This attention to the comic lore is what eventually leads to the premiere of The Flash two seasons later. ![]() When the show leans heavy on DC comics lore, as it did in the few episodes where we were introduced to Helena Bertinelli as the assassin known as The Huntress, it really shines. What works about Arrow Season One is the slow building of Team Arrow, the introduction of Colton Haynes’ version of Roy Harper (Speedy, then Arsenal in the comics) and the island flashbacks that feature Manu Bennett as Slade Wilson and the affable Stephen Amell who is far more engaging than the present Oliver Queen portrayal allows him to be. The scenery chewing John Barrowman’s arrival was the mid-season shot in the arm that the show needed, and for some viewers I imagine he arrived far too late. In my second viewing it was the charming performance of David Ramsey as John Diggle that kept me going until the mid-season when the show really picked up and became more watchable. As a fan of Green Arrow comics I was thrown off by the differences between the comic character and the version in the series and it was not until The Flash premiered three years later that I decided to give it a second chance. I attempted to watch Arrow when it first premiered and didn’t even make it to the fourth episode before giving up. In the aftermath of the first season Moira Queen is in prison, Tommy Merlyn is dead and Oliver Queen is so affected by both events that he returns to the solitude of Lian Yu. The season ends with a final showdown between Oliver and Merlyn as the city tears itself apart because of an artificial earthquake started by Malcolm. With archery and combat training of his own, Malcolm Merlyn is an even match for Oliver – so he needs another way to take him down: the testimony of his own mother who worked with Malcolm in planning the undertaking. The architect of the undertaking cannot risk the interference of The Hood and arrives in force to stop him. Oliver’s crusade catches the attention of a dark cabal of rich socialites who have been planning “The Undertaking” a nebulous attack on the city that will destroy the area of Starling City known as The Glades. Unable to wage a one man crusade against the underworld of Starling City, Oliver soon gets help from his bodyguard/new best friend John Diggle and computer genius/gal Friday Felicity Smoak. ![]() ![]() Season One Starling City Plot: Not yet known as The Green Arrow, Oliver Queen masquerades as “The Hood,” keeping his identity a secret from his mother Moira, sister Thea, step-father Walter, ex girlfriend Laurel Lance as well as her father Detective Quentin Lance and best friend Tommy Merlyn. ![]() There are standalone stories, but there is always an overarching season plot that ramps up after the mid-season break. Each episode features a storyline set in the modern day with Oliver confronting a villain who appears on his father’s list of people who “failed Starling City.” The A story in current Starling City always echoes something that happened to Oliver on the island and we have a flashback to those events woven into the episode. After promising his dying father that he will save Starling city from the forces that corrupt it, Oliver spends five years maturing on the island of Lian Yu in the Pacific before returning home and assuming the mantle of a hooded Archer who is out for justice. The premise is simple, Oliver Queen is a spoiled rich kid who gets on a boat with his father and the girl he’s sleeping with behind his girlfriend’s back so they can take a cruise to the south pacific, but the boat sinks and the only survivor is spoiled brat Oliver.
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