Season 8 (Arrow)

​​​​​​ was renewed for an eighth and final season by The CW on January 31, 2019. It premiered on October 15, 2019, and will conclude in February 2020.

Synopsis
After a violent shipwreck, billionaire playboy Oliver Queen, was missing and presumed dead for five years before being discovered alive on a remote island in the North China Sea by two men on a fishing boat. He returned home to Star City, bent on righting the wrongs done by his family and fighting injustice. As the Green Arrow, Oliver successfully saved his city with the help of his team including former soldier John Diggle, computer-science expert Felicity Smoak, former protégé Roy Harper, street-savvy Rene Ramirez, meta-human Dinah Drake, brilliant inventor Curtis Holt and Earth-2 Laurel Lance. In last season's finale, in the wake of discovering what his future holds, Oliver must leave his friends and family behind him and will find himself pit up against his most challenging battle yet, one that will leave the multiverse hanging in the balance. In Arrow’s final season, Oliver Queen is forced to confront the reality of what it means to be a hero.

Main cast

 * Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen/Green Arrow
 * David Ramsey as John Diggle/Spartan
 * Rick Gonzalez as Rene Ramirez/Wild Dog
 * Juliana Harkavy as Dinah Drake/Black Canary
 * Katherine McNamara as Mia Smoak/Blackstar
 * Ben Lewis as Older William Clayton
 * Joseph David-Jones as Connor Hawke
 * LaMonica Garrett as Mar Novu/The Monitor

Special appearance by

 * Katie Cassidy as Laurel Lance/Black Canary

Recurring cast

 * Audrey Marie Anderson as Lyla Michaels/Harbinger
 * Venus Terzo as Dr. Elisa Schwartz
 * Andrea Sixtos as Older Zoe Ramirez
 * Charlie Barnett as Older John Diggle, Jr./Deathstroke

Special Guest cast

 * Susanna Thompson as Moira Queen
 * John Barrowman as Malcolm Merlyn
 * Colin Donnell as Tommy Merlyn/Dark Archer
 * Josh Segarra as Adrian Chase/The Hood
 * Willa Holland as Thea Queen
 * Echo Kellum as Curtis Holt
 * Colton Haynes as Roy Harper/Arsenal
 * Emily Bett Rickards as Felicity Smoak
 * Paul Blackthorne as Quentin Lance

Confirmed plot points

 * The first seven episodes will serve as a "lead-up" towards, the eighth episode will take place during the crossover, and the final two episodes will deal with the fallout from the crossover.
 * The first seven episodes leading up to Crisis on Infinite Earths are a "love letter" to the fans with each episode highlighting some of the most memorable moments from the previous seasons.
 * Stephen Amell and David Ramsey have said they both got the ending they wanted for their characters.
 * Byron Mann will return as Yao Fei Gelong at some point.
 * Colton Haynes will return as Roy Harper in a recurring capacity.
 * Emily Bett Rickards will return as Felicity Smoak in the final episode, Fadeout.

Trivia

 * Season 8 will feature the directional debut from Katie Cassidy, who directs the third episode, while the sixth episode will be David Ramsey's second episode he directs after.
 * Unlike the previous seasons, the Arrowverse annual crossover will be part of the main storyline.
 * Marc Guggenheim briefly returned to serve as co-showrunner at the time Beth Schwartz was on maternity leave.
 * This is the only season to feature new series regulars Katherine McNamara, Ben Lewis, Joseph David-Jones and LaMonica Garrett who is only credited for his respective episode appearances. Also, Katie Cassidy is now a special appearance.
 * Although Cassidy is billed as "special appearance", she is still considered to be a main cast member, according to TVLine.
 * The penultimate episode will serve as a backdoor pilot to introduce a new female-led spin off, starring Katherine McNamara, Katie Cassidy and Juliana Harkavy.
 * Season 8 would've been the first since Season 2 to feature two episodes named after songs by Bruce Springsteen including the penultimate episode that's seen as a tradition in almost every season of Arrow. But according to Marc Guggenheim, the latter episode's original title "Livin' In the Future" was changed at the request of Warner Bros due to the inclusion of the backdoor pilot for the proposed Green Arrow and The Canaries spin-off.
 * The first seven episodes featured all the title cards from the first seven seasons in order.