Yes, Roden definitely meant that Melissa made the link between Stiles' symptoms and Claudia's because he called her "mom". It was a heart-wrenching moment in two different ways. He misses his mom and probably wishes that Melissa could fill that void, AND it triggered the memory of Claudia's file 10 year-old file.

But was Quetsiyah a traveler? Because they pretty much messed that theory from the get go, didn't they? I have stopped trying to make sense of all that BS to be honest. I would have three seasons ago, when there was only one doppelgänger, who was created because of Klaus. That story was messy enough.

Was I the only one weirded out by the amount of scars in his back? I mean, I stare at them every time Oliver's bare-chested (don't judge me) and I weirdly realized that we don't see his back as much? I don't remember him having that many scars in the back. If anyone has a tumblr dedicated to Oliver's scars, I am…

Do we know how many episodes she was signed to appear into?

Cuz his name is not Queen. And he might not have the US citizenship? I don't know Starling City's state law regarding who can be mayor or not… Probably anyone with money?

Who wants to bet that the blood of the doppelgängers from last episode is going to be the thing used to make a new doppelgänger and put Elena in that body?

Which is a very famous way to stay efficiently undercover and dead for the rest of the world. ^^

Haha I almost went there, but two weeks in a row I was worried about being perceived as a perv.

I don't agree. You can be a geek and dress super nice. She also must have had a raise what with working two jobs and having to play the EA part. Some companies grant you a certain amount of money to look your part from the get go.
But okay with the make up. It didn't bother me so much this episode but the one with the…

Was I the only one weirded out about the absence of stupid suggested hashtag? Did they decide to stop it?

Has anyone noticed Felicity's wardrobe in this ep? I liked all her outfits, I kinda want a "fashion show" episode where she has to infiltrate models and where the writers have her walk in super hot dresses with a badass montage.

Yes, because the Police apparently forwent the actual search of the house. "Every Merlyn's dead. Let's just put white sheets on their stuff. I'm sure the psycho has nothing hidden away or anything." Or they just never figured out where the basement was.

For a split second, I thought they were going to head with Thea running for mayor.
Everyone would have voted for her. And she's strong-willed. Rich + name recognition + not-having-killed-hundreds-of-people + awesome taste in clothes = definite winner.
Just sayin'.

No idea. It's definitely not going to come back to bite them all in the ass, that's for sure.
I don't agree with the "happy-drunk acting" however. It looked pretty convincing to me. Maybe I just liked the "bar"-puns. I'm a sucker for puns.

There's that, and the realization that she was infatuated with her half-brother for a while and tried to kiss him. Mom & dad = murderers, one of them actually "sumasshedshiy", half-brother = killing vigilante, other half-brother = almost make-out-buddy.

I was thinking maybe that was on purpose? She looked healthier last season. But with Tommy-death and Oliver bailing for 5 months and her life pretty much sucking for the past 5 years, maybe her weight loss was Cassidy and the producers trying to SHOW us how bad she was taking it?

It there any possibility that he might be Oliver's long lost brother on Robert's side? They can have wet-sans-tshirt competitions! I volunteer as referee.

Was I the only one super glad to see Joanna? I figured she'd been disposed of, never to be heard of again. I was just happy that the show hadn't forgotten about her. I'm really easy to please I guess.

Colton Haynes mentioned that there might be an Oliver/Roy side-by-side-salmon-ladder-climbing scene to look forward to at one point. My brain exploded.

There's no way Sara doesn't die by the end of the season. No way. I'm already beginning my mourning rituals. I have lost all hope.