Oliver would never be caught dead with a fur hat. Or would he?

I assume that DeadVlad and his sister are Bratva and that by not killing her he will join them and escape? I still don't really know what ARGUS hopes to find by sending Oliver on that stupid mission. And that map of Lian Yu was confusing: did it grow in the last year?!

That elevator fight was really awesome. I usually don't really pay attention to direction, I'm more into the relationships and discussions between characters but it was impossible not to see that Bamford was behind the camera this week.

That's my main gripe with this year's flashbacks: we're supposed to see an Oliver slowly descend into "unhinged" territory. Yet he keeps acting like a slight puppy dog and even though he's willing to torture, and obviously whip someone (and not in the 'wearing leather and tying people up' kinda kinky way), I don't…

What, no "stray observations?" :(

Nah. Not relevant enough. And not sure Barry would care so much as to show up to make Oliver feel better.

Which is why I've decided to either be delusional or realistic and maintain my head-version of: they're obviously lying because they don't want to be bothered by fans/reporters. Otherwise it's just very, very, very poor writing.

Oh, if there're two people that I'm 100% convinced are completely safe, it's Dig and Felicity. Oliver/Felicity bring way too much money, and they're finally developing Diggle. Super safe.

There are a bunch of articles everywhere (mostly on TV line if I'm correct) where they're asked if they know, and they say they don't and are just seeing where the season is taking them. I want to call BS on that…

I kind of resent you for introducing me to the idea, because there's no way this will ever happen :(

Completely agree with the dumbing of Oliver. It was also interesting that Felicity is as insecure as Oliver about different stuff. While Oliver wonders what the heck she sees in him, she's terrified that he'll up and leave like her father did (which is maybe the most realistic thing that show has done) and she's…

Ha, funny, I see it more as Felicity freaking out that her mother has a boyfriend that she actually likes and Oliver wincing but sighing "It could be worse [it could be Damien Darhk]."

Nope, I thought the same. I keep thinking it's a bad idea, but I can't blame a girl for trying to have a normal life. Even though it's obviously going to backfire.

Also, it's kind of tricky for spouses to tell the in-laws not to come visit, or order them around. It goes much more smoothly when the actual kids do it for them… And, he probably misses his mom.

Oliver kinda broke my heart during that dinner scene when he admitted that he was really trying to understand what he did wrong. Man. He sounded so hurt and lost… :(

Charlotte Ross: "Okay, I'll be back, but I want my character to get laid!"
EP: "DONE."

I believe it's Doctor Detective Officer Captain Acting Co-Mayor Lance.

I know the writers keep saying they don't know who's in the grave but I can't bring myself to believe it. It has to be Laurel, right? I mean, Sara would be the white canary to Laurel's black one… It makes sense… Or is it wishful thinking? I don't know.

I mean, Kai kinda chopped them off to death… He stabbed his sister repeatedly in the stomach in a very gory way. Even if they had a vampire's soul (which, again, how awful)… what kind of bodies would they have? It would be necromancy to its grossest and I don't trust the show to pull that kind of dark and creepy…

You know, the more I think about it, the better it probably would have been if Laurel had pulled a Slade Wilson and replied to everyone "I don't care".