TV Review: Legends of Tomorrow (1×08) “Night of the Hawk”

Previously on Legends of Tomorrow, the crew was captured by space pirates and Mick Rory attempted to turn it over to them in exchange for going home. This plan didn’t go as he expected, and so tensions between Rory and Snart…

TV Review: Legends of Tomorrow (1×06) “Star City”

Star City, 30 Years from Now We begin immediately where we were left last week on Legends of Tomorrow: in a desolate, apocalyptic Star City 30 years from now (as in 2016), and the team is facing off against a Green…

TV Review: Arrow (4×15) “Taken”

Just as Arrow is about to go on its vacation after February sweeps week, Damien Darhk is ready to strike back hard after his own holiday, and he wastes no time confronting Oliver Queen about his vicious bribe. He demands the…

TV Review: Legends of Tomorrow (1×05) “Fail-Safe”

“Cold” War 1986 Professor Stein finds himself in a strange dream sequence where he’s back at Star Labs discussing nuclear physics with Cisco Ramon, except he’s really not. It barely takes seconds for him to realize that the person standing…

TV Review: Arrow (4×14) “Code of Silence”

Star City News: Desperate for Non-Tragic Stories Oliver prepares for his debate with the woman he knows to be the wife of Damien Darhk, Ruve Adams, and a pun about a “Dark Horse” is thrown in somewhere. After they’ve concluded…

TV Review: Arrow (4×13) “Sins of the Father”

This week, Arrow keeps its story narrowed to a couple thematically tied plots about Daddy Issues: Nyssa and her late father Ra’s Al Ghul, Thea and Malcolm Merlyn, and Felicity and her recently revealed fugitive dad. The Throne of Dads…

TV Review: Arrow (4×12) “Unchained”

Nyssa’s Vendetta Nyssa finally decides to breaks free from captivity and begin her war against Malcolm Merlyn, the new Ra’s Al Ghul, instantly turning the keep of the League of Shadows into a civil war. Half an episode later, Nyssa…