Arrow Arrow Season 3, Episode 2 "Sara" General Discussion

[Sawyer]

http://www.spoilertv.com/2014/09/cw-primetime-listings-press-releases_25.html

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15

ARROW
“Sara” — (8:00-9:00 p.m. ET) (TV-14, DLV) (HDTV)

COLIN DONNELL RETURNS AS TOMMY MERLYN IN A FLASHBACK; MATT WARD GUEST STARS AS SIMON LACROIX, AKA KOMODO — Lance (Paul Blackthorne) calls the Arrow (Stephen Amell) when another archer appears in town and starts skewering businessmen. Diggle (David Ramsey) uses A.R.G.U.S. to find the archer’s identity; he is a man named Simon Lacroix (guest star Matt Ward), who goes by the codename Komodo. However, the team hits a rough patch with the mission and gets help from a surprising source – Laurel (Katie Cassidy). Meanwhile, Oliver begins to worry that he hasn’t heard from Thea (Willa Holland), which forces Roy (Colton Haynes) to tell him the truth about why she left town. Ray Palmer (Brandon Routh) pursues Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards). In the flashback, Maseo (guest star Karl Yune) tells Oliver that Amanda Waller has ordered his first kill. As Oliver looks down the scope of the rifle, he sees the target is his best friend, Tommy (guest star Colin Donnell). Despite her promise to her sister, Laurel debates sharing a secret about Sara (Caity Lotz) with Lance. Wendey Stanzler directed the episode written by Jake Coburn & Keto Shimizu (#302). Original airdate 10/15/2014.

 

[Sawyer]

When I first read this press release for the episode, I wondered why Sara the character wouldn't feature much into the description for the episode titled "Sara".

Now I know.

 

[TheNextNolan22]

Marc Guggenheim on "Sara":

Can you talk about "Sara," the second episode, and what we're going to be seeing?
302 is one of our most emotionally gut-wrenching episodes -- as it needs to be, as it should be, becuase this character's death affects all of the characters on the show. It's kind of brutal. I don't want to spoil it too much, but we chose the title "Sara" because it actually has a double meaning and I really don't want to say more than that, but it does have a double meaning. It is harsh. I will say there's the question of what should be done with Sara's body; there's the question of who do they tell? Do they tell Lance, for example, that his daughter died a second time?

There's the emotional repercussions for everybody but it definitely has repercussions for Oliver and Felicity and it has repercussions for Felicity and Ray Palmer, and obviously for Laurel. I mean, Laurel's very much at the center of the episode. We're also going to turn to a suspect in teh killing andwith us, you never know how soon things will get resolved or in what way they'll get resolved.

But 302, I have to say, I think is one of our best episodes. I'm really, really happy with it. It's everything laid bare; it's all out there. Everyone's raw and naked. It was a really hard episode for the cast to shoot -- particularly Emily [Bett Rickards], Stephen and Caity. And Caity Lotz, who basically has to lie on a slab and not breathe and actually does a very, very compelling job of being dead. It's really, really powerful. It's a hard episode to watch. If you're prone to tears or capable of crying during watching a TV show, you'll probably be crying.

Would you call it a change of pace episode?
In some ways, yeah. I think it has all the elements that you typically expect from an episode of Arrow. But like when we killed Tommy in 123, we went to a season finale end and a hiatus so we never really dealt with the repercussions of his death. With 221 after Moira's death, we dealt with the repercussions of that by taking Oliver out of the show, essentially, for an act. This episode is sort of the first time that we've really taken our time and really spent some time with these characters in the wake of a major character's death. and I think as a result it has a different spin to it, for sure.

 

[Arrowshieldfan]

do anyone think we get an update press release with what happen tonight? I know Bone did after what happen in that show

 

[Herolee10]

I guess we should have seen this coming considering on how Sara wasn't even in the Team Arrow Poster that was released for this season as well.

 

[Arrowshieldfan]

I guess we should have seen this coming considering on how Sara wasn't even in the Team Arrow Poster that was released for this season as well.

but she not a regular though......that picture was pretty much team arrow regulars

 

[Sawyer]

I guess we should have seen this coming considering on how Sara wasn't even in the Team Arrow Poster that was released for this season as well.

I was expecting that it was because she'd be with the LOA most of the time.

 

[Herolee10]

but she not a regular though......that picture was pretty much team arrow regulars

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't she listed/bumped as a "regular" not long after the Season 2 finale had premiered? She was, like, announced alongside John Barrowman in having been promoted as a regular for the show.

I was expecting that it was because she'd be with the LOA most of the time.

True, though I had thought that she would be in it because...on that same note...Diggie doesn't look like he'll be spending as much time with Team Arrow as opposed to working in Argus now that Oliver has somewhat "laid" him off from the group.

 

[Hunter Rider]

Promo

[YT]dvY0QQvuhyo[/YT]Ollie doing some detective work and a badass showdown with Komodo!

 

[Arrowshieldfan]

looks like the battle between Oliver and Komodo is going to crash the QC event ha! and Palmer watching it all happen

 

[Arrowshieldfan]

extended promo for "sara"

http://www.spoilertv.com/2014/10/arrow-episode-302-sara-extended-promo.html

 

[Human Torch]

I think I mentioned this before,but I've gone through this same thing with BBC's Robin Hood.They killed off the female lead there to "shake things up emotionally" and the show pretty much sank after that.I don't foresee this show doing much better,tbh.

 

[Silliminite]

Sara wasn't this show's female lead. I'd agree with you if they killed off a character of Felicity's calibre though. Anyways, it's extremely sad to see Sara gone. I thought she portrayed a great Canary.

 

[sebandres23]

Yeah, she's not the female lead. And the episode proved it would still be great without her. Granted, the big twist was her death, but before those last 5 minutes, the episode was really strong.

Besides, I happened to think she was the worst actress in the show. But to each their own.

 

[DrCosmic]

I also think she was the weakest actress... she was also the best stuntperson in the cast, Amell included, and that's what they brought her on for, to be the Canary. "Sara" was just the hook to hang the story on. They didn't expect people to fall so in love with a character almost solely on her butt-kicking abilities, but that's kinda what happened. So while she was the most beloved female to the comic book crowd, she definitely was not the show's female lead, and even though she got a lot of fan love, she never was the female lead. At most it was shared between Sara, Felicity and Laurel during season 2.

Team Arrow. Love it.

 

[Hunter Rider]

I think I mentioned this before,but I've gone through this same thing with BBC's Robin Hood.They killed off the female lead there to "shake things up emotionally" and the show pretty much sank after that.I don't foresee this show doing much better,tbh.

I have to agree with the others that she wasn't the female lead, for me Felicity is but in the eyes of the CW, Cassidy is. So while I'd have proffered that they kill Laurel off and keep Sara as Canary, we all knew deep down Cassidy was going to get the mantle sooner rather than later.

 

[Arrowshieldfan]

Canadian promo for "Sara"

http://www.spoilertv.com/2014/10/arrow-episode-302-sara-canadian-promo.html

 

[Human Torch]

Well,we're minutes away from them selling us on this being a good idea. Lets see what happens....

 

[Onslaught-]

How did Laurel get Sara back to the hideout?

 

[Donut]

Is Sara's body going 2 be there for the rest of the season ?

 

[Prison Mike]

It's good to see Tommy again

 

[cabel]

Ouch...

 

[Mike Murdock]

Komodo is cool so far.

I wasn't able to hear what Sarah was doing besides assassin stuff related to the plot, though.

 

[SlamAdams]

Ugh! Too many words. Just emote. Stop kamikaze-ing the performances.

 

[Loki882]

I REALLY hope that they're not going to drag out this "Lance doesn't know" thing for very long. Because that's going to get really old really fast.