#delicity

When Arrow begins its final ten episodes next month, it will be doing so without one of the series' mainstays, after Emily Bett Rickards departed the show at the end of last season. While Rickards' character of Felicity Smoak might not physically factor into the show's final season, it sounds like her significance will still be felt, especially for her onscreen husband, Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell).

"She is ever-present in Oliver's mind. We found Oliver can't wear his wedding ring in the premiere for a very specific reason, but he can wear it in the second episode. And it wasn't built into the script, but I spoke to our director, Antonio Negret, and we built a moment of Oliver putting his ring back on and thinking about it. So Emily's gone, off the show, but Felicity and William and Mia are ever-present in Oliver's mind."

"That gives him purpose and allows him to move forward because he knows that somewhere along the way, in the immortal words of Chris Cooper from The Town, 'This side or the other,' they'll find each other," Amell added.

Rebelcaptain Appreciation Week

Renee: And be here, the bunker, the sweet bunker.

Dinah: You guys feel like hitting up the ‘sweet’ bar?

Felicity: You guys go ahead. I ate something that’s not gonna mix well with alcohol.

John: Yeah, I’m gonna hang back too guys.

And because they were adorable and 100% not discrete winks, here they are a little tighter in one gif.