Arrow: 6 Reasons Why Laurel's Death Was Actually A Good Thing

Between Arrow, The Flash, and Legends of Tomorrow in The CW's DC universe, there are an awful lot of ways for characters to cross over from one show to the next. While a lot of those crossovers can be fun and overall harmless to all shows involved, it's essential that continuity is maintained between the series. Some of the crossovers that have happened ever since The Flash joined Arrow on The CW haven't made sense for one show or the other. Steps have needed to be taken in the name of continuity.

Laurel's death was established as a fixed point on all three series. Nyssa told Quentin on Arrow that there would be no Lazarus Pit shenanigans to bring her back. Rip Hunter told Sara on Legends that some tragedies happen in every timeline. Barry and Co. on The Flash met up with Laurel's Earth 2 doppelgänger and came to the clear realization that Earth 1 and Earth 2 counterparts are very much not interchangeable. All shows honored this major event to make the death matter in the entire Arrow-verse, and that bodes well for continuity in the future.

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