{"id":130771,"date":"2016-05-28T10:48:30","date_gmt":"2016-05-28T16:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/05\/28\/and-a-season-finale-4-for-arrow.html"},"modified":"2016-05-28T10:48:30","modified_gmt":"2016-05-28T16:48:30","slug":"and-a-season-finale-4-for-arrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/05\/28\/and-a-season-finale-4-for-arrow.html","title":{"rendered":"And a season finale (#4) for &quot;Arrow&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An episode riddled with plot holes, irrational actions, handwaving plot resolution, and characters who appear without comment then vanish without comment. But, hey, if that very thing hasn&#39;t driven you away from <i>Arrow<\/i> before, why should it now?<\/p>\n<p>And, honestly, some of the denouement stuff was pretty good. And, as a bonus, it seems like we might have a season whose flashback plot is not on Ollie&#39;s Favorite Island Hell (&quot;You&#39;re not here for the archery practice, are you?&quot;).<\/p>\n<p>As I&#39;ve written elsewhere, <i>Arrow<\/i> has become like Bud Light: nothing you&#39;d brag about spending time with, but something you might find yourself slurping when there&#39;s nothing else in the fridge, even if it leaves an awful taste in your mouth.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style='text-align:center'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/101083456815352083930\/albums\/6289782512103318193\/6289782511305107826'><img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-GXS195duUs0\/V0nL3ozOKXI\/AAAAAAAD5rc\/JBZ-Tq4aph87riHB5UiuTFmt-i6fzya4w\/vlcsnap-2016-05-26-18h18m58s545%255B1%255D.png?imgmax=660' style='max-width:650px;' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style='text-align:center'>\n<a href='' style='width:50px;height:50px;display:inline-block;background-size:cover;background-image:url();'><\/a>\u00a0\n<\/div>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/LM5ZVmhMFX2'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An episode riddled with plot holes, irrational actions, handwaving plot resolution, and characters who appear without comment then vanish without comment. But, hey, if that very thing hasn&#39;t driven you away from Arrow before, why should it now? And, honestly, some of the denouement stuff was pretty good. And, as a bonus, it seems like &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/05\/28\/and-a-season-finale-4-for-arrow.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;And a season finale (#4) for &quot;Arrow&quot;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":130772,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/vlcsnap-2016-05-26-18h18m58s5455B15D.pngimgmax=660.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":127499,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/08\/12\/constantine-will-visit-arrow.html","url_meta":{"origin":130771,"position":0},"title":"Constantine will visit &quot;Arrow&quot;","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 12-Aug-15 4:33am","format":false,"excerpt":"I was sorry to see\" Constantine\" canceled. 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