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The eighth and final season of Arrow premiered on The CW on October 15, 2019, and concluded on January 28, 2020. It was announced on January 31, 2019.[1]

The season aired on Tuesday nights at 9:00 p.m. following The Flash in the fall, and at 8:00 p.m. prior to DC's Legends of Tomorrow in January.

It arrived on DVD and Blu-ray on April 28, 2020.

On March 6, 2019, lead actor Stephen Amell announced, via Twitter, that the eighth season would be the series' last and would consist of 10 episodes.[2]

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, 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, metahuman Dinah Drake, brilliant inventor Curtis Holt and Earth-2 Laurel Lance. In the wake of discovering what his future holds, Oliver will find himself pit 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]

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  • Audrey Marie Anderson as Lyla Michaels/Harbinger (6/10)
  • Charlie Barnett as John Diggle, Jr. (4/10)
  • Andrea Sixtos as Zoe Ramirez (4/10)
  • Lexa Doig as Talia al-Ghul (2/10)
  • David Nykl as Anatoly Knyazev (2/10)
  • Rila Fukushima as Tatsu Yamashiro/Katana (1/10)
  • Kyra Zagorsky as Athena† (1/10)
  • Kelly Hu as Chien Na Wei (1/10)
  • Lou Ticzon as David Chin (1/10)
  • Jamie Andrew Cutler as Grant Wilson/Deathstroke (1/10)
  • Venus Terzo as Elisa Schwartz† (1/10)
  • Barry Levy as Alexi Burov† (1/10)
  • Yurij Kis as Oleg (1/10)
  • Byron Mann as Yao Fei Gulong† (1/10)
  • Sebastian Dunn as Edward Fyers† (1/10)
  • Osric Chau as Ryan Choi (1/10)
  • Stephen Lobo as Jim Corrigan (1/10)
  • Melanie Merkosky as Xneen† (1/10)
  • Raigan Harris as Bianca Bertinelli (1/10)
  • Chad Duell as Trevor/Deathstroke (1/10)
  • Katrina Law as Nyssa al Ghul (1/10)
  • Joe Dinicol as Rory Regan/Ragman (1/10)

Episodes[]

No. in series No. in season Episode title Written by Directed by Original airdate
161 1 "Starling City" Beth Schwartz & Marc Guggenheim James Bamford October 15, 2019
162 2 "Welcome to Hong Kong" Jill Blankenship & Sarah Tarkoff Antonio Negret October 22, 2019
163 3 "Leap of Faith" Emilio Ortega Aldrich & Elizabeth Kim Katie Cassidy Rodgers October 29, 2019
164 4 "Present Tense" Oscar Balderrama & Jeane Wong Kristin Windell November 5, 2019
165 5 "Prochnost" Benjamin Raab & Deric A. Hughes Laura Belsey November 19, 2019
166 6 "Reset" Onalee Hunter Hughes & Maya Houston David Ramsey November 26, 2019
167 7 "Purgatory" Rebecca Bellotto & Rebecca Rosenberg James Bamford December 3, 2019
168 8 "Crisis on Infinite Earths, Part 4" Marc Guggenheim & Marv Wolfman Glen Winter January 14, 2020
169 9 "Green Arrow and the Canaries" Beth Schwartz & Marc Guggenheim & Jill Blankenship & Oscar Balderrama James Bamford January 21, 2020
170 10 "Fadeout" Marc Guggenheim & Beth Schwartz James Bamford January 28, 2020

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Production began on July 11, 2019, and concluded on November 13, 2019.[5]

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Trivia[]

  • On August 8, 2019, Colton Haynes confirmed that he would not be returning to Arrow as a series regular for the final season.[6]
    • However, on October 3, 2019, it was announced that Haynes would be returning in a recurring role instead.[7]
  • On November 8, 2019, it was announced that a one-hour-long special would air before the series finale.[8]

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