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Arrow – Season 5, Episode 2 The Recruits

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The Green Arrow's training methods prove to be too much for some of the new recruits to handle; flashbacks reveal Oliver's initiation into the Bratva.
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Arrow — Season 5, Episode 2

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Cast & Crew

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Stephen Amell

Oliver Queen

David Ramsey

John Diggle

Willa Holland

Thea Queen

Emily Bett Rickards

Felicity Smoak

John Barrowman

Malcolm Merlyn

Paul Blackthorne

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Alasdair Wilkins AV Club 07/30/2018
B+
I'm feeling plenty optimistic about where Arrow is headed after a fun, breezy episode like Recruits. Go to Full Review Paul Dailly TV Fanatic 08/04/2018
4.5/5
The Recruits was a solid follow up to Arrow Season 5 Episode 1. It introduced us to the new team and set up some of the storylines for the coming weeks. Go to Full Review Lissete Lanuza Sáenz Tell-Tale TV 08/03/2018
4/5
I was ready for this to be bad. Really bad. Confession: It wasn't. Go to Full Review Kevin Yeoman Screen Rant 08/02/2018
Arrow winds up saving The Recruits by giving its primary plots a semblance of progression they needed in order to keep the audience's interest and intimate new drama in the weeks ahead. Go to Full Review Jen Neal SciFiNow 08/01/2018
3/5
We pinned our hopes on the second outing from this series of Arrow to up the ante and start to give us something to care about, and it tried. It really did. Go to Full Review Tyler McCarthy Den of Geek 07/31/2018
4/5
The series is edging out of that plot corner while simultaneously finding its footing in an expanding TV universe. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Episode Info

Synopsis The Green Arrow's training methods prove to be too much for some of the new recruits to handle; flashbacks reveal Oliver's initiation into the Bratva.
Director
James Bamford
Executive Producer
Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, Andrew Kreisberg, David Nutter
Screenwriter
Speed Weed, Beth Schwartz
Network
The CW
Rating
TV-14 (L|V)
Genre
Drama, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Original Language
English
Release Date
Oct 12, 2016