Yeah, I imagine it as some sort of double-edged, patronizing pat on the head for sending Mom to the other end of the universe.

The Real Charlotte Richards also reached up and touched the back of her neck, so she totally remembers getting murdered.

First things first because I really want to delve into the ways CEG is crushing this kind of commentary, but I still gave this episode a fairly high grade because 1) Xanthippe, 2) Perry, 3) everything about the Jaqueline/Duke/Titus subplot, down to the cocoa powder and onion.

Titus on playing football:

Jorf*

Slade: " So instead of marring the blonde you married Ras Al Ghul'a daughter?"

This episode was fantastic. Maybe my favorite since "Unthinkable." Slade was no small part of that, obvs. It's interesting that the two pep talks Oliver gets in this episode and last week's are from his two best (and not dead [Malcolm Merlyn is basically a cockroach. I will not believe he's dead until I see a body])…

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Sounds like essentially what they supposedly did with The Crown and why I have put off watching The Crown.

He was great in Angel because he got to be a crotchety old man and goofball as well as a moody dum-dum and not just a moody dum-dum.

"Are we having fun yet??!"

"I liked your poetry."
"You like Barry Manilow."

It wouldn't surprise me if Rajan and Joong-ki's corruption investigations were some how related. Over the course of the season, at least three corruption investigations were mentioned: the aforementioned two and Capheus's political opponent. It would seem weird at this point for there not to be some kind of point, at…

Kudos to Bae that her state of undress never undermines her ferocity and badassery.

I doubt he'd ever step down willingly. He'll go kicking and screaming into the night. They'll have to drag him out with a damn crane.

Wept silently during the cemetary scene, which was then abruptly replaced with lustiness for Detectibe Hot Cop Tight Pants.

Medusa's wig is way upsetting.

Literally yelled, "Robbie?? Robbie! Yaaaaaaaaaay."