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Here's some more info... Paleyfest 2015 - First Four Panels Announced Posted by Bradley Adams at Wednesday, January 07, 2015 http://www.spoilertv.com/2015/01/paleyfest-2015-first-four-panels.html ‘Scandal,’ ‘The Good Wife,’ ‘Arrow,’ ‘The Flash’ Among 2015 PaleyFest Participants JANUARY 7, 2015 | 12:22PM PT Kevin Noonan http://variety.com/2015/biz/news/scandal-the-good-wife-arrow-the-flash-among-2015-paleyfest-participants-1201394937/

At this point, if Felicity is reduced back to a secondary character at the end of this season because the EPs want to focus on the costumed "superheroes", then I want DC Comics to sell the rights to her character to Marvel, and then have Marvel give Felicity her own show - hopefully, one as well done as Agent Carter.

I think that as long as KC is on the show, she'll be the Black Canary (whatever that means). I mean, c'mon, she's using the pic of Laurel in BC costume as her twitter avatar: https://twitter.com/mzkatiecassidy

I loved the first two episodes of Agent Carter that aired last night! While I think it would be helpful to watch Captain America: The First Avenger (the first CA movie) in order to fully appreciate Peggy's feelings of loss over Steve Rogers' "death", it's not necessary. Tuesday is going to be my fun TV night, with The Flash at 8, Agent Carter at 9 and Person of Interest at 10. It'll be a much needed midweek break, since I don't see myself looking forward to Arrow any more - at least not for the foreseeable future. Now I wish more than ever that they'd shorten Arrow's season to 13 episodes, tighten up the series to focus on Oliver and stop diluting the episodes with B plots involving other "superheroes", and give those other superheroes their own limited-run series. Then the Atom series and BC series could sink or swim on their own.

I loved these two episodes! Much superior to the early episodes of Agents of SHIELD. It also helps that Hayley Atwell is very talented and has tons more charisma than Clark Gregg right off the bat. They should've eliminated the first half of season 1 of AOS and replaced it with Agent Carter. The CA clips actually helped to give some backstory to Peggy and her sorrow over Steve's 'death', so I didn't mind them. That Steve and Peggy never got to dance still breaks my heart. (Agent Carter immediately made an impression in CA: The First Avenger - unlike that bland Agent 13 played by Emily VanKamp in CA: The Winter Soldier.) Peggy is badass, really competent, somewhat snarky but self-aware, and humorous. She also can be vulnerable and too arrogant. HA does quite a good American accent but I prefer her natural voice. I also love that she's not your typical Hollywood size 0 actress. Her interactions with Howard, Jarvis and Angie were all great. Her SSR male colleagues are question marks right now. I agree that there's more to Angie than meets the eye. As others have said, you don't cast Lyndsy Fonseca if she's not going to kick butt at some point (unless the actress was just looking for a change of pace role). My guess is that she's a freelancer hired by Howard to back up Peggy if needed. I have a feeling there's more to Jack (Chad Michael Murray) and Daniel (Enver Gjokaj) than meets the eye as well. And yeah, as thuganomics85 noted, Everything was stylish and period, even the background music. I also wish we were getting more than 8 measly episodes.

I've given up on trying to defend Katrina, especially after this episode. Her character needs either to be killed off or to go evil. However, I do think Katrina made a good point when she said to Abbie something about how Abbie wouldn't be so quick to kill the Headless Horseman (HH) if Abraham had been Abbie's friend. That made me think that I would've preferred if Orion had killed Abraham/HH. But instead of the HH power going to Orion, it went immediately into Frank, making Frank the new HH. Then in later episodes, Frank/HH kills Katrina and a few townspeople. Then Ichabod would be on a rampage for revenge and want to kill Frank/HH, while this time Abbie would want to try to save/redeem Frank/HH and find a way to separate him from the HH avatar. Or, if not Frank, maybe the new HH would be Sheriff Corbin, who's been stuck in Purgatory all this time. If I remember, Clancy Brown plays a good bad guy really well - he was a memorable Victor Kruger (The Kurgan) in that Highlander movie with Christopher Lambert. Anyway, the point is that it's easier to advocate killing a stranger than a friend.

He's hoping you'll watch because you like Diggle so much, and now you know he's got scenes with at least two different characters in 310. It's the likeability-by-association strategy. Put disliked character together with liked characters - or even just their names together - as much as feasibly possible, and hope the likeability rubs off.

15 Reasons We’re Excited to be Geeks in 2015 By Eric Escaravage | January 6, 2015 - 7:00 am http://nerdreactor.com/2015/01/06/15-reasons-were-excited-to-be-geeks-in-2015/

Hmm, maybe Guggenheim needs to issue another protestation that the next 3 eps. are not - definitely, absolutely not - a BC arc, since no one appears to be listening... http://comicbook.com/2014/12/31/arrow-midseason-premiere-left-behind-official-synopsis-released/ I doubt very much that Laurel will give up superheroing, but I'm willing to be pleasantly surprised if that happens.

Summer Glau is expecting a child with her boyfriend/fiance, Val Morrison. You can tell she has a baby bump in that video. Yes, River is going to be a mom. http://www.summer-glau.com/

How ironic... https://twitter.com/mguggenheim To quote Maximus, are you not entertained? https://twitter.com/CW_Arrow

Some insights into Dr. Leslie Thompkins from MB... Paging Dr. Thompkins: An Interview with Gotham's Morena Baccarin Mon, 01/05/2015 - 10:00am Author: Tim Beedle http://www.dccomics.com/blog/2015/01/05/paging-dr-thompkins-an-interview-with-gothams-morena-baccarin

NEWS/ Spoiler Chat: Outlander, Revenge, Pretty Little Liars and More! by KRISTIN DOS SANTOS Today 6:00 AM PST http://www.eonline.com/news/611441/spoiler-chat-outlander-revenge-pretty-little-liars-and-more?cmpid=sn-000000-twitterfeed-365-kristin&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=SpoilerTV&utm_campaign=SpoilerTV&dlvrit=51396 TVLine's Winter TV Spoilers 2015 http://tvline.com/gallery/tv-spoilers-2015-season-premieres-photos/#!9/winterpreview-gotham/

If Agent Carter is a huge success (and, judging by all the positive early reviews, it will be), maybe Tara Butters can give her husband some pointers on how to write a female 'superhero'.

First, whenever a producer praises his own show, it always sounds so self-serving. It's like complimenting yourself. There's more legitimacy if the praise comes from an independent third party. Second, I found the choice of words odd - "'makes it necessary' for Laurel to don the Canary costume". Sounds like Laurel had no choice and was forced into it. In other words, don't blame Laurel - she had no choice but to become the BC (with little training). I posted an article in another thread positing how Laurel is a reactive character. This seems consistent with that. Also, the spoiler says "the Canary costume" and not the "Black Canary costume". Maybe I'm reading too much into that, but it sounds like Laurel's putting on her version of Sara's costume, lending credence to the theory that she's trying to fool someone into thinking she's Sara/Canary. Maybe we'll get another MG interview later on that backtracks on Laurel becoming the BC so soon, in which he 'clarifies' that she's not the Black Canary yet (just like Oliver's not Green Arrow yet), but just starting on that journey. I still don't understand why Laurel has to become the Black Canary just because her name is Dinah Laurel Lance. If it's okay to change comic book canon to not make the Black Canary an expert martial artist, then why is it not okay to change comic book canon to make Sara Lance the Black Canary? Even if Laurel starts taking martial arts lessons at the age of 30, she'll never be as good as others who have taken martial arts lessons for years.

Galavant - Episode 1.03 - Two Balls/ Episode 1.04 - Comedy Gold - Sneak Peeks Posted by Nirat Anop at Tuesday, January 06, 2015 http://www.spoilertv.com/2015/01/galavant-episode-103-two-balls-episode.html Galavant - Season Finale - Press Release Posted by DarkUFO at Tuesday, January 06, 2015 http://www.spoilertv.com/2015/01/galavant-season-finale-press-release.html

After reading about what happened in the latest Arrow digital comic, I'm bitter that fans are forced to buy those comics in order to read scenes that I'd rather watch on TV - and instead are forced to suffer through what's actually put on our TV screens.

The link should work but maybe there's a system incompatibility - I don't know. Alternatively, you could Google the headline ("why laurel lance is arrow’s weakest link") and get to the article that way.

From 12 Monkeys forum. The actress is Amanda Schull, and she plays Dr. Cassandra Railly. I guess the blonde ponytail and glasses look is catching on (see also Kristen Kringle on Gotham).

Just read the new TV Line spoiler posted by statsgirl. Wow, MG is really pushing the next 3 episodes hard ("among the best we've ever done" and "incredibly compelling")! Incidentally, I came across this one writer's expressed concern about Oliver's absence from the next 3 episodes in order to focus on Laurel becoming the BC... TV: WHY I’M WORRIED ABOUT ARROW December 11, 2014 • NasimAli https://nasimali.wordpress.com/2014/12/11/tv-why-im-worried-about-arrow/

This article expresses similar sentiments about how Season 1 Laurel showed a lot of potential, but then the characterization and writing failed her (WARNING! It references spoilers for Laurel )... Why Laurel Lance is ‘Arrow’s’ weakest link (opinion) Danielle Zimmerman 11:00 am, November 19, 2014 http://www.hypable.com/2014/11/19/laurel-lance-arrows-weakest-link-opinion/

This is an interesting article (Arrow is mentioned)... Not prestige, not trash: The rise of “mid-reputable” TV How do we decide what’s really television at its best? By Noel Murray Jan 5, 2015 12:00 AM http://www.avclub.com/article/not-prestige-not-trash-rise-mid-reputable-tv-213058

Top Ten Future Comic Book Shows We’re Most Excited About By Andrew Steinbeiser 01/04/2015 http://comicbook.com/2014/12/26/top-ten-future-comic-book-shows-we-re-most-excited-about/

Arrow is #3 on this fanboy's list... The Best 2014 Had to Offer… THE TV SHOWS! By John McCubbin on Sunday, January 4th, 2015 http://www.unleashthefanboy.com/news/the-best-2014-had-to-offer-the-tv-shows/128989 Deathstroke is #1, Ra's al Ghul is #8, and Isabel Rochev is #10... The 10 Best TV Supervillains Of 2014, Ranked BY ADAM HOLMES 5 DAYS AGO http://www.cinemablend.com/television/10-Best-TV-Supervillains-2014-Ranked-69194.html

Review: 'Marvel's Agent Carter' swings into the big band era HAYLEY ATWELL A TREAT IN TV SPIN-OFF OF 'CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER' By Alan Sepinwall @Sepinwall | MONDAY, JAN 5, 2015 9:00 AM http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/review-marvels-agent-carter-swings-into-the-big-band-era/ TV Review: ‘Marvel’s Agent Carter’ JANUARY 4, 2015 | 08:10AM PT Brian Lowry TV Columnist @blowryontv http://variety.com/2015/tv/reviews/tv-review-marvels-agent-carter-1201389031/