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Hey, there's still the extended promo and the photos.

Loved the party stuff. Loved the Olicity stuff. Loved the OTA stuff. Liked that we got a brief Diggle/Felicity scene, but too little too late. (I've also given up on getting a good Felicity/Thea scene anytime soon sadly.) Where was all of that the rest of the season? Seriously. The heart-eyes from Oliver and Felicity confirm that they can really never give them other LIs again. I'd really like to see them try after that party. They thought the others weren't being subtle about giving them alone time? They were the ones not being subtle. Liked how Lance reacted to Black Siren. Paul Blackthorne was really good in those scenes. Though I do feel like Thea had time to shout out, "just her doppelganger from another Earth!" before she was tranqed, so obviously they just wanted to wait for Thea and Lance to have that conversation. I like Nyssa (and I liked the Sara mention), but I never want to hear "husband" again from her. (Same with "daddy" from Black Siren. I cringed the hardest the entire episode during that.) And like I said in the Live Posting Thread, I hate that every time William shows up and is danger, they expect us (and Oliver) to stop caring about everyone else because he's his son. And that's what they show too. I didn't like the "my boy" line, and I just never want to see or hear about that kid again. As for the ending, I think it would have had a greater impact if we didn't know Slade was coming back. Finally, I liked that "Ms. Smoak" but I also wish it hadn't taken until the end of the penultimate episode of the season for any sort of interaction between Felicity and Chase.

Finally, interaction between Felicity and Chase! But it's only a "Ms. Smoak" so far...

Ugh, not another "husband."

You know what I hate? That every time William shows up and is danger, they expect us (and Oliver) to stop caring about everyone else because he's his son.

Oliver didn't even change his jacket.

I kind of wish Chase had told Oliver how stupid his kid was to talk to a stranger who knew his real name. Then Malcolm could have popped up and gone, "See, Oliver, he's obviously your kid. He's stupid too!"

Every time William shows up or is mentioned, I can't help but wish that Barry had erased him from existence instead of baby Sara. UGH.

I wish Malcolm had been around all season to tell Oliver he was being stupid.

While Malcolm's there, maybe Oliver should ask him to draw him a map of all the entrances and exits he knows for the bunker. Just in case for next time any of them are trapped in there.

I feel like Chase is just checking things off his list right now. Oliver sends Felicity and Diggle away. Check!

You know what I wonder? Did Evelyn break BS out of ARGUS on her own? If so, how? No, really, how?

I'm pretty sure they forgot about his heart problems.

BS just said "daddy" enough times in what, less than a minute?, to last for the rest of the show.

I don't know how they could. Would they really say they were like this for months over the summer and didn't take any other steps forward?

I realized we're getting more of the party than I expected. There's the initial surprise scene, the scene around the cake and cupcakes at the table in the photos, then this scene since they've already eaten cake by it, the tie scene from the producer's preview which seems to come right after the sneak peek ends...

Dear god that new sneak peek. Oliver and Felicity are going to kill me during the entire party, aren't they? But it's also really nice to see everyone just relaxing and planning fun things to do in the future. Especially knowing what's coming. They deserve this break, even though it's a short one.

https://www.tvinsider.com/200606/arrow-olicity-oliver-birthday-sneak-peek/

Or likely answer: It won't even be addressed because they want the episode to be party -> people being kidnapped/finding out people are getting kidnapped -> Oliver going to see Chase.

I feel like Curtis needs to calm down a bit about Oliver and Felicity. I wouldn't be surprised if we see him standing in the corner just taking photos of them on his phone at the party. (I know we won't. But the way he's sounding makes it seem like he'd totally do that.)

Yeah, the birth control Q is new levels of embarrassing. But also, why did he choose to answer that? I'm sure there are plenty of other Qs he could have answered instead (and ones I probably wish he had).

Okay, what is with this cake? The more people talk about it, the higher my expectations are for it. Now I'm expecting the producer's preview to just be WM talking for 2 minutes about this cake.

He could simply choose not to answer those Qs on Tumblr? He could have chosen to not answer any questions about series regulars/storylines for next year.

You know what I'd like to see explained regarding ARGUS? Why Chase gets a TV. Did James get a TV when they weren't expecting people to break him out? Did the writers think beyond having Chase watching Oliver's press conference when they gave him that type of cell? Will that be explained in 522? Will it even be brought up? Probably not. Hmm, if Oliver breaks Chase out, I wonder if his type of cell is to make that easier.

Ideally, the moment they had Chase in custody, they should have started giving him the nanites on a daily basis - in his food or water if they don't want to inject him or something, so he doesn't know - so they'd at least have that as a backup for when he inevitably escapes. But I really doubt they did.