Quick Take: Arrow’s Mid-Season Finale, “The Climb”

WOW . WOW. WOW. Shattering. That was one amazing 42 minutes of television. I literally could not believe they did that. I was hoping all day that I would be surprised by something. I was. I knew Oliver would be not really in the show for a couple of episodes and I knew the team might think he was dead. But I didn’t think they would ACTUALLY KILL HIM. I mean, of course, he comes back–Stephen Amell was filming tonight in fact–but that doesn’t mean he’s not dead or might as well be at the moment. And just watching that happen to him. Hard to watch. I don’t blame his mother for needing to hear his voice.

I still can’t sleep. Harrowing.

Watch this show. It is amazing. More thoughts to come.