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TV LINE: We spoke with exec producer Marc Guggenheim at a Thursday night CW soiree, where he professed, “One of the things we’re most excited about is Laurel’s story. Everything that we’ve been gearing up for, for the last 46 episodes, will come to fruition” — possibly including that passing of a baton/leather jacket in the season finale. As the season opens, “She’s still in the DA’s office,” Guggenheim added.
Q: Sara (Caity Lotz) passed on her Canary jacket to Laurel (Katie Cassidy). Is that a mantle she’ll take up fairly quickly and what will her relationship with Oliver look like this season?
ANDREW KREISBERG: As always with all of these things, you can’t just put on a mask and go running around. You’ll get killed. Laurel is still just an attorney. She’s an attorney with a jacket. I think Katie Cassidy fans are going to be very, very excited about her trajectory this year. Laurel is going to have a new love interest this season.Q: Is Laurel (Katie Cassidy) ready to become the new Black Canary?
ANDREW KREISBERG: Sara (Caity Lotz) may have given her the leather jacket before leaving Starling City, but that’s all Laurel has… so far. If she does undergo hero training it will be over the course of the [third] season.