Laurel becomes The Black Canary
Hear me out. Anyone that’s read my Arrow reviews knows how I often find Laurel very annoying and self righteous. I think as a character she’s horribly written. No matter what you think about Laurel though, and given how poorly arcs were plotted season, the whole way they made Laurel the Black Canary was well done. They eased into it. She jumped into the black suit with her heart, not her head, and that does fit what Laurel would do. She couldn’t fight like her sister at all and it often resulted in some harsh lessons for her. The path to being an essential part of Team Arrow was not an easy one by any means, and even at the end of the season she still has some growing to do. Her “friendship” with Nyssa obviously helped her training and hopefully she ends up spending the summer with her at Nanda Parbat to work on her skills a bit.
Great list, Alice. To be honest, i wasn’t sure there were ten highlights, but you found them. I especially liked Thea’s reaction to Oliver revealing himself as the Arrow. I can’t believe she was written as so mature. And Laurel — whose name is the best, I must say 😉 — did have a good arc. I very much enjoy her and Nyssa’s friendship/mentorship, especially as both have something to off the other, making it much less one-sided. The rest was spot on. It was a very uneven season, and makes me go into Season 4 pretty ho hum. I’ll tune in but only because there’s nothing else I watch at 8 p.m. on Wednesdays, and I’ll enjoy the lead up to SPN. Hoping the writers get their heads back on straight and make S4 much, much better.
Looking forward to the lowlights, but I wonder how you’ll keep the number so low…
Thanks elle2! I don’t know, Arrow season three wasn’t all that bad. But the wheels really did fall off the wagon in the second half of the season for sure. I’ll be attending the Arrow press room at Comic Con again this year so I’m very curious to see what plans they have for season four. I hope they see the error of their ways in season three.