Stephen Amell thinks Oliver is open to working with and even trusting Slade Wilson on Pointer season six, but some wounds cut too deep to completely heal. It has been several seasons since Slade terrorized Oliver Queen, Team Pointer, and Star(ling) City as Deathstroke. Since then, the sword-wielding villain has been behind bars on Lian Yu, until his former beau island internee came asking for help with Prometheus, a threat even more vexing for the now-veteran hero than Slade was for the nascent vigilante in season 2.

The season 5 finale team-up raised enough of questions near Slade's future (too as actor Manu Bennett) in the Arrowverse, and peculiarly what it meant for the time to come of his relationship with Oliver. As flavor 6 has progressed and Oliver has taken a footstep back from his vigilante persona to be a begetter to William, that distance hasn't kept Slade from knocking on Mayor Queen's door, asking for help. Concluding week'due south episode, 'Deathstroke Returns,' brought the two back together in a way that was reminiscent of the series' early on days, simply as far as Amell is concerned, the relationship between Oliver and Slade will forever exist strained.

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Speaking at a recent Pointer set visit attended by Screen Rant, Amell discussed the latest interaction between his character and Slade, and shared some insight into what Oliver thinks well-nigh the human being who killed his mother and attempted to level an entire urban center while under the influence of Mirakuru. Amell said:

"Manu and I did a lot of piece of work on where they are. I idea the early drafts of the script near slipped them dorsum into what you would run across in the latter function of flavour ane and maybe even the early on part of flavour 2 back on the island. Oliver understands perfectly well that Slade was nether the influence of something. He was non of his correct mind. That being said, sure things cannot be undone. And so... do I trust him when he'south of his right mind? Yeah. Do I rely on him? Sure. Are we going for a beer after our road trip to go find his son? Probably not. I mean there're just certain things that [Oliver] can't forgive, but I think that at his core, Oliver thinks that Slade is a proficient person."

Amell'due south comments propose that his grapheme has learned a thing or two nigh why people do the things they do and whether or not they tin can every truly redeem themselves – something a Oliver has a great bargain of feel with considering his take-no-prisoners approach in the show'southward early going. Speaking well-nigh Slade's return in season 6 and Oliver's willingness to assist him too poses and interesting question nearly whether or not fans will see Deathstroke beyond this two-episode stint this season. It sounds as though the experience was expert for everyone involved, and with any luck information technology ways more Slade Wilson on Pointer in the future.

"It's keen having Manu dorsum. It really was -- both of these episodes, they really are his episodes. Between what's going on with him in the flashbacks – which go along on episode 6 – those ii things and the ongoing storyline surrounding Vigilante dorsum at Star Urban center, those were two very, very tranquility episodes for me, so it was groovy to watch Manu work."

Next: Pointer Reveals Vigilante's Identity

Pointer continues this Thursday with 'Promises Kept' @8pm on The CW.

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