It would have been nice to see Thea at least a little mad at Oliver for keeping his secret as long as he had. I feel like she was OK with it way too quickly.

No mention of Courtney Love's performance in the review?!

I didn't even realize until just now that Sue wasn't even in the episode. And I don't think that's a bad thing. This episode was so much better and more entertaining than the two parter.

I like this theory.

Agree that was a little odd. I think the big problem during Oliver's return sequence — and really, you could argue they've struggled with this the whole season — is that they're trying to cram too many events/emotions into a couple minutes. It would've been a lot better if Felicity had been happy/appreciative he was…

Hopefully there will be a scene soon where Felicity does let him explain his reasoning/view for teaming up with Malcolm. But that ending scene and her reaction still makes sense to me that she wouldn't be willing to hear him out in that exact moment. After holding out hope the longest among the team that Oliver was…

Felciity is a rational person, which makes sense given her background. So for her, it's not rational to help Ray become a hero when she just saw her own hero die until she reached her better understanding of the situation. And yeah, maybe it is a bit selfish. But clearly her arc/journey this season is dealing with why…

Did anyone else find it funny (and unrealistic, of course) that all it took was about a two minute talk with Oliver to make Malcolm reconsider killing Brick, the man who killed his wife who he vowed to avenge which sent him on a 20-year crusade? I get the Thea bond, etc. but I mean…

I mentioned it elsewhere in the comment section, but I think Diggle is more his voice of reason/protector and keeps him grounded which isn't the same as being a moral compass.

And on top of that, they already made it clear that Oliver will kill if it's to save someone he loves, which at this point is Thea and Felicity. He killed the Count when he had Felicity as a hostage and he was about to stick her full of Vertigo with Oliver shooting three arrows into him. And when Felicity started to…

Yeah I figured that's probably what it means. I just wouldn't be surprised if there was another twist to it because the Felicity connection seems too obvious.

She was OK with him killing Ra's al Gul. I wouldn't call that being OK with him killing "everyone."

And I don't think any of those guys toting guns ever fired a shot at any point! And they were legit guns, not pistols. Hilarious.

I wish I had DVR so I could replay it but I swear at the beginning of the big fight scene when both sides run at each other that one of Brick's guys just picked up Laurel/Canary like she was nothing before she finally got an edge in the fight. Maybe I'm misremembering, but I thought that happened. Which is funny and…

All signs seem to point to Oliver having to lose his humanity to beat Ra's al Gul. And based on Tatsu's comment, it'll be interesting to see what all that entails.

My theory is that it will come into play at some point. Maybe in a see-Malcolm-is-only-looking-out-for-himself moment where it ends up turning Oliver against him again.

If I recall correctly, when Sin saw Roy right before the fight (I think she may have asked about Sara?) he told her once it was over he needed to talk to her. Based on that interaction, I think you can infer that he was going to tell her that Sara is dead.

Being a moral compass means an ability to judge what is right and wrong and acting accordingly. For me, that's what Felicity has represented and helped change Oliver over the course of the show. As for Diggle, he's been the person who grounds Oliver and wants to protect him given his background.

Reading through these comments, there's way more hate towards Felicity than I was expecting after tonight's episode. Clearly one of her struggles/arcs this season is dealing with her figuring out what this cause means to her and why she's doing what she's doing. If there's any complaint, it should be about how she…

Perhaps, but she's always been an emotional character.