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Arrow – Season 4, Episode 16 Broken Hearts

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73% Tomatometer 15 Reviews
Brokenhearted, Cupid returns to Star City to destroy lovers on their wedding day, so Oliver and Felicity pose as bait.

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Arrow — Season 4, Episode 16

Arrow — Season 4, Episode 16

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"Broken Hearts" twists the knife into viewers who were saddened by the conscious uncoupling of Oliver and Felicity in an emotional installment that tonally clashes with its flamboyant villain.

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Stephen Amell

Oliver Queen

Katie Cassidy

Laurel Lance

David Ramsey

John Diggle

Willa Holland

Thea Queen

Emily Bett Rickards

Felicity Smoak

John Barrowman

Malcolm Merlyn
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Jenny Raftery New York Magazine/Vulture 07/31/2018
4/5
Nothing prepared me for this episode, which has the most heart-wrenching shot of season four so far, even surpassing Oliver holding Felicity's lifeless body: Felicity removing her flash drive from the lair. Go to Full Review Jonathon Dornbush Entertainment Weekly 07/30/2018
The week's less-than-cheerful villain with romance on the mind comes at the perfect thematic time, of course, as Oliver and Felicity are contending with the fallout of their split. Go to Full Review Alasdair Wilkins AV Club 07/27/2018
B-
The final third of the episode does a creditable job giving both Oliver and Felicity space to lay out how they feel about each other and why, at least according to Felicity, they can't continue as before. Go to Full Review Constance Gibbs The Nerds of Color 04/07/2020
I guess I'm just glad it's over. The writers weren't being sensitive to the fact that real people who cannot walk watch their show and made paralysis an easy fix, so it's better that it's over. Go to Full Review Sydney Bucksbaum Nerdist 08/06/2018
How cruel, to have to pretend to get married to the love of your life so soon after breaking up?! The look on Oliver's face when he realized what he had to suggest to Felicity was so painful and awkward and hilarious and heartbreaking and awful. Go to Full Review Evan Griffin The Young Folks 08/02/2018
7/10
It's nice to see Emily Bett Rickards portray Felicity in a situation where she's more sure about her decision more than any she's made in a long time, and the character comes across as stern and downcast... Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Episode Info

Synopsis Brokenhearted, Cupid returns to Star City to destroy lovers on their wedding day, so Oliver and Felicity pose as bait.
Director
John Showalter
Executive Producer
Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, Andrew Kreisberg, David Nutter
Screenwriter
Rebecca Bellotto, Nolan Dunbar
Network
The CW
Rating
TV-14 (L|V)
Genre
Drama, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Original Language
English
Release Date
Mar 23, 2016