If you were looking forward to seeing Jessica De Gouw’s Helena Bertinelli making her return to Starling City this season on Arrow then I’m afraid you’re out of luck as executive producer Marc Guggenheim has revealed that The Huntress has been cut from season three of the DC series.
“We’d been discussing an episode that would return Helena Bertinelli to Arrow for Season 3, but it didn’t come together for a variety of reasons having nothing to do with Jessica or her willingness to return. As most of you know, despite doing 23 episodes a season — god help me — we still somehow manage to run out of room to tell certain stories (e.g., Felicity’s parents). Unfortunately, Helena’s episode in Season 3 was one of those casualties of our lack of real estate. We value Jessica and the character she created too much to waste both of them on a story we can’t give proper attention to.”
However, if you’re desperate to see The Huntress in action, you’ll be pleased to know that the character will feature in the comic book series Arrow 2.5: “Tomorrow, Helena/The Huntress will make her return to Arrow in comics form as part of our ongoing Season 2.5 series. Unlike her previous appearance in 2.5, this time the Huntress’ return is not a hoax, not a dream, and not a hallucination.”
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Originally published February 16, 2015. Updated April 13, 2018.
