So the Arrowverse is reaching the end of another series of great shows with only Supergirl left to go, though if the CW left things as they are, that show would've ended around this time too. But anyway so to sum up the fourth and sixth seasons of The Flash and Arrow respectively, they are essentially up against two great foes who once again push them to the ultimate limits by being one step ahead. Its interesting, fun, explosive and action packed as always so lets get right to it:
The Flash (Season 4)
Team Flash manage to find a way to bring back Barry Allen (reprised by Grant Gustin) from the speed force while also making sure that it doesn't collapse in the process. Upon doing so, a man known as Clifford DeVoe (played by numerous actors over the course of the season with the most recurring being Neil Sandilands) decides to put his plan of rebooting humanity's brains and enslaving them, into motion by hunting down a group of meta-humans that The Flash accidentally made and use their powers to do just that. Fights will be won and lost, new allies will be made, Barry spends time in prison and the team take on Nazis alongside the rest of the Arrowverse when they interrupt Barry and Iris (reprised by Candice Patton) getting married. The first thing I will say is that it's nice to have a villain who is not a speedster for a change and also nice that he can outsmart Allen without the need for speed. I also like that Barry and Iris finally get married after 3 and a bit seasons leading up to such. And its also good to have us not deal with yet another version of Harrison Wells (reprised by Tom Cavanagh) but instead a version of him that we already know about. That and a whole pile of other stuff, makes this season of The Flash slightly more original than previous seasons, but still giving us more of what we like from the fastest man alive. 9/10
Arrow (Season 6)
Following the destruction of the island that Olly (reprised by Stephen Amell) spent most of his five years of hell at, the remainder of Team Arrow return home with Laurel Lance of Earth-2 (reprised by Katie Cassidy) still at large and working with a man known as Richard Diaz (played by an actor known for playing jerk characters in films and television, Kirk Acevedo) who wants Olly to be put away for his so called "crimes" as the Green Arrow while also wanting to control Star City with an iron fist. There will be bloodshed, corruption, fall outs and a whole lot of arrows shooting everywhere in this season and Olly and Felicity (reprised by Emily Bett Rickards) finally get married as well as take on Nazis with the rest of the Arrowverse. So this season feels very similar to the last one in that the main villain tries to bring the Green Arrow down by using his knowledge of the hero's secret identity. But unlike the last villain who had a more personal vendetta against him, Diaz just wants Oliver Queen out of Star City to put his plans into motion. However one good thing I can say is that unlike previous seasons where every episode feels like one half is set in the past and the other in the present, its all in the present. Not having a dig at the flashbacks, I just think its good that we now know what happened in the five years of hell and can focus solely on present events. Of course as this season begins by resolving a cliff hanger, most of us just want to know who survived and the first few episodes tackle just that. Then the rest is all about the team trying to cope with the fact that Laurel Lance is around, but isn't the one they remember as well as the Diaz character. Another great series overall and it will be interesting to see how the next one plays out as this season ended with Olly not being in Star City (which isn't a spoiler as such as I didn't say where he was at). 9/10
So that's the two main Arrowverse shows at their end for another season. Only the Girl of Steel to go.
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