Of all the commenters I was thinking about when I threw that line in … you may have been one of them.

The science checks out!

I suppose I'm just confused by how my review misses the point when that excerpt I quoted, and the review in general, is pretty much *precisely* describing how The Grinder is funny because it's about "a central character suffering through the insanity that is swirling all about him." Like, that's more or less exactly…

…Stewart seethes while the conversational momentum takes him far, far away from what he would recognize as a sensible reality. The Grinder presents a universe in which its younger characters—especially Ethan and now Zadak—are so preposterously wise beyond their years that they’re not recognizable as anything but plot…

What I think is really, really, really important to know here is that I'm an idiot.

Coming in a month late and several dollars short on this, but … of course! Dude's Hermes Conrad and John Stewart. Not sure that I gave any indication that I didn't?

It's also a way smaller time commitment to binge-watch a half-hour show in its first season instead of an hour-long drama in its second.

I'm … not sure when I said anything like that? I guess other than when I said part of the humor comes from Stewart reacting to everyone else's absurdity?

Well, this is more a season 6 or 7 kind of idea than something for right now. And it'd be a bit different than what we got in season 3 — that was more about a heroic ensemble struggling to live up to Oliver's legacy, whereas this would be one strong character trying to find her way out of her brother's shadow.

Ah, yeah, looks like it's actually "Star City 2146," which totally eliminates any chance this is William all grown up (to say nothing of the rumored casting for the role). Drat.

The more I talk about this (I've talked about this twice), the more I want to seem them do this — have Oliver disappear for a while and make Thea the actual, honest-to-goodness hero of the show, maybe even making her the Green Arrow. It could be Arrow's take on the whole Batman R.I.P. arc. You could even restrict…

In terms of how the show uses her currently, "co-lead" might be stretching it — Felicity might be closer to taking that title these days. But Thea is probably the most "lead-like" supporting character in how much the show can do with her and how much nuance Willa Holland brings to her performance. I said this in an…

I tell ya, my dream of William being adopted by that nice Hawke family and renamed Connor is starting to grow legs!

Not … really? I'm actually thinking about this now, and I guess I'd say I watch superhero shows for the same reason I watch any show, which is for the storytelling. Superheroics provide a unique element of that storytelling, but I don't really see them as an end in and of themselves.

He could have whispered two things!

So, I can definitely see how Thea and Oliver's conversation could play for other viewers as considerate; Willa Holland definitely did all she could to convey that, and Stephen Amell played the scene well, too. I just didn't think it held up to much logical inspection, instead just kind of enabling Oliver to do…

Turns out the answer is, "No, but only because one of the candidates is a murderous crook, and her plans were foiled by the other candidate, who is an occasionally murderous vigilante."

I like to think that's what Joe Biden whispered in Paul Ryan's ear before their VP debate.

Nah, I don't review drunk (is a claim I will make). Sounds like we maybe watch Arrow for different things, though?

Well, one thing to keep in mind is that "the entire staff" is better understood as "two full-time writers with other editorial responsibilities, plus a phalanx of freelancers who have a bunch of other jobs/responsibilities/whatevers." If the economics allowed there to be a dedicated staff who were all TV, all the…