Viewers witnessed a significant return and a major reveal on Arrow Season 4 Episode 12.
First, we welcomed back Colton Haynes as Roy “Arsenel” Harper, as the heor was blackmailed by a villain known as The Calculator.
He was coerced into steal some Palmer tech toys.
The details of Roy’s rescue aren’t overly important, however, because it was what took place after Oliver and company solved this forced servitude problem that has all fans talking today:
The Calculator (portrayed by veteran actor Tom Amandes) spent a bulk of the episode squaring off against Felicity over the computer screen, meaning these two never lay eyes on each other.
But just because our favorite wheelchair-bound heroine emerged victorious in an entertaining clash of keyboards, that didn’t her business with the mysterious menace was over.
Meaning what, exactly?
Following a rousing presentation to the Palmer Tech board, Felicity came face-to-face with The Calculator’s public persona, Noah Cutler.
But that’s not what she knows him as. She knows him as… DAD!
Allow us to repeat: The Calculator is Felicity’s father!!!!!
Showrunner Wendy Mericle spoke to TV Line about the revelation and viewers will learn a lot more next Wednesday about Cutler, his history and where things may go from here.
Before you go watch Arrow online to relive this significant installment, though, here’s a tease regarding how Felicity will react, courtesy of Mericle:
She wants to believe that her father loves her and that he has a vested interest in who she is and knowing her and having a relationship with her, and she feels very torn about that – even though she knows right off that bat, at the top of [next episode], who he really is.