Arrow review – 2×03: ‘Broken Dolls’

Laurel (Katie Cassidy) throws The Hood under the boss in Arrow 2x03

This week on Arrow: we turn the spotlight on the Lance family as Laurel (Katie Cassidy) mistakes being bitchy for grieving and former Detective Lance, now Beat Cop Lance (Paul Blackthorne) gets far too psychoanalytic in his pursuit of the bad Continue reading

Arrow review – 2×01: ‘City Of Heroes’

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One show was a huge surprise last year – the rare kind of self-assured show that jumps out of the box relatively fully-formed, with a distinctive tone and well-defined (albeit work-in-progress) characters. That show was Arrow and it’s finally back for S2. Is Continue reading

Arrow review – 1×23: ‘Sacrifice’

Sacrifice

The Undertaking is upon us and destruction is guaranteed on the season finale of The CW’s Arrow. Can Oliver (Stephen Amell) and company defuse Malcolm Merlyn’s (John Barrowman) earthquake device before it levels the Glades? As if you even have to Continue reading

Arrow review – 1×19: ‘Unfinished Business’

Tai-chi 'island style' on 'Unfinished Business'

Vertigo is back on the table as The Count (Seth Gabel) returns to wreak havoc on Arrow. But all is not what it seems in an episode that’s really interested in exploring the personal vendettas our characters carry and how they Continue reading

Arrow review – 1×18: ‘Salvation’

Roy (Colton Haynes) finds himself in a lick of trouble in 'Salvation'

Oliver (Stephen Amell) discovers that he’s not the only vigilante in town when a man calling himself The Saviour begins kidnapping and executing perceived wrong-doers. But the real revelation for our masked crusader is that The Glades will play an instrumental Continue reading

Arrow review – 1×17: ‘The Huntress Returns’

Huntress (Jessica De Gouw) returns to play with Oliver (Stephen Ammell)

After what seems like ages, Arrow returns and brings with it the return of S1′s best villain thus far: Jessica De Gouw’s Huntress. So how does Oliver (Stephen Ammell) handle his various girlfriends? Let’s bitch it out…

Arrow review – 1×16: ‘Dead To Rights’

Dead to Rights

Huge twists and turns emerge as Malcolm Merlyn (John Barrowman) returns to Starling City and OH DEAR LORD WHY IS LAUREL (Katie Cassidy) WEARING A RED ONESIE??? Let’s bitch it out…

Arrow review – 1×15: ‘Dodger’

Stop fussing or I'll never get this Lindsay Lohan sobriety necklace on. Felicity (Emily X) and Diggle (David Ramsey) prepare to party in Arrow 1x15

Arrow‘s surprisingly self-assured first season continues with an episode that proves the series has its formula down pat as ‘Dodger’ deftly balances its procedural case of the week with its broader mythology. Let’s bitch it out…

Arrow review – 1×12: ‘Vertigo’

Vertigo

The CW’s Arrow continues to stunt cast the best and brightest of geek icons as Seth Gabel joins the cast playing the villainous Count, Starlight Starling City’s most dangerous drug pusher. Let’s bitch it out…