Arrow Season 5: First Look at Vigilante

We've already met Adrian Chase on Arrowthis season, but now we're about to meet his costumed alter ego. Arrow season 5 episode 7 is called "Vigilante" and as you'll see, there's a reason for that.

Here's the official synopsis

When the bodies of two criminals are dropped at SCPD, Oliver (Stephen Amell) realizes there is a new Vigilante in Star City. The team is split about whether they should stop someone who is helping keep the city safe. Diggle (David Ramsey) is frustrated with his new situation and Thea (Willa Holland) fights for Lance (Paul Blackthorne) who confesses a shocking secret. Meanwhile, in the flashbacks, Oliver finally sits down with Konstantin Kovar (guest star Dolph Lundgren)

Watch the trailer:

Wow, they're really going for it with Vigilante, aren't they? I want you to take a look at his comic book costume and tell me that you don't immediately want to see this guy on screen.

"Vigilante" airs on November 16th.

You can read our review of the most recent episode, "So It Begins" right here.

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Arrow Season 5 Episodes

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Arrow Season 5 Episode 1: Legacy

air date: October 5, 2016.

Arrow Season 5 Episode 2: The Recruits

Oliver’s (Stephen Amell) new recruits for Team Arrow are Curtis (Echo Kellum), Wild Dog (guest star Rick Gonzalez) and Evelyn Sharp (guest star Madison McLaughlin). Unfortunately, the Green Arrow’s training methods prove to be too much for some of them to handle.  Meanwhile, in the flashbacks, Oliver’s initiation into the Bratva continues.

air date: October 12, 2016

Arrow Season 5 Episode 3: A Matter of Trust

Now that Oliver (Stephen Amell) has his new team, they are ready to hit the streets but Oliver doesn’t feel they are ready.  Headstrong Wild Dog (guest star Rick Gonzalez) defies the Green Arrow’s orders and sets out on his own after a new drug dealer, Garret Runnels (guest star Cody Rhodes), who is terrorizing Star City.  Runnels proves more powerful than Wild Dog and it is up to the Green Arrow to go head to head with Runnels to save his teammate.

air date: October 19, 2016

Arrow Season 5 Episode 4: Penance

Oliver (Stephen Amell) and Lyla (guest star Audrey Marie Anderson) team up on a secret mission for Diggle (David Ramsey). Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) finds out and disapproves of the plan and opts to stay behind. When Tobias Church (guest star Chad L. Coleman) launches a deadly assault against the city, Felicity must decide if she wants to send the recruits out sans the Green Arrow.

air date: October 26, 2016

Arrow Season 5 Episode 5: Human Target

When Tobias Church (guest star Chad L. Coleman) captures and tortures one of Oliver’s new recruits, Oliver must turn to an old friend, Christopher Chance (guest star Wil Traval) AKA the Human Target, for help.  Meanwhile, Felicity’s (Emily Bett Rickards) worlds collide when Detective Malone (guest star Tyler Ritter) joins the ACU.

air date: 11/2/16

Arrow Season 5 Episode 6: So It Begins

When Prometheus ups his killing spree, Oliver (Stephen Amell) searches for connections between the victims.  Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) and Curtis (Echo Kellum) discover the victims have a mysterious link to Oliver’s past and this new secret could upend his new team.  Meanwhile, Thea (Willa Holland) has a heart-to-heart with Lance (Paul Blackthorne), and Felicity considers telling Malone (guest star Tyler Ritter) the truth about her work

air date: 11/9/16

Arrow Season 5 Episode 7: Vigilante

When the bodies of two criminals are dropped at SCPD, Oliver (Stephen Amell) realizes there is a new Vigilante in Star City. The team is split about whether they should stop someone who is helping keep the city safe. Diggle (David Ramsey) is frustrated with his new situation and Thea (Willa Holland) fights for Lance (Paul Blackthorne) who confesses a shocking secret. Meanwhile, in the flashbacks, Oliver finally sits down with Konstantin Kovar (guest star Dolph Lundgren).

air date: 11/16/16

Arrow Season 5 Episode 8: Invasion!

note: this is the 100th episode of the series

air date: 11/30/16

Arrow Season 5 Episode 9: What We Leave Behind

air date: TBA

Arrow Season 5 Episode 10: Who Are You?

Ready for another piece of Arrow casting news that will bring the Batman fans out of the woodwork? Talia al Ghul is coming to Star City later on in Arrow Season 5. We've already spent considerable time with Nyssa al Ghul in previous seasons, but we never quite expected that her half-sister would make it to the show.

Well, it's happening. Lexa Doig (Andromeda, Continuum, Stargate SG-1) will play Talia, and we'll first meet her in Arrow season 5 episode 10, known as "Who Are You?". She is expected to appear in multiple episodes throughout the season after that.

Here's the official character description:

Worldly and cultured, Talia is an elite warrior who doesn't pick sides but rather creates her own.

Talia al Ghul first appeared in Detective Comics #411 in 1971, and she was created by Dennis O'Neil, Bob Brown, and Dick Giordano. While the daughter of one of Batman's greatest enemies, she has a soft spot for ol' Bruce and has aided him in the past. She's also the mother of his child, Damian Wayne. She's been a player in other media versions of Batman including Batman: The Animated Series and the 2012 film The Dark Knight Rises, where she was played by Marion Cotillard.

Any time Arrow starts treading in Batman waters, folks start getting excited. You'd think we'd have learned our lesson by now. Nevertheless, the way that Arrow has handled Ra's al Ghul, Nyssa, and the League of Assassins has been really smart, so this should fit right in.

air date: TBA