Arrow: 10 Biggest Questions We Have For Season 8

5. Who Is The Big Bad?

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Dark Archer, Deathstroke, Ra's Al Ghul, Damien Darhk, Prometheus, Ricardo Diaz, Emiko Queen - a who's who of DC characters have made life hell for the Green Arrow over the past seven years and, now, here we stand waiting for Season 8, wondering who will be gifted with the honour of being Arrow's final Big Bad.

That right there is a question that may never receive an official answer because, if it does indeed revolve around the Arrowverse's impending Crisis, then the show may take a more episodic approach considering that it's all building towards a battle with the ultimate Big Bad: the Crisis.

Then again, the real threat could be hiding in plain sight because, to be quite honest, we know absolutely nothing about The Monitor. The celestial being showed up in last year's Elseworlds crossover where he caused a lot of trouble for Green Arrow, Flash, Supergirl, Superman and even Batwoman - claiming that he was doing it to test them for the upcoming Crisis. But since then, he has committed multiple questionable acts -so does this mean that he's the main threat after all?

Then, like we already discussed, there is the chance that the Ninth Circle could return which, after all of the other possibilities, doesn't really sound all that enticing.

Whoever (or whatever) the Big Bad of Season 8 proves to be, it's imperative that they're a threat like no other - one that is ultimately worthy of being the final obstacle for the Emerald Archer to overcome.

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