Arrow's Emily Bett Rickards Explains Why Felicity Stayed in Season 4 Finale

At the end of Arrow Season 4, we had a direct reversal of Season 3's finale. Instead of Oliver and [...]

By ComicBook.com Staff

At the end of Arrow Season 4, we had a direct reversal of Season 3's finale. Instead of Oliver and Felicity leaving Star City behind, they were the only ones that stayed behind while the rest of Team Arrow took off. The relationship between "Olicity" isn't exactly on firm ground, either, which made some fans even more confused as to why she, of all people, would choose to stand by Ollie's side as he embarks on the next chapter of trying to save the city.

"I think it's become her vendetta, really," actress Emily Bett Rickards told Comicbook.com at San Diego Comic-Con. "She didn't know what her life was going to bring her to - we never do - and she ended up realizing that this is something now that she's been a part of that she can't give up! She really wants to make the city a better place. This is her way of doing it, and figuring out how to ultimately make the city better, make the world better, get some bad guys off the streets…"

However, she acknowledges that the relationship between Felicity and Oliver, while strained, is still present in some form.

"And you know, Oliver is her heart. That's a part of it," Rickards continued. "You don't always get to be with the one that has your heart but they get to work together. They have a friendship, they have a relationship – that doesn't mean it's necessarily a romantic relationship but in a relationship with people you enjoy being around, that's – those people keep you around all the time."

Of course, she teased elsewhere that Felicity may get a new boyfriend for at least part of the season - though how long that lasts is anyone's guess.

Arrow season 5 kicks off the first week of October, 2016 on The CW.

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