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Yeah, and if I recall, it felt like one of the transitions from Diggle in the present to a FB (maybe the second?) was sort of setting up for a Felicity/OTA FB? They obviously wrote that line with the intention of an OTA FB.

Well, you see, in this new timeline, Dinah was undercover in SC as [insert something that could come up in the spinoff] and the team crossed paths with her and realized she had a metapower that matched Sara’s sonic devices ... (half kidding)

While I do think that E1 LL was BC at some point and probably said something on her deathbed about finding a new one in order to bring in Dinah somehow, a lot of it is really unclear. Did whoever erase Dinah just erase all traces of BC, whoever was wearing the mask for some reason? Did Laurel tell Tommy on her deathbed to tell Oliver to find someone to replace her in the field? Did she still talk to Oliver ... for reasons? Do the writers even care if we’re wondering these things? (Probably no. They probably didn’t think of answers themselves.) Where did BS come from? Still E2? I kind of wish that MG or someone would just post a list of bullet points to explain the new history. (Although it’s more fun probably for us to decide these things for ourselves.)

This was a decent retrospective. My major nitpick is the fact that they didn’t have an OTA segment (not gonna lie, would’ve loved to see the “this started with the three of us” line again because you can never see that too many times), yet it included Laurel’s awful non-deathbed deathbed confession Definitely should’ve aired after the series finale to be a retrospective of the entire series. And some of the things people said definitely made me go “huh?” like KM liking Diaz (really everything said about Diaz) and KC’s comments about her S1-S8 “arc”

Obviously after E1 Laurel died, Tommy moved to Chicago to be a doctor, which is like a whole other network universe and so he didn’t hear anything about E2 Laurel? I have no idea. I’m confused.

Her own father didn’t want her back. Even the post-finale interviews suggest that Tommy could just hook up with her doppelgänger, no big deal. I never liked E1 Laurel, but sometimes I feel like no one hated her, not even every person who’s ever watched Arrow and disliked her combined, more than the Arrow writers. I wish we’d gotten flashbacks showing some of the changes (like with Tommy, Moira around) instead of the S1/William kidnapped connected plot. (And one of those could’ve maybe involved Felicity? Since they couldn’t get EBR for the flashbacks we got. Maybe they could’ve fit in a quick moment with her?)

This is the problem. They didn't have enough time to do this. Should've been two hours, then they could've included the William kidnapping in part of it, addressed post-Crisis stuff, and honored Oliver — and other aspects of the series.

First of all, LOVE that Oliver and Felicity get eternity together. We really struck gold with those two. But the finale needed more of them together somehow. What we should have gotten: more Felicity/Mia, more Felicity/Diggle, more Felicity/Sara, even just one Felicity/William scene, maybe Felicity/Rory... I guess I should be happy that Felicity and Tommy finally stood near each other? Loved Diggle's eulogy. Liked the hint about his future ... if we get to see it! The explanation for E2 and not E1 Laurel MAKES NO SENSE. They even had E1 Laurel's father say he prefers NOT HIS DAUGHTER to his own daughter? We didn't need the William-gets-kidnapped again plot — especially since we didn't even get a Felicity/William reunion out of it! We needed more character moments like we got at the end of the episode.

Did they really have Quentin basically say that he prefers the murderous doppelganger (with a weak redemption arc) to his own daughter? Wow, they really stopped caring about E-1 Laurel...

What is this scene?

How are we more than halfway through the series finale and this is what we've gotten so far?

Okay, let's wrap this up ASAP. William's been kidnapped enough times that we can just FF through everything that comes next until he's been saved and everyone's back in the bunker.

Oh my Rory, how I've missed you so!

Oh how I've missed Felicity!

Nope, bored here too.

Alright, we're 1/3 through the episode, and I've had enough Dinah, just an FYI.

To be fair, I don't know if Mia ever knew that this Laurel is from another Earth? It's really unclear who knows what (including, you know, Laurel herself).

Who knows, maybe she (and therefore the writers) forgot that she shouldn't be upset about Oliver.

Mia's erasing Dinah, obviously. (just kidding)

Oliver rebooted the universe, made Star City safe ... and couldn't give Roy back his arm.

Here we go...

Wait, did they really include clips from the awful civil war storyline in a celebration of the show?

I don't think there's ever been (or will ever be) a character in the Arrowverse who needs as much redemption as Oliver apparently has over the years.

Ugh, that stupid Dinah pose in 807. I still don't get it.

Seriously, if you'd told me in Season 4, even through the end of Season 5, how much I would enjoy Oliver/William scenes and hearing about that relationship...