Recap / Arrow

Recap page for Arrow. For the other series of the Arrowverse, see The Flash, Constantine, Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow, Black Lightning, Batwoman, or Superman & Lois.

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Season 1

Destiny leaves its mark.

• Season One

"My name is Oliver Queen. For five years I was stranded on an island with only one goal: survive. Now I will fulfill my father's dying wish, to use the list of names he left me and bring down those who are poisoning my city. To do this, I must become someone else. I must become something else."

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1. "Pilot" (October 10, 2012)
2. "Honor Thy Father" (October 17, 2012)
3. "Lone Gunmen" (October 24, 2012)
4. "An Innocent Man" (October 31, 2012)
5. "Damaged" (November 7, 2012)
6. "Legacies" (November 14, 2012)
7. "Muse of Fire" (November 28, 2012)
8. "Vendetta" (December 5, 2012)
9. "Year's End" (December 12, 2012)
10. "Burned" (January 16, 2013)
11. "Trust But Verify" (January 23, 2013)
12. "Vertigo" (January 30, 2013)
13. "Betrayal" (February 6, 2013)
14. "The Odyssey" (February 13, 2013)
15. "Dodger" (February 20, 2013)
16. "Dead to Rights" (February 27, 2013)
17. "The Huntress Returns" (March 20, 2013)
18. "Salvation" (March 27, 2013)
19. "Unfinished Business" (April 3, 2013)
20. "Home Invasion" (April 24, 2013)
21. "The Undertaking" (May 1, 2013)
22. "Darkness On the Edge of Town" (May 8, 2013)
23. "Sacrifice" (May 15, 2013)

Season 2

Coming back strong.

• Season Two

"My name is Oliver Queen. After five years on a hellish island, I have come home with only one goal: to save my city. But to do so, I can't be the killer I once was. To honor my friend's memory, I must be someone else. I must be something else."

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1. "City of Heroes" (October 9, 2013)
2. "Identity" (October 16, 2013)
3. "Broken Dolls" (October 23, 2013)
4. "Crucible" (October 30, 2013)
5. "League of Assassins" (November 6, 2013)
6. "Keep Your Enemies Closer" (November 13, 2013)
7. "State v. Queen" (November 20, 2013)
8. "The Scientist" (December 4, 2013)
9. "Three Ghosts" (December 11, 2013)
10. "Blast Radius" (January 15, 2014)
11. "Blind Spot" (January 22, 2014)
12. "Tremors" (January 29, 2014)
13. "Heir to the Demon" (February 5, 2014)
14. "Time of Death" (February 26, 2014)
15. "The Promise" (March 5, 2014)
16. "Suicide Squad" (March 19, 2014)
17. "Birds of Prey" (March 26, 2014)
18. "Deathstroke" (April 2, 2014)
19. "The Man Under The Hood" (April 16, 2014)
20. "Seeing Red" (April 23, 2014)
21. "City of Blood" (April 30, 2014)
22. "Streets of Fire" (May 7, 2014)
23. "Unthinkable" (May 14, 2014)

Season 3

Saving a city takes a toll.

• Season Three

"My name is Oliver Queen. After five years in hell, I have come home with only one goal: to save my city. Now others have joined my crusade. To them, I'm Oliver Queen. To the rest of Starling City, I am someone else. I am something else."

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1. "The Calm" (October 8, 2014)
2. "Sara" (October 15, 2014)
3. "Corto Maltese" (October 22, 2014)
4. "The Magician" (October 29, 2014)
5. "The Secret Origin of Felicity Smoak" (November 5, 2014)
6. "Guilty" (November 12, 2014)
7. "Draw Back Your Bow" (November 19, 2014)
8. "The Brave and the Bold" ^note Part 2 of the Flash vs. Arrow crossover event. (December 3, 2014)
9. "The Climb" (December 10, 2014)
10. "Left Behind" (January 21, 2015)
11. "Midnight City" (January 28, 2015)
12. "Uprising" (February 4, 2015)
13. "Canaries" (February 11, 2015)
14. "The Return" (February 18, 2015)
15. "Nanda Parbat" (February 25, 2015)
16. "The Offer" (March 18, 2015)
17. "Suicidal Tendencies" (March 25, 2015)
18. "Public Enemy" (April 1, 2015)
19. "Broken Arrow" (April 15, 2015)
20. "The Fallen" (April 22, 2015)
21. "Al Sah-him" (April 29, 2015)
22. "This is Your Sword" (May 6, 2015)
23. "My Name is Oliver Queen" (May 13, 2015)

Season 4

Aim. Higher.

• Season Four

"My name is Oliver Queen. After five years in hell, I returned home with only one goal: to save my city. But my old approach wasn't enough. I had to become someone else. I had to become something else. I had to become... the Green Arrow."

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1. "Green Arrow" (October 7, 2015)
2. "The Candidate" (October 14, 2015)
3. "Restoration" (October 21, 2015)
4. "Beyond Redemption" (October 28, 2015)
5. "Haunted" (November 4, 2015)
6. "Lost Souls" (November 11, 2015)
7. "Brotherhood" (November 18, 2015)
8. "Legends of Yesterday" ^note  Part 2 of the Heroes Join Forces crossover event. Some sources such as Amazon video & iTunes list The Flash's "Legends of Today" as the eighth episode, pushing successive episodes back one number, so viewers can watch the beginning of this story. (December 2, 2015)
9. "Dark Waters" (December 9, 2015)
10. "Blood Debts" (January 20, 2016)
11. "A.W.O.L." (January 27, 2016)
12. "Unchained" (February 3, 2016)
13. "Sins of the Father" (February 10, 2016)
14. "Code of Silence" (February 17, 2016)
15. "Taken" (February 24, 2016)
16. "Broken Hearts" (March 23, 2016)
17. "Beacon of Hope" (March 30, 2016)
18. "Eleven-Fifty-Nine" (April 6, 2016)
19. "Canary Cry" (April 27, 2016)
20. "Genesis" (May 4, 2016)
21. "Monument Point" (May 11, 2016)
22. "Lost in the Flood" (May 18, 2016)
23. "Schism" (May 25, 2016)

Season 5

His fight. His city. His legacy.

• Season Five

"My name is Oliver Queen. After five years in hell, I returned home with only one goal: to save my city. Today, I fight that war on two fronts. By day, I lead Star City as its mayor. By night, I am someone else. I am something else. I am the Green Arrow."

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1. "Legacy" (October 5, 2016)
2. "The Recruits" (October 12, 2016)
3. "A Matter of Trust" (October 19, 2016)
4. "Penance" (October 26, 2016)
5. "Human Target" (November 2, 2016)
6. "So It Begins" (November 9, 2016)
7. "Vigilante" (November 16, 2016)
8. "Invasion!" ^note Part 2 of the Invasion! crossover event. (November 30, 2016)
9. "What We Leave Behind" (December 7, 2016)
10. "Who Are You?" (January 25, 2017)
11. "Second Chances" (February 1, 2017)
12. "Bratva" (February 8, 2017)
13. "Spectre of the Gun" (February 15, 2017)
14. "The Sin-Eater" (February 22, 2017)
15. "Fighting Fire With Fire" (March 1, 2017)
16. "Checkmate" (March 15, 2017)
17. "Kapiushon" (March 22, 2017)
18. "Disbanded" (March 29, 2017)
19. "Dangerous Liaisons" (April 26, 2017)
20. "Underneath" (May 3, 2017)
21. "Honor Thy Fathers" (May 10, 2017)
22. "Missing" (May 17, 2017)
23. "Lian Yu" (May 24, 2017)

Season 6

Live to fight another day.

• Season Six

"My name is Oliver Queen. After five years in hell, I returned home with only one goal: to save my city. Today, I fight that war on two fronts. By day, I lead Star City as its mayor. By night, I am someone else. I am something else. I am the Green Arrow."

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Recovering from Lian Yu

1. "Fallout" (October 12, 2017)
2. "Tribute" (October 19, 2017)

John as the Green Arrow Arc

"My name is Oliver Queen. After five years in hell, I returned home with only one goal: to save my city. But I couldn't honor that commitment and honor the promise I made to the mother of my son. So I asked the best man I know to help. His name is John Diggle, and he is the Green Arrow."

3. "Next of Kin" (October 26, 2017)
4. "Reversal" (November 2, 2017)
5. "Deathstroke Returns" (November 9, 2017)
6. "Promises Kept" (November 16, 2017)

Oliver Back in Green

7. "Thanksgiving" (November 23, 2017)
8. "Crisis on Earth-X, Part 2" ^note Part 2 of the Crisis on Earth-X crossover event. (November 27, 2017)
9. "Irreconcilable Differences" (December 7, 2017)
10. "Divided" (January 18, 2018)
11. "We Fall" (January 25, 2018)
12. "All for Nothing" (February 1, 2018)
13. "The Devil's Greatest Trick" (February 8, 2018)
14. "Collision Course" (March 1, 2018)
15. "Doppelgänger" (March 8, 2018)
16. "The Thanatos Guild" (March 29, 2018)
17. "Brothers in Arms" (April 5, 2018)
18. "Fundamentals" (April 12, 2018)
19. "The Dragon" (April 19, 2018)
20. "Shifting Allegiances" (April 26, 2018)
21. "Docket No. 11-19-41-73" (May 3, 2018)
22. "The Ties That Bind" (May 10, 2018)
23. "Life Sentence" (May 17, 2018)

Season 7

Revelation and repentance.

• Season Seven

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Oliver in Prison

"My name is Oliver Queen. After 6 years of being a vigilante, the only way to achieve my goal and save my city was to confess to being the Green Arrow. Now my family and friends must carry on my mission without me. I am no longer a hero. I am Inmate 4587."

1. "Inmate 4587" (October 15, 2018)
2. "Longbow Hunters" (October 22, 2018)
3. "Crossing Lines" (October 29, 2018)
4. "Level Two" (November 5, 2018)
5. "The Demon" (November 12, 2018)
6. "Due Process" (November 19, 2018)
7. "The Slabside Redemption" (Novembr 26, 2018)

Oliver Back in Action

"My name is Oliver Queen. After six months in hell, I have been released from prison and returned home with only one goal—to save my city, but things have changed. Instead of operating outside the law, I am now working alongside the police. I am no longer Inmate 4587. I am once more the Green Arrow."

8. "Unmasked" (December 3, 2018)
9. "Elseworlds: Hour Two" ^note Part 2 of the Elseworlds crossover event. (December 10, 2018)
10. "My Name Is Emiko Queen" (January 21, 2019)
11. "Past Sins" (January 28, 2019)
12. "Emerald Archer" (February 4, 2019)
13. "Star City Slayer" (February 11, 2019)
14. "Brothers & Sisters" (March 4, 2019)
15. "Training Day" (March 11, 2019)
16. "Star City 2040" (March 18, 2019)
17. "Inheritance" (March 25, 2019)
18. "Lost Canary" (April 15, 2019)
19. "Spartan" (April 22, 2019)
20. "Confessions" (April 29, 2019)
21. "Living Proof" (May 6, 2019)
22. "You Have Saved This City" (May 13, 2019)

Season 8

Heroes fall. Legends rise.

• Season Eight

"My name is Oliver Queen. For seven years, I have fought with only one goal — to save my city. But now, a new threat has emerged, a danger so severe, it has forced me to leave my family in order to face it. And it won’t be enough for me to just be the Green Arrow. To prevent the Crisis that’s coming, I’m going to have to become someone else. I’m going to have to become something else."

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1. "Starling City" (October 15, 2019)
2. "Welcome to Hong Kong" (October 22, 2019)
3. "Leap of Faith" (October 29, 2019)
4. "Present Tense" (November 5, 2019)
5. "Prochnost" (November 19, 2019)
6. "Reset" (November 26, 2019)
7. "Purgatory" (December 3, 2019)
8. "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Hour Four" ^note Part 4 of the Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover event. (January 14, 2020)
9. "Green Arrow and the Canaries" (January 21, 2020)
10. "Fadeout" (January 28, 2020)

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