What Does the New Black Canary Bring to Team Arrow?

02/15/2017 08:09 pm EST

You get worn in and jaded pretty quickly on Team Arrow -- and so even in a season where Oliver has recruited a number of new heroes, the introduction of a new Black Canary is a game-changer...and something that will give Oliver, Diggle, Curtis, and Felicity an outside voice.

Dinah Drake, played by The Walking Dead's Juliana Harkavy, joined the team two weeks ago, and while she's making some big strides toward carving out a unique identity for herself, it's difficult to see just yet what she brings to the table that's different from the previous two Canaries, or other members of the team.

"I think what's interesting to us about Dinah is she kind of offers this fresh perspective to the team," Guggenheim told reporters during a screening of tonight's episode. "In many ways she's kind of acting like our Greek chorus. You know, she comes to the team without the burden of having been trained by Oliver, and without the burden of dealing with all of Oliver's secrets and, you know, in some cases, in previous seasons, lies and mishegas. So she just has a nice clean perspective that isn't so much about where she's living as it is about, sort of what she's been through, and her backstory. But her backstory also is not being someone who was a member of Team Arrow, who comes to the team without the baggage of the past four seasons."

Of course, the last time a member of the team was introduced that didn't get trained by Oliver from the get-go...well, let's just say Artemis wasn't what she appeared. Maybe it will work out a little better this time...!

WILD DOG'S HISTORY IS REVEALED — A traumatic attack on City Hall triggers painful memories for Rene (Rick Gonzalez) about his family. Flashbacks reveal how Rene went from simple family man to a hero named Wild Dog.

Meanwhile, Oliver (Stephen Amell) must deal with the perpetrator behind the attack and realizes the best way to do so is as Mayor Queen instead of the Green Arrow. Tensions run high in the Arrow bunker.

Kristin Windell directed the episode written by Marc Guggenheim.

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Arrow airs on Wednesday nights at 8 p.m. ET/PT on The CW. "Spectre of the Gun" premieres on February 15.

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