Arrow (2012–2020) User Reviews

Best arrowverse show out there

[dianamarinelli · 8/10 · 10 November 2020]

Wow this show overexceeded my expections.the storylines,acting and the action scenes deliver.

Season 1 was a masterpiece no fillers and the villain was good

Season 2 was on the same par as season 1 spade was also a good villain

Season 3 was okay this is when the gone into big trouble. The villain was weak and not threatening and melcolm being annoying half the time

Season 4 was so bad. A magical villain??? Come on this could work in legends but not arrow. Laurel death so unnecessary

Season 5 finally it back on track. Josh segura give a fantastic villain portrayal of Prometheus.

Season 6 was so bad after an excellent season 5 Diaz was a one rate villain corrupting the whole town come on??

Season 7- prison storyline was good but kept on dragging the Diaz storyline too long. The sister was a good twist but I swear to god she had daddy issues and took it out on Oliver when it was their dad's fault.

Season 8 -the final season came out in a bang. Finally we got back the old arrow and nice to see familiar faces. It ended the show in a positive light

Miss the time when it was just felicity Oliver diggil and roy

[antoniusmarcus · 7/10 · 25 December 2018]

Team arrow is pretty lame. It's like they went from a show for adolescents and adult to a show for kids

Finally Stopped Watching the Show

[aryamanshady · 8/10 · 26 January 2018]

After episodes of trying and trying I have fainlly stopped watching Arrow, Left it Midway season 6. Season 1 and 2 of the show were pure GOLD. Season 3 the show got a little sloppy. Season 4 was just terrible. Season 5 went surprisingly good and season 6 is just very boring and and terrible. The show lost its spark after season 3 and Arrow 's new "team" is just unbearable. If you compare it with Team Flash. The show lost its Billionaire Playboy Charm and the Dark cool Arrow long back, even Felicity and Diggle are annoying now. It feels like Greg Berlanti just lost his focus from the show. I hope they gain back the Season 1 spark.

Still the best of the Arrowverse!

[Rob1331 · 9/10 · 28 September 2022]

Arrow is the show that started it all for the CW and the Arrowverse and through all the good (The Flash) to bad (Black Lightning) shows that followed, Arrow is still the best of them. Yes, it had a few down seasons but overall the show was terrific! It tells the story of billionaire playboy Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) as he returns a changed man after the world presumed him dead when his yacht sank at sea. He becomes the vigilante Green Arrow and tries to clean up the city. He starts off by himself by slowly puts a team together as they fight to put away criminals in Star City. I can't say enough about Stephen Amell and the job he did. He was perfectly cast as Oliver Queen and is the face (along with Grant Gustin as The Flash) of the entire Arrowverse.

Stephen Amell was perfect as Green Arrow!

[Supermanfan-13 · 9/10 · 10 November 2020]

Arrow is absolutely the best of the CW DC shows (except Smallville). The show had its ups and downs throughout its run but it was still an overall really good show and the last season was one of the best! Stephen Amell was absolutely perfect as Green Arrow/Oliver Queen! I'm really going to miss this show!

I think after 6th season, arrow starts missing the target

[iliasalk · 6/10 · 15 March 2019]

An excellent show till season 5. From season 6 show started to decline. Season 7 is a mess, slow, boring and totally confusing. From half season 7 episodes, production introduced some new characters to the show, the main characters sons and daughters. In an inconsistent and confusing manner and in a different timeline. Probably they decided to cancel the original show and are preparing the way for a new show "Arrow sons 2" in the future. I am only watching it because i am curious how they will end it.

You have failed this show!

[MyNameIsFelicitySmoak · 9/10 · 19 June 2016]

You have failed this show! The first two seasons were brilliant. -meaningful flashbacks -great villains -good pacing -fitting dark tone

Season 3 had a drop in quality, and season 4 completely butchered a fantastic show. In season 4: -horrible meaningless flashbacks -worse acting -terrible villains -unfitting lighter tone -illogical story lines with many plot holes -more like a soap opera than a superhero/crime drama TV show

-butchering of major story lines like Andy Diggle, Oliver's child, HIVE

Rating for season 1 and 2: 8.7/10 Rating for season 3: 7.5/10 Rating for season 4: 5/10

Bring back the good-ness!

[csgollum · 7/10 · 21 July 2018]

I used to love this show. When it began, the mere athleticism of Stephen Amell used to give me goosebumps and I would have rated it an 8, even 9. But with the passing of time (I think somewhere around Season 4), the quality of writing started dropping. Actors can do only so much (and they do give their best every time) with this kind of material. Some characters have become sort of hangers on and should be put out of their misery.

I sure hope things pick up in Season 7.

This was my favourite Comic Hero show

[18Buddha · 10/10 · 21 July 2021]

The acting is amazing I love The actor who portrays oliver Queen. Also the action in the show is top of the line! Their fight sequences during big boss fights often seem like something from a movie. Very well co-ordinated and the way the camera pans from 1 character fighting to the next and to the next all the while their all in the same big battle is awesome.

If u want action?? This show is for you, the green arrow is always fighting enemies in hand to hand combat which makes it even more enjoyable then other super hero shows.

Maybe sometimes the storyline lags about.. buti for one love what Arrow has done in bringing about a new age of DC shows that intertwine & connect sometimes through Cross over Arcs.

Used to be Great

[vazgav · 7/10 · 10 November 2017]

This was one of the best TV shows you watch for comic book genre, It started of great well lit up scenes with loads of action, suspense and a good story-line, suddenly all of that was thrown out and made a weak series in which the main character reveals himself all the time and the action is terrible to watch, no suspense, no general direction of the character, in almost every episode its the same dialogue "Oliver if you want them to trust you, you should let them know who you are, and Oliver takes of his eye piece and says "I am the Green Arrow" L.O.L What Dafuq.

The show is just going down hill, specially that now the main character is now Felicity (sleeps with all the Billionaires and take their fortune and keeps them under her payroll) worst character, Thea Queen 2nd billionaire famous line "I am out".

Just keep the group small and the action hardcore like 1st season, identity reveal yeah stop that, let the character start killing again, and please don't bring dead people back to make their own show.

Season 1 - Great.

Season 2 - Just OK.

Season 3 - What is happening.

Season 4 - Why are you killing the show.

Season 5 - I give up, cant watch anymore.

Season 6 - Stopped watching.

Arrow

[piyushbaviskar · 10/10 · 24 October 2020]

The Whole story Of the series is very Impressive.I love This show a lot.If you wanna know about Vigilante must watch it.

It was a good tour.

[jerepepe · 25 February 2021]

Arrow went in style, and looking back left us both unforgettable seasons and regular seasons, but never all bad. It concludes by giving a good ending to almost all the protagonists that the series had over the years and a sweet ending to the path of Oliver, the creator of the now known Arrowverse

From bad to worse

[dpinjuh19 · 6/10 · 12 June 2019]

Arrow... I was looking forward and waiting this show to start, but from season to season its get more unwatchable... Last season with the kids??? Come on, please make the next season be the final one...

Too much soap, to much failure, too stressful

[myemailthats · 5/10 · 22 October 2019]

It was tolerable up to season 4, that's where everyone became emotional extremists and critically irrational for most of the show. There are inconsistencies, events that make no sense, too much hypocrisy from every character who demands respect and honesty but continuously lies and disrespects in every episode. The arrow team plans fail 90 percent of the time making them look incompetent, evil is portrayed as stronger and smarter, while good is portrayed as stupid and weak, the only way to win is by luck and not skill for the arrow team. Really disappointing.

That said, I enjoy the performance of the actors and will continue to watch, even though it feels like I'm sticking needles in my eyes at times with everything this series irritates me with.

bored

[ndirozki · 9/10 · 12 July 2019]

The first two seasons were incredible but from there henceforth it's kinda boring

Good Show Overall

[abdiluqman-47593 · 10/10 · 11 April 2020]

Everyone knows the first 3 seasons were pure masterclass,it fails in the fourt season but it comes back to life with deathstroke in sn 5 Ricardo Diaz was a perfect villain in 6 but should have died sooner,7 was okay and 8 was a bittersweet ending.Thank you Stephen Amell.

Enjoyable from start to almost finish.

[Brew_Swayne · 7/10 · 29 August 2020]

Without giving away any details, I'm simply going to say that the final 2 seasons were tough to watch. The overall story being told here was fun and exciting and the weaving of past and present was fairly well done. Maybe the final season would have been more enjoyable had it not been crammed into just 10 episodes. It seemed rushed and convoluted and sloppy.

Good acting: Stephen Amell - Oliver David Ramsey - Diggle Emily Bett Rickards - Felicity Paul Blackthorne - Quentin Lance (probably the best performance of the series) Rick Gonzalez - Rene Ramirez

Ok acting: Wila Holland - Thea Colton Hayes - Roy Harper Echo Kellum - Curtis Juliana Harkavay.- Dinah

Terrible awful horrible kill me now acting: Katie Cassidy - Laura Lance Every child actor in the series

My favorite show ever by far

[rileysollerud · 10/10 · 20 March 2021]

Extremely mild spoilers ahead

Season 1: A classic masterpiece with such an amazing and centered cast. I love how the team is so small in this season because it really gives them space and time to show off who they are. The dark Archer is also a fantastic Villain and counterpart To Oliver.

Season 2: Deathstroke is the greatest villain ever and the dynamic between him and Oliver is amazing! The flashbacks are also at their best here as a lot of things from Oliver's past and present connect and intertwine. This is honestly the best season of the show.

Season 3: This is also such a classic and pivotal season as we really start to see Oliver's Relationship with Felicity really kicks off. The show also introduced Ray Palmer who is such a Fantastic Character who's dynamic with everyone is just outstanding. This of course is to set up the second best Arrowverse show: Legends of Tomorrow. The storyline with Ra's al ghul is just amazing and I love the arc with him and Oliver at the end.

Season 4: This is probably the worst season. I personally think it's still really good but the flashbacks are week, the villain feels out of place and the there's this overlapping theme of "Everyone can be a superhero" and it's honestly a bit annoying. Overall a decent season.

Season 5: The show really gets reborn as half of the cast is completely new and we get some great storylines with Oliver as mayor. Prometheus is a great Villain and He as well as the return of Deathstroke sets up some great storylines in season 6.

Season 6: This one is pretty week but has some really good storylines as I previously mentioned. The fact that Oliver now has a Son and has to take on the whole role as a Father is an amazing plot as well as Him getting married. This season has a pretty strange set off villains but an amazing crossover!

Season 7: The first half of this season is outstanding with Oliver going to prison. It's an amazing plot and has an amazing ending an payoff. But the rest off the season doesn't really hold up as much and the concept of the Villain is interesting but overall the outcome was pretty boring.

Season 8: An amazing season that connects back to the shows roots and provides a fantastic ending to the show. That's really all I have to say about it.

Overall, an amazing show and I totally recommend it!

A lot of action and great characters

[SkullScreamerReturns · 7/10 · 22 March 2023]

I don't often watch series from start to end. It has to be somehow special that I take the effort to watch through all the seasons. Usually it starts to feel like a chore at some point.

Going through Arrow took me about four years. First three seasons I watched pretty fast. I think those were the best. Season three ended in a happy note and I was feeling a bit tired of the series already so I decided to quit for some time. Then I watched more seasons from time to time. Especially the later seasons often have episodes that start to bore me. But the thing with Arrow is that there are always those likeable characters and you start to miss them like good friends, so eventually you pop another season.

The dynamic trio is Oliver Queen, Felicity Smoak and John Diggle. These characters are the foundation that always works. But there are also many great supporting characters. If you have read any DC comics in your life you might recognize a lot of familiar characters that visit the show from time to time.

The series starts as a quite simple revenge story where our vigilante is working alone, a bit like Batman. But as the show goes on it slowly changes to a more complex character drama. That works as well because the characters are interesting. But sometimes I felt like I missed the more straightforward action episodes from the early seasons. And some of the villains especially in the later seasons have so crazy schemes that it starts to feel unbelievable even if it's not being a realistic show to start with. I think the writers should have slowed down from time to time because some individual episodes suffer from being just a build-up for some incoming mega plot.

I could talk endlessly about the characters or storylines so I guess that is a sign the series made some impression. It has its weaker moments but overall I don't regret using a lot of hours to go through it.

A new era of superhero shows begins!

[POIguy · 9/10 · 4 April 2020]

Arrow began the Arrowverse, one of the most popular TV superhero universes. Unfortunately some of its spin-offs aren't the best, however, Arrow remains a pretty solid show. Arrow is pretty weird because it got pretty good, then got kind of crappy, then got great again, then got crappy, and finally got good again.

Season 1 started off pretty good. It was more villain-of-the-week setup than I would have liked but overall had a good season long storyline and a good origin story.

Season 2 was amazing with a great villain and expanding on many of the great ideas from season 1.

Season 3 still amazing the villain not as good but I like the League of Assassins storyline and the expansion of the team.

Season 4 would be considered the dark ages of Arrow. The villain, Damien Dahrk, was way too powerful for team arrow, Felicity got way too much air time and was very annoying, there was lots of unnecessary drama, and the finale was just a slap in the face to fans.

Season 5 was when Arrow rose from the ashes and became great again. The villain was superb, I love the new team arrow, and the tone of the show got dark again. Peak arrow here!

Season 6 I also really loved. The villains of the season were really great (Michael Emerson made Cayden James great), the fight scenes were pretty great, just an overall solid season.

Season 7 started off great with the prison storyline, then declined in quality with the new villain, Emiko Queen. She wasn't really a physical threat to Oliver and I didn't really like her character.

Season 8 felt like a road trip through the best parts of Arrow. We got an episode that was a tribute to season 1 (and took place on Earth-2), a Hong Kong episode, an island that took the team back to the island. Just wonderful. Oliver's death in crisis was handled really well. I kind of hope they don't make the spin off Green Arrow and the Canaries since the backdoor pilot episode wasn't that great.

This show is definitely worth it if you can deal with season 4. I gave it a 9/10 since this season is pretty bad and the first season started off slow. Other than that great show.

The Most Entertaining TV series To Debut In 2012

[JasonDanielBaker · 13 October 2012]

With a decent premise (Though hardly original) and good writing punctuated by witty dialogue this series is of exceptional sophistication. The poor quality of small-screen drama has become mystifyingly evident in recent years. A lot of the action in the pilot was also beautifully choreographed.

I read Green Arrow comics as a kid as well as its tie-in The Black Canary. I recognize the names of many of the characters and can see where they might be going plot-wise in future episodes. But they have revamped the back story with a vision that suggests the one Christopher Nolan took in making the Christian Bale Batman movies and I find it quite agreeable.

The future of the show will obviously hinge on public appetite for scripted episodic TV. The evident affection for lame reality show singing/dancing auditions of homely, talentless twits eager to make fools of themselves remains depressingly high. Hopefully this show will find and keep an audience.

Protector of Starling City

[bkoganbing · 7/10 · 25 November 2016]

Many years ago Oliver Queen known tabloid playboy and perennial feature on page 6 of Starling City's local newspaper has been lost for five years on an uncharted island, the last survivor of yacht that sank. All others are dead including Queen's girlfriend of the moment and his father played by Jamey Sheridan.

Played by Stephen Amell Queen may on the surface look and act like the old playboy, but he's a lot more physically fit and he's got some fighting skills. At night when he's working he becomes the Arrow clad in Robin Hood like Lincoln Green. He who is a child of privilege uses now his fighting skills developed and the billion or three he's got control of to become the people's champion.

Arrow is darker than most comic and cinema superheroes and Amell plays him that way. He's not got any super powers just some highly developed skills.

The show's been on for five years now and it's got good staying power. Amell is a hero, but a most human one. I look forward to its future.

Season 1,2 and 5 are amazing

[markq-75654 · 9/10 · 1 August 2019]

Season 1 and 2 of Arrow is great super hero television. This version of Oliver being more Batman like works great for the show. It's flashbacks are also great. Showing what Oliver Went through and how he became who he is. It's also provides great villains like Merlyn, Deathstroke and Prometheus.

The first two seasons gave us great fights, intriguing villains. With a dark and serious tone. With great side characters like Roy, Diggle, Felicity and Moira.

Season 3 was not as good, Ra's al Ghul was not as a good villain as previous ones. They also started to ruin Felicity's character in this season. It was just a disappointing season.

Season 4 was even worse, Damian Darhk was a worse villain than Ra's. And the stories were filled with too much forced drama. With Felicity being the worst character ever. Such as being mad at Oliver for not telling her he had a son. Even though he wasn't a loud to. To add on top of that as soon as Felicity could walk again after being paralyzed for months. Just walks out on him.

Season 5 was a great comeback. Prometheus a dark and mysterious archer. Then when he was revealed as Adrain Chase it got better. Chase was a insane villain who just wanted to destroy Oliver, Physically and Mentally. He also won in the end of the season.

I stoped watching season 6 around episode 12 or 13. So I can't say how that season went same goes for season 7. I will watch them at some point but as of now this is my review on the seasons and series.

Good show if you can stomach all the whining

[cmyth007 · 7/10 · 29 December 2020]

These shows--ALL of them--Flash, Arrow, etc, all follow a pretty specific formula. You can find some enjoyment in the show, IF you can learn to stomach the formula and its limitations. It goes something like this...

An even happens. This inevitably leads to self doubt, crying over things that have "changed", or how someone can't trust someone else because of all the lies and secrecy. It definitely gets old. All the while, the team is faced with a never ending supply of villains with insane levels of resources who are always one step ahead of everything.

Things start to get really tough to watch in season three when Felicity reacts to something that is SO stupid that it really just ruined it for me. The show is more of a teeny bopper soap opera by season 3-4, and by then it gets really hard to watch all of these simpering brats cry about EVERYTHING, and the constant efforts to force romantic tension into the show. Oh, whoa is me, Felicity can't trust Oliver and calls off their engagement. I almost stopped watching right then because I knew what would happen next--and it did. More forced drama and angst.

Don't get me wrong, it isn't just this show; they all have the same limitations. Flash, which I also love, suffers in the EXACT same way. Overall, still a pretty decent show but it will frustrate most of you at times.

Enough is Enough

[elvisfancs · 3/10 · 2 December 2018]

I can no longer watch, although I still like the key characters and how they use to be in earlier seasons, I can't stand the whole stupid Diaz storyline. He gets away with everything... as if.. so unrealistic, illogical and cartoonish. The villains are so so evil and yet they always have the upper hand, and the heroes are presented as too weak to prevail not too mention that agencies supposedly on the good side of the law also side against the heroes.. I mean... really. No wonder there is so many bullies in the real world, they are in most tv shows today, and they are always in top positions. I want to be entertained, not annoyed and frustrated. Sorry Stephen Amell, I'm a fan of yours but you have to speak up to the producers and writers, they are failing you.