User blog comment:Eobard95/Arrow Season 5 - how it should be (updated)/@comment-28835160-20160624022558/@comment-3221148-20160624185513

@Xandermcc I actually think this season had a lot of good episodes, and Monument Point felt like it should be the finale. The actual finale was pretty much underwhelming in comparison, especially when Darhk was the final threat AGAIN, when we knew that Oliver is able to beat him before that. Furthermore, the true danger was coming not from Darhk, but from something that Oliver had no control of, the need to "hack the missiles". This pushed Felicity into the most important role again, instead of changing the plot in a way that the abilities of all Team Arrow would be concentrated on bringing down H.I.V.E.

H.I.V.E. itself ended up a majorly untold story, with too much focus given to Damien. When Ruve was introduced as the one who wears the pants in the relationship, I eagerly waited for her to be revealed as the final villain after Damien's defeat (Queen Bee?). And, in a way, her villainy was there, and even raised the threat and competency level of Anarky by being pitted against him, but I think it's a pity she was brought down before the finale. But, hey, at least it was an actually good episode in comparison to the (IMHO) lackluster ending.