User blog comment:Taw2541/I am officially done with Arrow/@comment-1330227-20171129084850

Last year was good. This year has been crap. Seasons 3 and 4 were crap. This year, a major problem has been their advertising.

Episode 4 was promoted as a Black Siren episode. She barely did anything and barely was there. It was a Felicity focused episode. This season was also promoted as being heavy on Black Siren and Black Canary. They barely use either. The premiere had lots of action for them but the only story was Dinah and Lance thinking she was dead but then she appears. They haven't explored Black Siren as a character. Since the premiere, she has just been Cayden James' lacky. Black Canary finds out her ex is Vigilante and then they ignore it, except for one scene where it helps a focus character get through a problem. So far, I don't see the point in introducing Black Canary and Black Siren or for making them series regulars when mostly all that they've been is henchmen.

The disrespect does end with those two. They haven't mentioned anything about Rene's daughter except a small blurb. The biggest plot point he's had this season is his trust in Diggle as the leader. Rene was a great character last season but this season, they've relegated him to just another field operative. I also kind of hope Thea takes back the role of Chief of Staff and Rene goes back to his old role, just for the fact it makes more sense to have Thea and Lance in the top roles behind Oliver since that's their main focus, while Rene is also an active member of Team Arrow.

Curtis's only plot point outside of the team has been his startup with Felicity. On the team, he doesn't really add anything good. All he adds is weaknesses in Felicities hacking and programming abilities and his. They have to try to create something that he can do that she can't or something she can do that he can't when most of the time, they should both be able to do it. So far this season, I don't see a reason for them to have Curtis AND Felicity. Last season there wasn't much reason to have both either.

I'm not gonna say anything about Thea's lack of presence since a lot of that has to do with Willa wanting less of a work load.

Lance has been good, though I would like to see a little more of him. I also like the sort of bond him and Dinah have, though they haven't really shown his bond with Rene too much this season.

I have been loving Diggle's arc this season and having him be Green Arrow for a few episodes worked well, though I'm glad he's done as GA.

I'm not gonna say much about Felicity because mostly everything has been said before. Taw2541, you're description of her is pretty spot on. I just watched the first annual crossover earlier tonight and she was actually pretty good, but that was towards the beginning of Olicity and she wasn't all those things you said quite yet.

Oliver has been pretty good too.

While Slade's story was pretty good, Joe's throat should have been cut. I also wish they wouldn't of had a Star City story in either episode. The flashbacks were good at first (the hunting trip) but then got a little unnecessary and boring.

Overall, this season has been disappointing and has basically been Felicity & Friends. I already knew that if Olicity survived the crossover and mid-season finale that I would be done. Now I'm not even sure if I'm gonna watch the mid-season finale. I'll come back if I hear about something major that makes me want to come back, but for now I'm done watching it and after the flip flopping (bad 3 and 4 and good 5 then back to bad for 6), it may take Felicity's death or Guggenheim and Mericle being fired to get me to come back. I'll still be watching the other shows and major and mid-major crossovers (basically Duet/World's Finest and higher).