Constantine

Everyone fights their demons. His fight back.

RELEASED 24 Oct 20149h 11m · 13 episodes★ 7.7 TMDB

A man struggling with his faith is haunted by the sins of his past but is suddenly thrust into the role of defending humanity from the gathering forces of darkness.

WATCH NOTE

John Con Noir (2015) is a separate stop-motion promotional companion to this live-action series. Its episode 1, Trash, features Matt Ryan voicing John Constantine and was created by Cool Town Creations, with writing by Sammy Corrado IV. The promotional episode is excluded from this series' 13 regular episodes; its complete webseries release inventory remains under review. The promotional connection alone does not establish an additional Arrowverse story or required viewing.

Why it matters in DC

John Constantine's struggle with his past makes knowledge and moral compromise central to this supernatural series. In the catalogue, it provides character background for the occult side of DC television without requiring every later appearance to be treated as part of one uninterrupted episode order.

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2 titles to watch before Constantine — 247h 25m in total.

ArrowRecommended119h 10m★ 6.8
Shows an earlier chapter of Arrowverse and the state of that world before Constantine.
The FlashRecommended128h 15m★ 7.7
Shows an earlier chapter of Arrowverse and the state of that world before Constantine.

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Where it fits in the DC universe

Constantine is title 3 of 10 in our Arrowverse viewing sequence. Constantine introduces the live-action television version whose connections extend into the Arrowverse, particularly its supernatural stories. The series provides his initial background before those later appearances. The Keanu Reeves film and animated Constantine adventures are separate interpretations, not preceding missions for this television character.

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