10 Best Single TV Seasons Ever

After stumbling through a few so-so seasons, The CW's Arrow managed to go out with a bang with its eighth and final year. Consisting of just ten episodes - the rest of the seasons all clocking in at 22 or 23 outings - that last season nicely put a bow on Arrow's run.

While Season Eight was a fitting end, Arrow's finest work came during its second year. In the pantheon of comic book-driven shows we've seen over the years, nothing has quite managed to consistently hit the highs of Arrow's second season just yet.

Transitioning from the Hood to the Arrow here, Stephen Amell started to wear the Oliver Queen character like a second skin by the time of Season Two. It had admittedly been a rough start for Amell in the Emerald Archer role in the series' first season, but the actor hugely upped his game for this sophomore year.

Most intriguing about this season of Arrow, it was the ascension to the Deathstroke mantle of Manu Bennett's Slade Wilson. As flashbacks showed Slade slowly losing his mind back on Lian Yu, that was mirrored by Deathstroke rearing his head in the present-day Star City to torment his former BFF Oliver.

Throw in Sara Lance's Black Canary, the hint of romance between Oliver and Felicity, the twisted schemes of Brother Blood, the mirakuru-ravaged war on Star City, and an utterly chilling depiction of C-level rogue Dollmaker, and Arrow Season Two is an exemplary slice of capes 'n' tights TV.