Over the last few seasons of Arrow, Oliver Queen went through adjustments as his vigilante campaign against Star City’s evil doers has been balanced with his new duties as the mayor. But those responsibilities were also at the forefront as Oliver dealt with the shock of learning he was a father to an eight-year-old boy.
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After Prometheus campaign of revenge against the Green Arrow left the child’s mother dead, Oliver has now come into care of the young William. Arrow star Stephen Amell was asked how fatherhood would play a role in the upcoming season of the show during his panel at Heroes and Villains Fan Fest in Nashville.
“William is a very important part of Season 6,” Amell said. “How Oliver adjusts to being a dad, how the people around him adjust to him being a dad, how the people around him adjust to William, is a central and integral part of season six. It’s really, it’s a lot about family.
Family has always been a strong thematic element in Arrow, especially when it comes to children’s relationship with their parents. Oliver still has a lot of unresolved issues with both of his parents, and his sister Thea Queen had a cathartic confrontation with her birth father that ended fatally.
It’s safe to say that Oliver’s relationship with William will not be smooth sailing, considering he has yet to have a significant impact on his son’s life thus far — except that time one of his enemies had the boy’s mother killed.
We’ll find out just how well Oliver takes to fatherhood when Arrow returns to The CW this fall.
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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 sisterThea 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”.
Based on the characters from DC, ARROW is from Bonanza Productions Inc. in association with Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. Television, with executive producers Greg Berlanti (“The Flash,” “Supergirl”), Marc Guggenheim (“DC’sLegends of Tomorrow,” “Eli Stone”), Wendy Mericle (“Desperate Housewives,” “Eli Stone”), Andrew Kreisberg (“The Flash,” “Eli Stone,” “Warehouse 13”) and SarahSchechter (“The Flash,” “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow”).
Supergirl premieres on Monday, October 9th at 8 pm, while The Flash debuts on Tuesday, October 10 at 8 pm. Legends of Tomorrow moves to Tuesdays this Fall, airing right after The Flash on October 10. On Thursday, October 12 at 9 pm Arrowwill premiere to round out the DC roster.
