Arrow: John Diggle Will Don The Green Hood

At the end of the mid-season finale for Arrow, Oliver Queen was seen falling to his supposed death at the hands of Ra’s al Ghul.  As to how he survives, or how he will be resurrected, Nick Tylwalk has you covered there with his theories, and Stephen Amell has dropped his hint.  However, for the characters of Arrow, their immediate concern, aside from mourning, will be filling Oliver’s heroic void.

At The Heroes and Villains of Arrow and The Flash panel at the Television Critics Association winter TV previews, the cast talk about how they’ll be making the team functional again; and how individuals will up their contributions (not that they’re not working hard already) and break into new vigilante territory.  First up, Laurel Lance, played by Katie Cassidy, will finally become the Black Canary and channel her late sister’s heroism.  Cassidy had this to say about her character:

"I’ve been waiting for this to happen … She goes from avenging her sister to honoring her sister to becoming her sister."

Next, John Diggle, played by David Ramsey, will be donning the famous green hood and wielding the bow and arrow.  Ramsey couldn’t resist and triumphantly announced this about Diggle:

"Blarrow returns! Don’t call it a comeback."

The post-hiatus start will be a rough one for Team Arrow, but they always seem to pull through.  Gleaning from past stories, the heroes may not just come out on top at the end, but become even better.  What doesn’t kill you … or … what does kill you will only allow the Lazarus Pit to make you stronger.  Right?  Speculations, speculations.

Arrow returns after its mid-season hiatus on The CW on Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at 8:00PM EST.

Source: Entertainment Weekly