This felt like -dare I say- "jump the shark" territory. I mean,this feels like something you'd do in the -say- 8th season of a show. Y'know,when you've tapped out all the story ideas and you're willing to embrace the absurd just to do something a little different. Only this is the 3rd season.
Much like last week,I'm fairly flabbergasted. Although I would say I enjoyed this one marginally more than last week.
Thea's discovery and subsequent ER scenes were all very uncomfortable. Amell gave a great performance in this episode.
Thea's transformation was a bit odd. I mean, what is supposed to happen now? A darker Thea?
It just feels like all this has taken us a million years to get here and now, where are we?
I still don't really get the whole Ra's thing. It's being treated like a fate worse than death. But correct me if I'm wrong,Ra's all out admitted that the League would be his to do with whatever he wanted. Why can't he keep his friends there with him? Or better yet, return to starling and operate from there? And what happens now? Ollie has to wait for Ra's to croak before taking the full title? It's just not very clear,probably because they're making it up as they go.
The Olicity stuff,yeah,was pretty annoying. I was ok with it up to the make out scene,which might've played better if I didn't feel like it was merely the showrunners making good on their promise to the Olicity brigade.
Masau probably won't make it out of the season alive,but I feel for the guy. I really hope he survives and makes peace with his life. We finally get some confirmation here that his son is dead.
Flashbacks: Cool Raider-esq action scene with the truck. I'm glad to see Ollie is not as helpless as he used to be,but I wonder how they can find the right balance. I mean, he's going to be "on the island" another 2 years. Still not sure what the deal is with the A & O drug,but whatever.
Laurel seems to be purposely omitted from the proceedings whenever something big is going down. I did like her scene with Felicity near the end. She's a much stronger character than last season,at least.
So Ray's "romance" (such as it was) is over. I'm not sure it ever really began,but it still feels like Ray's too nice a guy to react the way I'd expect him to.
Ollie trusting Thea with Malcolm could be considered a head scratcher if it wasn't par for the course for Malcolm all season.
Anyway,in the final analysis, I really don't know where they think they're going still. I remember the potential the series felt like it had going into the 3rd season.Comparing it with Flash this season,(or heck,even Arrow's last season) I just wish we could have as much fun here. It seems like a massive downer every week and I don't see (at least the show is not giving me reason to see) them returning to the status quo. It doesn't seem possible now. I'm really hoping the show I loved isn't gone,but can still have a Lazarus Pit experience of it's own.