Season 8 (Arrow)

"He saved this city."

- Rene Ramirez to John Diggle

The eighth and final season of ​​​ premiered on October 15, 2019 on The CW, and concluded on January 28, 2020. The season consisted of 10 episodes.

Main cast

 * Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen/The Hood/Green Arrow/Spectre
 * David Ramsey as John Diggle/Spartan
 * Rick Gonzalez as Rene Ramirez/Wild Dog and Rene Ramirez
 * Juliana Harkavy as Dinah Drake/Black Canary and Dinah Drake
 * Katherine McNamara as Mia Smoak-Queen/Blackstar/Green Arrow
 * Ben Lewis as Older William Clayton
 * Joseph David-Jones as Older Connor Hawke
 * LaMonica Garrett as Mar Novu/The Monitor and Mobius/Anti-Monitor

Special appearance by

 * Katie Cassidy as Laurel Lance/Black Canary and Laurel Lance

Recurring cast

 * Colin Donnell as Tommy Merlyn/Dark Archer and Tommy Merlyn
 * Susanna Thompson as Moira Queen and Moira Queen
 * Audrey Marie Anderson as Lyla Michaels/Harbinger
 * Willa Holland as Thea Queen
 * David Nykl as Anatoly Knyazev
 * Andrea Sixtos as Older Zoe Ramirez
 * Charlie Barnett as Older John Diggle, Jr./Deathstroke
 * Echo Kellum as Curtis Holt
 * Colton Haynes as Roy Harper/Arsenal
 * Paul Blackthorne as Quentin Lance
 * Grant Gustin as Barry Allen/The Flash
 * Melissa Benoist as Kara Danvers/Supergirl

Trivia

 * This is the first and only season of to:
 * Not to feature any one of the main cast members in all of the episodes.
 * Feature new series regulars, , , and whose was only credited for his respective episode appearances and also had an uncredited voice cameo as Mobius in.
 * Not have a new arrowhead as the official title card. Additionally, the opening title card for featured all the arrowheads from the previous title cards lined up together to form a crown very similar to the title card from the SDCC trailer.
 * In this season all of the main cast members both previous and current appear in at least one episode with the exception of Kirk Acevedo.
 * This season of Arrow:
 * Featured the directional debut of, who directed.
 * Would've been the first since Season 2 to feature two episodes named after songs by Bruce Springsteen including the penultimate episode that's been a tradition in almost every season. But "Livin' In the Future" was changed to at the request of Warner Bros. In addition, the backdoor pilot for the proposed spinoff  was created after The CW asked Marc Guggenheim to make one more episode despite being aware that  would not be in all of the episodes since he was only contracted for nine episodes.
 * Marks the third season in a row where the premiere and finale were both directed by James Bamford.
 * Marc Guggenheim briefly served as co-showrunner despite being a consultant at the time showrunner Beth Schwartz was on maternity leave.
 * Although Katie Cassidy is credited in the "special appearance by" bill, she is still considered to be a main cast member, according to TVLine.
 * The first seven episodes featured all of the title cards from the first seven seasons in order.
 * Whilst this season doesn't have a traditional "big bad" like preceding seasons, the Anti-Monitor, who was heavily foreshadowed and referenced throughout the season, is the overarching antagonist and can be considered as the "big bad" of the season.