The fifth season of the American television series Arrow premiered on The CW on October 5, 2016, and concluded on May 24, 2017, with a total of 23 episodes. Oliver claims he's not ready to put the hood back on yet but, with his team, it will be sooner rather than later. They are joined by Rick Gonzalez as Rene Ramirez and Juliana Harkavy as Dinah Drake, who were promoted to series regulars from their recurring status in the previous season. [88][89] In the season, Diggle replaces his Spartan helmet, which was introduced in season four, with a new one. Dinah Drake and Quentin Lance are attacked by Black Siren, whom he shoots. ... Oliver Queen/Arrow 5 Episodes 2016. Laurel appears at City Hall, revealing her story about how she was kidnapped and held against her will. [58] This was the final season to feature Wendy Mericle as showrunner; Marc Guggenheim served as co-showrunner. Sixteen months prior, Rene watched as his wife, an addict, was killed by a dealer in front of their daughter. In flashbacks, Oliver wants to return to Lian Yu, so Anatoly plans one last heist to help sick children, hoping to convince Oliver to stay, but Oliver still intends to return to Lian Yu in order to stage his dramatic return to Starling City. Felicity steals one of the stars from Billy to examine it. [86][87] It began streaming on Netflix in May 2018, soon after the season finale aired. When John gets injured in the field, Oliver suits up as the Green Arrow once again, helping the team try to stop a bomb planted by James and Black Siren at the stadium during a, Oliver and Felicity celebrate their wedding with all of their friends. He added that while the finales of season 3 and 4 only managed to worsen them, in contrast the season 5 finale "proved to be not just the best episode of Season 5, but of the series as a whole". A boxset of the first season, titled The Flash: The Complete First Season, was released on DVD and Blu-ray on September 22, 2015. Rene is later reunited with his daughter, while Dinah and Curtis leave Team Arrow, unable to trust Oliver, John, and Felicity. Oliver kills Prometheus, only to discover he has actually killed a gagged Billy, whom the real Prometheus set up as himself to trick Oliver. With Oliver wearing the Green Arrow costume again, they track the bomb and engage Sampson's party while Oliver duels Chase. Schedeen concluded with verdict that the series "bounced back from a prolonged slump in Season 5, proving that the series still has plenty of life left. Escaping in a shuttle, they are rescued by the Waverider. Flashbacks show that Oliver killed Claybourne after discovering that he financed a tuberculosis epidemic, then raised the price on his drug to boost his company's profits. [69][70] Colin Donnell, also a former series regular, returned for two different roles as a guest: the Earth-X version of Tommy Merlyn who is that Earth's Prometheus;[71] and Christopher Chance / Human Target disguised as the Earth-1 Tommy. Oliver reveals that Claybourne planned to disown Chase due to Chase's mental condition. [76] In the sixth season, Diggle gains a new Spartan costume and helmet, which eschew the gray overtones of previous Spartan costumes, and instead have a black and red scheme. In the sixth season, after an explosive battle on Lian Yu, Oliver must balance being a vigilante, the mayor, and a father to his son, William. Investigating Prometheus on his own, Billy sends information he discovers to Felicity just before the villain captures him. In the present, Diaz starts the next phase of his plan, which is to join a criminal organization called The Quadrant. 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