Oliver made consistent mistakes throughout the episode, but here's my top four:
1) He and Chloe went after the big dogs, alone and unarmed. Chloe foreshadows this bit of idiocy in talking about the FBI agents: " ...the Jones' may have gotten made but they had no idea what they were getting themselves into." Chloe and Oliver should have known better than to raid that club by themselves. If they didn't want to call Clark, they could have called a dozen others.
2) Oliver leaves Chloe alone. Chloe even complains about it. Because it makes perfect sense to leave your petite girlfriend, by herself, unarmed, in the back alley of a violent sex club ... even when that club isn't potential headquarters for an epic darkness threatening mankind. *slow clap*
3) He ignores Clark's warning. Clark had fought the darkness before. He had tracked it with his cousin months before Oliver even knew about it. He had super-powers to fight it. Oliver isn't disobedient; he's illogical. Leading to . . .
4) He COMPLETELY ignores Clark's warning. Not only does he follow Clark back to Desaad's den, but he doesn't even stop for a wardrobe change or to pick up a butter knife. He goes back, again, unarmed. He doesn't call reinforcements. What was he going to do if Clark failed? I mean, what was he going to do if the super-powered Kryptonian turned to the Darkseid? He's lucky Darkseid wanted his punk tail-feathers because a gunshot from across the room would have sufficed to take him out this episode.
Oliver was making stupid mistakes long before Chloe got kidnapped. It wasn't just passion for his woman: it was a reckless disregard for safety -- the same disregard that led him to reveal his secret earlier in the season and the same disregard that got him in trouble a few times all the way back in season 6. Combined with a rage issue he's had for over three seasons now and that's how he messed up royally in Masquerade, IMHO.
1) He and Chloe went after the big dogs, alone and unarmed. Chloe foreshadows this bit of idiocy in talking about the FBI agents: " ...the Jones' may have gotten made but they had no idea what they were getting themselves into." Chloe and Oliver should have known better than to raid that club by themselves. If they didn't want to call Clark, they could have called a dozen others.
2) Oliver leaves Chloe alone. Chloe even complains about it. Because it makes perfect sense to leave your petite girlfriend, by herself, unarmed, in the back alley of a violent sex club ... even when that club isn't potential headquarters for an epic darkness threatening mankind. *slow clap*
3) He ignores Clark's warning. Clark had fought the darkness before. He had tracked it with his cousin months before Oliver even knew about it. He had super-powers to fight it. Oliver isn't disobedient; he's illogical. Leading to . . .
4) He COMPLETELY ignores Clark's warning. Not only does he follow Clark back to Desaad's den, but he doesn't even stop for a wardrobe change or to pick up a butter knife. He goes back, again, unarmed. He doesn't call reinforcements. What was he going to do if Clark failed? I mean, what was he going to do if the super-powered Kryptonian turned to the Darkseid? He's lucky Darkseid wanted his punk tail-feathers because a gunshot from across the room would have sufficed to take him out this episode.
Oliver was making stupid mistakes long before Chloe got kidnapped. It wasn't just passion for his woman: it was a reckless disregard for safety -- the same disregard that led him to reveal his secret earlier in the season and the same disregard that got him in trouble a few times all the way back in season 6. Combined with a rage issue he's had for over three seasons now and that's how he messed up royally in Masquerade, IMHO.
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