Arrow Season 5 Return Date and Episode Guide

It's that time again. You know, that winter period when all of our favorite shows take a break. And now Arrow is on hiatus after a midseason finale that left us with more questions than answers. You can read our review of that installment right here.

Arrow Season 5 Return Date

The next episode of Arrowis called "Who Are You?" and it airs on January 25th. Hopefully we'll have a trailer for it soon.

What we do know is that this is the episode that will introduce Talia al Ghul to the Arrowverse! 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.

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Lexa Doig (Andromeda, Continuum, Stargate SG-1) will play Talia, and we'll first meet her in Arrow season 5 episode 10, and she's 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 Arrowstarts 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.

That's all we know at the moment, but we'll update this with more when we have it!

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!

Oliver (Stephen Amell) wakes up to a life where he never got on The Queen’s Gambit. Robert (guest star Jamey Sheridan) and Moira Queen (guest star Susanna Thompson) are alive and well.  Laurel (guest star Katie Cassidy) 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 (Emily Bett Rickards) and the recruits take on a new threat with help from The Flash (guest star Grant Gustin) and Supergirl (guest star Melissa Benoist).

air date: 11/30/16

Arrow Season 5 Episode 9: What We Leave Behind

After Prometheus attacks Curtis (Echo Kellum), Oliver (Stephen Amell) realizes Prometheus knows all of Team Arrow’s secret identities and is planning to come for them one by one.  Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) and Detective Malone (guest star Tyler Ritter) discover a clue that links Prometheus to Oliver’s past.

air date: 12/7/16

Arrow Season 5 Episode 10: Who Are You?

air date: 1/25/17

Arrow Season 5 Episode 11: Second Chances

air date: TBA

Arrow Season 5 Episode 12: Bratva

air date: TBA

Arrow Season 5 Episode 13: Spectre of the Gun

air date: TBA

Arrow Season 5 Episode 14: The Sin Eater

air date: TBA