Arrow: Barry Allen is still comatose in scene from the Midseason premiere, "Blast Radius".

In the latest scene from this week’s new episode of Arrow, we get to see a little of the dynamic between Oliver and Diggle, while Felicity is away looking after Barry Allen in Central City.

That’s right–following the events of the midseason finale and the accident that will eventually give Barry super-speed, his body has slipped into a coma and Felicity has left Oliver alone to focus on his hunt for the Mirakuru source himself.

Haunted by memories of the island, Oliver sets the stage for Diggle, ready to explain to him why he’s so terrified of an army of Mirakuru soldiers suddenly showing up in Starling.

The Green "Arrow" gets masked!!!

Our hooded vigilante, the Green "Arrow" will be donning a mask in the up and coming 9th episode of this season called 'Three Ghosts' airing December 11th.&nbspAccording to executive producer Andrew Kreisberg, the answer is multi-faceted. ”Conceptually, it was something we wanted to do because Oliver himself is evolving as the Arrow– from vigilante to hero, sort of from Arrow to Green Arrow — and we wanted to see that progression in his costume as well,” he said. “As Oliver is embracing being a hero, being a hero means stepping out of the dark and being more of a symbol, so he has to stake steps to conceal his identity more.”

Adding a mask also comes with logistical benefits, he said. In the second season, Oliver has found himself working much more closely with several people who don’t know his true identity — like Laurel’s father Det. Lance, for example — and it was getting harder and harder to believably hide Oliver’s face under the hood. “It’s going to allow the Arrow to interact with people who don’t know his identity in a much more organic way than having him constantly keep his head down,” says Kreisberg.

source: greenarrow.net