| "The Secret Origin of Felicity Smoak" | |
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| Series Arrow Season 3, Episode 5 | |
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| Air date | November 5th, 2014 |
| Writers | Ben Sokolowski; Brian Ford Sullivan |
| Director | Michael Schultz |
| Producers | Jake Coburn; Andrew Kreisberg; Wendy Mericle; Erik Oleson; Todd Pittson; Sarah Schechter; Keto Shimizu |
| Starring | Stephen Amell; Katie Cassidy; David Ramsey; Willa Holland; Emily Bett Rickards; Colton Haynes; John Barrowman; Paul Blackthorne |
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"The Secret Origin of Felicity Smoak" is the fifth episode of season three of the superhero-action series Arrow, and the sixty-third episode of the series overall. It was directed by Michael Schultz with a script written by Ben Sokolowski and Brian Ford Sullivan. It first aired on the CW Network on November, November 5th, 2014.
Notes[]
- Arrow was developed for television by Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim and Andrew Kreisberg. It is based on characters appearing in comic book titles published by DC Comics.
- This episode is rated TV-14.
- Actor Nolan Gerard Funk is credited as Nolan Funk in this episode.
- This is the first appearance of Cooper Seldon. He appears next in the season four episode, "Lost in the Flood".
- Felicity Smoak's "Goth" look makes a follow-up appearance as an hallucination in the "A.W.O.L." episode from season four.
Allusions[]
- "Brother Eye" is based on a concept featured in DC Comics titles. It was originally conceived b artist/writer Jack Kirby and appeared in the futuristic stories of the O.M.A.C. comic book series. A modernized interpretation of Brother Eye was developed by [[Bruce Wayne] and was responsible for the creation of the OMAC sentinels.
- The physicality of Felicity Smoak's Goth look is reminiscent of another DC Comics character, Death of the Endless, who has jet-black hair, and wears an Ankh necklace.