User blog comment:Nobody700/Arrow Reviews: Episode 47; This fuckin 'Calm' Episode.../@comment-3221148-20161127212148

Season 3 was nowhere as bad Season 4, IMHO. I liked a lot of characters they introduced or re-introduced.

I think Season 3's problems went the way of the writers' reliance on fan-pandering. They executed both fans' demands of: 1) Making Felicity Oliver's main love interest (despite a well-built relationship of Oliver and Sara) 2) Making Laurel the Black Canary (despite Sara already being a great adaptation of her)

As the result, Sara was written out of the Canary part of the story, and we've got two hastily-written storylines instead. At least, I think so.

I really loved the new Count Vertigo and wish we'd see more of him. THIS is the guy who's supposed to be Green Arrow's arch-nemesis alongside Merlyn, yknow.