Arrow: 6 Things That "Left Behind" Did Right (And 4 It Didn't)
Mostly dead isn't entirely dead.
After six weeks of a hellish hiatus following the presumed death of Oliver Queen at the hands of master assassin Ra's al Ghul, The CW's Arrow finally returned to the airwaves with a midseason premiere appropriately entitled Left Behind. Focusing primarily on the goings-on back in Starling City rather than dealing with the aftermath of the cliffhanger (or cliff-faller, as the case may be) directly, the episode was not one easy to do well. With the hero last seen stabbed through the lung and kicked off of a mountain, an instalment devoted to the antics of side characters was a big risk. Arrow has always faced mixed reactions to its supporting players, and Oliver has been in the thick of almost every major plot of the show so far. As Left Behind was the first of a trilogy to go light on the protagonist in the present and center primarily on secondary characters, this hour of television needed to provide enough of a quality draw to keep fans from just hunting for spoilers online and tuning back in for Oliver's triumphant February sweeps return.The episode was successful for the most part, and the good far surpassed the bad. Nevertheless, some aspects of Left Behind were too disappointing to ignore. So, here is a look at six things that Left Behind did right... and four that it didn't.