Arrowhas seen a ton of shakeups in the last few weeks both on and offscreen, so let’s recap. First,Willa Hollandleft the showas Thea absconded withColton Haynes' Roy to destroy Lazarus Pits. Then Diggle (David Ramsey) saidgoodbyeto being a member of Team Arrow (though he’s still on the show, for now). Next, EPMarc Guggenheimadmitted that he and his writers “miscalculated” how much viewers would care about the Newbies in their struggle against Oliver’s leadership, a storyline that has dragged on for far too long.
That same day, the series announced that Haynes would bereturning as Roy(without Thea though?) to help bolster the show’s roster of early seasons characters. Not long after that, it was revealed that Guggenheim and fellow EPWendy Mericlewould beleaving their showrunning dutiesbehind (with Guggenheim now acting as a consultant, and Mericle moving over to ABC).ArrowSeason 7 will therefore have a new showrunner inBeth Schwartz, a former assistant to super-producerGreg Berlantiwho said forArrow, Schwartz “has been a source of some of the show’s most exciting and memorable moments from the beginning.”
And now … another announcement! According toTHR,Paul Blackthornewill be exiting the series at the end of Season 6 (which is coming up in just a few weeks). Earlier this year, Dave Trumbore made a compelling case for whyArrowshouldput Quentin Lance out of his misery, and he’s still very right. Poor Quentin needs to find some peace. Though the THR piece did not, of course, reveal how Quentin would depart, we learned not along ago thatLegends of Tomorrow’sCaity Lotz(who plays his surviving Earth-1 daughter Sara Lance) will bemaking an appearancein theArrowseason finale. Is it because Quentin is passing from this mortal coil, or because he has made a decision to leave Star City? Is he retiring to Earth-2? Is Sara going to pick him up on the Waverider and zap him elsewhere in time where he can finally get some damn rest?
Let us know what your hopes and dreams are for Quentin’s Swan Song in these finalArrowepisodes this season. Also of note, Blackthorne departing also means that the only original, full-time cast members to remain since the pilot areStephen Amelland David Ramsey (Emily Bett Rickardsappeared later in Season 1 and didn’t become recurring until Season 2). Changes are afoot!
Arrowairs Thursday nights on The CW.
