Knowing what's happened can either destroy us or save us. We've seen our worst. Now, let's be our best. 
Present Tense is an episode of season 8 of Arrow. It premiered on November 5, 2019.
Synopsis for "Present Tense"
Appearing in "Present Tense"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Black Canary/Laurel Lance (Earth-2)
- Star City Police Department
- Team Arrow
- Team Arrow (Star City 2040) (Disbands)
- Zoe Ramirez
Antagonists:
- Deathstroke (Grant Wilson) (First appearance)
- Deathstroke Gang (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Channel 52
- Bethany Snow (On a TV or computer screen)
- Dr. Elisa Schwartz (Dies) (Cameo)
- Emiko Queen (Tombstone)
- Evelyn Fairfield (MacMillan Fairfrield's wife) (Single appearance) (Cameo)
- Felicity Smoak (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
- MacMillan Fairfield (Archroyal Capital CEO) (Single appearance; dies) (Cameo)
- The Monitor (Mar Novu) (Cameo)
- Robert Queen (Grave)
- Adolf Hitler (Mentioned only)
- Andy Diggle (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- A.R.G.U.S. (Mentioned only)
- Lyla Michaels (Mentioned only)
- Ben Turner (Mentioned only)
- General Burov (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
- The Canaries (Mentioned only)
- The Canaries (Star City 2040) (Mentioned only)
- Black Canary (Dinah Drake) (Mentioned only)
- Black Canary (Laurel Lance) (Mentioned only)
- Connor Hawke (Mentioned only)
- Deathstrokes (Star City 2040) (Mentioned only)
- Deathstroke (Grant Wilson) (Mentioned only)
- Deathstroke (J.J. Diggle) (Mentioned only)
- Deathstroke (Slade Wilson) (Mentioned only)
- Felicity Smoak (Star City 2040) (Mentioned only)
- Frank Clayton (Mentioned only)
- Galaxy One (Star City 2040) (Disbanded) (Mentioned only)
- Gods (Mentioned only)
- Gotham City Police Department (Mentioned only)
- Ghosts (Mentioned only)
- Harris Consolidated (Star City 2040) (Mentioned only)
- Irene Clayton (Mentioned only)
- John Diggle (Star City 2040) (Mentioned only)
- Kane Wolfman (Joe Wilson) (Mentioned only)
- Knightwatch (Star City 2040) (Mentioned only)
- Lyla Michaels (Star City 2040) (Mentioned only)
- Mia Queen (Mentioned only)
- Nick Anastas (Mentioned only)
- Nyssa al Ghul (Star City 2040) (Mentioned only)
- Oliver Queen (Star City 2040) (Mentioned only)
- Mayor Rene Ramirez (Star City 2040) (Mentioned only)
- Ricardo Diaz (Mentioned only)
- Sandra Hawke (Mentioned only)
- Star City Police Department (Star City 2040) (Mentioned only)
- William Clayton (Mentioned only)
- Zoe Ramirez (Star City 2040) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
Locations
- Earth-1
- 2019
- United States of America
- Star City
- The Bunker
- The Glades
- Deathstrokes HQ (First appearance) (Destroyed)
- Queen Mansion
- Queen Residence
- Star City Metro Police
- Starling General Hospital
- Diggle House (Mentioned only)
- Gotham City (Mentioned only)
- Blackgate Penitentiary (Mentioned only)
- Star City
- Buredunia (Mentioned only)
- Russia (Mentioned only)
- United States of America
- 2019
- Earth-2 (Destroyed) (Mentioned only)
- Star City 2040 (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
- 2040 (Mentioned only)
- United States of America
- The Glades (Mentioned only)
- Galaxy One HQ/Deathstrokes HQ (Mentioned only)
- Star City (Mentioned only)
- The Glades (Mentioned only)
- United States of America
- 2040 (Mentioned only)
- Timestream (Mentioned only)
Items:
- Big Belly Burger (Cameo)
- Deathstroke's Suit
- Deathstroke's Sword
- Green Arrow's Bow
- Mirakuru (Mentioned only)
- The Monitor's Suit (Cameo)
- Oliver Queen's Bow
Events:
- The Crisis (Mentioned only)
- The Siege (Mentioned only)
Concepts:
- Antimatter (Mentioned only)
- Metahumans
- Time Travel (Behind the scenes)
Notes
- This episode introduces Grant Wilson in the main Arrowverse continuity.
Trivia
- Grant Wilson's Earth-16 counterpart was originally featured in the DC's Legends of Tomorrow episode, "Star City 2046". In that universe, Grant and his army managed to overcome Team Arrow and conquer Star City in 2031.
See Also
- 1 Images from Arrow (TV Series) Episode: Present Tense
- Episodes of Arrow (TV Series)
- Images from Arrow (TV Series)
- Gallery for the Arrow (TV Series) series
Recommended Media
- None.
Links and References
- None.
Footnotes