The hour opens with a callback to the Arrow pilot as Oliver sprints through greenery. But this time, it’s on the Queen Estate and he’s going for a jog the day before his wedding. Inside the mansion, he canoodles with his beaming fiancée, a whole and healthy Laurel Lance. Oliver’s chest is heartbreakingly free of scars, burns, and trauma.
See, this Oliver never got on the Queen’s Gambit, never cheated on Laurel with her sister, never endured the five years of hell we’ve witnessed. But, of course, this isn’t real……
