Tune in with Turner

      Readers, I stepped  back a bit before I  watched Arrow's Leap  of  Faith episode.  Without the Felicity/Oliver story line, I  felt the show did offer what I wanted in a story.  Then I  listened to my readers who looked  for an honest review, which I don't think they fully got from  me, because  I wasn't interested in the story anymore.  In fact one reader said "If you don't feel you can enjoy the show  anymore, perhaps you  shouldn't watch.  She  had a  point.  I considered  not watching, but then I thought, what if I watch the next episode  of Arrow  as though it were a new show, one I  had not seen before, would that change anything?  In fact as Stephen Amell has  stated, the Arrow we knew ended  with season 7, so that's what I did I watched this episode  as if  I  had not ever  seen the show before, and it honestly ...

                     For me the episode was rather ho-hum and a bit of a let down.  I suppose after waiting a long time for the return of Arrow and especially after the Elseworlds episode,  anticipation grew high for viewers.  From reading posts it seems the majority felt a let down.  Many felt that Oliver and Felicity were sidelined.  It's my understanding that Stephen had been filming the crossover, so perhaps there was little time for him to have a full leading role.  I feel the major reason for this episode was to set up the rest of the season.  Let's dig in.                      Oliver and Felicity:  Oliver now works with SCPD, which has to be a  whole new dynamic for  him.  He's  tasked with finding the  new Green  Arrow.  He's provided  a blood  sample  and so he brings it home to ...

The writing for the  first part of the  season has  kept us  involved and for this reviewer a bit nervous, and this  episode kept up that pace and that nervousness.  In this episode, we have 3 different stories  taking place at the same time, and  I have  a feeling that they are all interconnected.  We  had  no flash-forward in this episode, but frankly, we didn't miss  it, because the action and  plot of  all  three  stories kept the  viewer involved.  I'm going to break the review down into the three  stories,  which are the Oliver in Prison, Felicity in the Field, and Lyla,, John,  and A.R.G.U.S.. All three of our main  characters in each story Crossed the Line, but will the  cost be? Let's  dig  in:       Oliver in Prison: Oliver did  what he had to do for Brick  to find  the information on Diaz.  However, Brick w...