Arrow Season 5 Episode 5 Introduces Jessica Jones Alum as DC Character

"Gimme a red." Wait, wrong show. Jessica Jones star Wil Traval will guest star on Arrowseason 5 episode 5, appropriately known as "Human Target." Why is this so appropriate? Because that's the name of the DC Comics character he'll be playing.

Here's the official synopsis:

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.

"Human Target" airs on November 2nd.

The Christopher Chance version of the Human Target first appeared in 1972 in the pages of Action Comics. He was created by Len Wein (he who edited Watchmen) and Carmine Infantino (co-creator of Barry Allen!). The Human Target is a bodyguard, but unlike other bodyguards, he actually assumes the identities of the people he's in charge of in order to lure their potential assassins out of hiding. He then kicks their asses.

Danny Bilson and Paul DeMeo, who ran the original The Flash TV series, gave the character a short-lived TV series in 1992 featuring soap star and occasional pop rocker Rick Springfield as Christopher Chance. You don't need to see it.

Meanwhile, the next episode of Arrowis called "A Matter of Trust" and it airs on October 19th. This is the one where we'll meet Cody Rhodes' villainous new character. Wrestling fans may remember that Rhodes had a little feud with Stephen Amell that even resulted in them getting in the ring together.

Here's the official synopsis:

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.

Watch the trailer here:

You can read our review of the most recent episode, "The Recruits" right here.

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

air date: TBA

Arrow Season 5 Episode 7: Vigilante

air date: TBA

Arrow Season 5 Episode 8: TBA

note: this is the 100th episode of the series

air date: TBA

Arrow Season 5 Episode 9: What We Leave Behind

air date: TBA