Oh Arrow. What’s happened to you? What have you become?
Last week Team Arrow let a nuclear bomb touch down on American soil, killing tens of thousands of people. This week, our heroes crack jokes and deal with daddy issues.
Oh, and yet another massive disaster takes place when HIVE’s underground sanctuary goes kaput.
It’s not that this episode, taken on its own, was the worst ever. There have been worse ones, believe me. It’s just that the show can’t muster any heart anymore. Sure, Felicity is a bit teary about the most devastating attack on American soil in the history of everything, but by and large people are all fine. Her long-estranged parents are bickering as though the only thing that matters is their crap and Felicity’s relationship to them. Curtis is jolly even though he “can’t stop watching” the news.
This is jarring. It’s a dissonance between the reality created by the show and the behavior and actions of the show’s characters so stark and implausible that I just…I just can’t. I just can’t even.
Good lord, I’ve never written those words before, and even doing it ironically makes me question my judgment here. Why am I still watching Arrow? Has it just become a job? Just a chore? Just a…test of my willingness to endure stupidity and terrible writing.
And it’s more than just bad writing. The acting seems more and more phoned in. Even the editing feels sloppy and rushed. It’s as if everyone involved, or nearly everyone, has realized just how absurd this is all becoming.
I miss the days when this show had really great fight scenes. I kind of drift off during them now. Go rewatch some of the early fights when it was just Oliver going in and taking down a dozen dudes by himself. There was so much more attention to detail.
If there isn’t a Flash Point or some kind of “turn back time” universe-altering event in the season finale of this show and/or The Flash, I don’t think there’s any salvaging this hot mess. Now that Supergirl is coming to the CW (gulp) the timing has never been better for wiping the slate clean. And hey, even if it’s a cop-out move, it still might be the best move.
Starting over isn’t enough. Arrow needs fresh ideas. It needs new people to guide it, and new, more critical minds to address its flaws and bring out its strengths. This show still has potential. I’m not sure it can be saved, but I hope it is.
In any case, we’re all set up for the season finale. I’m not sure what to expect, but my hopes aren’t exactly high.
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reprise his Mortal Kombat role
****'s Wargame straight-to-DVD ETHER
As if Flabbrow's in any room to throw shots
Throw Smoaks Clan
in the bushes
Lance on Chill Mode
Struggle Island Flashback's O/82
In Outer Limits broad daylight
, Oli/Dig runnin around in costumes
Anarky multiple passes for Thea
Speedy's accurate explosive hit
put on that Summer Jam Screen
Glades dismantled again
Malcolm would be proud
Season Finale's next to end our misery
Felicity's nuke head better get her tried as a Mass-Murderer
like Moira
did in Season 2, tho
The Black Canary in this season was done in poor taste. Beside Ollie,Felicity has been getting more shine than anybody else in the show, more shine than Darkh. 
She available brehs:
and Flash has been lit. 
