2. The Kiss
https://youtu.be/T_GjTht3GaY By the end of Season 2, the shipping of Oliver and Felicity - Olicity - was kicking into overdrive and taking over Tumblr, and the producers of the show were not only aware of it, but made sure to play on it as well. Thus we had that much-discussed fakeout scene, where Felicity tells Oliver that Slade has taken the woman he loves, but Ollie says that he took the wrong woman, and then tells Felicity that he loves her. It was a big moment for the show, whether you're an Olicity fan or not, and it was revealed to be all part of a plan. While the huge tease sent the fandom crazy, there was something missing: a kiss. Later, after a lot of begging from fans, producer Marc Guggenheim did release the clip with the kiss left in (as you can see above). It would've been their first kiss on the show had it remained, an probably sent shippers over the edge with delirium. You could argue it should've been left in, and it's certainly good to actually be able to see it, but the scene still works without it, and it was worth the wait.
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