All 22 Arrow Season 7 episodes ranked from worst to best

18. “Crossing Lines” (Episode 3)

This one felt like the first real indifferent outing in Season 7. While it provided us with another chance to see the violent reality of Oliver’s Slabside routine, the fact that all the major story elements still remained in place at the end of the episode (as Oliver was still no closer to learning anything of value about The Demon) highlighted that the season was beginning to suffer from those typical CW pacing problems.

Moreover, the fact that Agent Watson was brought back simply to be permanently written out just felt like a redundant story move which, like Oliver’s storyline, accomplished nothing.

17. “Star City 2040” (Episode 16)

While the flashforwards were usually quite hit-and-miss, the all-flashforward episode was actually one of their strongest offerings, as it finally gave these underdeveloped characters the attention that they needed.

It was somewhat undermined by the fact that it all lay upon the reveal that Felicity was alive because, in all honesty, none of us actually bought that she was dead. That aside, it was a fun one-off adventure that gave Ben Lewis, Katherine McNamara and Joseph David-Jones the attention they deserved, and it ended with some rather enjoyable melee.

16. “Brothers & Sisters” (Episode 14)

“Brothers & Sisters” toyed with some interesting ideas (the return of the Suicide Squad) and also included some pivotal scenes (Laurel discovers Felicity is pregnant, Diaz’s death), but the execution left quite a bit to be desired. The Suicide-Squad-that-cannot-be-named resulted in Diaz behaving, well, exactly like Diaz, and the other characters were continually overlooked. And that made the Season 6 Big Bad’s shock death a disappointment.

Though it attempted to make us care about Oliver and Emiko’s sibling relationship, it was becoming increasingly clear that William and Mia’s relationship in the flashforwards was, by far, the most interesting sibling pairing on the show.