Board Thread:Arrow discussions/@comment-807326-20170202010018/@comment-2054358-20170203230954

True, Alex Kingston was never called Dinah Drake in the show. But it was very obvious that she was based on Dinah Drake. Before we had an article on Tina Boland, the page "Dinah Drake" existed as a redirect to Dinah Lance. But it's still a retcon if the audience was led to believe Laurel's mom was Dinah Drake for five seasons and they disprove something they implied. When a retcon isn't a timeline altering event, it's when the writers abuses a loophole in continuity to change a fact that isn't 100% confirmed. Alex Kingston was supposed to be Dinah Drake but because of the loophole retcon with the fact her maiden name was never confirmed and there's a new Dinah Drake, apparently Dinah Lance isn't Drake anymore.