| 1 | * BadassDecay: Malcolm, who only lost to Oliver once thanks to a near-sacrifice move, and last season held off both Nyssa and Oliver at the same time, gets [[CurbStompBattle curbstomped]] by Oliver here. Justified because Oliver has been improving his skills to the point where he surpassed Ra's al Ghul, who Malcolm was too afraid to face. |
| 2 | ** Nyssa, to a lesser extent. She has to blackmail Oliver to fight Malcolm, because she is afraid that she can't defeat him, when in a previous season, she did so. Later on, she struggles in a brief skirmish with Malcolm. Again, arguably justified because she was in a cell and not training for several months. |
| 3 | * CharacterRerailment: After the bizarre attempt last season to turn Malcolm into a quasi-ally in the face of all the horrible stuff he's done, here he's turned back into a straight villain, complete with a betrayal that Oliver will clearly never be able to forgive even with everything else he let go for Thea's sake. |
| 4 | * HarsherInHindsight: Malcolm's betrayal of Team Arrow was foreshadowed back in "Legends of Yesterday" when he collected Vandal Savage's remains to resurrect him, even though the man just tried to kill Thea. |
| 5 | * HilariousInHindsight: Nyssa credits Laurel most of all for her decision to turn her back on her family's legacy and disband the League of Assassins, [[ThePowerOfFriendship which stems from the two of them bonding due to the death of Sara]]. Which means that the end of a centuries (at least) long secret society which has devoted itself to shaping world events owes its destruction, in part, to a [[TastesLikeFriendship shared meal of french fries and milkshakes.]] |
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