Arrow: 12 Greatest Plots Of The Series So Far

By Laura Hurley /

5. The I-Love-You Switcheroo

Arrow isn€™t always the greatest at balancing characterization and plot when it comes to €œGotcha!€ twists, but the show successfully pulled a fast one in the Season 2 finale when Oliver dropped an €œI love you€ on Felicity so that she could be his inside woman to take down Slade. Everything about the €œI love you€ was objectively wrong €“ too soon, inappropriately timed, dissonant to all the action €“ but it felt right thanks to Stephen Amell selling the heck out of those three little words. The €œI love you€ felt as real as it did wrong, but everything made perfect sense by the end of the episode. Oliver did the unthinkable by putting a woman who signed on to Team Arrow as the tech guru into the arms of Slade Wilson thanks to that €œI love you,€ but he also showed a huge amount of faith in her that he€™d pin his whole plan on her pulling off her half of taking down the big bad of Season 2. The €œI love you€ switcheroo to take down Slade Wilson is the best €œGotcha!€ that Arrow has ever pulled off.