Warning: Full spoilers for the Arrow: Season 5 premiere below.
Coming into Season 5, there's a sense that Arrow is tying to have its cake and eat it too. Even as the show works to establish new conflicts and build a new team of heroes, there's also a strong, concerted effort to bring Arrow more in line with how it existed in its early years, before the addition of magic and speedster guest stars and ninja cults. The tone is darker. The emphasis is on vigilantes and gang lords over superheroes and supervillains. The Green Arrow is less averse to using lethal force. Ollie has even ditched the sleeveless suit from Season 4 and gone back to a more traditional costume.
These changes may well be for the best. I don't think it's a bad idea to ground the show a little more and leave The Flash, Supergirl and Legends of Tomorrow to explore the more ostentatious sides of the DC Universe. But at the same time, while there's a strong correlation between the decline in Arrow's quality and the increased focus on metahuman and supernatural elements, I don't see much causation there. The question of whether the villains carry guns or wield magical totems is superficial. Arrow's storytelling mistakes over the past two seasons have been much more fundamental. So the big challenge with Season 5 is proving that the writers can address those storytelling problems and return to the formula of Season 1 and 2 Arrow in the ways that truly matter. So far, I remain unconvinced.
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