Since her debut early in Season 2, Caity Lotz has become an important part of Arrow , as her character Sara Lance, AKA Black Canary, has been integrated into Oliver Queen’s inner circle and begun to fight alongside him on a regular basis - not to mention their romantic reconnection.

Caity Lotz as Sara Lance / Canary in Arrow.

Katie Cassidy as Laurel Lance and Caity Lotz as Canary in Arrow.

This week’s new episode is a big one for Sara, with an episode title, “Birds of Prey”, that should immediately garner the interest of comic book fans. Yes, Huntress (Jessica De Gouw) is back, bringing the Arrow incarnations of the two DC heroines together for the first time. However, rather then working together, the two are adversaries, after Huntress — in the wake of her father’s arrest — takes hostages at Starling City’s courthouse, including Laurel Lance (Katie Cassidy), Sara’s sister.I spoke to Lotz about the “Birds of Prey” episode and the Canary/Huntress dynamic, along with her thoughts on the possibility of superpowers, Sara’s history with her former lover, Nyssa al Ghul (Katrina Law), and more.I think you're assuming in the right direction!That and she's kind of messing with her boyfriend too. [Laughs]Yeah, she knows nothing really of the Huntress. She's never heard of her, so she has to get filled in on who this mystery woman everyone keeps talking about is.I think in terms of Oliver, she's not really a jealous girl. She thinks it's kind of funny that Oliver would have this kind of psycho ex-girlfriend. [Laughs] So I think Sara is a little amused by the whole situation, because she also doesn't feel very challenged. She's a strong chick, so she's not really worried about this other girl, you know… until Laurel gets involved. Then, all of a sudden, everything changes. It's a big entrance when they [Canary and Huntress] get together. It's got a nice little bang to it.She definitely doesn't want Laurel to know at all. I think for her this whole Canary thing… Even though she's doing good things now, sometimes she still feels like Canary's kind of an assassin; she joined the League of Assassins, not Heroes. She doesn't feel like a hero. So she definitely doesn't want Laurel to know that side of her, because she feels like it's a lot of darkness and something unlovable.I don't think so. The Canary goes to great measures -- she uses the voice thing -- so yeah, I don't think Laurel at this point knows externally what's going on. She's not even in her imagination thinking that, "Oh, this could be my sister." That's so far removed from even a possibility.You know, I could see it happening. Who knows, maybe they both could turn out to be bad. [Laughs] You never know. The Huntress is also kind of a redeemable character. We'll see what this episode will bring for her. In terms of closure, I don't know, or the evolution of her character... But I do think they'll work together one day, or maybe it's just because I want to, because I really like Jessica [De Gouw]. She's so much fun to work with.

Continue to Page 2 as Lotz discusses Sara's role on Oliver's team, and her thoughts on Felicity, Nyssa and the potential for superpowers.