Team GATV Roundtable: The Arrow Season 3 Road So Far

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Do you think the show did the right thing in killing Sara?

MATT: Yes. I could expound, but I think yes covers it.

DEREK: Ultimately yes, especially considering that had been about the only ongoing plot this season until “The Climb.” I think the writers had painted themselves into a corner in a way, because there really was nothing else they could have done, at the end of the day. It’s frustrating, because the show introduced this great bisexual female hero in a genre that’s always in need of diversity, and handled it all impeccably well. So, from a social standpoint, it really sucks to eliminate her, and doesn’t make the show look very good. But it’s turned out to be so vital to the show — for the world of the show, for virtually every single character, and for the ongoing plot — so obviously the intention was to service the story. I can’t fault anyone for making that decision. It sucks, but in hindsight, I’m not sure there was any way around it without betraying or abandoning what the show has been doing otherwise.

STEPHANIE: Yes and no. They badly needed to do something with Laurel’s character. Sending her on the path to Black Canary is the best solution, and as long as Sara was around there was no incentive for Laurel to do so. But selfishly, I wish they hadn’t done it so soon. I miss Sara. Plus, if they had kept Sara in town, I think there was room to re-establish the Lance family unit and to show Laurel working as a prosecutor for Arrow and Canary’s victims, so when Sara did die, it was that much more poignant and Laurel was that much more aware of the gap left by Canary. It was an effective way to kick off the season and create an interesting mystery for the first run of episodes.

CRAIG: The right deaths in TV are when they are characters that you do love. If we never cared about Sara, her death would have been meaningless. I didn’t expect Sara to be gone so soon, and it was a shock that jumpstarted the third season, so I can’t say that it was necessarily a bad thing, especially if it’s the impetus for the growth of Laurel.

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