Arrow Season 7: 4 Ups & 2 Downs From 'Emerald Archer'

1. Reduced Use Of Long-Running Cast Members

While the Arrow writers did a great job honouring the veteran actors who were no longer a part of the show, they failed to truly honour some of the ones that were. Obviously lead actor Stephen Amell had a ton of screen time because he plays the protagonist, while David Ramey and Emily Bett Rickards played a slightly reduced (but acceptable) role. However, the two other Arrow vets, Katie Cassidy and Colton Haynes (both of whom have been a part of the show since the beginning), were sorely overlooked.

Given that Cassidy was the Arrowverse's very first leading lady, not to mention the fact that her current character (Earth-2 Laurel/Black Siren) is one of the most important characters of this season, there would have been plenty of convincing ways to feature her more heavily, especially given Siren's ties to Earth-1 Laurel. The interview segment (intercut with scenes of the Black Canary) barely scratched the surface of the insight that this Laurel could have offered to vigilantism, given that she's a former vigilante-turned-District Attorney, and it's ridiculous that we're expected to buy that the producers of the documentary wouldn't have thought so too.

While Laurel did feature in the episode briefly, Roy Harper was absent altogether (with the exception of old footage). Now, given that the character is currently playing a major role in the flash-forwards arc, wouldn't it have made sense to feature him in at least one flash-forward throughout the episode? Like Cassidy, Haynes has been an integral part of the show since Season 1 and, it didn't make any sense that he wasn't utilized.

Arrow wouldn't be what it is today without these two and, quite frankly, they both deserved major roles in the show's 150th episode.

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