9.6/108,403 votesLoading...#1 - Lian Yu
Season 5 Episode 23 - Aired 5/24/2017
Oliver assembles a group of unlikely allies - Slade, Nyssa, Merlyn and Digger Harkness - to engage in an epic battle against Chase and his army.
Director: Jesse Warn
Writer: Marc Guggenheim, Wendy Mericle
9.5/1012,546 votesLoading...#2 - The Climb
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 12/10/2014
Ra's al Ghul sends Nyssa and her lieutenant to Starling City to inform Oliver that the League will kill 50 people a day until Sara's murderer is turned over to them. With time running out, Oliver finally identifies the killer... and realizes that he can never turn them over for execution. Meanwhile, Ray shows Felicity his new project.
Director: Thor Freudenthal
Writer: Jake Coburn, Keto Shimizu
9.4/108,539 votesLoading...#3 - Sacrifice
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 5/15/2013
Oliver and Diggle race to stop the Dark Archer from unleashing his vengeance on The Glades. However, they run into a roadblock after Detective Lance picks up Felicity for questioning. Tommy and Oliver's already tumultuous relationship takes a turn for the worse after Oliver makes a confession about Laurel. After hearing of the danger in The Glades, Thea races to find Roy, inadvertently putting herself directly in the line of fire for Malcolm's devious plan. On the island, Oliver, Slade and Shado are locked in a life-or-death struggle against Fyers as his missiles lock on a full Ferris Air jetliner.
Director: David Barrett
Writer: N/A
9.4/108,002 votesLoading...#4 - Unthinkable
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 5/14/2014
As Oliver's face off with Slade escalates, his resolve to the no-kill rule is tested. Especially as Slade targets the woman Oliver loves.
Director: John Behring
Writer: N/A
9.2/106,600 votesLoading...#5 - Three Ghosts
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/11/2013
After covering from a near-fatal drug overdose, Oliver begins hallucinating people from his past. Believing he's a liability, Oliver gives the information he has on Cyrus Gold to Quentin... which results in the deaths of several police officers. Meanwhile, Brother Blood captures Roy and uses him as a test subject for his new serum. In the past on the island, Ivo gives Oliver an impossible choice to make.
Director: John Behring
Writer: Andrew Kreisberg, Greg Berlanti
9.2/106,971 votesLoading...#6 - Seeing Red
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 4/23/2014
The Mirakuru sends Roy into an uncontrollable rage and he unleashes on the city. Oliver realizes the Mirakuru has taken over Roy completely and must figure out a way to stop him.
Director: Douglas Aarniokoski
Writer: Wendy Mericle, Beth Schwartz
9.2/103,732 votesLoading...#7 - The Slabside Redemption
Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 11/26/2018
Oliver makes a choice that will affect his entire life, as well as the lives of everyone he cares about.
Director: James Bamford
Writer: Rebecca Bellotto, Jill Blankenship
9.2/103,754 votesLoading...#8 - Fadeout
Season 8 Episode 10 - Aired 1/28/2020
After eight seasons, and the launch of countless superheroes, the series wraps up the story of the Green Arrow.
Director: James Bamford
Writer: Marc Guggenheim, Beth Schwartz
9.1/105,916 votesLoading...#9 - Deathstroke
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 4/2/2014
Sara and Roy become prisoners at the Slade and the only one who is able to save them is Oliver Queen.
Director: Guy Norman Bee
Writer: Drew Z. Greenberg, Marc Guggenheim
9.1/105,753 votesLoading...#10 - Streets of Fire
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/7/2014
Oliver rallies his team as Slade's soldiers attack the city. Felicity gets a call from S.T.A.R. Labs with game-changing news and Thea comes face-to-face with her father.
Director: Nick Copus
Writer: Jake Coburn, Ben Sokolowski
9.1/106,485 votesLoading...#11 - The Brave and the Bold (II)
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 12/3/2014
A crossover event that began on "The Flash" concludes with Oliver teaming with the Flash to stop a boomerang-wielding killer who plants five bombs in the city that are set to explode at the same time.
Director: Jesse Warn
Writer: N/A
9.1/104,198 votesLoading...#12 - What We Leave Behind
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 12/7/2016
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 a clue that links Prometheus to Oliver’s past.
Director: Antonio Negret
Writer: Wendy Mericle, Beth Schwartz
9.1/104,526 votesLoading...#13 - Kapiushon
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 3/22/2017
Prometheus goes to extreme lengths to destroy Oliver. In flashbacks, Oliver's violent tendencies come to a head in a confrontation with Anatoly.
Director: Kevin Tancharoen
Writer: Brian Ford Sullivan, Emilio Ortega Aldrich
9.0/105,764 votesLoading...#14 - Darkness on the Edge of Town
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/8/2013
With the Undertaking days away, Malcolm dons his black hood to conclude business with seismologist Dr. Brion Markov and his team. Oliver and Moira entertain a number of surprise - and mostly unwelcome - visitors. Hooded confrontations at home and the Meryln Global Group reveal dark secrets. Meanwhile, Roy and Thea are still looking out for a hero. Laurel makes a decision after Tommy's revelation. In a flashback to the island, Oliver, Slade and Shado struggle to prevent Fyers from shooting a Ferris Air jet out of the sky. Paul Blackthorne and David Ramsey also star.
Director: John Behring
Writer: Wendy Mericle, Drew Z. Greenberg
9.0/105,712 votesLoading...#15 - The Promise
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 3/5/2014
In the present, Slade visits Oliver and makes his intentions clear. Five years earlier, Slade, Sara, and Oliver launch their assault on the Amazo, but things go wrong when Slade learns that Oliver was responsible for Shado's death.
Director: Glen Winter
Writer: Jake Coburn, Ben Sokolowski
8.9/105,743 votesLoading...#16 - The Scientist
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 12/4/2013
When a superhumanly strong thief robs a Queen Consolidated warehouse, Central City police scientist Barry Allen comes to Starling City to investigate the case. However, despite his close working relationship with Felicity, Oliver suspects that there's more to the young scientist than meets the eye. Meanwhile, Sin asks Roy to help investigate the disappearance of a friend. In the past, Oliver, Shado, and Sara try to get Slade to the submarine so they can use the serum to save his life.
Director: Michael Schultz
Writer: Andrew Kreisberg, Greg Berlanti
8.9/105,098 votesLoading...#17 - The Man Under the Hood
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 4/16/2014
When Oliver and his team destroy Slade's centrifuge, he attacks them as Deathstroke to get what he needs to find a replacement. Meanwhile, Laurel ponders what to do with Slade's information, and Oliver tries to convince Thea to help him protect their finances from Isabel.
Director: Jesse Warn
Writer: N/A
8.9/105,337 votesLoading...#18 - City of Blood
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 4/30/2014
After the death of someone close to him, Oliver decides to give himself up to Slade rather than risk further bloodshed on his friends and family. Meanwhile, Laurel renews her investigation into Sebastian Blood, and Slade makes his final plans to unleash his Mirakuru-enhanced army on Starling City.
Director: Michael Schultz
Writer: Holly Harold
8.9/105,200 votesLoading...#19 - Broken Arrow
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 4/15/2015
After Roy confesses that he's the Arrow, Oliver is forced to lie low as Quentin continues his quest to prove that Oliver is the real Arrow. Meanwhile, a metahuman kills two bank guards and Oliver is forced to turn to Ray--as the Atom--for help.
Director: Douglas Aarniokoski
Writer: N/A
8.9/104,983 votesLoading...#20 - Invasion! (III)
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/30/2016
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 perfect, but Oliver starts to notice small imperfections that make him question this new reality. Meanwhile, Felicity and the recruits take on a new threat with help from The Flash and Supergirl. The crossover starts on Supergirl S02E08 Medusa (I) and The Flash S03E08 Invasion! (II). It continues on DC's Legends of Tomorrow S02E07 Invasion! (IV).
Director: James Bamford
Writer: N/A
8.9/103,501 votesLoading...#21 - Missing
Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 5/17/2017
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.
Director: Mairzee Almas
Writer: Oscar Balderrama, Speed Weed
8.9/103,690 votesLoading...#22 - Inmate 4587
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 10/15/2018
Following Oliver’s shocking decision to turn himself over to the FBI and reveal his identity as the Green Arrow to the public, Oliver has spent the past five months in Slabside Maximum Security Prison. Determined to keep a low profile to shorten his sentence for the sake of his family, Oliver is tested when he runs into old foes. Meanwhile, Diggle and Dinah have taken on new jobs and left their costumes behind but not everyone is following suit. With her focus on William, Felicity tries to start over but when someone from her past resurfaces, things become complicated.
Director: James Bamford
Writer: Beth Schwartz, Oscar Balderrama
8.9/103,237 votesLoading...#23 - Starling City
Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 10/15/2019
Oliver returns to Starling City on Earth-2, where he encounters familiar faces while trying to decipher the Monitor's mission. Meanwhile, Mia and William's team clash with a new foe.
Director: James Bamford
Writer: Marc Guggenheim, Beth Schwartz
8.8/104,738 votesLoading...#24 - Public Enemy
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 4/1/2015
Ra's makes his next move against Oliver by reveling the Arrow's secret identity to Quentin. Left without alternatives, Oliver has no choice but to surrender. Meanwhile, Ray is injured in an attack and Felicity must take a risk to save his life.
Director: Dwight H. Little
Writer: Marc Guggenheim, Wendy Mericle
8.8/105,037 votesLoading...#25 - Legends of Yesterday (II)
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 12/2/2015
Oliver and Barry Allen take Kendra Saunders and Carter Hall to a remote location to keep them hidden from Vandal Savage while they figure out how to defeat him. Malcolm arranges a meeting between Vandal, Green Arrow and The Flash that doesn’t go as planned. Meanwhile, Felicity, Thea, Diggle and Laurel work with Team Flash to come up with a weapon powerful enough to destroy Vandal Savage. The crossover starts on The Flash S02E08 Legends of Today (I).
Director: Thor Freudenthal
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Arrow
Every episode of Arrow ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Arrow!
Spoiled billionaire playboy Oliver Queen is missing and presumed dead when his yacht is lost at sea. He returns five years later a changed man,...
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Best Episodes Summary
"Lian Yu" is the best rated episode of "Arrow". It scored 9.6/10 based on 8403 votes. Directed by Jesse Warn and written by Marc Guggenheim, Wendy Mericle, it aired on 5/24/2017. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Climb".