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* FiveManBand: Oliver and his makeshift team.
** TheLeader: Oliver, TheHero and the one who assembles TheTeam.
** TheLancer: Malcolm, Oliver's first "recruit" and the closest thing Oliver has as a NumberTwo, though arguably Slade has this position more, since he is the only one Oliver really trusts.
** ActionGirl: Nyssa, [[TheSmurfettePrinciple the only female "recruit"]] and [[NobleDemon the most reasonable of the (ex-)villains]].
** TheBigGuy: Slade, the most physically imposing of the "recruits" and is specifically enlisted for his combat prowess.
** TheSmartGuy: Harkness, a CrazyPrepared criminal who fights strategically. He also turns out to be the SixthRangerTraitor, as he have been recruited by Chase before Oliver got to him.

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* FiveManBand: Oliver and his makeshift team.
** TheLeader: Oliver, TheHero and
is the one who assembles TheTeam.
** TheLancer: Malcolm,
TheTeam. Malcolm is Oliver's first "recruit" and the closest thing Oliver has as a NumberTwo, though arguably NumberTwo. Slade has this position more, since he is the most physically imposing of the "recruits" and is specifically enlisted for his combat prowess. He is the only one Oliver really trusts.
** ActionGirl: Nyssa,
trusts. Nyssa is [[TheSmurfettePrinciple the only female "recruit"]] and [[NobleDemon the most reasonable of the (ex-)villains]].
** TheBigGuy: Slade, the most physically imposing of the "recruits" and is specifically enlisted for his combat prowess.
** TheSmartGuy: Harkness, a
(ex-)villains]]. Harkness is CrazyPrepared criminal who fights strategically. He also turns out to be the SixthRangerTraitor, as he have been recruited by Chase before Oliver got to him.
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* GenreSavvy: Unlike the rest of Oliver's new teammates who join up out of past friendship/alliance and/or having a personal stake in their mission ([[PapaWolf Malcolm's desire to save Thea]], [[CainAndAbel Nyssa's resentment towards Talia]], and [[TheAtoner Slade Wilson's reaffirmed friendship with Oliver]]), Digger Harkness is just a BoxedCrook who has no such history with Oliver. Naturally, Oliver trusts him the least out of all his new allies and is proven correct when Harkness turns on them at the first possible opportunity.

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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Even after crashing down in a helicopter, Kovar still gives Oliver more of a fight than all his men together.


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* RankScalesWithAsskicking: Even after crashing down in a helicopter, Kovar still gives Oliver more of a fight than all his men together.

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* SexyWalk: Black Siren when she's walking towards the knocked back Dinah.
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** TheChick: Nyssa, [[TheSmurfettePrinciple the only female "recruit"]] and [[NobleDemon the most reasonable of the (ex-)villains]].

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** TheChick: ActionGirl: Nyssa, [[TheSmurfettePrinciple the only female "recruit"]] and [[NobleDemon the most reasonable of the (ex-)villains]].
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* GoodAllAlong: The episode plays with the viewer's expectations that Slade [[HeelFaceMole hasn't really reformed]], and prepares several [[FakeDefector fake-outs]] of him supposedly going back to his old ways, which in each case turn out to be ways to manipulate Chase and his gang. In the end, he really does appear to have reformed.

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* GoodAllAlong: The episode plays with the viewer's expectations that Slade [[HeelFaceMole hasn't really reformed]], reformed, and prepares several [[FakeDefector fake-outs]] of him supposedly going back to his old ways, which in each case turn out to be ways to manipulate Chase and his gang. In the end, he really does appear to have reformed.

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* KillEmAll: Chase's ''intention'' anyway, when he kills himself to blow up the island with all of Oliver's friends and allies still on it; ignoring the fact his own allies like Evelyn, Talia, and Black Siren are still on the island. Whether he succeeded or not is an open question until Season Six.





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** Chase's ''intention'', when he kills himself to blow up the island with all of Oliver's friends and allies still on it; ignoring the fact his own allies like Evelyn, Talia, and Black Siren are still on the island. Whether he succeeded or not is an open question until Season Six.
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* XanatosGambit: Prometheus set explosives all over the island to be triggered by a DeadMansSwitch. If Oliver kills him they go off and all of his friends and family on the island die. If Oliver refuses to kill him Chase will snap William's neck. Even when Oliver TakesAThirdOption and incapacitates Prometheus the villain still gets the last laugh by killing himself thus activating the switch. Oliver's friends and family only manage to survive by sheer dumb luck.

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* XanatosGambit: Prometheus set explosives all over the island to be triggered by a DeadMansSwitch. If Oliver kills him they go off and all of his friends and family on the island die. If Oliver refuses to kill him Chase will snap William's neck. Even when Oliver TakesAThirdOption and incapacitates Prometheus the villain still gets the last laugh by killing himself thus activating the switch. Oliver's friends and family only manage to survive by sheer dumb luck.
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: TheHero and the BigBad each have their BadassCrew plus the captured members of the former's real team.
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* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: The previous four finales had Team Arrow racing against the clock to stop the BigBad from destroying Star City (or the whole world in Darhk's case). Prometheus's EvilPlan doesn't involve that at all -- he wants to destroy Oliver on a very personal level.

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* AdultFear: Samantha and Oliver, big time, with their son being held by Adrian in an unknown location. This reaches its peak in the episodes climax when Adrian threatens to break William's neck if Oliver doesn't kill him.


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* IHaveYourWife: Samantha and Oliver, big time, with their son being held by Adrian in an unknown location. This reaches its peak in the episodes climax when Adrian threatens to break William's neck if Oliver doesn't kill him.

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* BadassBeard: Slade sports his bushiest one yet on the series which makes sense considering that it's unlikely that ARGUS would provide a dangerous prisoner, especially an ex-mercenary, with anything sharp. Doubles as a BeardOfSorrow, as Slade has undergone a HeelRealization since his last appearance and is now consumed by remorse for his actions.


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* ManlyFacialHair: Slade sports his bushiest one yet on the series which makes sense considering that it's unlikely that ARGUS would provide a dangerous prisoner, especially an ex-mercenary, with anything sharp. Doubles as a BeardOfSorrow, as Slade has undergone a HeelRealization since his last appearance and is now consumed by remorse for his actions.
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* NotSoDifferent: Slade points out how similar he and Oliver are in that they are haunted by their past actions. He gives him the advice that he needs to forgive himself first of all things to put them behind.

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* NotSoDifferent: NotSoDifferentRemark: Slade points out how similar he and Oliver are in that they are haunted by their past actions. He gives him the advice that he needs to forgive himself first of all things to put them behind.

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* GenreSavvy: Unlike the rest of Oliver's new teammates who join up out of past friendship/alliance and/or having a personal stake in their mission ([[PapaWolf Malcolm's desire to save Thea]], [[CainAndAbel Nyssa's resentment towards Talia]], and [[TheAtoner Slade Wilson's reaffirmed friendship with Oliver]]), Digger Harkness is just a BoxedCrook who has no such history with Oliver. Naturally, Oliver trusts him the least out of all his new allies and is proven correct when Harkness turns on them at the first possible opportunity.



* RealityEnsues:
** Unlike the rest of Oliver's new teammates who join up out of past friendship/alliance and/or having a personal stake in their mission ([[PapaWolf Malcolm's desire to save Thea]], [[CainAndAbel Nyssa's resentment towards Talia]], and [[TheAtoner Slade Wilson's reaffirmed friendship with Oliver]]), Digger Harkness is just a BoxedCrook who has no such history with Oliver. Naturally, Oliver trusts him the least out of all his new allies and is proven correct when Harkness turns on them at the first possible opportunity.
** Thea has hated Malcolm for years. Him sacrificing himself to save her, while it does provoke some mixed feelings, doesn't change that. One act of selflessness doesn't undo years of cruelty.
** Oliver doesn't believe Chase's claim that he killed William, because Chase is a known liar who'd say anything to manipulate Oliver. As you'd expect, Oliver considers the word of a man who has lied to him from literally the moment they met to be worth absolutely nothing.

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* RealityEnsues:
** Unlike the rest of Oliver's new teammates who join up out of past friendship/alliance and/or having a personal stake in their mission ([[PapaWolf Malcolm's desire to save Thea]], [[CainAndAbel Nyssa's resentment towards Talia]], and [[TheAtoner Slade Wilson's reaffirmed friendship with Oliver]]), Digger Harkness is just a BoxedCrook who has no such history with Oliver. Naturally, Oliver trusts him the least out of all his new allies and is proven correct when Harkness turns on them at the first possible opportunity.
** Thea has hated Malcolm for years. Him sacrificing himself to save her, while it does provoke some mixed feelings, doesn't change that. One act of selflessness doesn't undo years of cruelty.
** Oliver doesn't believe Chase's claim that he killed William, because Chase is a known liar who'd say anything to manipulate Oliver. As you'd expect, Oliver considers the word of a man who has lied to him from literally the moment they met to be worth absolutely nothing.


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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome
** Thea has hated Malcolm for years. Him sacrificing himself to save her, while it does provoke some mixed feelings, doesn't change that. One act of selflessness doesn't undo years of cruelty.
** Oliver doesn't believe Chase's claim that he killed William, because Chase is a known liar who'd say anything to manipulate Oliver. As you'd expect, Oliver considers the word of a man who has lied to him from literally the moment they met to be worth absolutely nothing.

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