Arrow Season 7: 7 Ways It Has Reinvigorated The Show

7. Compelling Mysteries

Collectively, the Arrowverse has prided itself on its ability to make us solve a good mystery. Unfortunately, some of them haven't been as enticing as others (we're looking at you Arrow Season 4) and, as a result, some seasons have ultimately failed as a whole. Thankfully, that doesn't appear to be the case with Arrow's latest offering.

Thanks to the arrival of the new Green Arrow, and the unexpected debut of the flash-forward narrative (more on that later), we were given two new juicy mysteries to solve. However, these mysteries weren't contrived, redundant or larger-than-life. They were smaller, more personal to the characters involved and made us ask the necessary questions: Why is the new Green Arrow saving Star City? Where was she all this time?

While the flash-forward storyline does have somewhat of a bigger feel, given it involves a desolated Star City, the writers decided to focus on the personal consequences. Why has William started searching for Felicity? Why did he travel to Lian Yu? What happened between Rene and Zoe?

There are no evil geniuses or master plans that leave the fate of the world hanging in the balance, and there are most definitely no half-cocked whodunit arcs that risk destroying the show's credibility. Instead, we have two equally compelling and equally grounded mysteries that help return Arrow to the gritty self-contained show that it was always supposed to be. In doing so, they ensure that each episode has kept us hooked so far. Long may it continue.