How 'Arrow' Was Destroyed By the Arrowverse
The first season of Arrow was grounded and dark, unlike any superhero show that had come before it. Oliver Queen and his alter ego (he was the Hood back then) spent five years on a seemingly deserted island before finding a way home. The Hood (or the Green Arrow, as he would come to be known) spent his nights using a list his father had provided him with to rid the streets of crime. And by rid, I mean brutally murder with as many arrows as he could possibly fit in them. And it was great television. The villain was grounded, he was a man who had trained in archery and had loose ties to Ra's al Ghul. The first series was also not afraid to sacrifice characters, with Oliver's best friend Tommy dying in the finale. All of them made for a gritty, violent and most of all entertaining take on the superhero genre.