Flashpoint (TV Series 2. IMDb. Edit. When the Strategic Response Unit arrives, the rules change. The bad guy's caught - he just doesn't know it yet. The SRU, inspired by Toronto's Emergency Task Force, is a handpicked team of elite cops. The Flash Season 3 Episode 2: After the tremendous previous episode of Flash Season 3, People can watch The Flash Season 3 Episode 2 Online.High risk is their business and these men and women do it all: rescue hostages, bust gangs, defuse bombs. Talk down suicidal teens. They handle state- of- the- art weapons - sniper rifles, flash- bang grenades, tasers. They climb the sides of buildings. But they're different from other SWAT teams. Because their arsenal also includes a gift for words. A knowledge of human intuition. An instinct for when it's time to negotiate - and when the 'solution' calls for something more. On the scene, they're in charge. Welcome back to Up To Speed, home of the the Flashest Recaps Alive. Here we’ll recap the latest episode of The Flash, dispense some Flash Facts and talk about what. EXCLUSIVE: Arrow showrunner talks Flashpoint, the future of Olicity and Season 6. The CW’s The Flash: Season 3, Episode 16: GRACELAND follows the high-stakes investigative life of six undercover federal agents whose lies are their lives. Living together in a repossessed Southern California. Greg Parker; First appearance "Scorpio" (episode 1.01) Last appearance "Keep the Peace (Part 2)" (episode 5.13) Portrayed by: Enrico Colantoni: Information. Barry Allen looks tensed in The Flash season 3 episode 2 promotional picturesThe CW/ Warner Bros TV The Flash season 3 premiered on Tuesday and fans got to see Barry. No one knows their job better. SRU Constables outrank senior Inspectors - and the Inspectors don't like it. Regular uniforms grumble when pushed aside by the SRU 'prima donnas.' While secretly wishing they were in their place. The Flash - Season 3, Episode 1. Abra Kadabra. Barry finds himself caught on the horns of a dilemma when he captures Abra Kadabra, a villain from the future. Abra offers him Savitar's real name in return for his freedom, but the villain is wanted on Earth- 1. Meanwhile, Caitlin tries to apologize to Julian and then puts her life in his hands when she is injured in an explosion. EXCLUSIVE: Arrow showrunner talks Flashpoint, the future of Olicity and Season 6. At this point, It’s fairly accurate to say that Arrow has righted its ship and gotten back on course. After an uneven season that frustrated fans with its supernatural focus and the somewhat polarizing Olicity relationship, the show did a reset of sorts, and went back to what made it a hit in the first place: a gritty vigilante story that takes place in Star City’s dark alleys and corners. As The CW’s flagship superhero show enjoys its winter break, we had a chance to talk exclusively with Arrow executive producer and showrunner Wendy Mericle. She took time out from shooting episode 5. We covered a lot of ground, including Oliver’s ongoing struggle to change, what’s next for Olicity, and whether we’ve seen the end of the fallout from Flashpoint.(Note: this interview was conducted before Arrow’s winter finale)This Season has seen a . As the showrunner, are you happy about bringing the series back to the more street- level stories after last season’s more otherworldly plots? Yeah, I mean, I absolutely do. I think the show lives in . We necessarily went towards R'as al Ghul and the League of Assassins and then magic and Damien Darhk in Seasons 3 and 4; this season is a . For as much as we really enjoyed it, but if we would have stayed . It would just be the same thing we had been doing. It’s been really fun to go back to this style of storytelling, but it was fun to explore other areas as well. Oliver has had a challenging time this season trying be a mentor to the new members of the team, especially Wild Dog. Is it going to get better for him? He seems to struggle with playing the mentor.(laughs) It’s true. I think he’s done it in the past very reluctantly. Even when he took on Sara and Roy, it was never something I think he willingly did. It started with his father, it was very personal, it was about his family and his legacy. So for him to bring someone else into this world, I think for him it feels . It speaks to the reality of what he does on a day- to- day basis. One of the things we’re really excited about this season is evolving . It’s not going to necessarily get easier for him, but its definitely . Why was it important to make that a key element in Season Five? We’ve been talking about legacy and now in Season 5 the show is becoming reflective a bit. The creators have always kind of known where we were going by Season 5. Oliver is definitely taking stock in terms of his life. It also points out that the show, at its core, is about a guy who puts on a mask, and goes out and acts like judge, jury and executioner in terms of fighting crime. And in terms of the real- world context, that has real consequences. We felt collectively and morally, we shouldn’t shy away from it. One of the great hallmarks of the show is that are several strong female characters, such as Felicity and Thea. I love in particular how, even though she’s not in costume much anymore, Speedy is still such a key part of Oliver’s life and the show. Are there plans to have Thea suit up more in the second half of Season 5? She will definitely be in and out of costume a few times this season, which I think is fun. I will say something that’s always been true on Arrow from its inception is . She was the one that was capable of this kind of malevolence and darkness. In a lot ways that was the seed for a lot of these strong female characters. You talk about Willa, and we think she’s been amazing as Thea in the mayor’s office. We really like her in that role. She is really Oliver’s only remaining family member, and that gives her a certain level of gravity and emotional importance that is .. We made a choice at the top of this season not to . And to leave that question up in the air. Which I think is a really real thing to happen. Going back to the real and roundedness, these are two people who have been thrown into this mission, and it’s not really a traditional workplace, so to speak. It’s a very unique situation. And we wanted to honor the reality of, it’s always hard to work with somebody you really care about. In season four, we saw them work together while trying to maintain a relationship. Now, they’re working together in the context of not knowing what their future is, romantically. I think both sides provide — having them together and apart — certain types of storytelling opportunities. This season has certainly given us different ones. But I think ultimate the key thing, and i think is true for so many series, especially ones where you’ve been fortunate enough to go to 1. And you can take it many different directions. We definitely have some ideas about where we’re headed in Season 6. We’ll see where that goes. Do you still love writing John Diggle? This season has really provided David Ramsey some good material to work with. That’s a great question! He’s very straightforward and plainspoken, which I really admire. But I also really enjoy writing Wild Dog this year. He’s a close second right now. I think Rick Gonzales is tremendous and versatile. He’s a blast to write for. The character has a very specific point of view, which is always fun to tackle as a writer. He also gets the best one- liners. We do like to give him those little jabs. He’s just really good at them. That’s the thing about Rick, not that . But he just brings a different energy and a different tone, and he nails that stuff. He’s amazing. Have we seen the end of how Flashpoint impacts Star City, or is there still more to come in the second half of the season? I think so. It’s one of those things ! I think for us as storytellers on Arrow, where we try to stay more grounded and not try to veer too much into that territory, I think I can’t say that it’s over, but I will say that anything we would do in the future we would try to keep as grounded and . You danced around that expertly.(laughs) Well, thank you. Speaking of Flashpoint, I don’t think people really appreciate the gargantuan effort it took to pull off the four- series . My head hurts just thinking about the story meetings you had. Was it as complicated as I think it was to make it work? And then some! No, what’s interesting about it was . It’s one thing to craft the story, but everything is very theoretical on the page. Once it’s on the page it become a production problem and a reality problem. Stephen can’t be on five sets at once. Neither can Grant, neither can Melissa. So it becomes a juggling act and that has direct impact on the stories you can tell. But it was such a fun and scopey thing to pull off, and we really were so excited. We knew we had something very cool and emotionally compelling to honor the 1. We knew in concept how we were going to handle that. There was a lot of enthusiasm about it. We broke that episode in the Arrow writer’s room. And then you get down to the nitty gritty of making it happen. And i have to give props to all of our line producers, Todd Pittson, Vladimir Stefoff at Legends of Tomorrow, Jaime Paglia over at Flash, Hilton Smith over at Supergirl. And Marc Guggenheim was really the point person for all the shows to make that schedule work. Everyone got together for the story meetings and everyone was an equal partner, but in the end, Marc was the guy who has the brain to put it all together. We actually sort of do, believe it or not, have a concept for what we want to do for next year’s crossover. It’s crazy. Regarding the Bratva flashbacks, what can you tell us about what’s coming up this season? And will we see flashbacks of Oliver in other places besides Russia? Yes and yes. It’s been one of my favorite seasons of flashbacks, being in the Bratva. It’s something we’ve long wanted to tell and I think it’s very compelling and different. We’re not on the island. That said, we know we’re going to sync up with the pilot at some point so I can definitely tell you we’ll be back on the island. Can’t say for how long but we will definitely be back there at some point. Regarding other flashbacks . They may or may not be four years ago. They might be a bit more recent than that. Last question. There’s a great line in Hamilton where the main character asks, ? It’s planting seeds in a garden you never get to see.” In terms of your show, is there something in particular that you’re particularly proud of that points to Arrow’s legacy? I would say, one of the most interesting and most challenging aspects about the show is that we didn’t allow it, from the get- go, the show was never one specific genre or type of storytelling. We have so many elements coming into any given episode. There’s the procedural element, the superhero element, the fun of that. We always have an emotional core to the storytelling. Always making sure we know why Oliver’s punching someone in Act Five. It’s not just about the action. It’s about his emotional story for the episode. And for me, that’s what set it apart. Coming on from the beginning, as I did, it was mind- blowing. That was very different for TV at that time. Previous shows I worked on, you always knew what you were doing. It was a law show, or it was Desperate Housewives, there was a template for how this stuff had gotten done. For this show, there was none. There was no template. We were constantly reinventing the wheel. That makes I think, for very compelling storytelling and people staying interested. You don’t know what you’re going to get. What do you think of Season 5 of Arrow? Weigh in on the season’s first half in the comments below!
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