Rant time. In the Marvel vs. DC cinematic battle, Marvel rules the screen and DC does good by television. Here’s what Arrow’s doing right that Agents of SHIELD is blowing, and very little of it has to do with SHIELD just starting and Arrow being in S2.

Oh c'mon, it was terrible and reeked of network "retooling," but you have to admit, Dina Meyer made a badass Batgirl in flashback.

and boobs

Oh thank goodness I'm not the only one that suspected Carl.

I think Adalind is kind of like the Hexenbeast version of someone who's parents, or maybe grandparents, immigrated to the US, so she's the first or second generation born here and she inherited her Hexenbeast powers (as most wessen do) and knows some of the culture but also grew up American and in the modern world, so…

Yeah, I thought Hank seeing the Captain's other face was a nice moment.

I thought the biggest thing out of left field was the drag queen in the music hall singing this (at 2:35)-

I'm not seeing that awfulness - I'm seeing what I think are reasonably accurate renderings of two people who have lost pretty much their whole family in nasty ways, have in part been responsible for a nuclear holocaust, and are now faced with buddying up with a mass murderer. I'd be a bit grumpy, wouldn't you?

"When he woke up – dum dum dum! – some sparkly lights actually had saved Miles by lighting some guys on fire. I'm pretty sure this is the worst subplot ever."

I'm only still watching to see Google go full Neo. In all honesty, only character I like.

You can still hit Magneto with a wooden baseball bat.

You're back! Oh glorious Revolution recap, you ARE BACK! ... but I didn't see it this week, damnit. Imma close my eyes now.

I guess so, but an elderly Magneto didn't seem too concerned about that decades later.