What Could Be In Store For Arrow Season 4
Yes, there will be a fourth season of Arrow! We've had hints to it with Damien Darhk and HIVE, but when Marc Guggenheim said that this episode "felt like a series finale" it could have been.
I think that's why people have responded so polarized to it, because it is, in all fairness, an awful lot to take in. It's an enormous change. Just about every arc on the show ended, essentially! And that's definitely going to have a huge, but positive effect.
The Arrow, if you haven't figured it out already, that character is dead. Essentially, this was indeed the series finale to a long, three season origin story to Oliver becoming the 'Green Arrow'.
Arrow next season is getting a complete tonal reboot. It'll still be dark, but its protagonist is going to be a lot happier- the whole tone of the show will shift. It was a very deliberate choice to end this season, which, yes, as we said, felt more like a series finale, with Oliver Queen saying "I'm happy."
Why is that significant? Because Oliver Queen as Green Arrow is a happy character. He's renowned for his lighter side, his wit, his sarcasm. Essentially, "Arrow" is done, and here we see "Green Arrow" emerge (but Arrow's a much nicer show name so it won't change).
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