So far there is nothing to differentiate Cayden James from prior evil hackers aside from his terrible name.

Sure, Michael Emerson makes a pretty good villain, but I hate, hate, hate the trope where the villain knows everything the good guys are going to do. I’m not looking forward to a whole season of fifth acts that subvert the victory we thought our heroes won in the fourth.

and the internet i apparently in Star City, an odd choice given the last six year of man-made earthquakes, vigilantes, supervillain assaults, etc.

Bear in mind, when Arrow started, it was the grim, gritty, and down-to-earth superhero show, with none of that fantasy or science fiction bullshit. Now we’re in Season 6, and one of the main characters is the evil, superpowered, parallel universe doppelganger of another character who was killed by a magic man. That is…

Apart from the fact that the internet doesn’t work that way, if it did on their earth, why would anyone, ever, put it in a city that gets threatened with destruction every spring? The idea that it was in Star City bothered me more than that it existed at all.

It’s just the Oliver and Felicity show

This was pretty OK for me. Surprisingly, the best parts were Oliver and Felicity. Seasons three and four took the easy chemistry between the two and shat all over it with needless melodrama. Here we can see why people enjoyed these two together in seasons one and two.

Can we talk about how the Internet is contained in one (admittedly large) room? The idea that you can physically locate the Internet somewhere is, like, the oldest people-not-understanding-how-the-Internet-works gags there is, and here it’s played completely straight.

...how did Ralph hold a helicopter in place while standing? They should have made him wrap his other arm and his legs around a lamppost or a dumpster or something, and have it threaten to pull out of the ground. He’s not The Blob with super sticking-to-the-floor powers.

I’d love for the show to acknowledge the earlier season 1 name drop, kinda of like how I want someone to realize Isabel Rochev was on The List.

I kinda hated that Nate called out the iconic E.T. scene in-universe. Just leave at as a (not very) subtle recreation - don’t have to brag about it in case anyone didn’t notice it (which I doubt)

All that was missing during Barry’s pep talk to him was a, “Now stretch, Ralph. Stretch!”

Replacement half candidates? Imagine Mick being an actual ball of fire. But time shenanigans+one of Stein’s descendants is more likely

“Sometimes we screw things up for the better.”

I thought they were teasing that Gypsy is her Earth’s version of Cisco, when she wouldn’t give him her name. Turns out they were teasing an utterly normal first name reveal. We still don’t know their surname, so there’s still a chance.

Sawyer nailed the character so much that I wouldn’t be surprised if there is already spin-off talk.

We’ll know we’re in trouble if Zari and Ray hook up and then Zari expresses doubts about the relationship on a weekly basis.

Did anyone else catch the reference when Cisco picks up the <Machete> and Wells says it’s too much?

Some nice injoke/references —

Skimming this review quickly, I thought it was Danny Trejo goofily playing the Elongated Man. Which I now want to see.