Before Arrow came to an end on January 28, 2020, the series’ penultimate episode served as a backdoor pilot for the planned Green Arrow and the Canaries spinoff. However, over a year after that same-named episode aired, it was confirmed that the spinoff was not moving forward, which still annoys me nearly half a decade later. Adding insult to injury, it turns out Green Arrow and the Canaries could have included another Black Canary to join the existing two, with this one also being a familiar face from the DC TV space.
From 2007 to 2011, Supernatural and Stargate: Universe actress Alaina Huffman appeared in six episodes of Smallville as the Dinah Lance version of Black Canary. While speaking with CBR, Huffman revealed that she tried to get involved with Green Arrow and the Canaries to reprise her character, saying:
