[2][3][4][5][6][7] Andrew Kreisberg commented that he and fellow showrunner Marc Guggenheim were impressed both with her performance and by Amell's response to her character, and that they received positive feedback stating "And then the network called, and then the studio called and they were like 'This girl, who is she? Oliver asked her to research Unidac Industries, to which Felicity reminded him that Queen Consolidated acquired Unidac Industries at the same time they'd met. [18] Following the abduction of Walter Steele, Felicity joins Oliver and Diggle in the lair, in order to find him. Felicity took up a job at Tech Village as a sales employee, Oliver and Diggle call her on the job, to which she dismisses the customer and runs into the back room saying that someone is calling for tech support. In the backdoor pilot for Green Arrow and the Canaries, Star City is a much different place in 2040 on Earth-Prime than it was on Earth-1. department to become Oliver's Executive Assistant at Queen Consolidated, as a cover for their vigilante activities. During the Arrow episode of the crossover, when Oliver Queen, John Diggle, Thea Queen, Ray Palmer and Sara Lance are trapped in a shared hallucination of an alternate Star City, two versions of Felicity appear, one engaged to Palmer and the other working as a vigilante with Diggle. After the explosions on Lian Yu, Felicity returned to Star City and decided to partner with Curtis to start a new company, Helix Dynamics. [11], After the team was unsuccessful in preventing H.I.V.E. The group would perform "civil disobedience via the World Wide Web", such as digitally defacing criminals, exposing government fraud, etc. As predicted, she was taken by Kuranski, but Oliver shot him through the knee, before being kicked in the crotch by Felicity. Felicity arrived in the Arrowcave to find both Oliver and Diggle already present. Team Hood set up a sting operation at a fundraising auction for the Starling City Cancer Society using a Queen family brooch as bait. [131], Both Rickards and Katie Cassidy, who portrays Laurel Lance, expressed a desire to see, and a disappointment in the lack of, the friendship between their characters on screen. Felicity reported this to Walter and gave him the warehouse's address.[26]. [90] Some critics expressed concerns that the relationship became too dominant a feature in the show over the course of seasons three and four. [125] Regarding the relationship, Rickards felt that "it's a little soon", but that Felicity was" just trying to figure things out". As a result, she put most of her focus into her studies, barely acknowledging her mother. [246], Felicity also features in the Arrow: Season 2.5 digital tie-in comics, which bridge the gap between the second and third seasons of the television show. Suddenly, the Arrow smashed through glass from the ceiling, along with Arsenal and The Huntress. Affiliation [96] Discussing the season two declaration of love Oliver makes to Felicity in order to capture his nemesis Slade Wilson, Amell stated "clearly he meant it". Arrowverse Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. wenn ja: in der 4. oder in der 5.staffel? Later that day, Barry implied that despite her denying it, he understood why Felicity would like Oliver. Anfang der 4. As she ran Gold's picture through facial recognition software, targeting traffic cameras to track Gold's location, Barry smugly reminded her about his theory of the vigilante working with partners, and then surprises them by mentioning that he'd kept count of the high-profile cases they'd been involved with. Felicity also had a nose ring she sported in college during her goth phase. Felicity was the most severely injured of the three, being knocked unconscious by a head wound. Home universe However, The Dodger simply stole the brooch himself. Though successful in disarming the device, Felicity was stuck in Verdant as the back-up Markov Device was activated and proceeded to destroy the East sector of the Glades.[38]. After Curtis signed over his half of Helix Dynamics to her, Felicity converted the company to Smoak Technologies and hired Alena Whitlock as her CTO. Donna admitted part of the reason for her surprise visit was an unexpected free flight, causing Felicity to realize someone deliberately brought her mother to Starling City. Auf einer Pressekonferenz macht Oliver Felicity einen Heiratsantrag, den sie überglücklich annimmt. However, after Diaz attacks them in their home, the pair return to Star City. Hurt by what Isabel implied, Felicity was visibly shocked by what happened. To her relief, he ignored her ramblings and gave Felicity a bullet-ridden laptop, claiming that he'd spilled a latte on it in a coffee shop located in a "bad neighborhood", though she clearly did not believe him. She and Oliver are reunited, in a facsimile of Moira Queen's former office at Queen Consolidated. Felicity convinced Diggle to go home, pointing out that Diggle wouldn't be able to take on Slade if he decided to come after her. Ahead of Arrow's second season, David Ramsey agreed with the descriptor of Felicity as a surrogate sister to Diggle, describing them as part of a "family unit". However, at times some questioned her prominence and the show's possible over reliance on her. Having realized Merlyn's manipulations was to pit them against the League, the team was shocked to discover that Thea came with him. [107] Schwartz described part of the appeal of the couple as the fact that they are opposites, commenting that what Oliver loves most about Felicity is "her brain". During this time, Felicity installed facial recognition software at S.T.A.R. [220], During his review of Arrow season four, whilst conceding that the audience reaction to both Felicity and in particular to her romance with Oliver had been mixed, Schedden praised Rickards' performance stating that the season offered the actress "a wider range of both drama and comedy, and she rose to the challenge". When the rest of the team left, Felicity used thermal imaging software to track the movements of Thea, Moira, and Slade on their tour of the house, therefore directing Diggle, Sara, and Roy on their mission throughout the Queen Mansion. After Sara and Oliver failed to deter him, Felicity volunteered to warn Officer Lance about the possible threat on his life. In a possible future, in 2040, the Monitor returned and created a portal to the Afterlife where she reunited with Oliver. Felicity then went to Queen Consolidated to ask Ray what he was trying to prove by buying Tech Village. [57] Regarding Felicity's new role, Rickards noted how "she's a lot better at it than she thought she would be" and that it is a challenge the character had embraced. She also welcomed the diversity of the characters, including their family backgrounds. "[97] The couple split up during season four and later reunite in the season five finale. The two had a heated argument, which Barry diffused by pointing out that Oliver was unnecessarily being "a jerk" to Felicity, who only wanted to save Oliver. Oliver decided to go in without backup, much to Felicity's chagrin. Felicity discovered that Ben Turner had escaped from Iron Heights Prison. [68] Victoria McNally, writing in 2015 for MTV, praised the presentation of "science nerds", including Felicity, within the Arrowverse as "relatable people" and for "dispelling the stereotype of scientists as asocial losers". For the journey, Felicity chartered an airplane that she and John inevitably parachuted from, much to the former's terror. Despite his reservations, Oliver bent to Felicity's tenacity but insisted that he plan the mission, which she agreed to. "[105] During the 2018 Arrowverse crossover event, "Elseworlds", the couple are shown to resolve the issues caused by their separation, with Schwartz stating that Oliver had struggled to come to terms with how the situation had changed Felicity, and that his experience in the crossover enabled him to "understand her journey" a little more. [51], Diggle began staking out Felicity's apartment in case Slade decided to attack her. While talking with Paul, Felicity realized that Oliver was going to propose to her with the ring in a soufflé he made three months ago. The next day, she discovered that it contained a directory of schedules and preparations regarding several planned heists similar to the armored-car robberies that had been occurring in the city. The Calculator then blocked her. [147], Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow co-developer and former showrunner Marc Guggenheim has insisted in interviews that he had no intention of transitioning Felicity into a costumed superhero stating in 2017 "for as long as I’m involved with the show, the two things I never want to do is kill off Thea and put Felicity in a mask and a costume." Why That Last Name? Felicity helped Oliver find out information about the Hoods, why they formed, and their location. [169] In the season finale, Oliver is arrested by the FBI, leaving Felicity as William's sole parent. She also assisted Oliver with his hurt knee and helped him inject an entire bottle of Lidocaine into his knee. [194] Her Earth-X counterpart, who is interned in a concentration camp, is also introduced. Using the Skeleton Key, she, Oliver, Diggle, and Sara infiltrated and planted explosives around the building in order to prevent Slade and Isabel's further use of its technology. In the Arrowcave, Felicity, Diggle, and Oliver watched the news regarding John Nickel, one of the people on The List, being acquitted by the district attorney from indictment after one of his buildings being burnt down due to faulty wiring. Felicity attempted to track the website's signal, but Nickel was murdered on video. She tracked the location but told him to wait to stop Slade, thinking Oliver's conversation with Thea was more important. They watched as Nickel's kidnapper introduced his victim and gave the latter 30 seconds to defend himself against his crimes. Felicity and Diggle found him, and when Oliver told them that he was going to turn himself over to Slade, Felicity tried to talk him out of it. [236] Chancellor Agard of Entertainment Weekly included the episode in his list of Rickards' "10 best Arrow episodes", citing both her performance and Wendey Stanzler's direction as reasons for its resonance.[229]. Felicity, high on Oxycodone (which she believed to be aspirin), was pleased that she finally had a scar of her own. [6][19], In 2008[2] when Felicity was 19, she was ranked 2nd in the National Information Technology Competition.[20]. Based on his sister's address, the Arrow and the Canary tracked Tockman down. When Team Arrow was deputized, she joined the SCPD as Overwatch. After Oliver was released and was deputized by the Star City Police Department, Felicity started helping him as Overwatch again. Flustered, Felicity muttered to herself how she "[had] a type". As Isabel left, she looked back over her shoulder and said to Oliver, "i think she can take the night off". Ray revealed his work is to honor his late fiancée, Anna Loring, who was killed in The Siege. "[122], The character of Barry Allen, who would go on to headline Arrowverse spin-off show The Flash, is introduced in the season two Arrow episode "The Scientist"[123] He and Felicity quickly form a bond, which develops into a potential romantic link. Having lost contact with her, Oliver stormed the casino and, after getting Felicity out of Alonzo's clutches, reverted to his old method of intimidating his target into confessing the information he wanted. Oliver discovered that the leader of the Ghosts was Damien Darhk. ", "Arrow spoilers: Stephen Amell, David Ramsey and Emily Bett Rickards share wish list for season five", "Arrow Season 6: Getting Back to the Original Team Arrow", "Arrow: David Ramsey talks Original Team Arrow, Prometheus", "Arrow boss weighs in on fan reaction to OTA vs. NTA, possible miscalculation", "Arrow became great by emphasizing characters above all else", "Arrow season 7 episode 22 review:You Have Saved This City", "Stephen Amell Previews Return of Arrow: Flashbacks, Gadgets, Love Triangles and More! After Isabel ambushed and overpowered Diggle, she asked him where Felicity was, expressing her desire to kill the latter. After discussing Sara's condition with Oliver and John, Felicity wondered what they should do next. So weit ich weiß trennen sich oliver und felicity in "gebrochene herzen",aber kommen sie wieder zusammen ? After she returned, Officer Lance asked the Arrow if his "blonde friend" could hack the cell phone records of his fellow policemen to see which one tipped off Cyrus Gold. Felicity told them that Lawton had returned to Starling City thanks to a sting setup by John's friend, A.R.G.U.S. In 2016 she was voted number fifteen on a list of "50 Favorite Female Characters", in a poll of Hollywood professionals conducted by The Hollywood Reporter. Unable to get a clean signal, the team went with "plan B". Felicity came to the office dressed for the work dinner and Ray told her that she looked ridiculous, but not in a bad way; he meant she looked beautiful. She is murdered by Sara Lance, who is working for Darhk. Felicity tells Walter about Moira's investment in Tempest. Once she arrived, Felicity admitted that despite the outrageous cover stories Oliver had told her when asking for her help, she somehow trusted him enough to share the information she had collected. Her relationship with Oliver develops into a romantic one, leading to their marriage and to her becoming stepmother to his son, William, and later mother to their daughter, Mia. [15][16] In her fictional background story, the character was born on July 24, 1989, and is stated to have demonstrated a strong academic ability from an early age, going on to graduate summa cum laude from MIT in 2009 at the age of 20 with a Masters of Science in Computer Sciences and Cyber Security. Commenting on this "symbiotic relationship", terming it "Arrow's most important", Carrie Raisler of The A.V. Later as Roy was suiting up, Felicity stopped him and revealed that before burying Sara, she created a virtual autopsy of her body. He then showed her his results on his analyses of the tooth, tracking residue on the tooth to Muller Psychiatric Center. Felicity walked into Ray's office to remind him that he was supposed to be at a press conference 20 minutes ago, only to find him doing the salmon ladder shirtless. However, he also expressed concern that the show had become too reliant on both Felicity and the relationship between her and Oliver. Department of Queen Consolidated and threatened Felicity into hacking the F.B.I. Mar Novu then opened up a portal to the afterlife through which they both walked through. He asked Felicity to pull up Malcolm's phone records to trace the call he made to where Walter was being held, which Felicity discovered was in Blüdhaven. Oliver used Felicity's intel to confront and kill Justin Claybourne.[27]. Carrie shot Oliver with an arrow but he recovered and they both convinced her that love wasn't dead, but real. Oliver sharply told her to leave, trying to prevent Felicity from becoming involved in Helena's vendetta. "[98], In Arrow season three, Felicity begins a professional and later romantic relationship with Ray Palmer, played by Brandon Routh. [198] During the final episode of the event, Rene Ramirez informs Sara Lance that Felicity ran a global search for Oliver, but was unable to find him. She arrived at work and whipped around Curtis's lab to find Ray's battering ram. Despite Samantha's confession, Felicity decided that she needed space and that Oliver should have told her about William. Current universe Oliver had the idea to have a fake wedding to draw Carrie out. [73], After Nyssa warned Oliver to bring Malcolm Merlyn to justice, Felicity called Caitlin to rush the DNA testing on Sara's murderer, all the while avoiding Ray after their awkward kiss. Oliver promptly woke up, explaining that one of Blood's men had likely injected him with some. After they knocked out most of the plane's occupants, Oliver flew the plane back to stability, putting Felicity's auto-pilot gadget on to the dashboard to fly the plane. She lied to him, telling him "you were out the whole time", most likely to prevent him from discovering how deep the damage had been when he was unstable. Felicity voiced her belief that Oliver deserved better and walked off in tears.[44]. They found Ray and successfully resized him. He encountered a meta human named Jeremy Tell/Double Down, who could use the card tattoos on his bodies as lethal projectiles, and barely escaped with his life. In the process, Felicity also fixed a defibrillator machine they were using. She has also featured in the spin-off shows The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow and web series Vixen, as well as appearing in Supergirl. However, Cooper attempted to go further by deleting all student loans, much to Myron and Felicity's shock. reveal that Felicity dressed as a 'goth'. Felicity arrived to the new lair and was questioned by Thea when she wasn't wearing something (Oliver's proposal ring). He began talking to Slade, distracting him, and Felicity, who was being held with Slade's sword to her neck, injected the Mirakuru cure into him. Roy was able to manually set off the charge, stop the bomb, and escape. As a child, Felicity wanted to be an astronaut and once begged her mother to let her go to Space Camp for the summer. supermax prison. Auf dem Rückweg werden die beiden von Darhks Männern überfallen und mit Schüssen attackiert, wobei Felicity lebensbedrohlich verletzt wird. It was later implied but not directly stated by Officer Lance that Felicity did, indeed, trace the cell phone records of the policemen at the precinct and relayed them to Lance. She went on to explain that she felt that Felicity being on the team helped her to be more confident with who she is, saying "she's also learning to accept and embrace her brainpower, when before she always felt isolated by it". The two worriedly watched the group's broadcasted message. She also learned that the laptop belonged to one of Walter's competitors, Warren Patel, Deadshot's employer.[25]. Department when Oliver walked in. [6], When she was 16, Felicity had her wisdom teeth removed. Sara then snapped Felicity's neck, killing her instantly. Felicity informs Oliver of Blackhawk's armored-car robberies. [86] Reviewing the episode "Taken", in which the couple split up, James Queally of the Los Angeles Times praised the way the show had made the audience "care about a relationship storyline " in a show built around action, as well as the performances of Rickards and Amell, commenting, with regard to their characters, that "they both love each other in a way that jumps off the screen". [63] The repercussions of the events of season six and the first half of season seven ultimately lead to Holt stepping away from the venture, leaving it in Felicity's hands. In the alternate reality created by the Dominators, Felicity worked as tech support for John Diggle/The Hood and was engaged to Ray Palmer. Felicity Smoak as a vigilante in Doomworld reality. ", "Exclusive: Arrow's Felicity on her awkward evolution and why 'she is a hero, "What 'The Flash' Gets Right About Superheroes (And Why It Can Thank 'Arrow')", "Arrow at Comic-Con: Emily Bett Rickards Discusses Olicity and Papa Smoak in Season 4", "Rebuilding Team Arrow: More Trouble On The Way For Oliver And Felicity? I don't know what the magic equation is to writing something that hits somebody at a certain time. When Oliver came to, he attempted to introduce himself, only for Felicity to interrupt that everyone knew who he was. [126] His death acts as a catalyst for leading Felicity to a "darker place", as described by Wendy Mericle, who went on to say "It's a color for Felicity that we’ve always known she had the potential for, but we never had the right story to play. and realized that the killer is targeting them. When Oliver woke up, he was upset to discover that Felicity had exposed his secret to an outsider without his consent, to which she protested that his life was in danger. Oliver handed her a syringe, asking her to run a spectro-analysis on what he claimed was an energy drink (but was in fact Vertigo) manufactured by his friend "Kevin" to cure hangovers. The character appears in the Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham video game as part of the Arrow DLC pack, and is one of the protagonists of the Arrow and The Flash tie-in novels and comics. Diggle demanded that he leave until Oliver deduced the former's identity. Felicity revealed that Lawton made a series of calls to Alberto Garcia, who arranged the assassin's hits, and gave him a USB of information. Felicity surprised Barry at the Central City Police Department. In an effort to cheer him up, Felicity gave Oliver a cup of coffee, though just this once.[40]. The final scene of the series leads on from the season seven finale. This ordeal lead Felicity to become distracted and withdrawn, which began to concern Oliver. [195] Oliver and Felicity are both shown to work through insecurities in their relationship across the crossover event, and in the final scene, get married alongside Barry Allen and Iris West, in a service conducted by John Diggle. At Oliver's campaign holiday party, she met Curtis's husband, Paul. [78] In the DC Comics canon, Green Arrow is often romantically partnered with Black Canary, and in season one Arrow presented their versions of the characters as each other's significant love interest. Felicity noticed her phone had been acting up a lot recently and also requested Curtis to decrypt its messages. Walter assured her he would talk to Moira about it, but Felicity knew he was lying. Felicity checked in on Ray who hadn't left the loft. [6][8] While Felicity didn't remember Noah a lot, his absence from her life left a deep impact; growing up, Felicity struggled with intense feelings of abandonment and self-loathing, wondering if she somehow made her father left and if anyone could truly love her. Emily Bett Rickards Oliver assured her that she was still an important member of the team. She later joins Oliver in his crusade becoming one of the founding members of "Team Arrow", alongside John Diggle, and goes on to adopt the moniker "Overwatch". Family Afterwards, Oliver reflected on Felicity's earlier comment, rethinking how his personal policy of isolationism was affecting him and those around him. At Noah's insistence, Felicity reluctantly agreed to have coffee with her father. When Oliver planned on meeting Slade at his headquarters, Felicity futilely tried to discourage him, emphasizing that Oliver was no match for Slade and that he'd be killed if he went. Labs courier en route with the Mirakuru cure. [29] Discussing the character's growth across the first season, she noted how with each new experience with 'Team Arrow' Felicity "shrugs off one more restriction that was keeping her held back"[44] and that working undercover allowed her to "put aside some of her inhibitions, and become someone else for a while". She refused, telling him that if he wasn't leaving, she wasn't leaving. ", "Blugold women embrace opportunities in computer science", "Post Mortem: Arrow Bosses on 'Olicity' Feelings, [Spoiler]'s Return, Roy's Future and More", "Arrow stars on Oliver and Felicity's future", "Arrow Just Gave Us the Olicity Scene We've Waited Two Years For", "Arrow's Emily Bett Rickards Talks the 'Magic Equation' of Olicity", "Green Arrow and Black Canary headed to CW in the fall", "The big Olicity kiss on 'Arrow' was never part of the plan", "Ollicity no more! Admitting that she'd been doing the same thing, she tried to extend her condolences to Oliver and his family, only for Oliver to reveal that Walter was still alive. When Ray arrived, Felicity "called in sick" to spend the day with her mother. The two of them, along with Cooper's roommate Myron Forest, were members of a hacktivist group on campus and part of a cyber-goth subculture. When Oliver wondered why she was being so withdrawn, Felicity revealed that she blamed herself for getting so caught up in their relationship that she uprooted her life in Star City to travel the world with Oliver, causing her to miss Ray's initial distress calls and not investigate his apparent death more thoroughly. [53] Following Oliver's loss of his Queen Consolidated at the end of season two, Felicity is the driving force behind his bid to regain the company in the season three premiere. Hurt, Donna reminded Felicity she at least tried to be there for her, unlike her father, whom her daughter seemed to share everything with. [16], Felicity went to college at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Felicity helped Sara by finding out that the Tibetan pit viper venom used to poison Laurel was acquired from the local zoo. Als Oliver erfährt, dass er einen Sohn hat, verschweigt er dies Felicity, als sie es herausfindet, trennt sich Felicity von ihm, da er immer noch Geheimnisse vor ihr hat. [12] Following this announcement, Guggenheim echoed Amell's sentiments when speaking at San Diego Comic-Con ahead of the season eight premiere, stating that "For the longest time, I've been saying you can't do the show without Emily Rickards" and that he would not have considered a full twenty-two episode final season without the actress. The man doesn't answer her question, but instead tells her that he knows someone who wants to hire someone with her expertise. [130] Talking about the pair's friendship, Kellum described it as having "an aspect to their relationship where he gives her the motivation to do the hard thing...and he will be that friend she can go to and cry on and talk about stuff that's going on with".