Am I dense... or just forgetful? 
Did we ever find out why Merlyn had Thea kill Sara?
Did we ever find out why Merlyn had Thea kill Sara?
Arrow - Season 3
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^You're not dense, it's just gotten kinda lost in the shuffle. 
Malcolm didn't want to spend the rest of his days in hiding, fearful that the league would find out he was still alive and kill him. And he also figured he couldn't defeat Ra's himself in combat, so he made Thea kill Sara so he could use Thea's life and future as leverage for blackmailing Ollie into killing Ra's, as he knew Ollie would never help him willingly.
Ra's deciding to make Ollie his heir is something none of them predicted, and it's put the whole League vs. Merlyn thing way back on the ol' Assassins' to-do list.
Malcolm didn't want to spend the rest of his days in hiding, fearful that the league would find out he was still alive and kill him. And he also figured he couldn't defeat Ra's himself in combat, so he made Thea kill Sara so he could use Thea's life and future as leverage for blackmailing Ollie into killing Ra's, as he knew Ollie would never help him willingly.
Ra's deciding to make Ollie his heir is something none of them predicted, and it's put the whole League vs. Merlyn thing way back on the ol' Assassins' to-do list.
In order to blackmail Ollie into fighting R'as. What isn't really clear is how he thought that would help.Am I dense... or just forgetful?
Did we ever find out why Merlyn had Thea kill Sara?
In order to blackmail Ollie into fighting R'as. What isn't really clear is how he thought that would help.Am I dense... or just forgetful?
Did we ever find out why Merlyn had Thea kill Sara?
Merlyn has ideas but his overall thinking is quite shallow.
Didn't he say he absolved all blood debts as a sign of good will?
^ As I recall, he said he gave Merlyn back to Ollie along with his and Diggle's freedom as an act of good will when they left Nanda Parbat, but didn't say anything about absolving debts, so the death sentence against him and Thea still stands, even though Nyssa spared Thea when she learned the truth.
That wasn't the impression I got. I thought that Ras cancelled the debt because, as we find out later, he wants Ollie.
^ IMO, he hasn't cancelled the debt; he's just forgotten about it. If he were the type to make backup plans, I'm sure claiming the debt would be on a secondary to-do list, but I doubt it's seriously occurred to him he won't get Ollie. I'm sure he wasn't expecting Ollie to actually accept prison over leading the League, but if that or something yet to occur finally nullifies his choosing Oliver, I'm sure Merlyn and Thea will be first on the hit list.
Well, I'll just say I recall differently. It was a single sentence that you might have missed or maybe I'm misremembering, but that's what I recall.
Yeah, I agree he was lying about other things, but I don't think they wanted Thea to be permanently targeted by the League of Assassins over this so I think that line resolved it.
One of the BEST promos I have seen for a superheroshow... or rather two!
What are heros and villains doing in their downtime?
You might need a FB account to watch it on the Arrow page, not sure.
https://www.facebook.com/CWArrow?fref=nf
Edit: Found the youtube link! Enjoy!
[yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XE_jH2eQl4[/yt]
What are heros and villains doing in their downtime?
You might need a FB account to watch it on the Arrow page, not sure.
https://www.facebook.com/CWArrow?fref=nf
Edit: Found the youtube link! Enjoy!
[yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XE_jH2eQl4[/yt]
Okayyyy... That was kinda weird. But I love it that there are enough heroes and villains active in the shows' universe to populate an ad like this.
So is that blank screen green or orange? Audio only.
Edit: Video finally loaded. Nice.
Edit: Video finally loaded. Nice.
That was fantastic. Great to see so many stunt performers go at it. 
Mark
Mark
So...Googled the villain's name...Deathbolt? Seems like they're taking some liberties...never would have placed him from the optic blasts.
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