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There's a poll at the end of this short article on "Who Do You Think Is In the Most Danger?" (Felicity is currently in the lead with 66%)... Arrow: Why No One In Oliver's Life Is Safe Now BY LAURA HURLEY 11 HOURS AGO http://www.cinemablend.com/television/Arrow-Why-One-Oliver-Life-Safe-Now-100057.html

Review: ‘Arrow’ Takes ‘Brotherhood’ to an All-Time Stunt High for TV by Kevin Fitzpatrick November 18, 2015 11:00 PM | ScreenCrush http://comicsalliance.com/arrow-brotherhood-review/

"No" is currently in the lead with 57%... USD POLL : Are Arrow and The Flash suffering due to the Legends of Tomorrow prequel episodes? Posted by Raina at Thursday, November 19, 2015 http://www.spoilertv.com/2015/11/usd-poll-are-arrow-and-flash-suffering.html

From 407... Diggle: "My brother needed me. The green one." DD: “Trust is an orchid, beautiful but delicate, requiring ideal conditions in order to thrive. Without them, it dies.” ETA: I've corrected the Diggle quote.

I was really looking forward to a Diggle-centric episode. But for an action-filled episode directed by the head stunt guy, this episode felt oddly... flat. First, let me say that Diggle's readiness to give up on his brother and his adamant refusal to delve deeper into Andy's actions made no sense to me. Unless there's some childhood beef between the brothers, I expected Diggle to be more happy at Andy's being alive and more curious as to what happened to him. Yes, he can be unforgiving - but uncurious? That said, DR nailed his scenes with Oliver. And DR really got to me with his emotional scene with Lyla - and his reaching out to hold her hand seemed really natural. In contrast, the scene by the bar when Laurel held onto Diggle's arm with both her hands seemed forced. However, I did buy that they would have that conversation about their respective 'resurrected' siblings (although Andy wasn't dead, as far as we know, while Sara was). I actually thought it was a nice scene (if you forget about past eps) - except for the weird arm grabbing. The Laurel character isn't a touchy-feely person, as far as I can tell from watching this show. BTW, why wasn't Lyla with Diggle at that party? Couldn't they get a babysitter for baby Sara? However, I did like that Felicity and Diggle convinced Oliver that the public Oliver Queen persona needed to fight DD in the light (to be that symbol of hope to the citizens of Star City) and not in the shadows as an undercover mole (which would've regressed him to S3 Oliver). I was also intrigued by why DD touching Thea backfired on him and eased Thea's bloodlust and curious about the history between Malcolm and DD. Ray was integrated better into the main story than he was last season. However, his reluctance to come out publicly as alive and return to Palmer Tech seemed unconvincing and designed solely to ship him off to LoT. Unless Alex is an undercover HIVE guy, he is just so uninteresting. Bamford's directing seemed odd in spots, especially some of his framing of scenes and his editing. When TA is discussing Andy in the Arrowcave, there's seated Laurel, standing Felicity and seated Oliver fully centered in one shot while they talk,(*) and then there's standing Diggle and seated Thea fully centered in another shot while they talk. These two shots could've been filmed at two different times and seemed somewhat disconnected. It would've looked more natural if there was a wider shot of TA seated or standing randomly around that round table, and then zoom in to the person talking with the people next to him/her partially cut off - to give a sense of continuity to the surroundings. As it was, it looked too posed in each shot. (* Incidentally, I wonder if the placement of Felicity between Laurel and Oliver had any hidden meaning.) Then, in the sequence when TA goes on the mission to grab Andy, in one moment we have Felicity saying over the coms that Andy is next to Thea, and we see Thea fighting Andy in this long action sequence (which, incidentally, had some odd framing and editing, like when we're watching the fight from another room) before incapacitating him with an arrow. And then in the next moment, we have Felicity saying over the coms that BC has Andy and we see Thea wandering the halls alone before encountering DD. What happened? Are we supposed to infer that BC caught up to Thea and then Thea handed the unconscious Andy over to super strong BC to carry back out by herself, while Thea continued on to find Ghosts to fight to appease her blood lust? Also, once again, the use of stunt doubles and the transitions to the actors were really obvious. As for the flashbacks, I think Oliver's failing to tell Taiana that he was the one to kill her brother is going to come back and bite him later on. (IIRC, he blamed Conklin for Vlad's death.) P.S. The Canary Cry still looks stupid in live action television. P.P.S. I guess we're still supposed to believe that TA did not kill anyone in this episode?

This is the only spoiler I could find that mentions betrayal (but I could've missed something)...

EW and Vulture reviews of 407... Arrow recap: 'Brotherhood' Season 4, Ep. 7 | Aired Nov 18 November 18 2015 — 11:24 PM EST BY JONATHON DORNBUSH http://www.ew.com/recap/arrow-season-4-episode-7 Arrow Recap: Bros Before Foes By Jenny Raftery November 19, 2015 3:46 a.m. http://www.vulture.com/2015/11/arrow-recap-season-4-episode-7.html

Entertainment Tonight's video clips of EBR interview on Nov. 18 (you may have to unmute the sound on some videos)... ET Tweets: Our fan question power hour with @EmilyBett begins NOW. https://twitter.com/etnow/status/667130302737866753 Felicity has taught me that you don't need a suit to be a hero. What has she taught you? https://twitter.com/etnow/status/667130721392156672 You & Stephen do a lot of improv. Can you share what you both did this season in your Olicity scenes? https://twitter.com/etnow/status/667131795318505476 What's your fave Felicity innuendo/comic line? https://twitter.com/etnow/status/667132774088704000 1 of the more important friendships is Diggle/Felicity. Will we see more scenes between them in S4? https://twitter.com/etnow/status/667133758353506304 We've seen some pics of Emily in boxing gloves. Will Felicity Smoak show some self defense moves? https://twitter.com/etnow/status/667134642579877888 If you could choose 1 item from Felicity's closet for your own, what would it be? https://twitter.com/etnow/status/667135470610944001 How about your culinary skills? More like Felicity or Oliver? https://twitter.com/etnow/status/667136718177304576 What's the best part of shooting with @caitylotz and @MzKatieCassidy? https://twitter.com/etnow/status/667137634964082688 Who is funniest person on Arrow set? https://twitter.com/etnow/status/667138774493630465 Do you, David, and Stephen still have Foundry Fridays at the new @CW_Arrow lair? https://twitter.com/etnow/status/667139735312199680 Describe Felicity in emojis? https://twitter.com/etnow/status/667140513535930368 Where is your Smoak jersey? https://twitter.com/etnow/status/667141643166859267 Would you rather wear the @CW_The Flash suit or the @CW_Arrow suit for one day? https://twitter.com/etnow/status/667142435294814208 I love your crazy socks you've worn. Are you wearing any sweet looking crazy socks now? https://twitter.com/etnow/status/667143077367156736 What three words would @EmilyBett use to describe her experience on @CW_Arrow? https://twitter.com/etnow/status/667143922989277185 HUGE thanks to @EmilyBett & @CW_Arrow fans! We've loved your amazing response to our Q&A. Enjoy tonight's episode. https://twitter.com/etnow/status/667144348312711168 ET Tumblr: ARE THERE WEDDING BELLS IN OLIVER AND FELICITY’S FUTURE?? http://entertainmenttonight.tumblr.com/post/133495445388/time-for-the-real-dish-are-there-wedding-bells-in WHAT WILL FELICITY’S REACTION BE WHEN SHE FINALLY MEETS HER FATHER? http://entertainmenttonight.tumblr.com/post/133495874739/what-will-felicitys-reaction-be-when-she-finally BUT, LIKE, FOR REAL: WHO IS IN THE GRAVE?? http://entertainmenttonight.tumblr.com/post/133497421108/but-like-for-real-who-is-in-the-grave Until next time... http://entertainmenttonight.tumblr.com/post/133498129362/until-next-time

This video discussion is such B.S. (mostly about FitzSimmons on AoS and Olicity on Arrow) - what I got from it is that you think shipping ruins the show if you don't like the couple being shipped, but you don't think shipping ruins the show if you like the couple being shipped... Does shipping ruin TV shows?| FANDEMONIUM -- #30 By Roth Cornet | WEDNESDAY, NOV 18, 2015 11:54 AM http://www.hitfix.com/the-dartboard/does-shipping-ruin-tv-shows-fandemonium-30

Video of EBR on the red carpet at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and InStyle Celebration of The 2016 Golden Globe Award Season on November 17 (posted on youtube by EmilyBettRickards Portugal)...

Another Nov. 17 interview to look out for... https://instagram.com/p/-MmRGSzMGI/ https://twitter.com/FansTang/status/667122148616577024

From ET's twitter and tumblr accounts... https://twitter.com/etnow/status/667049680531038209 http://entertainmenttonight.tumblr.com/post/133476638910/prepare-for-an-epic-qa-with-emily-bett-rickards

No spoilers, just KL's take on what Nyssa's thinking and planning... Arrow: Katrina Law Talks Female Ra's Al Ghul, DC Crossovers, And Supergirl Brandon Davis- 11/18/2015 http://comicbook.com/2015/11/17/katrina-law/

Blake Neely plays a snippet of his new Hawkgirl theme music: https://twitter.com/cowonthewall/status/666835375902494720

If DD ran for Mayor, then we'd just have the Galavan storyline from Gotham. Regarding Felicity's objection to Oliver going undercover - her words and actions are always going to be perceived differently by different people. If Oliver was the one who wanted to keep his public Oliver persona separate as a symbol of hope to the city and Felicity was the one urging him to go undercover with DD to help Diggle, then she'd get criticized for not caring enough about Oliver staying in the light. Like Angel12d, Felicity's "not even for John" also reminded me of when the Count captured Felicity and she told Oliver not to break his no-killing rule, "not for me". She has always looked at the bigger picture in terms of Oliver's welfare and the greater good.

Something else to keep an eye out for - videos from Leanne Aguilera, TV Editor/Producer/Host of ETnow are coming... https://twitter.com/leanneaguilera/status/666728602956791808 https://twitter.com/leanneaguilera/status/666758807893245953 https://twitter.com/MoiraCurran/status/666726937847459840

https://twitter.com/EmilyBett/status/666681698806063105

Youtube version of EBR interview on KTLA5 on Nov. 17, 2015...

https://twitter.com/EmilyBett/status/666654428187856896

I just hope it's not a sign of something more ominous.

(Posting this here because I'm only interested in the Arrow portion, although you may wish to read the entire article.) Jim Hemphill is a filmmaker who writes about film and TV - he received an "unsolicited Blu-ray" of The Flash S1 and subsequently watched Arrow as well, and was converted "into a devoted fan of a trio of TV comic book shows"... Jim Hemphill (The Trouble with the Truth) Talks Greg Berlanti’s DC Comics TV Shows NOV 14 2015 SATURDAY http://thetalkhouse.com/film/talks/jim-hemphill-the-trouble-with-the-truth-talks-greg-berlantis-dc-comics-tv-shows/

Ezra Miller on how his The Flash will differ from The CW's version BY JAMES HIBBERD November 16 2015 — 1:47 PM EST http://www.ew.com/article/2015/11/13/ezra-miller-flash-justice-league

Andrew Kreisberg on Supergirl, Superman, Fan Theories and More Russ Burlingame- 11/16/2015 http://comicbook.com/2015/11/15/andrew-kreisberg-on-supergirl/

7 Times ‘Arrow’ Did ‘Batman Begins’ Better Than Christopher Nolan by kayti burt 20h ago http://www.mtv.com/news/2507862/arrow-vs-batman-begins/

Ray the stalker and Sara's ill-conceived resurrection are again brought up... 'Legends of Tomorrow' Keeps Harming 'Arrow' Before It Even Airs By Robert Dougherty Nov 11, 2015 02:15 PM http://www.themovienetwork.com/article/legends-tomorrow-keeps-harming-arrow-it-even-airs