'Arrow': Every Character Who Returns in "Emerald Archer"
Tonight's episode of Arrow was a big one. The CW series hit the milestone 150th episode with [...]
Quentin Lance
The first return came right in the opening of the episode. Quentin Lance (Paul Blackthorne) appeared in what was presented as archival footage, an interview from a few years before his death at the end of Season 6.
prevnextThea Queen
Thea Queen (Willa Holland) may have departed Star City in Season 6, but not before giving an interview to the documentary makers.
prevnextSara Lance
The Legends of Tomorrow leader took a brief break from being captain of the Waverider to grant an interview about the Green Arrow, seemingly not too long after Quentin's untimely death.
prevnextCindy "Sin" Simone
Last seen in Season 3's "Uprising", Sin (Bex Taylor-Klaus) also makes an appearance in an interview for the documentary. It's not clear when her interview took place, though the way she talked about how the vigilantes helped her it seems a bit like Cindy is alive and well somewhere in Star City even in the present day.
prevnextWilliam Clayton
That's right, Oliver's son returns tonight on break from boarding school. However, there may be quite a bit more to that as Felicity discovers by episode's end that William (Jack Moore) has actually been expelled from school.
prevnextRory Regan/Ragman
After saving the day from a nuclear blast in Season 5 and in the process having caused his rags to lose their powers, Ragman (Joe Dinicol) departed Team Arrow to seek out a fix for the issue, though he promised to someday return. While Ragan didn't return to the team tonight, he did appear in an interview for the documentary. Unfortunately, his status was left as something of a question mark by episode's end: his mask was among those collected by Chimera and with no one being able to contact Rory, it's feared the vigilante hunter may have killed him.
prevnextBarry Allen
Interview about the Oliver Queen? You bet his friend Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) would be glad to sit down and chat -- even if he did come off as nervous the entire time.
prevnextEarth-1 Laurel Lance/Black Canary
Laurel (Katie Cassidy) may have died in Season 4's "Eleven-Fifty-Nine" after having been stabbed by Damien Darhk but she still appeared in tonight's episode thanks to "archival footage" of Star City's original Black Canary in action.
prevnextHelena Bertinelli/Huntress
Another character to return via "archival footage" is Helena Bertinelli/Huntress (Jessica De Gouw). However, by episode's end she was in the same situation as Ragman. Chimera had her mask and no one was able to make contact with her, leading to the assumption that the vigilante hunter may have killed her for the trophy.
prevnextConnor Hawke
Okay, we get it. This one technically isn't a return as the adult John Diggle Jr, aka Connor Hawke (Joseph David-Jones), actually appeared on the Legends of Tomorrow episode "Star City 2046" but considering his surprise appearance in Arrow's own grim future timeline, this seemed like a pretty good "return" to us. Connor is seen talking with Blackstar -- whom he refers to as "Mia" -- about the copy of "Emerald Archer" she's watching. He the ends up going with her to what was once Team Arrow's bunker, long ago abandoned but perhaps a good place to set up shop in the future.
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