Arrow: Five Predictions For the Rest of the Season

With “Suicide Squad” behind us and “Birds of Prey” just around the corner, it seems that Arrow is set for a shifting of gears into major Season Two finale prep when it comes back from what looks to be its last off-week of the season in April.The recently-teased “Deathstroke” episode as well as the Flash-centric “The Man Under the Hood” seem to be less about big, action-driven set pieces than about world-building and mythology. And then there are plans for a massive finale that they say will have to shut down streets and feature a multifaceted conflict, presumably with Deathstroke and the Blood Cult facing off against Team Arrow, possibly with the Suicide Squad and/or the League of Assassins thrown in for good measure.Meanwhile, Oliver’s personal life isn’t exactly stable, either. he’s been pushing away Sara Lance — both his girlfriend and part of his crimefighting team — in order to protect her from danger he thinks is coming from Deathstroke. His relationship with his mother (who is running for mayor against Brother Blood) is strained at best. And his company still has a major shareholder with her own, as-yet-unclear agenda who already tried once to take over the company so she could sell it for parts.So — what do we see coming down the pike? A few things…