I may need to re-watch but wasn't Clarke the one who made the conflation? Finn not untruthfully said that Lincoln's trauma and the things he'd done (under duress and not in his right mind) would stay with him, obviously having that insight from his own struggle to deal with the crap he's pulled and the people he…

I don't think Finn dying will end this ill-conceived storyline. Primarily because what this storyline has done is surface the disturbing double standards that govern how the Sky People operate. No one is horrified enough by what he did and by him, and that's a writing choice that makes a huge amount of sense given…

I think Jaha pardoned him or something because Clarke vouched for him. But people do forget that Bellamy is responsible (directly/indirectly, whatever you want to call it) for killing those Ark people. He did feel very sorry about it though, lol.

Well, he was the earth equivalent of 'floated' the first time he did something terrible when Clarke and friends banished him. And Kane & Co. refused to listen to anything anyone had to say about Murphy when they first showed up and somehow Murphy (like most unnecessary characters that show runners inexplicably love)…

I will never quite understand the expectations some commenters and fans seem to have for the Sky People, our main POV characters in particular. I think like others have mentioned, the show has no illusions about Finn and the wretched things he's done thus far. The characters - his friends, his people - making excuses…

I agree with you for the most part. The show thus far seems pretty self-aware in how they're handling Finn and especially Finn in the context of the 'Sky People' and how their first rule of survival is 'look after their own and everyone else be damned'. If Finn had killed some of the Sky People, perhaps his punishment…

This was a good episode. I enjoyed all the various dynamics at play, and this show does really well at balancing warmth and heart with the mystery and superhero-y elements. Loved that Barry tossed Oliver's wretched relationship advice out the window because no one even remotely sane should take love tips from Oliver…

True story. She does always come off as vaguely surprised or like mildly scandalised. Is the actress English? Because her accent is also awful.

I've responded to a comment about Iris' journalism arc already, so I'm not going to repeat myself. I don't see anything particularly bizarre about Iris getting excited about journalism when she stumbles upon something to write about that sparks her curiosity as well as passion. In the world of superheroes, this is…

I'm forever sad that I didn't get a Luther Family Values spin-off. Because they were fascinating. Lana was at her best when she was allowed to be as paranoid and deceptive and manipulative as Lex, keep even him on his toes, and go up against his crackpot father. I would've been really into Lana and Tess scenes in…

Again, I don't disagree with you that parents and children should have mutual respect for each others choices. But how often does that play out in real life, even in situations that aren't abusive, where the parent has the best interests of the child at heart? Joe stopping Iris from being a cop because he wants to…

That's not really how real life works. Not all of us can say 'no' to our parents all the time especially if we do love and respect them and want to make them happy, and maybe she was scared. But the thing is Iris has been flouting Barry and her father's 'gentle' encouragement to quit writing about the Flash. Despite…

I don't think I could come up with a character more ill-equipped to dole out relationship advice than Oliver Queen. Maybe Bruce Wayne. Hopefully one of Barry's lessons is that he doesn't need to chase dysfunctionality in every arena of his life just because he's got a double identity.

Iris was rolling around and straddling people in bed while scantily clad. And I remember whispering: "Thank you, God" at my screen.

She's a Masters candidate who had to take an elective, and Barry encouraged her to do journalism because it would be 'fun'. She started the blog as a joke/private thing for the class and then her curiosity was sparked by The Flash and the amazing things happening around the city. She was gong to keep the blog…

I don't get what you mean though. Lana and Clark hooked up in like season 2/3 or something, I forget, and then again in season 5, 6, 7 and briefly in season 8 in what I remember calling the Arc of Suck at the time. Either way, the shape of the relationship and the story here is entirely different. Iris and Barry are…

I hear you but I do think that 5 episodes vs. 7 seasons is a bit of an unfair comparison to make in terms of character depth. Iris, like most of the characters on this show, has a long way to go and grow, so I hope you'll give her a chance. At this stage of Smallville, 5 episodes in, all we knew about Lana was that…

Goughlar were a blight on Smallville for the most part for me. One of their greatest disservices was Lana. They actively stripped away Lana's agency in almost all situations. And then the few times they didn't, and allowed her to really be awesome, excavate her grief and trauma from losing her parents or the trauma of…

Word. Mostly because I think Felicity is at her most irritating when she overplays the quirky clumsy foot-in-mouth self-deprecating geek girl because it's a tired cliche straight out of a 90s romcom and I have little time for it. Cisco's a bit of lovable dumbass even though he's a genius, Team Science would be…

It's hilarious to me at this point because there seems to be a bucket load of projection where she's concerned and then some sort of embittered PTSD issues from Arrow's treatment of Laurel, possibly going all the way back to deep-seated resentment of characters like Lana Lang on Smallville or other superhero love…