Don't think they should have killed him off though.

I think the writers are seriously overestimating the audience's opinion of Thea. They clearly want us to think that she's a troubled girl who needs help and we're supposed to be rooting for her to get it. I don't feel that way at all and I'm betting I'm probably not the only one. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that if the vast majority of the audience last night didn't think she belonged in jail and got away with murder I'd be shocked. What I saw was a spoiled rich girl who got away with driving under the influence, which is something I have to put in the top five list of most detestable crimes (behind child molesters and people who talk in the theater) and didn't take the situation seriously at all. And she shouldn't have. Because Oliver and Moira used their influence to practically buy her way out of that jam and basically taught her there are no real consequences to her dangerous actions. Oh sure, she can sheepishly say "I'm sorry" and start folding files for Laurel (Which by the way, is a JOB and not a punishment.) But I see no difference between her and the criminals Arrow puts away and the fact that he gives her special treatment because she's his sister makes me think a whole lot less of Ollie. Thea deserved to have the book thrown at her.

Notice how she still refuses to take responsibility for her actions and blames her mother for having an affair for supposedly driving her to do it. Do you know the absolute most messed up thing about that? Even if Moira HAD been having an affair that wouldn't have excused Thea's actions in the slightest. But Moira AND Oliver act like it would have anyways. They are serious enablers.

I have to ask the writers WHY they could possibly think seeing rich people get away with murder with no consequences whatsoever would be something people would root for. I have serious problems with the criminal justice system and the biggest is the disparate sentences given the to the rich and the poor. I don't think asking characters to have to live in the same world as the rest of us do is too much to ask for "heroes". In fact, because they are heroes the standards should be even higher.

I am frankly disgusted with this episode and this show. Even Seth Gabel couldn't save the episode for me. Even if Count Vertigo HAD been cooler I'd have hated the episode anyways.

Ok, her nickname is Speedy. Does that mean we get to see her in red? I think the writers may be leading somewhere. Arrow is attacking everyone but his own family, even though he knows they are guilty, especially Mommy Queen. He needs someone to 'run' the family so he doesn't have to and can run around playing hero.

The thing I really resent about Oliver giving Thea and Moira passes this week is that just last week he was lecturing Diggle about the importance of the mission and refusing to cut Dig's friend any breaks. Sure, he turned out to be guilty, but he just as easily could have been innocent and Oliver was giving Dig a lesson in ethics that he obviously couldn't follow himself. I am fed up.