Arrow’s season 3 midseason finale is approaching. Next week episode, The Climb, will be the last episode before the hiatus until January, 2015.
In recent interview with TVLine , Arrow’s Executive Producer, Marc Guggenheim, spoke how Laurel will take the role of the second Canary (or we should call her Black Canary) after the death of the original Canary, Sara Lance.
“Something happens in the midseason finale (airing Dec. 10) that makes it necessary. Which is not to say [Laurel wears it] in the midseason finale, but the impetus [for the costume] will happen then.”
As we know, now, Arrow already has two Canaries for the show. Episode 10, 11, and 12 will be trilogy story for Laurel to be the new Canary and might be as well as Sara’s flashback story as the original one. It’s really good to see that Laurel finally will suit up like her comic alter-ego, Black Canary, after two seasons. Many of the fans are worried that the show runners are rushing things up for Laurel to take the mantle from Sara. But, we don’t know yet until we see the upcoming episodes. For now, let’s just see what differences of Arrow’s Original Canary and the future Black Canary.
The Canary (Sara Lance)
Sara’s Canary outfit is consisting of leather pants, sexy chest revealing tops and leather jacket all come in black. She uses the mask and blonde wigs to hide her true identity. The blonde wigs is not really necessary because she is already a blonde even without the wig. And for the weapon, she uses a bo-staff and a device that could create sonic sound to overwhelmed the hearing of everyone in vicinity, even for shattering glass. As one member of “League of Assassins” she shows highly skilled martial arts and on her top physical condition (she can even train on that salmon ladder).
Black Canary (Laurel Lance)
Laurel hasn’t officially made her appearance as Black Canary. But, from the costume revealed by CW, it shows that Laurel’s outfit is kind of similar to Sara’s but it will be less revealing. Her outfit will have more buckles and straps that give more tactical feelings. She also uses blonde wig and mask to hide her true identity. For the weapon, instead of using bo-staff, she chooses to use police baton. It’s not clear yet whether she will use the sonic device like Sara to create the Canary Cry or she will get the Canary Cry from something else (another explosions, maybe?). Laurel is now training with a boxer and former vigilante, Ted Grant, to sharpening her fighting skills.
So, which Canary you like?
For me, I love them both. I don’t know yet how the show runners will do for Katie’s Canary but, I wish her for the best. Laurel has been under the shadow for almost three seasons of Arrow and now it’s time for her to shine as the new Starling City vigilante. And Caity’s Canary is also incredible. Even though Sara is killed off from the show, she will always be the Canary that fans love and it’s nice too watch her make some guest appearance again on the show, even for flashback scene, in the upcoming episode.