“Vertigo,” this week’s episode of Arrow, introduced us to the man behind the latest drug craze in Starling City, The Count. The Count was probably the closest thing to a comic-book-esque villain that we’ve seen so far and his maniacal personality was actually a nice change of pace from all the white collar bad guys we’re used to seeing on Arrow.
The Count wasn’t exactly a well developed character and there wasn’t enough time in the episode to really feel threatened by him, but I enjoyed the eccentric and over the top villainy that he brought to the episode. As is the case with many of the villains on Arrow, I feel like it would have been much more fun to have The Count be part of a short story arc over the course of a few episodes so we could get to know the villain and actually develop a real sense of danger by the time they have their final showdown.
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