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DC Arrowverse Viewing Order

This page is a simplified viewing order for DC’s CW shared universe (The Arrowverse). Although not technically part of the Arrowverse, I have also included the CW superhero show Black Lightning and the NBC show Constantine. For notes and an in-depth chronology of the Arrowverse, please visit my DC Arrowverse Chronology page. For the most part, the viewing order follows the airdate order, but there are several exceptions to this rule. To keep story arcs together, episodes are occasionally placed out of chronological order as well.

Also, I sort of got busy in Spring 2018, so I was unable to keep up on everything. The viewing order beyond “Crisis on Earth-X” needs A LOT of readjustment, which will require a complete re-viewing of each show for the 2017-18 season. I will fix it when I have the time.


  • Arrow “Pilot” (S1E01) – “League of Assassins” (S2E05)
  • Arrow: Blood Rush
  • Arrow: “Keep Your Enemies Closer” (S2E06) – “The Calm” (S3E01)
  • The Flash: “Pilot” (S1E01)
  • Arrow: “Sara” (S3E02)
  • The Flash: “Fastest Man Alive” (S1E02) & “Things You Can’t Outrun” (S1E03)
  • Arrow: “Corto Maltese” (S3E03)
  • The Flash: “Going Rogue” (S1E04)
  • Arrow: “The Magician” (S3E04)
  • Constantine: “Non Est Asylum” (S1E01)
  • The Flash: “Plastique” (S1E05)
  • Constantine: “The Rage of Caliban” (S1E06) & “The Darkness Beneath” (S1E02
  • Arrow: “The Secret Origin of Felicity Smoak” (S3E05)
  • The Flash: “The Flash is Born” (S1E06)
  • Constantine: “The Devil’s Vinyl” (S1E03)
  • The Flash: “Power Outage” (S1E07)
  • Constantine: “A Feast of Friends” (S1E04) & “Danse Vaudou” (S1E05)
  • Arrow: “Guilty” (S3E06) & “Draw Back Your Bow” (S3E07)
  • The Flash: “Flash vs. Arrow” (S1E08)
  • Arrow: “The Brave and the Bold” (S3E08)
  • The Flash: “The Man in the Yellow Suit” (S1E09)
  • Arrow: “The Climb” & “Left Behind” (S3E10)
  • Constantine: “Blessed are the Damned” (S1E07) & “The Saint of Last Resorts, Parts 1 & 2” (S1E08 & S1E09)
  • The Flash: “Revenge of the Rogues” (S1E10)
  • Constantine: “Quid Pro Quo” (S1E10)
  • The Flash: “The Sound and the Fury” (S1E11)
  • Constantine: “A Whole World Out There” (S1E11)
  • Arrow: “Midnight City” (S3E11)
  • The Flash: “Crazy for You” (S1E12)
  • Arrow: “Uprising” (S3E12)
  • Constantine: “Angels and Ministers of Grace” (S1E12)
  • The Flash: “The Nuclear Man” (S1E13) & “Fallout” (S1E14)
  • Arrow: “Canaries” (S3E13) & “The Return” (S3E14)
  • Constantine: “Waiting for the Man” (S1E13)
  • Vixen: “Family Reunion” (Season 1)
  • Arrow: “Nanda Parbat” (S3E15) & “The Offer” (S3E16)
  • The Flash: “Out of Time” (S1E15) – “All Star Team Up” (S1E18)
  • Arrow: “Suicidal Tendencies” (S3E17) – “The Fallen” (S3E20)
  • The Flash: “Who Is Harrison Wells?” (S1E19) – “Grodd Lives” (S1E21)
  • Arrow: “Al Sah-him” (S3E21)
  • The Flash: “Rogue Air” (S1E22)
  • Arrow: “This is Your Sword” (S3E22) & “My Name is Oliver Queen” (S3E23)
  • The Flash: “Fast Enough” (S1E23)
  • Arrow: “Green Arrow” (S4E01)
  • The Flash: “The Man Who Saved Central City” (S2E01) & “Flash of Two Worlds” (S2E02)
  • Arrow: “The Candidate” (S4E02)
  • The Flash: “Family of Rogues” (S2E03)
  • Arrow: “Restoration” (S4E03)
  • Supergirl: “Pilot” (S1E01)
  • The Flash: “The Fury of Firestorm” (S2E04)
  • Arrow: “Beyond Redemption” (S4E04)
  • Supergirl: “Stronger Together” (S1E02) & “Fight or Flight” (S1E03)
  • The Flash: “The Darkness and the Light” (S2E05)
  • Arrow: “Haunted” (S4E05)
  • Supergirl: “How Does She Do It?” (S1E04)
  • The Flash: “Enter Zoom” (S2E06)
  • Arrow: “Lost Souls” (S4E06)
  • Supergirl: “Livewire” (S1E05)
  • Vixen: “Trial By Fire” (Season 2)
  • The Flash: “Gorilla Warfare” (S2E07)
  • Arrow: “Brotherhood” (S4E07)
  • The Flash: “Legends of Today” (S2E08)
  • Arrow: “Legends of Yesterday” (S4E08)
  • The Flash: “Running to Stand Still” (S2E09)
  • Arrow: “Dark Waters” (S4E09) & “Blood Debts” (S4E10)
  • Supergirl: “Red Faced” (S1E06) – “Blood Bonds” (S1E09)
  • Legends of Tomorrow: “Pilot, Parts 1 & 2” & “Blood Ties” (S1E01 – S1E03)
  • Supergirl: “Childish Things” (S1E10)
  • The Flash: “Potential Energy” (S2E10) & “The Reverse-Flash Returns” (S2E11)
  • Arrow: “A.W.O.L.” (S4E11)
  • The Flash: “Fast Lane” (S2E12)
  • Arrow: “Unchained” (S4E12)
  • The Flash: “Welcome to Earth-2” (S2E13) & “Escape from Earth-2” (S2E14)
  • Arrow: “Sins of the Father” (S4E13) & “Code of Silence” (S4E14)
  • Legends of Tomorrow: “White Knights” (S1E04) – “Star City 2046” (S1E06)
  • The Flash: “King Shark” (S2E15)
  • Arrow: “Taken” (S4E15)
  • Legends of Tomorrow: “Marooned” (S1E07) – “Left Behind” (S1E09)
  • The Flash: “Trajectory” (S2E16)
  • Arrow: “Broken Hearts” (S4E16)
  • The Flash: “Flash Back” (S2E17)
  • Arrow: “Beacon of Hope” (S4E17)
  • Supergirl: “Strange Visitor from Another Planet” (S1E11) – “Truth, Justice, and the American Way” (S1E14)
  • Arrow: “Eleven-Fifty-Nine” (S4E18) & “Canary Cry” (S4E19)
  • Supergirl: “Solitude” (S1E15)
  • Legends of Tomorrow: “Progeny” (S1E10)
  • Supergirl: “Falling” (S1E16)
  • Chronicles of Cisco: “Entry 0419, Parts 1 – 4”
  • Supergirl: “Manhunter” (S1E17) & “World’s Finest” (S1E18)
  • The Flash: “Versus Zoom” (S2E18)
  • Supergirl: “Myriad” (S1E19) – “The Adventures of Supergirl” (S2E01)
  • The Flash: “Back to Normal” (S2E19)
  • Legends of Tomorrow: “The Magnificent Eight” (S1E11) – “Leviathan” (S1E13)
  • The Flash: “Rupture” (S2E20) & “The Runaway Dinosaur” (S2E21)
  • Legends of Tomorrow: “River of Time” (S1E14) & “Destiny” (S1E15)
  • Arrow: “Genesis” (S4E20) – “Lost in the Flood” (S4E22)
  • Legends of Tomorrow: “Legendary” (S1E16)
  • Arrow: “Schism” (S4E23)
  • The Flash: “Invincible” (S2E22) – “Monster” (S3E05)
  • Arrow: “Legacy” (S5E01) – “A Matter of Trust” (S5E03)
  • Legends of Tomorrow: “Out of Time” (S2E01) – “Shogun” (S2E03)
  • Supergirl: “The Last Children of Krypton” (S2E02) & “Welcome to Earth” (S2E03)
  • Arrow: “Penance” (S5E04)
  • Supergirl: “Survivors” (S2E04)
  • Arrow: “Human Target” (S5E05)
  • Legends of Tomorrow: “Abominations” (S2E04)
  • Supergirl: “Crossfire” (S2E05)
  • Arrow: “So It Begins” (S5E06)
  • Legends of Tomorrow: “Compromised” (S2E05)
  • Supergirl: “Changing” (S2E06)
  • The Flash: “Shade” (S3E06) & “Killer Frost” (S3E07)
  • Arrow: “Vigilante” (S5E07)
  • Supergirl: “The Darkest Place” (S2E07)
  • Legends of Tomorrow: “Outlaw Country” (S2E06)
  • Supergirl: “Medusa” (S2E08)
  • The Flash: “Invasion!” (S3E08)
  • Arrow: “Invasion!” (S5E08)
  • Legends of Tomorrow: “Invasion!” (S2E07)
  • Supergirl: “Supergirl Lives” (S2E09)
  • Arrow: “What We Leave Behind” (S5E09) & “Who Are You?” (S5E10)
  • The Flash: “The Present” (S3E09)
  • Legends of Tomorrow: “The Chicago Way” (S2E08) – “Turncoat” (S2E11)
  • The Flash: “Borrowing Problems From the Future” (S3E10) & “Dead or Alive” (S3E11)
  • Supergirl: “We Can Be Heroes” (S2E10)
  • Arrow: “Second Chances” (S5E11)
  • Supergirl: “The Martian Chronicles” (S2E11)
  • Arrow: “Bratva” (S5E12)
  • The Flash: “Untouchable” (S3E12) – “Attack on Central City” (S3E14)
  • Supergirl: “Luthors” (S2E12) – “Homecoming” (S2E14)
  • Legends of Tomorrow: “Camelot/3000” (S2E12)
  • The Flash: “The Wrath of Savitar” (S3E15) & “Into the Speed Force” (S3E16)
  • Legends of Tomorrow: “Land of the Lost” (S2E13) & “Moonshot” (S2E14)
  • Arrow: “Spectre of the Gun” (S5E13)
  • Supergirl: “Exodus” (S2E15) & “Star-Crossed” (S2E16)
  • The Flash: “Duet” (S3E17)
  • Arrow: “The Sin-Eater” (S5E14) – “Checkmate” (S5E16)
  • Supergirl: “Distant Sun” (S2E17)
  • The Flash: “Abra Kadabra” (S3E18) – “Cause and Effect” (S3E21)
  • Arrow: “Kapiushon” (S5E17) & “Disbanded” (S5E18)
  • Supergirl: “Ace Reporter” (S2E18) & “Alex” (S2E19)
  • Legends of Tomorrow: “Fellowship of the Spear” (S2E15) – “Aruba-Con” (S3E01)
  • Supergirl: “City of Lost Children” (S2E20)
  • Arrow: “Dangerous Liasons” (S5E19) & “Underneath” (S5E20)
  • Supergirl: “Resist” (S2E21) & “Nevertheless, She Persisted” (S2E22)
  • The Flash: “Infantino Street” (S3E22) & “Finish Line” (S3E23)
  • Arrow: “Honor Thy Fathers” (S5E21) – “Tribute” (S6E02)
  • The Flash: “The Flash Reborn” (S4E01) & “Mixed Signals” (S4E02)
  • Arrow: “Next of Kin” (S6E03)
  • Supergirl: “Girl of Steel” (S3E01)
  • Legends of Tomorrow: “Freakshow” (S3E02)
  • The Flash: “Luck Be a Lady” (S4E03)
  • Supergirl: “Triggers” (S3E02) & “Far From the Tree” (S3E03)
  • The Flash: “Elongated Journey Into Night” (S4E04) & “Girls Night Out” (S4E05)
  • Arrow: “Reversal” (S6E04) – “Promises Kept” (S6E06)
  • Supergirl: “The Faithful” (S3E04)
  • Legends of Tomorrow: “Zari” (S3E03) & “Phone Home” (S3E04)
  • Freedom Fighters: The Ray: “A Hero Rises” (Season 1) & “Earth-X” (Season 2)
  • Legends of Tomorrow: “Return of the Mack” (S3E05)
  • Supergirl: “Damage” (S3E05) – “Midvale” (S3E06)
  • Legends of Tomorrow: “Helen Hunt” (S3E06)
  • Supergirl: “Wake Up” (S3E07)
  • The Flash: “When Harry Met Harry…” (S4E06) & “Therefore I Am” (S4E07)
  • Legends of Tomorrow: “Welcome to the Jungle” (S3E07)
  • Arrow: “Thanksgiving” (S6E07)
  • Supergirl: “Crisis on Earth-X, Part 1” (S3E08)
  • Arrow: “Crisis on Earth-X, Part 2” (S6E08)
  • The Flash: “Crisis on Earth-X, Part 3” (S4E08)
  • Legends of Tomorrow: “Crisis on Earth-X, Part 4” (S3E08)
  • Arrow: “Irreconcilable Differences” (S6E09)
  • Supergirl: “Reign” (S3E09)
  • Legends of Tomorrow: “Beebo the God of War” (S3E09) & “Daddy Darhkest” (S3E10)
  • The Flash: “Don’t Run” (S4E09)
  • Supergirl: “Legion of Superheroes” (S3E10)
  • Arrow: “Divided” (S6E10)
  • Black Lightning: “The Resurrection” (S1E01)
  • The Flash: “The Trial of The Flash” (S4E10)
  • Black Lightning: “Lawanda: The Book of Hope” (S1E02)
  • Supergirl: “Fort Rozz” (S3E11)
  • The Flash: “The Elongated Knight Rises” (S4E11)
  • Supergirl: “For Good” (S3E12)
  • Black Lightning: “Lawanda: The Book of Burial” (S1E03)
  • Supergirl: “Both Sides Now” (S3E13) & “Schott Through the Heart” (S3E14)
  • Arrow: “We Fall” (S6E11)
  • The Flash: “Honey, I Shrunk Team Flash” (S4E12)
  • Supergirl: “In Search of Lost Time” (S3E15)
  • The Flash: “True Colors” (S4E13)
  • Arrow: “All for Nothing” (S6E12) – “Collision Course” (S6E14)
  • Black Lightning: “Black Jesus” (S1E04)
  • Supergirl: “Of Two Minds” (S3E16)
  • Arrow: “Doppleganger” (S6E15) & “The Thanatos Guild” (S6E16)
  • Supergirl: “Trinity” (S3E17)
  • Black Lightning: “And Then the Devil Brought the Plague: The Book of Green Light” (S1E05) & “Three Sevens: The Book of Thunder” (S1E06)
  • The Flash: “Subject 9” (S4E14)
  • Supergirl: “Shelter from the Storm” (S3E18)
  • Black Lightning: “Equinox: The Book of Fate” (S1E07)
  • Arrow: “Brothers in Arms” (S6E17)
  • The Flash: “Enter Flashtime” (S4E15)
  • Black Lightning: “The Book of Revelations” (S1E08) – “Sins of the Father: The Book of Redemption” (S1E10)
  • Supergirl: “The Fanatical” (S3E19)
  • The Flash: “Run Iris, Run” (S4E16)
  • Black Lightning: “Black Jesus: The Book of Crucifixion” (S1E11)
  • Arrow: “Fundamentals” (S6E18)
  • Supergirl: “Dark Side of the Moon” (S3E20)
  • The Flash: “Null and Annoyed” (S4E17)
  • Arrow: “The Dragon” (S6E19)
  • Black Lightning: “The Resurrection and the Light: The Book of Pain” (S1E12) & “Shadow of Death: The Book of War” (S1E13)
  • Supergirl: “Not Kansas” (S3E21)
  • Constantine: “City of Demons” (Season 1)
  • The Flash: “Lose Yourself” (S4E18)
  • Arrow: “Shifting Allegiances” (S6E20)
  • The Flash: “Fury Rogue” (S4E19)
  • Supergirl: “Make It Reign” (S3E22)
  • Arrow: “Docket No. 11-19-41-73” (S6E21)
  • The Flash: “Therefore She Is” (S4E20)
  • Supergirl: “Battles Lost and Won” (S3E23)
  • Arrow: “The Ties That Bind” (S6E22)
  • The Flash: “Harry and the Harrisons” (S4E21)
  • Arrow: “Life Sentence” (S6E23)
  • The Flash: “Think Fast” (S4E22) – “Nora” (S5E01)
  • Legends of Tomorrow: “Here I Go Again” (S3E11) – “The Good, the Bad and the Cuddly” (S3E18)
  • Black Lightning: “The Book of Consequences: Chapter One: Rise of the Green Light Babies” (S2E01)
  • Supergirl: “American Alien” (S4E01)
  • Arrow: “Inmate 4587” (S7E01)
  • The Flash: “Blocked” (S5E02)
  • Black Lightning: “The Book of Consequences: Chapter Two: Black Jesus Blues” (S2E02)
  • Supergirl: “Fallout” (S4E02)
  • Arrow: “The Longbow Hunters” (S7E02)
  • Legends of Tomorrow: “The Virgin Gary” (S4E01)
  • The Flash: “The Death of Vibe” (S5E03)
  • Black Lightning: “The Book of Consequences: Chapter Three: Master Lowry” (S2E03)
  • Arrow: “Crossing Lines” (S7E03)
  • Legends of Tomorrow: “Witch Hunt” (S4E02)
  • The Flash: “News Flash” (S5E04)
  • Legends of Tomorrow: “Dancing Queen” (S4E03)
  • Legends of Tomorrow: “Wet Hot American Bummer” (S4E04)
  • Legends of Tomorrow: “Tagumo Attacks!!!” (S4E05)
  • Legends of Tomorrow: “Tender Is the Nate” (S4E06)
  • Legends of Tomorrow: “Hell No, Dolly!” (S4E07)
  • Legends of Tomorrow: “Legends of To-Meow-Meow” (S4E08)

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