Arrow "Suicidal Tendencies" Thoughts/Review

Taking a well deserved honey moon to Kasnia with The Suicide Squad, Diggle and Lyla, run into some trouble in an all new Arrow.

Episode Description: It's celebration time as Diggle and Lyla get married. However, Deadshot interrupts their honeymoon and tells them the Suicide Squad has been given a new mission rescue United States Senator Joseph Cray from a hostage situation in the Republic of Kasnia. Amanda Waller breaks down the mission and introduced them to the newest member of the Suicide Squad, Cupid. Meanwhile, Oliver learns about Ray's new Atom costume and the two have a heated stand-off. Felicity and Ray hit a rough patch.


High Points

• "I love weddings, drinks all around"! as Captain Jack would say. Congrats to the newly weds.
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• It's always good to see Diggle get some action in an episode. Besides when him and Ollie took on the league, it has been to long since we have seen him in action.

• Suicide Squad is back, and Cupid joins their ranks and I thought she fit in pretty well.

• I really enjoyed the the Ollie 4-way fight with him self. 

• The ATOM suit showed us some new abilities that we weren't able to see in last weeks episode.

• The Ollie-Ray face off was pretty cool. Each one now knows where the other stands in terms of saving the city and also Felicity.

• The flash back scenes this week gave us an insight to Dead Shot's background which I thought was pretty interesting. 

• To add to the Dead Shot background, we see the mention of HIVE, how he became a bounty hunter, and his first target.

• I thought the plot had a pretty good twist involving the suicide squad and their mission in Kasnia. A senator faking a hostage situation just for a presidential bid. 

• Very action packed episode with well balanced drama if you ask me.

• Dead Shot taking a hero's death to save others. He was a true soldier till the end. We applaud your efforts good sir. 

• Did the ending reveal something that will shake Team Arrow?!?

"congratulations Dig and Lila"

"We want you to join the Suicide Squad"

Low Points

• Why did Felicity sound like she was on drugs the entire episode? Speaking slowly almost sounding like she was drunk. Just really don't like how her character has evolved. 

• The ATOM suite is still a glorified Iron Man suite. Although Tony Stark would approve, we want to see some shrinking in size some real ATOM suite abilities.

• Although Dead Shot was a villain, it was sad to see him go. He was a great villain and a lot of fun to watch. 

• If Diggle ever left Team Arrow, there would be riots in the streets. Im talking burning cars, angry mobs, you know the stuff you see after a Patriots Super Bowl loss at Umass.

"I am Iron Man...ur uh I mean.....ATOM"

Verdict: Tonight's episode pretty much picked up right off from last week. The League of Assassins are framing The Arrow for murder to have the city turn against him. Also this week we had the Suicide Squad and their next mission. With Waller dispatching the Squad to Kansia, Team Arrow loses Dig to his duties. Although the story line of the squad this week did not have much to do with the underlying story line, we still got to see some awesome action, some characterization of Dead Shot, and also a warriors death (you know who I am talking about). Lets focus now on what the league is doing to Ollie. Along with the entire city being turned against him we see Ray Palmer taking actions into his own hands, and his own plan to take down the Arrow. After an X-Ray (no pun intended) ATOM discovers Ollie is the Arrow and decides to take matters into his own hands. So we get to see our first Arrow v. ATOM show down. Wasn't much of anything. A couple of sonic blasts, and before you knew it it was over. Arrow shuts the suit down and tells Ray he's not a killer, back off, and go to Felicity thus in a nut shell ending Olicity. My question is this, what can we see in the future? The end of the episode left us hanging, Ray and Ollie seem to have an understanding with each other so could we see a future team up? How will this all play out when Ollie is being shunned by the entire city with Ras Ah Gul completely in control? The answers lie within the remaining episodes of season 3.

All in all I give tonight's episode a solid 8 out of 10!

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Tune in next week for episode 18 "Public Enemy"

Arrow "Nanda Parbat" Review!

Ollie and Dig take a field trip to Ras's hide out, Ray Palmer gets laid, and Nyssa Ah Gul attempts to slay another one of the Lance sisters (and I don't mean kill). (SPOILERS!)

Episode Description: Ra's al Ghul captures Malcolm and takes him to Nanda Parbat; Ray obsesses over finishing his Atom suit, but Felicity tries to get him out of the lab to prevent him from going down the wrong path.

High Points:

• Really enjoyed the training scene between Ollie, Thea, and Malcom. It really showed in a quick instant what great fighters the three are. (As if we already didn't know!)

• Welcome back Mr. Palmer!

• Laurel Lance really has done a complete 180 in this show. She is such a better character then she has been in the past. Her burning Ollie was my favorite line of the night.

• Malcom Merlyn took Laurel down with both hands behind his back. Laurel was ballsy to take on someone so well trained.

• The flash back scenes were much better this week.The gun fight took raised the stakes in the past and once again showed how big of a bitch Amanda Waller is.

• Ra's mentions being around in the 1800's again. Thus again confirming the existence of Lazarus Pit.

• Big Daddy Dig and Ollie took on the leagues guards in military-like fashion. I can't remember the last time we saw Dig in action so it was really fun and enjoyable to watch. 

• THE ATOM SUIT IS ACTION READY!

• Roy Palmer got laid...

• When Diggle and Ollie get captured, Diggle talks about the war and how soldiers need to keep the "I will be going home mentality". This was a true testament to Dig's character and how he is always the one to show valor and courage when all else seems to fail. 

• Boba Fett dolls make up for all wrong doing. Nice gift, Roy!

Want some ice for that burn, Ollie?

Low Points:

• Sometimes Arrow goes overboard with the melodramatic then it really should. I get it there are a lot of family matters on this show but this isn't Full House. 

• Felicity. I mean my god she gets worse and worse every week. Just showing up ruining peoples day, locking people out of computers. She's like the younger sister that gets mad and goes in your room and fucks everything up. What a poo poo character she has become.

• The conflict between Team Arrow and The League of Assassins could be better. Perhaps a harsher conflict like say Ollie accidentally killed Nyssa, or something like that. 

• By offering Ollie the chance to be the next Demon's Head, Arrow is essentially stealing Batman's storyline. Batman was supposed to be the next Ra's Ah Gul. Not Green Arrow. Now it will be interesting to see how this plays out in the Arrow world, but this is a low point because as Christian and I discussed they could have come up with something original and just as cool. This show hurts itself when it tries to become Batman-Lite. Green Arrow is his own character. I'm sure they could have done something differently.

• When the ATOM suit finally turned on, I wanted to see it shrink not fly around. So little has been seen of the suit so I don't want to pass judgements just yet, but I hope the writers don't turn Ray into an Iron Man ripoff.

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Verdict: As predicted this week was an improvement. After coming off of a slow episode last week, Arrow needed this one. I feel like tonights episode spoke a huge amount of how tense it is to be on Team Arrow right now. Everyone is angry and upset. In particular, Laurel has a legitimate gripe with Oliver once again because of his lie about who actually killed Sara. She goes on to tell Ollie she can't remember a time she ever loved him. Now if your a man and you hear that from a previous lover/girlfriend, you just bought yourself a first class ticket to the doghouse. In the end though even with all the Malcom Merlyn shit going on, we still see how this team stands for and cares for one another. Especially Diggle. He is the heart of the show. Mostly he has been used as the father figure of Team Arrow this season, which is cool and everything, but tonight we saw the old Dig. The badass American Soldier Dig that everyone has missed. Him and Ollie make such a good duo, and ya they got trapped, but taking down the league isn't the easiest thing in the world to do. (But Felicity is! O, burn!!!!) 
          Now on to Ray Palmer. Finally he returns to the show and as a bonus we got a taste of his new A.T.O.M suit. Compared to Ollie's night, Ray made out like a bandit. Got a little nookie, then perfected his super suit for a quick test drive. But seriously that character has been missed and it was a great way for him to return.
          Lastly this brings me to the ending. Ra's wants Ollie to be his predecessor, and for both Ollie and Dig to walk out of Nana Parbat alive. The question is what will Ollie say? Will there still be a Team Arrow if he says yes? Will we see Lazarus Pit in the near future?!?! Guess we will have to wait and see. The one downside to the storyline though is that is has been done already with Batman. Green Arrow is his own character and should have his own stories to be told with Ra's.

Anyway I want to give tonights episode a solid 7.5 out of 10! Mostly cause Ray Palmer is awesome.

Ray Palmer's theme song

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Arrow "Left Behind" Review

Arrow is back! Lets not waste time and get right into. (Spoilers!)

Episode Description: As Diggle, Felicity and Roy start to fear the worst after Oliver's disappearance, Merlyn pays them a surprise visit; Ray experiments with part of his new suit; Laurel takes on the role of the Black Canary

High Points:

• Right out of the gate we get a tease of the green suit only to be revealed as Big Daddy Dig
• The team up between Roy and Dig is the type of stuff that could make even the manliest of men cream their pants.
• Vinne Jones who you may know formally as "The Jaggarnaut" played an excellent Daniel Brickwell aka "Brick"
• Brick challenging people promising them they will make it out alive if they win is probably one of the most bad ass things we've seen since Slade Wilson was in town.
• Ray Palmer as a character is amazing. Really excited to see his storyline play out.
• Thea continues to train and become more and more of a warrior.
• Thea's stomach refuses to be covered up in this show and I don't think anyone is complaining. 
• Learning the true fate of Oliver and why Maseo decided to saved him was a lot of fun to watch and it made me feel all the warm and fuzzy feelings you get when touching moments occur.
• We got the first taste of Laurel Lance's "Black Canary" and it did not disappoint.
• Katana and Maseo save our favorite Emerald Archer.

Low Points:

• Within the first 5 minutes of the episode, our good friend Detective Lance or Captain Lance as it is now not only loses his perp, but loses a cop on his force. Please for once can this show do something right for him? It's been three season this guy needs some luck.
• At times the episode seemed to be very slow and dry. Yes I know things have to be explained,  but I felt bored at some points.
• Bitch move by Felicity telling Ray what his fiance would have wanted him to do. Ray was right, it's not her place to say anything.
• Speaking of Felicity, Christian and I agreed that as hot as she is, they need to show less of her. She's a great character, but gets way too much air time. We don't want you to end up like Lana in Smallville. #SaveFelicity that is all!
• The episode needed more Dig and Roy team up scenes. In Oliver's absence they have really stepped up to the plate and taken over Team Arrow, but we want more.
• Malcom breaking the news to Team Arrow about Oliver's death and the reactions of the room was very crushing to see.
• Would have liked to have seen more scenes with Brick, but I guess that will come with time. 

Verdict: After a crushing blow (no pun intended) during the mid-season finale of Arrow, it was a tough one to predict how this next episode would play out. First off, it was great to see both Diggle and Roy step up and become the leaders of Team Arrow. Obviously everyone is worrying about Ollie, but they know that the city itself and protecting the city is what Oliver would have wanted. Dig has a great line in the episode that describes their partnership and what is left of Team Arrow perfectly "This is our work, this is what Oliver has set out to do. We have to do this" Leave it to Big Daddy Dig to pull on the heart strings. So now we move to Ollie's story. I must admit in my mind I knew he would be back but not the way they portrayed it in the show. A mysterious man, dressed in a black hood takes Oliver's body on a sled and drags him to a shed. Later to be revealed as Ollie's old friend and mentor Maseo. Then Katana is also revealed, but it seems that her and Maseo being together seemed unexpected for Ollie. Which leads me to believe that she will be found in the Hong Kong flashbacks, but perhaps the happy couple will not stay together. On a final note lets briefly talk about the first look at Laurel's Black Canary. I have no complaints. The suit looked great, she looks great, she's got the attitude, and plus the sonic canary was a great DC animated TV solute and I loved it.
All in all I give tonights episode a solid 7.5 out of 10!

PS.....HE'S BAAAHHHCKK!

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The Flash "Flash vs. Arrow" Review/Thoughts

Tonight was the first half of the long awaited, two-part Arrow/Flash crossover. It came chalk full of Oliver Queen training regiments, an extremely angsty Barry Allen, and of course, a battle between the Arrow and the Flash on the streets of Central City.

Episode Description: Oliver Queen and his gang travel to Central City to investigate a crime and end up teaming up with Barry and the STAR Labs team to track down a meta-human who can cause people to go into a raged frenzy. Meanwhile, Eddie decides that the Flash is a menace who needs to be stopped.

High Points: 

• The most obvious high point to date: It's an Arrow/Flash crossover 
• The Arrow team is immediately following up on Captain Boomerang
• Oliver continues his mentoring role in Central City by taking Barry under his wing
• Oliver went to every place in Central City where Barry had previously fought a meta-human (talk about some Batman-style reconnaissance work)
• "I heard you heal fast.." -Oliver Queen
• Eddie's task force has got me thinking of a whole new angle on this Eobard Thawne thing..
• Barry going rouge and the Flash losing his shit on Eddie 
• The fight!! 
• The whole idea of colors relating to controlling emotions sounded an awful lot like Green Lantern talk... (A Christian Strand Theory)
• Connor Hawke!
• Firestorm!!

My thoughts exactly Ollie

Low Points:

• This week's meta-human situation was pretty weak... (He was just there to serve as a reason for Barry and Ollie to duke it out)
• They didn't really explain how Dr. Wells figured out that Oliver Queen was the Arrow (unless it was knowledge he already knew from the future perhaps?...)
• Diggle was simply not diggin' it this week (He didn't seem to be putting up with any of this super-powered bullshit)

Verdict: Everybody loves a good crossover. The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones, Scooby-Doo Meets The Harlem Globetrotters, more recently The Simpsons Guy. Everyone loves it when two worlds worth of characters collide, and tonight was no exception. Part 1 of the Flash/Arrow crossover was a fun episode that showcased the two very different styles of crime-fighting that both The Arrow and The Flash embody. It was dark and gritty, meets quirky and light-hearted (like watching a DC movie and a Marvel movie side-by-side). I for one have enjoyed watching Oliver Queen step into the mentor role on his own show by training Roy. It was especially cool to watch him arrive in Central City to impart some veteran wisdom on to Barry. On the other hand of this, it is good to see Barry continuing to grow as The Flash as he begins to learn that being really fast is not the same thing as being very effective. The meta-human of the week was only there so that there could be a legitimate reason for The Flash and The Arrow to fight, so all-in-all he ended up being a pretty weak stand-alone character. However, the fight was pretty cool, even though I was kind of hoping for more of a clear-cut victor. And of course, as we have come to expect on this show, we were bombarded with references both obvious (Connor Hawke and Firestorm) and not so obvious (the Green Lantern?) Also, this episode is the first time that Eddie has interacted with the Flash, and due to the extremely negative nature of the interaction, I suddenly have reason to think that Eddie may actually be our Professor Zoom. Let's walk through this idea real quick: Eddie now knows the Flash as a menacing asshole who needs to be stopped. He has just assembled an anti-Flash task force in an attempt to put a stop to him. This could all just be the beginning of a giant descent into madness for Eddie. What if tensions continue to grow between Eddie and the Flash? What if The Flash eventually does steal Iris away from Eddie? What if Eddie becomes so obsessed with stopping The Flash that he goes to great lengths to do so? I'm talking recreating certain lighting and chemical-based accident type of great lengths. Of course we have seen Professor Zoom in present day already, but what if it is just some time travel semantics? This is purely speculation, but all I know is that this entire time I have only suspected Eddie Thawne of being Professor Zoom based off of his name. After this episode I can finally see a potential story-line starting to form behind ol' Eddie Thawne. All in all a very fun first part to the crossover that merits an 8.0 out of 10.

Thanks for reading the review! Enjoying the crossover? How does it compare to other crossover moments in history? Let us know what you think in the comments or on twitter @Caped_Informers. Check back regularly for more reviews and updates about the happenings of the comic book world and read the review for the second part of the crossover after it airs tomorrow night. The Flash will return same time next week with "The Man in the Yellow Suit".

The Gold-Standard for crossovers everywhere

Arrow "Draw Back Your Bow" Review

Raylicity gets hot and heavy as Ollie gets himself a new "girlfriend" in an all new Arrow. (SPOILERS!)

Synopsis: Oliver must stop an Arrow-obsessed serial killer, Carrie Cutter, who is convinced that The Arrow is her one true love and will stop at nothing to get his attention. Unfortunately, her way of getting his attention is to kill people. Meanwhile, Ray asks Felicity to be his date for a work dinner with important clients. Thea auditions new DJs for Verdant and meets Chase, a brash DJ with whom she immediately clashes.

High Points

• Flashback to Slade's Invasion (Hello Cupid!)
• Brandon Routh is a beefcake (Maybe he should suit down rather than suit up)
• Palmer Technologies is now in business
• Sherwood Florist!! Outsiders!! (Comic references)
• Roy is really affected by his recent revelation
• Papa Diggle is the best friend a man could ask for
• Amy Gumenick (Supernatural) is scary yet sexy as Cupid (Hello Lover!)
• Cupid motivations and delusions are explained
• Felicity is the prettiest girl at the prom and the boardroom
• Cupid is heading for the Suicide Squad (Her and Harley would be a fun combo)
• #Raylicity
• 4 Love stories in one episode (That is high even for CW standards)
• ATOM EXO-SUIT!!!
• Enter Captain Boomerang

I thought Yellow Eyes killed you?

Low Points

• Sorry, but no one gives a shit about Thea's DJ auditions (Expect when "Turn Down For What" was playing)
• Ray has been good to Felicity, but her sudden all in attraction towards him felt forced (Could it be because he was shirtless or that 10 million dollar necklace around her neck?)
• Besides Katana's, the action was kinda weak

Verdict: Usually the romantic elements of Arrow are the weakest part of the show, but bringing in a villain like Cupid added a fun spark to that dull mix. Cupid (co-created by Arrow/Flash show runner Andrew Kreisberg) pursued the Arrow by murdering people as Ray Palmer pursued Felicity by throwing bling her way. It led to an interesting parallel and to us seeing an Ollie that we have never seen before, a jealous one. (Now you know how Slade felt, pal). Everyone's emotional story lines paid off in this one which led to "Draw Back Your Bow" not being too action heavy. Although what this episode was heavy in was setting up future heroes and baddies. Cupid is sure to make another appearance (perhaps with the Suicide Squad) and Captain Boomerang showed his ugly mug at the end. But the moments that were by far the most exciting were with Katana and Ray Palmer. In a flashback, Katana got to show off some of her badassery. Surely her role is to expand as well as her relationship with Ollie (it is definitely evolving past not doing his laundry). Now with Ray Palmer we had yet to find out if he would ever suit up as his superhero alter-ego The Atom, but this week we finally got our first big tease of his exo-suit. Maybe now we will see The Atom, Arrow, Flash, and Firestorm all suit up alongside each other by season's end. Overall "Draw Back Your Bow" gets an 8.5 out of 10. Fun episode. Cupid was a sexy and fleshed out baddie, not just some villain of the week.

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Let them fight!

Felicity Smoak's Dating Record: Felicity Smoak sure has come far from dating a MIT hacktivist pussy. I think it's safe to say at this point that she is a superhero fucker. She can have any hero she wants. First Ollie, then Barry, and now Ray. Jesus, if Dick Grayson ever shows his face in Starling, there is no doubt in my mind that Felicity would get him to show her his Boy Wonder in about five minutes after he got off the train from Gotham. She is the most wanted woman in the DC universe. Props to the Bitch with Wi-Fi! 

Arrow "The Magician" Review

Nyssa Al Ghul returns to Starling in search of Sara and the Demon's Head makes his first appearance in the 50th episode of Arrow. (SPOILERS!!)

Synopsis: A furious Nyssa (guest star Katrina Law) confronts Oliver (Stephen Amell) about Sara. When Oliver learns Malcolm Merlyn (John Barrowman) is alive, he suspects Merlyn killed Sara. Oliver and Nyssa join forces and go after the Dark Archer, intent on bringing Sara’s killer to justice. Laurel (Katie Cassidy) keeps her distance from Nyssa, as she blames her sister’s death on her involvement with the League of Assassins. Meanwhile, Oliver and Roy (Colton Haynes) work on repairing their respective relationships with Thea (Willa Holland), who has returned home. Nyssa discusses Oliver with her father, Ra’s al Ghul (guest star Matt Nable).

High Points

• Nyssa (the beautiful Katrina Law) returns to Starling
• I need to write all my future secrets in Ghost Ink
• Guess Who's back (Malcolm Merlyn)/ Tracer arrow
• Arrow vs. Nyssa vs. The Dark Archer
• Cross Merlyn of the list of potential Sara suspects
• Nyssa punching Ollie was awesome
• Laurel (Katie Cassidy) is taking names in the gym
• Enjoying secret relationship between Thea and Malcolm
• Enter Ras Al Ghul (Welcome Matt Nable)
• Ollie has made a powerful new enemy

Just a couple of eskimo bros 

Low Points

• Slowest episode of the season thus far (Moved the overall story along just a tad)
• No Felicity or Ray Palmer
• Flashbacks were lackluster (Even when Amanda Waller showed up)
• Oliver Queen sucks at negotiating with children (Just two pieces of candy you cheap fuck?)

Verdict: From the way it was promoted by the creators and actors I expected a bit more from the show's 50th episode, but even when Arrow is slow, it's still highly entertaining. Ollie made a firm decision against killing Malcolm Merlyn which put him at odds with Nyssa Al Ghul, her papa, and the League of Assassins. So the season's main conflict is now set. Also Thea is continuing to lie to Oliver about her ties to Merlyn. It is interesting to see Thea keep a secret from Ollie for once. One thing in particular though I thought was missing this week were moments of levity usually provided by Felicity or Ray Palmer. This was an intense hour and the audience could have used some more brief humor (even though Dig did have one of his patterned one liners) to break up the tension. Finally I would be remiss not to mention how awesome that 3 way archer battle (however brief it was) and the introduction to Matt Nable's Ras Al Ghul were. Those two moments were the highlights of the week. As we look ahead, much more League of Assassins is sure to be in store, long story short I'm just sitting here in excitement for when Ollie and Ras to have a showdown. Overall "The Magician" gets a 7.0 out of 10. Certainly wasn't Arrow at it's best, but it helped set up the season-long conflict and had a few highlight reel moments.

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Arrow "Corto Maltese" Review/Thoughts

Oliver, Roy, and Diggle go on "vacation" in this week's Arrow. (MILD SPOILERS!)

Synopsis: Oliver decides it's time for Thea to come back to Starling City, so he packs for Corto Maltese, where Felicity has traced Thea's whereabouts. Lyla asks Diggle to go with Oliver because one of her field operatives, Mark Shaw, has gone dark in Corto Maltese and she'd like him to look into it. Feeling responsible for Thea's departure, Roy joins Oliver and Diggle on their journey.

High Points

• DC references galore! - Ted Grant (Wildcat), Corto Maltese, Mark Shaw (Manhunter), Thea using Mia as an alias, and even a Lazarus pit reference
• Pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional (Wise words of Papa Merlyn)
• Brandon Routh's charm lightens up the show
• Everybody Loves Felicity (or rather needs her help)
• Thea Training flashbacks
• Black Canary Begins! (Wildcat trains the Canary)
• Emotional scene between Ollie and Thea
• Hotel-made arrows
• Thea beats Papa and heads home
• Ollie and Roy broin' out
• Nyssa!

Just look at the flowers, Roy

Low Points

• Double cross was a bit obvious
• The Shaw storyline in general was predictable
• The hunt for Sara's killer takes a backseat

Verdict: Arrow took a break from hunting for Sara's killer so that Ollie and the gang could take a trip to Corto Maltese in an attempt to convince his adrift sister to come home. It sure was amazing to see how much Thea has transformed since last season's finale when she left with Papa Merlyn. She is officially a badass and now with her returning to Starling her story is the most interesting it has ever been. Elsewhere there was an ARGUS mission assigned to Diggle while in Corto. And while I love Diggle, this Manhunter storyline was predictable part. Although I do love when Roy, Ollie, and Diggle all team up together. Meanwhile back in Starling, Laurel had one of her best character arcs. Katie Cassidy and Laurel have received the bulk of criticism aimed at the show over the first two seasons, but her arc is finally in the place where fans want it to be. She has the fire for crime fighting now and with the addition of Ted Grant, I suspect the Black Canary will be stalking the streets again soon. Go Laurel! Lastly Brandon Routh continues to bring charm and lightness to every episode he is in. Felicity and his Ray Palmer have great interplay. Overall I give this episode a 8.0 out of 10. May have not been a very Ollie focused episode, but former underachieving supporting characters like Thea and Laurel are starting to shine. Also how could I forget to mention that Ra's Al Ghul is coming to Starling next week. Caption Cold on The Flash on Tuesday. The Demon's Head on Arrow on Wednesday. #DCHeaven.

Thanks for reading. What did you think of Thea's transformation? What did you think of Arrow's third episode? Sound off in the comments. Make sure to check out our reviews every week and follow our live action tweeting of every episode @Caped_Informers and @cstrand73. 

Who's the Best Daddy?: Tyrese has become a surrogate dad to Judith on The Walking Dead, while Daddy Diggle has recently been blessed with a little bundle of joy of his own named Sara. Even Flash has two father figures in Henry Allen (though he is in prison) and Joe West. My question to you is "Who is the best Daddy on comics TV?" Personally I'm not sure who the best daddy is except that it ain't Rick Grimes. Tell us what you think in the comments.

Season 3 Of 'Arrow's First Synopsis

CW has released a brief synopsis for the early episodes of Arrow's Season 3.

"In the aftermath of this victory, Season Three opens with Arrow now a hero to the citizens of Starling. Crime is down, people feel safer, and Captain Lance even calls off the Anti-Vigilante Task Force. Basking in his success, Oliver believes he can finally have a private life and asks Felicity out on a date. But the second Oliver takes his eye off the ball, a deadly villain reappears in Starling, forcing Oliver to realize that he can never be Oliver Queen – not as long as the city needs The Arrow."

Source: ComicBookMovie

I'm guessing Peter Stromae's newer version of Count Vertigo will be the early season villain who reappears. All that before my main man the Dark Archer brings his new sidekick out to play later on. Also looks like Detective Lance survives whatever the hell happened to him in the final moments of the finale and now is the Police Captain. Can't keep fucking the guy over forever, it's about time something positive happened for Quentin. And finally Olicity is happening! But don't get your hopes up. Once Brandon Routh swoops in as Ray Palmer, Ollie will be shit out of luck. Felcity has a thing for them DC scientists. Who cares anyway? We all know who Starling City's real power couple is.

No wonder Roy got so mad in Season 2. He got got cuckholded by the master. Arrow begins shooting now and will return in October.

DC All Access Goes BTS on Arrow

In this week's all new DC All Access we get all Green Arrow based episode including a behind the scenes look at CW's hit show Arrow. Jeff Lemire also stops by to talk to Tiffany about his Capey winning comic Green Arrow's current story arc. Lots of Emerald Archer coming at ya!

By the way did anyone catch Arrow's costume designer mention she would like to make a Batman costume. Could that be a hint that Batman is coming to visit Starling City? Probably not, but I am gonna take it as a 100% chance that is. Watch more DC All Access on Youtube and subscribe to DC Entertainment.

Arrow "Suicide Squad" Review/Thoughts!

So yesterday was Wednesday, which mean today is Thursday, which means it must be time for the weekly Arrow review blog! Usually this blog comes up on Wednesday night, but I did not watch the episode till late last night. We're all just going to have to deal with it. Now lets get to the review shall we. You know the deal, if you haven't seen the latest episode just don't bother reading this....

Ok so this week's episode was titled "Suicide Squad"and it was a very unique episode to say the least. A usual Arrow episode we should expect to see Ollie running around Starling City doing what he does best as Green Arrow. This was not the case in this episode. This episode focused on our dear friend John Diggle, and his association with the Suicide Squad. Real quick, for those who don't know, the suicide squad is a team of 3 assassins, in this case Deadshot, Tiger, and Shrapnel, all hired by Amanda Waller and her government branch to carry out missions that are deemed suicidal. By helping Waller they get some time out of ARGUS and can do some good deeds. So Dig is forced to work with his greatest rival Deadshot, and become allies with him during the main mission. Waller sets the scene and the mission standards by telling her team that they will be going after a man by the name of Galim Khadier, who Dig has encountered during his tour in Afghanistan. Khadier is a terrorist "turned good guy" as they say in the episode but Waller finds out that he in the possession of a huge container of nerve gas. During the first encounter with Khadier, the Suicide Squad is put to the test of wether or not they can trust each other. Tiger and Deadshot play along, while Shrapnel decides to go rogue. This action causes him to get himself blown up by the explosive devises planted in his head. Yes you read that correctly Waller has put explosive devices in their heads. Sounds like some shit Jigsaw from Saw does right? Anyway Dig is forced to form a trust with Deadshot and through out the episode, Dig begins to see that behind the evil and murderous mask Deadshot hides behind, there is a human with a heart and Dig respects that. The last 10 minuets of the episode our summarized like this. They find the nerve gas container. The squad realizes that Waller wants to blow it up with a drone strike while they are inside (hense Suicide Squad). The drone was set to the GPS in Deadshot's head. They cut the GPS device out of his head. Things blow up. Deadshot and Tiger head back to ARGUS to await another suicide mission.

Switching gears to Ollie. Now our dear archer was not forgotten in this episode by any means. Ollie continues his quest to track down Slade and make sure that this time he stays dead by any means necessary. This means getting the Russian mob involved and pushing Sara away in order to protector her. We all know Black Canary does not stand for such nonsense. In Ollie's journey to tracking Slade we see the iconic "arrow through the eye" symbol Slade is leaving around the city, plus a brief look full suited Deathstroke. The very end of the episode Amanda Waller calls Ollie into her office to tell him they have been tracking a man they have nicknamed "Deathstroke" who has left a humongous trail of bodies that are now leading to Starling City. Needless to say Deathstroke is here.

What I Liked:

• Flashbacks this week were Dig in Afghanistan, I thought that was pretty cool.
• Fleshing out Dig and Deadshot's relationship
• Creator of the Suicide Squad John Ostrander's reference. "The Ostrander Suite"
• Good to see Sara is willing to pay the ultimate price as Ollie says he will do for her
• Did you know Ollie and Thea Queen hate swimming?
• The iconic "arrow through the eye" symbols Slade left for Ollie....so badass
• I demand more Diggle! More Diggle-centric episodes

What I disliked:

• I think they killed Shrapnel off way too early
• Maybe it's just me, but I can't stand Amanda Waller's character
• Still no Roy :( maybe next week.
• Laurel did nothing once again and will continue to do nothing.....

What to expect in upcoming episodes

I think we should be looking out for that battle between Slade and Ollie. We know all signs are leading towards that, its just a matter of when and where. Also, I wouldn't count the Suicide Squad out. I don't think we have seen the last of them. Another thing, I blogged it earlier this week, we should expect some more characters from the DC universe to cross paths in Starling City with the Arrow. Keep it strapped in folks, I have a feeling we are headed for the best episodes yet to come. 

OH AND HOW COULD I FORGET......

There is a time in the episode when Dig is first introduced to the Suicide Squad in ARGUS that we hear a female voice coming from one of the cells. Here is the clip can you guess who this is.....

THATS RIGHT! It has been confirmed that the voice we are hearing from the cell is none other than Harley Quinn!! OH MR. J!!!!!!!!! What a bomb DC dropped. There are reasons Arrow is having so much success, it is moments like this that just give you that warm fuzzy feeling inside and make you giggle with excitement. Yes Harley is a member of the Suicide Squad, but who expected to see or hear that? I can tell you right now, I did not. What can this mean for the future? Hard to say could be just an easter egg for us fans, could be something more. Only time will tell folks so just sit back and enjoy the ride.

Overall I give this episode a 8 out of 10 rating. 

Arrow Wednesday's at 8/7 central on the CW