Yahoo News Arrow showrunner explains those season 7 flashfowards
Note: This article contains spoilers from the Arrow season 7 premiere, which hasn't yet aired in the UK.
After dropping the massive twist that the flashbacks in Arrow season 7 were, in fact, flashforwards, showrunner Beth Schwartz has revealed how delving into the future will help "open up the world" of the show.
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Schwartz explained how the series had always wanted to experiment with flashforwards, particularly to show how Oliver Queen's son William is affected by his childhood and father 20 years later.
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"It just made sense to go forward into the future instead of continuing flashbacks," she said. "We're kind of breaking two shows. We have a whole separate mythology for the flashforwards and we have a lot of new characters and that's why it feels so fresh; we're doing two shows in one.
"With the flashforwards, we're able to see the consequences of what our team has done in the present day story.
"In the future storyline you're going to be able to see were vigilantes effective? How did that affect Star City in the future? How did it affect The Glades? How did it affect all the characters we love? Are people going to be the same or different? It opens up the world a lot."
Arrow season 7 airs on The CW in the US. The series airs on Sky One and NOW TV in the UK.
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