Malcolm Merlyn was a great big bad to kick off Arrow. He was a villain who was fun to hate and whose motivation made a lot of sense in a super twisted way until his death at the end of Season 1. Then, Malcolm Merlyn came back, and its all gone downhill from there. The show has gone out of its way to write Malcolm as a man deserving of mercy and even something of a frenemy to Oliver and the rest of Team Arrow just because hes Theas biological dad. If Malcolm was going to come back as a regular, he needed to be treated like a villain for his past crimes. Instead, Oliver seems like a guy who doesnt learn his lessons and cant remember that theres a difference between fatherhood and incidental sperm donation. The good guys not even trying to lock him up has always been silly. The Magician may not believe that any prison can hold him, but it would have been hard for him to escape with two broken legs.
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