This interview contains spoilers for the Arrow Season 7 premiere, "Inmate #4587."
Arrow spent its first five seasons telling the story of Oliver Queen's evolution from a spoiled rich kid into a hardened vigilante through flashbacks to his time on Lian Yu - but in the Season 7 premiere, the superhero show introduces a new twist on the plot device, flashing forward in time to offer a different hero's journey.
We see a mystery man traveling to Lian Yu in the midst of a brutal storm - only coming to realize at the episode's end that we've jumped forward in time, and we're seeing Oliver's son, William, all grown up. He's seeking out an older Roy Harper, who has apparently been living on the island, and it seems like William hasn't seen his father, or Roy, for quite some time.
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Arrow spent its first five seasons telling the story of Oliver Queen's evolution from a spoiled rich kid into a hardened vigilante through flashbacks to his time on Lian Yu - but in the Season 7 premiere, the superhero show introduces a new twist on the plot device, flashing forward in time to offer a different hero's journey.
We see a mystery man traveling to Lian Yu in the midst of a brutal storm - only coming to realize at the episode's end that we've jumped forward in time, and we're seeing Oliver's son, William, all grown up. He's seeking out an older Roy Harper, who has apparently been living on the island, and it seems like William hasn't seen his father, or Roy, for quite some time.
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