Faison joining the cast makes a lot more sense now that we know Zano is leaving. And re: Braff, if availability is an issue, maybe he doesn’t have to be Ted Kord and be there in person. He would still be terrific as Skeets!

That’s true. Arrow petered out after Season 2, to be honest. Though perhaps that’s not quite true. Seasons 3 and 4 were a different breed of terrible than the exhaustion and burnout of 6 and 7.

I meant Arrow at this point in its run, ie. Arrow’s Season 7. Arrow managed to come back and end on a high with Season 8, but the show was already petering out by season 6. 

Arrow ended over 2 years ago!

I think the biggest mistake they made was mistaking lightheartedness for complete silliness. Season 7 was tons of fun, though.

Caity Lotz is so funny, along with being the best in the action scenes, her character having the most dramatic/ tragic backstory, and her relationship being the best one in the ArrowVerse. A lot of elements make the show so great, but none of it works without her.

Upfronts have traditionally been in May, but between Covid and the new TV landscape in general I don’t know what the deal is now.

Same with me. I stayed through season 5 and then just checked out. I did watch the 100th episode but outside of that, I’ve only kept up with the story through recaps on here.

I enjoyed Constantine as a character and Ryan’s performance, but I can’t deny that Legends is stronger when it’s about time travel rather than magic. It was like Constantine had a gravitational pull on the stories and they couldn’t escape becoming more about him. I’m glad they found a way to keep Ryan while balancing…

I’ll miss Nate and his wonderful hair so much!

I’m curious if they’d be able to get Ted Kord now, as Brandon Routh was originally supposed to be Kord (to pay off all the Kord Industries teases in Arrow) and got re-written to Ray Palmer - who very much had the comic personality of Ted anyway. Maybe since Booster was available the development for his solo series is…

The second they do something to Astra/Gideon/Spoons there will be war. The show will not touch them, they are precious and must be protected.

Thanks Jarrod for your reviews, you’ve been amazing! Wishing you the best for whatever comes next (these last 2 weeks have been difficult for being on AV Club). Once a legend, always a legend!

Based on things recently said on the podcast, as long as Braff doesn’t have to quarantine for an extended period of time, I think he would do one episode for Donald.

Re: BrOTP energy: Don’t forget they potentially have Booster Gold boarding the Waverider next season, too. In an interview/podcast I saw recently, Faison also said he was interested in getting Zach Braff to play Booster’s BFF, Ted Kord. Though I don’t think the CW would be able to get someone like Braff.

A lesser show would have had a Nate/Zari/Zari love triangle, whichever way that swings.

yeah, I still need my time travel fuckups to come back.

• Is Nate just living in the totem in the future? How is that not a anomaly?

Yeah the Nate/Zari 2.0 dynamic settled in a good place once they got over the initial weirdness. I am super happy they kept human Gideon instead of somehow reloading her back into the Waverider. 

It is kind of funny that Nate was initially supposed to be BFFs with Behrad but eventually his chemistry with Tala Ashe won out & his relationship with Zari 2.0 became the much more significant one