Alyssa Barbieri
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Alyssa is the Managing Editor for Bears Wire. You can reach her at alyssaabarbieri@gmail.com or follow her on Twitter @AlyssaBarbieri

'Arrow' 6×14 Review: Why I'm Officially Done With Not Team Arrow

Feelings are powerful. They start wars. They end relationships. They can even be used as a weapon. Words are also powerful. They start wars. They end relationships. They, too, can even be used as a weapon. Feelings are powerful when…

‘The Flash’ 4×14 Review: “Subject 9”

The Olympics are over, but the race is still on. Only there aren’t medals involved. It’s life and death and a lot of metahumans.The Flash returned with a country twang and a foreign feeling — a feeling that involved liking…

'Arrow' 6×13 Review: ‘The Devil’s Greatest Trick’

There’s no denying that this season of Arrow has been miles above last season, where it felt like Oliver had really been abducted and forced to live a lie by the Dominators. Season 6 has a theme of family, which…

‘The Flash’ 4×13 Review: ‘True Colors’

It was only a matter of time. It was only a matter of time that Barry Allen was freed from Iron Heights. I just didn’t expect it to go down the way it did. In The Flash’s latest hour, we…

‘Supergirl’ 3×13 Review: ‘Both Sides Now’

It feels like we were living in winter hiatus just yesterday. And yet here we are again headed into another Supergirl hiatus which is more a network blunder than anything. Luckily, this episode didn’t do too much to make the…

'Arrow' 6×12 Review: ‘All For Nothing’

It’s no secret that I despise New Team Arrow, or New Team Assholes as I affectionately refer to them as. But mostly it’s just Rene and Curtis that seem to be annoying even when they’re not prominently featured in an…

'Arrow' 6×11: “We Fall” Roundtable

Chanel vs. Walmart. Original Team Arrow vs. New Team Arrow. We’ve got a lot of feelings about the latest episode of Arrow, “We Fall,” as the newbies became even more annoying and hypocritical than we thought. From Oliver and Felicity…

'The Flash' 4×12 Review: ‘Honey, I Shrunk Team Flash’

The Flash isn’t a show that’s grounded in reality. Episodes like “Honey, I Shrunk Team Flash” where Cisco and Ralph are shrunk to miniature versions of themselves and where Cecile developed telepathic powers are reminders of that.Yes, it’s hysterical. Yes,…

'Arrow' 6×11 Review: ‘We Fall’

We all watch television for different reasons. Some of us want to be entertained; some of us want a good laugh; and some of us want to feel, whether that’s happiness or sadness or a mixture of both. I’ve always…

‘The Flash’ 4×11 Review: What It Means To Be A Hero

Being a superhero is something that’s appealing, whether it’s from an audience standpoint or characters in a world where heroes are viewed as gods. The costume, the powers, the accolades, the heroism, the hope. But being a superhero isn’t as…