Arrow Delivers an Anticlimactic Season Finale

Warning: Full spoilers for Arrow’s Season 7 finale below. If you need a refresher on where we left off, here’s our review for Season 7, Episode 21.

Most seasons of Arrow have tended to live or die by the strengths of their finales. Season 4 gave us a lousy end to a lousy year. Season 5’s finale cemented the show’s return to form (even if things quickly went downhill thereafter). Season 6’s finale helped redeem a mostly disappointing year. As for the Season 7 finale? It’s hard to say how exactly this episode reflects on Season 7 as a whole. That’s kind of the problem. This particular finale is less concerned with capping off the season on a dramatic high note than it is bidding farewell to some characters and setting up the final leg of Oliver Queen’s long journey.

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