Hostage taking as a means to gain leverage over a super hero isn't a plot point unique to Arrow, or The Dark Night. Pretty sure all super heroes have had to deal w/ that.
Getting beaten up is par for the super hero course.
Calling for help when beaten up is par for the dramatic course.
Falling out of a building onto a…

bI thought it was 'SIGINT,' But either way, I likes your style. Hope the arsenal grows and grows.

bI thought it was 'SIGINT,' But either way, I likes your style. Hope the arsenal grows and grows.

I like to imagine she was making fun of Oliver for his inability to do the most cursory of research. Even though he was trapped on a desert island for five years, and may not have gotten up to speed on the internet, yet.

I like to imagine she was making fun of Oliver for his inability to do the most cursory of research. Even though he was trapped on a desert island for five years, and may not have gotten up to speed on the internet, yet.

Geeking out about the highly specialized custom arrows for a minute:

Geeking out about the highly specialized custom arrows for a minute:

I'm not really convinced that Danny is a loner. Just b/c Mindy says so is no reason to believe anything.

I'm not really convinced that Danny is a loner. Just b/c Mindy says so is no reason to believe anything.

Chris Messina is far and away the best part of this show, and the hope that perhaps he'll get into another, better show if this one is cancelled is the only upside of that for me.

Chris Messina is far and away the best part of this show, and the hope that perhaps he'll get into another, better show if this one is cancelled is the only upside of that for me.

I felt the same way about Carrie Ann Moss. I mean, it's no bullet time, but at least she got to stab a guy in the thigh w/ a fountain pen.

I felt the same way about Carrie Ann Moss. I mean, it's no bullet time, but at least she got to stab a guy in the thigh w/ a fountain pen.

Nobody CALLED him a serial killer. ADA Pretty Eyes is the only one who even hinted that more than one crime might hypothetically occur.

Nobody CALLED him a serial killer. ADA Pretty Eyes is the only one who even hinted that more than one crime might hypothetically occur.

That is the only way to drive a big rig.

That is the only way to drive a big rig.

@avclub-3e9e0f1010418374c3dd9ccf3b0ed27c:disqus Amazon could probably figure out why you're ordering it. No worries.

@avclub-3e9e0f1010418374c3dd9ccf3b0ed27c:disqus Amazon could probably figure out why you're ordering it. No worries.

@avclub-392f765bed2826a22a4e84f0523b375c:disqus Some characters will be unlikable, sometimes. I want to think they're setting Tommy up for his comeuppance, but really it was probably just b/c he and Laurel weren't doing anything else and they needed to keep both of them involved.
I haven't seen anything one way or the…