Up to very recently I had only seen the first (as a marathon of EVERY John Carpenter flick) and the remakes, unfortunately.

The one thing I was kind of hoping for, which the review states right at the top, that they sit on Blood a little longer before outing him as a villain or even turning him into a villain at all. I thought he was one of the better non-vigilante based characters in Ollie's life, possibly the best.

I'm guessing with the flashbacks they could potentially get into evil Deathstroke and bromance Slade at the same time.

They certainly weren't created for the show

It should have negated it based on their feelings here, but did it really? I honestly don't recall. I feel like they didn't lie down after Dawn's death.

I'm talking about him in comparison of Dean, just Sam's overall whininess about having trouble making emotional bonds since losing his house at 6 months old after watching 8 seasons of him making emotional bonds.

What about Pope wanting blood for his dead daughter which was totally killed in a half-assed attempt at gang retaliation?

They had their chance to get DJ Qualls to be a bumbling Bobby, but they didn't act and he just ended up as a third wheel on another tv show that is probably not paying as much as Supernatural might.

Clearly the writers don't want the Winchesters to have friends. They keep writing around them. Kevin. Castiel. Garth. And now Charlie.

I assumed she burnt them in some attempt to stop the sickness they had

Yea its going to get pretty annoying if everything that can be numbered gets numbered 52

Ugh, now I have a feeling Laurel will eventually be the Black Canary. When I heard someone else was cast, I was hoping they realized the error of their ways and boot Laurel to the curb

I doubt or at least hope they don't turn Shado into Cheshire

Black Canary, Dollmaker, Amazo, Jean Loring, Sin, Ra's al Ghul, References abound!

Its as consistent but not quite as good when Walton Goggins gets a chance to Walton Goggins in Justified or Sons of Anarchy

I don't want Canary to be Laurel's sister, but I have feeling it is

Sin was being trained to take over for Lady Shiva but was saved and adopted by Green Arrow and Black Canary

He steals the show with showmanship and awesomeness, but Boyd actually had more of a dramatic arc than just being cool and badass in the more recent season.

He also had a more standout season on Justified, but I guess last season already missed the award show

Well said!