Five Favorite Episodes of "ARROW" Season One (2012-2013)

 

Below is a list of my five favorite episodes from Season One of the CW series, "ARROW".  Created by Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, and Andrew Kreisberg; the series stars Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen aka the Arrow:

FIVE FAVORITE EPISODES OF "ARROW" SEASON ONE (2012-2013)

1.  (1.23) "Sacrifice" - In the season finale, Oliver Queen aka the Arrow and his friends struggle to stop Malcolm Merlyn's plans to destroy Starling City's working-class neighborhood, the Glades.

2.  (1.16) "Dead to Rights" - The Queen and Merlyn families become embroiled in Floyd Lawton aka Deadshot's attempt to kill Malcolm, after Moira Queen had hired the hitman to kill her business partner and prevent his plans for the Glades.

3.  (1.01) "Pilot" - After being regarded dead for five years, Oliver returns to Starling City to begin his vigilante activities as the "Hood" (the Arrow).  He also has to reconnect with his family and face his ex-girlfriend, Laurel Lance, whom he had cheated on before his fateful journey.

4.  (1.17) "The Huntress Returns" - Oliver's former lover, Helena Bertinelli aka the Huntress, returns to Starling City to continue her vendetta against her mobster father for the death of her fiance.  She tries to exploit Oliver's friendships with John Diggle and Felicity Smoak to coerce him into helping her.

5.  (1.09) "Year's End" - Oliver attempts to track down a mysterious copycat vigilante, who is killing people on the list given to the former by his father five years ago.

Honorable Mention:  (1.20) "Home Invasion" - Oliver risks Diggle's wrath by postponing his offer to help the latter track down Deadshot, in order to help Laurel and boyfriend Tommy Merlyn protect a young boy, who had witnessed the murder of his parents at the hands of a hit man.

"ARROW" Season One (2012-2013) Photo Gallery

 

Below are images from Season One of "ARROW", the CW adaptation of the D.C. Comics hero, the Green Arrow. Created by Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, and Andrew Kreisberg; the series stars Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen aka the Arrow:

"ARROW" SEASON ONE (2012-2013) Photo Gallery

Top Favorite Episodes of "TIMELESS" Season One (2016-2017)

Below is a list of my favorite episodes from Season One of the NBC series, "TIMELESS".  Created by Eric Kripke and Shawn Ryan, the series stars Abigail Spencer, Matt Lanter, Malcolm Barrett and Goran Višnjić:


TOP FAVORITE EPISODES OF "TIMELESS" SEASON ONE (2016-2017)

1.  (1.07) "Stranded" - The time traveling team of Lucy Preston, Wyatt Logan and Rufus Carlin follow fugitive Garcia Flynn (who is determined to destroy the organization known as Rittenhouse) to 1754, during the French and Indian War, and find themselves stranded when his team sabotages their time machine, the Lifeboat.  Katrina Lombard and Salvator Xuereb guest-starred

2.  (1.13) "Karma Chameleon" - Wyatt and Rufus take an unauthorized trip back to Toledo, Ohio in 1983 in an effort to prevent the one-night stand between the parents of the man who ends up murdering Wyatt's wife, Jessica.  

3.  (1.13) "The Murder of Jesse James" - The team travels back to April 1882, after Flynn saves outlaw Jesse James from being murdered by the Ford brothers.  Flynn uses the outlaw to help track down a former time traveling colleague.  They recruit  U.S. Marshals Bass Reeves and Grant Johnson to help them track down the pair.  Coleman Domingo, Daniel Lissing, Zahn McClarnon and Annie Wersching guest-starred.

4.  (1.04) "Party at Castle Varlar" - The team continues its search for Garcia Flynn in 1944 Nazi Germany,where they receive help from Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond.  Sean Maguire guest-starred.

5.  (1.02) "The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln" - The team struggles over whether to prevent the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865; when they learn that Flynn has formed ties with John Wilkes Booth.

Honorable Mention:  (1.15) "Public Enemy No. 1" - Lucy and Rufus and a suspended Wyatt divert from a mission in order to track down Flynn to 1931 Chicago.  They recruit Elliot Ness' help, when they discover that Flynn has joined forces with Al Capone to find Rittenhouse member, Chicago Mayor William Thompson.  Misha Collins guest-starred.