David Nykl Archives

Agent Watson (Syndelle Noel) wants answers and Oliver heads off to talk to his man inside of Diaz's organization: Anatoly (David Nykl). The episode marks the end of the run for co-showrunners Marc Guggenheim and Wendy Mericle Guggenheim will move into a story consultant role while Mericle has signed a development deal with ABC Replacing them[...]

But when she brings Diaz the order, he tears off the signature, claiming all he cared about was knowing if he could trust the new Mayor. While all of this is going on, Oliver (Stephen Amell) makes a play to bring back an old ally, Anatoly (David Nykl) Oliver goes to Russia and pays a debt[...]

I figured he didn't really have any friends left so Anatoly (David Nykl) made the most sense, and that's who Oliver is drinking with in the final three images. The title, 'Shifting Allegancies', makes a lot of sense as we see Diggle working with NTA, Oliver trying to work a deal with Anatoly, and Quentin meeting[...]

The group seems to be specifically built to mess with Team Arrow and will include Katie Cassidy as Black Siren, Kirk Acevedo as Richard Diaz/Dragon, Michael Emerson in an unnamed role, and David Nykl returning as Anatoly Knyazev And of the group, Anatoly brings what might be the most psychologically challenging opponent for Oliver Queen. Where[...]