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Get Up and Fight Back. Arrow 's series 2 mid-season finale packed one hell of a punch. With insane revelations, emotional encounters and shocking twists in both the past and present, 'Three Ghosts' really delivers as Arrow  heads off on its Christmas break. Following his injury sustained last week, the show-runners chose to use Barry to help Oliver get back up on his feet as fast as he went down. Unfortunately, our hero begins to suffer from side effects as he sees hallucinations from his past including Shado, Slade and Tommy. Shado represented Oliver's past fear and how easily he would give up; Slade represented his current fears that he is not a hero and isn't good enough; whilst Tommy confirmed what we as a viewer know about his future - he will become a hero and do good, as that is who he is. It's an interesting spin on a Christmas Carol which works well in the context and provides some surprisingly emotional moments, particularly with Tommy. With the ...

Blood Provides Power. The penultimate episode before the mid-season finale sees Barry Allen enter the Arrowverse as he teams up with the Arrow to take down The Acolyte and put a stop to the Church of Blood. I love that they chose to turn this into a two-parter, as it allows for a more fleshed out story and a stronger mid-season finale. The big lure in this episode is the introduction of Barry Allen, who will go on to become the Flash. Here however, he is just a geeky CSI forensic scientist who flirts with Felicity and strives to locate the vigilante. We learn about his past, his mother's murder and his father's incarceration, which are all nice set-ups for The Flash  TV show which follows this season of Arrow . His debut is slightly underwhelming as he doesn't contribute too much to the overall story apart from picking up clues, but the final shot of him being taken to the Arrowcave is cool and I'm glad they aren't hiding the secret from him for too long. The ...