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Arrow – Season 2, Episode 21 City of Blood

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Diggle and Felicity go to extremes to keep Oliver from surrendering to Slade; Thea thinks about leaving town; Laurel goes after Sebastian Blood again.
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Arrow — Season 2, Episode 21

Arrow — Season 2, Episode 21

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Arrow's writing team lands emotional blows over physical ones in the tumultuous and dramatically satisfying "City of Blood."

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Stephen Amell

Oliver Queen

Katie Cassidy

Laurel Lance

Willa Holland

Thea Queen

Colton Haynes

Roy Harper

David Ramsey

John Diggle

Emily Bett Rickards

Felicity Smoak
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Jason Evans Wall Street Journal 02/07/2019
This was just a set-up episode, but it was pretty good nonetheless. The ending was fast and furious with action taking place everywhere Go to Full Review Alasdair Wilkins AV Club 07/31/2018
A
The show is confident enough both in its star and in its audience to spend a good chunk of the episode focusing on the despair of its hero. Go to Full Review Kevin Yeoman Screen Rant 02/07/2019
The interplay makes good use of Kevin Alejandro for the first time in several weeks, while also setting up the action that winds up leaving the episode on a cliffhanger. Go to Full Review Nick Setchfield SFX Magazine 02/07/2019
3.5/5
Stephen Amell's good value this week, giving us an Oliver who's not broken per se but certainly chipped around the edges, quietly consumed with guilt. Go to Full Review Noel Kirkpatrick TV.com 02/07/2019
While "City of Blood" did that, it also devoted much of its energy to dealing with the fallout from Moira's death at the end of last week's episode. That allowed Arrow to give itself the space to actually deal with Oliver and Thea's pain. Go to Full Review Kevin Fitzpatrick ScreenCrush 08/03/2018
Coming down from an episode like last week's "Seeing Red," there was no way "City of Blood" wouldn't take at least a bit of a breather, or wind up positioning pieces for the final two installments more so than hold its own weight as an episode. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Episode Info

Synopsis Diggle and Felicity go to extremes to keep Oliver from surrendering to Slade; Thea thinks about leaving town; Laurel goes after Sebastian Blood again.
Director
Michael Schultz
Executive Producer
Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, Andrew Kreisberg, David Nutter
Screenwriter
Holly Harold
Network
The CW
Rating
TV-14 (L|V)
Genre
Drama, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Original Language
English
Release Date
Apr 30, 2014