Arrow was kind of a douche]].

* HiddenPurposeTest: Oliver puts his new team through an exercise where they have to get pass him to ring a bell. The point is to teach them teamwork. The problem is he's so brutal and abrasive they don't realize that. That and it's an excise used by the Russian Mob too ...