Board Thread:Arrow discussions/@comment-807326-20170330004818/@comment-24152851-20170410134100

Andytrenom wrote:

I too wondered why oliver didn't call barry then i thought about what he would say to him "hey barry theres a deranged serial killer on the loose, i cant face him after he broke me through six days of torture and made me realize i enjoy putting arrows in people, i want you to take care of him for me but the thing is imprisoning him wont be enough so do me a solid and kill him why dont ya, Bye " In-universe explanation, probably Oliver's pride keeping him from calling Barry in for help. If we look back, Oliver has only ever called in Barry's help once, and that's because he was undercover as Al Sah-him and all of Team Arrow were out of commission. Every other instance they've teamed up was Barry zipping over to Star City unannounced, usually to call in Oliver for help.