Who thinks Malcolm Merlyn will return on the T.V. Show Arrow?

kind of hard to say... CW has a Metric Ton of Faith in the show... but when all is said it is still the CW and Budget has to be considered...

for as much talk and build up going into the Proposed Spin Off I think the ultimate Tipping Point as to whether It gets picked up is the FX costs for Flash's Powers

Similarly Arrow has to stop and ask If they can Afford John Barrowman, and if the writers can write enough of a story to justify that investment... For every, 'Hey it's that guy' (mostly due to shooting in Canada which is full of 'That guys') they come up with a Barrowman, or Michael Jai White, or even Sean Maher... all come with a degree of 'sci-fi Cred' which has to raise their paycheck at least a little compared to the general acting pool... that has to add up at the end of the fiscal year so when it comes for an 'epic showdown' they have to worry as much about cost as 'awesomeness' and back to Flash, one of the pre-finale episodes will serve to introduce Flash's supporting cast... which from what I last read is again going to contain more than a few familiar faces if not names

http://i.imgur.com/xCGr2nF.png <from earlier today (spoilers).

I hope we get Team Arrow, Merlyn, and the Suicide Squad vs Slade's army. That would be a great fight.

Merlyn working with Slade in exchange for leaving Thea out of it would be pretty cool too, maybe he was already in on the kidnapping so he could drive her away from her family then swoop in later, it would explain how Slade knew he was her father.