Oh, Arrow. How many times can you mess with our heart? On Arrow Season 3 Episode 1 , Oliver was actually happy. For a little while at least. This is partly because his team totally has this crime-fighting down to a science, as evidenced by the high-paced opening action scene: Felicity is aptly monitoring communications… Diggle is in charge of securing a shipment of black market weapons… and Oliver and Roy Arsenel are all over the bad guys. Who said being a superhero had to be tough? Watch Arrow Season 3 Episode 1 Online But when we see a new drug dealer take over a crime group and become Starling City’s new Count Vertigo. His first act is to kill Oliver Queen. We also later meet Brandon Routh as Ray Palmer, who bond with Felicity at her electronic retail store over his desire to purchase a satellite frequency communicator. It’s then time for the moment all shippers have been waiting for: Ollie and Felicity on a date! For real! Oliver opens up about his time in Hong Kong and his trust issues and how she helped change him and it’s all going well… until Count Vertigo fires a rocket into the restaurant. He had tracked Oliver to the restaurant via a GPS on his suit and Oliver is upset that he allowed his feelings for Felicity to distract him from noticing it. After getting injected by a serum by his new enemy, Oliver is saved by Detective Lance, though his heart gives out and the Count escapes when Oliver goes to check on him (Lance would be hospitalized and end up fine). Still, Oliver is torn: Can he ever be a regular person AND Arrow? Later on, with the help of Sara, Oliver will defeat the new Count, but not before he ominously tells Arrow that a new enemy will just crop up to take his place. Back at Queen Consolidated, Palmer shows up and gives a very strong presentation to the board, which contains data he stole using Felicity’s advice. He has a plan to resurrect the company and the city, which he wants to rename Star City. Palmer later offers Felicity a job, which she turns down. Meanwhile, Diggle and Lyla have their baby, which prompts a talk between Oliver and Felicity. She wants him to just tell her that they can “never” be together due to his alter-ego, but he interrupts her speech with a kiss. It’s an amazing moment, yet it doesn’t mean they’re together. Quite the opposite in Felicity’s view, in fact. And now we get to it: After meeting up with Laurel on the roof of a building, Sara gets shot by three arrows to her chest and plummets to her death. It’s a sad moment, but also a necessary one, as it will jumpstart Laurel’s character and have a lasting impact on everyone we know and love. Quite an opener, huh? You can go watch Arrow online to see why the proverb told to Oliver many years ago (“A man cannot live by two names.) sadly rings so true and you can get an early look at Arrow Season 3 Episode 2 here: Arrow Season 3 Episode 2 Teaser
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Arrow Season 3 Episode 1 Recap: Who Died?
