15 Things We Know About Arrow Season 6
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The CW's Arrowverse is getting ready to come back with brand new seasons for their superhero shows. One of them is Arrow, the series that kicked off the big DC TV Universe on The CW.
Arrow Season 5 ended on the biggest cliffhanger of all time when the Emerald Archer witnessed Lian Yu getting blown up. But the worst part was that everyone in Team Arrow was still trapped there when Prometheus blew the island up.
With the show getting ready to return for its sixth year, we've learned quite a lot about Arrow Season 6 in the last few months. If you wish to not get spoiled, then stop reading any further. Go through the slides below to find out everything we know about Arrow Season 6 so far!
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1. Enter Michael Emerson
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All we know is that he is going to be one of the new threats for the Green Arrow this year. Executive producer Wendy Mericle teased in an interview what sort of character we can expect from Emerson.
“This character that we’re having [Michael] play is somewhat similar to people has has played in the past. But we had many conversations with him about how to make it different, and what elements we could bring to the character to change it up.”
Hit the comments below with your theories on who he might be playing!
2. FBI To Follow Green Arrow
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Samanda will be investigating Oliver’s connection to the Emerald Archer. Might Star City find out that their mayor is none other than the Green Arrow? Only time will tell.
3. Return Of Ragman
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But it appears that he may have figured out a way to restore those abilities because Ragman is coming back. Executive producer Marc Guggenheim confirmed to a fan on Twitter that Ragman will be back in episode 5 titled “Deathstroke Returns”.
It remains to be seen whether he is only back for one episode or if we will see more of Ragman in Arrow Season 6.
4. Oliver Meets Fatherhood
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Oliver’s five years of hell in Lian Yu, Hong Kong and Russia may have prepared him to handle pretty much anything. But fatherhood was definitely not part of that journey so it will be fun to see how Oliver takes on this new aspect in a bigger capacity.
It remains to be seen whether or not his mother Samantha survived the explosion on Lian Yu. You’ll have to tune in on Thursday nights at 9 PM to find out if she did survive.
5. Vigilante Will Finally Get Unmasked
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However, that is going to change in Arrow Season 6 as we’ll finally get some answers to that question. According to Guggenheim in an interview from earlier in the year, we will recognize whoever is underneath that mask.
“I’m probably not spoiling anything by saying whoever’s underneath the Vigilante mask, you’ve seen that person before.”
Got any guesses of who Vigilante is? Sound off in the comments below!
6. Richard Dragon Is Coming To Star City
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“A hardened ex-con recently released from prison for crimes he didn’t commit, Ricardo Diaz is bent on taking over Star City’s criminal underworld. A master in hand to hand combat, honed by years of life on the street, Diaz has yet to meet a foe he can’t take down.”
7. Huntress Might Be Back In Arrow Season 6
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In an interview at San Diego Comic-Con, Mericle teased that they have some ideas for Huntress in the second half of Arrow Season 6. While not setting anything in stone, chances are good.
“I want to say, ‘Absolutely.’ Jessica De Gouw has expressed an absolute willingness to come back. Jessica’s a favorite actor of mine, and the Huntress is a favorite character of mine. I want to make it happen in Season 6. We’ve got some plans for the later half of the year that I think she will fit into really well, so we’ll see.”
8. Felicity And Oliver’s Specific Trajectory
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“We put them on a very specific trajectory at the end of season 5. It would be very schizophrenic for us to suddenly take them off that trajectory.”
Do you think Oliver and Felicity should get back together? Let us know in the comments below.
9. Dinah Drake’s Black Canary Suits Up And More
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But it looks like there will also be some love in Dinah’s life during Arrow Season 6. Mericle revealed that Dinah will be getting a love interest while also making it clear that it won’t be John Diggle.
“I would say yes for that, but I’m not going to tell you with who, because that’s a fun story we’re very excited about. Not Diggle. That’s what’s so much fun.”
10. Villains Will Unite
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We’ll also see the return of David Nykl as Oliver’s Russian ex-friend Anatoly Knyazev who is in full revenge mode when he pops up in Arrow Season 6. It also seems that each villain that we’ll see in Arrow Season 6 will be matched to someone on Team Arrow.
11. Get Ready For A Big 2-Parter For Deathstroke
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Slade was stuck with the others on Team Arrow when Lian Yu blew up, but the trailers have already revealed that he absolutely survived. Not only will Bennett be back for Arrow Season 6, but we’ll see a big two-parter for the beloved character.
Episode 5 “Deathstroke Returns” and episode 6 “Promises Kept”, which will air sometime in November, will be centered on Slade. The episodes are said to feature flashbacks from Slade’s perspective and will have a lot of Oliver/Slade interaction throughout the two episodes.
12. Joe Wilson, Son Of Deathstroke Is Coming
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Liam Hall (Lucifer) will be guest-starring in the two Deathstroke centric episodes as Joe, who has followed his dad’s footsteps and joined the A.S.I.S. When we meet him in Arrow Season 6, he’ll be a captive in a remote Kasnian prison where he is fighting for his life. In addition to that, he is going by the alias Kane Wolfman, which is a nod to Deathstroke creator Marv Wolfman.
13. Expect A Lot Of Black Siren In Arrow Season 6
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Aside from her coming rematches with Dinah Drake, we’ll learn more about her backstory on Earth-2, meaning we could perhaps see flashbacks with her and that universe’s Oliver Queen. Given that Earth-1 believes that Laurel Lance is dead, it will be intriguing to see what happens when this Laurels’ presence really becomes apparent.
In addition to that, it seems that Sara Lance a.k.a. White Canary on Legends of Tomorrow will possibly get to meet her sister’s Earth-2 version. That will certainly be an intriguing reunion of sorts, whenever that is happening.
14. Roy Harper Will Return “Very Soon”
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“Roy’s coming back very soon.”
It remains to be seen if it’s for one or more episodes. Perhaps Haynes has already shot his episode or is getting ready to fly to Vancouver, Canada to shoot an episode. Either way, it will be great to see Arsenal back in some capacity.
15. Producers Are Already Planning Arrow Season 7
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“We’ve already started talking about ooh, we have a shape for season seven already. This is the earliest we’ve ever had an idea for a season that far ahead, but it’s come out of our conversations about season six.”
Just to be clear, this doesn’t mean that The CW has renewed the series for a seventh season, renewals usually happen in the spring. But it’s great to hear that they already have plans in mind for Arrow Season 7.
Be sure to let us know what you're excited about for the sixth season in the comments below!
Arrow Season 6 premieres on Thursday, October 12 at 9/8c on The CW.