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Five Thoughts on Arrow‘s “Underneath”

By Brian Salvatore | May 4, 2017 | Television

Arrow is often at its best when it goes small, and tells a very specific tale. This episode did just that, and it continues the hot streak the show has been on recently. 1. A better, but still dull, flashback Part of the reason that this last bit of the season has been working so […]

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Five Thoughts on Arrow‘s “Dangerous Liaisons”

By Brian Salvatore | Apr 27, 2017 | Television

As we move into the homestretch, it is clear: this is the best Arrow has been in years. In fact, this episode ranks in the top 10, if not top 5, of the entire run. Keep reading, but be warned that spoilers aplenty will appear. 1. Wild Dad I’m starting with this, not because it […]

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Five Thoughts on Arrow‘s “Disbanded”

By Brian Salvatore | Mar 30, 2017 | Television

Arrow is winding down for the season, and so the show has to have its token “it’s done, I’m hanging it all up” episode. This one felt slightly more serious about that proposition, but not as serious enough to, you know, follow through on that promise. 1. So…the world’s most powerful hacking agency can just […]

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Five Thoughts on Arrow‘s “Kapiushon”

By Brian Salvatore | Mar 23, 2017 | Television

Arrow is trying very hard to make Prometheus/Adrian Chase feel like the character-defining villain that we’ve seen the other big bads be over the past few seasons. This episode goes a long way to developing that idea – but how successfully? Keep reading to find out, and I guess, spoiler-warning? 1. The ‘confession’ Prometheus’s whole […]

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Five Thoughts on Arrow‘s “Checkmate”

By Brian Salvatore | Mar 16, 2017 | Television

Arrow is really ramping up to its season finale, and that makes for a show that is flying by each week. Well, except for the flashbacks – but you knew that already. “Checkmate” is one of the show’s most tense hours for really odd reasons. 1. So…you never knew her last name? I’m of the […]

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Five Thoughts on Arrow‘s “Fighting Fire With Fire”

By Brian Salvatore | Mar 2, 2017 | Television

The Arrow-renaissance is upon us. Major, major spoilers follow. 1. Curtis becomes more terrific, less happy After teasing T-Spheres last year, it was only a matter of time before the show let Curtis Holt more closely resemble Michael Holt. Curtis really saved the team’s bacon this week, and the whole episode he is looking forward […]

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Five Thoughts on Arrow‘s “The Sin-Eater”

By Brian Salvatore | Feb 23, 2017 | Television

(Note: for best experience, have this playing in the background as you read this) 1. Funky Cold Thea One of the bits that Arrow tends to forget is that Thea is Malcolm Merlyn’s daughter, and every now and then, she shows the ruthless self preservation that Merlyn has shown over and over again. Her systematic […]

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Five Thoughts on Arrow‘s “Spectre of the Gun”

By Brian Salvatore | Feb 16, 2017 | Television

Tonight’s Arrow had the ability to transcend the CW Superhero business and become something really important, or it had the potential to devolve into preachy weirdness. Which did it do? Keep reading to find out. 1. A very special episode This episode depicted, about as “realistically” as you could expect any CW show, a mass […]

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Five Thoughts on Arrow‘s “Bratva”

By Brian Salvatore | Feb 9, 2017 | Television

Oh, joy – an Arrow episode set in Russia. Wait…it wasn’t terrible? 1. Lines Crossed The theme of this whole episode was people taking things further than they wanted: Felicity’s ties to the hacktivist culture bring her close to the edge, Rory gets closer than he’d like to a nuke, Quentin is pushed by Rene’s […]

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Five Thoughts on Arrow‘s “Second Chances”

By Brian Salvatore | Feb 2, 2017 | Television

Early this season, Arrow was the best of the CW’s superhero shows: it was doing interesting new things, it wasn’t relying on tropes, and it was introducing new characters that made sense. Well, strap in folks: this episode didn’t really do any of that. 1. Let’s get Rene to implicitly state the theme of the […]

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Five Thoughts on Arrow‘s “Who Are You?”

By Brian Salvatore | Jan 26, 2017 | Television

Arrow is back and, like any show in its fifth season, has a lot of lingering plot threads to pick up. Let’s see how many they get to on week one. 1. I’m glad Felicity isn’t a goddamned fool Look, I know Oliver has been through a lot. I get that he has consistently lost […]

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Five Thoughts on Arrow‘s “What We Leave Behind”

By Brian Salvatore | Dec 8, 2016 | Television

The Arrow mid-season finale was an intense hour and, among the best in the show’s run. 1. Of course his favorite Christmas movie is Die Hard Ollie – at least his public persona – is a man slightly out of touch. So, it makes perfect sense that Ollie’s favorite Christmas movie was the clever answer […]

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Five Thoughts on Arrow‘s “Underneath”

Five Thoughts on Arrow‘s “Dangerous Liaisons”

Five Thoughts on Arrow‘s “Disbanded”

Five Thoughts on Arrow‘s “Kapiushon”

Five Thoughts on Arrow‘s “Checkmate”

Five Thoughts on Arrow‘s “Fighting Fire With Fire”

Five Thoughts on Arrow‘s “The Sin-Eater”

Five Thoughts on Arrow‘s “Spectre of the Gun”

Five Thoughts on Arrow‘s “Bratva”

Five Thoughts on Arrow‘s “Second Chances”

Five Thoughts on Arrow‘s “Who Are You?”

Five Thoughts on Arrow‘s “What We Leave Behind”

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