Arrow: Because Secrets Always Bite You In The Ass

I adore Curtis's husband.  So much.  Also, I'm kind of worried that the reason they're introducing him as a more regular character is so that they can kill him at the end of the season.  I imagine Felicity would be pretty pissed if they killed her right-hand-nerd's husband.  And Oliver would feel mega-guilt if the handsome physical therapist helped his wife to walk and then got dead for his pains.

 TAKE COVER, PAUL!

Oh, look.  The cat is out of the bag.  Felicity knows you have a son.  WHO COULD EVER HAVE PREDICTED THIS TRAGIC TURN OF EVENTS????

Uh... Animated Adventure?  Hold on...

Well, my goodness.  Check that out.

I gotta say, for some reason Vixen's powers look awfully silly when translated to live action.  I wish they had put a little more thought into making her more suited to TV.

Oh, oh... Oh, Oliver, nice.  Way to slowly and carefully extract your foot from your mouth.  Now is a bad time to order Felicity around.

Ollie, it's nice that your baby-momma is defending you, but I gotta say, I think Felicity has a right to be pissed.  It'd be one thing if she swore you to secrecy and literally no one else knew.  But, you know, like a BILLION people knew.  You just kept it from HER.

Dear Laurel.  Get over yourself.  He banged your sister.  Anything after that is pretty much small potatoes.

 Sweaty and Naked, the Ollie and Sara Story.

OMG.  OH SHIT!!!  Something just trickled through my brain...
So, you know how John was talking about the way you keep your kids safe is by keeping them close?  I was like "yeah, clearly that advice is gonna come back to haunt Oliver into making a stupid decision, like publicly acknowledging his son so that every bad guy with a grudge can take a pot shot at the boy."  But I kinda didn't think too much about it.  Then I was sitting here, idly watching the fight scene, and I thought "oh, damn, what if it's his kid that dies?"  But then I thought "nah, CW isn't that dark.  They're not gonna kill a kid.  That's crossing a line."
But then it hit me.  What if it's Oliver's Baby Momma in that grave?
OH SHIT!!!!

You know, that kind of face to face proximity makes it hard to continue believing that Dark doesn't know who Arrow is.

 Nah, dude, cause... Masks.  

Right.

Masks.

Fascinating.  I'm glad he had to withdraw from the race.  They might do an about face, but it's nice to see something bad actually happen, instead of having a deus-ex-random plot device save everything at the last moment.

You know, for people on a rescue mission, hoping to get the hostage back alive, they're making AN AWFUL LOT OF NOISE.  HAVE YOU PEOPLE NEVER HEARD OF STEALTH AND ALL IT'S MANY ADVANTAGES?

Turning around is so prosaic. 

I offer you, instead, complete bullshit.

Uh-oh, Malcolm.  The cat is out of the bag.  Your ass is in the hot seat, now.  Oliver is gonna straight up, legit kill you.

AHAHAHAHAH!!!!  Check it out... Oliver and Vixen are standing in the single dry spot in the rain.  Which is convenient, because it means they don't have to keep wiping their faces while they shoot the scene, and also her hair doesn't go flat.

 Just two very dry people, standing in the rain.

Hey, maybe THEA will straight up legit kill him.  That would be full of poetic justice.

Dear Stephen Amell,
I would like to make it clear that, whatever I may have said about your acting in season one, I feel like you've more than made up for it in the intervening time.  Nice job on the whole "saying good-bye to your kid" scene.

Also, holy shit, Arrow, way to hit me right in my own personal feels.  While I recognize the achievement, I'm not sure I'm pleased about it. 

WHO CALLED IT?
WHO FUCKING CALLED IT?

Felicity regains the use of her legs,

just in time to walk out.