Arrowverse: Every Season Ranked Worst To Best

The CW's Arrowverse has experienced quite the success over the years. Originally just one show in 2012, the popularity of Arrow saw it expand into a multiverse of possibilities.

The Flash joined the ranks in 2014, before Supergirl arrived on CBS the following year. After that, a direct spin-off joined the party in DC's Legends of Tomorrow, paving the way for the first major crossover between the four. And, following that, Black Lighting - another offshoot - showed up on our screens in 2018 before official spin-off Batwoman made its presence felt in 2019.

Crisis On Infinite Earths officially brought them all together on Earth-Prime, while also welcoming new arrival Stargirl into the new multiverse.

Yes, the Arrowverse has dominated TV for almost a decade now, and with a new arrival (hopefully two) on the way next year, it shows no signs of stopping.

It may not return in its usual Fall slots this year, but that means we have time to reflect on the journey so far. With that in mind, let's revisit all of the Arrowverse's seasons and, while we're at it, rank them.

The season that many believed killed Arrow isn't any better upon reflection. Though it starts strong, it zig-zags its way through a gimmicky grave mystery before plummeting into unwatchable territory.

We'd never realise the brilliance that Damien Darhk would later be capable of because here the character is so corny and one-dimensional that it's hard to take him seriously. He was also too overpowered for a show like Arrow and his mysticism undermined everything it was.

You know what else undermined the show's identity? Oliver and Felicity's melodrama as the latter became an intolerable caricature of what she used to be. And killing off Black Canary was an unforgivable decision that rightfully turned comic book fans against it.