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Review: Arrow S01E12 “Vertigo”

Can we just kill off the little sister? I’m down with that.

She’s annoying, bratty, and pointless. “It was just me and mom, you were dead!” “I hate mom, wish she had died!” “Oh, dad was the cheat? I’m so sorry!” We might give a crap about this plot line if it wasn’t so, well, bratty and pointless. What do we gain through all this? Character development? Nope. We already knew who the dad was and what everyone was like, the only person figuring this out now is Thea, a character that does absolutely nothing for the show but go around and whine. But of course, everyone jumps to her rescue after she mucks up. I say the brat should have been put in jail.

I suppose there was some kind of mimic here where Oliver is trying to ‘save her’ like he’s trying to protect the city, but it’s fail, utter fail.

Speaking of which, we have what should have been the main storyline and that is of Oliver going after The Count, another villain who is woefully addressed, not to mention badly acted. What was he going for? Joker on speed?

SSSSSSSSSssssssssoooooooooooooooooooooo much potential in this episode to really take the ‘mind bending’ aspect and run with it. Instead it’s pushed aside to make room for Thea’s plotline and a flashback which was totally obvious and pointless at the same time. Seriously, if the flashbacks are going to be nothing but ‘let’s see how many times Oliver can get caught and escape’ I’m going to start throwing things.

Lastly, come on Dresden, really? REALLY? You’re just going to take Oliver’s word that he was ‘just trying to get eyes on The Count’ when his own sister was caught with the drug? You’re a cop, even though Oliver was ‘technically right’ he still lied and you shouldn’t have just taken his, or anyone’s, word for it.

This show just continues to frustrate me, but at least I’m getting a lot of good advice on how not to treat a superhero show.