Arrow Season 4: 12 Questions We're Asking After 'Canary Cry'

12. ​Will We Get More Of These Flashbacks?

The show opens with something of a rug-pull, as we're expecting to be at Laurel's funeral, only for it to reveal the woman herself standing there, and instead we're back at the funeral of Tommy Merlyn.

Aside from keeping viewers on their toes - it worked again when Laurel said Oliver's name in the morgue - it was a nice change of pace for the flashbacks, which once again have been the weakest part of the show this year.

Rather than spending time on Lian Yu, we get to see Oliver and Laurel between Tommy's death and Ollie's retreat back to the island. It still wasn't essential, but it meant we got to spend a bit more time with Katie Cassidy, and fleshed out some of the time between seasons 1 and 2, and it was certainly more interesting than most of the flashbacks we've had this year.

With the show gradually closing in on it's own beginning, could we start to see more if these kinds of flashbacks, interspersed with the ones from Oliver's past?