Arrow Review

Hello, world!

Tv shows have been one constant love in my life since I was ten and I saw the O.C. for the first time. I have the ones that I never stopped watching and I have the ones that I just give up. Finding a good Tv show is not easy, there is a lot of them and every fall or summer new ones come out trying to top the existent ones. Some win and some loose…

So this fall I chose the ones to keep an eye on and this post is about one of them. Arrow.

I think that the fact that I wait for each week to watch it, says it all. Up till now, it has been just amazing. For me it’s a bit of a mixture between Smallvile and Lost (the part of the secrets and the island).

“After a violent shipwreck, billionaire playboy Oliver Queen was missing and presumed dead for five years before being discovered alive on a remote island in the Pacific. When he returns home to Starling City, his devoted mother Moira, much-beloved sister Thea, and best friend Tommy welcome him home, but they sense Oliver has been changed by his ordeal on the island. While Oliver hides the truth about the man he’s become, he desperately wants to make amends for the actions he took as the boy he was. Most particularly, he seeks reconciliation with his former girlfriend, Laurel Lance. As Oliver reconnects with those closest to him, he secretly creates the persona of Arrow – a vigilante to right the wrongs of his family, fight the ills of society, and restore Starling City to its former glory. By day, Oliver plays the role of a wealthy, carefree and careless philanderer he used to be – flanked by his devoted chauffeur/bodyguard, John Diggle – while carefully concealing the secret identity he turns to under cover of darkness. However, Laurel’s father, Detective Quentin Lance, is determined to arrest the vigilante operating in his city. Meanwhile, Oliver’s own mother, Moira, knows much more about the deadly shipwreck than she has let on and is more ruthless than he could ever imagine.”

The synopsis say basically all, but there are still important points.

One of them is the relationships between Oliver, Tommy and Lauren. Most tv shows when dealing with ex-girlfriends that you know that are still a current love interest, just ruin everything by just delving and delaying and adding problems where there should be none. So I was very happy by the fast but not to fast, if that makes any sense, relationship. Also instead of making Tommy the backstabbing friend they made him a sweet and loyal one.

And just for the extra… Yes, Oliver sister was Marissa sister in the O.C.

Let’s just say that if you want a breeze of fresh air with a touch of something that you already are familiar with, this is it.

Tell me what do you think about the secrets and what happened on that island in the comment box below.

Lots of love,

Paradise of Words