Except Oliver has that stone in his hand that Shado gave him in the dream, implying that it's not just a dream, but some sort of actual spirit visitation.

Constantine owed Oliver ONE favor, though. Fixing Thea up would count as Favor #2.

Now if only one of those business executives had said, "Too cold and sterile. Where's the heart?"

We don't really know any other zombies well enough to tell when the brains they eat are affecting them. Like last season, when an episode had Blaine be super into Kurt Cobain: is Blaine actually a big Kurt Cobain fan, or did he just eat the brains of someone who was?

Kinda surprised they didn't suspect the flight attendant of killing Grace in order to keep her secret from getting out, though.

Well, he could always go the "you can't murder a zombie; they're already dead" route, though I don't see that earning him any brownie points with Liv.

I'm thinking that now Peyton's gonna have to try and cover for Blaine's murderous activities, both to preserve her case against Mr. Boss, and to keep Blaine's client base from going kill crazy if their supply of brains is cut off.

They arrested him on an unrelated drug charge, figuring they could use the time he's in prison to build a case against him for his more serious crimes. And while mass murder wouldn't be covered by his immunity deal, drug dealing/possession is, so they had to let him go.

I think part of why all the Darin Morgan gushing has always seemed extreme to me is that I came to The X-Files more than a decade after it finished airing, and had already watched shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Supernatural, series that never took their monster hunting all that seriously.

Wouldn't that be a bit like opening Mount Sinai Hospital in Auschwitz?

Well, going on a ridiculously dangerous undercover mission worked well for him last season. Guess he was hoping he'd go 2 for 2.

Driving a jeep would be weird for the Grounders (though, given Emori's boat, probably not unprecedented), but it wouldn't necessarily indicate Sky People, either: it's not like they had an cars on the Ark, either.

There were definitely points in this episode where I expected "Heat of the Moment" to suddenly start playing.

Damon's really the last one who should be holding a grudge against family members for being terrible, though. Stefan has forgiven him for doing a LOT worse stuff.

Definitely best episode of the season so far. If TVD wants to keep going at this point, it's gotta try doing different kinds of episodes like this one, 'cause they've mostly exhausted their usual playbook.

If going back in time 40 years gave them nausea, vertigo, and temporary blindness, what would a 4000 year trip do?

Didn't Clarke also sort of betray her wartime allies? When Maya and other members of the Mount Weather resistance helped the Sky People, I think "just don't murder us all" was probably implied.

Does Floukru mean "Flower People"? 'Cause a bunch of hippie Grounders would be hilarious.

Something I liked about the Clarke/Lexa reunion is that, in the past, Clarke has usually kept her composure even when dealing with people she has good reason to hate, because she knew that she might need them. But now, when she's cut herself off from everyone else and all her responsibilities, she lets herself just…

The most polite yet brutal regime ever.