Warning: This story contains major spoilers from Wednesdays episode ofArrow. Read at your own risk! Olivers true nature came out during Wednesdays episode ofArrow. Credit: Robert Falconer/The CW But hes also not out on a killing spree, right? He has to die, Amell says. Killing Chase becomes the only thing that matters to him. We really see his world fall apart. Everyones conflicted, Amell says. Even so, Amell believes Oliver can come back from this darkness....

Oliver Queen has truly been through the wringer this season. (Don’t worry,Arrowhas alreadybeen renewedfor season 6.) What surprised you about how he gets there? Credit: Robert Falconer/The CW Arrow’s been going pretty dark in these last couple episodes. Do you feel like the show’s going back to that season 1 feel? Well, it has to. Obviously [between] season 1 and season 2, there was a very profound difference. During Wednesday’s episode, the police actually target the Green Arrow....

), and experienced a lot of creative ups and downs. All of which begs a few questions: When shouldArrowcome to an end? How should it end? Credit: Bettina Strauss/The CW And should the quagmire protagonist played by Stephen Amell pay the price for his immoral brand of justice? In short: shouldArrowdie? Season 5 wouldnt be a bad place to bringArrowto a close. It has the tenor of a closing chapter....

Arrowis heading for the end metaphorically speaking, of course. After five years as the Emerald Archer, Olivers alter ego has become public enemy No. 1, making it all but impossible for the vigilante to help save his city. Credit: Robert Falconer/The CW EW turned to executive producer Wendy Mericle to get the scoop on the final episodes of the season. The ending is going to be very personal to Oliver....

Who survivedArrows explosive finale? How will Team Arrow handle the new challenges ahead? EW turned to executive producer Wendy Mericle to get the scoop. Credit: Robert Falconer/The CW (Stay tuned for our interview with Harkavy about Dinahs new suit.) ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Dinah will be fully suiting up. Last season, she wasnt a full fledged superhero, you could say. Marc Hom/The CW But shes now owning it in a different way....

(Olivers mask guy must ask zero questions when a new order rolls in.) So Oliver leaves the A.R.G.U.S. They join Malcolm and Nyssa on the beach, and nobodys terribly happy to be working with anybody else. Credit: Dean Buscher /The CW However, their bickering stops when an RPG drops from the sky to destroy their plane. (Thea even reminds Oliver that theyre orphans because of him and Malcolm.) But Olivers more focused on getting everyone off the island....

The new Team Arrow is sticking around. Arrowhas promoted both Rick Gonzalez and Juliana Harkavy to series regular for season 6, EW has learned. Harkavy (The Walking Dead), meanwhile, joinedArrowin the 10th episode of this season. Credit: Diyah Pera/The CW Initially named Tina Boland, the character was revealed to be Dinah Drake, a.k.a. the original Black Canary of the comics. They’re not the only familiar faces coming back toArrow. Arrow,which is currently on a short hiatus until April 26, airs Wednesdays at 8 p....

A final showdown with Gen. Walker finds everyone exploring their dark side So! Starting, for example, with Hideo Yamane, the supplier whose drugs Thea was using in season 1. Did we just see the first incident of everyones favorite catchphrase? Credit: Cate Cameron/The CW And has season 5 not been an absolute trip because of all of these firsts and callbacks? Oliver crosses off Yamanes name and frets to Talia about how hell be able to leave the Bratva....

By killing for justice, is he slowly killing himself? By the end of the hour, hed probably give a resounding yes to both of those questions. Adrian Chase, two years ago to destroy Oliver. Credit: Katie Yu/The CW Thats when Chase announces that he kidnapped Olivers girlfriend. Next, Oliver swings by the Arrow Cave to tell the team that their big bad is the DA. This is a hell of a city youve got here, Dinah says....

Oliver and Felicity find themselves on opposite sides of the Chase manhunt Arrowsback, guys! And people are crossing lines tonight. So many lines are crossed, you have no idea. Credit: Diyah Pera/The CW These lines are beautiful, just the best lines, and they get crossed left and right. So Chase is a code monkey, too? Anyway, Chase escapes, leaving behind a shattered Maximum Force screen. (It was vintage, Curtis laments.)...

As it turns out, Anatoly was right to be concerned. But the man whowasntworried about the ramifications of his new mission? His name was Oliver Queen. Credit: Bettina Strauss/The CW He begs them to leave, but John sticks around, sensing this his friend shouldnt be alone. But Oliver repeats that its over. Then the man himself strolls in to thank Oliver to granting him bereavement leave to properly mourn his wife....

Thats right.Adrian Chase is one sneaky, Prometheus-ian son of a gun. Im sorry, but does Oliver not know a single other lawyer he could call? And can the city attorney evendothat? Credit: Diyah Pera/The CW Man, Star Citys bar association rules must be the size of a matchbook. We all sense this is going to end badly, right? Speaking of ending badly, Oliver orders Thea to make things right with Susan....

Chase’s next move forces Oliver and Thea to confront who their father really was. Its the body of Henry Goodwin, reported missing in 2002. And hey, look whos back! Credit: Robert Falconer/The CW Its Thea, just in time to work every angle of her daddy issues! Worse, the tests all went through public labs, so the news will get out. It seems as though Chase is trying to finish what dear old dad started....