The season—long dilemma over whether the Green Arrow should kill was brought to a head. And after far too many weeks of heel-dragging, the Russian flashback storyline leapt forward as Dolph Lundgren's Konstantin Kovar finally returned to the fold. A very eventful week, all in all." He also added about Amell and Segarra's performances "Above all, "Kapiushon" succeeded on the strength of Stephen Amell and Josh Segarra's performances. Segarra has been on fire all season long, but especially these past two weeks as the mask has been cast aside and the true face of Adrian Chase has been revealed." Schedeen finished his review by saying ""Arrow" went very dark in this episode, thriving on two terrific performances from Stephen Amell and Josh Segarra. The Russian flashbacks also received a much-needed jolt of adrenaline here. "Kapiushon" could almost have served as a proper, if very depressing, finale to Season 5. Luckily, there are still several more weeks of darkness and despair to come for Team Arrow." "Screen Crush" wrote about the episode "Stephen Amell certainly had a hell of a time playing those pained realizations, as well as Oliver's broken disdain in the final scene. "Kapiushon" was basically "Arrow" by way of the Saw bathroom, or a stage play, and there was incredible range on display between Oliver regretfully batting Evelyn away, or screaming in Josh Segarra's face like that." Kayti Burt of Collider wrote "If you had told me at this time last year that the best episode of Arrow Season 5 would be a flashback-heavy one, I would have laughed in your face. "Kapishuon" proved me wrong by giving us a thematically-resonant episode that made Oliver — and the audience — face the stark darkness in his crusade without the rose-tinted glasses." Nora Dominick said "After five years of explosions and harrowing stunts, "Arrow" delivers a character driven episode that maybe one of the series best hours." Sara Netzely of "Entertainment Weekly" wrote "Now this was an episode of Arrow. Bravo to Stephen Amell for tonight's fearless, haunting performance of Oliver at his darkest, most shocking low"