Death of Billy Malone and Moving Arrow Forward
The viewers were not invested in Billy Malone. We had not background on him; where he came from, what interests he had, nor even where he lived. We knew he was a cop and Felicity's boyfriend, but was that enough for us grieve his passing? I think that's why we have had a difficult time watching Felicity grieve. We hardly knew him, and we had a difficult time believing she did. So, the question is why did the writers do this? One is reason to push Oliver's story forward. Oliver will feel guilt. Sure he knows what we know, it wasn't his fault, but he feels he hurt Felicity, and so he will feel guilty. Oliver wears guilt like a comfortable old sweater. At least the Oliver of season one, but how will he handle this guilt? It pushes forward a story-line for Felicity that hasn't, in my humble opinion, been fully dealt with and th...