
Teleplay by : Andrew Kreisberg & Marc Guggenheimīillionaire playboy Oliver Queen, missing and presumed dead after a shipwreck that claimed the life of his father, Robert, is discovered alive after five years on a remote Pacific island. Story by : Greg Berlanti & Marc Guggenheim See also: List of Arrow episodes Arrow, season 1 episodes No.
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The series was renewed for a second season on February 11, 2013. The season was released on DVD and Blu-ray on September 17, 2013. The season would go on to win multiple awards, including twenty-one nominations in various categories. Amell's portrayal of Oliver Queen / Arrow drew comparison to Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games, while the season itself was found to be still looking for its own identity. The season was generally well received by critics, and averaged 3.68 million viewers each week. Filming for the rest of the season began on Jand ended on April 18, 2013. Production on the pilot began in March 2012 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

After being saved by The Hood, Roy Harper ( Colton Haynes) attempts to find him so he will train him so he can help others. The season features flashbacks to Oliver's first year on the island, and how it changed him, while trying to stop a mercenary force targeting the Chinese economy. Oliver also reconnects with ex-girlfriend, Laurel Lance ( Katie Cassidy), who is still angry over his role in her sister, Sara's, presumed death, while her father, Detective Quentin Lance ( Paul Blackthorne), suspects Oliver being the vigilante. John Diggle ( David Ramsey) and Felicity Smoak ( Emily Bett Rickards) assist Oliver in his crusade. He uncovers Malcolm Merlyn's ( John Barrowman) conspiracy to destroy "The Glades", a poorer section of the city that has become overridden with crime. Oliver rekindles his relationships, while spending his nights hunting down and sometimes killing criminals as a hooded vigilante, known as The Hood. In the first season, Oliver returns to Starling City and is reunited with his mother, Moira ( Susanna Thompson), his sister, Thea ( Willa Holland), and his friend, Tommy Merlyn ( Colin Donnell). The series follows billionaire playboy Oliver Queen ( Stephen Amell), who claimed to have spent five years shipwrecked on Lian Yu, a mysterious island in the North China Sea, before returning home to Starling City (later renamed "Star City") to fight crime and corruption as a secret vigilante whose weapon of choice is a bow and arrow. Stephen Amell stars as Oliver Queen, with principal cast members Katie Cassidy as Laurel Lance, Colin Donnell as Tommy Merlyn, David Ramsey as John Diggle, Willa Holland as Thea Queen, Susanna Thompson as Moira Queen, and Paul Blackthorne as Quentin Lance.

The showrunners for this season were Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim and Andrew Kreisberg.

The series is based on the DC Comics character Green Arrow, a costumed crime-fighter created by Mort Weisinger and George Papp, and is set in the Arrowverse, sharing continuity with other Arrowverse television series.
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Colin Donnell, Susanna Thompson, Colin Salmon and Willa Holland also star.The first season of the American action television series Arrow premiered on The CW on October 10, 2012, at 8:00 pm (ET) and concluded on May 15, 2013, with a total of 23 episodes, after the network ordered a full season on October 22, 2012. Together, they battle menacing foes, including Deadshot (Michael Rowe), the Huntress (Jessica De Gouw), Deathstroke (Jeffrey Robinson), Dodger (James Callis), China White (Kelly Hu) and the Dark Archer (John Barrowman). Oliver is aided in his fight for justice by his loyal bodyguard John Diggle (David Ramsey), the only person who knows Oliver's secret. By day he pretends to be the wealthy philanderer he used to be, but by night he dons the persona of Arrow, a vigilante and expert archer who seeks to right the wrongs of his family and society, and restore Starling City to its former glory. Upon his return home to Starling City, Oliver tries to reconnect with his family, friends and former girlfriend, Laurel Lance (Katie Cassidy), but she rebuffs him and blames him for her sister's death. He is the only survivor of a violent shipwreck that claimed the life of his father and his girlfriend's sister. The first-season adventures of Arrow (based on DC Comics hero Green Arrow) begin with billionaire playboy Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) being rescued after five years on a remote Pacific island.
