But Thea didn't discredit her because she was committing unethical acts - by and large no one Team Arrow knows about that. There's still a lot of grey area to what Oliver and Team Arrow are doing, and it's not that hard to read it as: Thea destroyed someone's life to cover up the fact that her brother is a vigilante.

Wow, I really disagree with this. Though there've been some missteps in the last few episodes, I found the killing-again-material to be very intentional and valid. Especially in light of what Prometheus is doing (trying to prove that he's just a killer) which adds to the psychological torment. And really coming to…

Not good enough. There has to be more to it than that.

Just because she had potentially dangerous goals doesn't make what Thea did okay.

I'll side with Oliver - at least somewhat. If you want to say he has a troubling double standard going on, that's fair. But that doesn't change how morally questionable it was to hack into someone's computer, destroy her entire life, and do so without even consulting him (since he's been pretty emotionally invested…

I'd be disappointed if the mayor stint only lasts a season. It makes the mayor's office look even more cartoonish if it does (look! no one in Star City remains mayor for long!) and it provides a healthy non-Team Arrow space for the show.

I think it's going to turn out to be the mother that Oliver met at the top of the hour. As she said, her son is just troubled - and the letter came from Opal City. (It would also help explain why she was so hostile towards him.)

For all the double standard, I do kind of think Oliver was in the right for being upset with Thea over not at least consulting him about it. That wasn't really her call to make on her own. (Though making it on her own was definitely very Moira-ish of her.)

Also, why was she investigating him? I think we're past the point of needing to know her motivations here.

I think for me the fundamental problem (as I'm discussing with another poster upthread) is that Oliver trusts her. I don't know why, but he does. Not that it makes the double standard any less a concern, but I think in Oliver's mind it's:

That's quite a mouthful - can we just call him DMDCQL instead?

I really want the show to explain why Oliver has so much trust in her. Maybe we'll get it down the line and he'll be vindicated, and that might help some. But right now, it feels too much like he trusts her because the writing needs him to. (And if he isn't vindicated, then they just made him look like a fool for…

He has surpassed useless. And yet the writing keeps utilizing him as though he actually does have moral high ground. Gah!

I'm not saying I think the higher-ups are telling AoS to f- off. I am saying that it definitely feels like it's fallen of their radar and they're largely indifferent to its existence.

His ties to Russia are what will bring him down.

I wouldn't call her unfeeling - more just the ruthless, morally ambiguous type who - in some respects - maybe took the whole "I'll do anything for my children!" a bit too far.

I'm glad she's not totally forgotten three seasons on. And Oliver was right: that was a very Moira Queen thing Thea just did.

I find myself wishing the show would better pin down exactly how I'm supposed to feel about Susan. I mean, tacitly she appears untrustworthy, but if Oliver's faith in her isn't misguided then there's a possibility she could have noble goals? Or at least something understandable. Trying to learn to the identity of…

Seriously. What makes Clarke extraordinary is her constant willingness to make those tough decisions where the overwhelming majority of people would look to someone else in the hopes that another person will make it.

If/when Jasper does finally die, I will throw a party. The show will instantly become 20 times better without him around.