Arrow

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Season 5 episodes (26)

1 Legacy
10/5/16
After Laurel’s death and the departures of both Diggle and Thea from Team Arrow, Oliver takes to the streets solo to protect Star City’s citizens as the Green Arrow. With Felicity guiding him from the bunker, Oliver is forced to deal with a city that has become overrun with both criminals and a slew of new (and painfully inexperienced) vigilantes. Watching Oliver try to balance his jobs as both the mayor and also the protector of Star City, Felicity suggests he form a new team, but Oliver resists. However, when a deadly new criminal, Tobias Church (guest star CHAD L. COLEMAN), enters the picture, Oliver realizes the best thing for the city might be a new team of super heroes. Meanwhile, the flashbacks take us to Russia where Oliver faces off against the Bratva.
2 Recruits
10/12/16
Oliver’s new recruits for Team Arrow are Curtis, Wild Dog (guest star RICK GONZALEZ) and Evelyn Sharp (guest star MADISON McLAUGHLIN). Unfortunately, the Green Arrow’s training methods prove to be too much for some of them to handle. Meanwhile, in the flashbacks, Oliver’s initiation into the Bratva continues.
3 A Matter of Trust
10/19/16
Now that Oliver has his new team, they are ready to hit the streets but Oliver doesn’t feel they are ready. Headstrong Wild Dog defies the Green Arrow’s orders and sets out on his own after a new drug dealer, Garret Runnels (guest star CODY RHODES), who is terrorizing Star City. Runnels proves more powerful than Wild Dog, leaving it up to the Green Arrow to go head-to-head with Runnels to save his teammate.
4 Penance
10/26/16
Oliver and Lyla (recurring guest star AUDREY MARIE ANDERSON) team up on a secret mission for Diggle. When Felicity finds out, she disapproves of the plan and opts to stay behind. But when Tobias Church launches a deadly assault against the city, Felicity must decide if she wants to send the recruits out without the Green Arrow to lead them.
5 Human Target
11/2/16
When Tobias Church captures and tortures one of Oliver’s new recruits, Oliver must turn to an old friend, Christopher Chance (guest star WIL TRAVAL) aka the Human Target, for help. Meanwhile, Felicity’s worlds collide when Detective Malone (guest star TYLER RITTER) joins the ACU.
6 So It Begins
11/9/16
When Prometheus ups his killing spree, Oliver searches for connections between the victims. Felicity and Curtis discover the victims have a mysterious link to Oliver’s past and this new secret could upend his new team. Meanwhile, Thea has a heart-to-heart with Quentin, and Felicity considers telling Malone the truth about her work.
7 Vigilante
11/16/16
When the bodies of two criminals are dropped at SCPD, Oliver realizes there is a new Vigilante in Star City. The team is split about whether they should stop someone who is helping keep the city safe. Diggle is frustrated with his new situation and Thea fights for Quentin who confesses a shocking secret. Meanwhile, in the flashbacks, Oliver finally sits down with Konstantin Kovar (guest star DOLPH LUNDGREN).
8 Invasion!
11/30/16
In the 100th episode and second part of the epic Super Hero Crossover, Oliver wakes up to a life where he never got on The Queen’s Gambit. Robert (guest star JAMEY SHERIDAN) and Moira Queen (guest star SUSANNA THOMPSON) are alive and well. Laurel (guest star KATIE CASSIDY) is his loving fiancée and their wedding is imminent. Everything seems perfect, but Oliver starts to notice small imperfections that make him question this new reality. Meanwhile, Felicity and the Recruits take on a new threat with help from The Flash (guest star GRANT GUSTIN) and Supergirl (guest star MELISSA BENOIST).
9 What We Leave Behind
12/7/16
After Prometheus attacks Curtis, Oliver realizes that Prometheus knows all of Team Arrow’s secret identities and is planning to come for them one by one. Felicity and Detective Malone (guest star TYLER RITTER) discover a clue that links Prometheus to Oliver’s past.
10 Who Are You?
1/25/17
Worried that Prometheus is right and that he truly is a killer, Oliver looks for any ray of hope and finds it in what seems to be the miraculous return of Laurel Lance (guest star KATIE CASSIDY). Felicity, however, is still reeling from Billy Malone’s murder and bent on revenge – wanting to stop Prometheus at any cost. Meanwhile, Diggle fights for his life in prison.
11 Second Chances
2/1/17
In his quest to take down Kovar, Oliver gets help from a surprising source – Talia al Ghul (guest star LEXA DOIG). However, when she reveals what she wants from him in exchange, Oliver isn’t sure he can accept her help. Felicity attempts to hack the NSA to help free Diggle, but when her online efforts are flagged, she faces off against an unknown adversary. Meanwhile, Curtis tells the team about a female vigilante, Tina Boland (guest star JULIANA HARKAVAY), he uncovered online who has been wreaking havoc all over the country.
12 Bratva
2/8/17
A mission takes Oliver, Felicity and the team to Russia where they meet up with Oliver’s old friend, Anatoly (guest star DAVID NYKL). Meanwhile, fresh out of rehab, Quentin Lance returns to the Mayor’s Office ready to get back to work. However, when Susan (guest star CARLY POPE) asks for an interview with Lance to discuss his addiction, he balks and it’s up to Rene to help keep things on track.
13 Spectre of the Gun
2/15/17
A traumatic attack on City Hall triggers painful memories for Rene about his family. Flashbacks reveal how Rene went from simple family man to a hero named Wild Dog. Meanwhile, Oliver must deal with the perpetrator behind the attack and realizes the best way to do so is as Mayor Queen instead of the Green Arrow. And tensions run high in the Arrow bunker.
14 The Sin-Eater
2/22/17
China White (guest star KELLY HU), Cupid (guest star AMY GUMENICK) and Liza Warner (guest star RUTINA WESLEY) break out of Iron Heights and head to Star City for revenge. While Oliver tries to bring in the newly formed girl gang, the ACU intervenes mid-fight. To his surprise, they are there to arrest the Green Arrow for the murder of Detective Malone. Meanwhile, Lance feels responsible for the prison break after Warner tells him she heard about him working with Damien Darhk..
15 Fighting Fire With Fire
3/1/17
While Felicity continues down her dark path with Helix, Oliver faces his biggest challenge yet as mayor. After Vigilante attacks Oliver while he’s acting as mayor, Diggle leads the team in a mission to stop Vigilante once and for all.
16 Checkmate
3/15/17
Oliver gets closer to the truth about Prometheus. Meanwhile, Helix refuses to continue helping Felicity until she does a favor for them.
17 Kapiushon
3/22/17
Prometheus (JOSH SEGARRA) goes to great lengths to break Oliver. Meanwhile, in flashbacks, Anatoly becomes worried about Oliver’s increasingly violent tendencies, which come to a head in a brutal confrontation.
18 Disbanded
3/29/17
Diggle and Felicity are shocked by Oliver’s decision to call on the Bratva to help take down Prometheus. Concerned that the Bratva may overstep, Diggle has a hard conversation with Oliver about what happens if things go wrong. Meanwhile, Felicity learns something shocking at Helix.
19 Dangerous Liaisons
4/26/17
Oliver, Team Arrow and the SCPD kick off a citywide manhunt for Adrian Chase. Helix tells Felicity they have a way to find Chase, but they will need something – big and illegal – from her in return.
20 Underneath
5/3/17
Things get intense when Oliver and Felicity are trapped in the bunker together. Meanwhile, Lyla and Diggle deal with their marital issues.
21 Honor Thy Fathers
5/10/17
Oliver returns to the Mayor’s Office and faces one of his most pressing issues yet – the forced release of dozens of violent criminals prosecuted by Adrian Chase. Meanwhile, a crate is delivered to Oliver’s office containing a mysterious corpse encased in concrete.
22 Missing
5/17/17
Black Siren (KATIE CASSIDY) returns to help Chase. Felicity organizes a birthday party for Oliver while Lance is furious when Rene misses the custody hearing for his daughter.
23 Lian Yu
5/24/17
The battle between Oliver and Adrian Chase culminates in a final epic battle on the island of Lian Yu. After recent events, Oliver decides to recruit a group of unlikely allies – Slade Wilson/Deathstroke (guest star MANU BENNETT), Nyssa (guest star KATRINA LAW), Malcolm Merlyn and Digger Harkness (guest star NICK. E. TARABAY) – to defeat Chase. However, Chase has his own army – Black Siren, Evelyn Sharp and Talia al Ghul – and the forces collide in an explosive season finale.
101 2016 Comic-Con Panel
9/5/16
The cast and executive producers of Arrow talk about the upcoming season at the San Diego Comic-Con.
102 A Sneak Peek at Arrow Season 5
9/19/16
Season-only
The cast and executive producers reveal what's in store for the new season of Arrow!
103 The New Team Arrow
11/9/16
Season-only
Explore the journey ahead for Wild Dog, Artemis, Mister Terrific and Ragman as Oliver prepares this raw group of heroes to take their battle against crime to the streets.

About this show

Reinventing the DC Comics character, the Arrow is not a superhero … but a hero – every bit as dangerous as the criminals he's hunting. After being marooned for five years on a remote island, billionaire Oliver Queen returns home with a mysterious agenda and lethal set of new skills that he uses in a war on crime in this action series.

Ratings and reviews

4.8
18.7K reviews
Daniel “Knightmare” Knight
March 25, 2015
I was hyped up when I heard about the show for the first time. Being a long standing Hawkeye (Marvel) fan and Green Arrow (DC) fan, this show was something I had long waited for. Moving along, however, this show has been one of the most tantalizing shows on television for me, and as someone who rarely ever sits down to watch a movie much less a television show, the fact that this shoe has had me glued to the television every Wednesday since it started is amazing. Stephen Amell does a phenominal job at portray Oliver Queen in a real modern world scenario. The show puts a real world spin on the comic universe and brings it to the forefront of what the complications of being a hero in the modern world WOULD be like. The fact that the show incorporates action, drama, comedy, and adventure all into 1 hour a week, and keeps viewers coming back to see what's next is, in my personal opinion, a very successful television show. I can foresee this show running for quite some time, and being the one thing DC has put out, that will hold some weight against Marvel. I look forward to the rest of Season 3 and the upcoming episode where Atom and Arrow face off. Love the show.
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luv kataria
July 12, 2017
Liked the show a lot, and watched all five seasons on Netflix. Also like the flashbacks and the action scenes are good. However, sometimes to much time is spent in talking about drama, and Prometheus, should've had a better motivation to destroy Oliver. However, the show is good and my favorite character was Slade Wilson, or Death stroke played by Manu. Can't wait to see how season 6 will unfold, especially since all the flashbacks are done.
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Michael Carr
July 14, 2021
Arrow will be missed by all, but I guess like all good things must come to and end. Maybe one more time as the Specter. Gustin's on about his way out, if he dose it would open up many things. The Wonder Twins, and don't forget about the monkey at the end of Crisis on Infinite Earths , that in its self is an Easter egg....
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