Season Analysis: The soap opera elements are kind of silly, but it’s The CW, so whatever, because the rest of this show is pure, old-fashioned entertainment.

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“Sacrifice”
Arrow went for it in every way in its first finale, and it did not require any twists that came from out of nowhere.  This was all that the entire season had been building towards: Malcolm Merlyn actually goes through with his plan to destroy the Glades, Oliver goes into hero mode, some characters actually die and some others nearly do, Moira’s culpability is revealed … to everybody, Detective Lance is suspended, Roy does something that makes us think he’s not a total idiot, and most important, there is finally justification presented for why Oliver and Laurel might actually work together.  I mean, he still has a hell of a lot more chemistry with Felicity, but all this talk about how Laurel knows him better than anyone else is no longer complete bullshit.