This may not be what’s in play for her, but having grown up poor, I can attest that a defiantly mediocre/low-budget restaurant chain that you only got to eat at on special occasions as a child (your IHOPs, Red Lobsters, Ponderosa Steakhouses) will never quite lose that special mystique. You may not be willing to…

Their menu prices definitely are padded. I’m not sure it’s true of every restaurant, but a Tex-Mex place that I get delivered about 1/3 of the time definitely tacks at least a buck onto the price of each menu item you order through GrubHub, in addition to the delivery fee and tip. The same is true on DoorDash, as an…

Not-Laurel has always been a more compelling role for Cassidy than Laurel ever was. Sadly, I am again run aground on my pettiest of complaints: I hate her new hairstyle. It’s shaggy and an awkward length and the bleach blonde clashes terribly with her complexion.  Somebody in the hair department needs a talking-to!

A thought: the gang the Canary Crew is fighting in the flash-forwards wear Deathstroke masks and even call themselves “the Deathstroke gang.”  Maybe the Season 2 homage is happening right under our noses?

So far I’m struggling with pretty much every character except Kate and Mary.

Lords of the Trident! I have seen them live, and they are every bit as entertaining as a Marvel Cinematic Universe film and you don’t need to sit through ten minutes of credits at the end for bonus content.

If you enjoyed “Kill to Die” please spare a few minutes to watch the low-budget local-band video for their other…

Since all the obvious choices seem to be on the board already, if dramedies are fair game I’ll mention the UK version of Being Human (a fun melange of horror, humor, and pathos) and Hu$tle, a cute caper show about a fun-loving team of London con artists — sort of like a less violent version of Leverage where the team…

Yeah, the old “If I got you to feel something, I made art” dodge.

I’ve always liked Dinah, partly because I’m old-fashioned enough to believe that a Black Canary named Dinah who has an actual sonic scream power, not just a tech gizmo, is The Way Things Ought To Be, but have never warmed to Rene at all.

My objection is even more petty: I hate her windblown semi-curly hairstyle (wig?) It distracts the hell out of me in every scene.  Invest in a flat iron or start braiding that mess and I will sign on for all the prickly, dismissive attitude you’ve got, Mia.

I came late to Arrow fandom, having decided on impulse to catch up on the show when The Flash was announced and discovering that a lot of actors I admired from Spartacus had guested. So I wound up binging the first 46 episodes in a period of about two weeks and... to be honest, this has never been a flawless show. The…

Anybody who wants to rehabilitate their impression of Kirk Acevedo could do worse than to look up the late, lamented SyFy series 12 Monkeys (2015-2018) — a TV pitch that seems absurd on its face, but quietly turned into one of the best shows they ever aired.

I had the same reaction, that some poor Outback Steakhouse PR rep was shown the pages, swallowed hard and said, “Well, OK... but can we at least have all our popular items on the table in front of them while she’s talking?”

Good point — I realize that the story they did last season with the alien pogroms wouldn’t have allowed it, but IMO they did away with that alien bar way too soon. That place was awesome!

He does have a habit of doing away with the ones who are faster...

I agree about both Kelly and Mon-El in terms of chemistry with their respective love interests. It’s not really there, and trying to force it just demonstrates how not-there it is; ironically, as you mention, Mon-El had good chemistry with almost every other character except Kara, and so far it doesn’t seem like Alex…

Actor Staz Nair’s parents are of Russian & Indian descent, anyway. And it seems the phone call that took him away from his desk was either from or about his wife.  So the parallels are there.

I’m not really sure we need more Martians as opposed to dreaming up some new and different kinds of aliens, and here’s why: when J’onn J’onzz was the last survivor of a dead planet, he had a tragic and compelling backstory. With a whole other race of Martians, plus a father and now apparently a treacherous brother…

Kelly saying “Actually, I’m using that tech that isn’t supposed to be discovered yet” seemed like it could be a breadcrumb that she is not exactly who she seems to be, but maybe I’m overthinking it.

The very last time we had a cheeky POC with a British accent who couldn’t stop talking about his wife, he was Manchester Black and it did not end well!