Last Night's TV: Supernatural, Arrow, Survivor, and More (SPOILERS!)

VIEW IN BROWSER THIS ISSUE: Supernatural, Arrow, Survivor, American Horror Story: Hotel, The Amazing Race TOP MOMENT OF THE NIGHT What If God Was One of Us? (S)he Is on Supernatural The CW BECAUSE: Last season, Supernatural revealed that there was something called the Darkness that God had to battle before He could create the world. Well, Wednesday night's episode had a reveal of its own: The Darkness is God's sister. Thanksgiving dinner just got interesting. READ OUR RECAP Arrow The CW WHAT HAPPENED: Hey, superheroes have feelings too! And so do their brainy sidekicks. Team Arrow spent Wednesday night's episode attempting to rescue Ray from Damien Darhk (and, some of them, battling the lasting effects of being resurrected from the dead, as they're wont to do); it turns out that Ray had been sending Felicity messages for weeks to notify her that he's been shrunken to the size of an ant, captured, trapped in a tiny cube, and needed her help. But she missed them because she'd been trying to make casseroles in the suburbs with Oliver. She's afraid she's lost herself in the man she loves, but following a series of emoji-filled texts from Oliver, Mama Donna swoops in to tell her that's okay, losing yourself happens--they'll find each other too. Luckily, Felicity finding herself again also included finding Ray and freeing him from his life in Honey, Damien Darhk Shrunk the Ex. WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: This might not have been Arrow's most exciting entry, but it was relatable and gave a sense of feeling and purpose to these characters. Sure, it can be tough to tackle the issues of everyday life when Team Arrow's everyday life includes near-constant resurrections and battling of evil magic, but as TV Line says, "An episode like this week's Arrow proves that, every now and then, a superhero show -- even a moodier one -- can't be faulted for taking a moment to ask: 'How is everyone holding up?'" They're gonna be juuuuust fine. READ OUR RECAP Survivor CBS WHAT HAPPENED: EW recapper Dalton Ross made a cultural discovery on Wednesday night: "People on Survivor sure do love giving the finger. In fact, I can honestly say the only place I've seen anyone give the finger over the past few years is on Survivor... You know why? BECAUSE NOBODY GIVES THE FINGER ANYMORE!" In fact, the person flying their fingers is not the contestant voted out this week, but last week's eliminated player, first jury member, Kass. No, Wednesday night's weakest link was Savage, who was so sure his majority alliance was running the show, he didn't account for Kelley Wentworth's perfectly hidden immunity idol. Hopefully there were no fingers in Savage's humble pie. WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: Most agree that the decision to have another balancing Immunity Challenge that was nearly identical to last week's didn't make any sense, but, as the A.V. Club points out, "It's hard to care that the challenge isn't that inventive when the narrative build still manages to make two guys standing around balancing a ball on a disc exciting." Because, you see, Joe won both of those balancing challenges (as Joe wins every challenge), nixing Fishbach's mission to oust the man-bunned deity at Tribal Council, leading the majority alliance to all vote for Kelley (and not split the vote!), leading Kelley to play her idol, leading Jeff Probst to a series of supremely satisfying "does not counts"... and ultimately leading to one of the best episodes of Survivor this season. READ OUR RECAP American Horror Story: Hotel FX WHAT HAPPENED: You guys... Liz Taylor and Tristan are in love. L-O-V-E, love! But if you're finding that an odd and sudden relationship, just listen to what EW recapper Darren Franich garnered from Wednesday's episode: "There's a pattern forming here, a swoony inverted-Oedipal romance ... mothers and their eternal children." One such pair are Alex and little Holden, who John swears he spotted laying together in a glass coffin, but Alex convinces him he's crazy; and in other creepy mom news, creepy blonde baby Bartholomew appears to have sprung from the Countess nearly a century ago. Needless to say, John ends up having a ghost-threesome complete with blood and vomit, and Tristan's love for not-his-creator gets his throat slit by Gaga. The Hotel Cortez is no place for dads and jilted ex-lovers. WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: Ryan Murphy and his rowdy gang of TV cohorts have said that American Horror Story: Hotel most resembled Murder House, the anthology's original installment, and this episode drew that connection quite literally: In 1926, the Countess went to the future home of the first season's Harmons for an abortion, but the baby still came out alive. As Variety says, "Now, it all becomes clear: The Countess is the mother to one of Murder House's terrors (insert joke about little monsters here)." It seems that little terror became Bartholemew, and Variety has another theory: He might just be that Antichrist baby that Jessica Lange raised in Murder House. READ OUR RECAP One More Thing... When Going Viral... Goes International CBS "LIKE" TO WATCH IT: If you had trouble understanding what "Vine Star" meant under Hayes Grier's name on Dancing With the Stars this season, get ready... because The Amazing Race just cast an entire season full of social media stars, including Tyler Oakley. That's right: 11 teams of YouTubers, Viners, the Insta-famous, and the social media adept. We're not sure at all what is happening over there, but we'll assume all the episodes in season 28 will be released in six-second increments. READ OUR RECAP Also Check Out... Recommended by Copyright © 2015 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved. WANT MORE? To subscribe to any of EW.com's email products, please click here. PRIVACY POLICY Please click here for our privacy policy. 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