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{{Quote|And yet... you cost me something dear to me. Someone very dear: [[Owen Post|My son]]. That's why I've arranged this little tête à tête. So that when your [[Star City|city]] burns, you'll know why.|[[Cayden James]] to [[Oliver Queen]]}}
 
{{Episode
 
{{Episode
 
|name= Thanksgiving
 
|name= Thanksgiving
 
|image= Oliver is celebrating Thanksgiving in the hospital.png
 
|image= Oliver is celebrating Thanksgiving in the hospital.png
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|titlecard=Arrow season 6 episodes 3-7 title card.gif
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|season= 6
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|epnum= 7
 
|number= 122
 
|number= 122
 
|airdate= November 23, 2017
 
|airdate= November 23, 2017
 
|writer= [[Wendy Mericle]]<br/>[[Speed Weed]]
 
|writer= [[Wendy Mericle]]<br/>[[Speed Weed]]
 
|director= [[Gordon Verheul]]
 
|director= [[Gordon Verheul]]
|guests= [[Sydelle Noel]] as [[Samandra Watson]]<br/>[[Pej Bahdt]] as [[Sam Armand]]<br/>[[Teryl Rothery]] as [[Jean Loring]]<br/>[[Venus Terzo]] as Dr. [[Schwartz]]<br/>[[Michael Emerson]] as [[Cayden James]]
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|guests= [[Sydelle Noel]] as [[Samanda Watson]]<br/>[[Pej Vahdat]] as [[Sam Armand]]<br/>[[Teryl Rothery]] as [[Jean Loring]]<br/>[[Venus Terzo]] as Dr. [[Elisa Schwartz]]<br/>[[Michael Emerson]] as [[Cayden James]]
 
|before= {{Ep|Promises Kept}}
 
|before= {{Ep|Promises Kept}}
 
|after= {{Ep|Crisis on Earth-X, Part 2}}
 
|after= {{Ep|Crisis on Earth-X, Part 2}}
 
|show= Arrow
 
|show= Arrow
 
}}
 
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"'''Thanksgiving'''" is the seventh episode of the [[Season 6 (Arrow)|sixth season]] of ''[[Arrow]]'', and the one-hundred-twenty-second episode overall. It aired on November 23, 2017.
 
   
 
==Synopsis==
 
==Synopsis==
[[Oliver Queen|Oliver]] celebrates Thanksgiving with his family but the happy moment is interrupted. Meanwhile, [[Laurel Lance (Earth Two)|Black Siren]] returns to wreak havoc on the holiday.<ref>[http://www.greenarrowtv.com/arrow-6-7-spoiler-description-an-olicity-thanksgiving/ ''Arrow #6.7 Spoiler Description: An Olicity “Thanksgiving”'' - GreenArrowTV]</ref>
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{{Synopsis|[[Oliver Queen|Oliver]] celebrates [[Thanksgiving (event)|Thanksgiving]] with his family but the happy moment is interrupted. Meanwhile, [[Laurel Lance (Earth-2)|Black Siren]] returns to wreak havoc on the holiday.|http://www.greenarrowtv.com/arrow-6-7-spoiler-description-an-olicity-thanksgiving}}
 
==Videos==
 
<gallery>
 
Arrow Thanksgiving Trailer The CW
 
Arrow Inside Thanksgiving The CW
 
</gallery>
 
   
 
==Production==
 
==Production==
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**[[Rene Ramirez|Rene]] claims Billy Joel's album ''[[wikipedia:The Stranger (album)|The Stranger]]'' to be a "treasured piece of rock and roll history".
 
**[[Rene Ramirez|Rene]] claims Billy Joel's album ''[[wikipedia:The Stranger (album)|The Stranger]]'' to be a "treasured piece of rock and roll history".
 
*[[Curtis Holt|Curtis]] mentions having seen every episode of the TV series ''[[wikipedia:The Closer|The Closer]]'' twice.
 
*[[Curtis Holt|Curtis]] mentions having seen every episode of the TV series ''[[wikipedia:The Closer|The Closer]]'' twice.
*[[Cayden James|Cayden]] quotes an infamous phrase from the [[wikipedia:William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare]] play ''[[wikipedia:Julius Caesar (play)|The Tragedy of Julius Caesar]]'' to [[Laurel Lance (Earth Two)|Laurel]], "Cry 'Havoc!', and let slip the dogs of war".
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*[[Cayden James|Cayden]] quotes an infamous phrase from the [[wikipedia:William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare]] play ''[[wikipedia:Julius Caesar (play)|The Tragedy of Julius Caesar]]'' to [[Laurel Lance (Earth-2)|Laurel]]: "Cry 'Havoc!', and let slip the dogs of war".
 
*Curtis likens [[Team Arrow]] to [[wikipedia:Big Brother (Nineteen Eighty-Four)|Big Brother]], the totalitarian leader of Oceania in [[wikipedia:George Orwell|George Orwell]]'s ''[[wikipedia:Nineteen Eighty-Four|Nineteen Eighty-Four]]''. The phrase itself has come to be known as referring to the idea of constant surveillance.
 
*Curtis likens [[Team Arrow]] to [[wikipedia:Big Brother (Nineteen Eighty-Four)|Big Brother]], the totalitarian leader of Oceania in [[wikipedia:George Orwell|George Orwell]]'s ''[[wikipedia:Nineteen Eighty-Four|Nineteen Eighty-Four]]''. The phrase itself has come to be known as referring to the idea of constant surveillance.
*[[Felicity Smoak|Felicity]] instructs the team that the thermobaric bomb is down corridor 52, a reference to [[wikipedia:The New 52|The New 52]], a 2011 relaunch and revamp of DC's comics
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*[[Felicity Smoak|Felicity]] informs the team that the thermobaric bomb is down corridor 52, a reference to [[wikipedia:The New 52|''The New 52'']], a 2011 relaunch and revamp of DC's comics or even to the ''52'' comic book series.
*This episode aired on Thanksgiving Day in real life.
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*This episode aired on Thanksgiving Day in real life and is the first Thanksgiving-themed episode of {{S|Arrow}}.
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*Several times throughout this episode, people refer to Star City as Starling City, even though the city's name had officially been changed two years previously.
 
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== Goofs ==
 
*Several times throughout this episode, people refer to [[Star City]] as "Starling City", even though the city's name had officially been changed two years previously.
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==Gallery==
 
===Videos===
 
<gallery>
 
Arrow Thanksgiving Trailer The CW
 
Arrow Inside Thanksgiving The CW
 
</gallery>
   
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
<references/>
 
<references/>
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{{Season 6 (Arrow)}}
 
{{Season 6 (Arrow)}}
   

Revision as of 03:25, 13 February 2020

For the eponymous celebration, see Thanksgiving (event).
"And yet... you cost me something dear to me. Someone very dear: My son. That's why I've arranged this little tête à tête. So that when your city burns, you'll know why."
Cayden James to Oliver Queen

"Thanksgiving" is the seventh episode of the sixth season of Arrow, and the one-hundred-twenty-second episode overall. It aired on November 23, 2017.

Synopsis

Production

Preparation ran from September 7 until September 15, 2017. Shooting ran from September 18 until September 27, 2017.[1]

Trivia

  • This episode features an uncredited appearance from Billy Joel.[2]
    • Joel's appearance is archive footage from his August 4, 2015 concert at the Nassau Coliseum in Long Island, New York, performing "No Man's Land".
    • Rene claims Billy Joel's album The Stranger to be a "treasured piece of rock and roll history".
  • Curtis mentions having seen every episode of the TV series The Closer twice.
  • Cayden quotes an infamous phrase from the William Shakespeare play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar to Laurel: "Cry 'Havoc!', and let slip the dogs of war".
  • Curtis likens Team Arrow to Big Brother, the totalitarian leader of Oceania in George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four. The phrase itself has come to be known as referring to the idea of constant surveillance.
  • Felicity informs the team that the thermobaric bomb is down corridor 52, a reference to The New 52, a 2011 relaunch and revamp of DC's comics or even to the 52 comic book series.
  • This episode aired on Thanksgiving Day in real life and is the first Thanksgiving-themed episode of Arrow.

Goofs

  • Several times throughout this episode, people refer to Star City as "Starling City", even though the city's name had officially been changed two years previously.

Gallery

Videos

References