The BEST episodes of Arrow season 4

Every episode of Arrow season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Arrow season 4!

After being marooned for five years on a remote island and presumed dead, billionaire playboy Oliver Queen returns home with a mysterious agenda and a lethal set of new skills that he uses in a war on crime in his hometown of Starling City.

Last Updated: 9/25/2024Network: The CWStatus: Ended
Haunted
star
7.91
4364 votes

#1 - Haunted

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/4/2015

When things take a turn for the worse with Sara, Oliver calls in a favor from an old friend who deals in the mystical, John Constantine.

Directors: John Badham
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Dark Waters
star
7.90
4150 votes

#2 - Dark Waters

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/9/2015

Oliver makes a bold move against HIVE when the city is attacked. Meanwhile, Malcolm checks in on Thea and leaves her with a warning; and things take a horrible turn when Damien Darhk retaliates in a brutal manner at Oliver’s mayoral holiday party.

Directors: John Behring
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Legends of Yesterday
star
7.89
4436 votes

#3 - Legends of Yesterday

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/2/2015

Oliver and Barry Allen take Kendra Saunders and Carter Hall to a remote location to keep them hidden from Vandal Savage while they figure out how to defeat him. Malcolm arranges a meeting between Vandal, Green Arrow and The Flash that doesn’t go as planned. Meanwhile, Felicity, Thea, Diggle and Laurel work with Team Flash to come up with a weapon powerful enough to destroy Vandal Savage.

Directors: Thor Freudenthal
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Eleven-Fifty-Nine
star
7.82
4877 votes

#4 - Eleven-Fifty-Nine

Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/6/2016

Oliver and Diggle learn that Merlyn is going to try to break Darhk out of prison. Meanwhile, Laurel gets a surprising offer and Felicity has a heart-to-heart talk with Curtis.

Directors: Rob Hardy
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Sins of the Father
star
7.71
4196 votes

#5 - Sins of the Father

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/10/2016

Oliver receives an offer from Nyssa that is hard to refuse. Meanwhile, Thea continues to battle the blood lust, Malcolm steps in to help his daughter, and Laurel has a heart to heart talk with Nyssa.

Directors: Gordon Verheul
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Blood Debts
star
7.70
4312 votes

#6 - Blood Debts

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/20/2016

Oliver must deal with the devastating consequences of Darhk’s last attack. Seeking revenge, Oliver goes on a brutal manhunt looking for Dahrk.

Directors: Jesse Warn
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Unchained
star
7.69
4264 votes

#7 - Unchained

Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/3/2016

The team faces off against a formidable villain nicknamed The Calculator. Meanwhile, Nyssa makes her move and Roy Harper returns to Star City.

Directors: Kevin Fair
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Taken
star
7.68
4146 votes

#8 - Taken

Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/24/2016

Oliver realizes he needs help battling Darhk so he calls in an old friend — Vixen. Using her magical ability to summon animal powers, Vixen gets a lock on Darhk’s location and the team goes to war. Meanwhile, Thea has a heart-to-heart talk with Malcolm.

Directors: Gregory Smith
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Code of Silence
star
7.68
4304 votes

#9 - Code of Silence

Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/17/2016

Oliver and team uncover HIVE’s plan to take out Team Arrow once and for all. With HIVE’s next attack imminent, Lance wonders if Donna is safer without him in her life. Meanwhile, with the wedding fast approaching, Oliver begins to feel guilty that he hasn’t told Felicity about his son.

Directors: James Bamford
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Genesis
star
7.67
4686 votes

#10 - Genesis

Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/4/2016

As Oliver and Felicity look for a magical solution to defeat Darhk, a vengeance-driven Diggle gets a lead on Andy’s whereabouts and heads off to confront his brother. Meanwhile, Alex takes Thea on a vacation that quickly turns into a nightmare.

Directors: Gregory Smith
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Green Arrow
star
7.65
4929 votes

#11 - Green Arrow

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/7/2015

Oliver and Felicity’s blissful getaway is cut short when Thea and Laurel pay them a visit and tell Oliver they need his help back in Star City. The city has been attacked by “Ghosts,” assassins led by a dangerous man named Damien Darhk. However, when Oliver returns, Diggle makes it very clear that he doesn’t want Oliver on the team.

Directors: Thor Freudenthal
Watch Now:Apple TV
Brotherhood
star
7.64
4172 votes

#12 - Brotherhood

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/18/2015

Team Green Arrow's ongoing battle with Damien Darhk is complicated by a shocking revelation. Thea's bloodlust returns and she loses control in front of Alex.

Directors: James Bamford
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Lost Souls
star
7.62
4248 votes

#13 - Lost Souls

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/11/2015

Felicity is frantic when she learns that Ray is alive and being held by Damien Darhk. Felicity’s guilt over not finding Ray sooner causes tension between her and Oliver. Meanwhile, Sara joins Laurel, Thea, and the team on a rescue mission for Ray. However, the effects of the Lazarus Pit take over and threaten to jeopardize the entire operation. Donna Smoak returns to Star City.

Directors: Antonio Negret
Watch Now:Apple TV
Schism
star
7.60
4947 votes

#14 - Schism

Season 4 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/25/2016

Oliver teams up with a surprising force in an attempt to stop Damien Darhk and his magic once and for all.

Directors: John Behring
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Beyond Redemption
star
7.60
4215 votes

#15 - Beyond Redemption

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/28/2015

Laurel must deal with the repercussions of taking Sara to Nanda Parbat. Meanwhile, Oliver asks Captain Lance for a favor and while he’s not surprised at the response, he is surprised at what he finds out next.

Directors: Lexi Alexander
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Monument Point
star
7.60
4622 votes

#16 - Monument Point

Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/11/2016

When Team Arrow learns what Damien Darhk’s next move is Felicity realizes she needs to ask her father, Noah Kuttler, for help. Noah and Oliver have a heart to heart talk that leaves Oliver rattled.

Directors: Kevin Tancharoen
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Canary Cry
star
7.60
4789 votes

#17 - Canary Cry

Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/27/2016

Oliver and the team struggle to come to terms with Laurel’s death, especially Diggle who is overwhelmed with guilt for choosing to believe Andy had changed. Meanwhile, Lance refuses to believe his daughter is really gone and asks Nyssa to help bring her back. A recent Black Canary sighting in Star City only seems to prove his theory that Laurel isn’t actually dead.

Directors: Laura Belsey
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The Candidate
star
7.58
4190 votes

#18 - The Candidate

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/14/2015

When an old family friend, Jessica Danforth, tells Oliver and Thea that she is going to run for mayor, both Queens are concerned considering the last three mayors have been murdered. Despite their protests, Jessica makes her announcement so the Green Arrow and Speedy vow to protect her. Meanwhile, Thea begins to exhibit effects from the Lazarus Pit. In addition, Felicity is faced with a tough business decision and looks to one of her employees, Curtis Holt, for help.

Directors: John Behring
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A.W.O.L.
star
7.56
4248 votes

#19 - A.W.O.L.

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/27/2016

Diggle must learn to trust his brother Andy when an enemy of their wartime past, an agent of the criminal organization Shadowspire, pays a visit to Star City. However, Diggle learns more than he bargained for about their shared time at war. Meanwhile, Oliver has to learn a whole new way of life.

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Lost in the Flood
star
7.56
4795 votes

#20 - Lost in the Flood

Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/18/2016

Oliver and Diggle race to rescue Thea, while Felicity, Curtis and Noah join together to stop Darhk.

Directors: Glen Winter
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Restoration
star
7.56
4257 votes

#21 - Restoration

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/21/2015

The growing tension between Oliver and Diggle puts both their lives at risk when they go after Damien Darhk and a H.I.V.E. deployed meta-human. Meanwhile, Laurel talks Thea into returning to Nanda Parbat to ask her father to put Sara into the Lazarus Pit. However, Laurel is surprised when Nyssa refuses to do it.

Directors: Wendey Stanzler
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Beacon of Hope
star
7.48
4626 votes

#22 - Beacon of Hope

Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/30/2016

Brie Larvan breaks out of jail and turns up at Palmer Tech threatening to kill everyone unless she gets the bio-chip that is implanted in Felicity’s spine. When Oliver realizes that Felicity, Thea and Donna are trapped in Palmer Tech with everyone else, he looks to a surprising ally to help Team Arrow save the day.

Directors: Michael Schultz
Watch Now:Apple TV
Broken Hearts
star
7.35
4370 votes

#23 - Broken Hearts

Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/23/2016

A heartbroken Cupid returns to Star City with one goal — to destroy anyone in love. The team learns she’s killing couples on their wedding day so Oliver and Felicity decide to pose as bait.

Watch Now:Apple TV