Board Thread:Arrow discussions/@comment-807326-20170202010018/@comment-3221148-20170204093401

You know, this was actually a pretty great episode.

Mark Bunting's directing was on point, and even managed to overshadow some weak moments in writing.

Easy, situational, actor-based humor helped to sit through the generally dark atmosphere of the episode. Both times Rene ate at the caffeteria while Oliver reacted in disgust, of all things, were well-filmed.

Flashback storyline continues being strange (British-accent Talia?), and despite the overall silliness of the plot ("Let us help"-"Nope".x3 + "OK, you got me), in the end the actress pulled on with the role of the Canary, especially when she's shown emotions other than cockiness.

Oliver, though, was a damn hypocrite, telling Dinah that "killing is no" JUST after he destroyed a helicopter with people in it.

The villains were surprisingly well-acted for one-off characters. Made me wish they weren't killed off and we'd see more of them. More metahuman characters, awesome.

Weird moment: despite recasting Linda Park on The Flash, this episode once again had Olivia Cheng with the role. And it wasn't simply archive footage, she was featured in the credits. Wat.

Overall: good episode, whoever thinks it's bad just because of "not muh laurel" is biased and should go consult Kattie Cassidy's actual opinion on this.