While there’s certainly mixed reactions to say the least when it comes to Laurel taking on the role of Black Canary in Arrow, the character begins her three episode arc this week with the debut of Midnight City. With the show focusing on the rise of a new criminal organization lead by Brick, it also has to contend with Oliver being out of the picture and that means others are trying to step up, even though they may not be ready for it.
Personally, I’m looking forward to the arc to see how well they can handle the transformation and to see what kind of commitment Katie Cassidy is putting in with it as the first blush appearance at the end of the last episode did give us some solid potential to work with, both in choreography and costume design.
Series concept: After a violent shipwreck, billionaire playboy Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) was missing and presumed dead for five years before being discovered alive on a remote island in the Pacific. He returned home to Starling City, welcomed by his devoted mother Moira (Susanna Thompson), beloved sister Thea (Willa Holland) and former flame Laurel Lance (Katie Cassidy). With the aid of his trusted chauffeur/bodyguard John Diggle (David Ramsey), the computer-hacking skills of Felicity Smoak (Emily Bett Rickards) and the occasional, reluctant assistance of former police detective, now beat cop, Quentin Lance (Paul Blackthorne), Oliver has been waging a one-man war on crime.
