That article underneath the Wayne title is a total placeholder lol . <| sep |> This is actually really nice to know . I would see if its possible to make this an imgur link , however . Just so that it is easier to see and understand at a glance <| sep |> I mean , it ' s obviously impossible to prove to someone that something isn ' t bad . If you eat a pizza and don ' t like it , someone saying , no , the cheese was excellent , as was the meat and sauce won ' t make you suddenly turn around and go , wow , you ' re right ! My tastebuds totally deceived me ! But , to make an effort anyway The fight choreography was excellent throughout the first 2 seasons . The narrative structure of interweaving the flashbacks with current events was very well executed , and allowed them to give pieces of backstory as necessary as opposed to needing to dedicate an entire season to nothing but setting up Oliver ' s past relationships with the LancesSladeMirakuruetc . Manu Bennett was exceptional as Slade Wilson . The show , much like the Arrowverse as a whole , offered numerous strong female characters in Sara , Laurel , Shado , Helena and Nyssa Thea also evolved into one over time . Sara and Nyssa ' s relationship was an LGBTQ storyline that didn ' t feel forced or shoehorned for diversity . While you argue that Felicity was a forced awkward nerdgirl there solely to pander to the audience , she offered positive representation as a woman at the top of the STEM field , which is representation that is vitally important in 2016 awkward nerdgirls are also REAL PEOPLE who exist , and there ' s nothing wrong with putting one into a show . The DiggleOllie bromance was great . The romantic angles were realistic and not overdramatized in the way you ' d expect from a CW show and like they were in later seasons . The endgame threats were believable for the scope of the show , and offered ramifications and buildup that made the viewer invested in their resolution . The various deaths were heartbreaking . John Barrowman was , well , John Barrowman . I don ' t think there ' s any way to convince you that the S 2 storyline was interesting , because that ' s ultimately a very subjective point . It might just not be the kind of story you ' re into and that ' s ok , but it was clearly very interesting to a lot of people . The S 2 finale , for example , currently sits at a 9 . 5 on IMDb with 5 , 420 votes . If you ' re the type of person who can ' t get into a show because its cast isn ' t starstudded , and full of potential Emmy winners like a Game of Thrones or TWD , then sure , Arrow might not be for you . But if you ' re able to look past things like that and invest yourself in the story and its characters , the first 2 season were a great ride .