Season 7 (Arrow)

"Vigilantes were the death of Star City. They got exactly what they deserved."

- Mia Smoak

The seventh season of ​​​ premiered on October 15, 2018 on The CW and concluded on May 13, 2018. The season consisted of 22 episodes.

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/Black Canary
 * Colton Haynes as Roy Harper/Arsenal
 * Kirk Acevedo as Ricardo Diaz/Dragon
 * Sea Shimooka as Emiko Adachi/Green Arrow
 * Katie Cassidy Rodgers as Laurel Lance/Black Siren/Black Canary and Laurel Lance/Black Canary

Recurring cast

 * Audrey Marie Anderson as Lyla Michaels
 * Katrina Law as Nyssa al Ghul
 * Venus Terzo as Dr. Elisa Schwartz
 * David Nykl as Anatoly Knyazev
 * Kacey Rohl as Alena Whitlock
 * Sydelle Noel as Samanda Watson
 * Holly Elissa as Red
 * Miranda Edwards as Honor/Silencer
 * Michael Johnsson as Bear
 * Cody Runnels as Derek Sampson
 * Katherine McNamara as Mia Smoak/Blackstar
 * Brendan Fletcher as Stanley Dover/Star City Slayer
 * Jack Moore and Ben Lewis as William Clayton
 * Andrea Sixtos as older Zoe Ramirez
 * Liam Hall as Joe Wilson/Kane Wolfman
 * Joseph David-Jones as Connor Hawke
 * Adrian Paul as Dante
 * Laara Sadiq as Emily Pollard
 * Danny Wattley as F. Bingsley
 * Raj Paul as Keven Dale

Synopsis
There has been no shortage of close calls for Oliver Queen when it comes to protecting his superhero 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.

Trivia

 * According to several cast members, there was a turnover which introduced several new writers in Season 7. But that was 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 remained as a consultant to ​​​ along with another show he stepped down from as co-showrunner, ​​​.
 * This season airs on Mondays, originally at 9/8c before it was switched back to its original 8/7c time slot. However, the final five episodes of the season will air in its 9/8c starting April 15, 2019.
 * 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. The episode  is notable for the fact none of the events mentioned in the summary happened in the actual episode.
 * Redemption serves as the major theme for season 7.
 * Unlike the previous seasons which ran for 23 episodes each, this is the only season 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 flash-forwards (as opposed to the first six seasons which featured flashbacks). The flash forwards takes place around 2040.
 * Katie Cassidy was originally credited under her then-name in the first nine episodes. But going forward, starting with ​​, she is now credited as Katie Cassidy Rodgers.
 * Season 7 marks Emily Bett Rickards and Echo Kellum's last, and Kirk Acevedo's only season in addition to Sea Shimooka's first as series regulars.
 * Echo Kellum was credited up until, and is also credited as a special guest star in.
 * Kirk Acevedo was credited up until that aired the week after Echo Kellum's departure in the previous episode.
 * Colton Haynes makes his return to the main cast for the first time since the third season after he was credited as a special guest star in the fourth and sixth seasons.
 * The title card in the first seven episodes featured the Slabside prison in the background.
 * It was said before the season started that Roy will have to deal with the consequences of Oliver revealing his identity. In reality, Roy didn't appear in the present day until, and even then he never had to deal with those consequences.
 * This season has the most midseason cast changes of the show, Season 6 is the only other one with any and only had one, this season had Sea Shimooka join and Echo Kellum and Kirk Acevedo leave the show during the run of the season.