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Arrow: 10 best episodes, ranked

By Evan Mead

Arrow -- "A Matter Of Trust" -- Image AR503B_0286b.jpg --- Pictured: Stephen Amell as Green Arrow -- Photo: Diyah Pera/The CW -- © 2016 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Arrow -- "A Matter Of Trust" -- Image AR503B_0286b.jpg --- Pictured: Stephen Amell as Green Arrow -- Photo: Diyah Pera/The CW -- © 2016 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved. /
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Arrow — “Present Tense” — Image Number: AR804b_0215b.jpg — Pictured (L-R): Katherine McNamara as Mia, Katie Cassidy as Laurel Lance/Black Siren, Juliana Harkavy as Dinah Drake/Black Canary, David Ramsey as John Diggle/Spartan, Joseph David-Jones as Connor Hawke, Rick Gonzalez as Rene Ramirez/Wild Dog, Echo Kellum as Curtis Holt/Mr. Terrific, Ben Lewis as William Clayton and Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen/Green Arrow — Photo: Sergei Bachlakov/The CW — © 2019 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved. /

8. “Present Tense” (Season 8, Episode 4)

I know, another season eight episode. Shocker, right? Well, not really. Because this episode was amazing.

This episode was something I was hoping we got to see since they started doing the flashforwards in season six.

In this episode of Arrow we got the chance to see Mia, William and Connor get tossed into the present time which gave William and Mia a chance to see their dad before he passes away in the crossover episode. Additionally, Connor got to see his adoptive step-father John Diggle. But, it wasn’t exactly the happy reunion we’re all hoping for. In fact, it went bad.

Mia wasn’t happy to see her dad because she never knew him and he sacrificed himself for the world even though it meant he’d never get the chance to see her. That didn’t sit well with Mia and so she kept her distance from him until a later episode. As for the other characters, it was interesting.

William was happy to see his dad again, but wasn’t super happy about the secret he had to keep. That secret being that things are really, really bad in 2040. J.J. was a murderer and killed Rene’s daughter, Zoe. Which, as you can infer, leads to some tension between Rene and John. Additionally, after John finds out that they had lied about 2040, he wasn’t happy with Connor who just wanted his father’s approval. Everything about this episode was just great.

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