Arrow: “Unchained” – Looking Ahead

This Season of Arrow has been one highlight after another; and as if things couldn’t get any better, this week’s episode went and did just that. From the return of Roy and Nyssa to the arrival of … Felicity’s Father? … this episode set up a wonderful set of side stories that are just as…

A Closer Look: The Flash – “Fast Lane”

The Flash returned this week and despite seeming like a run-of-the-mill ‘villain of the week’ episode, it actually served to kick off the next phase of Flash’s second season – the Journey to Earth 2 – but that’s not all. Beside Operation Save Jessie there was also a lot of strong development with the West…

Arrow: “A.W.O.L” – Looking Ahead

Arrow returned last night and began to deal with the fallout of last week’s shocking revelation – but that’s not all. We also got one of the few non-Oliver centric Flashbacks, but the focus of the flashback wasn’t Diggle but … Andy? It was a time for everyone to drop off the grid and deal…

Arrow: “Dark Waters” – Looking Ahead

This half season of Arrow has certainly been exponentially more cheerful than last season; and yet we still leave off on a similar note: the death of a main character in the final few seconds of the episode. So what can we believe? What should we be concerned about? And WHAT in the world was…

A Closer Look: The Flash – “Gorilla Warfare”

When we last saw the Flash, Zoom was LITERALLY wiping the floor with him. With the hero of Central City not only broken but humiliated in front of the entire city, Barry’s body and ego needs sufficient time to recover. Too bad he won’t get any as one of the Flash’s strongest villains has returned…