Arrow Season 4: 13 Questions We're Asking After Eleven-Fifty-Nine
Wait, what just happened?
Well, so much for a beacon of hope, eh?
After last week's episode was full of the lightness and humour we'd been promised in Season 4, and a lot of fun to watch at that, Eleven-Fifty-Nine brought things crashing back down into the darkness in rather devastating fashion.
This episode was an action-packed one, but there's only one place to start, and that's at the end. Laurel Lance, someone who has been there from the start, been a love interest, a friend, a vigilante, and at times a divisive and badly written character, has been killed off. It was signposted throughout - and spoilt by certain corners of the internet - but still came as a shock.
As for the rest of the episode, well it was all building to that moment, but there were some good scenes along the way. The action wasn't quite at a season high-point, but still had some enjoyable set-pieces, particularly any involving Thea, who is fast becoming one of the very best characters on the show. There was a whole mystery of whether or not Andy was working for H.I.V.E., vaguely interesting happenings on the island, and of course Darhk getting his mojo back and getting himself out of prison.
The show just answered its biggest question, but with five episodes remaining, it's thrown open a whole bunch of new ones in its place.
13. What Will Ruvé Do As Mayor?
Well, it's now confirmed. The Queen of Darhkness, Ruvé Adams, is Mayor of Star City. Just when you thought the city couldn't possibly suffer anymore, they go and elect the psychotic wife of a man intent on destroying the world to be the highest ranking official.
Now that she is in power in Star City, what will she aim to do? Obviously behind it all is the Genesis project, but she can't just present to her electorate the notion of killing them all. Not yet, anyway, gotta ease 'em in first.
Also, things tend not to go well for the Mayor of Star City - is this basically a death sentence for Ruvé? And could that line about the write-in votes for Oliver be significant when she is killed, or forced from power, leading to him actually becoming Mayor in Season 5?