TVLine caught up with
Arrow executive producer Marc Guggenheim as the series heads into its final episodes. Guggenheim stated that the finale will act as a conclusion for the first two seasons of The CW show and that season 3 should be viewed as a relaunch.
"The way we've been approaching season 3 is [with the] recognition that the season finale of season 2 doesn't feel like just a conclusion of season 2, but rather a conclusion of seasons 1 and 2 – that we were telling one, big 46-episode story.
"The season finale really gives you a strong sense of closure and that a chapter really, truly is finished," adding,
"My hope is that it'll do so in a way that will make people go, 'Wow, this story may be over, but I'm really interested in seeing what the next story they tell with these characters is'."
Guggenheim also discussed the show not being afraid to kill off main characters revealing that one character will not make it to the third season.
"The thing about Arrow is we've shown a willingness to lose characters when a lot of other shows might keep them around. Let me put it this way… There's one character who you will not be seeing at the start of season 3."
Following Tommy Merlyns death and recently Moira Queens its safe to say no character is safe in the world of Arrow. Slade Wilson did say that one more person must die for it to be over with, but who? Speculation is rife with Sara Lance being tipped to go to allow sister Laurel to don the Black Canary mantle, or could the producers throw a curve ball and go with a less obvious choice of maybe Diggle or another close member of team Arrow? Sound off your thoughts below!
ARROW S2 E23 Unthinkable — Slade (Manu Bennett) moves forward with his plan to kill one more person in Oliver’s (Stephen Amell)life. While Oliver has fought all year to be more than the killer he once was, when Slade kidnaps someone close to Oliver’s heart, Oliver is pushed to the edge and realizes sometimes it takes doing the unthinkable to stop the monster. Meanwhile, Diggle (David Ramsey) takes on Amanda Waller (guest star Cynthia Addai-Robinson) with a little help from some friends, and Thea (Willa Holland) turns to Roy (Colton Haynes) in her time of need. John Behring directed the episode with story by Greg Berlanti and teleplay by Marc Guggenheim & Andrew Kreisberg (#223).