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Arrow was renewed for an eighth and final season by The CW on January 31, 2019.[2] It premiered on October 15, 2019, and will conclude on January 28, 2020.
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 by two men on a fishing boat. He returned home to Star City, bent on righting the wrongs done by his family and fighting injustice. As the Green Arrow, Oliver successfully saved his city with the help of his team including former soldier John Diggle, computer-science expert Felicity Smoak, former protégé Roy Harper, street-savvy Rene Ramirez, meta-human Dinah Drake, brilliant inventor Curtis Holt and Earth-2 Laurel Lance. In last season's finale, in the wake of discovering what his future holds, Oliver must leave his friends and family behind him and will find himself pit up against his most challenging battle yet, one that will leave the multiverse hanging in the balance. In Arrow's final season, Oliver Queen is forced to confront the reality of what it means to be a hero.[3]
Cast
Main
- Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen / Green Arrow
- Katherine McNamara as Mia Smoak
- Ben Lewis as William Clayton
- David Ramsey as John Diggle / Spartan
- Joseph David-Jones as Connor Hawke
- LaMonica Garrett as Mar Novu / the Monitor
- Rick Gonzalez as Rene Ramirez / Wild Dog and Rene Ramirez (Earth-2)
- Juliana Harkavy as Dinah Drake / Black Canary and Dinah Drake (Earth-2)
- Katie Cassidy Rodgers as Laurel Lance / Black Canary (Earth-2) and Laurel Lance (Earth-1)
Recurring
- Audrey Marie Anderson as Lyla Michaels / Harbinger
- Colton Haynes as Roy Harper / Arsenal
- Paul Blackthorne as Quentin Lance
- Charlie Barnett as John Diggle Jr.
- Andrea Sixtos as Zoe Ramirez
- Willa Holland as Thea Queen
Guest
- Melissa Benoist as Kara Zor-El / Kara Danvers / Supergirl
- Colin Donnell as Tommy Merlyn / Dark Archer (Earth-2)
- David Harewood as J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter
- Josh Segarra as Adrian Chase / the Hood (Earth-2)
- Tyler Hoechlin as Kal-El / Clark Kent / Superman
- Susanna Thompson as Moira Queen (Earth-2)
- John Barrowman as Malcolm Merlyn (Earth-2)
- Brandon Routh as Ray Palmer / The Atom
- Elizabeth Tulloch as Lois Lane (Earth-38)
- Caity Lotz as Sara Lance / White Canary
- Chyler Leigh as Alex Danvers (Earth-38)
- Emily Bett Rickards as Felicity Smoak
- Rila Fukushima as Tatsu Yamashiro
- Grant Gustin as Barry Allen / Flash
- Sebastian Dunn as Edward Fyers
- David Nykl as Anatoly Knyazev
- Venus Terzo as Elisa Schwartz
- Echo Kellum as Curtis Holt
- Lexa Doig as Talia al Ghul
- Osric Chau as Ryan Choi
- Kelly Hu as China White
- Jon Cryer as Lex Luthor
Confirmed plot points
- Stephen Amell and David Ramsey have said they both got the ending they wanted for their characters.[4]
- Emily Bett Rickards will return as Felicity Smoak in the series finale.
- Joe Dinicol will return as Rory Regan in the series finale.
- Earth-1 Laurel Lance will be returning in Crisis on Infinite Earths in some capacity.
Episodes
| # | Episode name | Directed by | Story by | Teleplay by | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Starling City" | James Bamford | Beth Schwartz & Marc Guggenheim | October 15, 2019 | |
| While trying to decipher The Monitor’s mission, Oliver returns to Starling City where he encounters familiar faces. Meanwhile, Mia and William's team clash with a new foe. | |||||
| 2 | "Welcome to Hong Kong" | Antonio Negret | Jill Blankenship & Sarah Tarkoff | October 22, 2019 | |
| Oliver, Diggle, Laurel, and Tatsu seek out an important person within The Monitor’s plan. Connor has a heart to heart with his brother. | |||||
| 3 | "Leap of Faith" | Katie Cassidy | Emilio Ortega Aldrich & Elizabeth Kim | October 29, 2019 | |
| Reunited with his sister, Oliver and Thea find themselves searching through a familiar maze of catacombs. Meanwhile, John and Lyla partner on a special ops mission. | |||||
| 4 | "Present Tense" | Kristin Windell | Oscar Balderrama & Jeane Wong | November 5, 2019 | |
| When a mysterious new Deathstroke appears in Star City, Oliver and Team Arrow insist on taking down this villain themselves. Meanwhile, reeling from the loss of one of their own, the future Team Arrow figures out a new way to try and stop JJ. | |||||
| 5 | "Prochnost" | Laura Belsey | Benjamin Raab & Deric A. Hughes | November 19, 2019 | |
| Upon learning the key to oppose The Monitor, Oliver and team return to Russia on a mission to gather the necessary materials. Diggle reunites with a figure from his past. | |||||
| 6 | "Reset" | David Ramsey | Onalee Hunter Hughes & Maya Houston | November 26, 2019 | |
| After being double-crossed by Lyla, Oliver finds himself facing a life or death situation that seems very familiar. Laurel has the opportunity to make amends with the past. | |||||
| 7 | "Purgatory" | James Bamford | Rebecca Bellotto & Rebecca Rosenberg | December 3, 2019 | |
| Oliver’s mission takes him to Lian Yu where he tries to ignore the repercussions of the looming Crisis until he receives help from an old friend. Meanwhile, a united Team Arrow faces a recognizable villain. | |||||
| 8 | "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Four" | Glen Winter[5] | Marc Guggenheim & Marv Wolfman[5] | January 14, 2020[5] | |
| Stuck in the Vanishing Point, the Paragons search for a way to escape. The futility of the situation is compounded by The Flash's disappearance. However, hope appears in the form of Oliver, who reveals that he has become something else. Meanwhile, the origin stories for The Monitor and Anti-Monitor are revealed.[5] | |||||
| 9 | "Green Arrow & The Canaries" | James Bamford[6] | Beth Schwartz, Marc Guggenheim, Jill Blankenship & Oscar Balderrama[7] | January 21, 2020[8] | |
| 10 | "Fadeout" | James Bamford[6][9] | Marc Guggenheim & Beth Schwartz[9][10][11] | January 28, 2020[1] | |
Trivia
- Season 8 featured the directional debut from Katie Cassidy, who directs the third episode, while the sixth episode was David Ramsey's second episode he directs after "Past Sins".
- Unlike the previous seasons, the Arrowverse annual crossover will be part of the main storyline.
- Marc Guggenheim briefly returned to serve as co-showrunner at the time Beth Schwartz was on maternity leave.
- This is the only season to feature new series regulars Katherine McNamara, Ben Lewis, Joseph David-Jones and LaMonica Garrett who is only credited for his respective episode appearances. Also, Katie Cassidy is now a special appearance in all the episodes so far despite her absence in "Leap of Faith".
- Although Cassidy is billed as "special appearance", she is still considered to be a main cast member, according to TVLine.[12]
- The penultimate episode will serve as a backdoor pilot to introduce a new female-led spin off, starring Katherine McNamara, Katie Cassidy and Juliana Harkavy.[7]
- Season 8 would've been the first since Season 2 to feature two episodes named after songs by Bruce Springsteen including the penultimate episode that's seen as a tradition in almost every season of Arrow. But according to Marc Guggenheim, the latter episode's original title "Livin' In the Future" was changed at the request of Warner Bros. due to the inclusion of the backdoor pilot for the proposed Green Arrow and The Canaries spin-off.[13]
- The first seven episodes featured all the title cards from the first seven seasons in order.
- Crisis on Infinite Earths will affect Star City 2040 [14]
Gallery
Title cards
Season 1 title card from "Starling City".
Season 2 title card from "Welcome to Hong Kong".
Season 3 title card from "Leap of Faith".
Season 4 title card from "Present Tense".
Concept artwork
Green Arrow suit
Spartan suit
Black Canary suit
Promotional images
EW image 1.
EW image 2.
EW image 3.
EW image 4.
EW cover.
"Heroes Fall. Legends Rise".
"Stream the First 5 Episodes"
Crisis on Infinite Earths poster - "It's the end...of the worlds"
Videos
Arrow Comic-Con®️ 2019 Sizzle The CW
References
| Arrow season 8 | ||||
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| "Starling City" • "Welcome to Hong Kong" • "Leap of Faith" • "Present Tense" • "Prochnost" • "Reset" • "Purgatory" • "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Four" • "Green Arrow & The Canaries" • "Fadeout" | ||||