Warning: The following contains spoilers flash Season 8, Episode 5, “The End of the World, Part 5.”
The story of the final chapter flash end of the world Crossover event wastes new Arrow Mia Quinn.Aside from failing to advance Mia’s story, she was last seen in the finale arrowThe brief cameo also makes the young hero seem extremely incompetent. All in all, this is a disappointing turn for Arrowverse fans who had hoped that Katherine McNamara’s return to the role of Mia Quinn would allow her story to be resolved.
Originally introduced in a flash-forward sequence as Mia “Blackstar” Smoak arrow In Season 7, Mia Quinn was trained from birth to learn the skills possessed by her father, Oliver Queen, but she never intended to follow in his footsteps and become a vigilante. Despite this, Mia steps up to save her city and continue her father’s legacy.Her fate and name have been changed crisis on infinite earthsBut thanks to a device created by Cisco Ramon, her memory of who she was was restored, just in time for her to join forces with the two Black Canaries to fight the new Deathstroke.penultimate episode arrow Season eight ended with Mia being attacked and her brother William kidnapped, but that storyline was left hanging as The CW failed to move forward with the proposed plans. green arrow and the canary series.
When Mia Quinn announced her return flash Season 8 end of the world In the crossover event, fans are hoping William’s fate will be resolved. Unfortunately, her appearance in Doomsday Part 5 was nothing more than a cameo, as the new Green Arrow showed up just in time to stop the Reverse-Flash from running amok at CCPD headquarters. Mia later explained that she had been tracking time energy signals in an attempt to find William’s kidnappers and “Wrongly tracking Swann’s scent“.
This admission sets the tone for Mia’s continued appearance in “Armageddon Part 5.” Far from being a confident survivor forging her own path as a fighter, Mia is portrayed as a complete novice in need of Iris West-Allen’s advice on how to be a hero. Beyond that, Mia’s only purpose in the event is to serve as a reluctant foot soldier for the alien telepath Despero, who needs others to attack Team Flash when he’s facing off against Barry Allen. other members. To add insult to injury, it’s revealed that Mia has been searching for William for two years, with no idea who took him other than tracking the turmoil in time and trying to decipher the symbols on the Queen’s family’s rooster.
Arrow’s long-awaited return from the future was disappointing on every level. Despite this, Katharine McNamara expressed her willingness to play Queen Mia in the future after starring in “Queen Mia”. flash Season eight. Hopefully she’ll get the chance, Mia Quinn’s quest to find her kidnapped brother will be resolved at some point in the future, and both McNamara and Mia are happy with this storyline.