At the end of Arrow's last season, Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) faced some horrific events. In the first episode of the new season, Oliver left Startling City behind to escape these tragedies, only to see him make a triumphant return to his hometown. During Oliver's absence, a rebellious group of Glade-dwellers caused chaos in the city. But it took an attack on Thea (Willa Holland) for Ollie to finally launch back into his vigilante persona. Thea had some sizzling scenes with Roy (Colton Haynes) as well as some intense drama when visiting her mom (Susanna Thompson).
Oliver himself had his mommy issues to deal with: given his mother's incarceration, he had some serious work to do at Queen Industries, and Isabel (Summer Glau) was only making life harder. Meanhwhile, there was "the talk" that needed to be had with Laurel (Katie Cassidy) about what happened at the end of last season. It seem friendship is the way to go. Finally, however, it seems that Oliver is officially taking on his identity as Arrow. The end of the episode left it clear that Oliver is finally becoming the hero we knew he was.
Now for some SPOILERS! Here are the five biggest events of this week's episode:
1. Vertigo returns. Entertainment Weekly reports that the following from actor Colton Haynes: "Vertigo comes back into the storyline this season and that could set up a possible appearance from somebody from Roy's past, which, in a way it does with the character Sin (Bex Taylor-Klaus)."
2. John Barrowman's return as the Dark Archer is not what it seems. EW revealed this from Executive Producer Marc Guggenheim: "We said at Comic-Con that John was coming back - but we didn't say when and we didn't say how. So, I'm going to continue to not spoil that. But I will remind everybody that you know we tell stories in two different time periods - we're actually doing an episode where Oliver sort of has hallucinations, we're doing flashbacks from different people's perspectives."
3. Bary Allen/Flash (Grant Gustin) might bring some trouble to Olicity town: "I know his chemistry with Emily is electric," says Colton Haynes. "Olicity shippers are going to be in for a little rude awakening this season. I don't know if they're going to get what they want."
4. Another Death! Again Marc Guggenheim reveals that "there is one more fatality that is coming up," Guggenheim says. Will it be Wednesday?
5. Summer Glau is more connected than you might think. Isabel Rochev has suggested "a surprising connection to the Queen family."
You can stream the full episode Wednesday here! Until then, here's a sneak preview.
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