Board Thread:Arrow discussions/@comment-9346948-20161208015315/@comment-3221148-20161209223137

Kaestal wrote:

I never really thought she wouldn't be brought back by some bullcrap reason after the fanboys/girls started making a storm on twitter/facebook/whathaveyoubutnot Myspace, just didn't want it to happen literally half a season after she died.

Also, whats with the smile? Do you think that is a good thing from a storytelling perspective? Personally, I thought the death scene was filmed incredibly sketchy and hard to believe, and expected it to turn out into a cheap fakeout like one of Sara's "deaths".

I am more surprised that OLIVER is surprised to see her. I originally expected that he would be the one behind hiding her survival for some reason (especially after that scene in a flashback when he temporarily "killed" Taiana), but after they did the sob episodes with Quentin, it'd be hard to believe. BTW, hope our Emerald Asshole doesn't forget to send the message to the Legends through Cisco and Felicity's bullshit intergalactic hacking means, like he did during the Crossover.

As for the smile? Well, I guess I'm not as hardened by this as you are, because I didn't believe in Laurel staying dead for a second, and I didn't particularly care for it as a piece of storytelling to care. At this point, I'm more amused at how Lance's daughters are at a perpetual cycle of life and death.

Pulling a fake out with Laurel "not being Our Laurel" would have been even more laughable. Still, they didn't need a Flashpoint reset button for this, although probably the producers wanted to have their cake and eat it: BOTH "Laurel is not really dead" AND "Quentin and Oliver are total wrecks because of her death". If Oliver and Quentin knew she was actually alive, but were just hiding it from the audience, we wouldn't be able to have all those tragic Lance Rehab episodes, would we?