We Fall

Has Arrow finally "Jumped the Shark" this season?

Thursday's episode of Arrow - 6.11 was concerning. The concern comes from wondering if Arrow has finally lost its excitement, brilliance, and the Team Arrow magic.

This is now the third episode of the season where Team Arrow is acting like first graders. In a nutshell, Rene told the teacher on Oliver. And, now half of Team Arrow (Curtis, Dinah, and Rene) has moved to the other side of the playground and has formed their own club. Seriously??? Am I really watching a show of "SUPER HEROES" acting like 6 year olds!!!???

As of fan who has been watching since early season 1 and has watched each Arrow episode thru season 5 an unhealthy amount of times, this fan is VERY, VERY concerned. Now, Arrow has had storylines and plot directions that were not always positive, fun, and enjoyable for this fan. However, somehow, the show has always recovered/rebounded into something incredible with magical Team Arrow moments.

The concern this time is that 11 episodes in to season 6 and there has not been amazing/magical team moments. There has not been great, jaw dropping Super Hero action. There has not been a truly enjoyable story plot twist. The villains all suck this season too. Black Siren---Laurel is downright painful to watch. She is just so robotic the way she does this God-awful things to Team Arrow/people in general and she always has that disgusting smile on her face like this is fun to her.

Eleven episodes in and there has not been one scene where this fan has shouted "that was awesome", which that in it self in unheard of. Please* Please* Arrow - Don't Jump the Shark!!!

There is neither rhyme nor reason to this plotline. Arrow and Felicity used to say "It's complicated," and the writers seem to have adopted this as their plot motto. The series gets harder to stomach, as artificial sweetener and color tend to overwhelm any real development of the characters.

Arrow has been on a low streak since its mid-season finale and the follow-up, "Divided" left much to be desired. "We Fall" managed to up the antique in ways we have hoped for, adding a somewhat real motive and menace to Cayden James (Michael Emerson), palpable family drama and a shockingly excellent speech about heroism by Felicity Smoak (Emily Bett Rickards). This episode clearly had a budget increase with its tunnel sequence and while the action was uneventful this time around, Arrow managed to get off the ground with this outing.

I really enjoyed this series for the first two years, then I've witnessed its slow, and now rapid decline in writing, plot, fight scenes, and acting.

Thea is coming back...again?!

Also, we have Oliver's pouting kid to contend with. In *no way* does he fit! I know what's around the corner, too, as these writers see a growing number of dropping fans - Felicity will have a baby soon. Kids added to an established series has historically marked its doom!

Your days are numbered, Arrow.