Arrow EP Teases Season 3 

Greg Berlanti appeared at the Television Critics Assoc. summer press tour to tout the new NBC drama

Echoing that which series lead Stephen Amell shared with TVLine at the may Upfronts, the

EP said that the next Big Bad will “feel different” from Season 2′s Slade Wilson aka Deathstroke. That said, the incoming adversary “has some personal elements of connectivity to Oliver, which we’ll learn about” — in part via flashbacks, Berlanti allowed. “Hopefully, fans of the DC Universe will be really pleased by who it is.”

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Speaking of the show’s flashback device, Berlanti said that Season 3 will “not just flash back from Oliver’s perspective.” As the hit drama has done on rare occasion with the likes of Laurel and Diggle, “There’s some backstory stuff that’s going to come out for some of the other characters.”

One provocative Season 3 plot point that will very much take place in the here and now, meanwhile, involves Oliver, a certain blonde beauty and the popping of a question.

As revealed in the official logline for Season 3, “with Arrow now a hero,” crime down in Starling City and while “basking in his success,” “Oliver believes he can finally have a private life and asks Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) out on a date.”

Berlanti told TVLine that rather than standing alone as a brief blurb within a larger logline, there’s a “better context” for the proposition in question.  But yes, it

“They’re real characters to us, and they had that conversation on the beach, and they had that conversation in the house to help capture Slade,” Berlanti reminds. “So the question you have to ask is: Does Oliver have real, genuine emotions for her? And how aware is he of that? And how aware does he make

of that? That is an active part of the season this year.”

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All these spoilers! I would love for it to be October right now. Oliver and Felicity are amazing together

I love the build up of Oliver and Felicity. They slowly built their relationship, it’s one of the best parts of the show. Seriously it goes every and all things Team Arrow, Oliver’s heroic journey and Olicity. SA and EBR have so much chemistry all their lingering looks and shoulder touches. It’s unreal.

I know! Felicity’s awkwardness got old real fast and shouldn’t they focus more on Green Arrow and Black Canary? Plus, Felicity is the stepmother of Firestorm so Oliver’s not her guy.

She wont be the stepmom on the show. They make quite a bit differences to the comics so not sure why people are hanging on its in the comics idea.

BC and GA don’t even know each other in the New 52 Green Arrow comics. They are, however, adding Felicity to them.

I doubt they will be together……Felicity will be a love interest of Palmer and since we probably get flashback of her…….her father could be Ivo who Oliver killed

I think that ship has sailed, when they pushed Felicity’s backstory to season 3. And AK mentioned that hints of Felicity’s backstory were droped already in S1, so that means no Ivo.

Palmer will likely just be angst for Oliver and Felicity. Since Ivo is dead there’s no point making him her father.

The show is called Arrow, not Arrow and Black Canary, but hopefully Sara will be back. Because Laurel Lance is nowhere close to the awesomeness of Dinah Drake.

They should focus on Green Arrow because the show is called Arrow. BC should hardly come into it or the show would be called Arrow AND Canary. Stop clinging onto the comics so hard. They’ll use some detail from them but not all. This is a show BASED on the comics, not the comics made into a TV show.

well Brick is on “The list” and seem to be season 3 villain will be partly connected in flashback

LOVE the idea of flashbacks from Diggle or Felicity’s perspective! And of course, very excited to see where the story takes Oliver and Felicity this season. They are definitely the core of the show. :)

What does a “better context” mean? I hope Oliver asking Felicity out on a date is not another fake-out…

If they’re not gonna go there with Olicity and are just teasing us then they should stop teasing us because it’s not fair to lead us on.

I think this “date” thing is just another game, it’s getting annoying. Luckily I’m used to their games and don’t take anything the EP’s say at face value anymore…

Yeah, I figured. I love Olicity but they are more than just teasing now. They bought love into it and are really focusing on it. This is more than stolen looks, this is emotions and I think it’s unfair to play with them if there’s gonna be zero payoff.

I can’t wait to see season 3 now. Oliver and Felicity’s journey, together with Team Arrow (Oliver, Diggle, Felicity and Roy) are what draw me in and keep me watching week after week.

Sounds like another fake out with Olicity. I feel bad for Felicity having to be with a douche like Oliver. Also, Felicity is getting a love interest this season- I remember a casting call goin out for that? Hopefully it’s some hot and someone who will treat right instead of emotionally manipulating her- felicity needs to stop pining for oliver and go get herself a better man. #teamfelicity

They casted Brandon Routh as her love interest. If you look thru the arrow tag, you’ll see the article for more info :)

You SERIOUS???? OMG… yes Felicity deserves a hot superman. Thanks for this bit of news, made my day!!!! YAAAAAY!

Really hope the flashback will be from Felicity’s pov. I’m really looking forward to her backstory, she’s been a mystery for two seasons now. The Oliver/Felicity development is exciting, hopefully it will continue at its pace, it’s been natural and organic. I’m in it for the long haul. A little disappointed we didn’t get any Diggle scoop but I’m sure that will come along later, as well as Sara stuff.

So, are we ever going to get news on anything other than Olicity? I mean, I know it gets page hits and stuff, but what about Laurel, Diggle, Thea, Roy, Malcolm, and Quinten? Any news on them? What are their arcs for the season looking like? Because all I’m hearing about is this stupid date. There are people who don’t watch for Oliciity.

Arrow seems to be all about olicity now. You should go look at the twitter account.

Well Quentin is apparently a captain now, which probably means he’ll be more of an ally to Oliver. And the only thing about Roy is that he may get his own hero suit.

it still early…….I sure we know about Roy, Thea, Diggle later on…….and this is not really Olicity new it only Oliver and the S3 villain

Merlyn won’t be a big bad again, at least not for a while. He’s trying to redeem himself in the eyes of his daughter.

I think unnecessary shipper pandering will be the big bad this season.

The EP’s are obsessed with Buffy, so I think it’ll be like The Initiative (maybe ARGUS?)

I liked the Felicity + Barry Allen thing, but that wasn’t to be.

I want to get excited about this development between Oliver and Felicity, but after that fakeout in the finale I’ll wait to get too excited until seeing the episode and finding out what this “better context” is. Honestly, I love the idea of them together but a long term slow burn between them wouldn’t bother me either.

I’m so excited for Season 3 of Arrow. I’m actually interested in the flashbacks this year which is a refreshing change. I can’t wait to see what happens with Oliver and Felicity after last year’s finale. I love them together. I thought I’d never find a woman I’d want Oliver paired with, so when Felicity showed up and was added as a regular, I was thrilled. I hope season 3 brings them closer and keeps building that relationship. I want to see that trio of Team Arrow brought back into focus as their characters are delved into, and I really hope we see lots more Paul Blackthorne involvement as Quentin Lance works more with Team Arrow. Can’t wait to see who the villain turns out to be, but am hoping that if (when?) Felicity’s dad shows up, he’s of a villainous nature. I think that would just be more interesting. So, so much to look forward to this October.

I don’t care about Olicity!!!!!! Can I just get good Laurel scoop.

I hope they go on a date, and it is totally awkward. I hope it feels like they’re dating their brother/sister and they drop this Olicity thing forever. Sometimes getting people together ruins the dynamic and the chemistry (Mulder and Scully). I think that would be the case here. I get that there is chemistry between the actors, but that doesn’t mean that the characters should be romantic.

Mulder and Scully are like the perfect TV couple…And they didn’t get together until like the end of season 7, and even that was ambiguous. I think you’re on the minority on that one. And the “brother/sister” argument for anyone who doesn’t like a pairing is getting old. I’m sorry, but they are NOT like brother and sister.

What is AIR? I need Season 3 right now! I can’t wait for all the action and OLICITY! Bring it on!

The middle of last season dragged but the finale episodes were great so I’m excited to see what happens next season. The new big bad will probably be Count Vertigo although I’m crossing my fingers we get to see Ra’s al Ghul.

If they’re doing flashbacks, first in line should be Felicity because we know more about everyone on the show, from the Lances to Diggle to Roy, than we know about her. I’d also like more on Diggle, maybe with a side of Suicide Squad.

It’ll be nice to see Oliver finally ask Felicity out but I have a feeling it’s going nowhere in the near future — too many bad guys in Starling City to take time out for a life.

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