Eh. Knowing how most people shoot with burst fire weapons, I'm not as appalled by the amount of missing from semi-trained goons. That's one thing King got right in the Dark Tower series. People think auto weapons can be fired like they are on TV, and get Real Life Imperial Stormtrooper accuracy as a result.

I thought the whole "Only the student" mantra was a bit on the silly side myself. But to be fair, I think the issue is that Merlyn doesn't think he has the skill to beat Ra's. It's not that he doubts whether he has the knowledge. And IMHO, it's pretty clear he's used Thea to put the one person who does have that…

Agree. I thought the protection thing was a tad over the top. As everyone noted, even if Merlyn didn't kill Sara, there's still 500+ people he toasted. So really, let Nyssa plug him.

Or for another fandom. She will Miranda Lawson them all.

The last most of all. Besides, Chloe being a hostage meant that any attack would get her KIAed. The worst that could happen in the barge attack was one of Cheng's own guys killed him by accident.

Agreed. It would've been stranger if there *wouldn't* have been a Chinese angle in the end. Chekov's Gun in force.

Crimson Tide was rubbish for a few reasons. *They* didn't understand the authentication process either.

Yes they would sink the carrier. But not like it was done on the show. Also keep in mind, Chinese carriers are smaller, designed for VTOL aircraft. Not fleet carriers of the Nimitz class.

When Kate pulled the gun on Steve, after I was done cheering, I tweeted, "I'd say Kate went Full-Jack there. But since it's Yvonne, I'll say she channeled her Miranda Lawson." :)

Where the thug is bouncing through the generators looking for Jack, and Jack was up top, waiting for him to look up so he could cap him.

He's pardoned for everything after the pardon becomes public. That would be after the resignation (whether or not that happens still). So Jack's off the hook for Margot—if anyone really would defend someone who just tried to frag half of London.