Arrow - Season 3, Episode 05: The Secret Origin of Felicity Smoak
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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.
The episode takes a character that could have been a one-off joke and turned her into a three-dimensional figure whose great power was her ability to raise a good daughter.
"The Secret Origin Of Felicity Smoak" is another strong entry for the season, mostly because it remains so difficult to resist the charms of a Felicity-centric episode.
The nice thing about getting to explore Felicity's origins beyond what we've heard in exposition, was to see that the character always had something of a heroically badass streak.
The writers manage to make a Felicity-heavy installment without it feeling like blatant fan pandering... If it weren't obvious already, this entry makes it clear that Felicity is one of the best characters on TV.