Season 7 (Arrow)

The seventh season of ​ premiered on October 15, 2018.

Main cast

 * Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen/Green Arrow/The Flash
 * David Ramsey as John Diggle/Spartan
 * Emily Bett Rickards as Felicity Smoak/Overwatch
 * Echo Kellum as Curtis Holt/ Mr. Terrific
 * Rick Gonzalez as Rene Ramirez/Wild Dog
 * Juliana Harkavy as Dinah Drake
 * Colton Haynes as Roy Harper
 * Kirk Acevedo as Ricardo Diaz/Dragon
 * Sea Shimooka as Emiko Queen/Green Arrow
 * Katie Cassidy Rodgers as Laurel Lance

Recurring cast

 * Audrey Marie Anderson as Lyla Michaels
 * Venus Terzo as Dr. Elisa Schwartz
 * David Nykl as Anatoly Knyazev
 * Sydelle Noel as Samanda Watson
 * Holly Elissa as Red
 * Miranda Edwards as Honor/Silencer
 * Michael Jonsson as Bear
 * Cody Runnels as Derek Sampson
 * Katherine McNamara as Blackstar
 * Brendan Fletcher as Stanley Dover
 * Ben Lewis as older William Clayton
 * Andrea Sixtos as older Zoe Ramirez
 * Kelly Hu as Chien Na Wei
 * Amy Gumenick as Carrie Cutter
 * Liam Hall as Joe Wilson/Kane Wolfman
 * Laara Sadiq as Emily Pollard

Synopsis
There has been no shortage of close calls for Oliver Queen when it comes to protecting his super hero identity, but in the season six finale, he was finally backed into a corner and forced to reveal himself to the world as the Green Arrow. Now, Oliver will come face-to-face with many of the criminals he placed behind bars, as he makes a new home for himself at Slabside Maximum Security Prison. Oliver will find himself vulnerable in a way unlike ever before when a mysterious new enemy begins to unravel his work as Green Arrow, challenging him to redeem his name or risk losing everything.

Confirmed plot points

 * Redemption serves as the major theme for season 7.
 * There will be a "Birds of Prey" inspired story.
 * Ricardo Diaz and Longbow Hunters are the main antagonists of this season.
 * The sixteenth episode with feature an all-flashforward episode.
 * William Clayton will return in Emerald Archer.
 * Stanley Dover will return in "Star City Slayer".
 * Oliver and Felicity's lives will be in shock due to William hiding something in "Star City Slayer".

Trivia

 * According to several cast members, there is a turnover which introduces several new writers in Season 7. But that is not the only major shakeup. On April 17, 2018, in addition to being promoted to executive producer, Beth Schwartz replaced Marc Guggenheim and Wendy Mericle as the sole showrunner. Guggenheim remains as a consultant to ​ along with another show he stepped down from, ​.
 * This season airs on Mondays, originally at 9/8c before it was switched back to its original 8/7c time slot.
 * A few of the episode summaries have made mistakes concerning the events of that episode. For example, the episode description for "​ describes Felicity getting an intriguing offer and Curtis going undercover—neither of which actually happen in that episode (although Curtis does go undercover in ). In the episode description for “The Demon” it says that Felicity learns something new about Oliver that shocks her which doesn’t happen in that episode.
 * Unlike the previous seasons who ran for 23 episodes, each this is only set to run for 22 episodes.
 * Sea Shimooka was not credited in the main cast bill earlier in the season until her first appearance in.
 * This season is the first to feature flashforwards (as opposed to the first six seasons which featured flashbacks). The flash forwards take place around 2040.
 * Starting with “My Name is Emiko Queen”, Katie Cassidy is now credited as Katie Cassidy Rodgers.