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This review of "Suicidal Tendencies" is short and kinda negative, but pretty funny in spots... Like Life Itself, Arrow Goes Completely Downhill After The Wedding Esther Inglis-Arkell Today 11:20am http://io9.com/like-life-itself-arrow-goes-completely-downhill-after-1693765266

A Forbes contributing writer just started reviewing Arrow episodes! Partial excerpts are quoted below, but the whole review is worth reading (this writer apparently binge-watched the past 2+ seasons before "Suicidal Tendencies")... 'Arrow' Season 3, Episode 17 Review: Suicidal Tendencies Erik Kain Contributor 3/26/2015 @ 2:30PM http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2015/03/26/arrow-season-3-episode-17-review-suicidal-tendencies/

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If you only want to watch the Oliver & Felicity scenes, or only the Ray & Felicity scenes... Arrow:Oliver and Felicity 3x17 ALL SCENES Arrow:Ray Palmer and Felicity 3x17 ALL SCENES And here's just the wedding scenes... (Didn't see any youtube videos with only Diggle & Lyla scenes.)

Entertainment Weekly (EW) has more of a recap than a review... Arrow Ep. 17 | Aired Mar 25 'Suicidal Tendencies' BY JONATHON DORNBUSH Posted March 25 2015 — 9:39 AM EDT http://www.ew.com/recap/arrow-season-3-episode-17 Also, I came across this tweet by Natalie Abrams (Senior Writer for EW) at https://twitter.com/NatalieAbrams

The eagerly awaited Robert Dougherty review of "Suicidal Tendencies"... Arrow S3: E17 -- 'Suicidal Tendencies' By Robert Dougherty March 26, 2015 10:15AM EDT http://www.themovienetwork.com/review/arrow-s3-e17-suicidal-tendencies

Another 'Pointed Commentary' from Matt D. Wilson at Comics Alliance... ‘Arrow’ Season 3 Recap, Episode 17: ‘Suicidal Tendencies’ by Matt D. Wilson March 26, 2015 10:00 AM http://comicsalliance.com/arrow-season-3-recap-episode-17-suicidal-tendencies/

I don't know what I'm talking about anymore. Not much makes sense to me this season.

jbuffyangel's very long and detailed review of "Suicidal Tendencies" (this whole thing is worth reading).... A MATTER OF TRUST: SUICIDAL TENDENCIES ARROW 3X17 REVIEW http://jbuffyangel.tumblr.com/post/114666931293/a-matter-of-trust-suicidal-tendencies-arrow-3x17

The eagerly awaited Vulture review by Jenny Raftery (I love her headlines)... Arrow Recap: Say Yes to the Mess By Jenny Raftery March 26, 2015 9:00 a.m http://www.vulture.com/2015/03/arrow-recap-season-3-episode-17.html

More from 3x17... Diggle (to Oliver): "No, that's all right, we'll Photoshop you in, brother." H.I.V.E. Drone (to Deadshot) and Deadshot (to Cupid, Diggle and Lyla): "For people like us, love is a bullet to the brain." Roy (to Felicity and Oliver): "Ray built a supersuit? That's kind of awesome [Oliver glares at him]... and reckless." Oliver (to Felicity): "I told you that I couldn't be with you and save the city. Neither can Ray. He's just too new at this to know that." Felicity (to Ray): "You have no idea what he's been through, what he's lost, how he's grown. But I do. I know him better than almost anyone. Oliver didn't do this." Oliver (to Ray): "I have nothing to prove to [Felicity], but you do. She chose you, so trust her.”

For comics fans... Arrow: Easter Eggs and DC Comics References In "Suicidal Tendencies" By Russ Burlingame 03/25/2015 http://comicbook.com/2015/03/26/arrow-easter-eggs-and-dc-comics-references-in-suicidal-tendencie/

This reviewer is apparently subbing in for the regular TV.com reviewer this week (good job)... Arrow "Suicidal Tendencies" Review: Diggle's (Not So) Big Day By Kaitlin Thomas 7 hours ago http://www.tv.com/shows/arrow/community/post/arrow-season-3-episode-17-suicidal-tendencies-review-142724608034/

Another reviewer that I'm normally 'meh' about also makes some good points, imo (what does that say about this latest episode?)... Arrow: Suicidal Tendencies review Review Mike Cecchini 3/25/2015 at 9:41PM http://www.denofgeek.us/tv/arrow/244948/arrow-suicidal-tendencies-review

In this week's episode, I saw a few small movements toward a future Oliver & Laurel hookup - more friendly talking, Oliver putting his hand on Laurel's shoulder, Laurel protecting Oliver against Ray and Quentin. Then there's the spoiler about Laurel going far for Oliver in a future episode. I really do think that MG wants to reunite them in the future, so he's slowly putting down building blocks towards a future relationship. I really hope not, but these EPs could be considering this for season 5.

This reviewer is normally 'meh' to me, but he makes some good points this time... ‘Arrow’ Review: ‘Suicidal Tendencies’ Kevin Fitzpatrick | 10 hours ago http://screencrush.com/arrow-review-suicidal-tendencies/

That Examiner review - Laura Hurley nails it on the head... again:

I enjoyed watching Diggle get more screentime and his own little adventure, but the evil Senator plot was lame. Its wrap-up was even lamer. So the Senator paid off all those witnesses to keep quiet about his duplicity? Hey, he tried to kill them. You'd think at least one of them would have a conscience and tell the truth to the media. And if he could just pay them off, then why kill them in the first place. Who's to say he won't have all those witnesses secretly killed off later. Didn't at least one of them record the whole thing on his/her phone? It was just a plot device to have Waller abet the cover-up and get Lyla to quit ARGUS. Aside from the Suicide Squad plot, the rest of this episode was 'meh' at best. At worst, it left me with this takeaway thought: BR is officially now the worst actor on Arrow. Ray Palmer goes through a lot of different and changing emotions over the course of this episode - shock, hurt and disappointment, anger and determination, condescension, concern, overconfidence then humility. But I saw barely any of that - just this shiny teflon surface off which emotions bounced. In fact, I felt more emotion from MR's Deadshot than I did from Ray. My fave part of the Arrow v. Atom plot is that Ray mistakenly believes that he has Oliver and Felicity all figured out, when he hasn't a clue as to what they've been through together and the depth of their trust in each other. So Ray tells Oliver that Felicity's judgment about the Arrow is clouded by "her emotional attachment" to Oliver. But Oliver knows the truth, and later confidently tells Ray "I have nothing to prove to Felicity. You do. Trust her judgment." And Felicity tells Ray that she "knows Oliver better than anyone" and that Oliver didn't kill all those guys. Ray's telling Oliver incorrect stuff about Felicity. Ray's telling Felicity incorrect stuff about Oliver. Oliver and Felicity know the truth about each other. When the Atom was smugly flying circles around the Arrow, I wanted to swat him out of the sky. So I did like that - just like with the Flash, the Arrow defeated the Atom by outwitting him with a trick arrow. Experience and smarts beat out superior firepower... again. Laurel does work best in small doses and not as a Sara clone. It's ironic, though, that we like her most when she's breaking the law instead of upholding it as an officer of the court. The curiously absent D.A. is still a question mark. And is Laurel the only ADA left in Starling City? (Difficult to remember that Laurel, the acting D.A., never turned in mass murderer Malcolm Merlyn to the police.) I also question that Ray even knew the name "Black Canary". Only Quentin has called her that and he did it sarcastically. Did he or Laurel take out an announcement in the Starling City Times that the blonde vigilante in black leather is now called the BC? It bothered me that this episode seemed to be driving home the point - with Deadshot and Diggle - that Oliver is actually right when he says he can't be both Oliver and the Arrow. This is contrary to what we've been assuming - that Oliver will eventually realize that he can be both - and to what DR has said in interviews about how Diggle is where Oliver will be a few years down the road (having a personal life as well as fighting crime). Is the message supposed to be that if you have a life-threatening job, then you can't have a personal life? Well, then tell it to all the cops, firefighters, and military service personnel. P.S. MG didn't post new tumblr responses after last night's episode, so I have a feeling he got a lot of fan complaints about this episode. Remember last week when he posted a ton of fan comments praising that episode afterwards?

In his CBR interview, DR said that all of their lives, including Diggle and Lyla's, "will be touched in a personal way by Ra's al Ghul" in his effort to get Oliver to be the new Ra's. Now I'm dreading that maybe Diggle loses either Lyla or baby Sara in such a way that Oliver will be blamed, and that sets up a rift between them going into next season?

Lagertha (KW) was on Person of Interest last night!

DR: "I'm very excited for the fans to see that, how we deal with the sacrifices that [Ra's] forces us all to make." It sounds like everyone on Team Arrow is going to have to sacrifice something.

SA and KC are both still listed for the Wizard World Comic Con in Philadelphia on May 9-10 (lots of guests listed, including Hayley Atwell and Summer Glau): http://www.wizardworld.com/home-philadelphia.html

I agree that "growing to love" someone is not necessarily the same as "falling in love" with someone. We know Oliver loved Sara, but I don't think he was 'in love' with her. What about a flashback of a young Floyd Lawton getting married? His wife's death probably sets him on the path toward becoming Deadshot - because, you know, every hero and villain on this show starts his or her journey due to a loved one's death.