User blog comment:Eobard95/Felicity dies saving Samantha?/@comment-24152851-20170702001110/@comment-24152851-20170703012403

However, never seen them go so far as to kill off a character because they are hated. Unless you count HR, who at that point wasn't really hated anymore. It's not about being unable to see the problem, I think even they can see it's Olicity by now, it's what to do about the problem.

Not sure. "Testing" is a really poor move at this stage with a show that's this volatile. More like they thought Olicity could have been worked in at that point since they didn't know what to do with Susan. Umm, not that many people were wishing Slade or Adrian would kill her off, that's still a select few.

I guess it's possible the established Season 6 cast isn't finalised and still could be changed, but that's a longshot.