Arrow (TV Series) Episode: The Ties That Bind

"The Ties That Bind"
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Arrow  Season 6: Episode 22
May 10, 2018
Directors	Tara Miele
Writers	Ben Sokolowski Oscar Balderrama
Previous Episode	"Docket No. 11-19-41-73" (May 3, 2018)
Next Episode	"Life Sentence" (May 17, 2018)

So far Ricardo Diaz has been unstoppable. He has aligned himself with the most powerful criminal organization in the country. He controls Star City's government, its infrastructure, and its police force. I can't stop him on my own.

The Ties That Bind is an episode of season 6 of Arrow. It premiered on May 10, 2018.

Appearing in "The Ties That Bind"

Featured Characters:

• Green Arrow (Oliver Queen)
• Overwatch (Felicity Smoak)

Supporting Characters:

• Anatoly Knyazev
• A.R.G.U.S.
  • Agent Bennett (Real name revealed) (Dies)
  • John Diggle
  • Lyla Michaels
• Nick Anastas
• The Outsiders
  • Black Canary (Dinah Drake)
  • Mr. Terrific (Curtis Holt)
  • Wild Dog (Rene Ramirez)
• William Clayton
• Zoe Ramirez

Antagonists:

• The Quadrant
  • Cyrus Broderick
  • The Dragon (Ricardo Diaz)
    • Ricardo Diaz's organization (Unnamed)
    • Star City Police Department
      • Crosby (First appearance)
      • Officer Parks
  • Dragos Ibanescu (Dies)
  • Lydia Cassamento (Dies)
    • Cassamento Family

Other Characters:

• Dr. Elisa Schwartz
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (Cameo)
  • Samanda Watson (Cameo)
• Raisa
• Black Siren/Laurel Lance (Earth-2) (Mentioned only)
• Bratva (Mentioned only)
• Judge C. McGarvey (Mentioned only)
• Donna Smoak (Mentioned only)
• Helix Dynamics (Mentioned only)
• Kimberly Hill (Mentioned only)
• Merlyn Global Group (Mentioned only)
• NORAD (Mentioned only)
• Quentin Lance (Mentioned only)
• Vincent Sobel (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Vladimir Lenin (Mentioned only)

Locations

• Earth-1
  • United States of America
    • Washington
      • Star City
        • 455 Mercer Street
          • The Loft
        • A.R.G.U.S. HQ
        • The Bunker (Destroyed)
        • FBI Headquarters (Cameo)
        • Oliver Queen's Apartment
        • Outsiders HQ/Helix HQ (Destroyed)
        • Rene Ramirez's Apartment
        • Ricardo Diaz's Hideout
        • Starling General Hospital
        • Star City Metro Police
    • Colorado (Mentioned only)
      • NORAD Bunker (Mentioned only)
  • Corto Maltese (Mentioned only)
  • Lian Yu (Mentioned only)
  • Maldives (Mentioned only)
  • Nanda Parbat (Mentioned only)
  • Russia (Mentioned only)

Items:

• Black Canary's Staff
• Oliver Queen's Bow
  • Trick Arrows
• Quadrant Ring
• T-Spheres

Vehicles:

• SCPD S.W.A.T. Truck
• Team Arrow van

Concepts:

• Metahumans

Notes

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Trivia

• The title of the episode, like other penultimates episodes, is named after Bruce Springsteen's song of the same name.

See Also

• 2 Images from Arrow (TV Series) Episode: The Ties That Bind
• Episodes of Arrow (TV Series)
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• Gallery for the Arrow (TV Series) series

Recommended Media

• None.

Links and References

• None.

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