Diggle made a decision based on his circumstances. He is experienced and his home situation is very different than hers. Laurel made a decision. No she isn't qualified, but it isn't Oliver's decision to make. He can express himself and he's probably not wrong, but it's not his choice.

Where are they getting the money for all their (leather) stuff anyway? Ollie being broke was another story they dropped.

What do they have to be grateful to him for though?

Oliver did talk to him about why he was leaving him behind and Diggle agreed it was for the best. That didn't happen with Laurel.

Why does Oliver get to decide what's best for Laurel? He doesn't have to agree with it, but it's not up to him to stop her.

I thought she was good, but I really would have liked to have heard the songs that touched Cookie so much, the ones that got her through the rough times. Without them, I think the story and her character were missing important context.

How many hurricanes has Nick been in also?

Maddie can sing, but hopefully she'll be on less. I thought they used her sparingly enough in the last episode, but angsty teens aren't fun. I'm over Gunnar's nephew/son too.

It's funny because I think they've been wearing away at those strong women this season. The first half of this season Mary wasn't given much power and only came through later to clean up Francis' messes. Catherine was being driven insane.

I love Felicity and I appreciate a good moral argument, but they ended up with a Sharks-Jets rumble with tons of people getting beat down versus taking out the one top guy by aligning with another terrible person. They were able to find a different way, but it might not have been a better way.

Dig probably would have shot Brick and since they let him get away over and over by doing anything but shooting him, it wouldn't let this story continue the way they wanted it to.

Completely agree. Another episode, even better than the last one. The show remembered that it can be fun. (Plus even the hint of mad Clarissa is enough to bump this up grade-wise.)

Neither Narcisse/Lola nor Conde/Lola do anything for me, but Narcisse/Catherine? I'm ready for that. They are just so much fun together.

Because I'm evil, I really wanted Bonnie to not mention Jeremy at all during her goodbye and that would be the reason for Jeremy to leave.

I laughed when he fainted, because it was so awkward. He was so careful about not getting hurt that it was completely unbelievable and poor Liv was trying to catch him.

I thought this episode was a mess, which is a disappointment after what was turning into a better season.

The Tyler stuff was especially irritating. He turned into Caroline 2 years ago.

Those silver pieces look like lobster crackers, to break the shell.

I loved this episode too and I was looking forward to see how Mindy and Danny were going to resolve their conflict. Adding a baby on top of their already diverging goals was too much for me in this episode when it would have been amazing without it. I think if the baby reveal came in the next episode or a few down the…

Rose seems to have found herself a nice fellow, but if there any pairing I want it would be Tom and Rose.