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Is this from a con? Realistically, one person being in a supermax and another in protective custody doesn't really spell conjugal visits to me, but kudos to DR for fanning that flame.

Plus, it failed. At least in my eyes. Because after the call my reaction was, cool, so now he can die.

Sure, because who would want to see that? I’m still holding out hope they reveal that to be the case and Oliver didn’t knowinlgy leave his family forever and left the hellhole of the city he loves so much to be “defended” by the witless wonders. The fact that he ended up in a supermax without any due process gives me hope that this is a set up and the real deal is him working for the FBI inside the prison. Frankly, I’d respect their writing abilities more if this was on purpose. If they thought a final hour of their hero needlessly apologizing to people who absolutely don’t deserve it, protecting them while ruining his and his family’s lives, Quentin calling BS baby (!!!!), DDDiaz skulking around like a sullen two year old... is what this season needed to end in style, I have no words. Seriously, I haven’t been crazy about the last two finales either, but this takes the cake. I miss the days of S1-3 finales when I was emotionally engaged. This mostly went between are you kidding me - are you finally going to kill him - can we get something good, please? Anything.

It would have been a great one, and the finale could really have used it.

Thanks.

I feel like I’ve missed something. How do we know Arrow is the key to the crossover?

That’s a gorgeous woman in possibly the weirdest pantsuit ever.

Is he really method? Because he sounds very DDDiaz adjecent in parts.

That scene gave me whiplash. First I was annoyed with Dig about it never being about the suit. You very much made it about the suit, man, even if the writers tried to backtrack that in a pisspoor way. Then, he became Dig like so, yay. But then we have Oliver apologizing for the millionth time and Dig can’t even say, Yeah, sorry for being a buttinsky. I guess it was my time to catch. Afterwards it’s Anatoly, so yay for that and Felicity wtaching her two dolts lovingly. But also, everyone is there with their masks off surrounded by the FBI. One, what the hell? Two, so Oliver made a deal for everyone? RENE! God, I’m back to hoping he falls off another bridge in the finale with no one there to catch him this time.

The most dangerous threat Star City has ever seen and he doesn’t merit a mention. Makes sense. Good job on reinforcing my impression that Ollie who was pissing on cop cars was a bigger threat to SC, Arrowverse writers.

Having Iris, Caitlin and Cisco running around to prepare a trash can for Dig is a nice twist to a sight gag that’s played out a few times over so far. Is Lyla supposed to be in this episode as well? Let me know if they mention DDDiaz. I’d like for either one of them to go, we’ve been having trouble dealing with him. Mostly because he mumbles so we don’t have a clue what he actually wants.

Benjamin Linus is a character from Lost, not Linus from Peanuts. Trust me, no connection aside from the name.

I think that’s the point here. We’re not supposed to be here thinking, meh, she had it coming about any of the handmaids. No one deserves to have their basic human rights stripped away and be subjected to constant physical and psychological torture. A person doesn’t have to fill out any imaginary boxes for perfection for that. Another reason why this makes sense story telling wise is that it confirms how fragile the supposed safety some castes are supposed to offer really is. The Handmaids are definitely among those who currently have it the worst. But we have now seen that everyone else’s position is fragile. Hearther and Omar (Econofamily) are only the last example. We’ve already had a Commander (handless bastard) and a Wife (Marissa Tomei) demonstrating this. It’s a great device, because it clearly shows there is no playing nice with Gilead and then you’ll be fine. You won’t, it will get you sooner or later. Honestly, given what these women go through, I imagine Janine would be much more typical than a Handmaid who managed to keep it together enough to reach menopause in one piece.

@KenyaJ, which poster or interview are you quoting? Morose Cabarnet is an excellent and completely apt name!

I have a hard time imagining her enjoying anything not sadistic. I'd put my money on self-flagellation before laying down on a bed of nils. That seems in her wheelhouse.

Do Willa's cheeks look fuller?

Oh, I meant that coupled with a baby bump in the premiere. That way they get Oliver learning about the pregnancy in the finale, but the audience being sure of that in the premiere.

Way to bury the lede. :D I didn't even know I wanted that, but yes, please. It could maybe work like that. The audience doesn't hear Felicity tell him in the finale, but instead she whispers it in his ear and we get SA reacting to something we don't know. I will say, if the scene that meant a lot to EBR ties into a pregnancy plot, she's come around on this storyline in the past few years.

As in SA and Cassandra, not whether Oliver and Felicity would have kids besides William? Yikes.

One, who's the guy with SA? Two, EBR's hair looks great. Also, is she wearing a visor?

Speaking of dirty cops, I hope the one who has a speaking role dies a horrible and gruesome death next week. I hate him.

I admit I chuckled at the scene of Luke screaming at Annie's answering machine and doing so over the speaker! It was such an intentionally dickish setup of that scene that I applaud the creators of having the guts to show Luke this way, to show his and June's affair as just that, not something hot, but rerally just tawdry meeting in mediocre hotel rooms during the day. It works better for this story than having them being paragons. Because this isn't a story about how people did everything right and didn't deserve Gilead. It's about how no one diserved Gilead. I got Annie's original outburst, but I was surprised when I saw her later on. I even wondered if they were trying to imply she was stalking them. I hope not and that it was just by accident. Annie's appearance does bring up an interesting question about how Gilead would see her. She didn't cheat and she wanted to keep her marriage going, yet she's still not with her husband. When Aunt Lydia pushed June's head down I really hoped there was someone cutting that hand off in her future. Screw you, Lydia. Also, I adore you, Ann Dowd.

I loved how things came around full circle with Olicity and Dyla. We had Felicity saving them at the beginning by making Oliver check his phone, and then Oliver saving her at the n00bs' bunker. And there was Dig saving Lyla at the hospital, and her him later on. And his little kiss on the head as he thanked her was a thing of beauty. I love Dig so damn much when he's not being a prissy pod person.

Curtis called the fired cop his man. I know this because it made me laugh. Sure, they compare to Oliver and Felicity. After what, two dates? Also, Paul who?

... You could be right. Oops. Let that be my dose of foot in mouth for today.