Arrow (CW) TV Show • Page 20

Oh, Rene should definitely feel bad. I think part of the problem with the writing here is that he showed like 20 minutes of remorse in one episode and then became super self-righteous about being spied on.

 

Yeah, it was like when they first revealed that it was Rene, everyone understood because of the situation with his daughter even if they all weren't happy about it. But what's to keep him from doing the same thing to Dinah and Curtis if the Feds threaten to take his daughter away again? I'll keep watching just to see if any of this resolves by the end of the season, but I may end up needing to do an article on the overall arc of it if it ends even worse than where it's currently at.

 

Also, the story with the feds is terrible anyway. They just randomly vanish for episodes at a time.

Really getting the feeling that the writers didn't have a concrete plan for this season and are just throwing shit at the wall. Whereas last year, everything felt very deliberate and meticulous. I don't understand why they can't maintain a more consistent tone/level of quality.

 

I think they tried to do way too much with the season. The team of heroes, team of bad guys, and then the feds on top of that was clearly too much to juggle.

 

I’m also so over the two separate teams fighting with each other. It just strains believability and has turned Rene, Dinah, and Curtis into bad/annoying characters on the level of S4 Felicity. The team of villains has been fine by me, and I’m even cool with the phantom FBI; it’s the stupid civil war-lite storyline that’s getting on my last nerve, for all the reasons y’all mentioned above. It’s just bad.

 

Yeah, it's like they saw Captain America: Civil War and thought: "Hey, we have a lot of characters now! Maybe we can do this too!" They cannot.

 

Worst part is, having a big bad Like Cayden James with no special abilities, who was just a devious schemer forcing a wedge between the team, would’ve made for a solid change of pace to previous seasons. If done well. They have not done it well, at all.

 

Cayden James could have been interesting, but was written in such a cartoonish fashion that I couldn't take him seriously. Also, superhero shows need to have a moratorium on the "this guy wants to destroy the city" villains. What made Prometheus so interesting was the smaller-scale nature of his plan.

 

Yeah, I agree. Part of why I think a villain trying to pit the heroes against each other could’ve actually worked if they hadn’t so thoroughly ruined it.

 

I might be going to a local comic con soon and Katie Cassidy (Laurel etc.) is going to be there. I'm real tempted to pay the picture fee for my nerd collection.

 

Ask her about Hidden Agenda

 

lmao

 

It was cool seeing Speedy back in action and seeing Roy.

 

I was very glad to have the break from the two teams fighting each other. And it looks like we won't see much of that in the next episode either. I'm hoping that fixing the SCPD situation maybe brings back some of that trust between Dinah and Oliver. It would certainly be a good chance to redeem some of the choices they made this season.

 

Ya I like all those characters when they're working together. I have a feeling that Laurel eventually betraying them again will break any trust built up between Dinah and Oli. Unless they go the route where Laurel decides not to betray them.

 

Laurel definitely seems to be playing both sides at the moment, which they probably did just so they could have it go either way.

 

Honestly I could do without the three new-ish team members now more than ever. Like, completely.

I still like the show though.

 

Ollie and Diggle beef next week? Great, more infighting is exactly what this show needs.

You know there's something wrong when the nonexistent Speedy/Nyssa spin-off is more exciting than the main show.

 

"Don't forget guys, there's a bomb situation!"
"There's always a bomb situation."
Haha

 

All the Arrowverse shows and Black Lightning got renewed.

 

I realized that if Arrow was on CBS, LL Cool J or Shemar Moore could totally have been Diggle

 

It also would've been cancelled long ago

 

I mean, I thought Thea leaving with Roy was a proper send-off for both of them and the best way to write her character out, but ok I guess.

'Arrow': Colton Haynes Officially Returning as Season 7 Regular

 

Thea is leaving the show for good I heard