The team has to go it alone while Oliver suffers premature death – “Left Behind” (3.10), “Midnight City” (3.11), “Uprising” (3.12)
Okay, granted, I thought Felicity was a whiny brat through all this, but every one else was cool, especially Diggle and Roy. Oliver is gone, he might be dead, so what becomes of the team? They keep protecting the city, that’s what. While they were none too happy with Laurel putting on the black suit when she clearly wasn’t ready, they accepted her help anyway because dammit, she cared. That and they needed all the help they could get. They accepted her weaknesses and tried to protect her cause that’s what teams do. Ray Palmer even got to join in on all the fun as did the brave citizens of The Glades who decided to fight for their city. Heck, even Malcolm Merlyn got into the act. They had everything wrapped up by the time Oliver showed up to steal everyone’s thunder with his lame speech about his return. Show off.
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.