- "Oh... I'm ten steps ahead of you and you haven't even figured out what game we're playing yet."
- —Adrian Chase/Prometheus gloating to Oliver about his plan
"Checkmate" is the sixteenth episode of the fifth season of Arrow, and the one-hundred-eighth episode overall. It aired on March 15, 2017.
Synopsis
| Oliver gets closer to the truth about Prometheus. Meanwhile, Helix refuses to continue helping Felicity until she does a favor for them.[src] |
Production
Preparation ran from January 9, 2016 until January 17, 2017. Shooting ran from January 18 until January 27, 2017.[1]
Trivia
- Oliver and the rest of Team Arrow find out that Adrian Chase is Prometheus.
- When Curtis and Dinah go to find Adrian's mother, Amanda Westfield, in Opal City, they see her house is empty and Curtis says, "--Norma Bates got the hell out of dodge". This is a reference to the mother of serial killer Norman Bates from the Psycho film series.
- Amanda's house is also the same as Barry Allen's childhood home on The Flash.
- This is the first appearance of Talia al Ghul in Season 5 in the present day rather than flashbacks.
- In the flashbacks, Oliver mentions that he doesn't know anyone who could get data off a bullet-ridden laptop, referencing what he asks Felicity to do in the Season 1 episode "Lone Gunmen".
Gallery
Videos
Arrow Checkmate Trailer The CW
Arrow Inside Arrow Checkmate The CW
Arrow Checkmate Scene The CW
Arrow 5x16 Sneak Peek 2 "Checkmate" (HD) Season 5 Episode 16 Sneak Peek 2
References
| Arrow season 5 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Legacy" • "The Recruits" • "A Matter of Trust" • "Penance" • "Human Target" • "So It Begins" • "Vigilante" • "Invasion!" • "What We Leave Behind" • "Who Are You?" • "Second Chances" • "Bratva" • "Spectre of the Gun" • "The Sin-Eater" • "Fighting Fire With Fire" • "Checkmate" • "Kapiushon" • "Disbanded" • "Dangerous Liaisons" • "Underneath" • "Honor Thy Fathers" • "Missing" • "Lian Yu" | ||||