Arrow: 10 Greatest Episodes

It’s difficult not to include the entirety of season 2, as there are some whoppers in the build up to the season finale. ‘Seeing Red’ and ‘The Promise’ include some of the tensest moments in the show, as Ollie's mother is killed and Slade vows to live up to the promise he made Oliver respectively, but ‘Deathstroke’ gets the nod as the best episode in the build-up to the finale.

After months of planning, Slade Wilson finally steps into the open, turning Ollie’s family against him and revealing to Laurel that he is the Arrow. Meanwhile, Isabel Rochev seizes control of Queen Consolidated from right under Ollie’s desperate nose. The stakes had never been higher, and it was perhaps Ollie’s lowest moment in the series, or at least - it's up there with that time Ra's al Ghul puts a sword through his chest and throws him off a mountain. More on that later.