Arrow | Season 8 Episode 10 - "Fadeout"

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Hello everybody!

Yes, the time has come. We have to say goodbye to Arrow. I took some time with this post, not because I was dealing with the end of the show, but because I had other stuff going on because, the truth is, I'm pretty happy with how the series ended. The episode did not have a story-line, that is the truth, but it's fine because we got the happy ending that we wanted (at least, I did) and really, overall, it was just an homage to the whole show and I loved that.

I also filmed my reaction to the episode and the video is up on my channel (youtube.com/danixinhahhh) so, feel free to check it out.

This last episode of the show really was a memory lane of all that makes the series great, starting with flashbacks. I'm not sure if there were new flashbacks or if we has seen them before (I'm pretty sure we did) but we saw something from when Oliver was only working with Diggle and going after the names on his father's list. That thing ties with the present, when one of those guys that Oliver killed, now, in this new universe, is alive and ends up kidnapping young William, who ends up being saved by older Mia who is invited to Oliver's funeral by Sara. And that is the main focus of the whole episode - Oliver's Funeral. 

The Funeral sparks a lot of comebacks and, since Oliver rebooted the Universe, basically all the characters are alive - Tommy, Quentin, Moira... Among with those cameos, at Oliver's Funeral were also Nyssa, Talia, Rory (Ragman) and, of course, the ones that have been in Oliver's life recently - Diggle, Lyla, Dinah, Laurel (Earth-2 Laurel), Rene, Thea, Roy and, of course, Felicity.

But speaking of Thea and Roy, probably my favorite part of the episode, was that Roy proposed to Thea and she said yes! I was so happy with that! Really! It never crossed my mind (I was way too focused on Olicity) but I loved that moment and I'm so happy for them!

Back to the Funeral, I forgot to mention that Barry and Kara also attended the Funeral, which was really sweet. I mean, I don't care much about Kara, but Barry had to me there! Barry and Oliver are probably my favorite bromance and Barry was there when Oliver died so he had to be at the Funeral. Also, I loved when Felicity said that she knew that Barry did everything he could because she knows him. That was so sweet! And, of course, we have to talk about Felicity! 

You all know that Felicity is my favorite character on the show and this finale wouldn't be the same without her, mainly, because of that very last scene!

In the very end, we see a flashback from last season, when Felicity goes with The Monitor to where Oliver was and, in this episode, we see where she went. They basically say it's the Afterlife, which probably means they are both dead, but they also mention that Oliver kind of still is the Spectre, which might mean that he's looking after all the other characters and I like to think that way and I like to think that Oliver and Felicity are living happily, wherever they are. And that is basically how the series ends. Olicity together! That was as close to an happy ending as we could get so I'm really happy with that!

But, before I end this post, I just wanted to touch on some other things that they mentioned about the other characters. 1) Rene is still running for Mayor (as we saw in the flash-forwards) 2) Dinah leaves Star City and that's probably how the events of the last episode end up happening and 3) the thing that we've been waiting for - Diggle as Green Lantern! Okay, it doesn't exactly happen but, as he's leaving with Lyla and the kids to Metropolis, he sees a meteor crash and finds a box containing an object emitting a green light, which can only mean one thing - Green Lantern. Also, he's moving to Metropolis and the Superman and Lois TV show is going to happen so... Is Diggle going to be on that?! I sure hope so because I want to see him as Green Lantern.

But yeah, I guess that's it for Arrow.

I'm really sad that one of my favorite series (another one, actually) has ended (and Supernatural is the next one) but I liked this ending and, unlike TVD, this was an happy ending so... I'm happy.

Let me know what you thought of Arrow's season finale. Did you like the ending? Or you didn't care about Olicity? Tell me everything and I'll see you (pretty soon) with a new rant!

Love,

Daniela.

Arrow | Season 7 Episode 21 - "Living Proof"

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Well... It might be a brand new week of rants but... I'm not that happy with how it is starting.

It's really sad to say this at this time (since next episode is the Season Finale) but this episode was pretty boring. I was really excited after last week's episode because, even though I predicted most of what happened, and even though they basically wasted an whole episode just to let us know about Roy's situation, I really enjoyed the whole thing and, unfortunately, that didn't happen in this episode. Yes, there were some nice moments but... There was something about this episode that really put me off. I wanna say that it is mainly Emiko that just doesn't work for me as a villain but maybe it's also the fact that the flash-forwards were back and, if you can remember, last week's episode didn't have any flash-forwards and maybe that's the real issue not only in this episode but in this whole season.

I'm going to step away from this episode just for a minute but I really need to talk about this.

I was one of the people that was enjoying the flash-forwards in the beginning. I thought that it was really clever that they changed the flash-backs, which were one of the things that Arrow was known for, for flash-forwards, and I thought that was really cool. But as soon as they introduced Mia and as soon as we got to know everything, they stopped being cool and exciting. I think most of it is because they kill the suspense in the 'present day' - we already know who lived (and basically who died) so, even if something happens to them in the present, we know everything's going to be fine in the end (or not, depends on the character). So, overall, I think this season was just full of mistakes. It started out pretty great with the introduction of flash-forwards, Oliver in prison but, ever since Oliver got out of prison, everything went downhill and I'm really sad about that because Arrow is my favorite superhero show.

Anyway, now that I vented everything that I had to vent, let's really talk about the episode.

Like I said, I was pretty excited about this episode because everyone's life was at risk (even though we know most of them would survive) and, I don't know, I just know that I was excited about it and the episode even surprised right in the beginning when we saw Tommy. Yes, we knew that it was just a fragment of Oliver's mind or something but, nonetheless, it was a good surprise and something that I really wasn't expecting (since I'm pretty much always up to date with news and stuff). And that was one of the things that saved this episode.

Another thing that was great in this episode, and not trying to be biased, was Roy. Yes, we have Roy in the future but, for some odd reason, having Roy in the present is way better (maybe I just don't like the people he's interacting with in the future *cough*Mia*cough*). Something else that I need to mention (and not trying to be biased again) but I loved the talk between Dinah and Roy. I loved that Dinah haters basically got what they wanted with her saying sorry and everything and, I don't know about you, but I felt something there. Don't get me wrong, I love Thea and Roy but... I don't know, it never really crossed my mind but, after seeing them talking I got some type of vibe and now I really ship Dinah and Roy. And, to be completely fair, we don't know what happened between him and Thea because he's clearly not with her in the future so... He might still have a thing with Dinah?! Please, tell me I'm not the only one! (But maybe if I am, I don't care, I'm going to keep shipping them).

Well, I've talked about everything apart from the central point of this episode which was Oliver coming to his senses and basically not wanting to kill Emiko, which I don't really agree with but I get it. He has been working so hard to not kill again and to screw everything for that b*tch... Yeah... 

Needless to say that Team Arrow is able to save Oliver in time and go after Emiko.

Meanwhile, Felicity and Alena (who is helping her) are confronted by Emiko in the bunker and, only when Felicity reveals that she's pregnant that she 'gives up' and leaves (but not before stealing some stuff).

Post that, Emiko poses as Oliver and attacks the SCPD. Team Arrow go after her and Oliver has the chance to kill her but he decides not to do so and she escapes.

In the flash-forwards we see future Alena who we find out was the one to sell Archer to Galaxy One (not really surprised, we all knew that). William and Rene are also caught by the head of Galaxy One and Galaxy One also finds the rest of the future Team, and that's basically it.

The truth is, either way this ends, I don't really care?! I'm really sad to say this but it's the truth. Emiko doesn't do for as a villain and we know that most of the team is alive in the future so... I'm just curious to know how are they going to write Felicity off because, in the present day, they're probably going to send her away to raise Mia but in the future? I have no idea so, that's basically the only thing that I'm curious about. I hope they surprise me though (let's hope so).

Let me know what you thought and if you are excited for the season finale or if you're like me and don't care that much.

I'll see you in my next rant!

Love,

Daniela.

Arrow | Season 7 Episode 20 - "Confessions"

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Hi guys and welcome back to a brand new week of rants!

I'm actually pretty stoked to talk about this new Arrow episode because I kind of enjoyed it. I say 'kind of' because it was bit of mixed feelings. On one hand I really enjoyed myself while watching this but, on the other, this was way too predictable that I called the whole thing in the first 5 minutes. Nonetheless, it was great to shut up some people that were talking sh*t about Dinah (on twitter, I mean).

So, this whole episode basically plays backwards. We begin with a few scenes from the present and those scenes intertwine with scenes from the past, and then, it's pretty much your typical 'murder mystery' where you have to find out who killed a certain people. But, because there's always a twist in those movies, I knew something was up with this whole thing I called it in the first 5 minutes, that this was all part of a plan. Most people didn't realize it because they were too fed up with Dinah trying to blame Team Arrow for what happened and, in one way, the writers did great because Dinah have always been the one to doubt Team Arrow but again, I called because I've always defended Dinah and I knew this wasn't her, not anymore.

But I've talked too much before actually getting into the plot so, let's talk about it.

Like I said, Team Arrow is being blamed for killing two guards and so, Dinah and Sergeant Bingsley interrogate each and every Team Arrow member. In the mix of all of that, we learn that they asked Roy for help, which was so nice and I was so happy about.

The Team prevents the Ninth Circle from releasing their biological weapon but that's when they find the two guards dead. After the questioning about this, they blame it on Emiko and they are free, since their stories line up, and that's when we learn that this was all a story that they worked out together. It is also revealed that Roy was the one that killed the guards and that's when a lot of things make sense. Turns out, Roy died battling the Thanatos Guild and was then revived by Thea and Nyssa with a Lazarus Pit, and that's where all the blood lust and rage comes from. A bunch of people on twitter also guessed this so, props to them! 

Post that, Felicity locates the Ninth Circle's headquarters, where Oliver confronts Emiko, who reveals that she sent the security footage to the SCPD. Emiko also reveals that she had a role on Robert Queen's death and that she plans to destroy Oliver by making in a villain and dying like one. And then, she just blows up the building, burying Oliver and the majority of Team Arrow under it.

This were some shocking things! Yes, I guessed the whole plan thing and yes, the Lazarus thing with Roy was also kind of predictable, but before this episode, I had no idea so I think it was really cool to introduce this. This was also a pretty crazy way to end and episode and I'm really curious to see where they go with this because, not only we are 2 episodes way from the Season Finale, but next Season is going to be the last one. Plus, Emily is leaving this season and we know that she's alive in the future so... I really have no idea how they are going to wrap this season.

Let me know your thoughts on this episode and I'll talk to you Thursday (tomorrow I'm having a Social Media detox so, no The Flash rant tomorrow. I'm still going to live tweet today so, join me).

Love,

Daniela.

Arrow | Season 7 Episode 18 - "Lost Canary"

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Hello everyone!

Here I am, finally, with the Arrow rants (a new one is coming right after this one). I'm not going to waste any time and jump right into my thoughts.

This was an highly anticipated episode and... It kind of fell flat. It started out pretty great with a really nice fight/shot sequence with Black Siren but then... it became kind of boring and yeah, the girls together fighting was pretty cool but that was about it. Plus, they mixed Oliver in this episode with a pretty sh*tty 'story-line' as well as integrated some flash-forwards that didn't really do anything to the story so... This wasn't what we thought it would be. But, for the sake of this rant, I'm going to break it down (but don't expect a lot of commentary, since I already said all that I had to say).

Like I said, this episode begins with Black Siren going rogue again and going looking for a former associate called Shadow Thief.

Meanwhile, Felicity discovers that Emiko framed Laurel, but Dinah informs her that Laurel has gone back to committing crime. Still, Felicity tries to talk Laurel out of it but with no success and that's what makes her call Sara, to help them bring back the 'good' Laurel. The three confront Laurel about what she wants to be and, somehow, something changes inside her head and she turns on Shadow Thief. Of course they win and, post al the fighting, Dinah clears Laurel's reputation by claiming she went undercover. But, although she could go back to her former work, Laurel decides to return to Earth-2 and right her wrongs as Black Canary. And that was it for the 'Birds of Prey' part of the episode.

But, like I said, this episode also tried to fit Oliver and Diggle for some odd reason and they go after some lead about Emiko and find out that Kodiak of the Longbow Hunters was hired by Dante to kill Emiko's mother.

And then, in the flash-forwards, Galaxy One uses a special tech helmet to target the Canary Network and, while the others want to hide, Mia wants to fight back, being the stubborn kid that she is. In the end, Laurel saves Mia from the man in the helmet and tells her to give the helmet to Felicity.

As I said before, this last two parts of the episode really didn't need to be there and maybe the episode would've been so much better if it just focused on the 'Birds of Prey'. I did like the fight scenes and all the bits that had Sara (just to think that I used to hate Sara) but, apart from that, this episode was really empty and... I was expecting more.

Let's hope the next one is better so, keep an eye for that rant!

Love,

Daniela.

Arrow | Season 7 Episode 16 - "Star City 2040"

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Hello everyone and here is a brand new week of rants!

It seems like this has been happening a lot lately but, once again, I missed half of last night's episode of Arrow and I had to re-watch it again today. Not that it is a big problem but it just leaves me a bit sad because I like to live tweet during the whole episode. I still live tweeted though, but not in the first half. But anyway, I'm going to stop rambling and really talk about the episode.

Finally it aired! I believe I can say that this was an episode that a lot of people was curious about. Not only because this was just flash-forwards and that is already something pretty unique but also because this was the one that would make us understand everything that we have been seeing (from the flashbacks) and... I have mixed feelings. Overall, the episode was okay and I wasn't that bothered about it being all in the future but, you already know by now but I just don't like Mia. Maybe it's because it's Kat who's playing her and you know that I don't think Kat is a great actress but I believe it is also the actual character of Mia. I prefer William so much! You have no idea! Also, this was an whole episode without Oliver and... I don't know how I feel about that.

Anyway, the episode beginning with a little bit of a background on Mia - we see her training since she was very young and we even see her training with Nyssa (as you can see in the banner) which was a nice touch to the episode. We also see how and why she gets so bitter towards Felicity and that's when we get to what was happening in the flash-forwards, with Mia and William following Felicity's coordinates to Galaxy One. The two are almost caught, but are saved by Connor, who reveals himself as an agent from Knightwatch - the good version of ARGUS, as he says.

Meanwhile, we see Roy, Dinah and Zoe trying to find William and Mia and then being confronted by Rene who tells them the plans of Galaxy One about blowing up Star City. 

Back at the headquarters of Galaxy One, Mia, William and Connor enter the building's sub-levels, where they find and imprisoned Felicity, who tells them that the bombs are in the building. They free Felicity and go after the bombs. That's when the whole group reunites, with Roy, Dinah and Zoe and that was one of my favorite scenes. Felicity and Dinah are my favorites so I just loved to see them hug and be friends, which we don't really see in the present day, to be honest. After that, they are also met with Rene who tells them that the bombs are already on-site and that there are no plans to evacuate the city. 

The group then infiltrates a party, where Mia destroys an electronic device held by Kevin Dale, the head of Galaxy One, that disables the bombs. This was one of the scenes that was really bittersweet for me. I loved the bond between Felicity and William and the fact that William is also nerdy, and I also loved the fight scene, I just wish it was Oliver instead of Mia, not only because I don't like Mia but also because that would mean that Oliver is alive (which, to be honest, I doubt).

After that, Dale comes up with a new plan to create fear that would enable Galaxy One to take the Archer program global and, after that, we find out Felicity's personal reason for going after Galaxy One - she created Archer. And that's how the episode ended.

In the end, I feel like I had too much faith on this episode. I was hoping that this would make a lot of stuff clearer and it didn't really do that. Plus, it made me hate Mia even more. I don't know... I'm really torn.

Let me know what you thought of the episode. Did you enjoy it? Where you expecting something else? Tell me everything!

I'll see you tomorrow with another rant!

Love,

Daniela.

Arrow | Season 7 Episode 15 - "Training Day"

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Hello guys!

This week's Arrow rant is a bittersweet one. First of all, I wasn't able to live-tweet during the episode because the hour changed in the US and, as you all know, I'm from Portugal and here the hour will only change in the end of the month, which means I was one hour late for the episode and, therefore, I missed it. And second, this past week we got some heartbreaking news - Season 8 of Arrow will be the last one, and with only 10 episodes (basically ending with the crossover). I can't say I wasn't expecting this, because I kind of was but, you know... I always had hope that the show would go on for a long time (maybe not as much as Supernatural, though) and what made me even more sad is the fact that I can see where they're taking this. With what happened in the last crossover and with the talks about the next one it really looks like they are going to kill Oliver in the end and... It really pains me. I started this blog with three series - The Vampire Diaries, Arrow and American Horror Story - and having two of those series ending... Really breaks my heart (plus, there's rumors that AHS is ending with season 10 so... it means all the series that started this blog, and that are my favorites, are going to be all gone in a couple of years). But, because not everything is bad, I have to say that I really enjoyed this episode. To me, this felt like a turning point in the story (which, in a way, is bad, since we're already in episode 15 and just now things are moving forward).

I feel like I really enjoyed the first part of this season, up until Oliver left prison and, until now, there were really few episodes that really stuck with me. Luckily, this episode was pretty good and I'm liking where this is going. As I said, this felt like a turning point where we ended some story-lines, made sense of others and I just liked the feel of everything overall (it's a bummer I didn't get to live-tweet, really).

One of my favorite things in this episode was the whole thing with the SCPD. In fact, that was the main thing in this episode and I think they made everything look coherent and end nicely. I loved Oliver's attitude in the beginning with really trying to work with the police and when he changed, it made sense. He worked with them, it didn't work and he realized he had to do things his way (or Team Arrow way). But, because there's the whole thing with the anti-vigilante law, they worked out a way to appeal to both parts, a bit of Team Arrow and a bit of SCPD, which was great and I loved the way it ended. To be honest, I don't know why they didn't think of that right away but I guess the Mayor is just really stubborn (I guess she changed her mind though, now). 

Something else that I liked, and that I mentioned in the beginning, the episode also tied some loose ends. We understood a bit of how Diggle adopted Connor Hawk (Turner's son), we didn't stay long on the whole thing 'who killed Diaz' and we know that it was Emiko and, surprisingly, I really liked the confrontation between Emiko and Black Siren. I never really trusted Emiko so... We are now seeing her true colors. Now I just wonder why the hell did she kill Diaz?! Does that have something to do with Dante? Did Dante order her to kill him? And, as much as it pains me to say, I'm actually enjoying Black Siren's 'redemption' story. The truth is, everything is making sense in her story and, even though I still stand by the fact that it made Laurel's death a bit pointless, Black Siren's redemption arc has been well developed and I'm liking that.

I also liked the fact that there wasn't much of flash-forwards and that, the little that was, it wasn't too overwhelming and, once again, it made sense. I guess kudos to Emilio Ortega Aldrich and Rebecca Rosenberg because they did an amazing job with the writing of this episode.

Well, I don't think there's much more for me to say. Next episode is going to be the one all about the flash-forwards so, I hope we get a lot of questions answered.

Let me know what you thought of this week's episode and I'll see you guys tomorrow!

Love,

Daniela.

Arrow | Season 7 Episode 14 - "Brothers & Sisters"

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Hello everyone!

We are back with the usual programming and we are starting the week with a brand new Arrow episode (plus rant).

Unfortunately, I don't bring good news. I wasn't the biggest fan of this episode for multiple reasons. In the end, it kind of made up for the whole thing but, to be honest, this still wasn't a good episode, which is always a bummer.

The main issue that I had with this episode was the multiple story-lines. There was so much going on and I'm all for everyone having a different story but when you try to fit everyone's story-line in one episode it gets too much.

One of those story-lines in the episode was Emiko and Oliver, which right now looks like the most boring story-line out of all. Yes, in the end we got a 'big reveal' and now I can see everything connected, but it still is really boring and I just want this whole thing to be done with. Then, there's also the flash-forwards, which are also part of the reason why I didn't like this episode.

You all know that I hated the reveal of Mia being Felicity and Oliver's daughter, mainly because she is played by Kat McNamara, and right now, I even hate the whole thing more. Mia really showed herself in this episode and she's extremely stubborn and annoying - the bratty type of annoying. And the thing is, Kat always play those types of characters and she isn't good at playing them, which makes everything worse. I'm not even going to talk more about the flash-forwards because I just didn't like them. I'm really starting to understand why everyone was hating on the flash-forwards.

Well, the last story-line of the episode was really the best one, and I never thought I would say this because I'm talking about Diaz' story-line. I mean, it wasn't all just about Diaz, it also involved the 'Suicide Squad' and who we've always known that was going to be this season's villain - Dante.

Yes, we finally found out who Dante is and, to be honest, it was a bit underwhelming, at least, the 'reveal' of his face. However, his first fight with Oliver was truly something else and, just from that fight we can already tell that he's a better villain that Diaz ever was.

Anyway, a lot stuff happened, to be honest - Diaz has always been on Dante's side but, in the end, Diaz didn't get away and finally someone killed him! Thank God! We still don't know who did it, that's new mystery, but my bet is on Black Siren. 

In the end, it's always revealed that Emiko is working with Dante and this whole thing with Oliver is all part of their plan, which was a big shock, to be honest. My theory now is that Dante was the one that killed Emiko's mother and then he 'rescued' her and she started working for/with him.

Let me know your theories on all of this and I guess I'll see you tomorrow with a new The Flash rant!

Love,

Daniela.

Arrow | Season 7 Episode 11 - "Past Sins"

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Hello guys!

Yes, a little late (as usual) but, if you follow me on twitter, you already knew that this was coming a little late today. Oh, and in case you didn't know, follow me on twitter (@danixinhahhh) because I always post there when I can't post or when the post is going up a little late.

So, about Arrow... This episode, I would say, was neutral for me. There wasn't anything that I really hated (maybe one thing) but there wasn't really anything special about it either so... I don't really know what to think about it.

The episode starts actually pretty good, with Black Siren and Oliver giving an interview about being vigilantes with their identity revealed, and I liked that. But then, I guess it was downhill.

First, there was a story-line involving Black Siren and a stalker that, apparently, came back from Earth-2. That story-line was pretty weak, in my opinion. Not only I don't really care about Black Siren, but pretty soon it was revealed that her stalker had already died so... It did give a good ending to the episode though, with Dinah also getting a note from Black Siren's same stalker which means, it wasn't the guy from Earth-2 that Black Siren suspected.

Then, there's the ARGUS story-line.

At first, I was actually enjoying that story-line. I mean, in the really beginning of the season I just thought it was pointless but after the whole thing with Diaz and the ghost program I was getting excited. That is, until we see Diaz escape and killing Curtis in the process. I was so mad when I saw that. Plus, that cut to commercial what really made me mad and sad at the same time. When we got back to the episode, it was revealed that Diaz was actually in a controlled hallucination brought on by Curtis with the intent of getting information out of Diaz and so, nothing that happened before really happened, which I thought was pretty clever. That part of the episode surprised me so, congrats on that!

And then there's the third story-line which is basically about Oliver's dad security's son. Basically the SCPD is attacked and we find out that the 'villain' is the son of one of the men from the Queen's Gambit, who Oliver's dad killed so that Oliver could survive. It's the basic revenge story which, obviously ends with the guy in prison.

Of course this was all a way to make Emiko realize that Oliver isn't Robert, which she does in the end, going to Oliver and telling him that she's going to think about starting to talk, which is already something. And that's basically it.

Like I said, there wasn't anything major in this episode. I don't care about Black Siren, the Diaz story-line is getting really annoying, the 'villain of the week' wasn't anything special and I still don't know if I like Emiko or not. The only good parts for me where the hallucination, which was really clever, and the note that Dinah got in the end of the episode. That left me really curious so... Let's see where this goes.

From what we can see until now, this season still doesn't have a villain so... Let me know your theories on that. I would say that Dante might be bigger than we think but... I don't know. We don't know much about him.

For now that's it. I'll see you guys next with a new The Flash rant!

Love,

Daniela.

Arrow | Season 7 Episode 10 - "My Name Is Emiko Queen"

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Hello guys and welcome to the mid-season premiere of Arrow!

Unfortunately, this time, I wasn't able to watch the episode live. Still, I managed to watch it today and so, as usual, I'm here to talk about it.

This episode left me a bit conflicted because, although I liked it, and there were some parts that I really did enjoy, there was also parts that got me really confused and I don't know how I feel about those, for example, the direction that the flash forwards are taking. Also, I didn't enjoy Emiko's character that much and I guess that's going to be a pain in the ass because, from the looks of it, it seems like she's going to be an huge part of the show from now one. But anyway...

As you can suspect by the title of the episode, basically everything revolves around Emiko and I really enjoyed the opening scene, with Oliver beginning his work with SCPD and finding blood belonging to the new vigilante.

Post that, Oliver takes the blood to Felicity, in a way to speed up the process, so she can find out who it belongs to. That's when Felicity reveals that the blood belongs to a woman (which was also a nice touch, saying that they were being a bit sexist) named Emiko, who is Oliver's biological sister as she shares his father's DNA.

This whole thing brings back some memories and some conflict inside Oliver, who begins to doubt if he ever truly knew his father. And that's basically what we see of Oliver in this episode.

Then, we move on to Emiko and really get to know the character.

We see her going to Rene for help after being injured in her quest for justice. We learn the whole thing about how Oliver's dad left them and how Emiko's mum was killed by someone - that someone being the person that Emiko is going after. This being kind of dangerous (it always is dangerous), Rene offers to fight alongside her and then brings Curtis to help them. In the end, they find out that the guy that Emiko thought killed her mum wasn't really who killed her and so we see her frustrated and beginning a new 'quest'.

The last main story line of the episode revolves around Diaz. Right away I got annoyed with this whole thing. I just wanted Diaz to be gone but, to be honest, I kind of liked the outcome of this. So, turns out, Diaz was taken into ARGUS custody in a way to get some information about Dante (I can't remember who that is but... anyway). As you can imagine, Diaz doesn't want to cooperate. That is, until Diggle offers him a deal - he gives Dante's real name (or whatever) and he goes free. I couldn't believe what I was hearing but then Diggle let us know the whole thing - Diaz gets into the Ghost Program - that whole thing where the bad guys get a bomb implanted in their neck. That I did like so... I'm kind of interested to see where this goes.

And, in the very end we see Emiko visiting her mother's grave, where she is confronted by Oliver.

It was a good way to finish the episode and it left me waiting for more.

What didn't leave me waiting for me was the whole flash forward with Rene being mayor of the Glades. It got me really confused so... I don't know what to think about that.

Okay, that's it for today guys. Let me know what you thought of the episode and I'll see you tomorrow with a new The Flash rant!

Love,

Daniela.

Arrow | Season 7 Episode 9 - "Elseworlds, Part 2"

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Hello guys!

Here I am with part two of this years big crossover - Elseworlds. And no, I didn't get it wrong, this is the Arrow rant, with a Reverse Flash banner.

So, as I suspected, this second episode wasn't as strong as the first one. For some odd reason, in the crossovers, I never enjoy the Arrow episode that much, even though Arrow is my favorite series out of the DCTV Universe. However, it did have some major points that I really appreciated and, just like I predicted yesterday, this episode did have Felicity and more of the Arrow characters, even though I did miss Dinah, Rene and those characters in the episode. Hopefully they'll be in the last part. Someone that I also missed in this episode, and that I predicted that he wasn't going to be in it is Ralph. Because this is the Arrow episode, it was expected to have more Arrow characters and less The Flash characters, the reverse of the first episode, and that was exactly what happened. I'm not mad though, I already expected it. In the end, I'm just happy that Ralph was in the crossover and maybe they will all be in the last one (fingers crossed).

Right away I need to start with the very beginning of the episode - you know, that 'previously' part. I loved what they did with this episode because they basically replaced Stephen Amell for Grant Gustin (just like the story of the crossover demands) and Grant even narrated the events as Oliver and I loved that! It was something that I really wasn't expecting and that really got me going for the rest of the episode.

Then, we see Diggle and Curtis dealing with some bad guy (I can't remember his name) and that's when Oliver, Barry and Kara show up in Star City. The three of them help Diggle and Curtis deal with the situation and then I loved Diggle's line where he said that, every time the three of them show up, it means something is very wrong with the world! Loved that!

Post that, they go to ARGUS in order to get some help from Curtis and Felicity about the whole thing that his happening (the red skies and lightning) and that's when we learn that Felicity doesn't know anything about Barry and Oliver switching 'bodies', and so that's why she wasn't really in the previous episode. After having her help, Kara, Barry and Oliver set off to Gotham and I just have to mention that Oliver doesn't really believe in Batman and I just loved that he said that he was the first vigilante and blah blah blah... I loved jealous Oliver!

In Gotham City, they are approached by some thefts and end up in jail, which was funny.

Back in Star City, Felicity realizes that what is happening isn't really something that they're used to dealing with so she calls Cisco and Caitlin for help and that's when Cisco just tells what is going on - Cisco being Cisco. Felicity gets really sad that Iris was able to realize that something was wrong and she didn't and that's when we have a really heartfelt conversation between Caitlin and Felicity. Not only that talk was so sweet but it was in that moment that I realized we never really had many moments between Caitlin and Felicity, and I really enjoyed it. Also, this conversation really make this feel like an Arrow episode - Arrow and it's meaningful conversations.

After that, the thing that probably most people were excited about finally happened - the appearance of Batwoman (or should I say Kate Kane). We don't really get a lot into her character but we learn that she's basically in charge of the building that was Bruce's, we also learn that she's Bruce's cousin and, actually, I really liked the Easter Egg there, when Kara and Kate are talking and Kara says that her cousin (Superman) is kind of friends with Kate's cousin (Batman) and the she says 'more like 'frenemies' which was a pretty clear reference to the Batman vs Superman movie which, despite what everyone says, I really liked.

Kate helps them find the guy that has the book as well as, at the same time, The Flash from another Earth is able to breach for a few seconds to our Earth is tells something to Felicity, Cisco, Caitlin and Diggle. Post that, Cisco, Caitlin and Diggle breach to Gotham, where the rest of the Team is and they work on a plan to get inside Arkham Asylum, where this doctor works.

Of course things don't go that well and they get in an huge fight ending with a guy spilling some chemicals and both Barry and Oliver hallucinating. What was interesting about this hallucinations is that Oliver hallucinated (and started fighting) with Reverse Flash, and Barry hallucinated (and also fought) with Malcolm Merlyn (which was a pretty big cameo).

Well, and because this isn't the last episode, of course things couldn't end up well and they don't really get the book. Instead, the Monitor (the mysterious guy from the other Earth) makes the Doctor change reality again, but not before some of the most heartfelt conversations of the episode.

First, Barry and Oliver have a really deep conversation where Oliver admits that Barry have been through a lot and he always thought he had it easy, as well as Barry says that he could never get through what Oliver did and I just loved the whole thing! In the end of that conversation, Barry persuades Oliver to go talk to Felicity and work things out and that's the second beautiful conversation. Some real Olicity moments right there! Loved it!

And yeah, like I said, the Doctor changes reality again and, this time, Oliver and Barry are some thief twins who get arrested by none others then Merlyn and Diaz in the end of the episode. That was such an huge twist right there!

I have no idea where this is going and Stephen Amell said that we have no idea what's coming so... Let's see if this tops off the crossover from last year.

In the meantime (I know you don't have that many time but) let me know your thoughts and I'll see you in an hour if you live tweet with me (@danixinhahhh) if not, I'll see you tomorrow with the last rant of the crossover!

Love,

Daniela.

Arrow | Season 7 Episode 8 - "Unmasked"

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Hello everyone!

As per usual, I'm posting this a tiny bit late, but it's the day after the episode aired so I think that's fine.

Anyway, I don't know how I feel about this episode. For once, as you can see by the banner, this was finally the episode where Katherine McNamara's character was introduced and... You know how I feel about her. She's a sweetheart and I really like her (I actually met her last year on my birthday) but... she's just a bad actress. I can't really talk from this week's episode of Arrow, but from Shadowhunters. And it's not like Shadowhunters was her first role, because it wasn't so... There's really no excuse besides her just not being great, but let's see if she improves on Arrow. Besides that, there was a lot more introduced in this episode which was nice, but there was some stuff that I didn't really like so... This episode is leaving me torn. But let's talk about the main points of this episode.

It actually started with a big reveal which wasn't that surprising, to be honest, which was the identity of the new Green Arrow. They tried to keep it a bit mysterious through out the episode, but they kind of failed because we knew all along, even before this episode, that it was Emiko Queen.

Next, we dive into the flash forwards, and that's when we are introduced to Kat's character - Black Star. In a way, I'm happy that she's part of the future and not a new character in the present, but still... I think she's going to ruin the show as well as the flash forwards for me. Anyway, we find out about her and she's a fighter and all and we learn that she did some stuff for Felicity but, of course, she's hiding something, which we don't really find out what. There wasn't a lot in this week's flash forwards, to be honest.

Then, there were two main things in this episode that took place in present day. One of those is something that I'm pretty sad about, but I kind of get it. 

So, Oliver gets out of prison and all and, right in the beginning of the episode, we some some sweet Olicity moments, which is great, but then... Everything goes to sh*t. Later in the episode they are attacked in their home and... Felicity just takes out a gun and shoots this guy! Which is so surprising to Oliver and that's when they have a talk and Felicity tells him that she's changed and everything and... It doesn't look good for Olicity. Again. But, like I said, I kind of get it. They had to do something with Felicity's character and, in a way, justify what happens in the future and, truth be told, it's a completely normal thing for her to change while Oliver was in prison and afraid of getting attacked by Diaz (which ended up happening). Anyway, I'm not really happy with this new Felicity, but I kind of get it.

The next thing was a much happier one which was Oliver joining the SCPD as the Green Arrow in a way to help catch 'the bad guys'. This was quite something because it means that we are still going to see Oliver as Green Arrow, but we won't need to worry about him getting caught by the police and etc, which is nice. Also, that moment when he told Diggle that he didn't need the mask anymore! Wow! That was pretty deep, and I loved it!

And, before I finish this I just want to say that I'm kind of bored with Diggle's story-line. Not only it seems like they didn't know what to do with his character but also now we are getting back to Diaz and... I just don't like it! I seriously hope they are done with Diaz' story-line and just make Stanley the bad guy for the rest of the season!

Anyway, that's it guys! Let me know all your thoughts and predictions and I might see you tomorrow (I'm still not sure because I'm going to be pretty busy tomorrow).

Love,

Daniela.

Arrow | Season 7 Episode 7 - "The Slabside Redemption"

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Hello everyone!

(Just a little side note, I'm sorry I'm posting this a bit late. I went to the Robin Hood movie anticipated showing and then I was watching The Flash live so... Yeah. Apologies made, let's get to the actual rant.)

Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! This was an hell of an episode! Seriously, this must have been the best episode of the season so far! I might get a little ahead of myself but I loved it and I'm just going to say why I loved it! For starters, there was no bullsh*t story-lines. The went straight to the point, focusing on what really mattered at this point, which was Oliver and Diaz (basically), it also had amazing camera work, amazing fight scenes (probably the best ones of the whole series) and it gave us an amazing set up for the new villain of the season because, yes, we finally got rid of Diaz! I was getting so tired of him and the fact the we are finally done with him just makes me really happy, which is also one of the reasons why I loved this episode. Now that I said everything that I loved, let's get into what really happened in the episode.

So, as I said, this episode was all about Oliver and, because of that, it was all set in the prison, which was something that I liked, surprisingly. We begin the episode with Oliver revealing that he knows that Stanley manipulated him into framing Turner for Dunbar's murder, which makes then Oliver go to Turner and apologize. 

We then see the second main guy of this episode, Diaz, arriving to the prison but, as you can guess, having some guards in his palm and just getting free. But instead of just leaving, he decides to (kind of) man up and just face Oliver. So he visits Oliver and threatens to kill him and his family which drives Oliver mad forcing the guards to take him back to his cell. 

Knowing that Diaz is still loose inside the prison, Oliver breaks out of his cell and confronts security guards and escapes level one to go after Diaz.

Meanwhile, Diaz kills some guards, sets free some inmates and, as you can imagine, a lot goes to sh*t. 

Oliver's search for Diaz is then interrupted by Sampson and Brick who confront Oliver but that's when Turner appears and basically saves Oliver. Both of them, Oliver and Turner, start working on a plan to get help but, when Oliver tries to contact someone, Diaz taunts him saying that there's no way to contact anyone. This makes Oliver even more pissed off and that's when sh*t really goes down.

Diaz sets up some type of bomb that creates a fire, frees all the inmates and a riot just starts inside the prison.

In between all of this, while Oliver is trying to execute a plan to finally take down Diaz, Stanley kidnaps Oliver and that's when we really see Stanley's true colors and how crazy he is (like, seriously crazy). But, as you can expect, Oliver gets free and returns to Turner to keep going with the plan. And that's when the final showdown between Oliver and Diaz finally happens!

It's long waited but it was really worth it! Amazing camera work and just amazing stunts! So good! And yes, in the very end, Oliver stabs Diaz, while inside his cell, and just locks him up. I didn't really see if he died or if he's just gonna rot in there but, either way, I'm glad he's over! He was really getting on my nerves and, to be honest, Stanley looks like a more interesting villain so... Let's see.

Oh, and talking about Stanley... While this is happening, elsewhere in the prison, Stanley kills Brick and escapes. So, it's going to be interesting.

In the very end of the episode, Oliver is finally set free and we have the Olicity reunion that we've been waiting for (with Diggle in the mix, as well).

As I said before, this was an amazing episode! I can't really see anything wrong with it. And, I was kind of right. I said since the beginning that Oliver was going to be out by episode 6... It was in episode 7 but, I was close.

Anyway, I can't wait to see what the rest of the season brings and I truly hope they make Stanley the new villain because I'm really interested in knowing more about him. He looks just like really insane and not one of those bad guys that just want to rule the world so... Let's see.

Let me know all your thoughts and predictions and I'll see you tomorrow with new The Challenge and The Flash rants!

Love,

Daniela.

Arrow | Season 7 Episode 5 - "The Demon"

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Hello people!

Here I am, in a brand new week, with a brand new Arrow rant.

I feel like I've been saying this a lot about basically all the series but, this arrow episode made me feel weird. Not in a bad way though, it just that a lot of people loved the episode and got so excited about it and, for me, it was just... okay. I mean, don't get me wrong, I liked the episode and basically all the story-lines in it were pretty interesting but for some odd reason it didn't got me that interested. I don't know, maybe it was just a day that I wasn't feeling the Arrow vibes. Anyway, let's get into specifics.

In this episode we finally got to really see "Level Two". I know a lot of people were disappointed last episode about what Level Two was. It looked like 'not that bad' but what we saw wasn't really Level Two. I mean, it was, but it was just Oliver's 'bedroom' (or something) and in this episode we saw the rest of Level Two, where inmates are kept in inhuman conditions and mostly experimented on.

In there, he finds Talia (she actually breaks into his 'room') and she tries to persuade him into helping her to get out of there. At first, Oliver refuses, but then, after seeing what really happens in Level Two (inmates dying because of the experiments) he teams up with her to plan an escape. This brought some of the coolest fight scenes in the episode (and maybe even in the season), which was actually one of the things that quite enjoyed about it. Anyway, after fighting all those guards and everything, Oliver decides not to escape himself to avoid having to spend the rest of his life as a fugitive. Also, Oliver pulls up 'a Felicity' and collects some evidence of what happened in level two, and so he asks Talia to deliver them to Felicity, which she does, thus causing the facility to be shut down and then Oliver is transferred back to level one.

Elsewhere, Curtis gets back on the field with Dig, and helps capturing an international terrorist.

I don't really know what else to say about this story-line. I thought this was really out of context and not really necessary for the show at all, but it was nice to see Curtis back on the field, plus, he always brings some light to the show so, that was fun.

And, the last story-line that I kind of enjoyed was Felicity, Black Siren and Dinah teaming up to find, 'the legal way', what is Level Two and what happens there because, after trying to visit Oliver in prison, she finds out, through he's new sidekick, that he's in Level Two. Oh, Felicity also tells him that she has a lead on Diaz and, for some reason, I feel like that was a mistake. I don't know why, but I feel like this new sidekick isn't really who he says he is so... 

Anyway, in the very end, Black Siren plans to use the evidence of Level Two to plead for Oliver's release which I believe is going to work out. I always had a feeling that Oliver would be out by episode 6 so... Let's see if I'm right.

Okay, I guess that is all for this episode!

Like I said, weird, but good. Now, I'm going to get ready for the new The Flash episode and feel free to come live tweet with me!

Love,

Daniela.

Arrow | Season 7 Episode 1 - "Inmate 4587"

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Hello everyone!

I am finally here with the rant of Arrow's new season!

Well, I have to say, I was quite scared of this episode. After Supernatural's season premiere, which I didn't like, I was really afraid I wasn't going to like Arrow's as well, mainly because both series have been airing for quite some time and they are basically dealing with the same issue - changing things up, and you already know how I feel about changing. Even more with two of my favorite series!

Luckily, I did enjoy this episode and I'm quite curious for the rest of the season. It looks like them changing show runners was a good thing and I'm liking where this is going.

We get into this season five months after what happened last season. We see Oliver in prison, trying to keep a low profile in order to get his sentence reduced. We also see that this is extremely difficult because, not only people keep provoking him because they all know now that he's the Green Arrow, but also because there's Diaz's associates inside the prison who also want him to loose his temper.

Meanwhile, Felicity and William try to cope with witness protection program while Diggle and ARGUS keep looking for Diaz.

Something also starts happening in Star City, or should I say, someone. A knew vigilante dressed as Green Arrow appears and takes down some arms trafficking operations. This was something interesting, one of the best things in this episode.

With Diaz still alive, I was pretty curious about who would they have as a 'bad guy' this season. Where they going to keep Diaz as the bad guy? Are they introducing another bad guy and still have Diaz around? My bet was the first thing, and I still think it's the thing that it's going to happen, but now they introduced a new element (or should I say, two) and, I don't know about you, but my first thought was that this archer guy was Roy. I was half right, I guess. We already knew that Colton Haynes was back to the show and I saw in an interview that he said that he was going to come back in a 'weird' way. Well, now that I think about it... I guess I'm a bit confused with this whole thing. Maybe they will do some intertwining with The Flash... I don't know, but I'm going to jump straight into the end because it was the most interesting part.

The episode actually ended with a 'flashback' (or so I thought). We see someone go to Lian Yu and then get captured. We then find out that Roy is in the island, he was the one who captured this guy and, turns out, this guy is none other then William! Which makes this not a flashback but a flash-forward! This is huge for Arrow because they have never done this, so I'm quite excited! At the same time, I'm confused because if William is the archer guy that his in Star City right now, as an adult, does that mean that he came to the past?! Or his this archer guy Roy? I don't know, but I hope to find out answers soon.

This archer guy also raises a lot of questions in the remaining Team Arrow. While Rene kind of trusts him and thinks that he's doing what's right (which I kind of agree), Dinah doesn't agree with Rene and is set to arrest him.

Well, and I guess that's pretty much it.

Although the beginning of the episode wasn't that great, it came around and by the end I was really excited! Loved that last 'fight scene' with Oliver in prison and then, of course, the flash-forward was something really unexpected! Congrats Arrow!

Now, let me know your thoughts and predictions and I'll see you later with the new AHS rant (which I'm so excited about)!

Love,

Daniela.

Arrow | Season 6 Episode 23 - "Life Sentence"

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Hello people!

Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! This is what I have to say about the Arrow Season 6 Finale! Although, I have mixed feelings about it.

This was trully an amazing episode! The producers brought everything in this season finale and it had so many amazing scenes but, at the same time, this episode was hella predictable! Basically all the events that took place in the episode were what I expected and, even the one that I didn't expect, was kind of predictable. I guess I can say I was in denial that's why I wasn't expecting it.

So, the last episode ended with Oliver going to Agent Watson for help and we see that she asks for two things - one if he really is the Green Arrow but we don't really find out what is the second thing so this episode was basically foreshadowing that last thing.

The episode actually begins with two really nice fight scenes! One of them all entering the SCPD and basically taking down all the agents that were part of Diaz team and the second one when they actually get to Diaz.

Well, actually there's a few things that happen before the scene where they get to Diaz like Rene, Watson and another agent getting into a trap after Diaz finding out about Anatoly being with Oliver now and Diaz reaching to Quentin so he stops the FBI from working in the city. Obviously Quentin doesn't agrees with anything and actually has a pretty great plan which takes him to Laurel as well as Diaz lair and in which Team Arrow is able to trace him through his pacemaker.

That's when that really nice battle happen as well as Quentin is shot while trying to protect Black Siren. He's taken to the hospital while Oliver goes after Diaz and almost has him. They actually have (another) really nice battle in which Oliver is able to get close to him and clone all the files with the people that is in his payroll. Unfortunatelly, Black Siren messes up and just throws Diaz into the river which, obviously, didn't do anything to him - he's obviously not dead.

After that we move to the hospital where Oliver has a really nice conversation with Quentin before he goes into surgery.

Throught this whole episode Oliver keeps having meaningful conversations with every single character and even Felicity notices it and she wants to talk with him about it but they are cut short when they have to go after Diaz.

While in the hospital that's when everything unravels. Not only Agent Watson comes to get Oliver (and that's when we find out that he agreed to go to prison for being the Green Arrow) but also Sara arrives (the Caity Lotz appearance) and... We find out that Quentin suffered a seizure during surgery and that he died.

I actually didn't think they were going to kill him. I knew that Paul Blackthorn was leaving and everyone kept saying that he was going to die but... I didn't want to believe he was just going to be gone. I thought he was just going to leave and maybe come back for a few episodes or something when needed. Of course there's the multiple Earths and everything and he might come back as Quentin from other Earth but... It's not same. It was actually a pretty sad scene.

Something else that I wasn't really happy about was Caity Lotz's appearance. I thought she was going to come to fight or something but she just came to say goodbye to Quentin which was nice but not fullfilling.

As we see all of this unravel, we see that Diaz is still alive so, again, pretty predictable. 

Then the saddest scene of the episode - Felicity/Oliver/William. Oh my god it was so sad! I felt Felicity's pain and, althought he's not going to stay in prison for long, it was still sad and I just kept thinking like if 'this was the end of Green Arrow'? I mean, this could really be a Series Finale and maybe this was what they intended, since they didn't really know if they were going to get picked.

Anyway then, the surprising scene - Oliver tells the reporters and everyone that he is the Green Arrow and then we just see him going into prison. Also I need to point out that moment when Stephen Amell looks into the camera and says that he's the Green Arrow. Wow! That was quite something! 

And well, that's how the season ends - Oliver in prison.

Like I said before, although really predictable, really well done and so amazingly shot and just wow! I loved it anyway!

So, let me know what you thought about this season finale. Was it what you expected? Were you surprised? Tell me everything.

I'll see you next with the Supernatural Season Finale!

Love,

Daniela.

Arrow | Season 6 Episode 22 - "The Ties That Bind"

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Hello guys!

So, stepping away from the depressing Supernatural episode we are moving to a pretty dope Arrow episode!

Overall, I'm pretty happy with this episode. It had everything - from cute moments, to funny ones and, most of all, action, which is what I love the most about Arrow. Plus, this episode had a lot of Girl Power and I loved it!

As we knew, in this episode Diaz was going to attack Team Arrow and all they're loved ones, and that was exactly what he did. He created havoc through out the whole city and right in the beginning of the episode we saw him (or his people) attacking Oliver, Felicity and William in their home, Diggle and Lyla in the hospital, Curtis and his boyfriend Nick in Felicity's apartment which is now they're companies office and Rene and his daughter in their house. All of this in the first 5/10 minutes of the episode.

This was the event that finally brought NTA and OTA back to working together. We knew that this eventually going to happen. Actually, I'm pretty surprised that it lasted this long because, if you think about it, next episode is the season finale so this plot lasted longer than I thought so, congrats on that.

Anyway so they start working together and try to get some advantage. The only way to know any intel about Diaz at this point is through Anatoly who is on Oliver's side now. He thinks of something and actually Team Arrow almost gets to Diaz but Sacramento, from the Quadrante shows up and Diaz gets away.

Obviously he suspects Anatoly but he had a pretty good plan. I don't know if he told Sacramento to show up or something but he blamed everything on her and his 'excuse' made a lot of sense and was so believable that Diaz ended up killing not only her but another member of the Quadrante - which now only has two members.

With this try ruined, they had to think about something else and that's what we see in the very end of the episode - Oliver talking with the FBI lady and confessing to her that he is in fact the Green Arrow.

This was the overall look of the episode but, before I wrap this rant, I would like to talk about Felicity in this episode.

Like I said, this episode had a lot of Girls Power, mainly from Felicity but also Lyla. I loved Lyla in this episode and there was one particular scene where she looked really badass! Love it! But you know, Felicity is my girl and she was awesome in this episode. Right in the beginning when she told Oliver to pick up the phone, that was priceless! Probably my favourite thing in this episode! But also her risking her life and that 'sorry not sorry' moment - love Felicity!

I know most of you don't like her but I love her!

So, I guess that was pretty much what happened in this episode. Next week is the season finale and they have been talking a lot about it so I'm really curious to see how all of this is going to end. I still think that Diaz is going to win and that Oliver is going to reveal that he is Green Arrow but... I hope this last part doesn't happen though... I don't think that it's the right time yet.

Let me know what you think I'll see you next week with new rants!

Love,

Daniela.

Arrow | Season 6 Episode 21 - "Docket No. 11-19-41-73"

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Hello people!

As usual, quite late with this rant. This was the only time I was able to watch the episode so you're gonna have to roll with it.

I have to say, I'm pretty impressed with this episode! It was just a simple one but with some many things happening and, most of all, full of emotions! Some things were kind of predictable but the last part of the episode left me surprised, which is always something that I'm looking forward in the series that I watch, mostly in the last episodes of the season.

This episode was basically just Oliver's trial. It actually begins with a scene in Kasnia with Diggle recueing someone and, at first, I thought it was part of some ARGUS job but, as soon as I saw that he was basically alone, I realized that this was part of a plan to 'save' Oliver. We've known for weeks that Tommy was going to be in this episode and, at first, my theory was that Siren X was going to show up or something with Tommy from Earth X and he would be the one to pretend to be the Green Arrow but, as soon as I saw Diggle save that man, I realized that this was going to be a job for Human Target aka Christopher Chance.

In the actual trial, a lot of people are called to testify, including John, Dinah, Dr. Schwartz, Felicity and even Rene. Basically all of the screw up a bit, mostly Dinah with something that happened before she was even in Star City and Rene, who had to actually say that Oliver was the Green Arrow because Diaz showed up in the trial with his daughter.

Then, that's when 'Tommy' shows up and he testifies saying that he has been the Green Arrow all along. He faked his death and in the past Roy actually pretended to be the Green Arrow to save him so, this time, he won't let that happen again so he decided to tell the truth and let everyone 'know' that he's the Green Arrow. 

Obviously, after that, he's taken into custody but, obviously, Diggle had everything planned out so he was able to take him somewhere else and that's when we actually learn that he's Human Target and not actually Tommy.

But it doesn't end there. After that, Laurel is basically 'forced' by Diaz to testify as well, against Oliver, obviously but she changes her mind. She does testify but she says that Tommy is the real Green Arrow which, obviously, leaves Diaz really mad!

With all this mixed up testimonials everything is still up in the air. When the jury does come to a conclusion they say Oliver is guilty, proving the assumption that both the judge and the jury were in Diaz's pocket. After that, Oliver's lawyer challenges the verdict due to the evidence and that's when the episode caught me off guard. 

The judge surprisingly agrees and, just like that, Oliver is free to go. When arriving in the lair, Oliver (and us) find out that Chance switched places with the judge during jury deliberation. Oliver thanks Diggle to which the later says that it was actually Rene's plan. Oliver goes to Rene's place to say thank you and, just like that, they are fine with each other and we are one step closer to get the whole team together again (although, this might prove my theory... Rene is trying to make everything right because, in the end, he's probably going to leave or something).

Well, in the very end we see Diaz kill the judge and then, Laurel appears, attackes Diaz and his men, momentarily overpowering Diaz but not for long. He ends up taking her captive and then tells her that he needs to move to plan B - kill Oliver and everyone he knows.

We already knew this was going to happen since the producers have been saying that in episode 22 Diaz was going to target Oliver's loved ones so... Let's see how everything plays out.

Overall, I was really happy with this episode. Like I said, not much but, at the same time, a lot. Loved all the powerful moments between Oliver, Felicity and William! 

Anyway, let me know your thoughts and predictions and I'll see you in my next post!

Love,

Daniela.

Arrow | Season 6 Episode 20 - "Shifting Allegiances"

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Hello everyone!

First of all I just want to say that I'm really sorry that I haven't update in the past 3 days. I've been really busy and I just didn't have any time to watch the new episodes. I know I still have to post the Shadowhunters and the Supernatural rants and I will post them today, I swear, right after this one. Still, I wanted to say sorry because I really am.

Now, onto the actual episode!

We are approaching the end of all this seasons and so I've been really excited about the new episodes and this new Arrow episode didn't disappoint me one bit! It caught me so off guard! Well, the whole season have been caught me off guard because it seems like none of my predictions have become true which, in a way, is good! I still have a few more predictions for the rest of the season though, but I'll let you know about them in the end of the post. Let's break down the episode now!

The episode started with some scenes in Russia and, right away, I realized that this episode was going to be mostly about Anatoli and not about the teams getting back together as I predicted it would be. Well, I could've seen this coming really, but I never thought as Anatoli changing into Oliver's side but, not that I've seen the episode and really think about it, it is a really good storyline because, in the end, Anatoli has never really been a 'bad guy' and he was just mad at Oliver. Both of them have been friends for a long time so it makes a lot of sense for Anatoli to change his allegiance from Diaz to Oliver.

Anyway, so Oliver goes to Russia to pay his debt and make it possible to Anatoli to get back to Russia. Obviously there's more to it. Oliver asks Anatoli to help him, reminding Anatoli of his honor and their friendship. For a moment I though Anatoli was going to say 'Ok' but obviously it couldn't be that easy. Anatoli ends up betraying Oliver, chaining him and then taking him to Diaz.

We don't really know what Diaz was planning to do to Oliver but, after Anatoli's comment, he's able to convince Diaz to fight Oliver in a fair one on one fight, with the loser to leave the city. I had really high hopes on Oliver, I gotta be honest with you. Mostly after a theory that I saw on a group chat but I guess everyone was wrong. Oliver didn't win, mostly because Diaz doesn't play fair and ended up stabbing Oliver. 

After the fight, Anatoli takes Oliver to a room so that he can kind of heal and that's when he let's Oliver know that he suggested the fight mostly to find out which one of the two (Oliver and Diaz) had honor which, we know isn't Diaz. Anatoli also says he has a way to get Oliver out of there but that's when another guy shows up and says that Diaz wants to see Oliver. Diaz then tells Oliver he's having his trial moved up and that he's basically going to jail and that he can't do anything about it because he has everyone wrapped around his fingers.

Meanwhile, this episode is also the return of Rene but, from the looks of it, not for long. We learn that he kind of has PTSD and, when it comes to the main mission of this episode, he says he's better at home because he's going to be no good with them in the field. 

For that mission, Dinah and Curtis team up with John and ARGUS to stop a shipment of weapons by The Quadrant and, in the end, they are successful and just blew all the guns. That's also when Curtis says he's pun and asks Diggle if we doesn't want to leave ARG and join us aka the NTA, which I thought was pretty funny and, ultimately, another 'shifting allegiances'. He says no in the end but I guess this was just a hint. Well, overall, this episode had a lot of hints, to be honest, but I'll talk more about that in my 'predictions' sectiong.

Well, the last main storyline in this episode was the Quentin/Laurel/Diaz storyline. Diaz, with the help of Lauren, sets up a meeting with the new mayor, Quentin, so he can sign some paper to grant him some property in the city. This sets up a lot of things, one of them being Laurel open up about her fear towards Diaz, to which, in the end, she and Quentin promise to protect each other and, because of that, Quentin does sign the papers. In the end, we actually find out that Diaz doesn't want any property, he just wanted to test the new mayor.

So, has I said before, this episode hints a lot of things. One, the ending which Marc Guggenhei, has already said that is going to be so different from everything they ever done. Well, first, I thought this was going to mean that Diaz was going to win which, it might still happen but, from the look of this episode and the name of the last episode of the season - Life Sentence - it probably means that Oliver is going to stay in prison or he's going to prison (again) after everyone finds out that he's the real Green Arrow. In both scenarios Diaz win so, yeah... Two, this episode was pretty clear, in my opinion, that Rene is not going to stay for the next season. He's PTSD plus the fact that Colton Haynes is going to return to the show is pretty clear that they are going to replace Rene with Roy which I don't really mind, to be honest.

And three, either Black Siren or Quentin is going to die in the end. You know I'm all for Black Siren dying and it's pretty clear that she's changing so she might try to stop Diaz and get herself killed but a lot of people are saying that Quentin is the one to die which I don't like at all so... Let me know what you think.

This are my thoughts and predictions on this episode and the rest of the season. Let me know yours and I'll see you later with new rants!

Love,

Daniela

Arrow | Season 6 Episode 19 - "The Dragon"

Spoiler Alert!

Hello guys!

Damn! Wow! So, here's the brand new Arrow rant!

I gotta tell, I'm so surprised at myself, seriously! I started this episode like really annoying that this was going to be all about Ricardo Diaz. I mean, I new the name of the episode, but I always thought we were going to see some stuff from Team Arrow and the others but, as soon as I saw Dragon's logo in the initial titles, I knew that this was going to be mainly (if not only) about Diaz, and that got me really pissed but... I changed my mind. A few moments after it began, I started to really enjoy the episode and I actually think it was one of the best this season. Yes it was weird barely not seeing Oliver in the episode but I don't know, Diaz have something about himself that just made the episode really dark and seriously, for some moments, it really looked like something out of a really good Thriller movie! Seriously, I'm so surprised at myself for liking it this much!

And I get it now, all the hype around Diaz.

Truth be told, I never understood why Diaz had so much power over Oliver and over the city and I never really understood him but this episode made me understand like a lot, and I've started liking him more as a villain. Besides, was it just me or he looked pretty hot in this episode?! I don't know, I never realized that but this episode jus really made him shine! Really good job from Kirk Acevedo, he did a wonderful job in this episode!

Oh, and since we're on the topic of 'hotness'... Did you guys got the some vibes from Ricardo Diaz and Laurel aka Black Siren?! I mean, I still dislike Black Siren, but I kind of ship them. I can't really remember if they're really together of they have shown that they have some type of romantic relationship (now that I think about it, I think they have kissed in a previous episode, but I might be wrong, please let me know) but I seriously ship them right now. Also, it's so clear that they are trying to do some type of redemption arc for Black Siren, which I don't like at all! I guess there has to be some type of balance in their 'relationship' but, like I said before, it takes away the meaning of what happened to Laurel in the past so, I don't like this.

Anyway, I guess I rambled a lot about the overall look of the episode and didn't really talk about the events. Well, there's not much to say really... Diaz is trying to get into a super secret club that not only will give him more power but also prove wrong someone from his past, which we see in a little flashback in the beginning of the episode. Of course a lot goes wrong but, in the end, he gets his place in this club and also kills the guy that have messed with him in the past. Actually, we find out about the 'Dragon' story, which is, in fact, the fear that Diaz has had for this guy for all this years. I guess he's free from the Dragon now...

Well, overall, I really liked this episode. Heck, I loved it! And I can't wait to see how all of this will turn out. I've heard some people say that, this season, the villain might actually win and, from the looks of it, I think that's really going to happen. I have no idea how Oliver is going to take him down plus, it would be so different from everything they've done and from every show really. The villains always loose in the end so winning would be really a plot twist. And before, I didn't like that idea at all, but now, I kinda like it.

Just one more thing before I wrap this up. We also saw a little bit of Felicity who's trying to cope with not knowing about what Oliver have been doing. Also, we saw a little bit of Felicity and Curtis working for their company as well as Felicity telling Curtis about what is happening to OTA which, from the name of the next episode, will make both teams get back together (since the next episode name is "Shifting Allegiances".

Let me know what you thought on this episode and which are your predictions, since we are getting really close to the Season Finale.

Love,

Daniela.