Episode 6.4: mediocre, childish, preposterous and, as ever, by-the-numbers, but also narratively coherent because it was the first Arrow episode I've seen with NO FLASHBACKS, which annoy the daylights out of me. Have the alleged writers kicked the flashback habit? Here's hopin'.
shareI hope they cut on those annoying flashbacks as well, like you said this episode while generic had much better flow because it was a continuous story.
shareThe previous season was supposed to be the last one that would use flashback plots.
shareLike what the below article says, the flashbacks were supposed to be reminiscent of the Kung Fu series.
https://popcultmaster.com/2018/04/15/the-arrow-in-harrowing/
To me it also felt like they were trying to ape the non-linear structure of "Batman Begins," but in a simpler way for television audiences.
But I did get tired of how the flashbacks to Lian Yu kept heaping on more and more improbable stuff to the storyline.