These are exactly the kind of things parents should lie to their kids about. Twelve years from now, nobody is going to need to know this.

Not baby Kelly. Please, just let Kelly be a normal kid, up until he woges for the first time in early adolescence. I'm sure Portland has excellent daycare, so it's not like we have to spend vast amounts of plot time on Kelly. And, you never know, watching Adalind evolve into a Soccer-Hexenbiest could be be funny.

Someone said in a discussion of this last year that the house was in Nick's family. I thought maybe it was Aunt Marie's, and she had Nick take it over when she decided to spend her retirement RVing through America.

I actually thought Rosalee looked terrified when Adalind informed her of their friendship. Not too terrified to sign on—this is Rosalee, of course. But terrified nonetheless.

I think Laurel made an impulsive decision that came with some terrible side-effects, but she can still have had some justification for her criticisms of Ollie. I think Alistair was spot on—Laurel's grievances were fair, but both the character and Katie Cassidy weren't quite up to the heft of the storyline.

Oh my gosh—I got sick last week and forgot that Grimm was returning! I won't bother commenting on the episode this long after, but let me thank you, Les, for resuming these reviews. I really appreciate both your reviews and the forum.

An earlier thread discussed the fact that Arrow's casting director has a thing Katie Cassidy. The guy apparently mentioned it in an interview. And to be fair to him, what he has a thing for is Cassidy's professionalism on set. But it doesn't really excuse the gross miscasting, given she has no chemistry with Amell.

And a great reading of the two characters. They've been such a great excitable-babbly/stoic-silent odd couple from the beginning.

Cisco seems like one of those guys who's brilliant at his work but not very attentive or pragmatic when it comes to life-management. I mean, you know that Caitlin probably has made sure that she has her name on loads of patents and is 401K-ed to the max. I could imagine a scenario where, so long as Cisco is making…

Yes, I think that's right—Thea was talking to her following.

Avoiding judgey B.S. is the best reason!

I too liked the emotional deadness. Given the narrative, it worked for me. And provided a quiet background for the contemplation of his abs.

Now that I think about it, it would have been great if Jax had been, like, a middle manager at Best Buy. But I suppose mechanics have more useful skills for a superhero.

I'm white. I liked the episode too. But you know what, I'm not angry or irritated that racism may be more subtle or complicated than I recognize. And I don't think that African-Americans should simply be grateful to see more of themselves on TV, and as a consequence, keep quiet about stereotypes in those…

The "natural athleticism" line was badly chosen. You should totally feel free to gripe. They made the conflict driving the story about class, which I think was a good choice—but they didn't have to make Jax an ex-football player. That said, I'm really happy the new guy is someone of color. And that both the candidates…

Don't you mean "Darhk"?

A teddy bear with abs that can kill you completely on their own.

Given that last year Arrow "broke the traditional ratings system", perhaps that's for the best.

Charon to Fury: "We don't have room for 5 people on the boat, Hades isn't answering my texts and I don't get paid for overtime. So eff it—Just leave 'em and head home."

Steve Valentine is a super-fun character actor. I'm psyched to see him show up here.