In Arrow's 18th episode, "11:59," Laurel Lance's death sent shockwaves through Team "Arrow." The upcoming episode "Canary Cry" will explore how Black Canary's demise impacts the team, particularly the walking Tumblr page Felicity. Executive producers Marc Guggenheim and Wendy Mericle have revealed that Felicity will either rejoin Team Arrow or get back together with Oliver because of Laurel's death.
"She's broken up with Oliver and she's also broken up with the team essentially. And in Episode 19, we'll see the undoing of one of those decisions," Guggenheim told TVLine. "She could come back to the team and that does not mean that she's back together with Oliver," added Mericle. "We started off this season with Felicity really wanting to come back and do this because she herself enjoys this kind of vigilante lifestyle, but that is separate from Oliver," she continued. "In [season 4's premiere], he didn't want to; it was more about her making herself happy than anything else. So she'll be grappling in some ways with that."
Black Canary and Green Arrow are known for a long romantic history in the comics, and Laurel's death received a lot of backlash from fans, who felt the death was a move to keep Oliver and Felicity an item; a move that Guggenheim denies. "We never had to kill Laurel to make Oliver and Felicity a couple. That is really independent from the romantic history that Oliver and Laurel had, and a completely different set of dynamics," Guggenheim explained.
It seems that there's a lot in store for Felicity, with recent set photos implying that she might even take up Laurel's mantle herself! Which choice would you prefer Felicity make? Or would you rather this show be about the Green Arrow again?
Starring Stephen Amell and Emily Bett Rickards and David Ramsey, Arrow returns Wednesday, April 27 at 8 pm EST on The CW.
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