

Showrunner Beth Schwartz did God's work by re-introducing a plot device that made Arrow one of the best shows of its time: flashbacks, or in Season 7's case, flash-forwards.

How Diaz escapes isn't shown on screen, but he probably linked up with his villainous team, Longbow Hunters, set to debut some point this season (hopefully sooner than later, because Diaz's agenda is quite dry right now).īut none of this was really why Arrow felt fresher than in the previous three seasons. She gets the pleasure of having the first run-in with Ricardo Diaz this season, who breaks into she and William's bunker and tries to murder them both. Felicity, on the other hand, is now a barista with pink hair. Episode Details On Arrow Season 5 Episode 23, on the season finale the battle between Oliver and Adrian Chase culminates in one final epic battle taking place on Lian Yu. The episode doesn't show much of Dig, who now appears to be working at ARGUS along with Curtis. "Arrow" was known for its flashbacks, but now it's doing flashforwards. She's particularly motivated to do good as a cop now that Team Arrow's broken up.

This proves to be a point of tension between he and Dinah Drake, who is killing it as police detective. Quite an admirable task, but he's fed up with the rising Star City crime rate and believes the lives of the neighborhood's kids' are at stake. In the middle of tonights episode, Lian Yu, Malcolm Merlyn (John Barrowman) volunteered to stand on a land mine in place of his daughter, Thea Queen (Willa Holland). (He's been there five months, by the way.) Wild Dog is teaching boxing to kids in the Glades. The episode introduces three new stories in Dinah Drake, Wild Dog and Felicity while Oliver's away in jail. Stephen Amell's WWE training shines through here.) Oliver mixes it up with former friends and foes as he tries to rescue his friends from the island. I'm sure that'll pay off (best scene of the premiere, though. Oliver, William and Chase (Josh Segarra) end up on a boat off the coast of Lian Yu at episode’s end, just as the series’ flashbacks finally catch up with the Oliver Queen that fans met way. He decides it's a good idea to attack a prison bully with a gym weight. He shows some strength in the final moments when he learns Felicity sends William to boarding school. He's not doing so hot he gets the crap beat out of him multiple times, at one point, he's naked and humiliated. Emerging from the tent with Laurel, Oliver. The premiere starts off with Oliver Queen, formerly the Green Arrow, in prison. Arrows final fall finale landed Oliver back on Lian Yu, ostensibly to build a weapon but perhaps more importantly to get his affairs in order. This analysis contains spoilers for Arrow Season 7 episode 1, "Inmate 4587."Īrrow Season 7 almost feels like a new show.
