Arrow Review: Five Questions Raised

The void left by Smallville has been filled. The CW has launched Arrow, and it’s a fast-paced and dark superhero story. Despite being limited to a TV show budget, the action sequences in Arrow were quite well done. The cast of characters also proved to be interesting and entertaining. There were enough twists and turns in Arrow that it’s got us hooked to keep watching to find out what might be coming up next. Here are five questions that were raised by the Arrow pilot episode.Is Walter Steele A Bad Guy? – In the Arrow pilot, Walter Steele comes across as being a nice guy. However, Walter Steele is the former business partner of Oliver Queen’s departed dad, and the new husband of Oliver Queen’s mom. In other words, he’s basically a textbook set-up for being the secret villain of the series. Also, he is a villain in the comic book series. We were convinced that Walter Steele was the mastermind behind everything bad that had happened to Oliver Queen, until it was revealed that Oliver’s own mother had set up his attempted kidnapping. Now, we’re left wondering if Walter Steele might just be an unknowing pawn of Oliver’s mother.