The magic-filled Arrow: Season 4 was an experiment that won't be repeated in Season 5.
Executive producer Wendy Mericle told IGN the writing staff is going back to basics with the upcoming season and is developing a story and villain grounded in the real world.
"The show was always meant to be a gritty crime drama at its heart. And then Flash came along, and oh my gosh, we have meta powers. And then Damien was, well, we haven't done magic on the show, let's try to do that," she said. "I think for Season 5, just because it is an answer to Season 1, and we are sort of closing this chapter out, we did want to go back to our roots and figure out what is specific to this show. What is our universe? Go back to, 'What is Arrow?'"
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Executive producer Wendy Mericle told IGN the writing staff is going back to basics with the upcoming season and is developing a story and villain grounded in the real world.
"The show was always meant to be a gritty crime drama at its heart. And then Flash came along, and oh my gosh, we have meta powers. And then Damien was, well, we haven't done magic on the show, let's try to do that," she said. "I think for Season 5, just because it is an answer to Season 1, and we are sort of closing this chapter out, we did want to go back to our roots and figure out what is specific to this show. What is our universe? Go back to, 'What is Arrow?'"
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