Arrow 3x12 : our review

Aired on Wednesday on the American channel CW, episode 12 of season 3 of Arrow marked a turning point in this second part of the season. 

"Oliver?" Yes, he's back! Announcing his presence by clearing an arrow, Oliver Queen made his comeback Wednesday in Starling City, after two long episodes of absence. No, you're not dreaming, Green Arrow was not here during episodes 10 and 11, only 80 minutes, from our point of view, it was an eternity.

But we imagined tearful reunion between Oliver and the members of Team Arrow, it is finally in an atmosphere more tense and heartbreaking that Green Arrow could finally lay eyes on the woman he loves (and that I hate), his sidekick, Felicity (.. Malcolm and Oliver seem, for the good of Thea, ready to forget the past). But after doing honor to the memory of Oliver categorically denying any association of the Wizard and Team Arrow, Felicity faces the disappointment that Green Arrow chose the easy way.

"Before you go, the last thing you said to me was that you loved me. And now, the first thing you say is that you work with the man who made your sister, a woman you're supposed to love, a murderer who killed a woman you loved. I do not want to be a woman you love. " While it is clear that Team Arrow lack charisma in the absence of his creator, it seems that his return divides more than he put them together. While Felicity seems categorically refuse to follow the same road than Oliver, could the choice of Oliver eventually leads her to Ray? Not in this twelfth episode, the future ATOM will indeed need the help of Miss Smoak, of which he was noticeably closer during the absence of the hero of Starling City. So it's difficult, for the moment, to imagine how the Arrow team could continue their missions in cohesion, but the rest of the second half of the season should be organized around the tear of Oliver and Felicity, which we are no doubt, should end up being gathered, by season finale.

After two quiet episodes, the clash of the faithful of Brick and defenders of Glades reminded us, once again, the dangers of Starling City and the importance of the mission of Team Arrow. While Oliver finally made a deal with Malcolm Merlyn, a former member of the League of Assassins, the writers seem to us to prepare a season final as dark as surprising. But Team Arrow does emerge stronger from this new test? Will Lance discover the truth about Sara? Answer in the rest of the season 3 of Arrow! On your side, what did you think of this twelfth episode?