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Arrow S5 |OT| You thought you were out, but Manu Bennett pulls you back in.
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OdysseusVA
Banned
I nearly burned the house down
Dubbedinenglish
Banned
It draws a lot on last season
Not that surprising. It basically comes down to your enjoyment/tolerance of Olicity. For those who like it or are fine with it, they'd consider the episode to be good. For those who hate it, they'd consider the episode to be bad.
Filler to me is when there's an episode that is largely self-contain and does not move the main plot development in any meaningful way. Which this episode didn't, until the very end when Adrian visit Oliver's son.
For example, a lot of Dragon Ball Z episodes are filler.
Jorok Goldblade
Member
See, I liked this episode because Dinah got to say words in it.
Plasticine
Member
Best episode ever. A++++ The flashbacks showed how amazing #Olicity is at full power. We need to go back, Uncle Guggie.
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
4.7? That's ridiculous. What did they give this week's episode of The Flash? 😐
Plasticine
Member
I have a feeling that IGN guy probably hangs out at /r/Arrow...
I'm all for a scaled down character episode but I feel the Olicity angle ran it's course already and this was just going back to the well. Not bad, some good acting actually (which, lets face it, you don't get much on Arrow because that's not the focus) but I feel Oliver with a Diggle or Oliver with a Quentin Lance might have had something a little fresher to address.
PHOENIXZERO
Member
Aside from Oliver still not calling out the bullshit on him not telling her about his kid under the guise of trust, I mean yeah Oliver was dumb to not say anything but still it's dumb, this episode was fine.
serenewarfare
Banned
A 4.7 is ridiculous, even if you don't like Olicity stuff. This episode was basically the writers saying "we can't logically just act like Olicity never existed, so let's just resolve it with one episode as opposed to spreading the drama out". And it wasn't a bad way to accomplish that. I didn't love the episode (thought it was fine), but a 4.7 is nonsense IMO.
dead souls
Member
AVClub is right.
They werent. I hate IGN but they got this one right.
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
I don't even care for "Olicity" and I thought it was just a well written character episode. It boggles my mind that people would rag on this but eat up Flash with a spoon. Now that show is filler. Nonsensical action sequences sprinkled across a base of "Can we talk for sec?" scenes.
Ragnarsson
Member
I hated Olicity last season and I enjoyed this episode. It felt like a nice and much needed way to address all that's happened between them and finally get them on the same page. Diggle and Lyla's relationship drama felt a little more unnecessary, but I guess I can understand the parallel they were trying to draw.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
Guggenheim snaps Felicity's neck and has her practically apologize to the audience and it still isn't good enough for some of you.
Septimus Prime
Member
I kind of missed some of the dialogue because The CW app plays some commercials twice as loud as others (which they REALLY need to fix), which woke up my baby.
Did they decide to get back together or not?
Did they decide to get back together or not?
They did not. He has to find out who he is first
In small doses. VERY small.
Dubbedinenglish
Banned
Of all his suitors, her and Sarah were the only ones to have it.
The biggest problem was that the Olicity stuff became the focus of the show, every week was about advancing the Olicity drama and even the crime fighting was just a means to advance Olicity.
mrhyderager
Member
This episode is fine. I DO NOT WANT them to get back together, but this resolved the utter stupidity of the "You didn't tell me about your son even though it was the only way to keep him in your life" story line. I sometimes wonder if the whole point of that was to show that women are irrational.
I think the Olicity thing did a lot of damage to season 3, and didn't help season 4. If they can resolve the issues there and move on, I'm on board.
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I think the Olicity thing did a lot of damage to season 3, and didn't help season 4. If they can resolve the issues there and move on, I'm on board.
OdysseusVA
Banned
The damage is done
Very good episode despite the $2 budget. Oliver/Felicity is much more appealing when they're solving drama instead of generating it, and both character motivations made sense this time around.
Great idea to slow the story down and actually take the time to sort out the character stuff before moving to the finale.
Great idea to slow the story down and actually take the time to sort out the character stuff before moving to the finale.
BigJonsson
Member
Much better episode this week
Need the rest to pay Manu.
They can't eliminate creepy Arrow fans.
lol, he cant cost more than a happy meal
They're expensive in New Zealand.
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
50% of Shannara Chronicles' budget goes to elf ears and keeping Manu deep in Happy Meals.
Stallion Dan
Member
Holy shit they recycled it another week.
Well of course not because they spam all their Olicity shit on Twitter its free advertising.
Dominican Power
Member
Who knew the bunker was this impenetrable fortress
TheGreatDirector
Banned
I never would've guessed the way people constantly break into it.
Yes, they are great together, which is why the writers shouldn't have fucked it up. The scene where they have their first date in Season 3 is one of my favorite in the show's run so far. I don't usually care about tv romances but this is one I was a fan of because of how good a fit the two actors onscreen are.
Or how villains would rule the city if they had just cut the power off.
TheGreatDirector
Banned
Man, I can't believe it's actually happening.
Goddamn, bout to be lit
Team should have called Malcolm... he seems to have no issue getting in and out.
oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh shit
rocketskates
Member
Finale is gonna be bonkers
3 more weeks until this epicness will air. <3