Arrow Season 4: 10 Characters That Absolutely Cannot Die
4. Lyla Michaels
Who She Is: Lyla Michaels is a former A.R.G.U.S. agent, the wife of John Diggle, and the mother of the cutest baby in the history of babies. Although she gave up her position working under Amanda Waller when she realized that she wanted to set a better example for little Sara, Lyla is still a fierce warrior who will stop at nothing to protect those she cares about.
Why She Cannot Die: Like Quentin, Lyla fills a unique role for Arrow by being a friendly face with connections to A.R.G.U.S. Her links to the organization have been invaluable both to Team Arrow on Arrow and to Team Flash over on The Flash. Lyla needs to live because she’s an irreplaceable source of information.
Practically speaking, Lyla also needs to live so that baby Sara can be off-screen while Diggle runs around Starling to fight crime in his new helmet. He couldn’t exactly help save the city with a bjorn on his torso or a baby carrier on his back, and setting up some sort of daycare for the child would be a needless complication.
Audrey Marie Anderson is a recurring guest star, and there’s no reason why she can’t happily survive off-screen most of the time. She can hang out with Nyssa.