In the “Arrow” season 5 finale, Lian Yu exploded with each member of Team Arrow, except Oliver, on the island, and fans were left to wonder who survived. The first trailer for “Arrow” season 6 recently revealed a few survivors, but we have yet to find out who met their end.
One character who did survive is Diggle, and David Ramsey has said that the explosion will have a big impact on Diggle. What exactly that means is unclear at this time, but Ramsey did say that Diggle will be losing some things.
“…I think specifically for Diggle; he’s going to lose some things,” Ramsey said via Comicbook.com. “This relationship [between Oliver and Diggle] is going to change, I think. I’m going to need him in a way I don’t think I’ve needed him before. Some of the mentor/student aspect of our relationship.”
Ramsey’s comments are sure to spark a few fan theories in regards to what Diggle will lose. One can’t help but wonder if perhaps Diggle lost a limb in the explosion, or perhaps his sanity.
Diggle’s relationship with his wife Lyla also hit a very rough patch in season 5, so it’s always possible that they could split up in the new season.
As far as his relationship with Oliver goes, Diggle has always been the one to talk sense into Oliver whenever he needs a reality check, but it sounds like Oliver will be the one guiding Diggle in season 6.
“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”.
