Oliver Queen and Felicity Smoak are known to shippers as Olicity, and they’ve had a rocky history on “Arrow.” Before they got together it seemed that everyone wanted to see them in a relationship, but once that day finally came it didn’t turn out how fans expected, so their relationship ended.
But during the last few episodes of “Arrow” season 5 a glimmer of hope flickered in the darkness for Olicity shippers, and it appeared that Felicity and Oliver were put on a path to a reunion. Executive producer Marc Guggenheim was recently asked about the path that they’re on, and he noted that fans shouldn’t expect it to change.
“We put them on a very specific trajectory at the end of season 5,” EP Marc Guggenheim told EW. “It would be very schizophrenic for us to suddenly take them off that trajectory.”
However, Olicity shippers who are hoping to see the couple get hot and heavy in the season premiere are such to be disappointed because the premiere doesn’t sound like it’s going to be very romance heavy.
“There is not a single romantic kiss between any two characters in the season premiere.” So be patient?
“Arrow” will return on Thursday, October 12.
After a violent shipwreck, billionaire playboy Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) was missing and presumed dead for five years before being discovered alive on a remote island in the North China Sea. He returned home to Star City, bent on righting the wrongs done by his family and fighting injustice.
As the Green Arrow, he protects his city with the help of former soldier John Diggle (David Ramsey), computer-science expert Felicity Smoak (Emily Bett Rickards), his vigilante-trained sister Thea Queen (Willa Holland), Deputy Mayor Quentin Lance (Paul Blackthorne), brilliant inventor Curtis Holt (Echo Kellum), and his new recruits, street-savvy Rene Ramirez (Rick Gonzalez) and meta-human Dinah Drake (Juliana Harkavy).
Oliver has finally solidified and strengthened his crime-fighting team only to have it threatened when unexpected enemies from his past return to Star City, forcing Oliver to rethink his relationship with each member of his “family”.
