Board Thread:Arrow discussions/@comment-9346948-20161103005621/@comment-3221148-20161105114546

Thea didn't know, but obviously the ACU did, given that the whole scheme was masked as a "plan of the ACU", even though the vigilantes were the ones behind an attack.

Just because somebody said "the doctors confirmed it, he's dead" on TV, doesn't mean its true. It was part of the plan. Remember how Lieutenant Gordon "died" in the Dark Knight? Oh wait, that was also a plan to fool the Joker, even though his family thought Gordon dead while the plan was being performed. Same with Thea.