Arrow Season 4: 13 Big Questions After 'Sins Of The Father'

Season 3 of Arrow was a mess. The League of Assassins storyline didn't really grip audiences, Matt Nable's Ra's al Ghul was a disappointment following on from Deathstroke, Diggle was sidelined, Felicity was reduced to a love interest, and the whole thing was really miserable. Given all that, it's not necessarily the wisest move to have en episode of Season 4 - which has been very strong so far - so rooted in the events of last year. That's what we get with Sins of the Father, and the results are unsurprisingly mixed. In fairness, it's one of the best League of Assassins episodes we've had, helped by the fact it has Nyssa vs Malcolm at its core, and Oliver gets to play a great part in trying to find a resolution between the pair that will save his sister without either of them dying. It hits some good beats, although some of it's a bit predictable, and there's a very good action scene out on the streets. The other fight scenes don't quite work out, with the Malcolm v Oliver swordfight rather anti-climatic, but ultimately it does its job. The League is gone, there's renewed conflict between Malcolm and Oliver, and a twist at the end that set things up very nicely going forward, with plenty of questions in need of answers.

13. Is Thea Fully Cured?

The plot of this episode is mostly concerned with Nyssa v Malcolm, but at the core of that conflict - and the reason for Oliver's involvement - is Thea's bloodlust, which is increasingly serious and close to killing her. Oliver needs to get his hands on some sort of healing elixir, known as the lotus, which he finally does by the end of the episode. They hook it up to Thea in her hospital bed, and it immediately starts to work, as she wakes up, wondering why everyone's staring at her and looking so concerned. Now that she seems recovered, is that the end of the bloodlust arc? There's not much more to wring out from it, and now she does appear cured, I hope that's the end of it.