Talia al Ghul will be joining “Arrow” for the second half of season 5, and she will be a key player in the flashbacks. Given that the flashbacks take place in Russia prior to Oliver Queen’s return to Star City, that means Oliver has known Talia al Ghul since before the events of the first episode.
Nyssa al Ghul and Ra’s al Ghul have played important roles on “Arrow” in the past, but Oliver never once mentioned to either of them that he was aware of Talia al Ghul’s existence. We all know that Oliver Queen is really good at keeping secrets and executive producer Marc Guggenheim recently revealed to EW that fans will find out why Oliver decided to keep this one.
“We’ll also be dealing very directly with the fairly obvious question, which is: Wait a second, when Oliver met Ra’s al Ghul, why didn’t he say, ‘Hey, wait a minute, I think I met your daughter back in Russia!’” Guggenheim says. “We have a very specific answer for that.”
As far as Talia’s personality goes, she will not be similar to the portrayal of Nyssa al Ghul that we’ve seen on “Arrow” in the past. As far as whether or not Talia and Nyssa will interact, Guggenheim noted that it’s something he would love to do.
“She’s definitely her own person; she’s not a Nyssa clone, by any stretch. You can definitely sense a familial resemblance. Having Ra’s al Ghul as your dad, it’s likely to forge a very specific kind of person. They’re close enough and different enough that I would love, at some point, to do a story with Nyssa and Talia.”
“Arrow” will return on January 25.
OLIVER WANTS JUSTICE; FELICITY WANTS REVENGE — Worried that Prometheus is right and he is truly a killer at heart, Oliver (Stephen Amell) looks for any ray of hope and finds it in what seems to be the miraculous return of Laurel Lance (guest star Katie Cassidy). However, Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards), still reeling from Detective Malone’s murder, is bent on revenge – she wants to stop Prometheus at any cost. While in prison, Diggle (David Ramsey) fights for his life.
