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I totally don't mind Barry calling Oliver out on him torturing the guy for information. Like it's been said above, hearing about his misdeeds is different than seeing them up close. It also gives Barry/Iris a parallel in a way. They both had similar dialogue, with Iris seeing the danger The Flash could be, and Barry seeing The Arrow torturing. It actually would make sense, given Iris just dumped The Flash after believing in him, and Barry not torturing or killing people like Oliver/The Arrow has. I guess I can just accept Barry calling out Oliver because they really are on different ends of the hero spectrum. I really did like the episode overall. I really did love how everyone was involved (oops, sorry Laurel!), even Quentin in a way. Nobody was useless and everyone did something important. I loved the three women in the Arrowcave and how they all contributed. Well, Lyla fought Captain Boomerang, and Felicity helped distract him while Caitlin saved Lyla's life. That's how women can be useful in these situations! Roy was great with Cisco; I think Roy needs friends who are more his age and can relate to him. I really loved the different relationships presented this episode, and having Barry's identity revealed by himself to Lyla was hilarious. I really like when Cisco 'fixes' the suits. Laurel wasn't actually grating to me, this episode. I didn't mind the Laurel/Oliver exchange. It seemed, for once, that it was a friend teasing another friend. Seriously though, small amounts of Laurel work for me. No Laurel works best, but I'll take what I can get anyway. Oliver/Barry's brotherly relationship was on point. Barry being Oliver's guru or whatever worked well and seeing Oliver smile was great. Speaking of, Olicity was more on point as well this week than they have been since the first episode this season. I felt like they were back to their cute marriage banters and we got to see another Oliver smile! If Lyla/Diggle are assumed to be married constantly, then Olicity is right behind them. Speaking of, I knew Diggle would propose to Lyla. It was so super cute and I love them together.Also, the Captain was fun, the locations were perfectly picked and even the Hong Kong flashbacks were excellent, and I love how the flashbacks tied in with the present day story. Most of the time, they don't hit that mark but this time they did. All in all, great crossover episode. I love The Flash, and I love Arrow and both work surprisingly well together.

No, he wasn't. Ronnie was! Hehe!

I agree with everything said. I think Oliver is an absolute idiot for continuing to be this stubborn douche that we've know for two seasons, but given his history not just with women but in general, and it's understandable as to why he's so blind when it comes to this. He just won't allow himself to be happy, and that's the problem. He'd rather be miserable and think he's keeping people safe that way, than be happy and worry about him being others' downfall. I think he summed up his feelings with what he said to Team Flash Mob about his identity and why he wants it kept secret. He doesn't quite want to realize that Felicity, Diggle, Roy and everyone else who knows his secret is already in constant danger and it's not up to him to decide his own happiness has to be sacrificed for others. It's actually quite a miserable life Oliver lives. Actually, it's extremely depressing. He may be a douche for being this way, but it's definitely not without reason. That being said, lighten up, Oliver! You have a really nice smile and when you have fun, we have fun. It's such a rarity to see a genuine smile on his face. He does this half-faked smile when around people like Iris, because he's not truly happy around them. But then he gets to Felicity and Diggle (and hell, even Barry now) and his face just lights up. He should be happy with Felicity. He does need to let things go, learn that everything he's trying to prevent is going to happen anyway and that he deserves to be happy. Time's short, anyway. Enjoy it while you can, Oliver.

Really great episode. I think it helps that they're not doing the cliche love storylines, like Skye/Ward or even Fitz/Simmons. Skye still hates his guts, even if Ward is doing it for her, and Fitz loves Simmons but she's never thought about him in that way. I interpret Simmons' speech to Bobbi that she loves Fitz, but only as a friend, and she doesn't want to lose him after all they've been through. I really, really hope they keep that going because I love my Fitzsimmons, but I don't want them to be a couple. And poor Fitz; he was making progress, despite what he says, and now Mac, his one stable friend, is supposedly dead. I think he will survive the fall, because he was super charged up. Now how long he'll survive, who knows. I'm just glad Fitz didn't have to shoot him. The Raina/Skye scenes were really well done. I like Raina and I like her connection with Skye. The fight scene between Skye and Agent Thirty Mae was fine with me, if only because they've shown Skye training, probably really hard, and she didn't really win the fight anyway. That dream sequence was creepy in every sense of the word. And seeing multiple Koenigs was awesome. Really great set up to next week. I really am looking forward to it.

Nice crossover episode, much better than I thought it would be. First off, Captain Singh! I like that guy, and I love how they casually referenced his sexuality without making it a big deal. I looked up that in the comics, he's secretly gay so for them to just come out right and say 'yeah, he's got a boyfriend, no biggie, now let's move on to more important matters' was nice. Sure, it's better if they didn't have to mention it, but I liked how they do it. What can I say? The CW hasn't been known for their gay characters; the last couple of years has been major progress for them. I really liked how Iris dumped The Flash. I have to admit, it's refreshing that she had so much faith, but quickly lost it once she realized how dangerous he could be, not only to her but others around her. It works much better; I know she'll probably go back to him for help soon enough, but seeing her make such a strong choice was great. Even when The Flash explained why he got angry, she still rejected him. Poor Barry though; he was probably hoping Iris would fall for him, in one form or another, and she ends up dumping half of him. I guess karma's a bitch, Barry. You dumped Iris a few episodes ago, and now she's doing the same to you. God, Felicity/Barry is still amazing to me. I love their friendship/flirtmance. They keep showing how they could be the most adorable couple ever, and they keep showing why it won't work. Of course, we also get to see slightly jealous Oliver and he's not so moody. Well, he's still Oliver with his advice to Barry to drop Iris like a hot potato. But I wonder if this might pave the way for Iris/Barry faster, so Oliver can stop his 'heroes can't get the girl' and he'll finally just accept his relationship with Felicity and move on. I actually would like Iris/Barry to get together eventually. I love Eddie, but I know he's either gonna turn out to be a villain, or he'll break up with Iris anyway. Of course Wells knows who The Arrow is. He's from the future, or at least has future knowledge, for god's sake! I could tell he was just toying with Felicity in their scene. "Oh yeah, I'll find out who he is....ok, figured it out!". Although, I guess there is a chance he didn't know before this episode...nahhh. I love love the not-so-subtle Batman reference. And I love how Oliver picked up on Wells' creepiness after one or two conversations. Wells is not the most subtle guy out there. Oliver's baby mama drama? Nooooo. I was hoping to never ever ever hear about that, especially on The Flash, Diggle's reaction to Barry was superb. Now that is the kind of reaction I've been waiting for. I don't even care if his team didn't tell him. It made it that much better. Diggle may have been useless this episode, but he's got more screen time than all this season on Arrow. Caitlin/Felicity? So cute (and I love how Felicity's like 'yeah, I have no girls to talk to...except Laurel, but I hate her') and I do like that Wells and Joe teamed up. I imagine now that Joe knows who the Arrow is (and now knows his backstory), he'll lighten up...but only slightly. LOL at the Meta Human being very minimal. I get why they had him captured off screen. He's a relatively easy villain to capture. Just knock him out and you're good to go. And now to Barry's rage and the fight sequence. These shows will always impress me with the stunts and fight sequences. Barry's rage actually made sense. I liked seeing the slow build up and then the explosion. The fight sequence was seriously awesome, though. Oliver held on his own and it was very closely drawn. And Oliver was right about Barry relying on his speed. He knows more than Barry about being a hero/vigilante and he knows superspeed won't cut it. I'm not surprised Barry didn't notice the bows on the ground, aimed at his back. I think Barry does need more discipline and I wonder if we'll see him scouting out areas more and learning to think before acting. I did like the beginning sequence of Barry doing some good, though. It still shows us that he is a good guy, just doesn't really think much and can be dumb. Firestorm's appearance was not too bad. If this is the last episode of the year, it's a good cliffhanger to leave on.

Oh god, it looks like I'll have to choose a side eventually, right? Right? Can I just whistle my way out of it? No? Ok. Well everyone has made some pretty valid arguments. Sorry for throwing out that theory about you, Spruce. I did think there was a possibility you could be a villain, but I could see it easily being a red herring. Of course, I may not be 100% confident you're a hero, but I guess I'll have to accept it for the time being. Going back to writing's 'word on the street', and then thinking about Mark's post to the dead people about recieving special PM's, I can't help but wonder if writing has a special ability that allows temporary communication with the dead and they may have shared some special information. I could be completely off base here, but it's always a possibility. Now, whether JayKay is, in fact, a Villain, remains to be seen. Honestly, I also don't know what this means either, but I decided to look up the phrase fields of gold and a song came up, by Eva something-or-other. Smart me decided to look up Evas in the DC world and there are two and they are both bad. So...hmm...probably not a clue, to be perfectly honest. There's a lot that we still don't know and there's still a lot we could look into in regards to players. Obviously, one of these two people could very well be the SK or any other Villain. Everyone makes valid points. I, however, just don't know. So...I'm going to....cast a vote....against...SOMEONE ELSE! (Shh, it's a secret) Nah, I'm joking, I won't do that. I do, however, want to give writing the benefit of the doubt. If writing stumbled upon info during the night, she can't very well come out and say 'Look, I'm an investigator and I found very important info!'. Maybe it's not being played off incredibly subtle, but maybe there is something to go with JayKay.I would want more proof, though, more evidence through clues. But, eh, I'll go on my gut for this one and hope for the best. 5 to David Lynch SVNBob (BizBuzz, TJtrack99, JayKay, Dougal, Stacey); 3 to pick the wrong target 6 to David Lynch JayKay (writingdreamer, SVNBob, The Crazed Spruce Athena, TMunz, jessied112) 2 to twiddle their thumbs.

Ok, so Spruce was successfully lynched during the last day, but is somehow still here. It is possible Spruce is Laurel. Looking back to the night story, Laurel said she's not Black Canary anymore (because BC is DEAD), but BlackHawk. So....Spruce could possibly be a villain still? Just throwing THIS idea out there.

Nooooooooooooooooooooo, FELICITY, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! And by Laurel's hand! The horror! The absolute horror! Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Ok, now that my shipper heart is broken into a thousand tiny pieces, I am determined to find the monster who is known as Laurel Lance and bring them DOWN. Ok, so clues. Let me look for a bit and I'll get back to you.

I really can't get into this season as much as the last two. I'm sorry, but Dawn wanting kids with Charlie? Asking him of it, of all people, and expecting he'll totally not want to co-parent or anything? Booking his appointment for that day, giving him no time to think? And then taking that away at the end? Of, granted she can't have kids so that sucks for her, but there are other options she could have and she shouldn't have forced Charlie into doing it. Wasn't this one of their problems when they first broke up, pre series? Didn't Charlie want kids and Dawn didn't or something? I can't remember. Dick move, Dawn. I remember why you were my least favourite in season 1. That's a shame because I've started liking Dawn up until now. Also, them breaking up as quickly as they got back together was ridiculous. What was the point? Everyone seemed to be dealing with their own health issues this episode. Shahir with his heart attack (poor guy! That takes committment!), Alex with her hand issues (I'll bet that botox won't be a permanent solution) and Raycraft with his potential Hep-C diagnosis (what a shitty mentor, BTW. Well, his mentor his shitty). Also, Dana not telling Alex the side effects, just saying 'oh yeah, there are side effects to Botox. Have a good time deciding!' was stupid. I wasn't really happy with anyone this episode. The cases of the week were alright. I did like Malcolm and his wife's storyline a lot, but that's all that I liked. Charlie's dead patient was super annoying and I get that part of the reason for this kids storyline was so Charlie could have some unexpected ghosts popping up for comedic effect. But yeah, not a good episode at all, even sans Joel. Speaking of, Daniel Gillies must be having a ball traveling from Canada to Atlanta to film two different shows at the same time. And when I say a ball, I mean probably not that much fun. I bet it's stressful for him. The timing of the filming of the shows is not working out this time around.

I get the same impression about Caitlin. DP's acting actually reminds me of SA's acting in early season 1. Most people thought Stephen's acting was wooden, stilted and just plain bad, but I read it as him playing that way due to his character's history. Maybe he wasn't the strongest of actors back then and some of it was just bad line delivery, but I felt like Stephen had made Oliver very closed off and stilted and, at the very least, he's gotten a whole lot better since then. DP does have the acting chops. I've seen her on other shows and I think she does a fine job with what she has. Is she an amazing actress? No, but I personally don't see her as bad. I see her as playing her character as closed off since losing her fiance. She does have her humourous moments and I find that she hits those marks just fine. At least I don't get taken out of her scenes. Now, KC, on the other hand, takes me out of most of her scenes. KC does have her good moments when she gets to snark or be a little bitchy. But warmth and kindness is not Katie's strong suit, imo. That's why I consider her the weakest out of both casts.

I love that this show isn't afraid of showing that regular humans like Joe, Iris and even Eddie can save themselves without the help from a meta-human. Granted, it's much easier when the villain is also human, but still. It's a lesson that can be forgotten on superhero shows, so it was great to see. Also, drugged up Eddie? Simply adorable. Can we get a scene of him drugged up every once in a while? And I like Tockman, so his reappearance was great. I get why Barry would seem to have dropped his distrust of Wells. He doesn't quite see the danger that Wells is, even with getting Tony killed. He wants to trust him, because he's helped him so much, but I'll bet that little seed of doubt has been planted and it'll grow slowly when Wells displays more shady behaviour. Joe barely knows Wells so he probably doesn't completely trust him anyway, but he is trying for Barry's sake. Poor Tony; I actually do like that he got a small moment of redemption, even if it wasn't the typical redemption we would normally see. It wasn't my favourite episode, but it was another strong one for me. Lots of Caitlin/Barry bonding, another scene of Iris and The Flash (and Iris somehow not realizing it's Barry...but ok) and great use of villains and showcasing Barry's ever growing abilities.

So, I've been thinking of Oliver's actions this season, and even a bit last season, in regards to Felicity. Actually, not just Felicity, but everything up to this point, and I can't fault him for his actions (nor can I fault Felicity for feeling frustrated and not wanting to make any move because it's Oliver's turn). Oliver's come a long way, with everything that has happened to him. His last seven-eight years has been pretty crappy and he's had to deal with more than anyone should have to deal with. He's almost been killed countless times, he's lost most people around him, he's had to live in (almost) isolation from most people for five years, he was forced into becoming a killer and had to grow up in very unusual circumstances, etc. It's no wonder he has been very stoic, protecting himself and his feelings, but it doesn't come from a selfish place. I read into him doing this to protect others from himself. Well, I guess that much is obvious (especially if we look at Laurel, whose actions at the moment seem completely selfish, not that that's even a totally bad thing but....) but it's in character of Oliver to push away any hints of a relationship that could go somewhere. Felicity obviously has the right to feel awkward around Oliver, feel frustrated and make him make the first move. She knows who he is, yes, but it doesn't make her a bad person in any way to move away from Team Arrow a bit and potentially explore something with Ray (who is obviously a lot like Oliver). Felicity is still part of the team, but with Oliver pushing her away and now Diggle taking his side, Felicity has the right to express her feelings and do what she wants. What Oliver did to Felicity was shitty, yes, but it's probably been a while since he's had to deal with conflicting emotions. He's always had his mom and Thea, so letting them in isn't as big of a problem (although he did lie for a long time to them to protect them) but he still hasn't let people in since coming back from the island. He's never been as open as he has been this season (well, except for last season with yelling at Laurel in the hallway...which would have been much better if that subplot was done differently). So, I'm happy for the progress on Oliver's development. Oliver doesn't seem like the guy to get jealous very easily. I remember very little about the Laurel/Tommy/Oliver triangle from the first season, but I do remember him sleeping with Laurel but nothing ever coming out of that afterward. It was almost like pity screw, as if he was saying 'I had residual feelings for you on the island, on top of regret and humiliation for screwing your sister, so now that she's not here, let's see if there's anything that will come out of this. No? Ok then'. Ok, maybe pity isn't the right word, but it didn't feel like it was done out of any deep emotions. Of course, now we know only the showrunners and KC are still aboard the Lauriver train, but still. The show may be doing some things wrong this season, but the growth of Oliver is actually not one of them. In fact, it's the bright shining spot out of this season for me. And we can thank Felicity for that absolutely. Without his love for her, as well as Diggle, he would still be closed off, lying and not dealing with his issues. I stand by that he needs a therapist to talk things out. Diggle's great and all and I love how he's there for Oliver, but he needs a neutral third party as well. Is he better? No, not quite. He still has a ways to go in dealing with his issues. But is he progressing? Yes, absolutely. There's no doubt that Olicity is endgame at this point. The writers know it, SA and EBR probably know it, and everyone that's not the showrunners, KC or her fans are happily along for the ride. Sure, this dreaded love triangle is one that we don't want, but it's still a television show. Unfortunately, cliches like this will happen to our favourite couples and it will, more often than not, be absolute shit. But I'm interested in it because it's given Oliver growth that he hasn't had; he's on a path that we haven't seen him on, and it also shows Felicity in a setting that's not Team Arrow. We see both characters growing and yes, I'd love for them to just get together. However, it would have been out of character for Oliver to form a relationship this soon. It may be a slow progression that we all just want sped up, but it's one that is necessary. The writing isn't top notch, but I get where they want to go with this. Because once they get together, I'd bet they'll stay together.... Ok, I would HOPE they stay together.But really, Oliver's slowly progressing, moving past his issues and allowing people in again, and it's fascinating to see. Now, if only he would tell Thea that he's The Arrow and have Quentin popping in, saying 'Oh, I know you are'. Then we'd all be happy campers!

I really liked this episode. First off, Josh and Aiden? Squee. Cutest romance I've seen on this show, and on TVD. Now, if anything bad happens to either one of them, I will be furious. I still expect Aiden to die and have Josh's little heart break. I wish we could see more Josh as a vampire, though. For a supernatural, we don't see him use his abilities much. I don't mind seeing more of his human side, but I'd love to see him just zipping around with his vamp speed. I knew Davina was gonna ditch Josh, though, when she invited Aiden over. I love their friendship, but I feel bad for Josh. He's being pushed to the side for Kol. Well, kind of. I think Davina was more thinking about Klaus, but this Kol/Davina romance? I'm still not loving it. But yay for Davina getting the one up on Klaus again. Too bad he can't just stay gone. Of course Cami's gonna get Rebekah in her body. I don't think Leah Pipes is great enough to embody Rebekah, though. Leah's not the worst actress, but she's not Claire Holt good. I'd rather Esther accidentally jump into Cami's body. I think Cami being Esther would still suck, but be better than Rebekah. But I guess if Marcel/Rebekah is still a thing, and Marcel/Cami is too.... I love this Elijah storyline. I think it's very intriguing and I've always wanted to see Elijah unhinged. I know this could partially be because of Daniel having to film Saving Hope at the same time as this show, but it's still a very welcoming storyline. I loved his reunion with Rebekah and Hope. The three did look like a happy little family. I love how Rebekah noticed something was wrong and snapped his neck the moment she knew what. Yay for Finn's actor becoming a series regular. That means Finn's staying for some unknown reason at the moment. Now, I have to wonder about Kol/Daniel Sharman and if he's gonna jump back into his original body (assuming Esther has been keeping it for *enter reason here*.) So, the werewolf storyline? Gotta admit, I skipped the wolf meeting scenes entirely. I figured they would become engaged because of Elijah ignoring Hayley and Hayley wanting to help the pack. If the ceremony actually works? That remains to be seen. I do like how Klaus went 'screw that' and went right for Plan F (put Finn in the coffin...AGAIN) once he realized Elijah wasn't doing well. Finn's pleas not to go in were actually not great to hear. Dude's been stuck in a box for 900 years and now he has to go back in, but alive this time. Also, Finn telling Klaus about Dahlia? Perfect. I'm just waiting for Freya to make her appearance (if she hasn't already...).

Well, because I like the drama, and there are excellent points made on both ends... 4 to David Lynch The Crazed Spruce (SVNBob, Dougal, Tabbyclaw, jessied112); 5 to shout obscenities into the trunk of his car. If we do get Laurel, I'll be more than happy; I'd love to watch her die in a fiery death of paperwork, cars and arrows being shot by the undead Sara, AKA, THE REAL BLACK CANARY.

Happy birthday stacey! Have lots of fun!!!!! Yeah, I've been reading the story over and over but I haven't found a single thing that sticks out to me.

I actually don't mind the fact that Barry is making a bunch of mistakes. Just because he has super powers, doesn't mean he's going to automatically know what to do with them. He's shown to not be a fighter in any way, so for him to actually be losing fights is realistic. Same with Barry continuing to lie to Iris and revealing his identity to his childhood nemesis. Those are big mistakes on his part, but it makes sense. Barry thinks he's protecting Iris by lying to her (which is not working) and also getting a one up on his bully by showing him how much better he is now than him (which will come to bite him in the ass). Two normal reactions by someone still learning the ropes of the supernatural world. I'd hate if Barry could win every fight and protect his identity and know when to actually reveal his identity to someone. Barry's been getting better and he has his team to help him win these fights, but he's certainly not doing it on his own, which is nice.

It wasn't the worst episode I've seen of this show. But it may be one of the most frustrating. Listen, Oliver's an ass. I know this fact about him and am aware of his douchebaggery whenever something doesn't go his way. The therapist is right; he does need therapy, and maybe more than just talking to Diggle. Diggle's a great start, but he needs someone unbiased. Diggle can only do so much with Oliver AND Felicity before he has to start choosing sides. Him telling Felicity to 'do what she wants' in a snide way and acting like an asshole wasn't right. Of course Felicity would go to the dinner. Of course, after hearing that Oliver 'needs' to be alone for the third, fourth or even tenth time, that she would go back to Ray and might possibly be curious about moving on. Ray certainly is like Oliver in many ways and it's probably crossed Felicity's mind. Ray has no baggage to what she knows about him, so why not? She definitely got into the kiss the moment Ray kissed her. It's her compensating for Oliver, once again, being a stubborn asshole and not wanting to form anything with her. Of course she's going to react in a way that won't make Oliver happy, because he needs to man up and be with her. However, I can also see it from Oliver's point of view. He's doing what he thinks is best. He doesn't quite realize that not being with Felicity is actually worse. Felicity's already part of the team. She's already signed herself up for getting in trouble and getting into danger just because she's Team Arrow. She's already gotten herself kidnapped and almost killed for the team and that was way before they were together. I could see Oliver being worried about the emotional connection being formed and possibly being distracted by her safety, but he can move past that. He already has feelings for her, the emotional connection is already there. He's already distracted by the prospect that Felicity might actually be moving on with Ray. He's hitting things in anger and he's being an asshole right to Felicity's face now. And that's because he's losing his ability to hide his emotions. His walls are certainly cracking hard. He didn't even attempt a smile when Felicity asked if she could take the night off. He looked so angry and he didn't even try to hide it, which is not common with him. He wants her to be happy, but he also doesn't want her to be with anyone else so he's struggling with that. Diggle being on Oliver's side was nice and it kind of worked, although I do think him going to Felicity's office to tell her how distracted Oliver is was slightly out of line. He knows as well as anyone that Oliver's in the wrong and he needs to make the move, not Felicity. I do get Diggle was probably trying to explain Oliver's shitty actions while trying to maintain the peace between the two. He shouldn't have to, though, like Felicity was saying. Oliver's a big boy who needs to learn how to communicate. Carrie was actually very interesting. It's clear she hammed up her performance but I loved it. Awful writing aside, Amy G did a great job with what she had. I'm just impressed she could fight as well as she did. Ok, maybe not very well, but she managed to last a good chunk of time against Oliver. DJ Prick was, well, a prick. I love Austin Butler, but that hairstyle does not look good on him. Go back to the short hair, dude. You look infinitely better. Also, his kiss with Thea? Random. Unless he has some sort of plan with Thea, I found it too...weird. I love seeing Roy still affected by the cop killing. It'll take him a while to really get over it, and I appreciate that they haven't let it go. Also, when Oliver hit the things off the table at the end and Roy appeared from behind the mannequin? Hilarious.

Honestly, I doubt that Ansel is really dead-dead. Klaus' bio dad is too good of a story point to just drop within two episodes and it would parallel how Mikael was brought in to TVD and died three episodes later, only to be brought back for this show. I think Esther will find a way to bring him back, or Ansel will find himself a new body somehow. If I'm wrong, then they have the balls to do something like this. That would mean Klaus kind of wins again, as Esther used Ansel to weaken Klaus, and I would rather see Klaus lose once. So, Finn gets captured because he's too far in crush mode with Cami to see an obvious trap. Not that Finn has always been the smartest guy, because technically he's much younger than the other Originals in a way, but still. Esther is also getting more villainous, and it's quite obvious. Aiden/Josh happen to be adorable and I wonder if anyone else really notices their budding romance. Kol/Davina is growing on me, but still, Kol crushing on a sixteen year old is a little more than creepy. It's never worked with me when this kind of stuff happens. I get they can't exactly crush on people their own age, but sixteen years old? Just because Kol's in a young adult's body, doesn't mean that should coincide with his feelings and emotions toward others. The family scenes are pretty great, though. I like Klaus best when he's actually caring about his siblings. Y'know, when he's not daggering them or biting them. Um...yeah, that's all I got on this episode. No opinion on Cami, Hayley or Jackson.

Yeah, there's no way they can truly redeem Ward now. Not that they could before, but hopefully, we get confirmation that Ward did kill his family and then it might put some of the Ward fans in a less redemptive perspective. I like Ward and think he's a good villain for the team, but I don't trust him to be redeemed and back on Coulson's team. Once he injured Fitz to the point of brain damage, I don't see how he can be trusted ever again. He didn't even really apologize to anyone for his actions. And no, 'I love Skye' is not a good enough reason. Kyle MacLachlan is just amazing at Skye's dad. I liked him before, but this episode really solidified what a good villain/morally grey character he is. I liked his interaction with Coulson and I wonder how that'll progress. I figured Hunter/Bobbi would hook up eventually. They seem to have that kind of relationship, where it can be passionate and hot but it never truly goes deeper than what they want. I can see why their marriage would fail but why they're still attracted to each other. I doubt they will ever have a functioning romantic relationship, though. But hooking up once in a while? I'll bet that is their thing. Yay, Fitz is getting better! I'm glad he's slowly getting better! And as much as I do miss him with Simmons, his time away from her seems to be doing quite well. Simmons definitely seems different, and I'm not sure whether that's because of her experiences at Hydra or if she is brainwashed. Yay Peggy! And yay backstory on Whitehall! And oh, Skye's mother!

What I like is that they've established Eddie as anything but that. Well, I guess it's more that they established that Eddie was not a jock in school until much later on. They didn't really even say what he did in high school in terms of sports. I like the twist that Eddie was bullied in school, much like Barry, Caitlin and Cisco. It goes to show that not even Eddie was that cool and he even could relate to Barry. I also love the line about him knowing that friends are hard to come by. It goes to show that Eddie probably wasn't even popular, or he was popular but extremely lonely. They could have made him out to be a jock with tons of friends and not being able to relate to Barry, but showing that they're alike not only established a friendship between them and helps make the bonding this episode make sense, but it also helps build the Iris/Barry relationship and why Iris may be attracted to Eddie and possibly Barry in the future. I'm really liking Eddie. Sure, he's the weaker link of the show, but he's definitely still interesting enough for me to want to stay on the show. Another thing I love about this show? Iris is not that typical damsel in distress. I remember the first episode of Arrow, with Laurel coming to save Tommy and Oliver from some punks in his club and I didn't buy it for one second. Iris, on the other hand, is intelligent enough to flirt with Tony long enough to pull the fire alarm. Not only that, but she delivers the final punch and it actually makes sense! Go Iris! They even establish that her dad taught her how to defend herself at a young age! Also, I love that she's now going to look into all the meta humans, not just The Flash (yay! The Streak is dead!). It actually makes this infinitely more interesting, and more dangerous for her. At least she won't be solely obsessed with The Flash, so it does make the story better. The Joe/Wells scenes were excellent. I love how Joe is genuinely curious about him, as he's probably protective about Barry (and has probably already done detailed background checks on Cisco/Caitlin) and Wells is still acting very sly and mysterious. Also, that ending? Poor Joe. That would freak anyone out, but I do think Joe will survive. It would be the worst thing if they killed Joe off at the end by Reverse Flash, or whoever the killer is. I think it's much more interesting if everyone stays alive. And this show really isn't disappointing me much yet, so I hope they don't get rid of Joe just for shock value. Barry's relationship with Cisco and Caitlin are really great. I love how Barry constantly thanks them for their help and that he NEVER thinks of just himself as the hero. He considers them to be a vital part of what he does, and that's amazing. That shoulder scene was hilarious. I understand why Barry revealed himself to Tony at the end. Now that he has him beat, he wants to show Tony how the bullied can overcome the bully and he wanted to get closure himself from his childhood nemesis. Tony's locked up anyway (for now) so he doesn't have the chance to tell anyone, so why not? Wouldn't that be funny if Tess, Wells' dead wife, was the Reverse Flash? It would be a twist, that's for sure! I'm not sure how it would work, and if people would be happy, but it would be potentially interesting. But I highly doubt it'll happen. It may not have been the most interesting episode, but it certainly furthered Barry/Eddie's friendship'ish, brought back together Iris/Barry and it had Wells/Joe! So, the episode still wins in my book. I'm not looking for the most accurate show in terms of science (not that I'd know what works and what doesn't). As long as it surprises me, turns the cliches on its head and keeps me entertained, then I'm happy!

They shouldn't have focused so much on Adam and Kristina's family. For years, they have gotten the bulk of the major storylines. From Kristina's ever changing jobs to her cancer to Nora to Max's autism to Adam's companies to now this Snowflake Academy storyline, it feels like we get very little from the other families. Like Crosby, for example. His major storyline happened in season one, with discovering Jabbar. Maybe a couple of seasons ago when Jasmine moved her mom into their home. Besides that, Crosby and Jasmine's wedding took up one episode, the pregnancy about two in between seasons and he's only now starting to get a meatier storyline, which of course won't be done justice because it's the last season and they all have shortened contracts. Sarah gets her love life as a storyline throughout the seasons, but not much else. What about storylines surrounding her kids? More surrounding her and Seth maybe? Although maybe it's best they left that storyline alone, because it was good with the little attention it has had but it could have been worse. Then look at Julia's storylines and I'll admit she's had the second most good storylines. Well, of course they HAD to have a divorce/separating storyline on this show so naturally it HAD to be with Julia/Joel (because Adam and Kristina must win at everything! Sure. Kristina had cancer but she BEAT it. Sure she has an autistic son but he's AWESOME AND SO BRAVE. Sure she started up her own business/school, but KIDS! Sure she didn't make mayor but...BUT SHE'S A MOM!). The adoption storyline was great, it's definitely my favourite storyline of the series. So basically, too much focus one one household. They pretend that the storylines are divided equally but in hindsight, if you step back and look at the weight of each storyline, Adam/Kristina get the 'hardships' without the true hardships. Crosby gets the struggling with money storylines (I'm impressed by the consistency of Crosby/Jasmine not being rich), Sarah has the single mom with various boyfriends storyline, and even Julia gets the struggling adoption storyline and none of them have been easy. Also, Max. Actually, no, I don't blame Max. He doesn't know any better. It's his parents that are the problem. Sure, Max is a problem child but his parents don't teach him anything, they coddle him and they make him a special snowflake. No wonder he's a horrible child! They never discipline him! Except for maybe in the first two seasons.

Yeah, I'm definitely not the Clock Queen. :( Again, apologies for my horrible updating skills these past couple of months. It turns out I just suck at getting things up. So....I guess my round is officially over. Maybe I'll let you know the brilliant idea to end the story concoted by our own SVNBob.

Honestly, I would actually have loved that. I love Roy this season, a lot more than I have the first two seasons, and even this episode, I found him to be my overall favourite. This episode was bad all around, though. I did love the arrow boxing glove, and I liked Roy showing his guilt, but everyone else was just too OOC or just plain mean. I'll admit Laurel had her good moments. I get they're showing her on the long path to being as good as her sister (after all, it didn't take her overnight to become the Black Canary) but I'm not interested in her journey. Like, at all. I applaud them for making her to be severely incompetent, but that's about it. Oliver seems to turn into a dick mostly around Laurel. Eh, actually he's usually a dick, but it seems to worsen around Laurel. Diggle was OOC in telling Oliver to drop Roy (as if Diggle really cared about Sara?? At least on a deeper level than we've seen?). Not to mention Felicity not telling Roy about what happened with the cop and actually believing that Roy would do something like this? How has Felicity not constantly tested Roy since the Mirakuru incident, anyway? That's the oddest thing of all for me! I just....I can't even with this episode. It wasn't just boring, it was just bad. Everyone was awful, except for Roy. Ted was a little better, sure, but I'm not sure I should go back and actually watch his scenes not just with Laurel, but with The Arrow. Oh, and that reminds me of the priceless look on Oliver's face when Laurel told Ted that her and the Arrow used to date. It was pretty much a 'are you kidding me? Not even Roy has spilled a major hint about my secret identity like that! This is why I don't take you anywhere'. Sure, Laurel not being on Team Arrow right now is good, since Oliver's being a dick in trying to control her. But let's face it, Oliver's picked out some pretty good people to be on his team. Laurel's clearly not good enough to be considered. Yeah, that's all I can say about the episode.

Well, I guess every single Mikaelson is going to be alive, including Henrik most likely. Ok, I'll roll with it, mostly because I love Mikaelson family drama and the more, the better...and the less romance that has to happen. Let's start with Klaus, Esther and Ansel. Damn, I knew Klaus' bio dad was somehow going to be turned up alive when Esther was describing her affair but them not showing it, and I had a feeling it was Ansel the moment we saw him. Nonetheless, I am actually very interested. I was at first peeved that someone else was resurrected, but it makes perfect sense and I'm interested to see how this changes Klaus. The producers weren't lying when they said Esther would be putting all her children through a turmoil of some sort. Elijah's in some sort of dream-coma, Klaus is being haunted by his bio dad, and Kol and Finn are witches now. Good thing Rebekah's far, far away at the moment with baby Hope. Now I'm hoping she doesn't return. At least not yet. Let her stay away from the crazy. Also, Freya being alive and Dahlia (Dhalia?) being the new Big Bad? Of course there always has to be a bigger bad, but I'll go with it. Bring on the crazy, powerful witch! Of course Finn has feelings for Cami, just like Kol has feelings for Davina. You know, I hope Finn is actually playing her and is perfectly aware that she is playing him. Because how glorious (and so Mikaelson of him) would it be if he uses Cami, catches her in an attempted play on him and has her be taught a lesson on trying to go up against a Mikaelson? She may be successful with Klaus, but I hope Finn teaches her that she's not powerful and immortal like she wants to be. Oh great, we have to sacrifice Oliver for Jackson. I had a glimmer of hope that Oliver standing up to the pack meant that he was the True Alpha, but I guess not. Sorry, but Oliver appeals to me way more than Jackson ever has. I liked Hayley this episode a lot. I do like her better when she is spending time with the other wolves, or with Klaus. She's much more tolerable and I'm happy they didn't make her take on all those wolves. All in all, I loved the episode. I'll resign myself to the fact that they're just gonna keep bringing Mikaelsons back. This is the season of the family, that's for sure. Now, if Henrik was magically Josh, then I'd laugh my ass off.

So, I was going to write the story but it's been a busy weekend. Homework, birthday was yesterday (21 finally! If I lived in the States, I could finally drink legally!) so....damn, this has been a hard semester of university. Keep talking amongst yourselves. A story will be up within the year. (Joking..but probably not really)