Unlike “City of Blood,” however, the episode chooses not to dwell on prolonged scenes where character’s process their grief-a good choice considering such a shift in momentum would make for a whiplash this early in the season. This makes it all the more heartbreaking that her eventful life came to a decidedly anticlimactic halt at the end of last week’s “The Calm.” Much like last season’s “City of Blood,” which dealt with the aftermath of Moira Queen’s murder, “Sara” is an episode that tries to capture a broad spectrum of reactions from our main characters- from Felicity’s guilt over always feeling jealous of Sara, to Oliver’s soldierly internalization of the events, to Laurel’s determined, blind desire for revenge (Quentin, as of the end of the episode, remains oblivious to this tragedy). Yet, in the end, she found her way back to her family and decided to fight with Oliver against Deathstroke’s siege. Beginning as an insecure twentysomething who committed a Gossip Girl-esque betrayal by sleeping with her sister’s boyfriend, Sara would subsequently have several near death experiences, be brainwashed by the likes of mad scientist Anthony Ivo, get recruited into the League of Assassins, enter a same-sex relationship and kill a significant amount of people.
In a show filled with damaged characters, the younger Lance sister certainly could hold her own with the likes of Oliver in terms of how drastically her life transformed over the past five years.
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