Arrow 1x01 - ‘Pilot’ - Birth of a Universe
Plot: We all know this one. Oliver Queen gets rescued after five years ‘stranded on an island’ and has to deal with readjusting to normal life. The world has changed while he was away, and with an ex that hates him, a police chief that’s out to get him, a bodyguard who won’t let him out of his sight, and a sister who’s very into the party lifestyle, he has a lot to reckon with. Oh, also he’s a vigilante who hunts down enemies from his dead dad’s old notebook now. So normal stuff.
Speaking of dead dad, we also get flashbacks to their boat capsizing, Sara Lance being no doubt killed at sea, and Ollie’s dad shooting their captain and himself in order to give him a fighting chance at survival. Your regular Arrow trauma train basically. 9/10
Villain: Adam Hunt, an evil businessman who has swindled millions from innocent people, and is embroiled in a lawsuit from Laurel’s legal aid firm. A bog standard starter villain, but having the connection to Laurel at least links him a little more with the active story.
Oliver kills all his bodyguards but leaves him alive, plants a ‘money hacking’ arrow in the wall and returns all the stolen money in a real ‘Robin Hood’ moment. 6/10
Action: As our intro to ‘the Hood’, I’d say the action delivers. It’s mainly Oliver against a bunch of mooks, and watching him effortlessly work through them quickly shows how much of a threat he is post-island. 8/10
Soap Opera Factor: Look, at the end of the day it’s a CW show. We’ve got your checklist of shirtless hunks, nightclub parties and petty romantic drama. We can let it slide as a lot of the drama is expository this episode, but it’s easy to chuckle as Oliver moodily watches Tommy and Laurel flirt from a fire escape, or as Thea lays into her newly-alive brother for disapproving of her drug habit. Just enough trauma to keep it balanced though. 5/10
Stinger: SHOCK HORROR! Moira Queen was involved in the shipwreck?? And she had Oliver kidnapped to see what he knows?? (Oh yeah, that was a subplot too.) No notes. 10/10
Overall Rating: 7.6/10
An enjoyable intro into the world of Arrow, which tees up enough questions and fun action that you’re bound to at least tune into the next episode.
‘Pilot’ originally aired October 10, 2012.
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Good Omens S2 Spoilers!!!!
Warlock: Okay, all we need to do is recreate their dates that they had when they were still together and shazam, they're in love again
Muriel: But they weren't actually toge-
Warlock: Shush, I saw it in a Lidsney Lohan film, it's going to work. Right Bently, I'm leaving it up to you to get Nanny to where we need, Muriel is going to get Broth- Aziraphale from Heaven. Me and Adam will set up a date they've had before
Adam: This is going to be so easy
Across the road
Nina: Should we stop this?
Maggie: No, I want to see if it works
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ADAM BRODY
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