It's easy enough to fight criminals by shooting them dead. It was right there in the revised opening sequence - "To honor my friend's memory, I can't be the killer I once was." And that, more than Ollie's battles with Slade Wilson or Sebastian Blood or Isabel Rochev, was the core conflict of the season. And his death formed the crux of Ollie's renewed mission. Though Colin Donnell only briefly reprised his role as Tommy this season, his character was very much a lingering presence driving the actions of Ollie and Laurel throughout the year. We saw a despondent Ollie still crushed by the death of his best friend, Tommy, and having retreated to the island in a self-imposed exile. Right off the bat, "City of Heroes" set the tone and direction for Season 2. Arrow became a better show in many ways this season, but above all, it managed to give Ollie an overarching conflict that deftly carried all 23 episodes and made him his own hero. Luckily, that's something the series succeeded in accomplishing with Season 2.
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