Why Arrow's Detective Lance Is The Worst Detective Ever.

Why Arrow's Detective Lance Is The Worst Detective Ever.

Just a brief rant on why Detective Quinton Lance (from Arrow) should really think about switching professions.

Editorial Opinion
By WeaponX93 - Oct 24, 2013 09:10 AM EST
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So by now I'm sure we've all seen an episode or two of CW's ARROW. Throughout much of the first season, Detective Quinton Lance was trying to take down the Starling City Vigilante. At one point, he arrested Oliver Queen for being the "Hood." Here's a list of reasons why he is either really bad at his job, or just turning the blind eye, similar to Comm. Gordon.

1. Everytime Oliver Queen returns, so does Arrow. Now, in season one he did have Oliver on house arrest while sightings of the "Hood" occurred. How could that have happened? If only Queen had someone to run around for him. Perhaps someone that could handle themselves? Enter John Diggle: Queen's bodyguard and former military.

2. Both Lance and Arrow work closely with Felicity Smoak, even using her to get information to the other. Who else has been seen hanging around Felicity? Oliver Queen!




3. (SPOILERS FOR SEASON 2 EPISODE 3) In last nights episode, Lance saw both Smoak and Diggle with Arrow. If that didn't give it away, they teamed up and were right next to each other for (in the show's timeline) hours! Are we supposed to believe that a simple hood can cover his face that well? I guess so. And say it was any other officer, maybe they wouldn't notice. But for a guy with a long history with Oliver? Come on!

What do you guys think? Anyway, this was kinda for laughs. I'll have a more serious one full of Arrow theories up later.

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Tainted87
Tainted87 - 10/24/2013, 10:24 AM
The rules of reality don't apply on this show. I've learned to deal with that, though not easily. Stupid runs in the Lance family. In addition, in the past season, Lance wouldn't have been allowed to work on any case dealing with Oliver because of his connection to his family. "The Hood" can't be prosecuted by Laurel as Oliver Queen for the same reason. That's a done deal, non-negotiable, bam.

You circumvent that rule without any explanation, and everything becomes fair game.
WeaponX93
WeaponX93 - 10/24/2013, 12:40 PM
I got a spit from ManofReal? I must've done good lol.

@Tainted87
Right? It just hit me last night how oblivious/stupid the Lances really are. Everything Laurel does is annoying and makes no sense, and the Detective doesn't really... "detect"? Laurel's whole reason for hunting the Hood was ridiculous.
jojofmd
jojofmd - 10/27/2013, 6:45 PM
Personally, I rationalize Lance not "knowing" because deep down he doesn't want to know. He see's this guy going around taking out the 1%'ers knowing that most are dirt bags and are getting what they deserve. Plus on some level I feel he would like to give it to them. He's almost jealous of the Hood for doing what he would like to do. To paraphrase him from "Broken dolls", he can't argue with his results. Plus he saw the positive impact that the arrow has on the community by trying to save the Glades. So this is where he has a paradigm shift of his interaction with the Hood/Arrow.
Then it's further shown that he is "teaming" with him this year to put away bad guys. Is it ideal, no, but he needs some level of plausible deniability. So if he does "know" or find out, he might be forced to disclose and then this avenue of stopping crime ends.
KoonEl
KoonEl - 10/30/2013, 10:25 AM
As far as I can remember he didn't actually see Dig. Dig was in the car, and they never interacted. I remember thinking the same thing at first, but they never showed them together.
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