Arrow (TV Series) Episode: Leap of Faith

"Leap of Faith"
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Arrow  Season 8: Episode 3
October 29, 2019
Directors	Katie Cassidy
Writers	Emilio Aldrich Elizabeth Kim
Previous Episode	"Welcome to Hong Kong" (October 22, 2019)
Next Episode	"Present Tense" (November 5, 2019)

No, but it did help us become the people we are today. It turned us into heroes. We can't change the future Ollie. The past teaches us you might as well not bother trying to.

—Thea Queen

Leap of Faith is an episode of season 8 of Arrow. It premiered on October 29, 2019.

Appearing in "Leap of Faith"

Featured Characters:

• Oliver Queen
• Team Arrow (Star City 2040)
  • Blackstar (Mia Smoak) (Flashforward and main story)
  • Connor Hawke (Flashforward and main story)
  • William Harris (Flashforward and main story)
  • Zoe Ramirez (Flashforward only) (Dies)

Supporting Characters:

• A.R.G.U.S.
  • Lyla Michaels
• League of Heroes/League of Assassins (Reforms) (First appearance as League of Heroes)
  • Talia al Ghul (Rejoins team)
    • Talia al Ghul's cult (Unnamed) (Joins team)
  • Thea Queen (Joins team)
• Spartan (John Diggle)

Antagonists:

• Abdul Nardoc (Single appearance)
• The Anti-Monitor (First appearance; unnamed) (In picture only) (Cameo)
• Deathstroke/J.J. Diggle (Star City 2040) (Flashforward only)
  • Deathstrokes
• Farzad Qadir (Single appearance; dies)
• The Thanatos Guild (Disbands)
  • Athena (Dies)

Other Characters:

• Connor Hawke (First full appearance)
• Felicity Smoak (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
• Mia Queen (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
• The Monitor (Mar Novu) (Behind the scenes)
• Phoenixes (First appearance) (In picture only)
• Sandra Hawke (Single appearance)
• Team Arrow (Cameo)
  • Black Canary (Dinah Drake) (Cameo)
  • Wild Dog (Rene Ramirez) (Cameo)
• Black Canary/Laurel Lance (Earth-2) (Mentioned only)
• Bronze Tiger (Ben Turner) (Mentioned only)
• Demons (Mentioned only)
• Galaxy One (Star City 2040) (Disbanded) (Mentioned only)
• Gholem Qadir (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• God (Mentioned only)
• Gods (Mentioned only)
• Dr. Jarrett Parker (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• J.J. Diggle (Mentioned only)
• Moira Queen (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Nyssa al Ghul (Mentioned only)
• Oliver Queen (Earth-2) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Ra's al Ghul (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Ra's al Ghul (Al-Fatih) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Ra's al Ghul (Malcolm Merlyn) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Mayor Rene Ramirez (Star City 2040) (Mentioned only)
• Robert Queen (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Roy Harper (Mentioned only)
• Sara Lance (Mentioned only)
• Thea Queen (Earth-2) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Transit officers
  • Kim (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
  • Rosenberg (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• William Clayton (Mentioned only)

Locations

• Multiverse (Mentioned only)
  • Earth-1
    • 2019
      • China
        • Hong Kong
          • A.R.G.U.S. Safehouse
      • Hindu Kush
        • Nanda Parbat
          • The Mountain
            • Al-Fatih's Crypt (Single appearance)
      • Kaznia
      • United States of America
        • Hopeport (Unnamed)
          • Felicity's Cabin (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
        • Star City
          • The Bunker (Cameo)
        • Slabside Maximum Security Prison (Mentioned only)
      • Afghanistan (Mentioned only)
      • Corto Maltese (Mentioned only)
      • Russia (Mentioned only)
      • Thailand (Mentioned only)
  • Star City 2040 (Unnamed) (Flashforward only)
    • 2040
      • United States of America
        • The Glades
          • Deathstrokes HQ/Galaxy One HQ
        • Star City
          • The Bunker
  • Timestream (Behind the scenes)
    • End of Time (Mentioned only)
  • Earth-2 (Destroyed) (Mentioned only)

Items:

• Canary Cry
• "The Chronicles of Al-Fatih" (League of Assassins' scroll) (Single appearance) (Destroyed)
• Deathstroke's Suit
• Deathstroke's Sword
• Hōzen (Mentioned only)
• Lazarus Pits (Destroyed) (Mentioned only)
• Oliver Queen's Bow
  • Trick Arrows
• Ra's al Ghul's Ring (Mentioned only)
• The Sword of Al-Fatih (Single appearance)
• Talia al Ghul's Bow
• Talia al Ghul's Sword
• Thea Queen's Bow

Events:

• The Crisis (Mentioned only)

Concepts:

• Magic (Mentioned only)
• Time Travel

Notes

• This episode features the final meeting between Oliver and Thea before Oliver's death, his rebirth as the Spectre during the Crisis, and Oliver's ascension as the Guardian of the Multiverse in the Post-Crisis continuity.

Trivia

• John and Lyla's dance in Kaznia mirrors their dance from "Suicide Squad".

See Also

• 1 Images from Arrow (TV Series) Episode: Leap of Faith
• Episodes of Arrow (TV Series)
• Images from Arrow (TV Series)
• Gallery for the Arrow (TV Series) series

Recommended Media

• None.

Links and References

• None.

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