When “Arrow” was originally put together it was pitched as a 5 year origin story. Now that the show is on its fifth season and it’s already been confirmed that a sixth season will be happening, that means the flashbacks will be wrapping up this year. The flashbacks have been a very vital part of the show so far, and many fans are wondering how the show will work without them next season.
“Arrow” star Stephen Amell recently spoke to EW about how the show could replace the flashbacks and he noted that he’s excited about what’s next.
“I am open and excited about any possible idea, whether that’s a simple flash-forward narrative that we carry through the season, which I think we did to varying degrees of success in season 4. If that means that simply the flashbacks do not exist anymore and it allows us to expand the universe in terms of focusing more on other people’s backstories, not even necessarily flashbacks of people’s home life, just their life outside of the Arrow cave, I think that’s interesting. We can do that because, quite simply, we have more time, we have more pages, we have more chance for dialogue. I know they’re kicking around some ideas, but truthfully I have no earthly idea if there is any sort of element that we will be bringing into season 6 or if we just simply acknowledge that we pitched the show as a five-year origin story and we got to do it, which I think in and of itself is an accomplishment. There’s not a ton left on television from new shows from 2012. Just the fact that we made it that far is worth patting ourselves on the back for, ever so briefly.”
There are plenty of people out there who are happy that “Arrow” has made it this far and also a few people who probably didn’t expect it to. As far as what the future holds in regards to what will be replacing the flashback scenes, we’ll just have to wait and see.
“Arrow” returns tonight with “The Sin-Eater.”
CHINA WHITE, CUPID AND LIZA WARNER BREAK OUT OF PRISON — China White (guest star Kelly Hu), Cupid (guest star Amy Gumenick) and Liza Warner (guest star Rutina Wesley) break out of Iron Heights and head to Star City for revenge. Oliver (Stephen Amell) tries to bring in the newly formed girl gang but the ACU intervenes mid-fight. To his surprise, they are there to arrest the Green Arrow for the murder of Detective Malone. Meanwhile, Lance (Paul Blackthorne) feels responsible for the prison break after Warner tells him she heard about him working with Damien Darhk.
