Shifting Allegiances

"You think you’re so tough because you spent five years in Hell? I was born in it."

—Ricardo Diaz taunting Oliver Queen

"Shifting Allegiances" is the twentieth episode of the sixth season of Arrow, and the one-hundred-thirty-fifth episode overall. It aired on April 26, 2018.

Synopsis

Oliver turns to an old friend to help battle Diaz. Meanwhile, Rene is out of the hospital but has a hard time re-adjusting to life as Wild Dog. Also, Lance discovers something shocking about Black Siren.[src]

Cast

Main cast

• Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen/Green Arrow
• David Ramsey as John Diggle/Freelancer
• Emily Bett Rickards as Felicity Smoak
• Echo Kellum as Curtis Holt/Mr. Terrific
• Rick Gonzalez as Rene Ramirez/Wild Dog
• Juliana Harkavy as Dinah Drake/Black Canary
• Katie Cassidy as Laurel Lance
• Paul Blackthorne as Quentin Lance

Special guest star

• Kirk Acevedo as Ricardo Diaz/Dragon

Guest starring

• David Nykl as Anatoly Knyazev
• Kathleen Gati as Raisa
• Gina Ravera as Lydia Cassamento
• Carlos Sanz as A.R.G.U.S. Agent

Co-starring

• Keri Adams as Bethany Snow
• Liza Cosier as Clubber #3
• Daryl Ducharme as Big Guy
• Myles Edmund as Clubber #2
• Eliza Faria as Zoe Ramirez
• Peter Gatsby as Zakhar
• Chad Humeniuk as A.R.G.U.S. Agent
• Katerina Katelieva as Clubber #1
• Gus Khosrowkhani as Tailor
• Simon Longmore as Bratva Pakhan
• Jack Moore as William Clayton
• Riko Ra as Scorpion #2
• Ardy Ramezani as Talon #1
• Nick Thorp as Scorpion #1
• Gregory Tunner as Bratva #1

Gallery

Videos

Trivia

• Curtis likens working as a cohesive team to Captain Planet or Power Rangers
• This is Rene's first appearance since "Collision Course".
• This is the first episode that Felicity appears without having any lines.
• In the beginning of the episode, Anatoly is shown watching a Starling City Rockets game.
• Diaz chose May 3 as the court date for Oliver, which is the air date for the next episode, "Docket No. 11-19-41-73".
• When Quentin Lance discusses Damien Darhk, Black Siren confirms that there is a counterpart of his living on Earth-2.

References

Arrow season 6

"Fallout" • "Tribute" • "Next of Kin" • "Reversal" • "Deathstroke Returns" • "Promises Kept" • "Thanksgiving" • "Crisis on Earth-X, Part 2" • "Irreconcilable Differences" • "Divided" • "We Fall" • "All for Nothing" • "The Devil's Greatest Trick" • "Collision Course" • "Doppelganger" • "The Thanatos Guild" • "Brothers in Arms" • "Fundamentals" • "The Dragon" • "Shifting Allegiances" • "Docket No. 11-19-41-73" • "The Ties That Bind" • "Life Sentence"