I loved the reviews of "Time of death":
The confrontation in the hallway between Oliver and Laurel is probably my favourite scene in season two, it was SO intense. I definitely agree with Matt Tucker:
The idea/opinion that Katie and Stephen totally lack chemistry has been so entrenched in the “Arrow” fandom that I feel like a rare unicorn for actually enjoying many Laurel/Oliver scenes/interactions. These two many not have chemistry in the sense that their interaction is flirtatious or very sensual. However, in scenes like the one in “Time of death” there is an emotional intensity that I haven't seen so far in the Sara/Oliver scenes, despite the fact that they are the lovers and Laurel/Oliver are the ones who are (for various reasons) at an emotional distance from each other. In my eyes Katie and Stephen manage to convey the sense of a couple with a common history who still care for each other, despite everything, and who have a lot of unresolved feelings.
In fact, I personally find many of the Laurel/Katie scenes more engaging than all “olicity moments” put together, but maybe that's because I feel that a couple need more than an easy-going rapport to make them interesting, and that good acting/writing is just as important as that elusive quality that people call "chemistry". But that's my personal, biased opinion, of course...
The confrontation in the hallway between Oliver and Laurel is probably my favourite scene in season two, it was SO intense. I definitely agree with Matt Tucker:
Katie Cassidy, though, kills in this episode and continues on a terrific tear as of late. That scene, the one in the hall where Oliver confronts Laurel, was quite possibly the best the two have shared on the series to date. For the issues with chemistry we’ve noted in the past, they worked wonderfully together here, and perhaps this continued adding of depth and shades to Laurel will give them both better material to play off of each other going forward that will work to correct that oft-mentioned problem. Cassidy’s not done there as she has a wonderful reconnection scene between Laurel and Sara in Verdant, and a note-perfect flash of a scene where Laurel sits down to Quentin’s AA meeting
In fact, I personally find many of the Laurel/Katie scenes more engaging than all “olicity moments” put together, but maybe that's because I feel that a couple need more than an easy-going rapport to make them interesting, and that good acting/writing is just as important as that elusive quality that people call "chemistry". But that's my personal, biased opinion, of course...
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