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Oliver takes his fair share of beatings in the first couple of seasons of Arrow. Every time he gets knocked down, though, he gets right back up, even when his old friend Slade Wilson shows up in Starling City all hopped up on Mirakuru. It takes until Season 3 for Oliver to really look death in the face, and when he does, the show that he leads sets out on a new path, one that features its fair share of out-of-this-world moments.
The Arrow Meets His Match in “The Climb”
Once Slade enters his cell on Lian Yu, life is good in Starling City – well, as good as it can be in a city that prides itself on raising criminals. Oliver is back on the streets, and he has his “ex” Sara Lance by his side. But the good times don’t last forever because Sara takes a few arrows in the chest one night, shocking all of Team Arrow. As the gang tries to figure out who’s behind the attack, another party shows up on the scene and wants answers: the League of Assassins. Of course, Sara had been romantically involved with Nyssa al Ghul, and trained killers usually don’t take kindly to their partners dying on their watch.
On his daughter’s behalf, Ra’s al Ghul, the leader of the League, requests that Team Arrow hand over Sara’s killer, unless they want bad things to start happening. Without another choice, Oliver decides to face off against Ra’s himself, hoping to put an end to the threat. The two meet at the top of a mountain in “The Climb” and get it done. While Oliver puts up a decent fight at first, he eventually loses all the momentum and takes a blade to the stomach. Ra’s pushes him off the edge of the cliff, leaving the hero for dead. With the show being called Arrow, obviously, Oliver doesn’t die, but the twist changes everything.
