When Michael Emerson says “Mr. Queen,” it sounds nefarious. When he says “your son,” it’s terrifying. When he says “speaking of which,” leaning really hard on that wh- sound, it’s delicious. And then he gets to trot out something like “Just as Alexander rained destruction on Persepolis, so do I now on Averwood…

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…

“Thanksgiving” sure has plenty of stuffing. (I’m sorry.) Here, if you’ll allow it, is a brief list of some of the events that take place over the course of this one hour: Oliver Queen gets arrested by an FBI agent in front of his son; Bad Laurel and Cayden James steal a bunch of dangerous stuff and evidently Bad…

Arrow doesn’t have a stellar track record when it comes to villains. There have been high points, for sure—Manu Bennett’s Slade Wilson remains compelling, Neal McDonough’s Damien Darhk had some issues but was often great fun, and even when Malcolm Merlyn didn’t make a ton of sense, John Barrowman was always at least a…

We still don’t know everybody who survived the island drama at the end of last season on The CW’s Arrow, but the show will be getting some help from a guy who knows a lot about island drama on its next season. As announced during Arrow‘s Comic-Con panel this weekend, Lost‘s Michael Emerson will be joining the cast as…

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