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She never really committed to him until the very end and I think he knew it which is why he stepped back when he saw her with Oliver in Home Invasion and believed that the combination of Oliver = the Hood was something he was never going to be able to beat. He was always waiting for her to prefer someone else, Oliver, the Hood, someone else better than him. And then she proved he was right when she went straight to Oliver when he broke up with her. Yes, he was her little puppy dog because he'd loved her for a long time and she took advantage of it.

I've been on the wrong side of a pairing when the show-runners changed and so did the OTP ship but this is just very, very wrong. I too think it's better to know if your pairing won't happen in the near future if it's not going to work out. Learn that TV is an inconstant mistress and move on. That's the reaction I see from everyone who got into the show without going through the comic book fandom first. I thought it was true He was talking about Present Day Oliver, and as far as I can remember, while there were polite social smiles that weren't real or smiles that were expected of him but didn't go past the lock he had on his emotions, that was the first genuine smile he gave and it was because SA broke character.

That's what I meant. Laura didn't want it to happen but she got Nik out of it. And NIk has proved that you can overcome having Stavros as your biological father. Lulu doesn't have any viable eggs left (until they retcon this), and she's only got one embryo left which may not take when its implanted (the first one didn't). Given her baby rabies, is she going to destroy this embryo of hers just because it has Cassadine DNA instead of Corinthos DNA? I believe in abortion if that is the better option in the situation but I have eggs left and Lulu doesn't, and I don't want any more children and Lulu does. This is her only chance to have third biological child(which is what I meant by 'a gift') so all the freaking out about Stavros! is the father! seems stupid to me.

Maybe that dress is Oliver's secret weapon in the meeting -- distract them all and swoop in and win the game.

In Montreal last weekend, one of the audience said how great he was for doing all that stuff for charity and he said he's the same person he was before but now he has a platform. and he can do more. He's pretty much exhausted from all the hours working on the show and falling asleep in airports going to cons for the fans and Q&As and promotions on his FB page. I'd like to see the people who think he's got a giant ego spend one week in his shoes.

Other than Mikos, the Cassadines never seem to stay dead. (Kristina I is not Helena's and I refure to acknowledge the woman on the island.) I doubt either Stavros or Victor is dead, or maybe I just don't want them to be because even with all the scenery chewing, they're more fun than any Cornithos storyline. I really, really, really don't get Lulu's horror that her second last possible embryo has Starvros' DNA. So does Nik, and she likes him. Just take the baby as a gift and raise him normal. Robin looks so much better with that haircut. I really do like Patrick but if he's hitting on Sam knowing that Jason could be alive, he's going to deserve what he gets.

He said that there is only one woman in Oliver's life next season and that's Felicity.

Tommy at least felt a bit bad about sleeping with Laurel, even after everyone thought Oliver was dead. Laurel was all "I deserve to do what I want since I have the moral high ground because you cheated on me with my sister."

Good on whoever figured out that it would not look good on Oliver and Sara to be having sex at the place Felicity thought of as home. On the other hand, it would have emphasized Laurel's behaviour when she asked Felicity and Diggle to leave so she could talk to Oliver alone.

He's in episodes 7 and 8,along with CUPID. I wonder if tht is where Lyla loses command of ARGUS. http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/09/16/arrow-spartacus-captain-boomerang/ Between Nable and the cast of Spartacus, I'm starting to wonder if they have casting director Down Under.

Oh, if it was from The Man Under The Hood, I can understand why they cut it. That was a really busy episode. Also it wasn't a scene about Oliver.

I think there are two main problems: that the Black Canary is linked with Green Arrow; and that AK wrote the GA/BC comics. The first means that now that that Dinah Laurel Lance has been on the show from the beginning, there are going to be viewers who won't like it when she leaves because she's an iconic comic character. The second means that AK and MG, who are the comic fanboys, are going to want to keep her. Not everyone has trouble ditching something they've created when it's not working but for other people it can be a big problem (me!) and I get the feeling that AK is in that group. And given that sometimes both AK and MG show a superficial understanding of what is working and what isn't (KC Emmy-worthy scene), they may be scratching their heads as to why Laurel isn't working. I think it's easier with CH because his character isn't as big in the GA comics are BC is, and CH's ego isn't as big as KC's. I wish they felt they could write to KC's acting strengths but they don't seem to want to go there with Laurel.

The Quentin/Sara one was sweet. The Sara/Felicity was too but it also might have changed the tone of the episode a bit. That one was from Time of Death, wasn't it? That was the episode that Felicity was supposed to be (not) jealous of Oliver and Sara hooking up together, and having Sara comfort her, especially physically could have put a different dynamic on it. On the other hand, there is already a ton of Oliver/Sara/Felicity fanfic so maybe it really wasn't needed.

I liked Lois and Clark too. I thought they had a nice rhythm, and hey, it's okay to have your superhero in a real relationship. Me too, but it was such a hit that it seems like they're trying to reproduce it. I watched a few episodes but ended up bored. David Tennant's accent was a big plus but he's doing Gracepoint with an American accent. The Red Band Society is on tonight. I was going to skip it because it seemed like it was going to drag but I saw a screening of the pilot and it's actually quite good.

I think that kiss in the promo will be about the most we get with Oliver and Felicity till late in the season since everything goes bad 20 minutes into the episode. Given what the EPs have been saying, that seems to be the intention with Ray, to provide Felicity with a serious alternative so that she can choose Oliver rather than being with him by default. It's pretty ambitious, Ray will be Oliver's business rival, proto-vigilante and show what kind of relationship a guy can have with Felicity and they don't always hit the mark they think they are so we'll see. Quentin will be on desk duty/administration because of his wounds, which according to Paul Blackthorne will be hard on him since he's always been a blue-collar 'out in the field' guy. Nyssa is back, so if Sara is not back with her, she will be soon. Not to mention, they need to separate her from Oliver as a love interest.

Somehow I get the feeling the people asking the question were hoping she was going to die. She did a huge whiteboard, confirmed what Slade had said, and didn't turn Oliver in to save her father. Not that anyone else who found out about him was going to turn him in either, not Diggle or Felicity or Tommy or Moira or Sara or Roy, but apparently Laurel not doing it makes her a hero. Did they really think we expected her to turn Oliver in to get her father out of jail? After her father asked her not to? Well, maybe I did but that's because I have no respect her. They love her, they really, really love her. Remember when AK thought the reason people were unhappy with Laurel's story was because she hadn't put on the fishnets yet? There are also some fans who really love her and MG and AK probably pay more attention to those tweets.

And now I'm imagining Laurel running around introducing herself to strangers ... "Hi, I'm Dinah Laurel Lance, always trying to save the world."

Doesn't Laurel get kidnapped or have her life put in danger at least 3 times a season? Will 'more danger' be kidnapped every four episodes?

Or they're desperate to do anything with Laurel that will save the character. But going back to the pilot and trying to start all over again, that's funny.

Okay, but when Tommy said it in the pilot, we hadn't had a chance to see what Laurel was like yet so it was easier to buy.

That was fun. I totally froze on . Poor Stephen Amell, no wonder he wants a break from working so much. Not surprised that And since this is the bitterness thread, I still think Laurel's addiction arc was a complete waste of time that could have been better spent on other characters.

The Arrow is the controlled part, the part he can trust to do what needs to be done, and Oliver is the part that he can't control, the wildcard that could ruin everything the Arrow is working for. That makes a lot of sense. If that's the scenario, I'm looking forward to seeing how it plays out over the season.

It's Spain, land of love and bullfights. It's a pretty good promo -- lots of action and characters (no Diggle or Thea though) and a mention of Ra's al Ghul but jeez Slade running the CGI sword through Moira looks so fake now that I see it with better light.

I think Felicity got more actual lines because she babbles and because she's on the computer speaking into the others' ears so that even if the focus is not on her, she still has lines to say. (Except in episodes like The Promise where she had only two lines, one deeply cringe-worthy.) Diggle had two episodes about his adventures, Keep Your Enemies Close and Suicide Squad. And his facial expressions are worth more than words. As Oliver matures and mentor Roy in his turn, Diggle is less needed to be Oliver's mentor so I'm hoping for new directions for Diggle next year.

I thought he was going to decide that he could only be the Arrow and not Oliver Queen. But if Oliver Queen beats up the Arrow, wouldn't that suggest he can be Oliver and still the Arrow because Oliver is still strong enough to survive? Or does being Oliver mean he can't be focused enough to be the Arrow? (Have I just been reading too many books on dream analysis?)