That’s what she said but I have my doubts that she is actually in charge. At best, I think he was the leader and has groomed her to take over, but Dante is still more capable and dangerous than her. He barely flinched when she threatened him with a dagger.
I’m honestly pretty cold on the Emiko stuff so far. I don’t see how anything she was doing earlier (Green Arrow missions, visiting Robert Queen’s grave for council, staying away from Oliver at all costs) lines up with where she is now. I also think the actress is pretty bad.
More than that though, it bugs me when the show nerfs Oliver as needed. They finally started to let him be the unstoppable force/Uber weapon that he was in the first 2-3 seasons but now Emiko (who did not look all that great as the “new green arrow”) can hang with him?
I know that the show was trying for a “he could have killed her (he had her in that dragon sleeper/neck-breaker hold) but he was conflicted” thing but I feel like after all of these years and double-crosses, Oliver shouldn’t be easily falling for these tricks anymore.