Arrow Season 4 | The Flash Season 2 | Legends of Tomorrow Season 1 | Supergirl Season 1 | Chronicles of Cisco | Vixen Season 2
Arrow 4×01 “Green Arrow” AP2HYC Review Oliver takes on the new title Green Arrow.
The Flash 2×01 “The Man Who Saved Central City” AP2HYC Review
The Flash 2×02 “Flash of Two Worlds” AP2HYC Review Crossover with Arrow The events of Arrow’s Season 2 Premiere are detailed in a news broadcast. It makes no difference to the events of The Flash or vice-versa.
The Flash 2×03 “Family of Rogues” AP2HYC Review
Arrow 4×02 “The Candidate” AP2HYC Review
Arrow 4×03 “Restoration” AP2HYC Review Sara Lance is brought back to life. This is referenced several times in Legends of Tomorrow, so viewers of that show may want to watch this episode
Arrow 4×04 “Beyond Redemption” AP2HYC Review
The Flash 2×04 “The Fury of Firestorm” AP2HYC Review First appearance of Jackson “Jax” Jefferson. Viewers of Legends of Tomorrow may wish to watch to find out how Jefferson and Stein meet.
The Flash 2×05 “The Darkness and the Light” AP2HYC Review First appearance of Kendra Saunders
Arrow 4×05 “Haunted” AP2HYC Review Crossover with Constantine John Constantine is seen meeting Oliver within his flashbacks, before being brought back in the present to help Oliver rescue Sara’s soul after her failed resurrection. Note: Arrow viewers do not necessarily need to watch Constantine to understand his character, but can delve into his one-off series to further understand his world and backstory. Also this crossover opened up the door for Constantine to receive a follow-up appearance within his very own animated series.
Arrow 4×06 “Lost Souls” AP2HYC Review
Arrow 4×07 “Brotherhood” AP2HYC Review
The Flash 2×06 “Enter Zoom” AP2HYC Review
The Flash 2×07 “Gorilla Warfare” AP2HYC Review
The Flash 2×08 “Legends of Today” Crossover with Arrow Team Flash travel to Star City in order to ask the help of Team Arrow in order to protect Hawkgirl from Vandal Savage.
Arrow 4×08 “Legends of Yesterday” AP2HYC Review Crossover with The Flash Team Arrow travels to Central City to continue their team-up with Team Flash in the battle against Vandal Savage. Note: Arrow viewers needed to have watched The Flash 2×08 “Legends of Today” as this episode serves as a continuation to that plot. Also this two-part crossover heavily sets up Legends of Tomorrow, particularly with introducing Hawkgirl, Hawkman, and Vandal Savage. Each of the other members, Sara, Ray, Firestorm, Captain Cold, and Heatwave are each given reasons for leaving their respective shows prior to this crossover, making way for their appearance in Legends of Tomorrow.
Arrow 4×09 “Dark Waters” AP2HYC Review
Arrow 4×10 “Blood Debts” AP2HYC Review
Vixen 2×01 Throughout the course of the season, Vixen meets characters from The Flash and Arrow, however it is not necessary to watch to understand anything that happens later
Vixen 2×02
Vixen 2×03
Vixen 2×04
Vixen 2×05
Vixen 2×06
The Flash 2×09 “Running to Stand Still” AP2HYC Review
The Flash 2×10 “Potential Energy” AP2HYC Review
Legends of Tomorrow 1×01 “Pilot, Part 1” AP2HYC Review Captain Rip Hunter recruits Sara Lance, Ray Palmer, Mick Rory, Leonard Snart, Jackson, Martin Stein, Carter and Kendra to stop Vandal Savage from conquering the world in 2166 before he comes to power. Note: Though it isn’t necessary to watch either Arrow or The Flash to understand the different members of the Legends team, it should be duly noted that watching specific episodes from each show may help within understanding references, specifically to their past events and current motivations. However, the suggestion is to watch The Flash 2×08 and Arrow 4×08 for the set-up for Hawkman, Hawkgirl and Vandal Savage.
Legends of Tomorrow 1×02 “Pilot, Part 2” AP2HYC Review
Legends of Tomorrow 1×03 “Blood Ties” AP2HYC Review
The Flash 2×11 “The Reverse-Flash Returns” AP2HYC Review
The Flash 2×12 “Fast Lane” AP2HYC Review
Arrow 4×11 “A.W.O.L.” AP2HYC Review
Arrow 4×12 “Unchained” AP2HYC Review
Arrow 4×13 “Sins of the Father” AP2HYC Review
The Flash 2×13 “Welcome to Earth-2” AP2HYC Review Supergirl can be seen as Barry travels between Earths, the cameo has no bearing on the Supergirl narrative.
The Flash 2×14 “Escape from Earth-2” AP2HYC Review
The Flash 2×15 “King Shark” AP2HYC Review Crossover with Arrow. Diggle and Lyla travel to Central City after King Shark escapes from an A.R.G.U.S. facility and to help recapture him.
Supergirl 1×01 “Pilot” Since Supergirl is set on another Earth, you do not need to watch any of the other Arrowverse shows to understand events and vice-versa, until Supergirl 1×18 “World’s Finest.” AP2HYC Review
Supergirl 1×02 “Stronger Together” AP2HYC Review
Supergirl 1×03 “Fight or Flight” AP2HYC Review
Supergirl 1×05 “How Does She Do It?” AP2HYC Review Originally aired out of order
Supergirl 1×04 “Livewire” AP2HYC Review Originally aired out of order
Supergirl 1×06 “Red Faced” AP2HYC Review
Supergirl 1×07 “Human for a Day” AP2HYC Review
Supergirl 1×08 “Hostile Takeover” AP2HYC Review
Supergirl 1×09 “Blood Bonds” AP2HYC Review
Supergirl 1×10 “Childish Things” AP2HYC Review
Supergirl 1×11 “Strange Visitor from Another Planet” AP2HYC Review
Supergirl 1×12 “Bizarro” AP2HYC Review
Supergirl 1×13 “For the Girl Who Has Everything” AP2HYC Review
Supergirl 1×14 “Truth, Justice, and the American Way” AP2HYC Review
Supergirl 1×15 “Solitude” AP2HYC Review
Supergirl 1×16 “Falling” AP2HYC Review
Supergirl 1×17 “Manhunter” AP2HYC Review
Legends of Tomorrow 1×04 “White Knights” AP2HYC Review
Legends of Tomorrow 1×05 “Fail-Safe” AP2HYC Review
Legends of Tomorrow 1×06 “Star City 2046” AP2HYC Review Crossover with Arrow The Legends travel to war-ravaged and gang-ridden Star City in the year 2046 where they meet an older, one-armed Oliver Queen. Note: You do not need to watch Arrow to understand events in this episode.
Arrow 4×14 “Code of Silence” AP2HYC Review
Arrow 4×15 “Taken” AP2HYC Review Crossover with Vixen Mari is called in by Oliver to help track down Damien Darhk. Note: Arrow viewers do not need to watch Vixen to understand her character, similar to the Constantine crossover earlier on in the season, but can be watched to further delve into her world and backstory.
Legends of Tomorrow 1×07 “Marooned” AP2HYC Review
Legends of Tomorrow 1×08 “Night of the Hawk” AP2HYC Review
Legends of Tomorrow 1×09 “Left Behind” AP2HYC Review The League of Assassins are featured in this episode. You may wish to watch Arrow 2×05 and 2×13 to understand some of the events of this episode
The Flash 2×16 “Trajectory” AP2HYC Review
The Flash 2×17 “Flash Back” AP2HYC Review
Arrow 4×16 “Broken Hearts” AP2HYC Review
Arrow 4×17 “Beacon of Hope” Note: Arrow viewers may want to watch The Flash 1×18 “All Star Team Up” in order to understand villain Brie Larvan and her first confrontation with Felicity.
Arrow 4×18 “Eleven-Fifty-Nine” AP2HYC Review
Arrow 4×19 “Canary Cry” AP2HYC Review
Legends of Tomorrow 1×10 “Progeny” AP2HYC Review
Chronicles of Cisco This webseries features characters from The Flash, but is not necessary to watch to understand later events.
The Flash 2×18 “Versus Zoom” AP2HYC Review
Supergirl 1×18 “Worlds Finest” AP2HYC Review Crossover with The Flash Barry accidentally travels to Kara’s world and introduces the concept that she lives on another Earth to the one set within Arrow, The Flash, and Legends of Tomorrow. The Flash and Supergirl face Livewire and the Silver Banshee in this episode. Note: The Flash viewers don’t necessarily need to watch this episode as it has no real effect on The Flash’s storyline, nor do Supergirl fans need to watch The Flash to understand his character or storylines.
Supergirl 1×19 “Myriad” AP2HYC Review
Supergirl 1×20 “Better Angels” AP2HYC Review
Legends of Tomorrow 1×11 “The Magnificent Eight” AP2HYC Review
Legends of Tomorrow 1×12 “Last Refuge” AP2HYC Review
Legends of Tomorrow 1×13 “Leviathan” AP2HYC Review
Legends of Tomorrow 1×14 “River of Time”
Legends of Tomorrow 1×15 “Destiny” AP2HYC Review
Legends of Tomorrow 1×16 “Legendary” AP2HYC Review
Arrow 4×20 “Genesis” AP2HYC Review
Arrow 4×21 “Monument Point” AP2HYC Review
Arrow 4×22 “Lost in the Flood” AP2HYC Review
Arrow 4×23 “Schism” AP2HYC Review
The Flash 2×19 “Back to Normal” AP2HYC Review
The Flash 2×20 “Rupture” AP2HYC Review
The Flash 2×21 “The Runaway Dinosaur” AP2HYC Review
The Flash 2×22 “Invincible” AP2HYC Review
The Flash 2×23 “The Race of His Life” AP2HYC Review