Season Guide
Arrow Season 5
Season 5 Review
⚠ Spoiler alert Season notes below reveal how the story develops.
Season 5 of Arrow aired 2016-2017.
Episodes
1
Oliver fails his responsibilities as mayor to deal with crime as Green Arrow, and is forced to work alone after Diggle and Thea have retired as vigilantes. In the past,…
2
Arrow tries to train his new team of recruits--Evelyn, Rene, and Curtis--the same way that the Bratva trained him. However, things don't go so well and Arrow finds himself on…
3
A new metahuman, Sampson, gains the ability to ignore pain and becomes a threat to Star City. Oliver is forced to trust his team if he wants to defeat the…
4
When Felicity refuses to help Oliver break Diggle out of military prison, Oliver goes it alone. Meanwhile, the new Team Arrow are left on their own to try and find…
5
When Church learns Green Arrow's secret identity, he makes plans to kill Oliver... and succeeds. The team learns what Church's plan is and heads out to stop him.
6
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…
7
There's a new crimefighter, Vigilante, in Star City... and his take-no-prisoners approach forces Oliver to confront his past when he killed criminals. Meanwhile, Thea helps Quentin out, and Prometheus makes…
8
The Dominators abduct Oliver, Thea, Sara, Diggle, and Ray, and imprison them in a shared hallucination giving each of them what they want most. Meanwhile, Felicity calls in Cisco, Flash,…
9
After Prometheus attacks and nearly kills Curtis, the team discovers that he is connected to one of the businessman Oliver killed when he first returned to Star City. Now Prometheus…
10
Oliver and the team prepare to celebrate Laurel's miraculous return, but get a rude surprise. Meanwhile, Adrian agrees to help Diggle, while in the past Gregor tortures Oliver until he…
11
The team looks for a new Black Canary and finds a meta with a sonic scream who is going after the man who killed her partner. In the past, Talia…
12
Oliver and his team travel to Russia to track down General Walker after he escapes custody. When Oliver turns to Anatoly to help them, Anatoly warns that there will be…
13
After a masked man shoots up City Hall and kills seven, Oliver realizes that he can do more to stop the violence as mayor than as vigilante. Meanwhile, Rene's life…
14
Cupid, China White, and Liza Warner escape prison and seek out a stash of Tobias Church's money. Green Arrow and the team prepare to go after them, but the ACU…
15
While Oliver faces mayoral impeachment, Vigilante comes after him and Diggle, Wild Dog, and Mr. Terrific go after him. Meanwhile, Thea asks Felicity to help her get the votes necessary…
16
Oliver learns who he's up against, and that Prometheus isn't his only enemy. Meanwhile, Felicity is forced to turn to Helix to get the information she needs to find Susan.
17
Adrian tortures Oliver and demands that he confess his darkest secret. In the past, Oliver and Anatoly make their move against Kovar as he plots a coup against the Russian…
18
Oliver disbands the team and makes a deal with the Bratva to eliminate Adrian. However, Diggle refuses to accept his friend's decision and Oliver soon finds himself caught between the…
19
To get a device that will let the team locate Adrian, Felicity goes in deep with Helix. Meanwhile, Diggle discovers that Lyla is going down the same dark path that…
20
Oliver and Felicity are trapped in the bunker after Adrian seals the doors and sets off an EMP bomb. While they try to get to the surface after Oliver is…
21
Oliver receives a bizarre delivery to his office, which ultimately leads to a secret about Robert that Oliver and Thea soon wish that they'd never learned. Meanwhile, Rene faces a…
22
To force Oliver to get him out of prison, Adrian has his allies capture Curtis, Quentin, Thea, Felicity, and Diggle. Oliver has no choice but to gather new allies to…
23
Oliver frees Slade and Digger from the supermax to help him defeat Adrian, but things soon go wrong. Meanwhile, Adrian claims that William is dead to get Oliver to reveal…