For starters, I have to give credit to the opening with Sebastian Blood’s visit to his “aunt” at Langford. It’s moody and atmospheric, and right off the bat there’s a great bit of dialogue. “Still worshipping the old gods, I see,” Blood says, as he walks into the hospital room to find her saying her rosary. It’s a fun villain line, and since Sebastian Blood has mostly been the epitome of charm when not wearing that skull mask, seeing his “true self” creep through here was a nice touch.  Has there been a single episode in recent memory where our first shot of Laurel isn’t one where she’s frantically cramming a pill down her throat? I understand that this week her addiction issues finally came into play in terms of the larger plot, but enough is enough. Not only have they been telegraphing this virtually all season long, we’ve yet to see much in the way of any consequences for her behavior. And considering where she ended up at the end of this episode, it still feels too neat (we’re not in “State v. Queen” territory, though, so we’re safe). Plus, I realize that the raid for drugs on her apartment (can anyone get me a number on how many times that apartment has been trashed since the show started? We have to be pushing double digits by now, right?) was a set-up by Sebastian Blood to keep her off his trail, but really…a felony for what looked like an empty bottle of “opiates?” Starling City sure is tough on non-violent drug offenders, aren’t they? All that being said, Laurel made herself quite useful the last two weeks, which is great, as it’s the most she’s had to do since about this time last year. While plot-heavy, “Blind Spot” is kind of action-light. It makes up for it in a few ways, though. The bit where Green Arrow and Laurel have to steal a paper file that has Sebastian Blood’s real history in it (I told you that Laurel had plenty to do this week) starts off as a fairly by-the-numbers break and enter/beat the clock scenario, but there’s one great shot from outside a window looking in as an arrow breaks through and Ollie and Laurel come diving out in the nick of time. Very comic book-y without being overly stylized, quite well-executed, and really exciting.  By the end, when Brother Blood decides that the best way to get Laurel off his trail is to eliminate her, we’re firmly back in superhero show territory. The Green Arrow/Brother Blood fight is predictably excellent, and I’d like to point out that never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I’d get to see a live-action Green Arrow/Brother Blood throwdown on prime time TV. But once again, there’s a convenient ending, and it’s Laurel who saves the day. For a moment, I was a bit shocked that they were going to dispose of Brother Blood so quickly, especially given the recent build-up, but no…it was just one of his flunkies in the skull mask. Why I let this surprise me, I’ll never know, but regardless, it was a relief. Blood is the best out and out bad guy the show has had, and I’m looking forward to seeing him totally go nuts in future episodes. You’ll note I didn’t cover the island scenes. That’s because not much of consequence happens there, other than Sara’s divided loyalties becoming not-so-divided anymore. These were brief interludes, but there’s a hint of something larger coming for Professor Ivo, and I’m honestly stumped as to what it could be. DC Universe Watch Again, not much on the DC Universe stuff, am I right? We did get DA Spencer name-dropped, and that’s Kate Spencer/Manhunter…but if there were more, they slipped past me. It looks like Roy’s promotion to superhero status is something we’ll see by season’s end (with or without the enhanced powers), and we got some quality time with Sin, but other than that, this was too plot-heavy an episode to really plant too many easter eggs. I did miss some big ones last week, so please point ’em out in the comments! Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for all news updates related to the world of geek. And Google+, if that’s your thing!