Warning: Do not proceed if you have not watched the Arrow season eight premiere, major spoilers ahead. Tuesday's final season premiere revisited monumental moments from pilot and The CW superhero drama's first season, dropping Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) back in Starling City, where he was reunited with several familiar faces at the Queen mansion. Felicity's absence was felt throughout the episode and will likely continue all season; Schwartz admitted it's been a unique challenge keeping the character ingrained in the storytelling without actually having her appear onscreen. Introducing a new Team Arrow dynamic for next week's episode, titled "Welcome to Hong Kong" (a tribute to season three), was "different." RELATED CONTENT:Katherine McNamara Opens Up About 'Arrow's Future and How 'Shadowhunters' Changed Her Life (Exclusive)'Arrow' Season 8 Premiere Features 'Throwback' Felicity Moment, Producer Says (Exclusive)
The cast of Arrow sat down with ETs Leanne Aguilera to dish on the CW shows final episodes during 2019 Comic-Con in San Diego, California, on Saturday. It feels awesome I was about to drop an F-bomb, but it feels awesome!Ramsay agreed that the eighth and final season will honor the shows history. When ET's Leanne Aguilera caught up with Schwartz prior to the finale, she also seemed open to welcoming Rickards back to Arrow for its eighth and final season. On the show's season seven closer, Felicity and Oliver left superhero life behind to start a family, but Oliver was forced to leave once again in order to save the multiverse. See more on Arrow's upcoming eighth and final season in the video below!
