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10. "Tommy"

Arrow Tommy Merlyn
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Ever since his sad death back in the Arrow Season 1 finale, fans have been clamouring for Tommy Merlyn to return in some capacity, especially given the number of characters who have came back from the dead on the show.

While that's unlikely to happen - Colin Donnell didn't even return for the 100th episode, and the Prometheus reveal quashed those theories - the show has very much kept him alive in at least mentioning him.

That's why it's quite clear they had him in mind in this episode, when John Barrowman's Cutter Moran introduces his son Tommy. Given Barrowman usually plays Malcolm Merlyn, Tommy's dad, it's unlikely to just be a coincidence.

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