Arrow: Some Serious Daddy Issues

Nissa, look, I appreciate your ire, but let's be sensible.  Whoever wears that ring needs to be able to defend it from all comers.  You can't take Malcolm (by extrapolation that means you also can't take Oliver), you can't take Tatsu, and I don't think you can take Sara Lance.  That's a lot of people you can't take.  I assume there's more out there.  Say you get Oliver to take out Malcolm... How are you gonna hold on to the top spot once you've got it?

Holy shit!!! Someone is finally going to come clean on this show about their hidden identity, and it's one of the BAD GUYS.  I feel so conflicted about this.

"You're very handsome, but not especially bright." 

Oh, Jesus.  I may pee on myself.

I have two questions.  One: Given that Nissa didn't especially want to marry Oliver, why does she keep bringing up the fact that they're technically married?  And two: Do ancient rituals by Hashishin interfere with modern marriage laws?  Cause, if so, Felicity and Oliver need to have a little chat.

Now, see?  Just when we're all comfortable with the idea that Merlin is the biggest wanker in the universe, he goes and acts like a man who truly does love his daughter, and then we have such a hard time hating him.

Oh... no... wait... Never mind.

NOOOOOO!!!! Felicity!!!!!  Don't give in to the Daddy Dark Side!!!!!

Seriously?  It's a whole fucking squadron of assassins, 

and not ONE of them thinks to look UP? 

 

Okay, look, I'm not trying to say sisters are interchangeable.  But Oliver banged both of them.  I'm just saying, it would only be right and just if Nissa got to do the same.

I love Felicity's objectivity when it comes to her qualifications on "how bad things are."

Speaking of ironic role reversals, how about that sudden blood lust that appears to have taken over the entire team but Oliver?

Oh, Ollie.  Really?  You're just gonna let him kill your wife?

Oh, Ollie.  Really?  After all that bullshit you're just gonna fight him anyway?

 

 It's the Kobayashi Maru, Arrow style.

You know, they're really terrible at sword fighting.  I mean, super bad.  You can tell Nissa knows more just from the way she holds the blade.  It's sort of awkward, given the vital plot point of "oh no, Nissa couldn't possibly beat him herself!"

God damnit, Nissa.  How much power can you possibly have as a fighter who had to gain your position at the hands of someone else?

 

Now, that's a perfectly acceptable solution.  Of course, it does mean you're releasing a whole bunch of half-feral killers onto the world, but hey!  Let's look on the bright side.

For a woman who's been a wheelchair for weeks, 

she's got some pretty banging muscle tone in those legs.

Oh, Malcolm.  You are a Grade-A Rat-Bastard.  I sincerely hope Thea kills you herself.