If there was one good thing to come out of Arrow’s sixth season it’s that Beth Schwartz is stepping in as showrunner for season 7 at a time where this show needs some new life. She’s proven as a writer…
'Arrow' 6×23 Review: Let’s Start A New Chapter
Arrow is like the weather. One day it’s sunny skies and breezy, the next it’s either sweltering hot or storming like the apocalypse. You never really know what to expect. Though I blame that on the current (now past) showrunners.…
Batwoman is Coming to the Arrowverse
Every CW Upfront serves as our first tease to the network’s annual Arrowverse crossover, which has become ratings gold for all four DCTV shows involved: Arrow, The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, and Supergirl. This year, Green Arrow, Flash, Supergirl, and…
‘Arrow’ 6×22 Review: All You Need Is OTA
I’m a woman torn. I’m a woman torn between a show that, most of the time, infuriates her to no degree but can, occasionally, manage to do something right and remind her of the show she fell in love with…
'Arrow' 6×21 Review: The Judgement of Oliver Queen
What defines a hero? Are they defined by the mistakes they’ve made or the good they’re able to accomplish? This should be a rhetorical question because the answer is obviously the latter. Heroes are heroes because they do the things…
‘Arrow’ 6×19 Review: What the Hell Was That?
Remember last week when Arrow delivered arguably one of its best hours of season 6? Where it finally seemed to understand its central hero, Oliver Queen, and deliver some outstanding character moments all around? Good times. Do you also remember…
‘Arrow’ 6×18 Review: The Self-Examination of Oliver Queen
It’s a curious thing, that show Arrow. How it can manage to deliver an infuriating episode where it doesn’t know its own characters and then manage to deliver a satisfying and compelling episode where it shows just how well it…
'Arrow' 6×17 Review: Pull Your Head Out of Your Ass
There are few things that I consider sacred on Arrow. Original Team Arrow. Oliver and Felicity. Oliver and Diggle. The things that drew me into this show. The things that are the reason I’m still here watching this show. Over…
'Arrow' 6×16 Review: You’ll Be With Us The Whole Time, Thea
Six years ago, Oliver Queen returned home to Star(ling) City after five years of being presumed dead. He was a broken man still marred by his demons and the unsettling feeling that came with returning to his former home knowing…
Love Triangles: The Good, the Bad, & the Unnecessary
There are two types of drama when it comes to television. You have drama for the sake of drama, which is used to create the illusion of progressive drama. And then there’s good drama; the kind that grows characters and…
'Arrow' 6×15 Review: This is My Team Arrow
To say that I thoroughly enjoyed the latest episode of Arrow would be a gross understatement. This episode reminded me of all of the reasons I love Arrow. And none of them had to do with the wannabes that must…
DCTV: What’s In a Team?
Most of the DCTV shows – all but Black Lightning to date – work off the same formula. Part of that formula involves the use of a team to support the hero, provide exposition and explanation, and justify the addition…
'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…
DCTV Crossovers I Want to See (That Will Never Happen)
The annual DCTV crossover may be met with mixed reactions in fandom, but that doesn’t stop me from thinking about ones I would love to see. Some crossovers I would particularly love to see will never happen due to differing…
'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…
'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…
'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…
'Arrow' 6×10 Review: A Love Letter to Original Team Arrow
Dear Arrow, I remember the exact moment I fell in love with you. Not when I decided to keep going after a sluggish couple of episodes — episode 3 kept me going — but the moment where I realized that…
The Best and Worst of DCTV This Season
Since we’re about halfway through the current seasons of the DCTV shows, it seems a good time to reflect on the best and worst each show has had to offer this year. Well, the second worst, at least. The worst…
'Arrow' 6×09 Review: ‘Irreconcilable Differences’
As far as mid-season finales go, Arrow’s was easily the least unnerving of the core four Arrowverse shows. In fact, you could say it was damn near enjoyable. Twelve glorious minutes of Oliver and Felicity’s wedding celebration? Oh, most definitely…
