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DC Comics New CW ‘Arrow’ Episode Preview: Ollie Queen Stephen Amell Talks ‘Torchwood’ & ‘Dr Who’s’ John Barrowman Malcolm Merlyn Reunion [SPOILERS]

The hit DC Comics series, Arrow is all new tonight on the CW. In tonight’s episode, Stephen Amell’s Oliver Queen reunites with Malcolm Merlyn, played by John Barrowman (Dr. Who, Torchwood). Check the preview for spoilers:

The official plot synopsis for tonight’s all new episode of Arrow, titled "The Magician," reads:

“Oliver and Nyssa join forces and go after the Dark Archer in order to bring Sara's killer to justice. Meanwhile, Laurel keeps her distance from Nyssa because she blames her sister's death on the League of Assassins; and Oliver and Roy work on repairing their respective relationships with Thea.”

The title is likely a reference to Malcolm Merlyn’s comic book counterpart, Merlyn The Magician.

Stephen Amell recently spoke to IGN about The Arrow’s long awaited reunion with Malcolm Merlyn:

“We had 200 extras there. That was exciting. It is a costumeless, weaponless, fisticuffless exchange and concurrently is probably the most charged exchange that we've had on the show. We shot it on our 50th episode, which is our fourth episode this year and for me, personally, I love these things on TV when something is set up and then you let it lay for a while. In our case we’re talking about letting it lie for 27 episodes between the Season 1 finale and episode four of Season 3. So just playing scenes also with John is a growing exercise for me as an actor, because there’s so many things that he does and chances that he will take that I feel they’re expanding my character and I'm feeling the repercussions of them, personally, on a professional, technical level in the aftermath of episode four. I’m bringing them into scenes as we move through the season.”

Tune into the all new episode of Arrow, tonight at 8:00 p,m. easter on the CW.

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