Fadeout

Synopsis
After eight seasons, and the launch of countless superheroes, the series wraps up the story of the Green Arrow. Emily Bett Rickards returns as Felicity.

Main cast

 * Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen/The Hood
 * David Ramsey as John Diggle

Special appearance by

 * Katie Cassidy

Special guest star

 * Emily Bett Rickards as Felicity Smoak
 * Colton Haynes as Roy Harper
 * Caity Lotz as Sara Lance

Guest starring

 * Joe Dinicol as Rory Regan
 * David Nykl as Anatoly Knyazev

Trivia

 * Stephen Amell and David Ramsey got the ending they wanted for their respective characters.
 * The final scene is a brand new scene Marc Guggenheim came up with after he just finished meditation class one morning at the time the ending had not been written. Guggenheim tweeted that he planned on posting script pages on the night of the finale if the scene is cut from the broadcast airing.
 * Stephen Amell cried when Guggenheim told him about it at the Entertainment Weekly cover shoot. But there were a lot of hurdles to get the scene over.
 * Guggenheim posted a picture to clarify viewers on where the title came from. In it, the fadeout is the area on a longbow where the grip tapers into the risers and limbs of the bow.
 * This is Emily Bett Rickards's first appearance since her departure in.
 * It is the first and only episode to have a 2-hour run, beginning with a preview of the finale.
 * According to Guggenheim, the last piece of dialogue in the finale is "... tell it to you".
 * This is the third and last Arrow finale to be directed by James Bamford.
 * This episode will have a TV special airing prior to it, titled.

Production
Preparation began on October 22 to October 30, 2019. The shooting for this episode ran from October 31 and concluded on November 13, 2019.