Completely agree on the bleh aspect. Arrow has been incredible from the get-go but the recent episodes minus the Suicide Squad episode have been incredibly boring. I know they have to add this soap opera BS to keep some of the audience entertained but it's just predictable and boring. Roy and Thea have to be the weakest part of the show with Moira Queen coming in at a close second. Deathstoke, who I remember being a complete badass, is on a vengeful quest fueled by mirakuru and heartbreak over a women who never looked at him twice. I'm not going to start on the plot holes (the random home movie of Shado that Slade some how obtained, how?) or the fact that Detective Lance has to be the worst detective in the history of television because he can't tell it's Oliver in a green hood. A lot of these things you can overlook because it's a 24 episode season and they have to fill out the entire season with only so much story but season 1 did a much better job of this. Even the flashbacks seem completely forced now. I really enjoyed this show and it's one of three or four shows that I watch and I'm just very disappointed at this point.
I deleted my earlier response, which was kinda a nasty response to the fact you don't like the show much. I did so because after some reflection about it, I realized it was wrong of me to do that. You have a right to an opinion, and I have no right to object if it happens to be different from mine. I like the show, and the writing and such. I think the soap opera is necessary depth behind the action - IMHO it wouldn't be as good a show for me if it (was all fighting and action all of the time) didn't have this depth.
But it's not perfect, nothing ever is - Carry one . . .