He helped save (part of) The Glades and ultimately drove his point home with the Dark Archer, but as Arrow‘s Season 1 finale drew to a close, Oliver Queen chalked up a big one in the loss column — the life of his longtime best friend Tommy Merlyn.
As such, Stephen Amell says that fans of the CW drama should expect to see a “broken Arrow” when Season 2 takes flight this fall.
“Not a Broken Arrow as in the Travolta/Christian Slater movie — which I enjoyed — but yeah… Oliver’s not going to be in a good place,” the actor previews.
In saying a tearful goodbye to Tommy — who wound up sacrificing his life to save lady love Laurel’s, as one stretch of The Glades cratered — Oliver sustained “a massive loss,” Amell attests. “But hopefully this will be the impetus for something greater.”
In other words, Tommy’s death may ultimately help birth the superhero Starling City deserves as well as needs.
“There’s a reason why we don’t call [Oliver] Arrow, Green Arrow yet — because he’s not that person,” Amell explains. “He was a vengeful, stubborn myopic individual this year, and he has to grow, because his way didn’t work. He had moments of success but ultimately failed, so he’s got to become a better version of himself.”
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Alas, one person whom Oliver may keep at bow’s length as he recoups from The Undertaking and its casualties is Laurel, with whom he had just reunited. Having just lost someone else close to him, “I would think that a gigantic caution flag has been thrown up, for him having any type of meaningful relationship with anybody,” Amell reckons. “If Sara was a big wedge between [Laurel] and Oliver, I can only imagine what would happen because of Tommy.”
Source: Full Article @ TV Line
As such, Stephen Amell says that fans of the CW drama should expect to see a “broken Arrow” when Season 2 takes flight this fall.
“Not a Broken Arrow as in the Travolta/Christian Slater movie — which I enjoyed — but yeah… Oliver’s not going to be in a good place,” the actor previews.
In saying a tearful goodbye to Tommy — who wound up sacrificing his life to save lady love Laurel’s, as one stretch of The Glades cratered — Oliver sustained “a massive loss,” Amell attests. “But hopefully this will be the impetus for something greater.”
In other words, Tommy’s death may ultimately help birth the superhero Starling City deserves as well as needs.
“There’s a reason why we don’t call [Oliver] Arrow, Green Arrow yet — because he’s not that person,” Amell explains. “He was a vengeful, stubborn myopic individual this year, and he has to grow, because his way didn’t work. He had moments of success but ultimately failed, so he’s got to become a better version of himself.”
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Alas, one person whom Oliver may keep at bow’s length as he recoups from The Undertaking and its casualties is Laurel, with whom he had just reunited. Having just lost someone else close to him, “I would think that a gigantic caution flag has been thrown up, for him having any type of meaningful relationship with anybody,” Amell reckons. “If Sara was a big wedge between [Laurel] and Oliver, I can only imagine what would happen because of Tommy.”
Source: Full Article @ TV Line
You had to figure the finale would mess Oliver up. I can't wait to find out what (or whom) will convince Oliver to put the hood back on when season two comes around.
ReplyDeleteI think what would make him put the hood back on would be either Felicity asking him or Thea and Roy trying to help the Glades on their own and getting in trouble.
ReplyDeleteI think it would have to be a combination of two things:
ReplyDelete1.) A life-and-death crisis in the city that the authorities can't handle
2) An impassioned plea to help from someone close to Oliver with some influence over him
I agree. I hope it doesn't take him too long to wear the hood again though when we next see him. It would already be five months later, enough time to get over it.
ReplyDeleteI'm wondering if Det. Lance will end up tracking down Felicity and asking her why The Hood isn't out there helping.
ReplyDeleteWhat makes you think Oliver is hanging the hood up? That kind of spits in the face of everything the finale was about: Green Arrow finding out what he's fighting for. I see him maybe being distant, maybe being a little bit rougher on the bad guys, but I don't see him stopping because of Tommy, especially after the finale.
ReplyDeleteWhat makes me think Oliver is hanging the hood up? Executive producer Marc Guggenheim.
ReplyDeleteOliver thought that defeating Malcolm's plan was his way out from being the Hood. What galvanizes him now to continue to be this vigilante?
Guggenheim: I want to answer this question without spoiling our plans for Season 2, so the best way to answer it — and this will be one of those things where you'll go back to this interview after you watch the season premiere to see what I mean — is that I think he's pretty much done being the vigilante.
Oliver will, in all likelihood, begin the season not being the vigilante.
I remember how Oliver responded at Burned when he didn't suit up for 6 weeks until Laurel called. Now it'll be even worse because he'll blame himself for failing to stop Malcolm and for Tommy's death.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if Quentin will be a detective when the show returns. They teased about him being in a different place when we next see him. Maybe it will take him more time to get his badge back.
ReplyDeleteTVGuide mentions a new job and direction for Laurel. I wish I knew what it was. I hope to see her as the Black Canary too.
ReplyDeleteThat would be fine with me as well. Whatever gets Quentin more screen time.
ReplyDeleteFunny how I didn't like Quentin until recently and thought he was expendible, but after the finale, I suddently love him and can't wait to see what they do with him next..
ReplyDeleteI always thought that Quentin was a stubborn pain in the ass (and I still do) but he's an interesting character whom I enjoy watching.
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