Stephen Amell stars as Oliver, and is joined by principal cast members David Ramsey, Rick Gonzalez, Juliana Harkavy, Katherine McNamara, Ben Lewis, Joseph David-Jones, LaMonica Garrett and Katie Cassidy.
"Starling City" first aired in the United States on The CW on October 15, 2019, and was watched live by 0.8 million viewers, with a 0.3/2 share among adults aged 18 to 49.
Oliver steals Moira's key card to infiltrate Queen-Merlyn Enterprises as the Green Arrow, only to find out the particles were already stolen by the Dark Archer.
It really revisits fun, key moments in the pilot", in addition to one of its scenes being a "throwback" to Oliver Queen's first meeting with Felicity Smoak in the first season.
[3] Chase's quote, "if you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains -- however improbable -- must be the truth" which he attributes to this Earth's Bruce Wayne, was originally created by Arthur Conan Doyle for his Sherlock Holmes stories.
[5] Main cast members Stephen Amell, David Ramsey, Rick Gonzalez, Juliana Harkavy, Katherine McNamara, Ben Lewis, Joseph David-Jones, LaMonica Garrett and Katie Cassidy appear as Oliver Queen / Green Arrow, John Diggle, Earth-2's Rene Ramirez and Dinah Drake, Mia Smoak, William Clayton, Connor Hawke, Mar Novu / Monitor and Earth-2's Laurel Lance / Black Canary.
[7] The guest cast includes Susanna Thompson, John Barrowman and Josh Segarra as the Earth-2 versions of Moira Queen, Malcolm Merlyn and Adrian Chase.
Additional guest stars include Andrea Sixtos as Zoe Ramirez, Charlie Barnett as John Diggle Jr., and Colin Donnell as the Earth-2 version of Tommy Merlyn.
The website's critical consensus reads, "Arrow kicks off its final season with a cosmic bang, harkening back to its origins and establishing the stakes of its dimensional conflict in emotional, rousing style.
"[13] Jesse Schedeen of IGN rated the episode 8.7 out of 10, noting that the action scenes suffer as most of them are in dimly lit rooms and feature two identical archers fighting.
[15] Laura Hurley of Cinema Blend said, "The end has begun for Arrow thanks to the premiere of the eighth and final season, and "Starling City" will go down as one of the most game-changing in the history of the entire Arrow-verse.