Another Way: Arrow 2x01 Review (City of Heroes)

Season 2 let’s goooooooooo!!!! I am so pumped to FINALLY be writing about Arrow’s second season, which many fans and critics argue is the television show’s best. I tend to vacillate between two and three for favorite seasons, so we’ll see if this rewatch pushes me firmly in one direction.

If there’s one distinct difference between the Season 1 pilot and the Season 2 premiere it is FELICITY MEGAN SMOAK. She’s in almost every scene. Oliver and Felicity on Lian Yu, Oliver and Felicity at Queen Consolidated, Oliver and Felicity in the bunker, Oliver and Felicity arguing, Oliver and Felicity gazing, Oliver and Felicity in sexual positions!!

You get the idea.

I’ll argue that the paradigm shift in regards to Arrow’s love story began the second Emily Bett Rickards filmed her first scene with Stephen Amell. It’s fine if you don’t agree the shift began in Season 1, but you cannot deny what happens in Season 2. Facts are facts.

Let’s dig in….