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So, who's ready for the official "Arrow" Fantasy Clandestine Organizations League? Which organization will end up on top? Creating the sign-up sheet now.

I think that's what many are hoping for, but probably won't be the case. The fact that Oliver had to legitimately explain "why" to Felicity, makes the situation more serious, and less buddy-buddy. But you're right in that it's interesting that Felicity has no problems when Oliver and Laurel are close or "together."

We need a lot more Angela Bassett and a lot less Queenie. Am I the only one who thinks that the character Queenie and the actress portraying her have just been THE worst this season?

1. Question: Did I miss something? Why would Isabel — who has been all up IN Oliver's face about his whereabouts while he's missing meetings — not be all up IN Oliver's face when coming back from Russia with a beaten up Diggle and an extra female passenger, who is also beaten up? That was just conveniently glossed

This may be like beating a dead horse (or beating a dead guy repeatedly with a rock), but: Do we like these flashbacks now? What's the consensus? Because I still find them hard to get through. I wish the show could just do a streak of flashback episodes so we can just be done with them all together.

Why doesn't Laurel's face ever move? It took surviving almost being suffocated by chemicals for Laurel's face to actually somewhat move during her epiphany scene.

Technical gripe: So they have this excellent quick and slick cut to a flashback by having Oliver look down and raise his hands, flashing back to Oliver looking down at his bloodied hands on "The Island," and then absolutely RUIN the flow by having a flashback WITHIN a flashback of how he got those bloodied hands. An

I like to look at these new seasons of "American Horror Story" as literal reincarnations of these characters in their different lives, considering that the history of these characters semi-repeats itself or is semi-adjacent to some of their "past characters'" lives in every season.

This is strange, but I was 100% surprised to see Laurel on the show when she first made her appearance in "City Of Heroes." Did this happen to anyone else? It was like my mind blocked out everything about her in the first season and was shocked to see her in a scene.

When Ivy made that quip about "Hit List" only being nominated because Kyle died, my first thought was: "Is Ivy carrying the anti-Christ in her womb? The POSSESSION is REAL."

Your wife's hilarious vocal reactions were kind of like a background character in a lot of your reviews of "SMASH." We'll miss that.

@avclub-13d7df3c17502af69aafccc758195f96:disqus @avclub-7aee1b75b527e215f31e20a5c4e7a768:disqus I still don't understand. Again, not only did Tom just meet this guy, but the guy didn't show any romantic interest in Tom whatsoever; it was all professional. So, Tom forcing himself onto the guy (whether he is closeted

I wonder how many viewers scoffed down a handful of pills when Ivy's name wasn't initially mentioned during the nomination readings.

And I'm sorry. I.am.sorry. But Tom was THE WORST character on "SMASH." He's just a clumsy, goofy, pervy (when it came to Kyle), whiny character. And it isn't even the endearing kind of goofy, it's the "What is wrong with you? Are you, like, mentally unstable?" kind of goofy. Playing tug of war with a wine bottle in a

Megan Hilty and Katharine McPhee performing the final "SMASH" number in those short dresses — Oh, I had a big finish, indeed. Fellas, AMIRIGHT? AMIRIGHT?

Fair enough. I liked the provocative visuals of the public burnings — and the idea of "suburban gang wars" within that face dive off a cliff of a crazy town. My only issue was that White Pine Bay, Oregon wasn't even more deranged. I wanted that town to be 'effed UP. Maybe that's to come in season two and we've only

Ditto. I was more of a background character, reading everyone's comments on "Bates Motel." It's really been enjoyable reading everyone's take on the series and their different theories. Will see you all in a year. (Hopefully the series will get extended to at least 12 episodes by then.)

"Bates Motel didn’t trust the audience, but also didn’t trust itself to turn this story into a compelling narrative. It always seemed to be distracting itself with pointless mystery subplots, just in case." — Todd VanDerWerff

It may be a ridiculous pipe dream, but I'm wishing on a star every night, hoping that Felicity actually becomes the Black Canary, while Laurel fades into nothingness. *gazes into the sky*

Am I the only one who thinks Diggle has been completely useless this entire season? What exactly does he do? He rarely even fights. He definitely should have perished instead of Tommy, who has developed into such a great character in such a short time. Luckily for Diggle, his "unresolved vendetta" against Deadshot