Why does Dinah crush the bug that Rene planted on Oliver? Those are reusable. It’s not like she plucked it off of herself or one of her teammates, and was destroying it to stick it to the old team. That’s Curtis’s, and I’m guessing their vigilante budget isn’t limitless. Was it just because it might look cool? If so,…

This week, Arrow would like to remind you that it’s the dark one. In that, mission accomplished. This is an hour that begins with bodies bobbing like corks just off shore, ends with a woman turning back to a life defined by violent vengeance, and spends its B-story with a father trying to convince his dead daughter’s…

Flashbacks have been a part of Arrow’s DNA from the very beginning. At times they’ve been vital, at others, entertaining. They’ve been sometimes surprising and even occasionally moving. But they’ve also been filler, and they’ve been filler with some frequency over the last several seasons. When the bombs on Lian Yu…