Arrow Shocker: [Spoiler] Exits Series — But 'Definitely Not Forever' 

The following contains a major spoiler from this Wednesday’s episode of The CW’s

Team Arrow has reduced its head count by one.

Yup, when former street rat Roy Harper left Starling City at the end of the April 15 episode — after Diggle, Felicity and a friend of Lyla’s helped fake his death via prison stabbing — Colton Haynes in turn said goodbye to the CW series he has called home since early Season 1.

, Haynes’ deal with the show was on somewhat of a “trial” basis, so the eventual parting of ways was to be expected, producers told BuzzFeed.com.

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“It was super sad, but everybody kind of looked at each other and realized that he’s at the start of, what I’m sure will be, an incredibly, incredibly impressive career,” EP Greg Berlanti told BuzzFeed. “It’s great that he gets to go on and have that and we got to have him while we did.”

“The hope is that he’ll continue to be part of the universe we are building,” EP Marc Guggenheim told our sister site Deadline. “We love working with him so much. We’ve talked to him about returning to one of the three shows, and if available, he has expressed interest. He is gone, but definitely not forever.”

I’m sad. So going to miss Roy. I wished it could’ve been others to leave. Very moving moment.

No surprise there, I knew that he had become expendable when he started being left behind so much. Also, this episode seem MUCH longer than an hour.

Should be a bit surprised given your assumption is wrong. He wasn’t “expendable”, they wanted him (if they could keep him) but his contract was very clearly for 2 years and discussed was the fact that he would only be on for 2 years because he would want to go and do other things. So…it was his choice, meaning “leaving behind” or “expendable” has nothing to do with it.

Maybe such an important character in the mythos wasn’t the best to give to an actor on a two-year only deal? Ah, well. It was a good episode.

Maybe it wasn’t best to give to someone who can’t act.

Well…to be fair, my dog is a better actor thn Katie. And he’s old, blind, and diabetic!

A punch in the face is better than Katie Cassidy.

This is far too sad to handle. I need Colton back on Arrow. This sucks.

Roy Harper is such a great character but he sucks on Arrow.

I don’t give it too long now before he’s back on Teen Wolf. Right back to the bottom.

I hope Thea does not die. I want to see more of her. I am going to miss Roy but I look forward to possibly seeing him in the spinoffs.

don’t worry looks like she’s going to be healed by the lazarus pit next week according to the trailer.

I liked his character, but hated him with Thea felt that pairing did nothing for either character and it held both of them back.

It is probably for the best that they trim back a little. Still, I find it hard to connect with this entire storyline. It all feels so forced and hollow. It has just been pushed too far and it seems like more of a gimmick than true progression.

At least Felicity only cried a couple of times this week.

Also, can they please kill off Captain Lance? I used to like him, but they have completely ruined that character. If he doesn’t at least lose his badge, I will be upset. But at this point, he probably needs to go.

I get that Ra’s has forced people to change but almost all the characters in the show are totally unrecognisable. Felicity has more often than not this season been a self righteous annoyance. Roy is gone just as soon as he was getting interesting, Thea is on the precipice of entering the Lazarus Pit and changing completely (although I am kinda excited about this one). Diggle does little all season besides a suicide squad mission here and there and Oliver just moans about everything. Ironically Laurel is the one person this season who has actually gotten better. I am still going to watch, this isn’t me calling that the show has jumped the shark or anything but I think the show needs some major tinkering when it comes back in October.

I am hoping that it is just this season’s arc that is messed up and they’ll come up with something better next year. But with so many shows being produced at the same time, I don’t have full confidence that Arrow won’t be put on the back burner.

I wish they showed more of Ted. We haven’t seen him since he was horribly wounded. Is he alive?

Ted’s actor became a regular on another show, Powers, I think. That’s why he hasn’t come back and Nyssa took over training Laurel.

They should have at least given us an update on his condition.

I wish Nyssa was on more; I think she’s actually the show’s best female character and Katrina Law does a fantastic job portraying her.

I agree that everyone has been pretty bad this season. It’s ironic that it was all caused by killing off Sara. Her death set in motion all the depressing chain of events and character reactions. And why did that happen? Oh yeah. Laurel. I blame the need to make her BC as to why everyone is unrecognisable. They ruined this show for one character who still isn’t much anyway. What a shame.

LOL very funny troll. Everything is always Laurel’s fault, even when she has nothing to do with it.

Just disagreeing with someone doesn’t make them a troll.

I’m not a troll for voicing my own opinion. I clearly stated the reasons why she has everything to do with it. They started this season with one goal – make Laurel BC at any cost and the whole show has been on a depressing turn ever since. Characters have acted ooc so many times this season, simply because they had to make Laurel fit. She wasn’t always the blame in every instance, I’ll give you that. But most of it, absolutely 100%. Sorry.

Thank you. Just could NOT agree more.

Umm,except, she’s right. The killing of Sara to make Laurel BC was the mistake that set all of this terrible story into motion. Sara was universally a more well liked character and she had better chemistry with Oliver than Laurel EVER has. Killing Sara was a terrible mistake, which is why they’re going to undo it with the Lazarus pit and put her on the new spin off, because they realized their mistake. Just a little too late to save this season of arrow.

I agree. I think the writers wanted to make up to Katie Cassidy as Laurel was the least liked (most hated?) character on the show in season 1 and 2. So to make her the BC instead of the perfectly apt Sara, who actually may have had a great background storyline with the League of Assassins was removed.

Yes. Thank you. I don’t know why they had to make it up to Cassidy though. They’re the ones who wrote her that way. Sara was the better choice for BC. She’ll always be BC to me anyway. She was perfect and I really wanted to see flashbacks to her training with the league. It’s such a waste.

I had no idea he was leaving. I’m bummed. Was it his decision or the powers that be? If it was his I don’t blame him. He has been underutilized this whole season. they should have used him more. Does Arsenal have a bigger presence in the comics or Arrow universe?

Roy is a big presence in the comics. He started out as Speedy, Oliver’s sidekick. He has been Arsenal and Red Arrow as well… Possibly more that I am forgetting. But he does his own thing outside of Oliver’s team. He hasn’t been just a sidekick Ina while (at least the last time I checked)

Man I’m gonna miss that dude. Roy Harper was a good character of the whole show. That sucks.

Terrible so sad. He will be missed. Ollie could have at least hugged him good bye. So now we get to see the Lazarus pit used on Thea is this where she may turn dark? She doesn’t even know Roy is alive.

It’s a shame. Roy grew on me so much this season. I hope he comes back.

I liked Roy as a character, but I can’t stand Colton’s facial expressions. They’re distracting. So while I’m sad to see Roy leave, not sad to see Colton go. Nor was I when he left Teen Wolf.

The only thing distracting about Colton’s face is how damn pretty it is. I’ll most certainly miss looking at it on a weekly basis.

that sucks. I enjoyed Haynes in the role a great deal I’m going to miss him, hope he comes back from time to time, and I wish him the best of luck in future projects i will be watching for sure. the episode itself was very good. I guess we know how the Lazarus Pit will be involved in the rest of the story. For the most part I loved Thea’s arc this season so hopefully it will end well. looking forward next episode.

Well this sucks. I kinda liked him. But it will be also nice to see him in Suicide Squad or on Flash as an recuring character!

I’m really going to miss Roy. The MVP of this season.

I’m glad it was Colton Haynes decision though.

As sad as I am to see Roy Harper exit Starling City, I can only hope that it will be an improvement for the series as the scripts will have less main characters to service.

And apart from a few scenes where Roy was dealing with his guilt about murdering the police officer last season, the character has had very little to do this season other than constantly be sent on off-screen missions.

Just the other week, Atom knocked Roy out cold and Oliver just left him behind without a second thought!

I definitely want to see Roy Harper return. I’m not sure he’s the best fit for The Flash, but the untitled superhero spin-off could surely use some Roy Harper.

“The hope is that he’ll continue to be part of the universe we are building,” EP Marc Guggenheim told our sister site Deadline. “We love working with him so much. We’ve talked to him about returning to one of the three shows, and if available, he has expressed interest. He is gone, but definitely not forever.”

It sounds to me as if Colton is just getting an extended vacation, and perhaps get a movie or TV guest spots in the can, and that IMHO, he’s probably headed to the spin-off next mid-season. It also gives GB and MG a chance to use either Flash or Arrow to bring Roy back into the DC Universe in time to start the new series.

I’m not too upset that Roy left, Arrow is far too overcrowded. They need to scale down Laurel’s appearances as well.

Sadly this just gives them more time to spend on Laurel now. Lord help us.

This makes the actor seem like a brat. He left Teen Wolf when the writers CLEARLY had more to do with his character, and didn’t even do another episode to get written out completely, and he was lucky to get a role as a MAJOR character in an established characters story. Now he just LEAVES again, and leaves Team Arrow in the lurch without their Red Arrow. They should recast the role.

I’m sure this will be an unpopular opinion, but I think Colton Haynes couldn’t act his way out of a wet paper bag, and he won’t be missed. It’s true the writers never really gave Roy much material to work with, but he never made a case as an actor for them to do so, either.

My theory is that he’s the floater char and that he’s going to be the one to go between the Berlanti superhero shows on the CW. Which would be a nice nod to the many teams he’s been on and the hats he’s worn in the DCU. But it was a great sendoff, regardless.

I’m confused…. This comes across as purely a producer made decision… Are they not aware who Roy Harper is???

Felicity might as well have been made for the show considering how different she is from the original character baring her name,

And Quentin Lance is basically a dead man walking since his character in the comics has been dead for most of the time Black Canary has been active, if not before hand.

Roy Harper is the one character they shouldn’t be getting rid of…

On one hand, I’m glad they didn’t kill Roy off, but I still think it’s a waste to write him out so soon. There’s so much interesting material from the comics that the show never got to use, like his relationship with Cheshire, his surprise fatherhood and his stint as a Checkmate agent. In fact, since A.R.G.U.S. seems to be Checkmate’s equivalent in the show, it would be cool if Amanda Waller recruited him. But what I was really hoping for was that he’d show up on the upcoming Titans show as a mentor figure for the team.

But this is a TV show based on comics. It doesn’t have to follow the comics exactly. And Colton Haynes wanted to leave apparently.

But with so few of Green Arrow’s ACTUAL supporting cast from the comics involved? Roy Harper has existed for over 60 years, he has had some of the most troubling & traumatic storylines in comics, but they looked at his character as a “trial” thing. I’m not seeing any quote from Colton Haynes that says he wanted to leave…

TBH since watching Daredevil my opinion of this show continues to drop. I just cant help but imagine what would this show be like if it was on Netflix and they had cast top tier talent instead of typical CW talent (young, gorgeous, par and sub-par acting chops). Think about all the stuff “Arrow” has to do to appeal to CW viewers….the melodrama, the will they wont they, the love triangles, etc. Notice in Daredevil none of that was in it? It was real, it was gritty, it was ADULT, not like a highschool version of a superheroes story. At least The Flash has humor and a lighter tone and better acting going for it, im still excited about that show (it naturally fits on a network channel compared to the Batman rip-off story of the Green Arrow).

With his talent Colton can be in a cinemax late night movie in the world!

sending him away is ridiculous. roy is an essential part of this team and i feel like by getting ray, they decided to cut roy. and roy is far more important.

and i feel like after the mediocre episodes this season, getting rid of roy is a terrible idea.

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