Board Thread:Arrow episode discussions/@comment-9346948-20150514010059/@comment-26042384-20150514021204

Epicshawty wrote: I was extremely beyond disappointed by this season and this episode. Merlyn's ascension was way out of the water. Palmer Tech blowing up was kind of stupid. The most thing I hate about this season was the Felicity/Oliver ending. They aren't supposed to be together, it's supposed to be Oliver and Laurel. I have no idea what went with this show. Hopefully Season 4 will stop with the nonsense and get back to the good stuff like Season 2. Well, to be honest, I have to say that Merlyn's ascension was 'fitting'. After all this is Malcom Merlyn we're talking about, and after everything he's done, even with Thea as motivation (he made her kill Sara) it's hard to see him as being as changed as he has been portraying since Oliver's scheme began. I knew there had to be an alternate agenda, and there was. And he is definitely best suited to be Ra's, after Nyssa.

Also, the Palmer explosion surely wasn't the end of Ray, he was trying to make his miniturization tech work, and it will...by giving him the ability to shrink, like he could in the comics and all. An explosive accident gave Barry and the metahumans their powers, it's very fitting to see Ray get his this way, which I'm almost certain is the direction they will take with this. I'm sure they wouldn't just kill off Ray at random.

And while I agree that it'd be more traditional to see Oliver with Laurel/Black Canary, I guess that I can settle for Arrow x Forge...haha.