Arrow/Season 8

Season Eight of the action & superhero fantasy series Arrow aired on the CW Network from October 15th, 2019 to January 28th, 2020, spanning a total of twenty episodes. The season starred Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen - the Green Arrow, along with David Ramsey as John Diggle, Rick Gonzalez as Rene Ramirez, and Juliana Harkavy as Dinah Drake. Adding to the main cast line-up this season is Katherine McNamara as Mia Smoak, Ben Lewis as William Clayton, Joseph David-Jones as Connor Hawke and LaMonica Garrett as Mar Novu - the Monitor.

Production

 * Greg Berlanti - Executive producer
 * Benjamin Raab - Executive producer
 * Beth Schwartz - Executive producer
 * Deric A. Hughes - Executive producer
 * James Bamford - Executive producer
 * Jill Blankenship - Executive producer
 * Onalee Hunter - Executive producer


 * Oscar Balderrama - Executive producer
 * Sarah Schechter - Executive producer
 * Carl Ogawa - Producer
 * Jennifer Lence - Producer
 * Emilio Ortega Aldrich - Producer
 * Jordan Menn - Producer
 * Todd Pittson - Producer

Directors

 * Antonio Negret
 * David Ramsey
 * Glen Winter
 * James Bamford


 * Katie Cassidy Rodgers
 * Kristin Windell
 * Laura Belsey
 * Tara Miele

Writers

 * Benjamin Raab
 * Beth Schwartz
 * Deric A. Hughes
 * Elizabeth Kim
 * Emilio Ortega Aldrich
 * Jeane Wong
 * Jill Blankenship


 * Marc Guggenheim
 * Maya Houston
 * Onalee Hunter Hughes
 * Oscar Balderrama
 * Rebecca Bellotto
 * Rebecca Rosenberg
 * Sarah Tarkoff

Notes & Trivia

 * This is the final season of the series. It is also the shortest season of the show, with only ten episodes.


 * This season comprises episodes #161-170 of the series.


 * This season sees the departure of actress Emily Bett Rickards from the series. Emily has been with the show since season one in the role of Felicity Smoak, and became a main cast member on the show in season two.


 * Actress Katie Cassidy also departs from the series with this season, though she does appear as a "Special Guest Star" in select episodes.


 * Episode 8x08 is part of the "Crisis on Infinite Earths" crossover event with the other DC Television Universe programs. It is the chapter 4 in a 5-part story-arc.


 * With this season, Stephen Amell and David Ramsey are the only actors who have been in the main cast line-up for all eight seasons of the show.


 * James Bamford directs three episodes from this season. He is the only director to direct more than one episode.


 * Executive producer Onalee Hunter is credited as Onalee Hunter Hughes in this season.