Sci-Fi This Week: Arrow Mourns, The Walking Dead Faces The Stranger

It’s another big week for science fiction on TV, with most of our favorite shows back on the air and a few very cool new ones. (We’re looking at you, Flash.)

This week Arrow suffers from the loss of a major character, and when another archer comes to town Oliver suspects that Malcolm Merlyn is up to his old tricks. On The Flash Barry faces off against a metahuman who can make copies of himself.

Meanwhile Rick Grimes and his family have gone out of the frying pan and into the fire on The Walking Dead, and believe that worry that the risk of where they must go may not be worth the reward.

Also this week: S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Coulson is attacked by the one person he thought he could trust, and on Haven Nathan and Duke make a desperate gamble to try and get Audrey back.

Here’s your full line-up for sci-fi television this week:

GOTHAM
FOX, 8/7c
“Arkham.” As a contentious city council vote on the future of the Arkham district approaches, politicians from both sides are in danger. Gordon and Bullock must race to protect the council and an old friend visits Gordon.

SLEEPY HOLLOW
FOX, 9/8c
“Go Where I Send Thee …” Abbie and Crane’s search for a missing Sleepy Hollow child reveals a creature akin to the Pied Piper, whose legacy with the child’s family extends back to a centuries-old curse.

THE FLASH
The CW, 8/7c
“Fastest Man Alive.” Barry escorts Iris to a university gathering honoring scientist Simon Stagg. When six gunmen storm the event, Barry changes into The Flash and tries to stop them. Joe comes down hard on Barry for taking the law into his own hands and risking his life. Barry realizes that it wasn’t six gunmen but a metahuman named Danton Black, who can make multiples of himself.

AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.
ABC, 9/8c
“I Will Face My Enemy.” While on a mission to learn more about the secrets of the mysterious writing, Coulson finds himself attacked by the only person he can trust: Agent Melinda May. Meanwhile, the rest of the team is trapped in an explosive situation, and it’s up to Fitz to save them — but is he up to it?

ARROW
The CW, 8/7c
“Sara.” Lance calls the Arrow when another archer appears in town and starts skewering businessmen. Diggle uses A.R.G.U.S. to find the archer’s identity, but the team hits a rough patch with the mission and gets help from a surprising source — Laurel.

HAVEN
Syfy, 8/7c
“The Old Switcheroo, Part 2.” As Mara capitalizes on the fallout from the latest trouble to strike Haven, Nathan and Duke are forced to take a desperate and dangerous gamble to get Audrey back before she’s lost forever.

DOCTOR WHO
BBC America, 8/7c
“Flatline.” Separated from the Doctor, Clara discovers a new menace from another dimension. But how do you hide when even the walls are no protection? With people to save and the Doctor trapped, Clara comes up against an enemy that exists beyond human perception.

ONCE UPON A TIME
ABC, 8/7c
“The Apprentice.” Henry and Mary Margaret try to offer hope to Regina when she becomes frustrated over not being able to find a cure to save a frozen Marian, and Will Scarlet attempts to break into the Storybrooke library to find a special book. Meanwhile, back in the Fairy Tale Land that was, Rumplestiltskin is after a magical box that the Sorcerer’s apprentice is guarding, and he may use Elsa’s sister Anna to help him get it.

RESURRECTION
ABC, 9/8c
“Old Scars.” Margaret convinces Lucille to host a dinner to celebrate Jacob’s return, but unexpected guests strain relations in the Langston family to the breaking point. Meanwhile, Bellamy continues to research the history of the mysterious bones, and Rachael receives unsettling news about her baby.

THE WALKING DEAD
AMC, 9/8c
“Strangers.” With supplies running low, Rick leads a mission where the risk might not be worth the reward.

What are YOUR top picks for this week?