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I don't think he wanted Sara so much as he wanted to use her to force Lyla to give him the chip/tell him where she's hiding it. Unluckily, it was IN her...

He knew her for 5 minutes. Not strong enough. Thea, Roy, Sara, Laurel, Oliver, Dig; they've all been through SO MUCH to earn their costumes.

There's a theory floating around on twitter and tumblr that Noah has another daughter. Oliver finds out. Something will tempt him not to tell Felicity, maybe Noah himself, maybe Oliver realizes this half-sister got a father when Felicity's left her behind (and boy would that hurt her). And maybe THIS TIME, he will reveal the truth to Felicity. It's seriously the perfect mirror situation to the baby mama drama.

UGH I KNOW. It's gonna suck. Here's hoping 4x20 will have a huge jump (no hiatus, no preemption, etc).

I REALLY hope not. I really do hope Stephen's career takes off. Seems like both he and Emily are interested in doing movies. It'd be an awesome idea to reboot if they wanted to keep it going. It would give Black Canary another chance.

I sincerely hope that Arrow finishes in 6 seasons, and if not, "reboots" with a new generation of characters.

Same Day vs. +3 vs. +7 day ratings for CW shows: http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2016/04/22/the-cw-same-day-vs-dvr-rankings-for-2015-16/ As predicted, Arrow is in 2nd place. Incredible for a 4th season show. And look at SPN, it's like 200 seasons in and doing so well! That's where I anticipate Arrow to end up eventually.... around SPN's averages.

Does anyone mind telling me where you got the Rebecca Merlyn tombstone pic from?

Anyone think that the Lauriver thing from 4x19 is actually a "what if" scenario (like in a dream) in which Oliver never gets on the boat? Instead, he commits to Laurel and this is sort of a small window into that possible life, and then it rudely cuts to something very dark and sad; ie- Arrow reality.

Totes. I'm wearing it right now. My theory is that they are gearing MM up to be the Big Bad again, perhaps for season 6.

Tumblr-world thinks this season will end with Olicity back together but then Felicity kidnapped. I don't know if it's going to be that dramatic, but I think it's clear we are going to head towards a reconciliation. And they are absolutely not killing off Malcolm Merlyn. There is a LOT they can still do with that character, by himself, his story vis a vis Oliver, and obviously Thea too. Not to mention killing off two big bads in a single season? No, it's not happening, I can virtually guarantee it. My bet is that Oliver doesn't kill DD (he is after all, representing the light for everyone else this season), and Lyla, as head of ARGUS will magically have a solution for containing DD by the season finale. Because that's how these things work, lol.

I think its an amazing idea! That's totally in theme with this season. Also, notice that, if Thea fights Malcolm, it'll be family member against family member. A TRUE Schism.

9 of the (so far) 16 episodes that have the information fell into the Top 25. Not too shabby. :) (4x03, 4x08, 4x09 - 4x14, 4x16)

You'll also end up with a lower total demo for 4x16 because it was low in the 1st place. If you look at average gain per episode quoted above: 4x09-- 1.0 to 1.6 4x10-- 1.1 to 1.8 4x11-- 1.1 to 1.7 4x12-- 0.9 to 1.5 4x13-- 0.9 to 1.5 4x14-- 0.9 to 1.6 4x16-- 0.7 to 1.3 For each episode listed, it's a .6 - .7 increase. That's really stable. Will we ever know why some episodes are lower than others? No. I can guess it was due to poor promo, or the casual viewer losing interest in the middle of the season, etc. But Arrow's core audience, whether they watch live or not, is rock steady overall.

Probably not. The promo itself didn't really call back to the 4x01 grave scene and we only knew it was happening in 4x18 because of all the articles, which casual viewers dont really take the time to read.