Was it worse than the ultracheesy gun control episode of Arrow from last season?
It was worse. The Gun Control episode was dumb just to push a point. But they kind of stay within the logic the show. This episode did not. Iris, Joe's girlfriend, and Felicity. Try to stop a gang with a superpowered leader.
Edited to add: The girls were at a fancy restaurant, and a goon comes up to try to get Kaitlin. And Felicity assumes he is stripper and starts asking him to take it off. This was a typical CW goon, dirty and mean looking and she is asking this person to strip in public.
so they didnt even try to make up a reason for the girls having to handle the situation themselves intead of calling for help? ---