Can the arrow ever been the ordinary Oliver Queen again? just when he thought the battle against crime has been minimized to the lowest level, a new enemy is born.
Like so much of "Left Behind," this is Arrow in a bit of a holding pattern-an inevitability until Oliver comes home-but the new pieces on display bode well for the back half of season three.
In successfully exorcising the central character for a good portion of the hour, "Left Behind" shows itself to be a greatly dexterous installment of television.
Here's hoping that some of the DC mythology bleeds its way into next week's episode by way of explanation, because for a mid-season premiere, this episode was only so-so.
