- Did they actually mention that The Scar disappeared when the Phoenix Stone was destroyed? Because until recently we were stuck on "if Rayna dies, the person with The Scar dies," and they dropped that right quick.
- I wonder if Enzo tried compelling the information out of the St. John girl? Because that seems like a…

You know, every now and then, when things get tough, Stefan turns off his humanity and becomes a Ripper, killing hundreds of innocent people After the first time he knew it was a possibility, but that didn't stop him from doing it again. So I'm not sure he really has the moral authority for the "I save people in…

Wait a minute, wait a minute! So, if removing young Per Degaton from the timeline didn't affect Savage's rise to power, because "time wants to happen" (dont'cha know?), why would anybody assume for a minute that KILLING young Per Degaton would affect Savage's rise to power? Both choices leave Savage in the same…

Frank was not really looking out for his daughter, because it was clear he wouldn't have said anything about Sean using if they had let him walk Fiona down the aisle. He was saving it for his ace in the hole.
- And I'm not the least bit surprised that Lip didn't recognize himself as going down Frank's path. Many…

Penny Got Fridged! Who'da guessed it?
- If Matt's mad at Stefan for that, he should have… killed Stefan. Get some help if you need it, and do it. Letting Rayna out - in addition to being cowardly - put Caroline in danger, among other things.
- Rayna makes no sense. She was created to wipe vampirekind off the planet…

Well, I guess that's a rule. :-)

OMG! Worst. Plan. EVER! Barry, when you went back in time a day, it sort of worked out. When you went back 20 years, it created a singularity that almost destroyed the city, Ronnie got killed, and 52 breaches opened between Earth-1 and Earth-2. What would lead you to believe that one year was the sweet spot??!?
- And…

Barely exists in The New 52. Already reformed (we never saw him as a villain.) Singh's boyfriend. I think he's rooming with Barry. But he does nothing and has no presence.

I had the same thought! But after all he managed to resist on Earth-2….

"Pretty convenient that Hank finally figured out how to control his memory erasing powers…, huh? Sometimes all it takes is 300 years and two months to master a skill."Yeah. Makes you wonder who he has been practicing on.
- "Take care of my daughters." "Okay, I'll make one of them a field agent in a secret government…

I hope Jesse Wells has a good time in Opal City. She has no credit cards, no driver's license, no high school or college diploma, and no Social Security number. Among other things. (Or are we to assume she'll just hack into every computer system and manufacture them? Yeah, I guess so.)

Part the 2: It's difficult to keep suspending disbelief as the show continues to have EVERYONE carry the Idiot Ball. Look, you've got The Knife. Savage is walking around town pretending to be a doctor, with a wife and a house and dinner parties. (He's not exactly surrounded by killer minions.) This Savage won't even…

Part the 1: Stein's a Jewish man who was probably born in the 1950's. He should have a little better understanding of prejudice and discrimination, if only (but really, not only) from family history.

Who names their kid Igor? I never understand these shows: if the Antichrist is destined to grow into a great tyrant and then be overthrown by the returned Christ, then why do devout people want to stab him with a knife? Isn't the Second Coming what they've been waiting for all their life? Isn't this God's prophecy?…

Oh, please! Ruining and wasting Hawkman is DC's stock in trade!

I really like this show, and one thing I like about it is is specificity. The Fourth Crusade. 1546. The Black Forest. Has to be a Catholic Church, because Martin Luther…. Monroe's historical digressions are delightful! A lot of fantasy-related show just blur this kind of stuff over. Also, the reuse of wesen types adds…

Part the 2: I've never understood the whole "hunter's mark" thing. How often does Rayna get close enough to a vampire to mark him, but not close enough to kill him? Or has she deliberately been marking them and letting them go, for fun? That's not a very good eliminate-all-vampires strategy, is it? And since her…

Part the 1: Hey, Damon, you caught Rayna but can't kill her (one more time)? Take an obvious cue from her time in the institution. Put her in a hospital bed (say, in the Salvatore dungeon where everybody's been locked up at one time or another), sedated, keep her fed. Compel a few doctors and nurses to help you.…

When Thea told Oliver to keep William a secret from Felicity, I almost threw something at the TV. Such contrived relationship drama! Telling Felicity doesn't endanger William, because Felicity can Keep. A. Secret. It's just a question of which promise (explicit or implicit) Oliver will keep - the one to Samantha, or…

Yeah, but the trick - which writers using "comic-book logic" frequently skip - is to make the fix (to paralysis, death, whatever) a one-time-only thing, or there be a reason it works on this person, or it has side effects that are hard to get past. Having Curtis just work overtime and whip up a chip that he says can…