Arrowis going where it has never gone before.
I grew up onSt.
Elsewhere, Picket Fences, andL.A.
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Somewhere along the line, we got away from that the whole industry got away from that.
With that in mind, finding the right topic for CWs flagship superhero series was easy.
We could have done an episode on abortion, but thats not really where the show lives.
So gun violence really felt like the right thing to tackle.
Its the fifth season, Guggenheim continues.
We do explore the issue of gun violence.
I would tease it as the best tasting broccoli youll ever have.
He is a character whose whole superheroics revolve around guns, Guggenheim notes.
Instead, this is one issue that Mayor Queen must handle.
Its important to at least talk about this, Mericle says.
This was very much the episode we intended to do.
Arrowairs Wednesdays at 8 p.m.
ET on The CW.
