Felicity Smoak

Felicity Smoak is a character of the CW series Arrow.

Character
Felicity was originally introduced in the third episode of season one, "Lone Gunman", as a one-off character, she is portrayed as an I.T. genius, being a skilled hacker and computer expert, with a degree from M.I.T. In season one, on the recommendation of Walter Steele, she assists Oliver Queen with various discreet jobs, not knowing his secret, but realizing that there is something else behind them. When Oliver is shot by Moira Queen, he waits in Felicity's car to ask for her help, thus revealing his identity. Following the abduction of Walter Steele, Felicity joins Oliver and Diggle in the lair, in order to find him. She later decides to continue working with them as technical support in order to stop 'The Undertaking'.

After travelling with John Diggle to Lian Yu, in order to persuade Oliver to return to Starling City at the start of season two, the character moves from the I.T. department to become Oliver's Executive Assistant at Queen Consolidated, as a cover for their vigilante activities. During this season, Felicity meets Central City CSI Barry Allen, who later becomes the super-fast hero known as the Flash. In the final episode of the season, she plays a pivotal role in helping capture Oliver's enemy, Slade Wilson / Deathstroke.

At the start of season three, she and Oliver attempt to start a romantic relationship, but this is thwarted when he decides he can not do so whilst being the Arrow. During the episode "The Secret Origin of Felicity Smoak", it is revealed that Felicity was a goth in College, and that her ex-boyfriend, Cooper, went to jail for using a computer virus she designed. Felicity begins working for the new owner of Queen Consolidated, now Palmer Technologies, Ray Palmer, eventually becoming Vice-President, as well as helping him to develop his Atom suit. Both Felicity and Ray travel to Central City to assist Team Flash with meta-human Brie Larvin, in The Flash episode "All Star Team Up". The two date, but break up when they both realise Felicity is still in love with Oliver. They remain friends, working together to save the city from a deadly virus. By the end of season three, Oliver and Felicity are seen driving away from Starling City together to live a more normal life.

Felicity also features in the Arrow and Flash episodes of the first Arrowverse crossover 'event', "Flash vs. Arrow".

Season four sees Oliver and Felicity seemingly living happily in Ivy Town, when Laurel Lance and Thea Queen arrive to ask for their help in Starling (now Star) City. After returning to Star City, Felicity admits to Oliver that she misses working with the team, and the two agree to stay on.[40] Now also CEO of Palmer Technologies, Felicity uses her position and resources to try and help the team combat Hive. In the mid-season finale, following their engagement, Oliver and Felicity are ambushed in their limo by gunmen, leaving Felicity paralysed from the waist down. Despite initial doubts, Felicity rejoins the team, with Oliver giving her the moniker 'Overwatch'. With the help of Curtis Holt, who creates a prototype microchip, Felicity regains the ability to walk. The character breaks off her engagement to Oliver following revelations that he had been lying to her about his son, William, which also leads to her leaving the team. Following Laurel's death, she rejoins them, to help bring down Damien Darhk, which ultimately leads her to have to make the decision to re-divert a nuclear bomb from the city of Monument Point to the town of Havenrock, with a lesser but still high loss of life. She is also fired from her job as CEO, due to her consistently neglecting her position. The season ends with Oliver and Felicity alone, in the ruins of their lair. This season also sees the introduction of Felicity's father, revealed to be cyber-criminal Noah Kuttler.

Felicity also features in the second Arrowverse Crossover event, (which set up spin-off series Legends of Tomorrow), working with the teams to combat Vandal Savage.

At the start of season five, Oliver and Felicity are still the only members of the team left. Felicity is instrumental in persuading Oliver to recruit new team members. She also has a new boyfriend in Detective Billy Malone, whom Oliver is later tricked into killing by Prometheus. She begins to work with shady hacking organisation Helix in a bid to find and stop Prometheus, which ultimately brings her into conflict with Oliver and the team when she aids Helix in freeing their leader, Cayden James, from an A.R.G.U.S. prison. After Prometheus sets off an EMP, which temporarily disables her spinal chip, Felicity and Oliver are trapped in the bunker. As they struggle to escape, they manage to resolve the problems standing in the way of their being together. The two decide to tentatively rekindle their romantic relationship. Following the explosion on Lian Yu in the season finale, Felicity's fate is unknown.

During the season, Felicity features in the Arrowverse "Invasion" crossover episodes, working with the teams to combat an alien invasion by the Dominators, as well as giving advice to Barry Allen over the repercussions of 'Flashpoint', in The Flash season three episode "Paradox". She also appears in the season two penultimate episode of Legends of Tomorrow, "Doomworld", as a masked vigilante in an alternative reality where Damien Darhk is mayor of Star City, and the rest of team Arrow are dead. She is murdered by Sara Lance, who is working for Darhk.

The start of season six shows Felicity to be safe and well, still working with the team. She and Oliver are once more involved in a romantic relationship. Together with Curtis, Felicity decides to start a tech company. Her worst fears are realized when it is revealed that the leader of Helix, Cayden James, whom she helped free from A.R.G.U.S. custody is in fact a villain. Following her marriage to Oliver, Felicity begins to bond with his son William. In the season finale, Oliver is arrested by the FBI, leaving Felicity as William's sole parent.

Felicity made an appearance at the bachelorette party of Iris West in a season four episode of The Flash, and helped to thwart the efforts of Amunet Black ("Blacksmith"). She also featured across the first full four-way Arrowverse crossover event entitled "Crisis on Earth X", beginning with an episode of Supergirl, helping to combat the threat posed by the invasion of Earth-X Nazi's. Her Earth-X counterpart, who is interned in a concentration camp, is also introduced.