The grades are my personal grades, and I can't speak for others, but Flash has been pretty bad since the hiatus. As you can see, until then, it was about even with Flash getting higher highs and lower lows while Arrow was more consistent. Flash has been kind of bad stereotypical CW soap opera this year (Barry's dad…

Malcolm deprived us of finding out what moves Roy would have busted out on his way to grab the phone to dial 911

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Arrow isn't exactly lighting the world on fire, but its competency is distancing itself from the fumbling Flash, claiming this week B to C+ for an 8 to 3 season advantage.
BTW, the flashforwards are faking out the killer, right? I'm thinking Andy is the killer, not Dahrk.
Every few weeks I post the…

Good review here, though I'd give it a C+. I was watching on double speed and was still bored. Could really just watch the last 5 minutes and only miss Hondo's quips.(BTW I like the Mortis arc.)

I really like the Mortis arc and have found it to be very divisive. I think the divide occurs over whether one can appreciate as a cool one-off story or getting caught up in the logistics and how it fits in the larger continuity.

Haha, noticed the same while out and about today. Can't wait to rewatch it.

It's funny because I was never much of an Idol watcher. I couldn't remember who won, just that she didn't, and I think I only remembered that because I was always weirded out by how she was like 21 married to a dude in his 40s.

Actually, the CBS Commercial hosts are both losers, as McPhee didn't win either.

Watched Silicon Valley Season 2 and both seasons of Alphas. Silicon Valley was one of the bigger TV disappointments in a while for me. It was just way too bleak and negative the whole season and didn't make me laugh much after a promising first season. Then the sitcom hijinks "lost my keys" crap from the finale was a…

This is the first time they've really gotten Sabine right in detail, and I think it's because they went show, not tell. They tried to spoonfeed the story of her rival and it just felt forced. Here it felt a lot more natural.

I don't blame them for the Poe thing, since with a different actor that probably would have been an OK character to kill off. Sounds like they changed because he's so good.

Yeah, the last really funny one was the Captain Cold one (and the Barry blind date scenes)

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Won't see this until tonight or the morning, but I think it's safe to assume this wasn't as bad as another Flash clunker, making the score Arrow 7, Flash 3 as Flash officially is in a sophomore slump. (I'd give Flash another C+.)

Are…are you me? I've long argued this (and was the impetus for me keeping the Weekly Scoreboard on the Arrow thread). Those early episodes were littered with "Barry's not sure he's fast enough, but motivational speeches give him confidence!" At first it was awesome, but became tired.

The Literal Blind Date scene might be the show's best scene (and potentially the high point from which it began to decline permanently)

In keeping with comparing the Arrowverse to HIMYM (Caitlin+Jay has the HIMYM Finale Problem: a passage in time doesn't make the tonal whiplash for the audience any better), Ollie and Felicity were like Ted and Victoria: tiptoeing made it a phenomenal relationship, but in TV (and life), the wanting is often better than…

Sepinwall made that very comparison.

They never will. Been like that forever. Also, YJ S2 is much better than its reputation.

Word on the street is the AV Club's top commenters are rounding up some funding to make a film using only Simpsons quotes.

JL/U and Young Justice had the same thing. Was supposed to leave in March, came back, supposed to go on Dec 31, didn't, now leaving again this month.