Arrow to Bring Back Felicity's Mom 

, now that Charlotte Ross has booked an encore as Donna Smoak.

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alumna will reprise her role as Felicity’s flashy mother in this season’s 18th episode.

Ross received a warm reception from viewers with her first appearance on the hit action-drama, which aired in early November and revolved around a dark piece of Felicity’s past coming back to haunt her.

resumes Season 3 on Wednesday, Jan. 21, with Episode 10, which is titled “Left Behind.”

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Yeah would love to see the reaction from Oracle (Felicity) & Black Canary (Laurel) when they start dating (LOL).

Woooh! hope this time she spends more time with Oliver and John.

Wonderful! Charlotte Ross and the writers did a great job the first time around. Here’s hoping she gets to interact with a certain police captain who could definitely use some joy in his life.

Maybe they do listen to viewers comments after all.

Exactly what I was thinking. There’s the comedic potential from “the children”, but regarding the character himself some happiness would be a well deserved addition.

Very exciting news. Charlotte Ross did a great job. I love when they add humor and fun into the mix of Arrow. Mama Smoak certainly does that.

Awesome. I loved her. Such a breath of fresh air. Maybe SmoaknLance will finally happen.

Oooh, I wonder what brings her back to Starling! Exciting. Loved her. Breath of fresh air to the show.

Hands down the best piece of news about arrow in a while. I am so excited. Hope they make her a series regular and we learn lot more abt felicity. Its abt time she got a story arc of her own. She is a major crowd puller and deserves it.

Indeed the more rough edges get revealed about Felicity the less “caricature” she becomes. And Emily has the acting ability to go anywhere the writers send her, IMHO.

I sort of feel like this is an alert as to how long Oliver will be out of the picture. I know they were talking about some scene Felicity has yesterday, but I don’t know if the episode number was named but, I could see a reason a mom would stop by her daughter’s hectic life again…

Did I miss a mention of why Oliver/Stephen is missing (beyond the storyline that is)?

This is EXCITING NEWS — just when I needed some for this show! So happy she is returning and really looking forward to the episode. She’s a real treat and I really hope we get to see more interaction between her, Oliver and Diggle — Felicity is a given. Thanks for the news!

Yes!!!!!! Love her!!!!! Would love to see her in more scenes with Oliver and Digg, Please!!!!

I hate “YASSSS” but this seems like an appropriate time to use it. So excited she’s coming back! Hopefully with some more information on Felicity’s dad.

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