The title for the second episode of Stephen Amell’s Arrow season 8 hints at the return to a storyline from the third season.
Today, Arrow showrunner Beth Schwarz revealed the title for episode two of the Stephen Amell series’ final season to be “Welcome to Hong Kong.” News of the Arrow episode title suggests the series will return to a flashback storyline from the third season, in which Stephen Amell’s Oliver Queen found himself in Hong Kong after being removed from the island of Lian Yu by A.R.G.U.S. Director Amanda Waller.
Oliver Queen’s desire to leave Hong Kong and return to his family was hindered by Amanda Waller’s successful attempt to coerce him into becoming her agent, which she accomplished by threating Maseo and Tatsu Yamashiro, as well as their son, Akio. Later, Stephen Amell’s Oliver Queen thwarted a plot U.S. General Matthew Shrieve to attack Hong Kong by unleashing a bio-weapon called the Omega. However, Akio was killed in the process and the official reports covered the truth by labeling the incident as a chemical spill.
Consequently, Maseo joined the League of Assassins and Tatsu became a vigilante known as Katana. Stephen Amell’s Oliver Queen was returned to Lian Yu but the recently revealed episode title could mean he will return to Hong Kong or perhaps Maseo and Tatsu will enter the picture again.
Check out the post below to see the photo from Arrow showrunner Beth Schwartz.
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— Beth Schwartz (@SchwartzApprovd) July 23, 2019
What do you make of the latest episode title for Stephen Amell’s Arrow? Would you like to revisit the Hong Kong flashback storyline?
Here is the synopsis for the final season of Stephen Amell’s Arrow:
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 North China Sea. He returned home to Star City, bent on righting the wrongs done by his family and fighting injustice. As the Green Arrow, Oliver successfully saved his city with the help of his team including former soldier John Diggle (David Ramsey), computer-science expert Felicity Smoak (Emily Bett Rickards), former protégé Roy Harper (Colton Haynes), street-savvy Rene Ramirez (Rick Gonzalez), metahuman Dinah Drake (Juliana Harkavy), brilliant inventor Curtis Holt (Echo Kellum) and Earth-2 Laurel Lance (Katie Cassidy). In the wake of discovering what his future holds, Oliver will find himself pit against his most challenging battle yet, one that will leave the multiverse hanging in the balance. In Arrow’s final season, Oliver Queen is forced to confront the reality of what it means to be a hero.
Arrow stars Stephen Amell, David Ramsey, Echo Kellum, Rick Gonzalez, Juliana Harkavy, Colton Haynes, Kirk Acevedo, Sea Shimooka, and Katie Cassidy Rodgers.
Arrow season 8 premieres on October 15, 2019, on The CW.
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