Arrow Season 4: 9 Characters Who Need To Die

9. Roy Harper

To most of the citizens of Starling City, Roy Harper is the Arrow, and more pertinently he is dead. However, a select few members of Team Arrow - and the millions of people who watch the show worldwide - know that he is still very much alive.

He became the hero in Season 3 when he took the blame for being the Arrow, and then faked his own death before leaving town with a new identity. He said an emotional farewell to Thea, and that’s the last we saw of him.

The problem is that while he’s still alive in the show’s universe, there is always the possibility of his return. Unless he’s joining up with the Legends of Tomorrow, it doesn’t seem like a good idea for him to come back. He’s quite a big character and has strong ties to Thea and Oliver and not the sort who just drops by for one episode then disappears again. It’d be like the episode in Season 3 when Slade returned: it was awesome to see Manu Bennett in the role, but ultimately such a fleeting appearance was a disservice to the character.

Roy wasn’t particularly well-served by the writers before his departure, often seeming like a spare-part (admittedly one capable of doing some pretty cool flips) and bringing him back wouldn’t change that. Thus the best thing to do may be to actually kill Roy off for good, removing the possibility of a return, or of people clamouring for him to come back.