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Arrow - Stunts: Team Arrow Vs. The League Published on May 11, 2015, by the CW Television Network https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dkkgVkJNG8

Robert Dougherty continues harping on his same complaint about Arrow this season... 'The Flash' Proves Far Better At Course Correction Than 'Arrow' By Robert Dougherty May 11, 2015 10:45 AM http://www.themovienetwork.com/article/flash-proves-far-better-course-correction-arrow

The above Wrap article brings up a good point about how it becomes increasingly difficult to watch Arrow without also keeping updated on The Flash. Let's do a tally of everything we'll have to keep track of in the future if we want to be fully informed about everyone and everything going on in Arrow... Arrow tv episodes The Flash tv episodes that feature or even mention Arrow characters Arrow digital comics covering the summer hiatus The Flash digital comic issues covering the summer hiatus that feature Arrow characters Legends of Tomorrow tv episodes that feature or even mention Arrow characters Vixen digital comic episodes that feature Arrow characters Special Arrow webisodes like last season's "Blood Rush" (if any)

Again, I've only quoted the parts mentioning Arrow, but the entire article is interesting... TV Upfronts: 5 Burning Questions for Broadcast’s Big Week and Where Each Network Stands TV | By Tony Maglio on May 11, 2015 @ 12:17 am http://www.thewrap.com/tv-upfronts-5-burning-questions-for-broadcasts-big-week-and-where-each-network-stands/

I've only quoted the parts relating to Arrow, but this entire Advertising Age article is interesting... The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth: How Superheroes Are Saving TV "Networks Embrace Genre as Buyers Demonstrate They're Willing to Pay Big Bucks for Ad Time" By Anthony Crupi. Published on May 11, 2015. http://adage.com/article/special-report-tv-upfront//298532/

I would watch this show - it certainly looks like more fun than the current season of Arrow, just add Diggle and it would be perfect (plenty of Diggle action shots and Team Arrow scenes to choose from)... Felicity & Oliver - The Relic Hunters Published on May 10, 2015, by Smoak Olicity

Updated reader popularity tables at SpoilerTV (through 3x22)... Reader Popularity Episode Tables - 2014/15 Posted by DarkUFO at Monday, May 11, 2015 http://www.spoilertv.com/2014/08/reader-popularity-episode-tables-201415.html

I think the EPs may have come up with some plot contrivance to keep the marriage going for a little longer. Even though no one wants it, there could be some greater good involved. For example, Oliver & Nyssa may want the LOA members kept under control and not let loose as free agents upon the world - so that may mean Oliver staying Ra's for awhile longer (assuming he becomes Ra's) and Nyssa staying married to assure the loyalty of the old guard, just until they've worked out some ritual transition. Alternatively, if Nyssa becomes Ra's, maybe she must abide by the LOA traditions. That means her marriage must be dissolved per LOA rules and rituals. I dunno. Just speculating. In any case, I still think it's too soon for an O/F marriage.

My favorite quote from 3x22... Felicity: "Oh. That makes more sense." (After realizing she didn’t kill the assassin with her tablet, but rather it was Malcolm’s arrows). (source)

Hayley Atwell played the young Eva in Restless, a two-night miniseries on the Sundance Channel in 2012. Also starred Rufus Sewell and Michelle Dockery (who played the daughter of the old Eva in present day)...

Laura Hurley's 'deleted scenes' from her 3x22 review... Deleted Scenes from “Arrow S03E22: What worked, what didn’t, and what needs to happen next” Laura Hurley May 10, 2015 http://laurawritesabout.tumblr.com/post/118636310381/deleted-scenes-from-arrow-s03e22-what-worked

I just watched the video of SA from Wizard World Philadelphia (and corrected my previous report in the Behind the Scenes thread). What SA said about becoming Ra's is: "I think that there is definitely a chance at some point this season that I may officially be Ra's al Ghul." So he wasn't as absolute in his statement as I thought. He also said that the LP "is a part of and will continue to be a part of Arrow." So unless he's teasing us, we're not done with the LP yet. When talking about his favorite season, he felt as though S1 set up S2, though the payoff in S2 was better. "And I think that we are quite possibly in a spot where season 3 will serve again as a transitionary spot and set up season 4." So now we have MG saying that S1-S3 is like a trilogy with 3x23 serving as a punctuation point for this trilogy, although it ends in "kind of" a cliffhanger. And we have SA saying both that 3x23 felt like a series finale and that S3 serves as a transition to set up S4. Huh?

Hmm, does this eliminate the speculation that Roy becomes Jason Todd? https://twitter.com/DCComics

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I'm not sure, but these may be the CW twitter and instagram pages for DC's Legends of Tomorrow - the twitter page has the same poster banner as the official twitter pages for CW Arrow and CW Flash, and links to the instagram page... https://twitter.com/LegOfTomorrow https://instagram.com/legends.of.tomorrow

I think Team Arrow's base of operations will be at PT (or whatever name the company goes by next season). All the tech stuff and resources are already there (does Felicity also get the helicopter and the jet? cuz that would be useful in transporting villains to their island prison). I think Oliver will want his backup lair to remain a secret (even though Diggle, Felicity and ARGUS know about it). It's his place to go and think about stuff alone. If they used that lair, it would have to be completely outfitted, and its location would soon be as well known as the foundry lair. I can see the advantages of keeping another lair (relatively) secret. Always have a backup location. I was hoping Oliver and Felicity would restart their romance with another 'first date'. But by this point, I guess they're past that. They've already confessed their feelings for each other and slept together. I agree with those who've suggested that the next step is just that they move in together - likely Oliver would move in with Felicity at her apartment. (That would leave Malcolm and Thea as housemates - won't that be fun?) I doubt that they're going to go back to being platonic friends. I would be surprised if they got engaged or married, esp. since I don't think dissolving Oliver's marriage to Nyssa is going to be that simple. To clarify --- When I said that about fearing S1-S3 being like the first ('Gwen Stacy') phase of Oliver's journey, I was looking at the next three years as another trilogy. They could keep Oliver and Felicity together in S4 (throwing in a few conflicts like the baby mama and her father), then break them up for some contrived plot reason in S5, and then conclude S6 with Oliver becoming the fully fledged GA (at which point I honestly think they haven't decided yet who Oliver will end up with, if anyone). If Laurel is going to be in S4, then she needs a storyline. I never read the comics, so correct me if I'm wrong - but didn't the Black Canary have, like, three husbands in the comics? Oliver, someone named Larry and someone else? I wonder if they'll bring in a new love interest for Laurel next season who has one of those names. Alternatively, if the EPs are still looking to expand their TV-verse, they could use S4 to try to build up enthusiasm for a Birds of Prey spinoff by having Laurel's storyline involve building her own team with Nyssa and maybe Helena or even Tatsu. If Laurel just remained part of Team Arrow, she and Oliver would be constantly butting heads (unless they significantly change one of their personalities). P.S. I'm telling you Oliver's son, Connor, is going to show up as a teenager through a mystical time travel portal...

GB will have six shows on the air next season - I can't imagine that he will have time to do much hands-on supervision of Arrow in the future... CW: Arrow The Flash DC's Legends of Tomorrow CBS: Supergirl NBC: Mysteries of Laura Blindspot

KC uses the police baton at Wizard World Philadelphia... https://twitter.com/TONiANNA_BANANA/status/597137635480621056

Alex Brown talks about the limited options for women in comic books when it comes to what kind of woman you are (Romantic Love Interest -> Wife or Femme Fatale/Villain, Career Woman, Sexy Girl), the "dung heap of sexist stereotypes and misogynistic plots" in comics with incremental improvement, and then lists a "roundup of 10 groups of women who have made [her] comics life worth living" - included on this list? One Felicity Smoak... Pull List: Women’s History Month ALEX BROWN WED MAR 18 2015 2:00PM http://www.tor.com/blogs/2015/03/pull-list-comics-womens-history-month

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This article reports on what SA said at Wizard World Philadelphia regarding the DC movie and tv universes, the possibility of crossovers into other DC tv shows, and how to connect Arrow and Constantine... Arrow's Stephen Amell Says Any DC TV Show Can Crossover, Reveals Previous Constantine Discussions By Joe Comicbook 05/09/2015 http://comicbook.com/2015/05/09/arrows-stephen-amell-says-any-dc-tv-show-could-crossover-reveals/

I can't swear that I heard SA accurately. I was busy typing and I heard what I thought SA said, and remember stopping and going 'huh? did he just say that?' But then later on, when he was asked about becoming Ra's, he was all 'if he becomes Ra's' and 'we will see'. So (shrug)... hopefully, we'll get a media report or video at some point. MG's comment about the first three seasons being like a trilogy makes me think that S3 will end happily for Oliver & Felicity. But at the same time, it makes me dread what will happen to them next season. If S1-S3 is like the first phase of Oliver's journey toward becoming the GA, then I fear it'll be like the 'Gwen Stacy' phase - not that I think they'll kill off Felicity (she's too popular), but that there will be some plot contrivance that breaks them apart and makes it impossible for them to be together.

3x22 review by those two USA Today romance authors... Allison Brennan and Lavinia Kent on 'Arrow': Wow! Wow! Wow! 9:57 p.m. EDT May 8, 2015 http://www.usatoday.com/story/happyeverafter/2015/05/08/allison-brennan-lavinia-kent-arrow-this-is-your-sword/27021161/

The always insightful Laura Hurley review... enjoy! Arrow S03E22: What worked, what didn't, and what needs to happen next Laura Hurley May 9, 2015 2:44 PM MST http://www.examiner.com/article/arrow-s03e22-what-worked-what-didn-t-and-what-needs-to-happen-next