Arrow: 10 Greatest Episodes

Before metahumans, before magic and the supernatural, before lazarus pits and that time in season 3 where everyone on the show died and came back to life, there was the pilot. The gritty, down to Earth pilot, where Ollie struggled to adapt to his new life in Starling City, and no one noticed that his return coincided perfectly with the emergence of a hooded vigilante.

The Arrow pilot established Ollie’s motives, the relationships between the characters, and an interesting start to a backstory that would eventually become ridiculous (spoiler alert - he wasn't on the island the whole time). The show still had a long way to go, but the Arrow pilot reminds us all of a simpler time.