"TV Couples We Wish Never Got Together" - Felicity and Billy

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One of the surprise breakout characters in the early seasons of The CW superhero series "Arrow" was Felicity Smoak (Emily Bett Rickards). Initially providing tech support to aspiring hero Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell), Felicity offered a welcome contrast to the normally dour Oliver, and their friendship blossomed into a serious relationship.

This love story was not without its ups and downs and temporary breakups, with Ollie and Felicity finding different romantic partners in the interim. Though this led to questionable couplings for both characters, the weakest of them all was Felicity's fifth-season boyfriend, Billy Malone (Tyler Ritter).



After starting to date Felicity in between the fourth and fifth seasons, Billy was lured into a trap by the supervillain Prometheus (Josh Segarra). Prometheus tricked Oliver into killing Billy, putting both him and Felicity on a downward spiral from the lethal mistake.

With that in mind, Billy never felt like anything more than a cheap motivation for Oliver and Felicity's feud with Prometheus to get personal. Savvy fans always knew that "Arrow" was going to bring back Olicity, so Billy just felt like a pointless hurdle to get back to that point.

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