Freddy=Legend
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Chase still 10 steps ahead.
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Arrow S5 |OT| You thought you were out, but Manu Bennett pulls you back in.
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Unspeakable Evil
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Welp
DangerMouse
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LOL, guess you didn't that tracker *troll face*
Oh hey, they mentioned the legs.
Oh hey, they mentioned the legs.
Unspeakable Evil
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That would happen to Felicity. :/
MikeBreezy92
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Lmao they sure did drop that plot line huh?
That's a clever way of writing that back in.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
Chase may not be involved with this, actually. This could be Helix trying to tie up the team Arrow loose end.
MikeBreezy92
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So this episode is a two parter technically potentially lol.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
Either way, Helix is definitely a threat for next season. They're going to do the Brother Eye story right this time.
I for one am shocked!
Kabuki Waq
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First dud of the season imo.
Felicity and Mr terrific were so annoying.
Felicity and Mr terrific were so annoying.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
If this is a season's miss, I'll take it.
Good character work with some genuine moments and brief, but well staged action.
Who would have thought at the beginning of this season that Wild Dog would be the emotional core of the show?
I mean this might be the weakest episode of the season or at least in the bottom three (weak action, not much related to the main plot) but it was still fine. We know next week is going to be rough too, but the last three episodes are pure fire. It's insane how consistent this run has been. Maybe like 18.5/19? The Wild Dog stuff was fun, even if it was very clear they shot it all within like two hours on the one set. I think this and next week are budget saving episodes lol.
Same here.
An episode like this I would've normally been bored by. This season of Arrow has done a crazy job of getting me invested in this story. Hell, I really liked the Oliver and Felicity scenes. Great moments between those two characters.
Razgriz-Specter
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I absolutely hated this episode.
It took 1 episode and they reverted Felicity to the shit of S3&4.
It took 1 episode and they reverted Felicity to the shit of S3&4.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
That's a little much. How is her behavior here like her behavior in S3 and 4?
Nabs
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why
gundamkyoukai
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MikeBreezy92
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I mean the episode was average or whatever and this plot-line had to come to a head before the season ended, but I see a trend here....
Felicity was fine.
Razgriz-Specter
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Attitude.
It legitimately bothers me more than it honestly should.
She said something at one point and my mind was instantly "im not watching this next season if she is still around"
Then im thinking "wait this season has been incredible and this is the first problem with her all season"
I guess I start flashing back to the atom suit and wheelchair walk and it triggers me.
I don't know. I liked the episode overall but I don't feel the writers did the necessary work needed to justify Felicity vs. Arrow team. Her motivations are clear (STOP CHASE) but I just don't understand why she's willing to alienate everyone else to get the job done. It's all very murky. That said, it was certainly exciting and the whole climatic action scene was a nailbiter (even if not excitingly directed).
Also loved the Chesthair/Dog subplot. Those two make a good pairing. On the other hand, Curtis feels like he should be on The Flash instead (or at least a less dour version of that show). His quips are forced.
Also loved the Chesthair/Dog subplot. Those two make a good pairing. On the other hand, Curtis feels like he should be on The Flash instead (or at least a less dour version of that show). His quips are forced.
gundamkyoukai
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I like the set up more truth be told .
Since we have seen what Helix can do and how far they willing to go .
Yeah there is no pay off but it's fun seeing the big bad set up for next season .
She has the same attitude since season 1.
Truth is this storyline make sense for her after what has happen in the last 4 seasons .
MikeBreezy92
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I don't actually mind that though. Long as they actually do something with it.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
Oh, so:
She's going to be a major cast member on the show for the foreseeable future and you're going to have to get used to it, man.
Razgriz-Specter
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I've been used to it for 5 seasons.
She wasn't written well this episode, and it bothered me more that maybe it should.
gundamkyoukai
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How was she not written well ?
MikeBreezy92
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Was he?
She didn't even let him speak lol
Ended up blowing up in her face anyways....pun intended.
yeah that's totally behavior that's completely unlike anything Oliver has ever done
what an unjustifiable way for a member of this vigilante team to act
MikeBreezy92
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Why are we comparing moralities here?
Felicity doing it against the wishes of one of her own allies and CLOSE FRIENDS is definitely crossing a line. Its the reason Diggle was pissed at Oliver in S3.
Oliver just tried to make a deal with the Bratva and it blew up in his face lol. He even admitted it was a moral fuck up. I think he understands where Felicity is coming from more than the rest, but she just saw how bad of an idea these kind of shenanigans are.
Diggle is right, as usual. Two extremes and neither are great.
Felicity is still grieving over Billy, which is why she's going to such extremes. I don't think the episode even name checked him, they're trying to be a bit more subtle about these things.
Diggle is right, as usual. Two extremes and neither are great.
Felicity is still grieving over Billy, which is why she's going to such extremes. I don't think the episode even name checked him, they're trying to be a bit more subtle about these things.
Yeah this was the weakest episode of the season. Chasing Chase took a very hard detour into this very loosely related sidequest which didn't do enough to convince us that Felicity has a valid viewpoint, which meant we'd always be on Oliver's side and Felicity would just come off as annoying again. Cayden was not established as a credible enough lead that could find Chase - he wasn't even given a face the whole episode. You could see the writers were keeping him faceless to try to give it thematic resonance with the "ends justifies the means" arguments (shown in the dialogue between Diggle and Lila), but it was at odds with the main storyline. We needed to know who Cayden was and why he was important in order to be on board with Felicity, and we never got that.
And then her getting into heels and makeup for a heist was just silly.
Oh great we have a character whose purpose are quips. MR Terrible
We're trying to protect someone but he's not here. Psyched 💩
Writers: we need to create commercial break drama
Huh the prison is a container. Very sophisticated
Hoss scenes were my favorite. Still better premier than Flash
We're trying to protect someone but he's not here. Psyched 💩
Writers: we need to create commercial break drama
Huh the prison is a container. Very sophisticated
Hoss scenes were my favorite. Still better premier than Flash
gundamkyoukai
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What Oliver has done is the reason why she did it .
Of course it blows up in her face but i guess Oliver was not the only person that need a lesson this season .
Felicity view point was clear and even Oliver knew why she was doing it .
Still just like when Oliver made the deal with the Bratva it did not work out .
As Zero said Dig stays winning.
MikeBreezy92
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If that's the case she should know better.
I was really happy to see that. Would have been better if she had gone back to the lair only to find out she either couldn't get in or none of the computer accepted her login.
MikeBreezy92
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gundamkyoukai
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Yeah she should have but i guess some people need to learn the hard way .
Dig is the only one that learn after 4 seasons doing moral fuck up shit never works out really LOL.
I'm not convinced that her grief (which has barely been shown recently) is enough motivation to drive her on a course that puts her out on the field against Team Arrow.
gundamkyoukai
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They don't need to mention him for you to know that she still wants revenge\cared for him .
Timeline wise it's been about 3 to 5 months since that happen .
EDIT The current bad guy making your former fiancée kill your current BF would take a while to get over .
Still they should have done a better job storyline wise.
dead souls
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Pretty good one to me hoss. 19-19 for me hoss. I'm looking forward to next week's episode hoss.
Honestly if this episode is our "urghh FelicityXOliver drama moment" then I'll take it. It's nowhere near as bad as Season 3 or 4.
It was actually pretty good seeing how Felicity called out Oliver on his willingness to do anything and Oliver hesitant knowing that maybe "doing whatever it takes" haven't worked out well for him so far.