Arrow has hung up his bow.
After eight seasons, Arrow-verse’s flagship show signed off on Tuesday (Junuary 28), and the cast were all in their feels.
Ahead of the series finale, the show’s stars went on social media with heartfelt posts to bid farewell to the show.
Stephen Amell, who played Arrow/Oliver Queen tweeted a photo of Arrow looking out at the city captioned, “Today’s bittersweet. Arrow meant so much to me for so many years. It was a transformative journey… but it was time to let it go. I lace my boots and don the hood one last time tonight. I’ll forever cherish being an ambassador for Oliver Queen. Thank you for the honor.”
Katie Cassidy, who played Laurel Lance, thanked fans for their support. “Bittersweet 💚 As our last episode of Arrow airs tonight, I want to thank each and every one of you that has followed us along on this journey. It’s crazy to think how far we’ve all come in 8 years. Love you guys all SO MUCH!!!” she wrote.
She also responded to Stephen’s tweet, “My gut? You’ll be back… Or maybe this is me in denial! 🙏🏼 thank you for 8 incredible seasons! We are blessed!”
Paul Blackthorne, who played Quentin Lance, had high praises for Stephen Amell.
“If there’s one person that deserves a shit ton of credit for getting a show through eight seasons of production, it’s @stephenamell,” he tweeted. “Well done that man. Bit of a legend really.”
So did Katherine McNamara.
“The man. The myth. The legend. The hero. The legacy. The joy. The loss. The failures. The victories. The love. The heart. 💚Thank you @cw_arrow. Thank you @stephenamell. Thank you Oliver Queen for letting me be a part of your story. Tonight’s the night,” she wrote.
She also reflected on her journey as Mia Smoak, Oliver and Felicity’s daughter.
Juliana Harkavy, who played Dinah Drake a.k.a. the second Black Canary, shared photo of Team Arrow along with a quote from Winston Churchill: “Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.”
Rick Gonzalez, a.k.a. Wild Dog, reflected on his time on the show.
“”And here we are. This day was all amazing energy. Sort of like the last day of high school. Everyone is going off to do big things. You know it, you can feel it. So all you want to do is enjoy each other one last time. Final episode of the series. So honored to be a part of this show. To bring Rene to life. To embody #WildDog. What a gift,” he wrote in part.
Since it premiered in 2012, Arrow kicked off a whole multi-verse of shows and spinoffs – including The Flash, Supergirl, Batwoman, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow and more – dubbed Arrow-verse.
But now that Arrow’s gone, will the name stay? Stephen hopes it will. “I think that kind of by definition once our show is done then in my opinion it…Grant [Gustin] as Barry Allen becomes the central point in the universe for sure and he’ll do a great job with it. Just don’t start calling it the Flashverse…just keep calling it the Arrowverse. But you know, there will always be…we just happened to be first,” Stephen said during an expo last year, per ComicBook.com.
