‘Arrow’ Season 4: [SPOILER] Dies In Episode 18 ‘Eleven-Fifty-Nine’

The looming Arrow Season 4 grave scene speculation will finally come to an end Wednesday, April 6 after episode 18, “Eleven-Fifty-Nine.” A leaked set photo confirms the headstone Oliver Queen and Barry Allen visit belongs to a very important member of the Arrow team.

During an interview with the Hollywood Reporter, the Arrow producers weren't happy this particular spoiler was revealed. "Look, it’s not cool. Straight up," Guggenheim said. "Honestly, I just look at these paparazzi people as like, they're just spoiling it for everybody. They're taking a big steaming dump on the work that all these people do."

To many fans’ dismay, it’s already been made clear Felicity Smoak is not the victim. However, it is someone Oliver cares about deeply. Executive Producer Wendy Mericle described the death as a “major betrayal, “a tearjerker,” and a “very prominent member of the show.” The recent promo calls the event the “end of an era.” Facing harsh backlash on social media once the character’s identity leaked, showrunner Marc Guggenheim said this character’s death will "give us the most pop going into the end of the season and into next season."

MALCOLM MAKES HIS MOVE – Oliver and Diggle learn that Merlyn is going to try to break Darhk out of prison. Meanwhile, Laurel gets a surprising offer and Felicity has a heart-to-heart talk with Curtis.

**SPOILER**STOP READING THIS IF YOU DON’T WANT TO KNOW!** SPOILER**

In the episode, “Broken Hearts,” Laurel Lance put a huge target on her back after she goes to court and prosecutes Damien Darhk. Not to mention, her father betrayed Darhk after working undercover for H.I.V.E. Anyone who predicted Laurel dug her own grave is correct. Leaked photos from the DC’s Legends of Tomorrow & Arrow sets prove Laurel Lance, aka Black Canary, is dead. A picture of the headstone, and a picture of Sara Lance and Quentin Lance putting flowers by her grave back up the initial evidence.

Another set photo leak shows Dinah Lance (Alex Kingston), Nyssa al Ghul (Katrina Law) and actress Madison McLaughlin (who will play a character named ‘Rebecca’ according to TV Line ) dressed in all black attending the funeral. Stephen Amell announced McLaughlin would join the cast via Tweet back in February. Rebecca is described as “smart,” “snarky,” and an “escapee of a dangerous cult.”

Damien Darhk and Malcolm Merlyn have officially teamed up according to the episode synopsis. More photos from ComingSoon.net reveal Malcolm Merlyn gets a bionic arm, and Damien Darhk has the same idol Reiter has in Oliver’s flashbacks.

Bleeding Cool reported these rumors on April Fools Day, but it was thought to be a joke. As it turns out, their predictions were spot on if these photos are the truth. The site also said that another woman will pick up where Black Canary left off.

Another interesting tidbit in the form of a video leak shows Katie Cassidy’s Black Canary become a supervillain on The Flash. TV Line reports the Earth-2 version of Laurel Lance takes on the name DC Comics’ Black Siren later this season. It has also been confirmed that Curtis Holt (Echo Kellum) has been promoted to a series regular for Season 5.

Visit this Reddit thread for a more detailed spoiler breakdown.