A major development in Arrow season 3 was that Malcolm Merlyn (John Barrrowman) is finally able to stop looking over his shoulder for Ra's al Ghul (Matt Nable). In fact, Merlyn is now the new Ra's al Ghul, something that doesn't sit well with his predecessor's daughter, Nyssa (Katrina Law). But with the fomer League of Assassins-affiliae Damian Darhk (Neal McDonough) menacing Star City with H.I.V.E., what action will Merlyn take to protect his daughter, Thea (Willa Holland). TV Line reports:
Malcolm’s Season 4 will revolve “around Thea and trying to be a good father while also being the very evil, badass Ra’s al Ghul,” executive producer Wendy Mericle previews, adding that “we want to restore him to more of the Season 1 Malcolm who was going around and messing up Oliver’s plans and anyone else he can cross paths with.” Speaking of obstacles, Nyssa is “definitely not going to be on board with Malcolm as Ra’s,” Mericle says. “We’re hoping to take that in a cool, very fighty-fight orientated direction.
Arrow is all new, tonight at 8/7c on The CW. Will Malcolm screw up the plans for both Damian and Oliver or just the latter? It will be interesting if Malcolm acknowledges that Oliver and Diggle did save life in season 3. And if Nyssa is an adversary of the new Ra's, does that necessarily make her an ally of Team Arrow (or is that Team Diggle, right now)?