Season 5 (Arrow)

On March 11, 2016, Arrow was renewed for a fifth season by The CW. It premiered on October 5, 2016. It took place in conjunction with the third season of The Flash, the second season of Supergirl and the second season of DC's Legends of Tomorrow.

Main cast

 * Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen/Green Arrow
 * David Ramsey as John Diggle/Spartan
 * Willa Holland as Thea Queen/Speedy
 * Emily Bett Rickards as Felicity Smoak/Overwatch
 * Echo Kellum as Curtis Holt/Mr. Terrific
 * Josh Segarra as Adrian Chase/Prometheus
 * Michael Dorn as Prometheus (voice; uncredited)
 * Paul Blackthorne as Quentin Lance

Special appearance by

 * Neal McDonough as Damien Darhk
 * John Barrowman as Malcolm Merlyn/Dark Archer

Special guest cast

 * Grant Gustin as Barry Allen/The Flash
 * Carlos Valdes as Cisco Ramon/Vibe
 * Brandon Routh as Ray Palmer/The Atom
 * Caity Lotz as Sara Lance/White Canary
 * Colton Haynes as Roy Harper/Arsenal
 * Katie Cassidy as Laurel Lance and Laurel Lance/Black Siren
 * Melissa Benoist as Kara Danvers/Supergirl
 * Susanna Thompson as Moira Queen
 * Nick Zano as Nate Heywood/Steel

Recurring cast

 * Audrey Marie Anderson as Lyla Michaels
 * Adrian Holmes as Frank Pike
 * Katrina Law as Nyssa al Ghul
 * Amy Gumenick as Carrie Cutter/Cupid
 * Alexander Calvert as Lonnie Machin/Anarchy
 * Venus Terzo as Dr. Schwartz
 * Rick Gonzalez as Rene Ramirez/Wild Dog
 * Madison McLaughlin as Evelyn Sharp/Artemis
 * Chad L. Coleman as Tobias Church
 * Tyler Ritter as Billy Malone
 * Carly Pope as Susan Williams
 * David Nykl as Anatoly Knyazev
 * Joe Dinicol as Rory Regan/Ragman
 * Dolph Lundgren as Konstantin Kovar
 * David Meunier as Ishmael Gregor
 * Mike Dopud as Viktor
 * Juliana Harkavy as Dinah Drake/Tina Boland
 * Lexa Doig as Talia al Ghul
 * Kacey Rohl as Alena
 * Manu Bennett as Slade Wilson/Deathstroke

Universe regulars

 * Wentworth Miller as Leonard Snart/Captain Cold

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. He returned home to Star City, bent on righting the wrongs done by his family and fighting injustice. As the Green Arrow, he protects his city with the help of former soldier John Diggle, computer-science expert Felicity Smoak, his vigilante-trained sister Thea Queen, former police captain Quentin Lance, and brilliant inventor Curtis Holt. But sinister players with a connection to Oliver's past will push the team to its breaking point, threatening everything Oliver's worked for and his legacy as the Green Arrow.''

''Newly appointed Mayor Oliver Queen finds himself challenged as he fights on two fronts for the future of Star City. With Diggle back in the military and Thea adamant about hanging up her hood as Speedy, Team Green Arrow is down to just Oliver and Felicity - but they're no longer the only vigilantes in town. Green Arrow's public defeat of Damien Darhk at the end of Season Four has inspired a new crop of masked heroes to step up and defend the city, though their painful inexperience makes them obstacles, rather than allies, in the field. The arrival of a deadly new adversary will force Oliver to confront questions about his own legacy, both as mayor and as the Green Arrow.''

Confirmed plot points

 * In the season 5 finale, there will be a flashback to the scene of Oliver getting rescued from Lian Yu in the Pilot. Also, there will not be a terrorist attack like in previous seasons, and the episode will not take place in Star City.
 * Derek Sampson will return in the episode Honor Thy Fathers


 * Laurel Lance/Black Siren will return in the final two episodes of the season.
 * Oliver will form an alliance to stop Adrian Chase/Prometheus.
 * Manu Bennett and Nick E. Tarabay will reprise their roles as Slade Wilson/Deathstroke and Captain Boomerang in the season finale.
 * Nyssa Raatko/Nyssa al Ghul will appear in the season finale battle against her half-sister Talia al Ghul.
 * One or two members of the Team Arrow will die in the season finale.

Trivia

 * This will be the last season of Arrow to feature flashbacks, regarding the five years Oliver was away from Starling City, later known as Star City; albeit this will not be the final season of the series.