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[Grizzlyjin]

How long is the overall season gonna be? Since this was the mid season finale and we are only on episode 9 I was wondering.

23 episodes if I'm not mistaken. Yeah, it's weird to call it midseason at this point. Some places call it a Fall Finale, probably to clarify that.

 

[MHWilliams]

The queen is back.

Now you can die Felicity.

People don't even remember how Laurel was when she was the love interest. SMDH.

 

[carlsojo]

People don't even remember how Laurel was when she was the love interest. SMDH.

Remember her amazing addiction storyline?

 

[MikeBreezy92]

Remember her amazing addiction storyline?

Are you being facetious or nah, because that was actually pretty well written.

 

[carlsojo]

Are you being facetious or nah, because that was actually pretty well written.

My wife and I felt the opposite haha. Sorry.

 

[OdysseusVA]

People don't even remember how Laurel was when she was the love interest. SMDH.

Theyve learned many lessons over the years. Shes back to stay and will kill Felicity when the show returns.

 

[sirap]

Can't believe I'm saying this but Wild Dog is really growing on me. So much character development with that dude.

Also Laurel being back sets up a perfect opportunity for the return of Radioactive (with Tommy as Prometheus)

EDIT:

https://youtu.be/9PsAXmLR0ps?t=220

Never forget.

 

[MHWilliams]

Theyve learned many lessons over the years. Shes back to stay and will kill Felicity when the show returns.

Any lesson they've learned would equally apply to Felicity y'all. Note how she's been written this season.

I'm glad to see Laurel, but I stand by my point that the problem is how they wrote Oliver's love interests, not Felicity herself. Laurel was good when she wasn't the love interest, when her plots weren't about Oliver and romance.

 

[MikeBreezy92]

I'm surprised people have this much animosity towards Felicity still.

 

[The Silver]

Felicity is much improved, being Ollie's love interest is a curse.

 

[Ghost]

"We changed the codes an hour ago"




*Laurel magics her way in*




It would be so much better if Prometheus was this guys son but they love their twist reveals so much there's no way.

Also Season 1 Arrow was so cathartic, I miss the simple life where every week some bad guy you could easily equate to at least a dozen real people got the opportunity to change or die and inevitably chose to die.

 

[Joni]

Oliver has the best Christmas movie.

 

[MikeBreezy92]

"We changed the codes an hour ago"




*Laurel magics her way in*




It would be so much better if Prometheus was this guys son but they love their twist reveals so much there's no way.

Also Season 1 Arrow was so cathartic, I miss the simple life where every week some bad guy you could easily equate to at least a dozen real people got the opportunity to change or die and inevitably chose to die.

Unfortunately we're getting the result of that...

 

[Nyanmaruz]

Jeezus Christ, Detective Lance just can never catch a break can he?
Her daughters just keep dying and coming back to life over and over again.
How is Lance even psychologically okay at this point?

 

[KonradLaw]

Damn..such a bleak, but wonderful mid season finale. Prometheus is turning out to be such a fricking manace, despite the fact that it's the least powerful big bad Oliver ever had (everyone else overpowered Oliver at the start, even Malcolm, Prometheus seems on a big below Olie's level). He just makes up for it with malice and devious mind.

Loved that the detective didn't turn out to be Prometheus in the end and absolutely loved how he died. Dat murderous set-up with bodies switching to flashback murders was a thing of a beauty too.

And despite all that bleakness, it still felt damn good when the team didn't abandon Oliver in the end. And people are right, Wild Dog is turning into great sidekick.

The only thing that worried me was Laurel at the end. But the way her contract was set up means she's unlikely to be back for good and will likely drop after few eps.

 

[Joni]

I like how Thea 'put down' Oliver for focussing on the bad.

 

[broncobuster]

Almost want to watch some Season 1 episodes to see if Ollie was this raw or they played it up. That arrow double tap. Guy was bloodthirsty.

 

[Septimus Prime]

So, I mean, Prometheus moves like that, clearly he's Roy.

 

[KonradLaw]

So, I mean, Prometheus moves like that, clearly he's Roy.

The only crack in this theory is that this flip was useful. Roy never made useful flips

 

[Joni]

So, I mean, Prometheus moves like that, clearly he's Roy.

Future Oliver.

 

[KonradLaw]

Future Oliver.

Thanks a lot, Barry.

 

[Sober]

Oliver getting outplayed instead of outclassed - definitely feels like the best mid-season finale yet

 

[Jorok Goldblade]

this reporter lady is Prometheus

She was inside the party with Oliver when Curtis was attacked. She could be a co-conspirator, but she's probably not the one in the suit.

 

[MikeBreezy92]

The only crack in this theory is that this flip was useful. Roy never made useful flips

Someone find the Gif when he flip kicked the VOD in Season 3 please.

I will not have this Roy blasphemy.

 

[LiamR]

Arrow was actually really good for once! I knew I kept watching this show for a reason.

 

[strafer]

Did anyone notice Felicitys green glowing coffee mug? I want one.

 

[ZeroX03]

Oh yeah, the AV Club Review (A) is up, and it starts with:

Fair Warning: I’m going to give The Flash a hard time in this review

 

[strafer]

 

[Penguin]

That gif makes me think Wozzly should be here

 

[KonradLaw]

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

*Radioactive plays*

 

[GulAtiCa]

On the CW App (phone, tablet, Xbox One) there is a preview of episode 10 where

Spoiler

Olliver is talking to John in jail about Laurel being back. Apparently Olliver is trying to ease her into things, and she's not so familiar with what's going on

 

[Sephzilla]

*Radioactive plays*

 

[Magwik]

Laurel back and Felicity's boyfriend just died
Y'all better be ready for drama

 

[Double D]

I feel like I might have fallen asleep at the end of episode 7 or something. Because I don't remember the Russian flashback stuff coming to a conclusion.

 

[ZeroX03]

I feel like I might have fallen asleep at the end of episode 7 or something. Because I don't remember the Russian flashback stuff coming to a conclusion.

The Russia flashbacks are still a thing, but there wasn't any space for them in the last two episodes obviously.

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

Laurel had an earpiece on when she showed up.






Can someone gif the shot where everything is exploding behind Ollie when he drops down?

 

[GulAtiCa]

Laurel back and Felicity's boyfriend just died
Y'all better be ready for drama

No no, that's The Flash with all it's dumb pent up secrets. Felicity didn't even blame Oliver for this.

Or if you want drama,

Spoiler

go to the Legends thread lol

 

[Joni]

Laurel is Prometheus. Clearly. It is why Fake Canary betrayed Oliver. She adored Inferior Canary.

 

[ChaosZeroX]

No idea why this made me laugh so much lol

 

[Freddy=Legend]

We've been blessed.

 

[morningbus]

Oliver getting outplayed instead of outclassed - definitely feels like the best mid-season finale yet

Yeah, that's pretty great. I'm not convinced that Prometheus is better or even equal to Oliver, but he got inside Oliver's head and that made all the difference. The second they showed three arrows going into a guy in the Prometheus costume, I knew it was going to be Felicity's boyfriend. But it still made it heartbreaking just how thoroughly Prometheus played Oliver. This scene is better than any of the fights with Merlin or Slade, honestly.

 

[Realeza]

Laurel as a character was much better at the end of S4 so I hope the improvement continues here. Reading Green Arrow Rebirth makes me want to see a rapport between Arrow / Canary just like in the comic.

 

[Mighty Chin]

Nobody mentioned Felicity Meta Forshadowing Joke about people coming back from the dead every Wednesday.

 

[ZeroX03]

Nobody mentioned Felicity Meta Forshadowing Joke about people coming back from the dead every Wednesday.

- "In our town people who are dead turn out to be alive every Wednesday" M-E-T-A haha

A few others too.

 

[Sephzilla]

I hope Laurel has actual superpowers now

Nobody mentioned Felicity Meta Forshadowing Joke about people coming back from the dead every Wednesday.

BTW, Felicity totally fucking called it earlier.

"People we think were dead pop up every other Wednesday" or whatever she said

 

[Forsythia]

I don't know what they've been smoking there but this season has been amazing so far! I never thought I'd see the show recover from that shit that was season 4!

 

[Sephzilla]

Yeah, season 5 has been hitting everything out of the park so far. I know I had doubts earlier this year, but yeah, season 5 is outpacing seasons 1 and 2 easily at this point.

 

[strafer]

Yep, this season has been golden from start to finish.

I hope it keeps up when it starts again.

 

[morningbus]

Yo, Laurel is Harbinger.

We Crisis on Infinite Earths now.