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'Arrow' Finally Let Mister Terrific Do His One Actual Job

by Eric Francisco
The CW

At last, Mister Terrific becomes whole. In last night’s blockbuster, breathless episode of Arrow on The CW — which revealed the identity of Prometheus — Curtis Holt (Echo Kellum) finally built his T-Spheres which helped save the day against Vigilante on the verge of assassinating Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell).

Like Spider-Man and his web-shooters, the T-Spheres define Mister Terrific — known as Michael Holt in the comics — as evidence of his genius. In the comics, Mister Terrific is the third-smartest person in the DC Universe who built spherical Swiss Army knives he dubs “T-Spheres.” They are A.I.-driven drones that can fly, project holographic images, release electrical charges, and hack into computers and satellites. In Arrow, Curtis uses his T-Sphere to track down Vigilante and knock him down with non-lethal flashbangs. They’re capable of practically anything, so expect Arrow to go nuts with the T-Spheres in the near future.

And fans were excited. The T-Spheres were first teased in Season 4 of Arrow as a hobby experiment of Curtis’s. But as Curtis became Mister Terrific in Season 5, he never used his T-Spheres, to the dismay of fans. But after Curtis built and used them this week in “Fighting Fire with Fire,” fans came lit.

“Finally” was a common word in many fans’ tweets.

Some thought he’s finally useful now that he has a weapon that can pretty much do anything.

And yes, there were GIFs to celebrate.

Truth be told, Mister Terrific is a heck of a lot cooler than he was just a week ago. Without the T-Spheres, Curtis was dead weight for the team. Everyone has a role: Green Arrow is the leader, Spartan (David Ramsey) is the heavy-hitter, Wild Dog (Rick Gonzalez) is the gun guy, Black Canary (Juliana Harkavay) has a special power, and ex-members Ragman (Joe Dinicol) scared the crap out of enemies while Artemis (Madison McLaughlin) was a great second shooter and could have excelled in espionage. But Mister Terrific? The guy brought almost nothing to the table, but now with his T-Spheres, he’s immediately invaluable. Star City is going to need him.

"They aim themselves."

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Arrow airs Wednesdays on The CW.

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