r/arrow • u/OnBenchNow killing is no • Feb 18 '16
[S04E14] Arrow S04E14 Synopsis (OnBenchNow)
http://imgur.com/a/vEjvl26
u/sethbenw Feb 18 '16
Completely on-topic question: What does your username mean?
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u/OnBenchNow killing is no Feb 18 '16
it's a reference to never being picked for sports; or always being benched.
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u/mikefarquar Feb 18 '16
http://i.imgur.com/lU2DJ8q.jpg
I'm going to assume the check is in the mail?
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u/OnBenchNow killing is no Feb 18 '16
gr8 minds m8 👍🏾
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u/mikefarquar Feb 18 '16
So, what you're saying is that you're not cutting me in on any of that big synopsis money?
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u/OnBenchNow killing is no Feb 18 '16
yknow what man I'm in a generous mood. I'll sign over 73% of all the money I'm making from these
you've earned it kid
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u/mikefarquar Feb 18 '16
I'm no math whiz but I do know that 73% of nothing is nothing...I'm RICH!!!!!!!!
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u/iamgeminion My name is Oliver Queen, My arrows are green. Feb 18 '16 edited Feb 18 '16
Lilacs or Daisies? http://i.imgur.com/tvRK7ze.jpg Slade Wilson Party Planners: We always give you a choice.
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u/Future_Vantas The Flash Feb 18 '16
Slade Wilson Party Planners: We keep our promises
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u/SlightlyProficient Feb 18 '16
Slade Wilson Party Planners: We Have The Eye for Design
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Feb 19 '16
Fuck, even this joke comment made me miss Slade so much. Best villain in the CW universe by far
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u/AbidNaga Feb 19 '16
Deathstroke and reverse flash surpass everyone. Darhk seems okay, ras seemed good for the first few episodes, Zoom is pretty badass but we dont know much about him, Malcolm isnt really a villain now but he was okay.
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u/intothe_dangerzone Feb 18 '16
It would be awesome if this panel was like "Jooooooooooooeeeeeeee!" from the Flash Season 1 synopsis.
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u/ezreads Feb 18 '16
"Maybe he had a good reason. He was lying to protect you!" Felicity to Mama Smoak
Next Week:
"Why didn't you tell me you had a son?"
"I had a good reason. I was trying to protect you."
"IF YOU REALLY LOVED ME YOU WOULDN'T KEEP SECRETS"
sounds about right
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u/In_My_Own_Image Feb 18 '16
If she does freak out about Oliver lying to protect William...
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Oh, who am I kidding? When that happens, I am going to be royally pissed off.
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u/NaijaBird Feb 18 '16
Let's just hope a city doesn't get destroyed
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u/RightHandElf Feb 18 '16
Nah, it's only February.
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u/Nexaz Feb 18 '16
Sheesh its like /u/naijabird thinks it's May or something. Seriously bro get your head out of your ass.
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u/SawRub Feb 18 '16
Guggenheim got hate from his own fans after that crossover episode, so there's a chance he'll handle it better this time.
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Feb 19 '16
Don't worry; when Barry was in the original timeline, he kissed Iris, and then she was a total bitch to him in the new one. Some might say it could have the reverse effect on Felicity.
And hey, if it doesn't, we can always call Barry in to make another timeline.
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u/Ihaveanusername Better than Arrow Feb 19 '16
So friends and I were thinking. Felicity is not wearing a ring in the funeral limo. Is it possible that not only Oliver has as son, and she will find out, but her mother dies along side of that? Maybe as a result of Oliver's doing?
That would definitely break off an engagement.
The wedding is just around the corner and I'm seeing RED
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u/ajdragoon Feb 18 '16
Subreddit drinking game when this happens?
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u/In_My_Own_Image Feb 18 '16
I think most of us would like to avoid alcohol poisoning.
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u/ajdragoon Feb 18 '16
I didn't say a waterfall, geez. We need rules, like over/under on how long her tirade goes on for; lines that she'll say; tears shed; and what the outcome will be.
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u/Genesis2nd Feb 18 '16
That's way too many rules for a game that involves alcohol.
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u/MageToLight Feb 19 '16
Clearly someone hasn't played Kings Cup.
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u/SockPenguin I got tired, Frank. Feb 20 '16
Or most drinking games. All the fun ones have elaborate rules. See CharDeeMacDennis and True American.
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u/octnoir Feb 18 '16
Can confirm. Did drinking game. I dead.
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u/Tomhap Feb 19 '16
Octnoir got memed.
Octnoir is kill :(4
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Feb 19 '16
To be fair he's lying to protect his relationship with his son, not to protect Felicity.
That said, that's a totally valid reason to lie that she almost certainly won't react reasonably to.
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Feb 19 '16
This actually will happen, I'm certain of it. Arrow's writers are taking the piss at this point I swear
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u/WarnerBros9000 Kreisberg come back Feb 18 '16
I really looked forward to how you did the "because you're a man" scene. You did not disappoint.
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u/Quiversan You will always be the love of mine Feb 18 '16
http://i.imgur.com/Y4uknfo.jpg
I never actually thought of this, but now I'm rolling on the floor laughing
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u/DireSickFish Feb 18 '16
Yeah that was the easiest argument to shot down ever. "No mom, I don't want to die in a building explosion due to being crippled"
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Feb 18 '16
This is the moment where writer apathy revealed itself to me. How did anyone think this made sense? Does anyone even edit the scripts?
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u/CrystalElyse Feb 19 '16
I mean, Donna didn't know about the bombs, but still, fire alarms are going off. It's still pretty damn stupid to go back into a dangerous situation to "save" somebody, let alone when you're forcing a disabled person to do so.
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u/rovanz Corny McGuggie Feb 18 '16
Last panel is fucking true. Why the heck Mr Terrific hasn't replaced Felicity? smarter, funnier and no drama.
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Feb 18 '16
My dream: the grave is Felicity AND her mom (ignore that Felicity was in the car with Oliver).
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u/rovanz Corny McGuggie Feb 18 '16
That can work. The Felicity in the car was an hallucination Oliver had. He learned to have hallucinations from Slade.
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Feb 18 '16
The rest of the flashbacks for the season are Slade teaching Oliver to hallucinate.
Oh wait he already does that on his own though.
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u/GingerRocker Feb 18 '16
Yeah that Shado flashback did seem a bit random.
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u/DirtyDav3 Feb 19 '16
hey that's totally how trauma works, haven't you ever been injured then hallucinated a life lesson? god, read a freakin book
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Feb 19 '16
Why the Donna hate? She's a fun character, drama from this episode aside (and you can't really hold that against her or you'd have to hate every character in the show as they've all had plot obtrusive drama bombs)
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u/nightwing2024 Feb 20 '16
Because this subreddit only wants the Oliver show. Where he kills everyone and the supporting characters don't matter.
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u/DrowningEmbers Fearless Mar 01 '16 edited Mar 01 '16
Oliver and Diggle and replace Felicity with Gideon. Donion Rings.
Curtis can also come in but then join the Legends4
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u/IHaveThatPower Feb 18 '16
Timing on this one was amazing
Can this guy's face be a thing in future synopses?
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u/TheTruckWashChannel I'll rip ya spine out of your arse and stab you to death with it Feb 19 '16
PLEASE
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Feb 20 '16
It's better than the Ray Palmer fuck-up face. Too bad there isn't really a good reason to keep it around.
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u/In_My_Own_Image Feb 18 '16
http://i.imgur.com/lOZFtHW.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/p0JUhp6.jpg
There we have it. The show summed up in two pictures.
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u/AznRCMP The Plotforce is Strong in this One Feb 18 '16
So, Ollie, did you see Deadpoo~~
HAHAHA you got me too
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u/monatu Feb 18 '16
Not a single small loan of a million dollars joke?
/u/OnBenchNow you have failed this subreddit!
jk still love your synopses fam :*
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u/thecoffee Felicity, just how many Billionaires do you know? Feb 18 '16
TBF, its kind of a topical joke. 15 years ago it would be the Dr. Evil '1 Million Dollars' quote.
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u/ajdragoon Feb 18 '16
Dude, nothing regarding Curtis's screensaver? Or was that just too easy? Haha.
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u/Halowath Feb 18 '16
You know there is something seriously wrong with the show when you enjoy a post parodying it's episode more than the actual episode itself. Great work again!
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u/Gauntlet Feb 18 '16 edited Feb 18 '16
I feel like I watch the show just so I can understand the parodies...
Edit: fixed auto-correct weirdness.
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u/SawRub Feb 18 '16
Oh god I didn't think of that. That happened to me with The Vampire Diaries, and once upon a time I actually liked that show.
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u/deathstroke911 Feb 19 '16
The huntress arc is kinda interesting I guess, I'm just glad the mom-storyline ended
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u/DragonNovaHD Mar 06 '16
Oh for a second I thought you were talking about the Arrow Helena Huntress from Season 2 and Moira's death haha
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u/shanswami Feb 18 '16
are there parodies for that? WHERE
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u/SawRub Feb 18 '16
I used to read the recaps on TV.com by a guy called Price Peterson I think his name was. This was in the early days of photo recaps.
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u/CrystalElyse Feb 19 '16
This pretty much sums up my experience with Once Upon a Time. The first 1-2 seasons were great, and then it's been very hit or miss. Enough fantastic moments to keep me watching, but not enough to keep me invested. Right now, I'm still in it for the synopses and Hook.
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u/Sounds_of_a_Sax Feb 19 '16
Wait...there's synopsis for Once?! Ooo, gotta check those out after I watch the final to ep of S5 semi-finale. Curious about Hook, but Rumple is still my favorite. S1 was good, but slow b/c no magic in current timeline.
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u/CrystalElyse Feb 19 '16
YES!
My favorite poster stopped doing them seasons ago. I swear she had done more than the two that are showing, but I can't seem to find them now.
Another poster had stepped in and was doing them from about the middle of season 3 through just shy of the end of season 4. I think life got in the way and she dropped off, unfortunately. She also had a great series called Drunk!Regina
And then we've also had the Lily Sparks Recap and Review running, which isn't quite as funny, but still good and fills in the whole left behind a bit. And it's still running and posts every week during the show.
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u/Future_Vantas The Flash Feb 18 '16
Using the trailers and past episodes is genius. Love it, nice job!
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u/BearpocalypseNow Feb 18 '16
I had to look up who Alex was. Shows how important the character is to me.
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u/SawRub Feb 18 '16
I figure they only put that scene in because last minute they figured someone in the audience might wonder why the campaign manager wasn't there for the big debate.
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u/Heisenberg2308 Feb 18 '16
So....who is it?
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u/TehLoneWanderer101 Feb 18 '16
Campaign manager
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u/zunokan Feb 18 '16
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u/84981725891758912576 Feb 18 '16
Didn't he kill like 100 of that season 1 island dude's men? And a bunch of soldiers? And death stroke?
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u/llzardklng Feb 18 '16
And Thea's drug dealer that he tossed from the balcony after snapping his neck.
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u/SawRub Feb 18 '16
I think he means the ones that weren't in battle/self defense type things I guess.
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u/darthjoey91 Feb 18 '16
The leader dude in the flashbacks's name is Reiter? I thought it was Ryder.
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u/themosquito Feb 18 '16
ALEX IS THE CAMPAIGN MANAGER!
Sorry, just when I was watching the episode I had no idea who Oliver was talking about and whose mom was going into surgery. Was confused as hell for a couple minutes. :P
And hey, it's Star City. At this point the only way they'd cancel a debate is if both participants (and the mediator) were killed!
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u/Theo67 Feb 18 '16
Except, that's no guarantee that all three people still wouldn't make the debate...on this show, at least.
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u/Caraes_Naur Feb 18 '16
This thread got Dahrhrhrhk.
Best thing in this synopsis: Darhk nhow has a lhisp.
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u/jaydid Feb 18 '16
There was a scene in the arrow-cave where Oliver says something about "crippling Dhark" and just as he says that, Felicity rolls over. Missed opportunity!
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u/ironshadowdragon Feb 18 '16
I don't even watch Arrow anymore since the mid-season break, I'm just here for the synopsis.
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u/100Lost Feb 18 '16
Yeah, I've been skipping episodes left and right and plan to keep doing so, but I hope the show goes on for many years, not cause I want to watch it, but cause I want you to have plenty of source material so you can keep up the great job with the parodies! Love them!
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u/zongineer Feb 18 '16
Need to attach a bomb to a wall? Need to destroy a compromised laptop? Need to scratch a black canary's cheek? Try our all purpose nail gun especially designed for demolition crews. Why use a gun when you can use a nailgun!
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u/addy_g Feb 19 '16 edited Feb 19 '16
while the other two shows' synopses still have like 90% parody dialogue and 10% actual show dialogue, Arrow's synopses are showing a troubling trend - there has been more and more white text included in the these as season 4 goes on - like, the dialogue is already so laughable that parodying it would be self-defeating! this synopsis is like 40/60 white text to green. very troubling, indeed, and that's coming from a day one-er. to the Arrow writers I say this: quit the romantic soap opera bullshit and get back to the season 1 and 2 style of writing, please!
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u/EpicPhail60 Feb 18 '16
I say with the utmost seriousness that this is probably my favourite Arrow synopsis you've done. It seems like you've been branching out with your humour a bit (the failed d20 rolls from Flash a couple weeks back come to mind) and it's totally fantastic.
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u/PhilyDaCheese Feb 19 '16
Curious if you were going to do a panel for the scene when Damien introduces his daughter to William.
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u/mikefarquar Feb 18 '16
http://i.imgur.com/5pOGDsM.jpg
Hahahahaha...nope. Seriously, fuck Alex. The fact that he's not in a major arc is the only reason he doesn't edge out Maseo as the worst character in show history.
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u/android151 Feb 18 '16
Nanda Parbeats
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u/mikefarquar Feb 18 '16
See...I don't know anything about DJing so I assume that Chase was actually a good DJ. I know political strategy and Alex has yet to say a word that wasn't pure nonsense.
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u/android151 Feb 18 '16
He was not a good DJ. He was the aux cord in the back of the car of DJing.
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u/mikefarquar Feb 18 '16
Ah...I had no clue. Alex literally says the exact opposite of sound political strategy every time he opens his mouth.
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Feb 18 '16
Can you give some examples? I'm genuinely curious; I know absolutely nothing about political strategy, so I'd be interested to know how he's getting it all horribly wrong.
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u/mikefarquar Feb 18 '16
So, Alex tells him that he needs to distance himself from Laurel because of the Sara situation. Even putting aside the fact that to the best of anyone's knowledge Sara is actually still alive, this is SO WRONG.
If you're running for office and you have a possible scandal in your past that involves something that happened to a specific individual, if you can show that the family of that person doesn't blame you then you basically make it a non-issue.
In fact, a lot of political strategy is about actually getting out ahead of possible weak points and turning them into strengths. You don't want to bury the negatives, you want them to come out early and allow people to have so much time to process them before actually going to the voting booth.
So, Laurel should have been there with him, highly visible, from the start of the campaign. This hits the Sara problem on both of those fronts: It gets the Sara thing out there for people to work through and it sends the message that the Lance family actually supports Oliver and if they do then it shouldn't bother you as a voter.
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u/mikefarquar Feb 18 '16
But not putting aside the fact that Sara was still alive actually makes it hilariously dumb because is Sara is not only presumed to be alive by most people, by the time his campaign really gets going Sara is, IN FACT, alive! Before going off with Rip Hunter, they could have literally had Sara do some campaign press with Oliver. But no, because Alex is an idiot.
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u/P1mpathinor Nyssa al Ghul Feb 19 '16
I thought Sara was still considered dead as far as the public would know.
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u/GoldfishAvenger Feb 19 '16
He left so he could fight demons, fuck an elf princess, and dance at an amish rave.
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u/ScorchRaserik Feb 18 '16
Has your yellow filter gotten... yellower?...
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u/Makverus Feb 19 '16
It would be an awesome joke if the filter got yellower and yellower, till there's literally nothing to see but yellow)
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Feb 19 '16
I can't believe you stuck to the same incorrect spelling of Darhk throughout the whole synopsis.
Also, take a moment, everyone, to look at how badly people want us to know that Damien Darhk is a supervillain. He was Adarhk Hitler on Christmas, and now he's Darthk Vader. He needs a red cape and an eccentric hat and this page will just become a perma-link to an image of Darhk. What's worse is that the same people who make Supergirl make this, and while the villain here is completely stereotypically evil, they completely forgot to tell us what the villain had done until about episode 8 of Supergirl.
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u/ThumperLovesValve Feb 19 '16
At this point I'm watching the show solely to be up-to-date with your newest synopsis.
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u/ColdFury96 Feb 18 '16
I don't get the Felicity dig. Oliver isn't lying to protect Felicity. He's lying because he's afraid he'll lose his son, despite how irrational that fear is.
"I can't tell the woman who knows all my deepest secrets, because I swore to the mother of my child I wouldn't."
I mean, if Oliver had a code against lying, I'd buy that, but really this is a pretty bullshit storyline logically. And you'd think you'd be coming in on making fun of how stupid Oliver's logic is in this case.
But no, obviously Felicity is being unreasonable because everyone's entitled to marry someone without disclosing their secret children.
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u/OnBenchNow killing is no Feb 18 '16
this entire storyline is bullshit, but Felicity spent this episode defending the man for lying, saying that if a man lies, he probably has a good reason.
If she reacts to Oliver's lie in a negative way, then she's being highly hypocritical. That's the joke.
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Feb 19 '16
If she reacts to Oliver's lie in a negative way,
If she reacted to it entirely rationally it'd be ridiculous. People don't react rationally to news like that and damning her for doing anything but is a little unfair.
That said, her forgiving of Oliver will probably be unnecessarily dragged out.
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u/rmw6190 Feb 18 '16
Felicity is being unreasonable. And oliver is lying to not only see his son, but to keep his son away from their life. Its a really forced narrative, but they really dont have to share every thing. Felicity didnt tell oliver anything about her family until it became plot relevant. Felicity didnt tell him about working with team arrow behind his back.
Obviously felicity hasnt found out yet, but if you remember a few episodes back she did and she was extremely unreasonable about it than. From knowing his genetic code any where to not even giving him 1 hour to process the news himself, and making it all about them. Who knows maybe next week she wont be the same and take her own advice. But currently I have no faith in the writers, when it comes to felicity.
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u/ColdFury96 Feb 18 '16
They're getting married, having secret children that you don't tell your fiance about is a certified dealbreaker.
If this doesn't break them up, it's only due to Felicity's good graces or her love of the salmon ladder. Oliver is completely in the wrong, here.
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u/SomeRandomJoe81 Feb 18 '16 edited Feb 18 '16
Yeah....no. Just because you get married doesn't mean you hand control of every aspect of your life to the other person.
Not trying to defend the plot because it's a really stupid situation they've put every one in making them act like teenagers instead of actual adults.
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u/ColdFury96 Feb 18 '16
I never said she got a say in how he dealt with the situation. Why do you jump to 'hand control'?
She has a right to know what she's marrying into, don't you think?
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u/SomeRandomJoe81 Feb 18 '16
She's marrying a millionaire running for mayor that runs around in costume at night to fight bad guys. I think she has some semblance of an idea as to what she's getting herself into. The whole kid thing is kinda minor in the grand scheme of things. Especially seeing as how we've never actually seen him visit or had them made mention to it since that one time.
I think the problem may be that I couldn't care less about this subplot. If they dropped William's skinned and battered body on Ollie's doorstep, then I would applaud. It would mean that aspect of bad writing is over and we could move on.
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u/rmw6190 Feb 19 '16
neither is actually wrong. Oliver is completely justified in having a secret child, because he wants to protect and see him. Felicity hasnt overreacted yet so she hasnt done anything.
If any one is wrong than it is olivers baby mama for giving oliver an absurd ultimatum
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u/In_My_Own_Image Feb 18 '16
Oliver's lying to protect his son. He's trying to make sure as few people know about the kid as possible in order to keep him safe from his enemies. And, as the end of this episode demonstrated, that fear is not unfounded.
If Felicity loses her shit on him for trying to protect a child, after keeping her "working with Team Arrow" secret form him and defending Lance this episode for lying, then she's a hypocrite.
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u/CatTurdCollector Feb 18 '16
And S3.
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u/SawRub Feb 18 '16
I did that recently, it really is quite heartbreaking to see how good it once was.
Like even if it was not good as HBO-type shows, I used to always get as hyped for it, even more sometimes.
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u/Come_On_Nikki Feb 18 '16
If you haven't watch Supernatural from the beginning.
It's on its 94th season now, and stopped being good after like season 4.
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u/SawRub Feb 18 '16
Supernatural was good till season 5, and then sucked after that, but the current season has been great! Many people are counting this season even ahead of some of the first five seasons!
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Feb 20 '16
That's because the original show runner wrote it all out as a five season show. He quit right after season 5 wrapped up
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u/SawRub Feb 18 '16
Supernatural was good till season 5, and then sucked after that, but the current season has been great! Many people are counting this season even ahead of some of the first five seasons!
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u/TheScarletPimpernel Feb 21 '16
So you're saying I suffered through series 6 - 10 and then gave it up right before it got good again?
Sounds about right.
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u/CrystalElyse Feb 19 '16
Ehhhh the majority of season 1 is still about the same quality as 3 & 4, it just had a different set of issues than the one we had now. Well, really, it was that Laurel/Thea were the annoying ones and Felicity was the masturbation fodder. Now Laurel/Thea are the masturbation fodder and Felicity is the annoying one. So, I guess, really, it's about the same.
Season 2 was fucking great, though.
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u/OnBenchNow killing is no Feb 19 '16
At least in season 1 though, the fight choreography was incredible and brutal. Plus, we got to see a fair amount of villains due to the villain of the week formula, and due to the dark and grounded tone, things never got too unbelievable or deus ex curtis. And the flashbacks were on a whole 'nother level entirely. There was a point when I was upset when a flashback ended; now it's the reverse.
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u/Razputin7 Feb 19 '16
I'm not upset when flashbacks end at all. You could say I'm the reverse.
Wait I'm on the wrong DCW sub crap
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u/belkak210 Feb 18 '16
i didnt get that one
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u/mlnd_quad Feb 18 '16
Laughed so hard at this. like there were so many of them shooting how did not one person on team arrow get shot Edit: before anyone says it, plotforce.
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u/AznRCMP The Plotforce is Strong in this One Feb 18 '16
The plotforce is strong in these writers
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u/Lukthar123 Feb 18 '16
There has been an awakening in the Plotforce. Have you felt it?
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u/AznRCMP The Plotforce is Strong in this One Feb 18 '16
Indeed, and my the plotforce be with them. For they will bring balance to the plotforce
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u/Lukthar123 Feb 18 '16
You don't know the power of realism. The CW never told you about what happened to your plotarmor.
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u/AznRCMP The Plotforce is Strong in this One Feb 18 '16
NUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU ;-;
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u/GingerRocker Feb 18 '16
And last week on Legends of Tomorrow someone actually got shot...
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u/ThatFacelessMan Feb 20 '16
To be fair, their plotforce comes in the form of an EMH Mk. Disembodied Voice and Fantastic Voyage.
If they get one of those for the Quiver I'm sure they'd get shot more too.
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u/SawRub Feb 18 '16
The previous episode directed by Bamford had a similar thing, where Laurel is walking down a hallway, and Ghosts were basically running up to her, guns pointed to the floor.
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u/OnBenchNow killing is no Feb 18 '16 edited Feb 19 '16
I hope this fills the hole in your heart.
As a reminder, white text is show quotes, green is my own stuff.
Make sure to check out /r/OnBenchNow for past synopses!