The “Arrow” season 5 finale left fans with a major cliffhanger that’s kept everyone guessing in regards to who survived the massive explosion at the end. But one character who supposedly didn’t survive the finale is none other than Malcolm Merlyn.
Malcolm sacrificed himself when he stepped on a landmine for Thea, and he later died off screen. John Barrowman later took to social media to announce that Malcolm Merlyn really is dead, and he noted that as far as he knew he was finished with the show.
However, it appears that there has been some sort of miscommunication between Barrowman and the powers that be, because executive producer Marc Guggenheim recently said that Barrowman has an open invitation to return to “Arrow.”
No one was more excited by Guggenheim’s words than John Barrowman himself, and he later took to Instagram to say that he would love to return.
“I am surprised and very happy to hear Marc Guggenheim’s comments about Merlyn’s future in the Arrowverse because in a very decisive phone conversation we had with Wendy Mericle, I was led to believe that there were no plans to bring Merlyn back.
If they have changed their mind, awesome! I have LOVED playing Malcom Merlyn and was SO disappointed to be told the news of his death and to no longer be part of a fantastic team and show. If they want me back, they just have to ask! The ball is back in their court. Write Merlyn an amazing storyline and I will be there.”
Hopefully this means we’ll be seeing some form of Malcolm Merlyn in “Arrow” season 6.
“Arrow” will return on Thursday, October 12.
After a violent shipwreck, billionaire playboy Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) was missing and presumed dead for five years before being discovered alive on a remote island in the North China Sea. He returned home to Star City, bent on righting the wrongs done by his family and fighting injustice.
As the Green Arrow, he protects his city with the help of former soldier John Diggle (David Ramsey), computer-science expert Felicity Smoak (Emily Bett Rickards), his vigilante-trained sister Thea Queen (Willa Holland), Deputy Mayor Quentin Lance (Paul Blackthorne), brilliant inventor Curtis Holt (Echo Kellum), and his new recruits, street-savvy Rene Ramirez (Rick Gonzalez) and meta-human Dinah Drake (Juliana Harkavy).
Oliver has finally solidified and strengthened his crime-fighting team only to have it threatened when unexpected enemies from his past return to Star City, forcing Oliver to rethink his relationship with each member of his “family”.
