First Impressions - Arrow: "Canaries"

This is by no means a deeply intense dissection of the episode.

It's just my quick comments and notes after seeing the episode only once (a la AoS).
Spoilers after the jump.

You've been warned...


Season 3 Episode 13: 'Canaries"

The Good:

Hot Spit! We get us some more Canary Sara!

No offense to Katie Cassidy, but Catie Lotz is the better Canary to me. Part of it's the writing. Sara's backstory is much more interesting that Laurel's. Part of it's the costume. Catie's outfit screams badass...

 ...while Laurel's shouts of bits and pieces. 

It fits her character to this point, but I hope that by the end of the season she has a new, better put together outfit that coincides with her confidence as Black Canary - instead of the next Canary. Plus, Katie has the daunting task of replacing Catie as Canary, meaning she has to earn her place with fans as well as with Ollie and the others. Not easy.

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Thea's reaction.

After episode after episode of secrets and lies, it was nice to not see the expected response of anger and resentment. Thea's had a rough couple of years, and this revelation was a relief to both Ollie and us. Arrowette anyone?

The Bad:

The Speedy references. We get it...

...you can put it down now.

The WTF?:

I'm glad they finally told Quentin the truth...but did it have to take this long?

Adorkification Moment: Two words: Dagget. Chemicals.

Any chance we'll see Renuyu hit the streets along with Phase Three-Vertigo?