diff --git a/py-polars/polars/series/series.py b/py-polars/polars/series/series.py
index 32db495ab0d1..2f8ba274d11d 100644
--- a/py-polars/polars/series/series.py
+++ b/py-polars/polars/series/series.py
@@ -953,7 +953,7 @@ def __contains__(self, item: Any) -> bool:
         return self.implode().list.contains(item).item()
 
     def __iter__(self) -> Generator[Any, None, None]:
-        if self.dtype == List:
+        if self.dtype in (List, Array):
             # TODO: either make a change and return py-native list data here, or find
             #  a faster way to return nested/List series; sequential 'get_index' calls
             #  make this path a lot slower (~10x) than it needs to be.
diff --git a/py-polars/polars/testing/asserts/series.py b/py-polars/polars/testing/asserts/series.py
index 25252a9ac3ea..11bbfe8512f3 100644
--- a/py-polars/polars/testing/asserts/series.py
+++ b/py-polars/polars/testing/asserts/series.py
@@ -151,14 +151,6 @@ def _assert_series_values_equal(
         if right.dtype == Categorical:
             right = right.cast(Utf8)
 
-    # Handle arrays
-    # TODO: Remove this check when equality for Arrays is implemented
-    # https://github.com/pola-rs/polars/issues/12012
-    if left.dtype == Array:
-        left = left.cast(List(left.dtype.inner))  # type: ignore[union-attr]
-    if right.dtype == Array:
-        right = right.cast(List(right.dtype.inner))  # type: ignore[union-attr]
-
     # Determine unequal elements
     try:
         unequal = left.ne_missing(right)
diff --git a/py-polars/src/series/mod.rs b/py-polars/src/series/mod.rs
index 3c6c7d497f96..6ef7724b7ead 100644
--- a/py-polars/src/series/mod.rs
+++ b/py-polars/src/series/mod.rs
@@ -165,17 +165,20 @@ impl PySeries {
             Err(e) => return Err(PyPolarsErr::from(e).into()),
         };
 
-        if let AnyValue::List(s) = av {
-            let pyseries = PySeries::new(s);
-            let out = POLARS
-                .getattr(py, "wrap_s")
-                .unwrap()
-                .call1(py, (pyseries,))
-                .unwrap();
-            return Ok(out.into_py(py));
-        }
+        let out = match av {
+            AnyValue::List(s) | AnyValue::Array(s, _) => {
+                let pyseries = PySeries::new(s);
+                let out = POLARS
+                    .getattr(py, "wrap_s")
+                    .unwrap()
+                    .call1(py, (pyseries,))
+                    .unwrap();
+                out.into_py(py)
+            },
+            _ => Wrap(av).into_py(py),
+        };
 
-        Ok(Wrap(av).into_py(py))
+        Ok(out)
     }
 
     /// Get index but allow negative indices