TV Review: Arrow 4×04 “Beyond Redemption”

“Beyond Redemption” focuses on the ambiguity of “spirit of the people who protect Star City” so as to set up Oliver’s campaign for mayor, but the episode is gelled together by Captain Lance’s involvement with Darhk, and the resurrection of…

TV Review: Arrow 4×03 “Restoration”

  This week on Arrow, the girls go on a road trip to see Nyssa and the familiar, but new, Ra’s Al Ghul; and the original Team Arrow combats a meta-human while Oliver and Diggle are forced to hug things…

TV Review: Arrow 4×02 “The Candidate”

This week’s story for Arrow opens with our little group of heroes fighting off the HIVE Ghosts atop storage containers, and the choreography is pretty consistently punchy. Also, there’s the one moment with Black Canary riding a Zip-line arrow that…

TV Review: Arrow 4×01 “Green Arrow”

Season 4 of Arrow has premiered, and it wastes no time getting Oliver and Felicity back into Star City, and even less time showing that our new villain will be one to force The Arrow and Company to think about…

TV Review: The Flash (1×08) “Flash vs. Arrow”

Oh my word what an exciting episode! As a fan of these characters, of superheroes in general really, who loves it when characters come together in organic but fun ways, tonight’s episode Flash vs. Arrow was more than satisfying. Part…

TV Review: Arrow 2×16, “Suicide Squad”

Suicide Squad may very well be the first episode of Arrow in which Oliver Queen is a supporting character in his own show. This is a great development. Don’t get me wrong – Oliver/Arrow is a fascinating character, a stoic…