Oliver and Ra’s Al Ghul – the mountain top showdown – “The Climb” (3.09)
I’ll be the first to admit the whole season unraveled from here, plus you knew that Oliver wasn’t really dead, but who screamed when that sword went straight through Oliver? Who shrilled again when his body was pushed off the cliff? The build up to the showdown anyway was emotional and gut wrenching, the fight had the right window dressing, two hot shirtless guys duking it out with swords on a snowy mountain top (even if the fight was horribly one sided), and over all this was a pretty great cliffhanger (no pun intended) to go out on for midseason.
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.