ah ... I guess I was noticing the lovely muscles and didn't pay attention to what he was doing with them.

I watched the editing carefully and there aren't two sequential jumps. It's back and forth camera angles and sound effects, and him hanging more than anything else.

I was happy to see one jump, personally. But that was not as satisfying as previous salmon ladders.

I love that Ollie's "something we both need" was dinner with friends.

Yeah, I totally thought he and Roy were just going to suit up and punch some random crimimals. I was pleasantly surprised that they ended up at Diggle's.

I watched the editing carefully and there aren't two sequential jumps. It's back and forth camera angles and sound effects, and him hanging more than anything else.

I rewound to be sure, and yeah -- Brandon Routh has a lot of work to do to catch up with Stephen Amell.

Also, KATANA OH MY GOD.

I've been enjoying Brandon Routh as Ray Palmer a lot, but that whole couture dress and diamond necklace routine with Felicity made me give him a total side-eye. I also harrumphed at the fact that Felicity was successfully won over by this ridic 80's Harlequin romance tactic. The fact of the matter is, while the writers for this show have movingly portrayed fantastic family and team dynamics in the past, they can't write romance for shit. That whole love triangle was just wall-to-wall cliches.

I did go, "oh, PUPPY" at Oliver's "Ralph Wiggum's heart snaps in half" face after catching Ray and Felicity mid-kiss, 'cause I'm not made of stone, people. YOU HAVE NO ONE BUT YOURSELF TO BLAME, OLIVER. Poor idiot.

Was it just me or did that guy playing Captain Boomerang have, like, 10 times the presence of the dude they tapped for Ra's al Ghul? He had a fantastic voice, too. Apparently the actor has Lebanese heritage. Why couldn't they have cast him as Ra's for crying out loud, instead of a generic white dude with an Australian accent of all things?

Yeah, Felicity's about-face due to the dress and necklace felt very off. Especially because up to this point she had been rightly telling Palmer his behavior was creepy.

I've been enjoying Brandon Routh as Ray Palmer a lot

I have to give Brandon Routh MAJOR props, because Ray Palmer is being a creepy creeper AND YET he's ridiculously endearing. (Also, the show's not even being remotely subtle with the Palmer Tech logo is it? Plus the whole dwarf star mining thing [handwave handwave] and the suit specs.)

YOU HAVE NO ONE BUT YOURSELF TO BLAME, OLIVER. Poor idiot.

That man is so lousy at relationshipping. I enjoyed Diggle busting him about his bullshit "I can't be with anyone" line.

On the other hand, WTF Diggle, telling Felicity that Ollie can't get his head in the game because of her??? I enjoyed Felicity telling Diggle that it is 100% not her problem that Ollie can't use his words like an adult. Because she's right.

I will be so happy if we never see that DJ again. And yet I fear we're going to see a lot more of him. Meh. Can't Daddy Merlyn take him out?

I kind of liked Cupid, despite the fact that she did that bullshit little-girl vocal inflection that drives me up the damn wall. You are a grown-ass woman. Talk like one.

Not sure if Krysten Ritter is right for the role, but I like Krysten Ritter.

I can totally hear her saying "Oh, my god, Clint! You had sex with her?" to Jeremy Renner just before they find out that "Wanda" was a Doombot.

Silly thought: What is the key tenet of Central City nihilists? "Grod is dead."