But it's a bit like Arrow's thing though - the ex-lover plotline:
Arrow's ex-lover - the Huntress
Arrow's ex from the island - Shado (*edit* RIP)
Arrow's ex - Sara (RIP)
Arrow's ex - Laurel
Arrow's mom's ex - Malcolm
Sara's ex - Nyssa
ad infinitum

Exactly! 3 seasons in and I have, not once, seen Laurel's character do anything that isn't about her. There's just nothing about her storyline that makes me want to watch her. Everyone else, including Slade and Nyssa, are capable of putting someone/something above themselves. I'm just not sold on her wanting to be a…

At this point, I wonder how she even survived, much less get into law school. I don't know how she'll pull off being Black Canary…being a vigilante is a lot of hard work.

If Roy really killed Sara, I'm so looking forward to the Roy vs. really pissed off Nyssa fight scene with lots of parkour, swords, arrows and ninjas. Roy deserves something worse than the poison dart last ep. :-) RIP Sara.

Which is what I felt when I found out the Simpsons had math nerds in its writing staff. :)

Or Amanda Waller.

Boxing's hard. :-) Surprised she can still find time to be a DA. The training alone is nuts! You can't do that for only a few hours a week and end up being a bad ass Black Canary. :)

New commenter here, late for the comments but have been checking in on avclub since forever and have been watching Arrow since season 1. Never needed to sign in to give my two-cents worth on any show (including Arrow) until all of Season 3 because -
-Sara dying. Ugh. I get that it's to propel the narrative, but still.…