Arrow executive producer
Andrew Kreisberg recently spoke about the “Suicide Squad” episode, remarking, “You know, Dig was our way into Amanda Waller. In this episode, Amanda comes to Dig and Lyla and she basically recruits Dig for a mission and tells him that he's going to need a team. She saddles him with the Suicide Squad, including Floyd Lawton [Deadshot].”
Episode 16 will be very Diggle-centric, with EP
Marc Guggenheim noting, “Again, we’re going back to the idea that things are laid in one season and paid off in another. In episode 14 of last year, Diggle told Felicity this story about how he saved the life of this warlord, a guy named Golam Kadir. Well, in episode 16, the flashbacks will be told from Diggle's perspective in Afghanistan, saving the life of Golam Kadir.”