Felicity Smoak isn't dead. Felicity isn't going to die anytime soon, either. I'm not sure there's any other way to start than by getting that out of the way. Although it was highly unlikely that Felicity would be killed off after being shot in the mid-season finale, nor was it really possible that she'd be the one in the grave, the questions hung there nevertheless. This episode, at the start and the end, gets both out of the way. Which is good, because it makes things a bit easier moving forward, although still just as uncertain. Arrow's mid-season break came at a terrible time. The show had a lot of momentum after the episodes 7-9 offered up an absolutely stunning run, and there was all sorts of conflict and climax to resolve. The break has stalled that. There was the Felicity cliffhanger hanging over it for a month, but that's sorted rather quickly, and this episode - while still good - is a noticeable dip from the ones the preceded it. The main plot sees the return of Lonnie Machin, determined to spread a little Anarky amongst the Ghosts and Team Arrow, while it runs concurrently alongside Felicity's diagnosis after being shot. Thea flip-flops between being too angry to be in a relationship, and being in a relationship, Diggle tries some forceful methods to bring his brother back, there's another showdown between Darhk and the Green Arrow, and Laurel is also kind of there. We may have got a couple of important answers, but it really just left more questions.
NCTJ-qualified journalist. Most definitely not a racing driver. Drink too much tea; eat too much peanut butter; watch too much TV. Sadly only the latter paying off so far.
A mix of wise-old man in a young man's body with a child-like wonder about him and a great otherworldly sensibility.
