This was sort of a cathartic episode for me. Lance learnt the news (now I'm just waiting for him to ask Laurel "When did it happen baby?" "… Um… I'M SO SAD DAD! WHO EVEN KNOWS."). I know I said a billion times I wouldn't care when Papa Lance would learn it but kudos to Blackthorne and Cassidy for making me lie. I felt…

The girl LIVES with her brother and she stopped to have sex in the middle of her living room? The Queen definition of "boundaries" really baffles me.

I think it was a callback to episode 220 though, when Sara literally told Oliver that she didn't have that light, in front of Felicity. She literally just repeated the words.

"Go back to Switched at Birth!"

I'm certainly not complaining.

Yes. Many times. She even reminded us last week or the week before, by saying it to the criminal whom she pinned on the wall with her heel.

(* because the hero is a white dude, preferably a billionaire, who is not gay or bisexual)

The way it was shot and written, it sounded like Liz was going to die immediately. There is a huge pacing problem with that storyline, which means that it seems to be dragging out and that's what I'm complaining about (beside the fact that the whole cancer thing in a vampire story makes even less sense). There was no…

Saddest thing is: he apparently knows all of that because… Damon gave him the cliff notes. (hopefully it was back when he was hiding himself and eavesdropping but I'm not even sure) It means that Damon basically think Elena did a 180 in his favor thanks to vampirism.

I think the cancer storyline has been too long and I don't understand why she's doing anything but staying by her mother's side to cheer her up. That's what Caroline would have been doing. Not exchanging longing looks with Stefan. And Damon and Elena didn't think to call their friends for help?

Do yourself a favor and don't even begin. You'll lose your time. And their treatment of POC characters will probably irritate you.

…

I actually wondered, watching this episode, how we got there. I don't recognize any of the characters. I used to love everyone of them, find them interesting and I appreciated the various interactions but now… Everything is shallow and driven by the same "because reasons"-thread. It's… depressing. There's nothing…

Sin's City.

I really hope they do. It means that he'll have his own show and poof, no more Ray in Arrow. I don't necessarily mind that Felicity doesn't seem to have a life besides Team Arrow (neither does Roy and no one complains) since they're already struggling with a lot of characters. But I don't understand the point of Ray…

I take it you haven't seen the Canadian promo for the next ep?

What bothers me is that Ray is everything Oliver, but less. Smaller Salmon Ladder, Vigilante wannabe… Less tortured, less stupid (which is half his charm), less muscly… He's basically Not Oliver. And he's creepy too. Another dude, why not. But why a billionnaire? Why not some normal guy who could offer something other…

Unless you see it from the point of view of Oliver never really intending to date Felicity once he came back anyway. He knew Ra's still wanted to kill him when he woke up. Tatsu only confirmed he'd have to sacrifice what he wants most (and now that I think about it, maybe what he wants is the ability to be Oliver…

Eh, to be honest I wouldn't really care if Oliver lost Roy.
And Felicity is still on Team Arrow. She's just trying to move on from Oliver I assume.

The second thing.