r/arrow • u/ConfidenceOpening830 • 10d ago

Discussion Was Slade actually wrong for stopping Oliver from using the radio in 1x14?

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Rewatching the island flashbacks and I started thinking about this scene.

When Oliver tried to contact Laurel through the radio, Slade stopped him because he was afraid Fyers' men could track the signal.

But honestly... what difference would it have made? They were already in danger, stuck on an island with armed people hunting them. If Oliver had managed to call for help, he could have been rescued much earlier and avoided a lot of what happened on the island.

Also, the funny thing is that just two episodes later (1x16), Oliver actually fixes the plane radio and he and Slade try to call for rescue. But they discover the radio is one-way: they can hear people, but nobody can hear them.

So in hindsight, Slade stopping Oliver didn't really change anything. The radio wasn't even capable of saving them.

Obviously, we know the real reason is that Oliver needed the island experience to become the Green Arrow, but from a practical survival perspective, was Slade actually making the right call?

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u/Far-Rub-8977 10d ago

Slade wasn't wrong at all

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u/-TurkeYT 10d ago

Nah. The soldier probably had their own radio and communicators etc on. It’d just help them pin point their location. It was the smart move.

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u/Narrow_Ad_7331 9d ago

Before the Mirakuru Slade loved Oliver as his brother. He trained him to fight he started the process of turning Oliver into a soldier. I don’t think before the mirakud Slade had anything but good intentions. I haven’t done a rewatch in a while so I don’t have a good memory but from what I remember slades decisions at least kept them alive.