Stephen Amell took to the press line at San Diego Comic-Con having already started filming Arrow season five. The star has been blunt in the last few months about his intentions for the show: a return to what made it strong in the first place. That means a grounded approach, a "back to the basics" mentality, and less of the super-powered and magical world that some of the other shows in the CW DC Universe can explore.

"Thus far, [I'm] very much so [happy]," Amell told Comicbook.com about the direction of season five. "There haven't really been any cliffhangers; this season feels very grounded and very patient to me. It's a patience that's earned over the course of a couple of years. If you produce a quality episode, someone doesn't need to appear from the grave at the end," the actor said with a smile. "It feels very much like we are taking our time and really setting things up for everything to just go f***ing crazy in the second half of the year."

Of course, Oliver Queen will start the season as Mayor of Star City, along with being Green Arrow without his typical team behind him.

"Oliver's doing a sh*t job as Mayor," Amell laughed while saying. "He's not doing a good job. He ran for the Mayoral office and got elected (unopposed) based on a lot of heartfelt sentiment, but because he is alone, and doesn't have his team, he doesn't have time to be the Mayor. So Thea's basically doing all that stuff for him."

Arrow season five hits The CW Wednesday October 5, 2016.