No matter what regrets they may have about actions in their past, the future is still ahead of them, and as long as they stand by each other and continue to encourage one another, it’s a pretty damn bright future, no matter what obstacles get thrown their way. They need to reflect on how they’ve helped each other and on how they’ve helped others to see that they’re stronger than both Robert and Moira. To figure this out, Oliver and Thea need to take a step back and reflect. If they didn’t truly know the two most important people in their lives, the two people who claimed to love them more than anything, then how can they trust themselves? How do they know that they will lead better lives than Robert and Moira did? Oliver and Thea feel crippled throughout most of “Honor Thy Fathers,” because they watch their father kill a man on the security footage that Chase delivers to them, they believe they’re doomed to repeat the sins of their parents. What Felicity says can apply to any of Arrow‘s main characters this season, whether it be Diggle and his murdering of Andy, Felicity and the impossible decision she had to make with Havenrock, or even Dinah, who we’ve seen leave behind her past vendetta in an effort to become something better as a part of Team Arrow. The wise words that Felicity delivers to Oliver echo throughout “Honor Thy Fathers,” and it’s not just because Oliver uses those same words to inspire Thea when the two of them talk in the bunker and the rest of Star City during his press conference about his father. However, as Felicity smartly points out to Oliver in one of the very best scenes of tonight’s episode, there comes a time when you have to leave the past in the past and move on, when you need to stop living for the dead and start living for yourself. When Oliver and Thea consider all of the deplorable decisions their parents made during their lives, it causes to them to lose sight of who they truly are and tricks them into believing that they are destined to become like their father and mother. In some cases, such as Dinah with Laurel, the history of the dead has been a source of inspiration, but more often, the sins of those who have passed away act as anchors pulling our favorite characters down to their murky depths.
From October’s premiere (which is actually titled “Legacy”) through tonight’s installment, “Honor Thy Fathers,” the pasts of the show’s deceased characters, such as Laurel, Moira, and, most recently, Robert, have hung around Oliver, Thea, and the rest of team like haunting specters, forcing them to question not only their actions in the present but what their own legacies will be in the future. The idea of legacy has been the driving force behind much of Arrow Season 5.
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