# Arrow - Season 3 Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 9, 2014, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrow-season-3-thread/700806 "2014-10-09T00:03:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrow-season-3-thread/700806/121 "2015-02-17T14:51:00Z")
> [@Mister\_Rik](#): > > I don’t know why I like her, I just do. Maybe it’s just because I’m an older brother with two younger sisters, and personal experience just makes me find a lot of what she does to be completely believable. That can’t be it - I’m the oldest with two younger sisters. But c’mon, think of all the qualities that make someone a good person, and name **one** that Thea demonstrates consistently. Tommy was a spoiled rich party boy like her - but also a loyal friend. Laurel’s a drunk and a junkie, but has spent her professional life helping the down-trodden. Roy was a petty criminal who stilled cared about his community and friends. And Thea? Thea’s consistent - at the least bit of emotional upset she can be relied on to find the absolute worst course of action and pursue it - to get high, drunk, into the wrong car, in bed with the wrong guy. The time, money and Herculean efforts spent keeping Thea alive and out of prison (where her stupid ass _wanted_ to go, just to upset her mother) would have made the Glades a Utopia by now, re-directed. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2015, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrow-season-3-thread/700806/122 "2015-02-20T04:12:14Z")
And last night’s episode just justified my liking of Thea. I. Saw. This. Coming. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2015, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrow-season-3-thread/700806/123 "2015-02-20T05:34:39Z")
Well, there was plenty of whining about secrets etc, but the team fight against Slade was cool. Slade was a bit underused though. The parts with Ollie sneaking around his mansion and listening in and finding the recording from his dad and felicity talking to herself was all a bit too cute and retconny, but oh, well. Not a bad ep, but now we’ve got old guest starts week over, I’m ready to move forward. Something I was wondering about, regarding Ra’s. Only the student has a hope of beating the master. So, Ollie & Thea have to be trained by Malcolm, Ra’s former student. Why doesn’t Malcolm take on Ra’s himself? Or does it take three students to defeat the master? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrow-season-3-thread/700806/124 "2015-02-22T14:03:50Z")
I went back and watched the first episode after this one, and they’re doing a nice job tying all these flashbacks into what has gone before in the actual series… in episode 1, he sees his sister scoring some drugs at a party, and he’s got a look on his face that, the first time, I interpreted as him being pissed at finding out that his sister had turned to drugs. This time, it looked more like “Oh, great, this again… Hope I don’t have to kill this guy.” ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2015, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrow-season-3-thread/700806/125 "2015-02-27T04:27:09Z")
Thea’s line in last night’s episode: “I can’t imagine that it gets any easier … and I don’t think that it should.” That’s what I’m talking about. I’ve just realized that Thea is _my_ “audience surrogate”. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2015, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrow-season-3-thread/700806/126 "2015-02-27T05:01:25Z")
How did Thea get in touch with the League so quickly? Is there a hotline, like 1-800-ASSASSIN, you can dial? ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2015, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrow-season-3-thread/700806/127 "2015-02-27T05:03:46Z")
So will Ollie accept the job offer? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2015, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrow-season-3-thread/700806/128 "2015-02-27T05:11:45Z")
Obviously Ras got tired of being turned down by Batman. Either that or he just offers the League to anyone who gets past the guards. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2015, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrow-season-3-thread/700806/129 "2015-02-27T11:23:52Z")
> [@Terminus\_Est](#): > > How did Thea get in touch with the League so quickly? Is there a hotline, like 1-800-ASSASSIN, you can dial? They kind of handwaved that she could get in touch with them because they were “in town”. Which doesn’t really answer the question. Maybe she just stood on the nearest dark street cornor and yelled “Merlin did it”. > [@JohnnyQ](#): > > Obviously Ras got tired of being turned down by Batman. > > Either that or he just offers the League to anyone who gets past the guards. Well, except for the black guy, apparently. I guess Ra’as hasn’t really kept abrest of progress in Civil Rights over the last few centuries. You’d think he’d at least try offering the leadership of his league of professional assassins to someone who wasn’t avowdly agasint killing people though. And who is the only guy smart enough to show up with a weapon invented post 1500AD. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2015, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrow-season-3-thread/700806/130 "2015-02-27T13:30:34Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > They kind of handwaved that she could get in touch with them because they were “in town”. Which doesn’t really answer the question. Maybe she just stood on the nearest dark street cornor and yelled “Merlin did it”. > > Well, except for the black guy, apparently. I guess Ra’as hasn’t really kept abrest of progress in Civil Rights over the last few centuries. > > You’d think he’d at least try offering the leadership of his league of professional assassins to someone who wasn’t avowdly agasint killing people though. And who is the only guy smart enough to show up with a weapon invented post 1500AD. Ollie and Diggle killed a number of people getting into Ra’as hideout. And did you see that bow open up? next thing he’ll carry his motercycle in a suitcase. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrow-season-3-thread/700806/131 "2015-03-01T13:39:24Z")
> [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > Obviously Ras got tired of being turned down by Batman. > > Either that or he just offers the League to anyone who gets past the guards. Well, he does dress all in black. No mask, though. “Think about the offer, Oliver; I’ll most likely kill you in the morning.” ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrow-season-3-thread/700806/132 "2015-03-01T14:16:43Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Well, he does dress all in black. No mask, though. “Think about the offer, Oliver; I’ll most likely kill you in the morning.” You see, its the name thats important - no one would fear ‘Ras a Wesley’ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrow-season-3-thread/700806/133 "2015-03-01T22:27:47Z")
I hope Ras at least mentions “The Detective” (the B word probably being verboten) when he comments on Oliver’s decision. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrow-season-3-thread/700806/134 "2015-03-13T01:21:30Z")
WTF is with these shows constantly taking a week or two off? No _Arrow_ this week, no _Gotham_ this week, no _Flash_ for the last two weeks. What oh-so-important shows are CW and Fox showing in their places? Is _The Blacklist_ on this week, at least? (Yes, these are the only four current shows I follow.) And !@#$ CW for refusing to show me anything unless I turn off my ad blocker. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrow-season-3-thread/700806/135 "2015-03-13T01:23:48Z")
Bugs me too. The reality shows are relentless and unending. The good shows? Where are they? ---
**Author:** ![JerrySTL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@JerrySTL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerrySTL)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrow-season-3-thread/700806/136 "2015-03-13T15:04:08Z")
> [@Terminus\_Est](#): > > How did Thea get in touch with the League so quickly? Is there a hotline, like 1-800-ASSASSIN, you can dial? 1-800-277-2774 seems to be a paving company in South Carolina. Obviously a front. Or maybe the number is a 1-888? ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrow-season-3-thread/700806/137 "2015-03-13T16:21:18Z")
> [@JerrySTL](#): > > 1-800-277-2774 seems to be a paving company in South Carolina. Obviously a front. Or maybe the number is a 1-888? They pave the street - **with the bones of their enemies!** ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrow-season-3-thread/700806/138 "2015-03-13T21:29:08Z")
> [@simster](#): > > They pave the street - **with the bones of their enemies!** Do you play World of Warcraft? The orcs _did that_ to the draenei. ---
**Author:** ![BrianJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/54ee81/32.png) [@BrianJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrianJ)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrow-season-3-thread/700806/139 "2015-03-27T23:09:00Z")
No comments on this weeks Arrow? I’m still enjoying it. I’m curious where they will take this framing Arrow. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2015, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrow-season-3-thread/700806/140 "2015-03-28T01:15:29Z")
Yeah, I’ve really enjoyed the last few episodes, even if “Ras lets them all go and won’t harm Ollie at all because of Deus Ex Machina prophecy” is a bit silly. I was glad that Palmer seemed to be vaguely reasonable when necessary… the whole “if I was as evil as you say I would kill you now” thing seems like it ought to be pretty convincing. Obviously a fight of A.T.O.M. and arrow vs Ras and the league of assassins would be pretty epic. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrow-season-3-thread/700806.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrow-season-3-thread/700806.md?page=8)