The name of the island they found me on is Lian Yu. It's Mandarin for Purgatory. Now I understand why. The memories, the pain, I've never escaped them. They're always with me, a reminder of what I had to endure. With only one thought, one goal -- survive. To save the Multiverse, I must become something else. To do that, I have to return to where my journey began. Purgatory. 
Purgatory is an episode of season 8 of Arrow. It premiered on December 3, 2019.
Synopsis for "Purgatory"
Appearing in "Purgatory"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- The Monitor (Mar Novu) (Behind the scenes)
- Team Arrow
- Yao Fei (Resurrected) (Dies)
Antagonists:
- Edward Fyers (Resurrected) (Dies)
- Billy Wintergreen (Resurrected) (Dies)
- Fyers' Mercenaries (Resurrected) (All die)
- "The Monitor" (Unnamed) (Voice) (Impersonates The Monitor) (Cameo)
Other Characters:
- Harrison Nash Wells (Unknown Earth) (Cameo)
- Robert Queen (Tombstone) (Cameo)
- Shado (Grave) (Cameo)
- Adrian Chase (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- A.R.G.U.S. (Mentioned only)
- Felicity Smoak (Mentioned only)
- Felicity Smoak (Star City 2040) (Mentioned only)
- God (Mentioned only)
- Gods (Mentioned only)
- Ghosts (Mentioned only)
- J.J. Diggle (Star City 2040) (Mentioned only)
- Knightwatch (Star City 2040) (Mentioned only)
- John Diggle (Mentioned only)
- Lyla Michaels (Mentioned only)
- Mia Queen (Mentioned only)
- Oliver Queen (Star City 2040) (Mentioned only)
- Dr. Robert Wong (Mentioned only)
- Roy Harper (Star City 2040) (Mentioned only)
- United States Army (Mentioned only)
- William Clayton (Mentioned only)
Locations
- Multiverse (Mentioned only)
- Earth-1
- 2019
- North China Sea
- Lian Yu
- Edward Fyers' Compound
- The Fuselage (Cameo)
- Yao Fei's Hideout (Cameo)
- Lian Yu
- United States of America
- Central City
- Central City Sewers (Cameo)
- Hub City (Mentioned only)
- Star City (Mentioned only)
- The Bunker (Mentioned only)
- Central City
- China
- Hong Kong (Mentioned only)
- North China Sea
- 2019
- The Nexus (Unnamed) (Cameo)
- Alternate Earth-1 Timeline (Quentin Lance is still alive) (Unnamed) (Erased) (Mentioned only)
- Purgatory (Mentioned only)
- Star City 2040 (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
- Earth-1
Items:
- Black Canary's Staff
- Dwarf Star Particles
- Hōzen
- Nash Well's Pack (Cameo)
- Oliver Queen's Bow
- Slade Wilson's Mask (Cameo)
- Scylla Missile Launcher (Rebuilt)
- Spartan's Helmet
- Yao Fei's Bow
Vehicles:
- Amazo (In ruins) (Cameo)
- A.R.G.U.S.' Airplane (Destroyed)
Events:
- The Crisis
- War in Afghanistan (Mentioned only)
Concepts:
- Alternate Timelines (Mentioned only)
- Breaches
- Magic
- Metahumans
- Red Skies (Cameo)
- Time Travel (Mentioned only)
Notes
This episode takes place on December 10, 2019, simultaneously with the events of the The Flash episode, "The Last Temptation of Barry Allen, Pt. 2".
- The story continues in the Supergirl episode, "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One", the first part of the Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover.
- The epilogue of this episode— also serving as the epilogue of "The Last Temptation of Barry Allen, Pt. 2"— was originally shown in the Supergirl episode, "The Wrath of Rama Khan".
This is the last Arrow (and Arrowverse) episode primarily set on the Pre-Crisis Earth-1; the final three Arrow episodes are set respectively in Purgatory/Vanishing Point/the Antimatter Universe, Star City 2040 in the Post-Crisis Nora's Future, and the Post-Crisis Earth-Prime.
- This episode confirms that Lyla Michaels was saved from death in Afghanistan by the Monitor years earlier, in preparation for her eventual role as his enforcer, Harbinger.
Trivia
- The opening monologue about Lian Yu mirrors Oliver's monologue from the first scene of "Pilot".
- Roy Harper losing his arm is a homage to Pre-Flashpoint Roy Harper having his arm cut off by Prometheus in Justice League: Cry for Justice #5.
See Also
- 1 Images from Arrow (TV Series) Episode: Purgatory
- 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