Every Arrowverse Season Ranked From Worst To Best

20. Arrow Season 4

There are lows, and then there are Arrow Season 4 lows.

After a disappointing third season, we all hoped the writers could return Arrow to its former glory, but in spite of a highly promising premiere, the show would go on to produce the most bafflingly bad season the Arrowverse has ever (and probably will ever) seen.

Sidelining central characters in a bid to focus on the horrendously melodramatic 'Olicity' angle, the writers rammed Oliver and Felicity's relationship drama to the forefront at the expense of actual story. Neither character behaved like themselves and the whole thing turned into a daytime soap opera.

To make matters worse, Damien Darhk was too powerful a villain for a supposedly grounded show like Arrow and, in spite of Neal McDonagh's charismatic performance, he just came off as corny. Oh yeah, and wanting to destroy the world isn't exactly an original idea Damien!

The biggest of all sins, however, came when the poorly-executed 'Who's in the grave?' narrative resulted in the death of leading lady, Laurel Lance (a.k.a. the Black freakin' Canary), destroying everything the writers had put into the comic book character's arc.

Arrow had lost sight of what it was and, in the process, alienated its core audience. And for what? A ship? A season-long narrative? Whatever the reason, it's safe to say that, four years on, it certainly wasn't worth it.