Episode guide
Arrow: Season 5
23 episodes · premiered Oct 5, 2016
Protecting his city from crime and corruption, vigilante hero Oliver Queen uses his formidable combat skills and marksmanship to go up against lethal foes including Deathstroke, Ra's al Ghul and Damien Darhk and Prometheus, becoming a beacon of hope for all in need.
- Episode 1: Legacy Oct 5, 2016 · 42m · TMDB 7.2 A deadly new criminal, Tobias Church, threatens Star City, which forces Oliver to consider forming a new team of superheroes to help him do battle. In flashbacks, Oliver faces off against…
- Episode 2: The Recruits Oct 12, 2016 · 42m · TMDB 7.2 Oliver recruits Curtis, Wild Dog and Evelyn Sharp for his team, but his training methods prove to be too much for some to handle. In flashbacks, Oliver continues his initiation into the…
- Episode 3: A Matter of Trust Oct 19, 2016 · 42m · TMDB 7.3 The Green Arrow is forced to face a powerful new drug dealer when Wild Dog goes off on his own.
- Episode 4: Penance Oct 26, 2016 · 42m · TMDB 7.4 Oliver and Lyla team up on a secret mission for Diggle. Felicity finds out and disapproves of the plan and opts to stay behind. When Tobias Church launches a deadly assault against the…
- Episode 5: Human Target Nov 2, 2016 · 42m · TMDB 7.6 When Tobias Church captures and tortures one of Oliver's new recruits, Oliver must turn to an old friend, Christopher Chance AKA the Human Target, for help. Meanwhile, Felicity's worlds…
- Episode 6: So It Begins Nov 9, 2016 · 41m · TMDB 7.2 Prometheus claims two more victims, and Oliver realizes that the killings are related to the people on his father's list. His recruits aren't happy to hear that Oliver used to be a serial…
- Episode 7: Vigilante Nov 16, 2016 · 42m · TMDB 7.2 When the bodies of two criminals are dropped at SCPD, Oliver realizes there is a new Vigilante in Star City. The team is split about whether they should stop someone who is helping keep…
- Episode 8: Invasion! (III) Nov 30, 2016 · 42m · TMDB 7.7 Oliver wakes up to a life where he never got on The Queen’s Gambit. Robert and Moira Queen are alive and well. Laurel is his loving fiancée and their wedding is imminent. Everything seems…
- Episode 9: What We Leave Behind Dec 7, 2016 · 42m · TMDB 7.8 After Prometheus attacks Curtis, Oliver realizes Prometheus knows all of Team Arrow's secret identities and is planning to come for them one by one. Felicity and Detective Malone discover…
- Episode 10: Who Are You? Jan 25, 2017 · 42m · TMDB 7.2 Worried that Prometheus is right and he is truly a killer at heart, Oliver looks for any ray of hope and finds it in what seems to be the miraculous return of Laurel Lance. However…
- Episode 11: Second Chances Feb 1, 2017 · 42m · TMDB 7.4 In his quest to take down Kovar, Oliver gets help from a surprising source - Talia al Ghul. However, when she reveals what she wants from him in exchange, Oliver isn't sure he can accept…
- Episode 12: Bratva Feb 8, 2017 · 42m · TMDB 7.2 A mission takes Oliver, Felicity and team to Russia where they meet up with Oliver's old friend, Anatoly. Meanwhile, fresh out of rehab, Lance returns to the mayor's office ready to get…
- Episode 13: Spectre of the Gun Feb 15, 2017 · 41m · TMDB 6.8 A traumatic attack on City Hall triggers painful memories for Rene about his family. Flashbacks reveal how Rene went from simple family man to a hero named Wild Dog. Meanwhile, Oliver must…
- Episode 14: The Sin-Eater Feb 22, 2017 · 42m · TMDB 7.4 China White, Cupid and Liza Warner break out of Iron Heights and head to Star City for revenge. Oliver tries to bring in the newly formed girl gang but the ACU intervenes mid-fight. To his…
- Episode 15: Fighting Fire with Fire Mar 1, 2017 · 42m · TMDB 7.3 Oliver faces his biggest challenge yet as mayor. Felicity continues down her dark path with Helix. After Vigilante attacks Oliver while he's acting as the mayor, Diggle leads the team in a…
- Episode 16: Checkmate Mar 15, 2017 · 42m · TMDB 7.5 Oliver gets closer to the truth about Prometheus. Meanwhile, Helix refuses to continue helping Felicity until she does a favor for them.
- Episode 17: Kapiushon Mar 22, 2017 · 42m · TMDB 7.9 Prometheus goes to extreme lengths to destroy Oliver. In flashbacks, Oliver's violent tendencies come to a head in a confrontation with Anatoly.
- Episode 18: Disbanded Mar 29, 2017 · 42m · TMDB 7.4 Diggle and Felicity are shocked by Oliver's decision to ask the Bratva for help in taking down Prometheus.
- Episode 19: Dangerous Liaisons Apr 26, 2017 · 42m · TMDB 6.9 Oliver, Team Arrow, ARGUS and the SCPD kick off a citywide manhunt for Adrian Chase. Helix tells Felicity they have a way to find Chase but they will need something big, and illegal, from…
- Episode 20: Underneath May 3, 2017 · 42m · TMDB 7.1 Oliver and Felicity get trapped in the bunker together, while Diggle and Lyla deal with marital issues.
- Episode 21: Honor Thy Fathers May 10, 2017 · 42m · TMDB 7.1 Oliver faces the forced release of criminals prosecuted by Adrian Chase, while a crate is delivered to Oliver's office containing a corpse in concrete.
- Episode 22: Missing May 17, 2017 · 42m · TMDB 7.5 Black Siren returns to give Chase help; Felicity plans a birthday party for Oliver; Lance is angry with Rene for missing the custody hearing about his daughter.
- Episode 23: Lian Yu May 24, 2017 · 42m · TMDB 8.5 Oliver assembles a group of unlikely allies - Slade, Nyssa, Merlyn and Digger Harkness - to engage in an epic battle against Chase and his army.