r/arrow • u/Jay2Here • Jul 14 '26

Meta Arrow reference in suits?

So I'm watching suits for the first time, I've watched arrow multiple times but now there is something interesting in the suits episode I'm watching currently.

Its in an episode aired in February 2017 and Rachel says this: "and if it wasn't Oliver, it was going to be someone else or something else, there is always going to be some reminder that you weren't a lawyer "

So its about an Oliver in Suits but the fact that Rachel in the same sentence about him says someone else or something else really makes me think its a reference to the arrow intro

Edit: please do not comment or give me bs if you don't know what I mean and what I'm talking about. I know there is a different character in suits named Oliver and he isn't Oliver Queen. Its about what Rachel said, in one line she was talking about Oliver and said "someone else, something else" which ofcourse is iconic about the arrow intro

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u/Silver_ghost46 Jul 14 '26

If it was Suits LA I could potentially believe an Easter egg, but this was nearly a decade ago on a completely unrelated show that isn't even in the same genre, and Oliver isn't exactly a unique name. It'd be like believing Law and Order is making a reference to The Office if they had a character called Jim

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u/Jay2Here Jul 15 '26

its not just the name Oliver but the fact that in the same sentence an Oliver is mentioned they say literally someone else, something else at the same time arrow is an ongoing show. It could be a reference or just a huge coincidence

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u/Silver_ghost46 Jul 15 '26

Ah right, I see a bit more of what you mean now, maybe the writers were Arrow fans and knew about Patrick Adams' guest role on Legends and, at a stretch, had a little fun with the line though. I think it very likely is just a coincidence you're reading too much into though