The Arrowverse Continuity: An Obsessive Compulsive’s View (Part I)

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Let’s get some things out of the way from the get. I can freely admit that I get a little nuts about continuity. We geeks can argue about the silliest things at times. However, I admit (and you must too) that sometimes we rant and rave about things that seem extremely important to us and really trivial to someone else.

For instance, how can Obi Wan say he doesn’t remember owning a droid, when all throughout the first trilogy C3PO and especially R2D2 are travelling with Anakin and Obi Wan? An ex-significant-other argued about things that happened on Grey’s Anatomy, and I never overtly rolled my eyes, while I silently, and attentively (I hoped) nodded my head, and gasped at the parts that seemed appropriate. Clearly, I wasn’t as successful at the attentive part as I’d hoped. Hence, the ex part.

Having said that, I want it understood that what follows is my chronology. It has been informed and altered by others’ opinions, but it is MY chronology. It is what best fits MY brain. Because I’m a rational person, and I feel extremely open-minded, I welcome a disagreement on the placing of a specific episode, but be warned. If you wish to sway me to change this written continuity, come with facts and hard data. You can be sure, I will.

I initially did this chronology when I came to Puerto Rico to stay with Dad. I had watched the Arrowverse shows on Netflix before coming to Puerto Rico, and had decided that I was going to do a blog that would go through every single episode of the Arrowverse shows. Admittedly, in retrospect, it sounds nuts. I’m really not crazy, my Mom had me tested, and I have iron-clad documentation. Although, I sometimes spontaneously drool and forget how I wound up in the street only wearing clean underwear. All right, mostly clean.

The blog didn’t happen, but I did the prep work. As you should already know, if you follow the blog, I’m the obsessive compulsive part of this blog. I plan and over-plan sometimes, because I love this thing we’ve built here at the Mustache and the Beard. The Beard loves it too, but he has a much more laissez faire attitude. It’s his way. I don’t try to change him and he doesn’t try to change me. Its worked for us for a very long time. I don’t worry about him being under-prepared. The Beard has an eidetic memory, so as I’m speaking he’s going through his extensive database for little nuggets to engage, astound, and even make you guffaw explosively.

Okay, I can see this is going to be a very long post. Sorry about that. Just a couple of things regarding how I’ve set this up. I, of course, want this to be neat and understandable. To that end, everything will be straight forward. It starts off pretty easy; Arrow went 2 full seasons before the Flash was added, then Supergirl. When a show is not available on Netflix I will indicate with a note next to the show. Also, The show and episode will be identified in the following manner: Arrow 1.01 means Arrow season 1, episode 01. Anything that I believe needs further explanation, will happen spontaneously and if the explanation isn’t sufficient, please comment. They thrill me.

The Arrowverse Continuity: An Obsessive Compulsive Point of View

Arrow 1.01 to Arrow 1.23 (The entire first season of Arrow)

Arrow 2.01 to Arrow 2.23 (The entire second season of Arrow)

Arrow 3.01 to Flash 1.01 to Arrow 3.02 to Flash 1.02

Arrow 3.03 to Flash 1.03 to Arrow 3.04 to Flash 1.04

Arrow 3.05 to Flash 1.05 to Arrow 3.06 to Flash 1.06

(Vixen the Animated Show had 6 short episodes — 5 minutes each — that are part of the Arrowverse continuity which introduced Arrow and Flash to Vixen. They refer to their meeting in the episodes that follow. It was originally shown on the CW SEED a free on-line service that has awesome shows, but are not currently available except on YouTube or pay streaming sites like Hulu. They are Vixen 1.01 to 1.06. They are not essential episodes to the continuity, but were cool to watch.)

Arrow 3.07 to Flash 1.07 to Flash 1.08 to Arrow 3.08 (note crossover episodes)

Flash 1.09 to Arrow 3.09 to Flash 1.10 to Arrow 3.10

Flash 1.11 to Arrow 3.11 to Flash 1.12 to Arrow 3.12

Flash 1.13 to Arrow 3.13 to Flash 1.14 to Arrow 3.14

Arrow 3.15 to Flash 1.15 to Arrow 3.16 to Flash 1.16

Arrow 3.17 to Flash 1.17 to Arrow 3.18 to Flash 1.18

Arrow 3.19 to Flash 1.19 to Arrow 3.20 to Flash 1.20

Arrow 3.21 to Flash 1.21 to Arrow 3.22 to Flash 1.22

Arrow 3.23 to Flash 1.23

(Here, I watched the second season of Vixen 2.01 to 2.06. Again, not essential to watch, but cool that they add color — no pun intended — to the universe. I would include here the entire run of Constantine 1.01 to 1.13 available for free on the CW Seed. Even though his show only ran for one season, he is used frequently in the Arrowverse.)

Flash 2.01 to Arrow 4.01 to Flash 2.02 to Arrow 4.02

Flash 2.03 to Arrow 4.03 to Supergirl 1.01

Flash 2.04 to Arrow 4.04 to Supergirl 1.02

Flash 2.05 to Arrow 4.05 to Supergirl 1.03

Flash 2.06 to Arrow 4.06 to Supergirl 1.04

Flash 2.07 to Arrow 4.07 to Supergirl 1.05

Supergirl 1.06 to Flash 2.08 to Arrow 4.08

Supergirl 1.07 to Flash 2.09 to Arrow 4.09

Supergirl 1.08 to Supergirl 1.09 to Supergirl 1.10

Flash 2.10 to Arrow 2.10

(Legends of Tomorrow began mid-season which I worried would be the kiss of death, but smartly it cannibalized characters that had already been introduced in the other shows. It is also the most science fiction oriented show of the Arrowverse which expanded the audience significantly.)

Legends 1.01 to Supergirl 1.11 to Flash 2.11 to Arrow 4.11

Legends 1.02 to Supergirl 1.12 to Flash 2.12 to Arrow 4.12

Legends 1.03 to Supergirl 1.13 to Flash 2.13 to Arrow 4.13

Legends 1.04 to Flash 2.14 to Arrow 4.14

Legends 1.05 to Supergirl 1.14 to Flash 2.15 to Arrow 4.15

Legends 1.06 to Supergirl 1.15 to Legends 1.07 to Legends 1.08

Supergirl 1.16 to Supergirl 1.17 to Flash 2.16 to Arrow 4.16

Supergirl 1.18 to Flash 2.17 to Arrow 4.17 to Legends 1.09

Arrow 4.18 to Legends 1.10 to Legends 1.11 to Supergirl 1.19

Flash 2.18 to Supergirl 1.20 to Legends 1.12 to Flash 2.19

Arrow 4.19 to Legends 1.13 to Flash 2.20 to Arrow 4.20

Legends 1.14 to Flash 2.21 to Arrow 4.21

Legends 1.15 to Flash 2.22 to Arrow 4.22

Legends 1.16 to Flash 2.23 to Arrow 4.23

I think I have to stop here and this is going to go into a part II. Clearly, this may not appeal to everyone to watch the shows this way, but if you are OCD or just curious if I got this right, feel free to start these shows in order. I really love them. Not every episode is a winner, but there is a lot of good here, and even some great.

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My name is Louie Matos and I’m a geek. I’m such a geek that the week my best friend moved to Puerto Rico, I asked him to co-write a blog. Of course he said, “Yes!” because I’m SOOO flipping interesting, and because since we’ve known each other, we collaborate even when we don’t know we’re doing it. For the purposes of this blog, I’m the mustache. I’ve had a mustache since I was 12 years old, and I’ve never shaved it off. (We Puerto Ricans love our facial hair.) I was born into my geekdom. My Mom was a collector, and my Dad was a huge reader. So early on Dad would read to me and when he was done with the book, I would keep it until I learned to read for myself. And then I read everything, inhaling books from our school library 5 or 6 per week. When we moved to a new, safe neighborhood, I began to walk to the library, weekly. That’s when I became obsessed with books in general, and horror in particular. In Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, my brother, Marc, and I moved into the basement together. We had our own TV and because we were in the basement, Mom and Dad pretty much left us to our own devices if we let our little sister, Dee, tagalong. There in that basement we would watch creature features, chiller theatre, and horror marathons. We collected comic books, toys, and books. When we could afford our own VCR, we collected movies. So if I were to communicate my geekdom, I would say I’m a horror guy, former collector of Fangoria magazine. I still read 3 or 4 books per week (mostly horror and sci fi but practically anything.) I still read comics when I can get my hands on them (no small feat here in Puerto Rico). Dungeons and Dragons is still a must at family gatherings and we never fight about which is better (Star Wars or Star Trek). We can enjoy both. This blog will have all of that and a whole lot more. Stay tuned.